Back in the day the celebrations were great.
I am Irish and in my adult years have avoided these celebrations like the plague. I have never liked corned beef or day drinking.
Plus, I would go to pubs to hear Irish music the other 364 days of the year.
So, Happy St. Patrick's day. Looking forward to the Easter COVID spike.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 07:40:54 AM
I am Irish and in my adult years have avoided these celebrations like the plague. I have never liked corned beef or day drinking.
Plus, I would go to pubs to hear Irish music the other 364 days of the year.
So, Happy St. Patrick's day. Looking forward to the Easter COVID spike.
I suppose you enjoyed the Grinch Who Stole Christmas......🥸
I did at the end when he realized the true meaning of the holiday.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 07:40:54 AM
I am Irish and in my adult years have avoided these celebrations like the plague. I have never liked corned beef or day drinking.
Plus, I would go to pubs to hear Irish music the other 364 days of the year.
So, Happy St. Patrick's day. Looking forward to the Easter COVID spike.
And really once you've heard one Irish song, you're good for another year.
Things that I hate about this holiday:
1. People who wear Notre dame gear
2. Green beer
3. Leprechaun and lucky charm shots
4. Every bar has "Irish nachos" suddenly
5. "Kiss me I'm Irish"
6. People who ask me to play "shipping up to Boston" on the bagpipes. Very clearly an accordion
7. People who think they're smart and give me crap about not walking around with Irish Uilleann pipes, they aren't a walking instrument. Every amadan knows the Highland Pipes are Scottish it's not a test.
8. You're Irish? You must love soccer then!" No I play in the GAA. FAI are a joke right now & Robbie keane isn't walking through that door.
9. Corned beef & cabbage (make some boiled bacon and eat the actual meal you daft Irish-Americans!)
10. People not shutting up about how Irish they are when they A) Have a great great great grand parent that ran away from a war torn impoverished colony. And/or B) have only ever been to Temple Bar.
11. People I see spouting Sinn Fein talking points because "Irish nationalism" despite voting red here and usually aren't even eligible to be citizens or even stakeholders there.
12. The first and second generation Irish Americans that make obnoxious lists putting down Americans that just want to have a good time
Edit: Tower's point about shamrock shakes belongs on here.
I've been playing Irish music all month like Christmas music.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:08:55 AM
I've been playing Irish music all month like Christmas music.
Zombies, With or Without You and Brown Eyed Girl?
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:08:55 AM
I've been playing Irish music all month like Christmas music.
Same here, Rory Gallagher ;)
Fenians, Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy's, Wolfstone, Ashley MacIsaac, Chieftains, some local stuff.
But I will throw that stuff on year round when the mood strikes.
And U2, of course.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:16:46 AM
Fenians, Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy's, Wolfstone, Ashley MacIsaac, Chieftains, some local stuff.
But I will throw that stuff on year round when the mood strikes.
And U2, of course.
Should check out the Tossers. Better than Molly or Murphy's have become.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:16:46 AM
Fenians, Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy's, Wolfstone, Ashley MacIsaac, Chieftains, some local stuff.
But I will throw that stuff on year round when the mood strikes.
And U2, of course.
The Spectrum on Sirius XM is playing Irish music all day. U2-XM radio doing the same.
On my way to work they played Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly and The Pogues along with the classic Drunken Sailor version by the Irish Rovers.
I had a friend who was into Irish music and back in the early 90's we used to go to bars around Connecticut to see this performer named Mark James play.
That is a good morning drive to work.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:37:41 AM
That is a good morning drive to work.
I'm definitely ready for some Guinness.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM
Things that I hate about this holiday:
1. People who wear Notre dame gear
2. Green beer
3. Leprechaun and lucky charm shots
4. Every bar has "Irish nachos" suddenly
5. "Kiss me I'm Irish"
6. People who ask me to play "shipping up to Boston" on the bagpipes. Very clearly an accordion
7. People who think they're smart and give me crap about not walking around with Irish Uilleann pipes, they aren't a walking instrument. Every amadan knows the Highland Pipes are Scottish it's not a test.
