Now that he mentions it…
Via ABC News:
President Obama continued to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today by welcoming Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House, where the two leaders reaffirmed the “deep bond” between their countries and discussed ways to strengthen their economic relationship.
“You will notice that even though technically it is not St. Patrick’s Day, we like to prolong the party around here,” Obama, wearing a green tie and a tuft of clover in his suit-jacket pocket, jokingly told reporters after his Oval Office meeting with Kenny. “Technically, most of the Americans who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day aren’t Irish, anyway. So, you know, we shouldn’t go on technicalities.”