Drop my final letter, and I am a colorful garden blossom as well as a ring inside your eye; put that letter back, and I name the people who celebrate St. Patrick's Day worldwide. What word am I?
Irish
Removing the final 'h' from 'Irish' leaves 'iris', which is both a flower and the colored part of the eye.
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