Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I’ll be updating this post through the day with news of the Irish and Irish America on this special day.

• Donald Trump’s ‘Irish proverb’ was probably not Irish, PolitiFact

• Trump and Ryan’s embarassing St. Patrick’s Day mishaps (video), The Washington Post

• Ireland’s prime minister calls on Donny Boy, with the wrong message, Salon

• Ireland looks to a progressive and potentially united future, The (U.K.) Independent

• US media highlights Kenny’s ‘lecturing’ of Trump on immigrants, The Irish Times

• The jounrey of Mike Pence’s grandather from Ireland, The New York Times

• Remarks by President Trump and Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland at Friends of Ireland Luncheon, White House

• Remarks by the Vice President to the American Ireland Fund National Gala, White House