| Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary, and along | | | | game that is worth considering: St. Patrick's Day |
| with Saint Brigid of Kildare and Saint Columba, is | | | | bingo. |
| one of the patron saints of Ireland. Saint Patrick's | | | | As you know, normally bingo is played using cards |
| Day (Irish: "Lá 'le Pádraig" or | | | | containing numbers, and players tick off numbers |
| "Lá Fhéile Pádraig"), which | | | | from their cards as they are called out. Saint |
| falls on March 17th, is an annual feast day marking | | | | Patrick's Day bingo is exactly the same, except |
| the date on which the saint is held to have died. | | | | instead of numbers, words associated with Ireland |
| Nowadays the date is marked by Irish | | | | (such as "Celtic Cross", "Donegal", "Dublin", |
| communities, and people of Irish descent, all over | | | | "Guinness", "Shamrock" or "Waterford") are used |
| the world, including not only in Ireland itself, but | | | | instead. |
| also in countries such as the UK, Australia and | | | | In order to play the game, you will of course |
| Canada, as well as the United States of America, | | | | need bingo cards for each player. One option is to |
| and has in fact become a celebration of all things | | | | locate a specialist supplier of such materials - but |
| Irish. | | | | if you have access to a computer and printer, it's |
| Saint Patrick's Day can be (and is) celebrated in a | | | | cheaper to simply print everything yourself. Even |
| variety of ways including parades, consuming | | | | if you're not a computer expert, doing your own |
| traditional Irish food and drink, and by playing | | | | printing is almost unbelievably easy - you can |
| games. Of course, Irish-themed games are ideal | | | | either download free Saint Patrick's bingo |
| for the day, and games which can be played by | | | | printables from the Internet, or purchase |
| both young and old together, especially if they | | | | affordable and easy-to-use software for printing |
| offer the opportunity to educate the young ones | | | | bingo cards - the latter option allows you to print |
| about Ireland, are particularly suitable. One such | | | | cards containing whatever items you want. |