Yes, there’s quite a bit of Irish in me. As usual I’ll be singing at the big mass to mark the patronal feast of my parish church St Patrick’s, Church Hill
i’m a quarter scotch. i’ll be the guy wearing orange in buffalo, new york.
Well, the 16th marks 6 months since we’ve been married, and the 17th is (of course) a national holiday, and well, it’s the weekend.
So…
Nice dinner Thursday night (probably at a Japanese restaurant, the Sopranos got me in the mood for sushi).
Friday morning in bed, afternoon watching the parade on TV, followed by a night in the pub with some friends who have come over from Scotland.
Followed by Saturday night at our friends’ house, drinking cocktails and watching the fireworks over the Liffey from their balcony.
Irishfella and I are both getting over 'flu, so cross your fingers that we don’t kill ourselves with the Paddy’s day festivities.
Being Ireland, wearing green and painting your face with shamrocks and the tricolour is entirely optional- we already know who we are, and we don’t have to show off to anyone else. Green beer is an abomination- I’ve never seen any. There’s no pinching either.
Celebrating at least as far as the wearing o’ the green.
I had always thought of my family on my mother’s side to be primarily Irish-Catholic, until one of my aunts did a bit of genealogical research; while we do have some Irish ancestors, it turns out there are also a lot of Germans, Danes, and Poles back there too.
Jesus! Just kill me now.
I’m in Amsterdam for a 3 month secondment so it will be a normal work day for me.
At night I’ll most likely get drunk and stoned and go look for some female tourist who likes my accent 
The Dutch are doing something for it. http://stpatricksday.nl/ but it’s in Utrecht and even if I was there I’d be in doors avoiding all the Oirish bullshit.
Paddy’s Day must be one of the most successful; marketing campaigns ever. A country of just 4 million shouldn’t really have a voice that loud internationally. I suppose up to 40million in the States helps
I will be here for Queen’s Day however which should be fun.
http://www.thisisthelife.com/en/carnivals-festivals/queens-day.htm
Ugh, no way. I didn’t enjoy going out New Year’s Eve and usually dislike St. Patrick’s Day. I really don’t like hearing people who are sloppy drunk speaking in phony Irish accents.
I was going to say with a name like O’Furniture you’d have to celebrate, but yours was better.
I hope to take the day off and spend it with the baby. But we’ll probably go out and have a beer, of course taking the baby, before all the crazies get out. I hope like hell no one gives me a green beer.
Irishgirl, are they making the Liffey run green this year? (moreso than normal, of course) And what’s the weather supposed to be doing? I hear it’s been bitterly cold over there.
I have a great grandparent whose last name was Galloway. But it turns out her Dad was adopted by the Galloways and his birth name was Reed. So, afaik, not any Irish blood whatsoever. I like pubs and I like beer but I don’t much care for amateur drunks or getting around town when crazy peeps might be behind the wheel so I’ll just be at home that night.
To the best of my knowledge, no Irish in me (except for a fondness for redheads.) But yes, I will likely be celebrating.
Well, I do have a lot of Irish in me, but this is pretty much the reason I’ll be staying inside, thankyouverymuch. I’m plenty Irish on every other day of the year. I don’t need to be more Irish for one day. Besides, for aaaaaaall that Irish blood in me veins (pirate blood, at that!), I was still born in Canada, to Canadian parents. Which would make me… huh. Canadian. Imagine that. 
Get back to me on July 1st. I’ll still be drinking Guinness then. 
I am half Irish on my mother’s side (from Sligo and Donegal, apparently), and I will be “celebrating” my playing a gig with an Irish(ish) band in a bar in Jersey from 7 PM to 1 AM. I haven’t been in a bar on St. Pat’s in years (or New Years’ either – “amateur night” as a barman friend of mine used to say). I probably won’t drink that much Guinness, because I’m a lightweight & I’ll need to pace myself to get through six sets without mixing up all those jigs and reels or playing the wrong “Whiskey in the Jar” or making corned beef hash out of my feckin fingers (I don’t think I’ve ever played the mandolin for 6 hours before).
On the other hand, it’s nice to be in a band that has its own holiday. Maybe someone should declare the third Friday in August Mopey Indie Rocker Day, and everyone will go out wearing torn cardigans over homemade Young Marble Giants t-shirts and talk about how they are starting their own record label and were into the Fiery Furnaces before you were.
I will not wear a green plastic derby hat.
For the longest time I simply assumed I had no Irish at all, and took the “honorary Irish” title bestowed on everyone on Saint Paddy’s Day with pride.
Imagine my surprise a few years back when I discovered I had a great great grandparent named Moore (no relation to Michael or Dennis, I assume) whose parents had emigrated from Ireland.
AFAIK the Liffey will not be green.
This is what Dublin has planned to celebrate Paddy’s day. It does look like it’s going to be cold, but nothing more than you’re expect for March in Ireland- which is basically still winter (our summer consists of approximately 2 days of weak sunshine in August).
BTW if you life in Dublin, it’s St Paddy’s Day, or Paddy’s Day or St Patrick’s day. St Pat’s is the psychiatric hospital founded by Johnathan Swift!)
It is Saturday right? (A friend is telling me it is Friday)
Well St Patrick’s day is March 17th, which this year falls on a Friday, so Khadaji, you’re friend is right.
I’ve got Irish on both sides of my family, but I have no idea of the percentage. I do have a thing for shamrocks that HAS to mean something…
I’m planning on wearing my “Irish Luck” panties and shamrock cami and drinking Guiness! Wooo! There might in fact be a little Irish girl…umm, did you know that there’s no way to insinuate that there might be going’s ons with one’s Swedish descended boyfriend without it being to filthy to type? Just sayin’.
Thanks. 
I had it in my mind that it was the 18th. But that is why I asked.
Huh, I didn’t know the green beer thing wasn’t done in Ireland.
I know one guy, whose family is of mostly Irish descent (and he’s a redhead to boot), who’s got the stereotypical Irish “hollow leg”. Nobody can drink this guy under the table, esp. on St. Paddy’s. I remember one year we had a bash at a friend’s place, and the next morning we decided to go for brunch. Most of us were hungover and not wanting to eat much. This guy got a huge greasy plate of sausages, eggs, toast, & other stuff, chowing down while remarking, “I won’t be surprised if I regret this later.” He was fine. Cast-iron stomach, that guy.
I used to be able to hold my drink pretty well - could have as much as I liked, mix 'em up, and never get sick or have a hangover. Then I had my gallbladder out, and now I’m a real cheap drunk.