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It's the Irish attitude of anyone can join in the celebration and be Irish for a day that makes it popular. If anyone outside of English/Irish backgrounds looked in on this thread they'd get the impression the English are miserable sods and why would anyone want to party with them?

A completely different diaspora however in history and nature.

It's the massive Irish diaspora to the US that plays a big role in it over there. Same with here in Australia.

George the name is from Greek origins, nothing English about it. Jesus isn't the patron saint to England...

Patrick was a native Briton, George was a Syrian. Home grown v foreigner that never set foot on English soil.