Every 17th of March , Ireland and many cities around the world turn green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day , the patron saint of Ireland. But who was St Patrick really, and why is he celebrated in Belfast , a city where communities with different traditions live side by side? 📖 Who Was St Patrick St Patrick was born around 385 AD  in Roman Britain (now the United Kingdom) as Maewyn Succat . At the age of 16, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates 🏴‍☠️ and taken to Ireland as a slav