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An Orange view of the day:"Saint Patrick was a prototype Protestant. He came to Ireland to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ," said lawmaker Ian Paisley junior, the son of Reverend Ian Paisley, hardline leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.
"The real message of Saint Patrick was Christian, not Catholic. He has more in common with Protestantism than he has with green beer and shamrocks that trivialise his message," Paisley told AFP.
He added that he was celebrating Saint Patrick's Day quietly at home.
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Listen to a Singing Severed Head at this BBC fun page on the Celts of Wales that displays an appreciation for blue body paint.
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Brush past the pomobabble and see "Erin's Little Difficulty" (here) and "The Irish Nuisance" (here) * The Fenian-Pest in Punch * An enlarged version of the drawing * More Tenniel: The Irish Tempest * The Irish Frankenstein * And Brittania vs Anarchy * 19th-century Ireland and the cartoonists * Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell
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