St. Patrick's day is lost

[BeeSweet]

Couldn’t help laughing when I saw you were going to try Irish moonshine, if it’s the genuine stuff, beware, it is not for the faint-hearted. :hypno:

I personally detest it, disgusting.

And next day so I’m told if you feel thirsty and drink water, well that will go straight to your head as-well, catch 22.

We have here what is know as plum poteen, of-course it’s illegal, that never stopped them, it’s nice to taste, but it still kicks like a mule, the original rocket fuel.

What I have I bought in the Shannon airport. It’s called “Bunratty Irish Potcheen (Moonshine) Illeagal since 1661
NOW LEGAL”

I’ve had it since the summer of 2005, but I was pregnant last St. Pat’s, so we didn’t open it.

Not really sure that we will open it really. We’ll see!

 

[Gearoidin]

I have never seen green beer in Ireland, I did hear they tried to introduce it in some towns, it was frowned upon, and haven’t heard of it since, apart from the USA.

And no the river don’t turn green.

We don’t eat corned beef and cabbage, it’s a Cobh=Cove County Cork thing, it spread across the sea to the USA, but it never did get to the rest of us.

Funny, I’m from Cobh and have never had corned beef and cabbage. It really doesn’t seem to be that popular in
Cobh nowadays at least.

Gearoidin

 

[JimR-OCDS]

If I am correct Saint Patrick is also considered an apostle right?

No St. Patrick was never considered an apostle.

Jim

 

[Eireann]

Funny, I’m from Cobh and have never had corned beef and cabbage. It really doesn’t seem to be that popular in
Cobh nowadays at least.

Gearoidin

I just read that on a site last year, anyway it isn’t well known in Ireland as you know, if you asked people they wouldn’t have a clue.

I saw pictures of Cobh on the web, looks like a nice town, if God spares me, I’ll probably take a trip down there in the summer.

 

[Eden]

I just read that on a site last year, anyway it isn’t well known in Ireland as you know, if you asked people they wouldn’t have a clue.

I saw pictures of Cobh on the web, looks like a nice town, if God spares me, I’ll probably take a trip down there in the summer.

From what saw on a “History Channel” program about St. Patrick’s Day a few years ago, the original Irish recipe was bacon and cabbage. Corned beef and cabbage is something created by Irish immigrants to New York who lived near Jewish delis. The corned beef was a frugal alternative to bacon for the new immigrants. Wikipedia makes a reference to that here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corned_beef

 

[Eireann]

What I have I bought in the Shannon airport. It’s called “Bunratty Irish Potcheen (Moonshine) Illeagal since 1661
NOW LEGAL”

I’ve had it since the summer of 2005, but I was pregnant last St. Pat’s, so we didn’t open it.

Not really sure that we will open it really. We’ll see!

Oh it’s the legal stuff, not sure if it’s the same proof as the illegal poteen, should change the name of that stuff to " paint stripper "

Eden

From what saw on a “History Channel” program about St. Patrick’s Day a few years ago, the original Irish recipe was bacon and cabbage. Corned beef and cabbage is something created by Irish immigrants to New York who lived near Jewish delis. The corned beef was a frugal alternative to bacon for the new immigrants. Wikipedia makes a reference to that here:

Thanks, the cabbage and bacon does ring a bell, very popular over here.

 

[BrooklynBoy200]

You’d better believe it was a slam against the Catholic Church! Saint Patrick is no less a saint than the apostles themselves.

They might have just stated the fact, and not intended it as a slam.

 

[Gearoidin]

I just read that on a site last year, anyway it isn’t well known in Ireland as you know, if you asked people they wouldn’t have a clue.

I saw pictures of Cobh on the web, looks like a nice town, if God spares me, I’ll probably take a trip down there in the summer.

Cobh is a nice town, and rather historic too with so many people leaving for the US from there, also it was the last stop for the Titanic and victims of the SS Lusitania (sp?) are burried in Cobh.
The cathedral is beautiful but the bishop is still trying to “modernize” it. He’s spent most of the past few years trying to remove the altar rails, dig up some of the mosaic floor and move the altar more towards the centre of the cathedral. He was stopped from doing this last year but apparently he hasn’t given up. Say a prayer for him, please.

gearoidin

 

[Gearoidin]

From what saw on a “History Channel” program about St. Patrick’s Day a few years ago, the original Irish recipe was bacon and cabbage. Corned beef and cabbage is something created by Irish immigrants to New York who lived near Jewish delis. The corned beef was a frugal alternative to bacon for the new immigrants. Wikipedia makes a reference to that here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corned_beef

*Bacon *and cabbage you will certainly find in Ireland.

Gearoidin