Alright, you knew I WOULD! The "official" St Patrick's Day Thread!

[irishgrl]

step up! what are your plans for the day? any St Patrick's gif/midi's or whatever you'd care to share?

I used to have my own website, I think its still archived, that had a wonderful bunch of celtic links...ah for the good old days....

anyway, if anyone cares, here is a link to a website I created (but didnt finish)
with midi's and gif links and whatnot.
Irishgrl's Mulligan Stew (http://www.freewebs.com/celtic4evr/index.htm)

Man, I wish I could remember how to get to the place where I could update that site!!!! guess Ive got some research to do!


I'll post more stuff later....

[HomerMcvie]

Work, and get drunk. At the same time!:woohoo:

[estranged4life]

No plans, just sit around & try to find something to watch/listen to is all.

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'll be drinking for sure....
.....also moving some more stuff into my new loft.

[irishgrl]

I'll be drinking for sure....
.....also moving some more stuff into my new loft.

well, congrats for your new place :nod:

[gldstwmn]

My family names are McNamara (no kidding) and Fox. I am 100% Irish, second generation in this country. My great uncle, Patrick Fox went down with the Titanic. He was coming back from visiting the family in Ireland. He was all of 22 years old, God rest his soul. My mother's family are from Sligo but there is a possibility that my father's family is from Ulster. I have done some genealogical research of that clan which seems to be pretty big. I think I have traced that part of the family back through Ellis Island and believe them to ALL be Catholics.:shocked: Erin go Bragh! Long live Ireland!

[irishgrl]

My family names are McNamara (no kidding) and Fox. I am 100% Irish, second generation in this country. My great uncle, Patrick Fox went down with the Titanic. He was coming back from visiting the family in Ireland. He was all of 22 years old, God rest his soul. My mother's family are from Sligo but there is a possibility that my father's family is from Ulster. I have done some genealogical research of that clan which seems to be pretty big. I think I have traced that part of the family back through Ellis Island and believe them to be Catholics.:shocked: Erin go Bragh! Long live Ireland!

Failte! Welcome! Cead Mile Failte! A Hundred Thousand Welcomes~


Slainte! (Cheers!)

I wish I knew more Gaelic............but I admit, the bv or the mv (and similar) combinations leave me confused....

btw: my father's side of the family (the bigger part of the Irish side) has done some research, and apparently, my family was dispossessed to wales.........so, my great grandmother's maiden name was Walsh (Welsh) which was a catchall for the Irish that were moved to Wales after the English took their land........Assholes. prior to that, My father hasnt told me. We really dont speak. But it really doesnt matter. My SOUL is 200% IRISH. oh YES.

[estranged4life]

My family names are McNamara (no kidding) and Fox. I am 100% Irish, second generation in this country. My great uncle, Patrick Fox went down with the Titanic. He was coming back from visiting the family in Ireland. He was all of 22 years old, God rest his soul. My mother's family are from Sligo but there is a possibility that my father's family is from Ulster. I have done some genealogical research of that clan which seems to be pretty big. I think I have traced that part of the family back through Ellis Island and believe them to be Catholics.:shocked: Erin go Bragh! Long live Ireland!

Chris, I am almost full blooded Irish, if it wasnt for the Cherokee in me.

My Grandfather on Dad's side of the family, the late M.H. Johnson (That's not only his initials, but his actual name - "M.H.") was 100% Irish and was disowned by his family for marrying someone who was not of Irish blood. Granddad dumped the Catholic following for Granny's Baptist rearing.

My Aunts & Uncles on Dad's side of the family (Typical large Irish family - 7 boys & 3 girls) are products of the Irish/Cherokee union between MH & Malzerine Johnson (Granny was known as "Malzie"), but you cannot tell where the Cherokee went - they're also of white complection like me (My Dad was the only child of the Irish/Cherokee mix to show the more Cherokee traits - He was of a red complection).

The genealogy on the Johnson side of the family goes way back to Ireland (I cant recall the specific name of the area in Ireland, but it is located in modern day Northern Ireland) and beyond - So Happy St.Patrick's Day to all of Irish blood.

[irishgrl]

Chris, I am almost full blooded Irish, if it wasnt for the Cherokee in me.

My Grandfather on Dad's side of the family, the late M.H. Johnson (That's not only his initials, but his actual name - "M.H.") was 100% Irish and was disowned by his family for marrying someone who was not of Irish blood. Granddad dumped the Catholic following for Granny's Baptist rearing.

My Aunts & Uncles on Dad's side of the family (Typical large Irish family - 7 boys & 3 girls) are products of the Irish/Cherokee union between MH & Malzerine Johnson (Granny was known as "Malzie"), but you cannot tell where the Cherokee went - they're also of white complection like me (My Dad was the only child of the Irish/Cherokee mix to show the more Cherokee traits - He was of a red complection).

The genealogy on the Johnson side of the family goes way back to Ireland (I cant recall the specific name of the area in Ireland, but it is located in modern day Northern Ireland) and beyond - So Happy St.Patrick's Day to all of Irish blood.

Lord luv ya, all the Irish have had to relocate.................

Here's to ya, and yours, in the spirit of the Day!

[JazmenFlowers]

I'll be drinking for sure....
.....also moving some more stuff into my new loft.
congrats. I really want to see pics.

