IrishCentral St. Patrick's Day - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1 http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/St.+Patrick%27s+Day IrishCentral St. Patrick's Day en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Enda-Kennys-St-Patricks-Day-United-States-trip-cost-127000-203805321.html http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Enda-Kennys-St-Patricks-Day-United-States-trip-cost-127000-203805321.html Irish leader Enda Kenny's St. Patrick's Day United States trip cost $127,000 (IrishCentral) Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:11:16 PDT
By: MATT KEOUGH

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s crazed St. Patrick’s Day schedule included 26 hours on a government jet costing  $127,000.

READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/irish-musician-joanie-madden-is-the-queen-of-mclean-for-st-patricks-day-200779991.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/irish-musician-joanie-madden-is-the-queen-of-mclean-for-st-patricks-day-200779991.html Irish musician Joanie Madden is the Queen of McLean for St. Patrick’s Day (IrishCentral) Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:47:42 PDT
Joanie Madden marching in the McLean Avenue parade Over the past month, some PBS stations acknowledged that there might be more than one group of Celtic women who are making beautiful music that grew out of the heartland of Irish America, so they opened up their airwaves to a production that was filmed at Bushnell University last year The show was produced by Cherish the Ladies, who are now in their 29th year as a performing troupe, under the title of An Irish Homecoming which, unfortunately, did not land a metro New York PBS outlet this year during their predictable pledge drives aimed at coaxing cash out of the Celts under the pressure of their “pay to see” concept of programming  While the Cherish the Ladies show may yet land a future airing locally,  the multi-talented group and, in particular, its indefatigable leader and founder Joanie Madden received a real Irish homecoming where the Bronx meets Yonkers last weekend at events supporting the McLean Avenue St Patrick’s Day parade READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Yonkers-McLean-Avenues-St-Patricks-Day-parade-a-huge-success-200012621.html http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Yonkers-McLean-Avenues-St-Patricks-Day-parade-a-huge-success-200012621.html Yonkers McLean Avenue’s St. Patrick’s Day parade a huge success (IrishCentral) Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:43:04 PDT
By: KELLY DONOHUE

Thousands of Yonkers’ locals, young and old, braved the cold on Saturday afternoon to make their way to the second annual McLean Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade which took place along the famous Emerald Mile.

READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-food-guide/a-history-of-ireland-in-100-objects---a-great-free-app-199856001.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-food-guide/a-history-of-ireland-in-100-objects---a-great-free-app-199856001.html A History of Ireland in 100 objects - a great free app (IrishCentral) Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:02:32 PDT
To mark Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, here is a wee present from the people of Ireland to the people of the world, for St Patrick’s Day!The Royal Irish Academy, the National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times are collaborating with the EU Presidency, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and Adobe to bring you a gift of A History of Ireland in 100 objectsIt is available as an interactive app for Apple iPhone and iPad, for most Android tablets and on the Kindle Fire, from our website, as well as associated app stores You can also experience the book on your computer, smartphone or eReader by clicking on the 'eBook' button belowThe Gift is free to download until the end of March READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-community-connections/massachusetts-state-house-green-for-st-patricks-day-199631081.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/irish-community-connections/massachusetts-state-house-green-for-st-patricks-day-199631081.html Massachusetts State House green for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral) Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:47:39 PDT The Massachusetts State House joined some of the world’s most famous landmarks in ‘going green’ in honor of St Patrick’s day Beginning on Friday, March 15th and continuing throughout St Patrick’s weekend the State House marked Ireland’s National day by lighting up green, together with landmarks across the globe including the leaning tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, the Sydney Opera House, and the Chrysler BuildingNiall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland said: “Tourism Ireland is absolutely delighted that so many well-known sites and attractions like the State House in Boston are eager to come on board with us and join in our celebration of Ireland and St READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/american-girl-in-dublin/st-patricks-day-in-dublin-and-drinking-poitin-on-scarr-mountain-198967701.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/american-girl-in-dublin/st-patricks-day-in-dublin-and-drinking-poitin-on-scarr-mountain-198967701.html St. Patrick's Day in Dublin and drinking poitín on Scarr Mountain (IrishCentral) Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:17:23 PDT
