11-R115
2011 -- S 0705
Enacted 03/17/11
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 Goodwin, Walaska, Lynch, Algiere, and
Date Introduced: March 17, 2011
WHEREAS, St. Patrick,
the apostle to
convictions by returning to the scene of his former enslavement
and single-handedly assaulting
the stronghold of Druidism; and
WHEREAS, Wielding the
devotion of his faith like a great sword 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
Christianity during his lifetime; and
WHEREAS, On March 17th,
during the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick,
which began 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
WHEREAS, On Saint
Patrick's Day, all who wear the green live for a day in the spirit 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
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
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 this Senate of the State of
hereby commemorates the celebration of the Feast of St.
Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland.
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