In this first part of a two-part Christmas special, FOOD&WINE.ie's great Irish drinks expert has collected two stunning seasonal cocktails from home and abroad.
An Irish Christmas is so special the term should be trademarked. From holiday markets and festivals to cozy pubs and wintry castles, there's nothing like Christmas in Ireland.
Once a day of obligation, schools across Ireland would close on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, often meaning people flooded to Dublin to get a start on their Christmas shopping.
The Irish in America who defied stereotypes about how uptight and stuffy the sons and daughters of Erin could be and created their own cultural movement, one which was part-Irish, part-East Village.
