Kick off St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 with “A Tribute to Irish History,” a free virtual Zoom event hosted by Stockton University at Manahawkin at 11 a.m.

Viewers will see a fictional reenactment of Richard O’Meara’s book, John Patrick Joy, A Diaspora Narrative. In the tribute, “follow Joy’s journey as he moves from The Hunger in Ireland, through the British Army, and into the American Civil War.”