I'll have a drink in your honor tomorrow! :xoxo:

[irishgrl]

If anyone ever needed to hear WHY the Irish fight each other, the only need to listen to Sinead O Connor sing FOGGY DEW. Nuff SAID
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[goldustsongbird]

Dahneee booyyyyyy. The pipes, the pipes are caaaaah-lingggggggg
From glennnn to glennnnnnnnnn
And down the moutainsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Thank you folks. I'm here all night.

[gldstwmn]

Dahneee booyyyyyy. The pipes, the pipes are caaaaah-lingggggggg
From glennnn to glennnnnnnnnn
And down the moutainsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Thank you folks. I'm here all night.

Very nice tribute. Thanks. Erin go Bragh!

[eclipse]

100 % Irish here too, although I married an Italian/South American guy,
so I consider myself a little Italian ,by injection (tee-hee) :p
Anyway both Mom and Dad's family are from Ireland I guess I am third generation....we tried to do one of those family searches but came up with adoptions and "Mother's being known as Sisters....and Grandmothers being Mothers "in that Famous Irish tradition, so we kind of got lost in the paperwork.
But as far as we can tell our family names go back to Crofton, Sweeney
Feeley, Costello- (pronounced the Irish way of course!) Cus-talow...O'Connor, Leonard, Hart and Sullivan....

So I will be eating a delicious Salmon with Leaks and a tarragon sauce- a cloeslaw made with carrots, green onions and a few slices of red cabbage- homemade Irish soda bread and some Bushmills Whiskey, to wash it down :nod:

"And I won't be havin any ice in my whiskey- When I want water, I 'll be drinkin water, but when I be drinkin whiskey, it's just the whiskey in the glass...if you please"
to quote Mickaleen- from The Quiet Man movie ...John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara classic flick..perfect movie for St. Patricks day---

Love to all and enjoy the day
Ms. O' eclipse

[Rickypt]

I'm going to see Barack Obama speak and then going to Storm Large with Deborah. :woohoo: I'm sure there will be drinking involved at some point.

[UnwindedDreams]

Happy St. Patty's Day! I'll be going to the local inn for CB&C and a nice GUINNESS!

[gldstwmn]

Chris, I am almost full blooded Irish, if it wasnt for the Cherokee in me.

My Grandfather on Dad's side of the family, the late M.H. Johnson (That's not only his initials, but his actual name - "M.H.") was 100% Irish and was disowned by his family for marrying someone who was not of Irish blood. Granddad dumped the Catholic following for Granny's Baptist rearing.

My Aunts & Uncles on Dad's side of the family (Typical large Irish family - 7 boys & 3 girls) are products of the Irish/Cherokee union between MH & Malzerine Johnson (Granny was known as "Malzie"), but you cannot tell where the Cherokee went - they're also of white complection like me (My Dad was the only child of the Irish/Cherokee mix to show the more Cherokee traits - He was of a red complection).

The genealogy on the Johnson side of the family goes way back to Ireland (I cant recall the specific name of the area in Ireland, but it is located in modern day Northern Ireland) and beyond - So Happy St.Patrick's Day to all of Irish blood.

That's cool. I think I told you this before but my daughter's grandfather is 1/2 Cherokee. You can't really see it in her, just a little around the cheekbones/eyes but you can tell her father is part Cherokee. It's an interesting mix.

[gldstwmn]

I'm going to see Barack Obama speak and then going to Storm Large with Deborah. :woohoo: I'm sure there will be drinking involved at some point.

Sounds like a fun day. I want to hear about Barack and Stromy when you get back please.:)

[Peestie]

100% Irish born and bred. :p

I might go into Belfast with some friends, but since I hate clubs it's unlikely and they'll all be packed tonight.
I think I'm just going to have a few friends round and drink some of the very best whiskey ever distilled: Black Bush. This is THE Irish whiskey. Just great. Got to drink it straight though - I will fight anyone who dares to dilute/add ice to/add coke to Black Bush... It's a crime to ruin it like that.

[Für Elise]

0% irish but I lived in belfast for some time when I was younger. but I'm not irish so theres no need for me to celebrate anything

If anyone ever needed to hear WHY the Irish fight each other, the only need to listen to Sinead O Connor sing FOGGY DEW. Nuff SAID
or they could take a tour of belfast

[irishgrl]

0% irish but I lived in belfast for some time when I was younger. but I'm not irish so theres no need for me to celebrate anything


or they could take a tour of belfast



It saddens me to know that the Irish live with strife like that...

One day, I hope to visit there. Its the only place I really want to travel to.

[Peestie]

It saddens me to know that the Irish live with strife like that...

One day, I hope to visit there. Its the only place I really want to travel to.

There's really not as much strife as people people think, not in the North anyway. I was on a holiday in Florida a few years ago and most people when they heard I was from Northern Ireland said "That must be aweful! Are there really burnt out cars all over the place?" True, there are certain areas of Belfast you shouldn't go wearing the wrong coloured t-shirt unless you want beat up, but it's all much better than it was a couple of decades ago. Any "strife" there is left is mostly from so many, many years of bigotry just being passed from generation to generation. 99% of the people who beat you up because you're a Catholic or Protestant have never been to church in their life of their own free will, so religion can't be that big a thing to them. It's just been bred in that they hate those "other people".

Now, for travelling... Ireland has got to be one of the best places for it. You could go all over the country and just have beautiful scenery the whole time. The lakes of Fermanagh are fantastic. Just rent a boat and go round them exploring all the places. Donegal is great as well. You can find any number of places with stunning scenery. Or you can go for a tour of Belfast in the back of polices wagon and see the secterian "culture" :p