Saint Patrick was not really Irish.

[UrbScotty]

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[Random_Australian]

1. And? I thought that was common knowledge..... n/t

[Random_Australian]

2. Not trying to be a bastard btw

[Gormy Cuss]

3. And there were never any snakes in Ireland n/t

[liberalpragmatist]

4. Saint Nicholas was from Asia Minor

So "Santa Claus" probably looked more Turkish than anything else :)

[maveric]

5. My Irish relatives told me that St. Patrick was from Spain.

Others told me that he was from the Middle East.
Where was he from?

[Redstone]

7. All the Black Irish are from Spain. Galicia, to be specific.

Hence "Gaels."

Redstone

[Aristus]

6. He was born in Scotland.

And was raised as a slave to a family of Romanized Britons.