Irish-American Heritage Month 27, 2015)" "Irish-American Heritage Month, 2016 (February 29, 2016)" "Irish-American Heritage Month, 2017 (March 1, 2017)" "Irish-American Heritage Month, 2018 (February 28, 2018)" Federal Register search for presidential documents with "Irish-American Heritage Month" Irish-American Heritage Month Irish-American Heritage Month is celebrated by proclamation of the President and Congress in the United States to honor the achievements and contributions of Irish immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. It was first celebrated in 1991. The heritage month is in March to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day, the Irish national holiday on March 17. Heritage Months are usually proclaimed by
American football in the United Kingdom American football in the United Kingdom The sport of American football is played in the United Kingdom on both a domestic level and with international representation. The UK has also played host to various different American football games in association with the American National Football League (NFL), including (as of 2015) three regular-season NFL games. The first game of organised American football to be played in the UK was scheduled to be between US Navy servicemen from the USS "Idaho" on November 23, 1910, in a match sponsored by the "Daily Mirror" known as the Silver Cup. However, after the