History.com In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick’s Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland ‘s St. Patrick’s Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.
Remember to keep the day holy. :-)
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That photo and the Irish Pubs link are really annoyng.
On July 4th, I don’t post a picture of a pile of hamburgers
Oh my goodness, please save me from the green dyed beer in every pub in the Metroplex.
BTW, John, have you reset your blog clock yet? Are you on MOP time (middle of Pacific) ? Each of my last posts is 4 hours behind CST. Just a thought…
Neal. Lighten up. The Irish are a nation of fat people too Have you not seen the asses on the things we call “girls” here?
We eat as much junk as the Americans.
Now go out and enjoy your national day and stop whinging.
3, Yes I meant 4 hours behind CST. For those unfamiliar with solar time, that would be 3 hours behind the damn gubmint mandated CDT.
Sorry for the confusion.
Right now, it’s 06:12 CDT, 01:12 UT.
Nice picture KB! Nice way to start a day here in Yurp…
Ditto Cheers!!!!
5, 3 – our ISP stays on PST and screw the government!
Sith gun robh so.
8. Understood.
buy’ ngop
arlogh Qoylu’pu?
Honkys are so much better lookin’ when they’re purebreds…
#1 – Neal
Sure and what kind ‘o talk is that, boyo? She’s a cute one, though I’m sure she’d be improved by losing the shirt…
Me, St. Paddy’s is my excuse to listen to Enya and Clannad all day whilst drinking English ale (just for the sake of Irish contrariness).
Ah, St Patrick… Ireland’s most famous Englishman.
Kidnapped welshman.
So we kidnapped this welsh farmer who did a quick walk around saw no snakes and billed us for clearing them out.
Then he went on to found Symantec and do the same thing with computers.
Luck of the Irish to ya’ll!!
If I werent at work, I’d be drinkin guiness…also jamison’s & baileys w/ coffee mmmmm…..
And #1, looking forward to yer 7/4/07 post about BBQ & Fireworks.
14, Right on. I’ll have a black and tan for all of ya’.
My real first name and surname are quite Irish, though I’m a typical Heinz 57 in my ancestry (only a quarter Irish). I usually don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in pubs because all too many people overdo it and give the DWI police something to do.
#1. I agree, very annoying indeed. Why am I never invited to these parties?
The funny thing is, I only did the post as an excuse to post the pretty girl’s mug.
Oh me god, a pun !
This day exists to remind us that the only thing notable about the Irish is that they are drunks… and that they don’t like the English.
#19 – Mike
Of course, you’re right – except for you forgot to mention the trivial detail that that one tiny island, which had a civilization before your ancestors had learned to stop bashing each other with rocks, has produced a absurdly disproportionate number of the greatest and most influencial people in history – not to mention some of the most beautiful poetry, music and women…
No, nothing really notable.
#4 – It’s just that I’m bored of going on the net every St.Patrick’s Day and seeing stuff about beer, leprechauns and green milkshakes. We do other things besides drink, and it is, after all, a serious religious holiday.
While the rest of the world are waving plastic elves in the air and painting bits of their bodies green, back here in Ireland many people (not myself, admittedly, but I respect them) are in fact going to mass in memory of Saint Patrick, who had a huge effect on the lives and culture of the country.
Does absolutely everything in the world have to be turned into a joke or a cute picture?
Oh, and if further evidence is needed, read the bigoted statements of #19. Probably learned all about us from an episode of The Simpsons.
Oh and just one more thing. ‘#19, if we hate the British so much, why is our national day dedicated to a Welsh man? Just curious.
Okay now I’m done.
And I had a great day, thanks. Spent the afternoon at a street festival in the rain with good company and one of the few Irish girls who does actually have red hair and looks cute.
Neal. Stop whining.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6451019.stm
We are drunks. We need to deal with it. Hiding in the church is getting old. Get rid of the church, get rid of the repression and nonsense and maybe the people will find something else to do.
Speak for yourself. I don’t drink.
And have some pride, will you man.
Whoopie! you don’t drink. You are the best and I bow down to your superiority.
A lot of people do not drink but instead of being sanctimonious and a snob please do something about the rest that are addicted to alcohol. Stop supporting GAA and its Guinness sponsored games. Stop going to the Jameson Grand National. Because you don’t drink but attend or support alcohol sponsored sports or events makes you part of the problem by making it acceptable to be drunk.
We means collective. We the Irish people have a problem with alcohol. We deny this. It will continue until we stop denying it. Drinkers and “non drinkers” alike.
I have pride. Don’t you start pushing your crap about pride onto me. I have national pride but I am not in denial of the mess and mindless drinking that has overthrown our national day.
I was in the pub last night with friends from outside Ireland. I had a few beers. A few. Not a lot. A few. It is my right to go out and enjoy myself occasionally. Within an hour of getting off the plane they had seen people sick on the street and a fight.
Denying we have a collective problem with alcohol is naive. Being a snob about plastic hammers and what you think is tacky doesn’t go any way towards changing the image. If anything it helps perpetuate it because NOTHING is done apart from sniping and sneering.
Wake up. Do something. Stop whinging and moaning.
And, learn, to, use, commas, properly. Why do all the cranks have such poor grammatical skills?
I don’t attend any sporting events whatsoevery. Perhaps you are confusing me with somebody else with the same name as me, who attends sporting events. In
I wasn’t being superior about my not drinking. I was merely distancing myself from your statement which was “We are drunks”. I wanted it to be known that I am not a drunk. I am sorry that my lack of drinking is an annoyance to you. Perhaps I should take up drinking so as to be “at one” with my fellow countrymen, and live up to the stereotype.
However, I do apologise profusely for my apparant misuse of commas. I realise now that the misuse of commas is an evil that is almost as dangerous to the world as this alcohol of which we speak. I will immediately sign up for “Bad Grammer-users Anomynous”. I understand the first step in the recovery programme is to start using semi-colons, then you move on to colons.
Neal and billy –
At least I’m grateful that you two lads have laid the myth of Irish contentiousness to rest… 😉
Sanctimonious crap. Neal for fucks sake get off your high horse.
You don’t listen. We are a nation of drinkers. This is a fact. Some people do not drink. This is also a fact. Being a pompus holier than thou about drinking gets us NOWHERE.
The church that you originally aspired to praising raped and murdered its way through the Irish population. Is it any wonder we don’t go to mass??