How did March 17 become St Patrick’s Day?
When the time came to honour the patron saint of Ireland’s birthday, church officials gathered solemnly to choose a day , then realized the most of St Patricks life was a mystery. They finally narrowed his birthdate down to either March 8 or 9 , but because they couldn’t agree which was correct, they decided to add the two together and declared March 17 to be St Patrick’s Day