Today marks the official day of the patron saint of Wales, St David, and Manchester bar group Mark Andrew Developments (MAD) has a very novel way of celebrating.

The hospitality group - which owns the likes of Tusk, Hula and InFamous Diner - is handing out free beer to anyone called David at all of its venues.

That's a total of SEVEN bars and restaurants across Greater Manchester that will be serving up the free beers in honour of St David.

Lucky punters with the golden name simply need to head into one of the participating venues below and show their ID for one drink on the house.

The offer is available for one day only, in honour of the great bishop. The saint, who actually taught followers to refrain from drinking beer, died 1 March 589 and is remembered annually on St David's Day.

So grab your ID and tuck into a free pint - this one's on David.

Participating venues

Tusk, 110 Heaton Moor Rd, Stockport SK4 4NZ, 9am to 11pm

The Fitzgerald, 11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB, from 7pm

Hula, 11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB, from 5pm

Rosylee, 11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB, 10am to 11pm

InFamous Diner, Basil Chambers, 3-5 Basil Chambers Nicholas Croft, Manchester M4 1EY, 10am to 10pm

Tusk, 77 High St, Manchester M4 1FS, 5pm to 12am

Walrus, 78-88 High St, Manchester M4 1ES, 12pm to 12am