8. You're Irish? You must love soccer then!" No I play in the GAA. FAI are a joke right now & Robbie keane isn't walking through that door.
9. Corned beef & cabbage (make some boiled bacon and eat the actual meal you daft Irish-Americans!)
10. People not shutting up about how Irish they are when they A) Have a great great great grand parent that ran away from a war torn impoverished colony. And/or B) have only ever been to Temple Bar.
11. The first and second generation Irish Americans that make obnoxious lists putting down Americans that just want to have a good time
Shamrock shakes. Like there is ever a bad time for a mint milkshake. But, being McDonald's, they both hype the crap out of it and screw it up.
And One More Day Above the Roses by Gaelic Storm is my mental get out of jail song.
Raised on Black and Tans encapsulates my feelings about St. Patrick's day.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 08:49:54 AM
Shamrock shakes. Like there is ever a bad time for a mint milkshake. But, being McDonald's, the both hype the crap out of it and screw it up.
Definitely. Shamrock shakes makes the list.
Additionally, any bar that attempts to serve a traditional Irish breakfast but gives up halfway. Was once given American bacon, two American breakfast sausages, beans in gravy, and scrambled eggs. I was close to going into the kitchen and screaming.
My favorite Irish pub ballad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRjO8WbgT8
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM
11. The first and second generation Irish Americans that make obnoxious lists putting down Americans that just want to have a good time
Well played. And anyone thinking soccer is uniquely Irish is a clown. Though it reminds me of a good story.
I lived down the street from Declan's in Old Town in Chicago for a few years. And like a lot of bars, they had some younger Irish folks come to work during the summers. Became friendly with them cause it was our local and we often started or ended there. Well a couple of the guys came back for St Paddy's Day cause they wanted to see crazy Americans celebrate their holiday. Well it happened to be 2010, right after the infamous Thierry Henry handball during the France-Ireland WC qualifiers the fall before. We'd been drinking all day, a soccer highlight comes on ESPN, I blurt out "man I love football, especially Thierry Henry, dude plays the game with such flair and CLASS". There was a pause and then one of the guys, Rian, launched into an expletive filled rant that was so thick with inebriated accent we could barely understand him and culminated with him spiking a pint glass causing half the bar to stop and stare. It was incredible
Quote from: JWags85 on March 17, 2021, 10:02:16 AM
Well played. And anyone thinking soccer is uniquely Irish is a clown. Though it reminds me of a good story.
I lived down the street from Declan's in Old Town in Chicago for a few years. And like a lot of bars, they had some younger Irish folks come to work during the summers. Became friendly with them cause it was our local and we often started or ended there. Well a couple of the guys came back for St Paddy's Day cause they wanted to see crazy Americans celebrate their holiday. Well it happened to be 2010, right after the infamous Thierry Henry handball during the France-Ireland WC qualifiers the fall before. We'd been drinking all day, a soccer highlight comes on ESPN, I blurt out "man I love football, especially Thierry Henry, dude plays the game with such flair and CLASS". There was a pause and then one of the guys, Rian, launched into an expletive filled rant that was so thick with inebriated accent we could barely understand him and culminated with him spiking a pint glass causing half the bar to stop and stare. It was incredible
I 100% believe that. I still get worked up about that BS play because it was really the last time ireland had legit international talent. (Unless you count all the U21s that continuously declare for England despite being developed by Ireland like rice and grealish)
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM
Things that I hate about this holiday:
1. People who wear Notre dame gear
2. Green beer
3. Leprechaun and lucky charm shots
4. Every bar has "Irish nachos" suddenly
5. "Kiss me I'm Irish"
6. People who ask me to play "shipping up to Boston" on the bagpipes. Very clearly an accordion
7. People who think they're smart and give me crap about not walking around with Irish Uilleann pipes, they aren't a walking instrument. Every amadan knows the Highland Pipes are Scottish it's not a test.
8. You're Irish? You must love soccer then!" No I play in the GAA. FAI are a joke right now & Robbie keane isn't walking through that door.
