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Photos show how St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated at the White House through the years. As President John F. Kennedy was America's first Irish-Catholic president, St. Patrick's Day held The White House has a long history of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, starting with President Harry S. Truman in 1952. President Trump on Wednesday evening is set to host his first St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the White House since returning to office. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, who was elected in Taoiseach Micheál Martin and United States president Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House. Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg Wed Mar 12 2025 - 17:58 Trump welcomes Irish premier to early St. Patrick’s Day at White House President Donald Trump greets Ireland’s Prime Minister Michael Martin as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House The tradition of the sitting Taoiseach presenting the sitting US President with a bowl of shamrock at The White House to mark St. Patrick's Day has origins in the Truman era. In 1952, Ireland’s President Biden hosted a Saint Patrick's Day celebration at the White House, which saw Ireland send the U.S. leader a traditional crystal bowl of shamrocks.S President Joe Biden held a St. Patrick’s Day brunch for Catholic leaders in the East Room of the White House on Sunday. Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, attended the event with his The White House has a long history of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, starting with President Harry S. Truman in 1952. The White House has a long history of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, starting with President Harry S. Truman in 1952. More for You Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in March 14, 2018: US President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the White House for St. Patrick's Day. RollingNews.ie The leaders of Ireland's Sinn Féin party, Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill, have announced they will not attend this year's St. Patrick's Day events at the White House in protest against U The White House typically marks St. Patrick's Day with a visit from Irish officials and the exchange of a shamrock. This year, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin met with President Donald Trump P resident Biden hosted a large contingent of the Kennedy family at the White House’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Sunday, welcoming the famed Irish American political dynasty back It will be Micheál Martin’s second time travelling to the White House for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations, having previously done so while serving as Taoiseach in 2022. White House honors St. Patrick's Day. To stream NCM on your phone, you need the NCM app. Download the NCM app. More Videos. Next up in 5. Example video title will go The Myth Behind Saint Patrick’s Day. Let’s strip the commercial gloss for a moment. Behind the rivers dyed green and drunken parades lies a potent truth. Saint Patrick’s Day is not about beer. It is about identity. It is the day when the Irish diaspora—displaced, scattered, but never dislocated—celebrates its heritage. The leadership of Sinn Féin has announced that they will boycott the traditional St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House. Man shot near White House. Michael Rosen reflects on COVID-19. Members of the Opposition called for the Government to boycott the annual St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. Speaking on RTE’s This Week programme yesterday, Mr Martin said: “The President, on St. Patrick's Day in 1981, in this house, President Ronald Reagan spoke of a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. And that was the start of an extraordinary journey. 17 years later, after enormous effort, and commitment, and dialogue, and disagreement, and sheer perseverance, we signed a Good Friday
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