Celebrating St Patrick's Day in DublinHow do you know it's Paddy's weekend in Dublin? Because a sign in the tattoo shop window offers a discount on all shamrock or Irish-themed tattoos, because vendors have popped up selling huge furry green hats and long Ireland scarves, because the Luas into town at quarter past 5 is as jammed as the one leaving, because Carroll's is selling a truly huge amount of merchandise, because the Liffey is flanked by orange and white and green banners, because an old man in a glittery jacket with bells on his shoes is dancing sean nós at the bottom on Grafton Street, because there are teams of Americans with matching jackets roving in packs, and because your calves are sore from the ceili at Stephen's GreenI spent the actual day, however, climbing Scarr Mountain in Co Wicklow with a group of Danny’s college friends READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/artsandstyle/tipsheet/a-look-at-irish-books-for-st-patricks-day---heroes-villains-and-other-characters-198669611.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/artsandstyle/tipsheet/a-look-at-irish-books-for-st-patricks-day---heroes-villains-and-other-characters-198669611.html A look at Irish books for St. Patrick’s Day - heroes, villains and other characters (IrishCentral) Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:32:21 PDT
The Origins of the IrishBy JP MalloryAbout 80 million people trace their origins to Ireland  The question that hasn’t really been asked in nearly 80 years is how did the Irish people come into being themselves?Employing the varied disciplines of archeology, genetics, geology, linguistics and mythology, the author traces the disparate influences that shaped the Irish people and their language READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_wests_awake/truths-about-the-shamrock-for-st-patricks-day---everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-symbol-of-irishness-is-a-lie-198438781.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_wests_awake/truths-about-the-shamrock-for-st-patricks-day---everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-symbol-of-irishness-is-a-lie-198438781.html Truths about the shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day - everything you think you know about the symbol of Irishness is a lie (IrishCentral) Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:47:30 PDT
Illustration by Caty BartholomewI hope you have a bottle of good strong Irish whiskey stashed away already to fortify you for the St Patrick's Day parade and for the ritual drowning of the shamrock through the big day If so, then my advice to you is to take a good shot from the bottle here and now before you read the rest of this quite shocking story You will need it READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/advice/thematchmaker/st-patricks-day-is-the-perfect-opportunity-for-irish-romance---go-out-and-find-the-irish-love-of-your-life-197957551.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/advice/thematchmaker/st-patricks-day-is-the-perfect-opportunity-for-irish-romance---go-out-and-find-the-irish-love-of-your-life-197957551.html St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect opportunity for Irish romance - go out and find the Irish love of your life (IrishCentral) Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:17:20 PDT
MTN will help you find love this St Patrick's DayIf you are single and Irish, what is the most romantic day of the year to celebrate love, or to find love? You guessed it - St Patrick’s DayThe only day of the year that I ever suggest going out to meet singles is on March 17 READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/the-gathering-dublin/picture-perfect-with-st-patricks-day-in-south-dublin-with-the-gathering-photo-competition-194933881.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/the-gathering-dublin/picture-perfect-with-st-patricks-day-in-south-dublin-with-the-gathering-photo-competition-194933881.html Picture perfect with St Patrick's Day in South Dublin with the Gathering photo competition (IrishCentral) Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:47:00 PST
