ACCORDING TO LEGEND, SAINT PATRICK USED THE THREE-LEAVED SHAMROCK TO EXPLAIN THE HOLY TRINITY TO IRISH PAGANS.

A ST PATRICK'S DAY RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN DOWNPATRICK, 2010

TRADITIONAL ST PATRICK'S DAY BADGES FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE MUSEUM OF COUNTRY LIFE IN COUNTY MAYO

A SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN DUBLIN

2006 ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE LONDON

GENERAL POST OFFICE, DUBLIN. CENTRE OF THE EASTER RISING

ONE OF TWO FLAGS FLOWN OVER THE GPO DURING THE RISING

"BIRTH OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC" BY WALTER PAGET, DEPICTING THE GPO DURING THE SHELLING

IRISH WAR NEWS, PRODUCED DURING THE RISING

THE BURIAL SPOT OF THE LEADERS OF THE RISING, IN THE OLD PRISON YARD OF ARBOUR HILL PRISON. THE MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED BY G. MCNICHOLL.

THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE WAS OPENED IN 1966, TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE RISING. THE GARDEN IS "DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIGHT FOR IRELAND'S FREEDOM"

WESTLAND STREET IN THE BOGSIDE VIEWED FROM THE CITY WALL (31 JULY 2007)

MURAL BY BOGSIDE ARTISTS DEPICTING ALL WHO WERE KILLED BY THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE DAY

THE 35TH BLOODY SUNDAY MEMORIAL MARCH IN DERRY, 28 JANUARY 2007

BLOODY SUNDAY MEMORIAL IN THE BOGSIDE

SHAW'S BIRTHPLACE, DUBLIN

THE FRONT OF SHAW'S CORNER AS IT STANDS TODAY

THE MOVABLE HUT IN THE GARDEN OF SHAW'S CORNER, WHERE SHAW WROTE MOST OF HIS WORKS AFTER 1906, INCLUDING PYGMALI ON.

A STATUE OF SHAW IN NIAGARA-ON- THE-LAKE

KATIE MCGRATH (RIGHT) WITH MERLIN CO-STAR ANGEL COULBY (LEFT)

EVANNA LYNCH IN 2011