MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) McCaughn, Kirby, Blackwell, Blount, Simmons (13th), England, Barnett, Butler (38th), McDaniel

Senate Resolution 24

A RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF SAINT PATRICK'S DAY AND RECOGNIZING THE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC LINKS BETWEEN IRELAND AND MISSISSIPPI AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH STATE LEGISLATORS CAUCUS.

     WHEREAS, on March 17th, during the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, Irish Americans join with men, women and children of all ethnic origins who, for one day, are considered honorary Irish and may celebrate Saint Patrick and love of Ireland; and

     WHEREAS, on Saint Patrick's Day, all who wear green live in the spirit of Saint Patrick, Brigid and Colmcille whose 1500th anniversary as patron saints occurred during the last year; and

     WHEREAS, Irish immigrants helped form the cultural foundation of the United States, and those of Irish lineage today proudly sing their support for Ireland; and

     WHEREAS, Mississippi has always had a strong history of American Irish Relations.  The Irish came to the Mississippi Delta in the 1830s and were often considered expendable workers.  Irish day laborers were expected to work at the most dangerous and unpleasant jobs, such as heavy construction in malaria-infested areas.  Natchez, Holly Springs and many areas of the Mississippi Delta were settled by Irish immigrants; and

     WHEREAS, the songs of Ireland are the tragic songs of love and the joyous songs of battle:  the nostalgic reveries of the sorrows and the glories that are the Emerald Isle; and the lamentations of life's myriad travails and the odes to joy and the life eternal; and

     WHEREAS, we celebrate the establishment of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus with its aim of fostering and strengthening the long-standing relationship that exists between the United States of America and Ireland to the mutual benefit of both countries with leadership in all 50 states:

     NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we commemorate the celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Senator Mark Daly, Chair of the Senate of Ireland, which on this year celebrates its 100th Anniversary and the National Co-Chairs of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.