Irish Symbols Under Legal Protection

Breathtaking scenery, good beer, sheep, leprechauns hiding pots of gold at the end of the rainbow, traditional music and dance – the associations with Ireland can be as numerous as the shades of green in the Irish landscape. During his stay on the Emerald Isle in 1959, American musician Johnny Cash wrote a song called "Forty Shades of Green", so it is safe to assume that there are at least forty of them 😉. Green is also the colour associated with St Patrick's Day, the celebration of the patron saint of Ireland, whose death anniversary is lavishly commemorated there every year on March 17.

It is not only the Irish, for whom it is a national holiday and a day off work, who celebrate, but everyone who feels Irish revels in the day's many festivals, street parades and in pubs, drinking beer and Irish whiskey. With Irish emigration dating back to the early Middle Ages, it is estimated that up to 80 million people worldwide have Irish roots! Traditionally, green clothes