Win a luxury stay in a South Dublin hotel with The Gathering DublinLaunching today the 4th of March 2013, The Gathering Dublin in conjunction with Tallaght Photographic Society is proud to announce an exciting international photography competition which anyone can enter from anywhere in the worldThe theme is St Patricks Day The Gathering Dublin are offering this fantastic prize of 2 Nights Bed & Breakfast in a Superior Room for Two People at Citywest Hotel, Conference, Leisure & Golf Resort!Get your cameras out, your green hats on and start sending in your entries, the competition closes on the 19th of April 2013 with the winner to be announced in JuneFull terms and conditions are available here READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/the-christmas-lights-are-in-the-bin-but-the-irish-shine-on-in-jersey---music-and-events-of-st-patricks-day-celebrations-begin-to-raise-their-heads-188028091.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/the-christmas-lights-are-in-the-bin-but-the-irish-shine-on-in-jersey---music-and-events-of-st-patricks-day-celebrations-begin-to-raise-their-heads-188028091.html The Christmas lights are in the bin but the Irish shine on in Jersey - Music and events of St. Patrick's Day celebrations begin to raise their heads (IrishCentral) Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:31:00 PST Union County St Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal Jim Tansey (left) plays the pipesThe Christmas season is truly done with all the decorations stored away and with Honey Badger removing my strings of colored lights outside the house with wire cuttersThankfully there are many happenings before I have to debate buying new lights next December and hiding the tools away from herWe didn’t quite make it to the Ancient Order of Hibernians Polar Bear Plunge in Sea Bright two Sundays past READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/with-2012-behind-us-irish-jersey-looks-forward-to-the-st-patricks-day-season-186006311.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/with-2012-behind-us-irish-jersey-looks-forward-to-the-st-patricks-day-season-186006311.html With 2012 behind us, Irish Jersey looks forward to the St. Patrick’s Day season (IrishCentral) Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:30:57 PST
Union County St Patrick’s Day ParadeHappy New Year from Irish New Jersey!After making it through a tough twelve months we set our sights on a fresh, hopeful new year and a bright and busy St Patrick’s Season which starts in no timeHoney Badger and I rang in the Irish New Year (7 p READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/shock-as-new-haven-pats-parade-committee-set-to-roast-orange-man----newspaper-headline-may-win-award-for-most-head-scratching--of-the-year--185796921.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/shock-as-new-haven-pats-parade-committee-set-to-roast-orange-man----newspaper-headline-may-win-award-for-most-head-scratching--of-the-year--185796921.html Shock as New Haven Pat’s parade committee set to roast Orange man -- newspaper headline may win award for most head scratching of the year (IrishCentral) Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:30:38 PST
 Robert ShanleyI have to tell you I did a double take with the following headline from the New Haven Register ‘New Haven St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee to roast Orange man’Now I know many in the parade committee do not exactly embrace their Protestant brethren, but roasting an Orange man sounds a bit extreme!Fortunately there is a rational explanation READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/tis-the-season---half-way-to-st-patricks-day-all-ireland-final-and-the-irish-festival-at-the-jersey-shore-170316826.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/jersey-irish-blog/tis-the-season---half-way-to-st-patricks-day-all-ireland-final-and-the-irish-festival-at-the-jersey-shore-170316826.html 'Tis the season - half-way to St Patrick's Day, All-Ireland final, and the Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore (IrishCentral) Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:32:22 PDT
Enjoying the craic at the Irish Festival on the Jersey Shore (Photo: Jim Lowney)So it begins again, sure as Christmas arrives each December It’s Irish Season in New JerseyThis time of year is not to be confused with St Patrick’s Season which starts sometime in January during the NFL play-offs and last until April READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the-celtic-times/brian-boru-king-of-the-gaels-and-imperatoris-scotorum-142927485.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the-celtic-times/brian-boru-king-of-the-gaels-and-imperatoris-scotorum-142927485.html Brian Boru, King of the Gaels, and Imperatoris Scotorum (IrishCentral) Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:45:08 PDT
