Round up your mates for a Guinness on St Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated annually on 17 March, the death date of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461).

Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malt or roasted barley, hops, water and yeast.

Since the 1930s in the face of falling sales, Guinness has had a long history of marketing campaigns, from award-winning television advertisements to beer mats and posters. Before then, Guinness had almost no advertising, instead allowing for word of mouth to sell the product.

The Border Collie is a working and herding dog breed developed in the English-Scottish border region for herding livestock, especially sheep.