For centuries, St. Patrick’s Day was regarded as a “Feast Day,” in which people celebrated Saint Patrick and his doing in making Christianity a thing in Ireland, and most of all, the upcoming Easter holiday. For that day, Irish Christians would eat and celebrate without those pesky Lent restrictions. As immigrants made their way over to the United States, they brought their Irish pride with them. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade ever held was in 1731 in Boston. Who knew so many would follow suit? Oddly enough, drinking copious amounts of alcohol wasn’t as synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day back then as it is now. In the ’80s, it began to catch on as a drinking holiday — and it hasn’t exactly slowed down since. Since we can’t spend all of St. Paddy’s Day drinking Guinness, here’s a list of 15 Irish-themed cocktails that’ll help anyone celebrate the holiday in style. Merrimon Crawford/Shutterstock More from CafeMom: Traditional Irish Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Just in Time for St. Patrick’s Day More from CafeMom: The Ultimate Shamrock Shake Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day More from CafeMom: 25 of the Most Beautiful Irish Tattoos We’ve Ever Seen
