15 Pictures That Show How We've Always Celebrated St. Patrick's Day

There's no place on Earth quite like the Emerald Isle. For such a small island, the great mossy land has produced some of the finest books, poets, and songs the world has ever known. It's famous for its wool, its dancing, its sweeping green fields and jagged cliffs, its history-steeped castles and, of course, its whiskey.

Although Ireland has a sad past, the rest of the world is richer for it. We've gained proud neighbors who are only too happy to share their rich, influential culture with the rest of us. 

And for one day, we all get to celebrate the best Ireland has to offer. Who wouldn't want to celebrate that?

Erin go bragh!

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1. Selling shamrocks in Dublin in 1916.

2. Celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the Swinging Sixties.

3. With those sideburns, it can only be St. Patrick's Day in the '70s.

4. Reddit user swampgiant shared this pic with the story of his grandfather inventing green beer.

5. A pair of revelers in Cleveland dressed as cops for the occasion.

6. While this fancy gent donned roller skates with his leprechaun costume.

7. Celebrating a more recent tradition, this St. Patrick's Day parade features a beer pong float.

8. You know it's St. Patrick's Day in Chicago when the river gets a massive dose of green dye.

9. Even stormtroopers can get into the Celtic spirit on March 17th.

10. This couple is dressed to dance, in an undated photo from between 1940 and 1969.

11. The St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, way back in 1905...

12. ...And what the Dublin parade looked like 50 years later.

13. Dublin Airport lit up just for the occasion.

14. President Reagan's Irish Eyes are smiling.

15. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

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Main image via reddit / Fourfoxsake

Collage image via reddit / HackerMcCracker