Possible Clues:

• Past over what, it is on the cards, may be won for Ireland
• How saintly so to stick around the broken part!
• Past confusion, played for Ireland
• Was he past playing cards for Ireland?
• Timely subject of five mix-ups in this puzzle
• One may get past what may be won at cards for Ireland
• He made reptiles vanish, recreating past magic
• His trick may get past for Ireland
• March figure ... or, when split into three parts, a title for this puzzle
• 3/17 honoree