According to , the doodle was created by 24-year-old Google artist Jennifer Hom who used as her inspiration the Irish "Book of Kells," a collection of manuscripts crafted by early medieval Celtic monks to illuminate the Christian biblical gospels.

As a result, her doodle is much different from others Google has featured on its site. Noticeably lacking anything like a leprechaun or other Irish clichés, the artwork instead includes Celtic knots, multicultural symbols, and rich coloring. Hom said it took 40 hours in four days to create the doodle.

It's not an interactive doodle like some other have been; clicking on it only takes you to a Google search results page for "" where you can learn that the cultural and religious holiday commemorates St. Patrick who lived from 387 to 461 AD, as well as the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.

While one may wonder why a new Doodle is newsworthy considering Google has made so many of them over the years, the fact remains that plenty of people still get a kick out of them. And for the search engine giant it works out to be an effective mechanism to get masses of people to stop by its site.

Here's a video that shows how St. Patrick's Day doodles have looked over the years.