9. Corned beef & cabbage (make some boiled bacon and eat the actual meal you daft Irish-Americans!)
10. People not shutting up about how Irish they are when they A) Have a great great great grand parent that ran away from a war torn impoverished colony. And/or B) have only ever been to Temple Bar.
11. People I see spouting Sinn Fein talking points because "Irish nationalism" despite voting red here and usually aren't even eligible to be citizens or even stakeholders there.
12. The first and second generation Irish Americans that make obnoxious lists putting down Americans that just want to have a good time
Edit: Tower's point about shamrock shakes belongs on here.
Mostly spot-on. Don't forget the single most despicable and annoying American creation which is of course drinking a "Black and Tan". Also, please do not put the Pogues in the same category as the Pleasestopkick Murphy's.
Happy St. Paddy's Day Galway.
Let your heart, like thy waters, be mingled in peace.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM
Things that I hate about this holiday:
1. People who wear Notre dame gear
2. Green beer
3. Leprechaun and lucky charm shots
4. Every bar has "Irish nachos" suddenly
5. "Kiss me I'm Irish"
6. People who ask me to play "shipping up to Boston" on the bagpipes. Very clearly an accordion
7. People who think they're smart and give me crap about not walking around with Irish Uilleann pipes, they aren't a walking instrument. Every amadan knows the Highland Pipes are Scottish it's not a test.
8. You're Irish? You must love soccer then!" No I play in the GAA. FAI are a joke right now & Robbie keane isn't walking through that door.
9. Corned beef & cabbage (make some boiled bacon and eat the actual meal you daft Irish-Americans!)
10. People not shutting up about how Irish they are when they A) Have a great great great grand parent that ran away from a war torn impoverished colony. And/or B) have only ever been to Temple Bar.
11. People I see spouting Sinn Fein talking points because "Irish nationalism" despite voting red here and usually aren't even eligible to be citizens or even stakeholders there.
12. The first and second generation Irish Americans that make obnoxious lists putting down Americans that just want to have a good time
Edit: Tower's point about shamrock shakes belongs on here.
Having been in Dublin for St. Patrick's day many years ago I remember an American asking an Irish guy if it was true that they had green Guinness. The Irish guy laughed but should have punched him instead. Green beer is a sin. I did find it interesting that in the bars I met more Aussies and Kiwis of Irish heritage than actual Irish.
Also, most of the places in Ireland where one could actually find Corned Beef and Cabbage were tourist destinations. Corned Beef and Cabbage is a Jewish dish that only became associated with the Irish because many Irish immigrants lived in neighborhoods adjacent to Jewish neighborhoods in NYC and corned beef was the cheap cut of beef that was readily available in those neighborhoods. My wife and I will be having Irish bangers and mash tonight and she made some scones with currants for breakfast.
Oh and related to both 3 and 11, people who order "Irish Car Bomb" shots then wax poetically about the Troubles. I don't know about your experience in Galway, a vast majority of Irish I met mocked Americans for being more interested in the Troubles than the actual Irish. Though it turned out the father of one of my American classmates led a group that defended and funded the IRA and split off with the "Real IRA."
Oh yeah, anyone who says "everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day" as justification to get drunk and obnoxious. And any bar that has signs saying "Happy St. Patty's Day."
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 10:12:29 AM
I 100% believe that. I still get worked up about that BS play because it was really the last time ireland had legit international talent. (Unless you count all the U21s that continuously declare for England despite being developed by Ireland like rice and grealish)
The 2016 Euro Qualifiers and the Euro were a fun time. I was watching that epic Randolph to Shane Long goal with some soccer coaches and we just started screaming and jumping up in down and people came down to our offices asking what the hell was going on. And Robby Brady's 85th minute stunner again Italy was awesome as well. Unfortunately, my wife had been laid off in April so we had to cancel our trip to France.
Drinking with some Irish americans on a day other than St. Patrick's day. One guy hits his limit and suddenly becomes an Irish nationalist, frothing at the mouth and berating the rest of us for not financially supporting the IRA.
Didn't remember any of it the next day.
