Anyone wanting to get in the spirit (without actual spirits involved) should check out the excellent concert with Sinead O’Conner on RTE Radio 1 right now. (Launce Live Stream. She may be a nutter, but she has a hell of a voice, and you just missed that bloody “Nothing compares to you”.
If you are reading this later, hope you had a great day, and might I suggest this if you missed Sinead, or if you prefer it a little more trad.
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig from a little ex-pat. 