Illustration of Brian BoruWith the historic Clare Patriotic and Benevolent Association of New York due to parade on 5th Avenue this Saturday, one of their famed banners which will no doubt be proudly unfurled once more brings to mind the value still held by the exiles in one of their greatest countrymen, Brian BoruAn exhibition curated by Boru Cultural Enterprises at the award winning East Clare Heritage Center in the postcard pretty Tuamgraney, County Clare profiles the legacy of  Boru, known in the ancient tongue as Brian Boraimhe 'This beautiful location set off the idyllic Lough Derg on the river Shannon has inspired great Irish cultural champions in the past such as Edward MacLysaght, and continues to do so today with leading heritage practitioners such as Ruth Minogue of Minogue Associates, Tomas MacConmara, founder of Cuimhneamh an Chláir who has just recently arrived back on Bannerside from a venture in the coiscéim of Lawrence of Arabia in defense of the undefended, the Mayor of Clare Pat Hayes, and the historian and tour operator Ger Madden all developing and promoting the historic gems of this regionHere Daniel McCarthy looks at the legacy of Boraimhe to the Irish people as Ireland approaches the millennium of one of its most defining triumphs, Clontarf 1014 READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/unateresa_eye_on_irish_dance/st-patricks-day-2011-flashmob-central-station-sydney-australia-118311519.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/unateresa_eye_on_irish_dance/st-patricks-day-2011-flashmob-central-station-sydney-australia-118311519.html St Patricks Day 2011 Flashmob. Central Station, Sydney, Australia (IrishCentral) Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:10:24 PDT
2011 Footage of the Flashmob St Patrick's Day - Central Station, Sydney, Australia Sydney Central Station was unsuspectingly stepped on by "Sneaky Steppers" organizers Jason Oremus and Chris Nash!!!Over 100 dancers spread St Patrick's Day cheer in Sydney Members of Riverdance, Sneaky Steppers Jason Oremus and Chris Nash and some school children performed some awesome Irish Dancing to the unsuspected crowd in the spectacular Central StationWhere will they turn up next?Photos from St Patrick's Day events around Sydney READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_irishamerican/no-blessings-for-st-patricks-old-cathedral-school-111413599.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_irishamerican/no-blessings-for-st-patricks-old-cathedral-school-111413599.html No Blessings for St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School (IrishCentral) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:10:09 PST
Students of Old St Pat's School before it closedAmid all the hoopla about St Patrick's Old Cathedral being made into a basilica, I didn't see mention that St Patrick's Old Cathedral School closed this year, after 188 years READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_irishamerican/st-patricks-days-of-yore-88631772.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_irishamerican/st-patricks-days-of-yore-88631772.html St. Patrick's Days of yore (IrishCentral) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:40:18 PDT My first St Patrick’s Day in New York, I was fired Or rather, the day after my first St Patrick’s Day in New York, I was fired READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the_score/sun-shines-on-new-york-st-patricks-day-parade-88249652.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the_score/sun-shines-on-new-york-st-patricks-day-parade-88249652.html Sun shines on New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade (IrishCentral) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:40:28 PDT
Instead of heading down the pub for a few holiday scoops at lunchtime, I decided to shoot over to the end of the New York St Patrick's Day parade on 88th and fifth to take a few picsI positioned myself strategically at the very end of the parade, as I only had an hour to get back to the computer before my IrishCentral collar started to emit electric shocks throughout my bodyBut the risk or electrocution was worth it to get a glimpse of the tail end of the 2010 St Patrick’s Day parade READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/the_wolfhound/mag-editors-boss-decides-his-man-doesnt-hate-st-patricks-day-after-all-71678762.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/the_wolfhound/mag-editors-boss-decides-his-man-doesnt-hate-st-patricks-day-after-all-71678762.html Mag editor's boss decides his man doesn't hate St. Patrick's Day after all (IrishCentral) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:12 PST Posted by wolfhound at 4/26/2009 8:31 PM EDTIt took a while for The Wolfhound's bark to be heard all the way up in Westchester County, but as always, Wolfie gets results!Alert readers, if any, will recall that Wolfie took slight offense when the editor of Westchester magazine (now the "senior editor"), Robert Schork, penned a work of blood whose first sentence was "I hate St Patrick's Day" His vile nonsense summoned up all the usual stereotypes of mobs of raving, drunken parade-goers who ruined his northward commute to the psychiatric center by remaining happySchork also did a fine impersonation of other two-bit bigots, summoning up the hackneyed old tune in his column about why there were no "greeting cards and parades to celebrate the Polish Jew, the Indian Hindu, and the Turkish Muslim?" You can sniff his original dung here, and enjoy The Wolfhound's award-pending retort here READ MORE ]]>