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The first ever St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade took place not in Ireland, as many people might expect, but in Spanish Florida, on March 17, 1601. It wasn\u2019t until about 100 years later that the world famous parades got going in Boston and New York City.\nHistorian J. Michael Francis made the discovery of this unexpectedly early celebration of Ireland\u2019s patron saint while investigating the Spanish imperial history of the Floridian city of St. Augustine.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why for around 50 years up until the 1970s all pubs in Ireland were closed on St. Patrick\u2019s Day; discuss what gunpowder had to do with the first St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade; and reveal where corned beef and cabbage really come from\u2026\xa0\n\xa0Further Reading:\n\n\u2018Where the first St. Patrick's Day parade REALLY took place\u2019 (Daily Mail, 2018): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5511205/First-St-Paddys-parade-took-place-FLORIDA-century-NYs.html\xa0\n\n\u2018First St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade\u2019 (History.com, 2010): https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-st-patricks-day-parade\xa0\n\n\u2018A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day\u2019 (ABC News, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BlVzjxu-I\xa0\n\n\n#1600s #US #Strange\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices