2023 -- S 0678
========
LC002608
========
S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
____________
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF SAINT PATRICK'S DAY AND
RECOGNIZING THE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC LINKS BETWEEN IRELAND AND
RHODE ISLAND
Introduced By: Senator John P. Burke
Date Introduced: March 16, 2023
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration
WHEREAS, On March 17th, during the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, 1
the Patron Saint of Ireland, Irish Americans join with men, women and children of all ethnic 2
origins who, for one day, all are considered honorary Irish and may celebrate Saint Patrick and 3
love of Ireland; and 4
WHEREAS, On Saint Patrick's Day, all who wear green live in the spirit of Saints 5
Patrick, Brigid and Colmcille whose Anniversary as patron saints is celebrated annually; and 6
WHEREAS, Irish immigrants to Rhode Island helped form the cultural foundation of our 7
State, and Rhode Islanders of Irish lineage today proudly sing of their roots in Ballinamore and 8
Ballinasloe, in Ennistymon and Enniscorthy, in Cahirciveen and Castlebarr, and in Skibbereen 9
and Skerries; and 10
WHEREAS, The songs of Ireland are the tragic songs of love and the joyous songs of 11
battle: the nostalgic reveries of the sorrows and the glories that are the Emerald Isle; and the 12
lamentations of life's myriad travails and the odes to joy and the life eternal; and 13
WHEREAS, Rhode Island has always had a strong history of American Irish relations 14
and the establishment of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus in 2021, with its aim of 15
fostering and strengthening the longstanding relationship that exists between the United States of 16
America and Ireland is of mutual benefit to both countries with leadership in all 50 states; now, 17
therefore be it 18
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby commemorates the 19
LC002608 - Page 2 of 2
celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland; and be it further 1
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 2
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the President of the Ancient Order of 3
Hibernians, Rhode Island. 4
========
LC002608
========