Yeah, last time I drank with him.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 11:46:08 AM
Drinking with some Irish americans on a day other than St. Patrick's day. One guy hits his limit and suddenly becomes an Irish nationalist, frothing at the mouth and berating the rest of us for not financially supporting the IRA.
Didn't remember any of it the next day.
Yeah, last time I drank with him.
I had my 21st in Galway. At some point after many shots of whiskey (honestly, I don't know how I lived with how much I drank) I yell "F--k the IRA" and my buddies hurriedly ushered me out of the pub.
A few years later I'm at an Irish music festival and I see this scrawny kid with a tattoo of a Leprechaun holding a bomb, and the words "Up the IRA) above it. My buddy says to me "don't say anything, just walk away."
I do remember reading somewhere that most of the celebratory aspects of St. Patrick's Day are much more Irish-American than Irish. Any St. Patrick's celebration in Ireland is more a west to east influence than Ireland to USA.
I was under the impression that it is more of a religious holiday in Ireland. Sort of "Easter light", with the devout attending liturgy followed by parades and such.
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on March 17, 2021, 12:15:57 PM
I was under the impression that it is more of a religious holiday in Ireland. Sort of "Easter light", with the devout attending liturgy followed by parades and such.
My mom grew up climbing croagh patrick to attend the mountain top mass before moving here as a teen.
As Ireland's become more secular there's more youth participating. But it's hardly the homage to all things traditional culture as it is an excuse to drink and wear your county colours
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on March 17, 2021, 11:43:40 AM
The 2016 Euro Qualifiers and the Euro were a fun time. I was watching that epic Randolph to Shane Long goal with some soccer coaches and we just started screaming and jumping up in down and people came down to our offices asking what the hell was going on. And Robby Brady's 85th minute stunner again Italy was awesome as well. Unfortunately, my wife had been laid off in April so we had to cancel our trip to France.
They were a blast but I don't think of that team as having the talent to compete so much as a Cinderella team getting energy from a new manager if that makes sense.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on March 17, 2021, 11:36:01 AM
Oh and related to both 3 and 11, people who order "Irish Car Bomb" shots then wax poetically about the Troubles. I don't know about your experience in Galway, a vast majority of Irish I met mocked Americans for being more interested in the Troubles than the actual Irish. Though it turned out the father of one of my American classmates led a group that defended and funded the IRA and split off with the "Real IRA."
My moms cousin (also from Mayo) visited from london for st Patrick's day right after she had an IRA car bomb blow up a half block from her work. Came here to a bunch of Americans passing around the green hat for IRA collection money and flipped out at them and not a one could understand why and kicked her out of the pub. It's this weird mindset of missing dear old Ireland that doesn't exist anymore.
I think the lyrics to Stiff Little Fingers Each Dollar a Bullet describes it best
"Oh it must be so romantic
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
And you're all filled up with tears
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
And sing "Wearing of the Green
Each dollar a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Americans kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun"
Quote from: MuggsyB on March 17, 2021, 11:13:19 AM
Mostly spot-on. Don't forget the single most despicable and annoying American creation which is of course drinking a "Black and Tan". Also, please do not put the Pogues in the same category as the Pleasestopkick Murphy's.
Happy St. Paddy's Day Galway.
Let your heart, like thy waters, be mingled in peace.
Early Murphy's were a blast, saw them when I was in Junior High and there couldn't have been more than 75 people there. Since Warriors Code came out with Tessie and Shipping Up to Boston they've become absolute trash. Same with Flogging Molly, Float and after have been horrific albums.
Happy St Patrick's Day to you as well!
https://www.history.com/news/corned-beef-and-cabbage-as-irish-as-spaghetti-and-meatballs
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 12:35:45 PM
Early Murphy's were a blast, saw them when I was in Junior High and there couldn't have been more than 75 people there. Since Warriors Code came out with Tessie and Shipping Up to Boston they've become absolute trash. Same with Flogging Molly, Float and after have been horrific albums.
Happy St Patrick's Day to you as well!
