What does leprechauns have to do with st Patricks day

well i did a little bit of research and found some new things out for the first thing it said that st. patrick was the saint of the island althought his name wasnt actually patrick lol and that we actually celebrate his death not his birth

and as for the leprechauns their an old folkore tail that is said to be as important as the saint himself it also adds more fun into the holiday aswell

srry if i offended someone by saying this and i hope this helps

Explanation:

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire