# Favorite Irish-themed Stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751 "2010-03-17T13:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/1 "2010-03-17T13:19:00Z")
Anything Irishy. Movies, music, TV shows, games, products, places outside Ireland, names, drinks, food, pets… Irish Spring The Quiet Man Liam Neeson U2 Irish Washerwoman Irish potatoes [Irish McCalla](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564695/) (do a Yahoo! Image Search, not automatically SFW) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/2 "2010-03-17T13:27:05Z")
Celtic Women [The Beautiful Game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_Game_(musical)) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/3 "2010-03-17T13:29:46Z")
[Irish Confetti!](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irish_confetti) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/4 "2010-03-17T13:35:08Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > [Irish Confetti!](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irish_confetti) Love it! Has anybody heard of an “Irish pennant”? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/5 "2010-03-17T13:41:28Z")
Let’s all sing along! Danny Boy Rose of Tralee McNamara’s Band When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Toora-loora-loora Did Your Mother Come From Ireland and my favorite… Who Threw The Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/6 "2010-03-17T13:51:35Z")
A Nation Once Again Dun do Huile ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/7 "2010-03-17T13:55:50Z")
I like getting today off work 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/8 "2010-03-17T14:00:41Z")
Bushmills ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/9 "2010-03-17T14:23:54Z")
What, no Guinness? Slainte! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/10 "2010-03-17T14:26:40Z")
[Woman of Ireland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrjOTD3bk0&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/11 "2010-03-17T15:29:26Z")
One of the greatest folk/ballad singers ever. [Raglan Road by Luke Kelly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRHeTIcgwH8) She may be as mad as a bag of hammers but my god she was beautiful and incredibly good. [Sinéad O’Connor - She moved through the Fair](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHo7syTQOo) One of the best riffs ever. [Thin Lizzy - Emerald](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KAUXWm1_A) If you’re looking for something to watch but you may have missed. There’s the fantasticly funny [In Bruges](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE9edjEDCI) or the much more serious [Wind That Shakes The Barley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc61Cjmmbkg) Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/12 "2010-03-17T16:17:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Love it! Has anybody heard of an “Irish pennant”? Yep!😛 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/13 "2010-03-17T16:56:50Z")
Celtic Thunder. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=YY1\_qlTr-rM&feature=related](http://youtube.com/watch?v=YY1_qlTr-rM&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/14 "2010-03-17T17:15:26Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Celtic Thunder. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=YY1\_qlTr-rM&feature=related](http://youtube.com/watch?v=YY1_qlTr-rM&feature=related) That’s the alternative Anthem sang at Irish rugby internationals as players from both sides of the border play on the team. It’s best heard in it’s rightful place. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIxe5ooQtqI) it is being sang by 80,000ish at Croke Park on one of the biggest days in Irish sport. It was the first time Ireland had played England in Croke Park(the home of Irish Gaelic sport). The blood was up. We slaughered them 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/15 "2010-03-17T17:33:26Z")
Jonathan Rhys Myers! Frank McCourt Smithwicks [This cartoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bll8ZKztIs)(“I sentence ya to the wearin’ of the green shoes!” Shillelaghs Jonathan Rhys Myers! Irish Setters ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/16 "2010-03-17T17:59:11Z")
Boulevard Brewing Company’s [Irish Ale](http://www.blvdbeer.com/irishale.htm). It’s a seasonal beer for them, so it’s only available roughly the first quarter of the year. I should probably go stock up before it’s all gone! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/17 "2010-03-17T18:10:27Z")
Clany Bothers and Tommy Makem. and of course, my old band, Finagle.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/18 "2010-03-17T18:18:05Z")
Redheads ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/19 "2010-03-17T22:31:13Z")
I once saw on _Saturday Night Live_ – can’t seem to find it on Youtube – an ad for an album of traditional Irish songs. There was “The Incoherent Song,” and “The Drinking and Fighting Song” (“We’ll drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and drink, then we’ll fight and fight and fight and fight and fight and fight and fight . . .”). It was from when John Lovitz was in the cast, because I remember him featured in a song about “Michael Sean Patrick Flanagan Goldstein the Drunken Irish Jew,” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751/20 "2010-03-17T22:35:05Z")
My favorite Irish thing of all time\* is [_The Commitments._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)) \*James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, the Cuchulainn Cycle, the Book of Kells – y’all can suck it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751.md?page=2)