Give me a Guinness, I'm Irish!
 

Herewith we celebrate all things Irish, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!
http://photos-i.ak.facebook.com/phot...95016_8124.jpg One of my favorite pictures from my trip to Ireland this summer . . .

Have more than one!

http://www.theirishpub.de/Bilder/guiness.gif

BTW, my 15th wedding anniversary is St Patrick's Day! We were even married at St Patrick's Episcopal Church (a clever way to get married in Lent is to get married on the church's patron saint's feast day). My husband is 100% Irish (all four grandparents came over on the boat), so I figured if we got married on St Patrick's Day, he could never forget our anniversary.

Soooooo clever, catiebug!

Enjoy the Guinness but leave room for a nice boxty and for a lovely Irish coffee, folks.

And here's my favorite Irish blessing:

May those that love us, love us,
and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts,
And if he doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So that we shall know them by their limping.

I actually have that blessing in my kitchen, bejazd!:)

I have that blessing hanging up on my fridge.

My middle son's middle name is Patrick (does that make sense?) and this is the first year he has really been aware of St.. Patrick's day. We are going to bake soda bread and shamrock cookies for his saint's day

Ok so what's the deal on changing St. Patrick's Day this year? I read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day

"The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this last happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on April 3rd in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March.[2]"

So, when are people celebrating?

Do you really need an excuse to enjoy a nice, tasty Guinness? Celebrate on both days!

The Irish celebrate EVERY day!

We are celebrating on Saturday (March 15th) but mostly because it's the weekend and I'll have the time to make stuff.

We are having an outdoor movie party Saturday... first Waking Ned Devine, followed by the Committments.

anyone have any other great Irish movie suggestions for me?

yepyep... i'm heading down to good ol savannah, georgia for a crazy, fun time on river street for st. patty's day.

if you live anywhere near georgia .. go ahead and make your reservations for a savnnah hotel next year and come down and enjoy the fesitivites... SAVANNAH IS SOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!! this will be my 2nd year in a row going and can't wait for spd2k9!!!!!!

and here is the Irish Philosophy

There are only two things to worry about,
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well then there's nothing to worry about..
but if you are sick
There are two things to worry about
Either you will get well or you will die
If you get well, there is nothing to worry about
If you die, there are two things to worry about...
Either you will go to heaven or hell
If you go to heaven there is nothing to worry about
but if you go to hell...
You'll be so busy shaking hands with friends
You won't have time to worry.

I actually celebrate more like the actual Irish (at least until recently - they've started to import our celebrations) - quietly, with Irish food and St. Patrick's Breastplate and story. I hate going to a pub - I call it "Amateur Irish Night" - too many drunks for my taste. I did end up chaperoning Gypsyboots when she was a wee thing dancing for my sister's Celtic band - but that was really it for me.

I think they just mean the Catholics will celebrate Mass and the feast on the 15th. Doing it the day after Palm Sunday makes too busy of a week for them.

Wife is having surgery on the 17th. I wonder if they'll have Guinness at the hospital...

Our last evening in Dublin a couple years ago, we had a special tour and dinner at the Guinness Brewery, and some beer in the bar on the top floor. It's the tallest building in Dublin. Beautiful.

Mrs. DA and I have a picture of ourselves with a similar background as the picture above. I'd go back to Ireland in a heartbeat.