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Happy Stephen's Day! Learn about Ireland's other holidays
December 26 is St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast Day of St. Stephen, a Christian saint's day to commemorate St.
Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
In Ireland, St. Stephen's Day is one of nine official annual holidays on the calendar.
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Always falling on December 26, the day after Christmas, this day has come to also be known as the "Day of the Wren" (pronounced "Day of the Ran").
There are many legends as to the origins of the Day of the Wren, or "Lá an Dreoilín" in Irish, but it generally focus on a story in which the life of Jesus is likened to that of a little bird.
On the Day of the Wren, groups would go from door to door in their neighborhood wearing old clothes and straw hats and playing music and dancing. Depending on where you are from, these groups are either called Mummers or Wren-boys.
This tradition has died out in all but a few small spots of the country in recent years.
Aside from the common American holidays, Ireland has a few special holidays of its own. Some of them stem from the Catholic tr
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