Each year, akin to the Queen on Christmas Day, Ireland's President speaks outwardly to anyone who'll listen about the purpose of St Patrick's Day, the story behind it and the relevance it still has today.
While some go down the mythical creature route, some go down the snake-banishing route, Michael D Higgins has spoken candidly, proudly and professionally about St Patrick's migrant roots, and mentioned how ''migration has remained a constant feature of the Irish experience, defining us as a people, and shaping our outlook on the world.''
Listen to the speech, in full, right here:
This message is particularly poignant as immigration, refugee status and opening the world's borders is a hot topic at the moment.
And for the Gaeilgeoir in you, he's also gone and bloody done it as Gaeilge.
What. A. Man.
Is there anything he can't do?
