06-R
137
2006 -- S 2951
Enacted 03/16/06
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
COMMEMORATING THE
CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Introduced By: Senators
Doyle, McBurney, Roberts, McCaffrey, and Gallo
Date Introduced: March 16,
2006
WHEREAS,
St. Patrick, the apostle to Ireland, demonstrated the courage of his spiritual
convictions
by returning to the scene of his former enslavement and single-handedly
assaulting
that
stronghold of Druidism; and
WHEREAS,
Wielding the devotion of his faith like great swords of righteousness, and
using
the strength of his intellect, and the power of his passions, Saint Patrick
assimilated the
ancient
pagan Irish myths into a Christian message, and in so doing converted all of
Ireland to
Christianity
during his lifetime; and
WHEREAS,
On March 17th, the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick –
occurring
more than fifteen centuries after his death – Irish-Americans join with men,
women,
and
children of all other ethnic origins who, for one day, become Irish, and
celebrate Patrick and
his
love of Ireland; and
WHEREAS,
On Saint Patrick's Day, all who wear the green live for a day in the sprit of
Saints
Patrick, Bridget, and Columcille, and in the mythical wonders of Cuchullain,
Finn, Osian,
and
Deirdre of the Sorrows; and
WHEREAS,
Irish immigrants to Rhode Island helped form the cultural foundation of our
state,
and Rhode Islanders of Irish lineage today proudly sing of their roots in
Ballinamore and
Ballinasloe,
in Ennistymon and Enniscorthy, in Cahirciveen and Castlebarr and in Skibbereen
and
Skerries;
and
WHEREAS,
The songs of Ireland are the tragic songs of love and the joyous songs of
battle;
the nostalgic reveries of the sorrows and the glories that are the Emerald
Isle; and the
lamentations
of life's myriad travails and the odes to joy and the life eternal; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That the Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
hereby
commemorates the celebration of the Feast of St. Patrick, the patron saint of
Ireland.
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