# Special Feud: St. Paddy's Day (March 17) by astorian \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648 "2009-03-16T18:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/21 "2009-03-16T20:08:32Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > 1. Isle of Man Although it’s in the Irish Sea, the Isle is not Irish territory, nor is it part of the United Kingdom. Rather, it’s a [self-governing Crown dependency.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/22 "2009-03-16T20:10:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 1. Uilleann pipes **DR** , those are Irish bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/23 "2009-03-16T20:17:26Z")
1. Limerick 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. Finian’s Rainbow 4. John F. Kennedy 5. potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Harp 8. Potatoes 9. Kelly 10. harp ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/24 "2009-03-16T20:17:52Z")
Quoth **Sternvogel** : > [@](#): > > Note to Dolores: Boxty is a traditional potato pancake. Is that the same thing as colcannon? > [@](#): > > If you mean John Kerry, you may be interested in this discussion of his ancestry. Huh, I did not know that. One just naturally assumes that a Roman Catholic with the last name Kerry must obviously be Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/25 "2009-03-16T20:17:58Z")
1. Dublin 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Crying Game 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Irish War of Independence 6. Blarney Stone 7. Harp lager 8. Bangers and mash 9. Shannon 10. Bagpipe ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/26 "2009-03-16T20:19:19Z")
1. Cork 2. Pogues 3. Waking Ned Devine 4. JFK 5. potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. fish and chips 9. Kelly 10. fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/27 "2009-03-16T20:25:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is that the same thing as colcannon? No, colcannon is basically mashed potatoes with cabbage (and leeks, when I make it) in it. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/28 "2009-03-16T20:31:13Z")
1. Cork 2. Van Morrison 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney stone 7. Harp 8. Shepherds Pie 9. Kelley 10. Tin whistle ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/29 "2009-03-16T20:40:23Z")
1. Limerick 2. Van Morrison 3. The Quiet Man 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned beef 9. Murphy. 10. Bagpipes ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/30 "2009-03-16T20:48:46Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. _The Quiet Man_ 4. John F. Kennedy 5. The Potato Famine 6. Blarney Castle 7. Harp 8. Potatoes 9. Riley 10. Harp Edit: For #6 I hope Dolores will take pity on me and lump this in with Blarney Stone, which was clearly what I meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/31 "2009-03-16T20:57:13Z")
1. Cork 2. Enya 3. Far and Away 4. Barak Obama 5. The Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 6. Blarney Stone 7. Bailey’s Irish Cream 8. Shepherd’s pie 9. Campbell 10. Fiddle ETA: Corned beef and cabbage! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/32 "2009-03-16T20:57:20Z")
1. Kildare 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. Finian’s Rainbow 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Beamish 8. Corned Beef and Cabbage 9. McKenna 10. Tin whistle ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/33 "2009-03-16T21:03:30Z")
1. Cork 2. The Chieftains 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned beef and cabbage 9. Riley 10. Fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/34 "2009-03-16T21:40:15Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Commitments 4. John F Kennedy 5. Easter Rising 6. Blarney Castle 7. Jameson 8. Jacket (baked) Potato 9. Kelly 10. fiddle ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/35 "2009-03-16T22:28:47Z")
1. Cork 2. Thin Lizzy 3. My Left Foot 4. John F. Kennedy 5. the Easter Uprising (1916) 6. Blarney Stone 7. Baileys Irish Cream 8. Irish stew 9. Kerry 10. Irish bagpipes ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/36 "2009-03-16T22:30:31Z")
1. Cork 2. Van Morrison 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned beef and cabbage 9. Kelly 10. Tin whistle 11. Not actually very Irish, I’m told, but common in Irish American pubs here ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/37 "2009-03-16T22:37:54Z")
1. County Cork 2. Stiff Little Fingers 3. Ulysses 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Bloody Sunday 6. Guinness Brewery 7. Jameson’s 8. Shepherd’s pie 9. pass 10. tin whistle ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/38 "2009-03-16T22:57:20Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. My Left Foot 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Irish Stew 9. Kelly 10. Fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/39 "2009-03-16T23:24:50Z")
1. Cork 2. Bob Geldof 3. The Commitments 4. Ted Kennedy 5. 1916 uprising 6. Blarney Stone 7. Harp 8. Corned Beef and Cabbage 9. McKenzie 10. fiddle 11. I don’t like Harp but I think it will be a popular answer ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/40 "2009-03-16T23:26:14Z")
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