Thread: St. Patricks Day 2019

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of the Irish and the Irish at heart!

Happy Saint Patrick’s day to all my sharp witted, sharp razored brethren on the forum!

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Get your Irish on men.
Cheers!

Years ago the Dj's here in Washington State at the Classic Rock radio station that I listened to called a pub in Boston on St. Patrick's Day. The guy who answered had a distinct Irish accent. They asked him what was the most popular beer ordered on St. Patrick's Day and he said "Same as every day! Guinness"!

Guinness and whiskey. im doing St. Paddys day like any good Irishman Irish Soda Bread with smoked corn beef brisket and pan fried cabbage half butter and half bacon grease with scallions and hot of Daves Hot sauce,,,, mumummmmm

My annual St Patrick's day ruminations. I throw this up on Facebook every year, but don't think I've posted it here before. Apologies if I have.

On March 21, 1924, My Granddad, his parents, and his two sisters boarded the CP Steamship Montcalm in Liverpool, bound for St John, NB. They had left their home in Ranelagh, Dublin for a new life in Canada. His arrival document encouragingly noted that neither he nor any of his family were tubercular, physically defective, or mentally defective. He was 23 years old, stated that he was a clerk who intended to take up farming, and literally had $100 in his pocket upon arrival.

At the time of his birth, Granddad's family lived on Leo St in Dublin. Leo St is about a 15-minute walk from the general post office on O'Connell St that still bears the scars of bullet holes from the 1916 Easter Rising. Granddad would have just celebrated his 15th birthday when that kicked off. The house in Ranelagh is a little further out, approximately a 45-minute walk from the post office. I do not know whether the family moved there in an attempt to distance themselves from the troubles, or whether they remained on Leo St until they emigrated and the address used on their passenger list and entry document was just that of his uncle. But either way, there was a definite movement away from the centre of Dublin. It was not an easy time and place to be a Protestant family. Just as it has often not been an easy time and place for Catholic families.

I hate the fact that countless families on both sides of the political and religious divide in Ireland have been forced to emigrate to all corners of the world to find peace, freedom, or even simple survival. But at the same time I will be forever grateful that those five made that journey 95 years ago.

So for anyone drinking green beer, wearing stupid hats, and generally pretending to be Irish today, please be patient with those of us with more complex relationships to that beautiful, wonderful, terrible place.
As so often is the case, Shane and the b'ys got it right: Where e'er we go, we celebrate the land that made us refugees.

Happy St Patrick's day, everyone.

My dads mom and father(my grandparents) came from Ireland in 1907. They arrived under contract for the boat to be indentured servants. 7 years. So I celebrate the day with reverence too. But also raised Irish knowing the drinking side too. So I respect and drink!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Happy Saint Patrick’s day to all my sharp witted, sharp razored brethren on the forum!

Taken here;

Get your Irish on men.
Cheers!

Cool!

I've been to Ireland 4 times, and visited the Brazen Head as well. Great times!

I was there for Paddy's Day one year and spent it in Killarney.

Cangooner, as I was reading your post I was thinking "this guy needs to listen to Thousands Are Sailing by the Pogues" and sure enough you linked the vid.

The Pogues are one of my top bands. Got to see them live about 5 years ago. Shane did great!

Little late Roy but I was busy continuing family tradition - Slainte!

The next time Top Round is on sale I'm going to have my buddy (the meat manager) cut me some 2+" thick roasts and see how well I can 'Corn' them.

I did some wet cure years ago but wasn't real pleased with the result so I'll see how a dry rub would work out.

Buying actual briskets here is out of the question as like I posted a while back a whole brisket is around $75

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