When we goin stop celebrate the colonisers? If anybody from Antigua pick up themself and go fu celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Montserrat, me say dem na understand dem African heritage and culture.” ...

Montserrat is the only place outside of Ireland and two provinces in Canada where St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday. On St. Patrick's Day in 1768, enslaved Africans on the island attempted a ...

MONTSERRAT, B.W.I. — True to the island’s laid-back spirit, Montserrat’s St. Patrick’s Day parade did not kick off until about three in the afternoon. That’s when the police band’s ...

Unlike the most common understanding of the holiday, Montserrat’s St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration honoring an attempted rebellion by enslaved Africans against European colonizers in 1768.

There is only one place outside of Ireland that celebrates St. Patrick’s Day as a national public holiday: the island of Montserrat. The small pear-shaped island is about 40 square miles and is ...