I'm listening to the Pogues' "Young Ned of the Hill" on a loop in the lab.
A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell
Who raped our motherland
I hope you're rotting down in Hell
For the horrors that you sent
To our misfortune forefathers
Whom you robbed of their birthright
To Hell or Connaught!!
May you burn in Hell tonight!!
:)
:)
:)
Slainte!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7woEXovruc
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on March 17, 2021, 12:15:57 PM
I was under the impression that it is more of a religious holiday in Ireland. Sort of "Easter light", with the devout attending liturgy followed by parades and such.
it is, but starting in the late 90's the Irish Tourism Board figured they could make a crap ton of money putting on a huge parade and day of celebration in Dublin. And, it worked.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 12:33:20 PM
My moms cousin (also from Mayo) visited from london for st Patrick's day right after she had an IRA car bomb blow up a half block from her work. Came here to a bunch of Americans passing around the green hat for IRA collection money and flipped out at them and not a one could understand why and kicked her out of the pub. It's this weird mindset of missing dear old Ireland that doesn't exist anymore.
I think the lyrics to Stiff Little Fingers Each Dollar a Bullet describes it best
"Oh it must be so romantic
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
And you're all filled up with tears
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
And sing "Wearing of the Green
Each dollar a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Americans kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun"
Bono's speech starting at the 2:35 mark is epic.
"F--k the Revolution!"
Have you read Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe? Powerful stuff about the IRA and the Troubles.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on March 17, 2021, 01:15:17 PM
Bono's speech starting at the 2:35 mark is epic.
"F--k the Revolution!"
Have you read Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe? Powerful stuff about the IRA and the Troubles.
I have not read that. I'll give it a look sometime
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 01:37:45 PM
I have not read that. I'll give it a look sometime
I learned about it as it was on President Obama's books of the year. He did not let me down.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on March 17, 2021, 01:40:45 PM
I learned about it as it was on President Obama's books of the year. He did not let me down.
It's a powerful book.
This is embarrassing. I'm meant to bagpipe at a pub in three hours and just tried on my kilt that I haven't worn since my mid 20s and it won't buckle... I guess I'll be piping in jeans and my hurling jersey 😂
Good thing I tried this on as I'm getting married in my kilt and better to know now than later
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 02:21:22 PM
This is embarrassing. I'm meant to bagpipe at a pub in three hours and just tried on my kilt that I haven't worn since my mid 20s and it won't buckle... I guess I'll be piping in jeans and my hurling jersey 😂
Good thing I tried this on as I'm getting married in my kilt and better to know now than later
LOL!
I wore a kilt and Irish Rugby jersey to my first day back to law school from Spring Break...which was March 17. The primary question was "um, you wearing something underneath that?" At hooding two years later my wearing a kilt to class was brought up and professors I was asked if I was wearing it under my robe (it was not). I'm glad it was memorable!
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM2. Green beer
So I went out for St Patty's one year and left my 19-year-old roommate at home. After a day of drinking, I came home to find him passed out and my bottle of vodka was green. I didn't have food coloring, so I was confused how that happened. I woke him up and he told me he had mixed my bottle of NyQuil cough syrup into the vodka, but it was okay because "it's actually pretty good." I tried a sip and it was terrible. I mean, he was so desperate for a green alcoholic drink he had to ruin both my vodka and my cough syrup? He couldn't have mixed individual mixers of his "pretty good" VodQuil in tumbler glasses, he just HAD to combine them in the original bottle?
Most annoying roommate ever, and he never paid me back because he got arrested 2 days later and I never saw him again.
Quote from: brewcity77 on March 17, 2021, 03:08:16 PM
So I went out for St Patty's one year and left my 19-year-old roommate at home. After a day of drinking, I came home to find him passed out and my bottle of vodka was green. I didn't have food coloring, so I was confused how that happened. I woke him up and he told me he had mixed my bottle of NyQuil cough syrup into the vodka, but it was okay because "it's actually pretty good." I tried a sip and it was terrible. I mean, he was so desperate for a green alcoholic drink he had to ruin both my vodka and my cough syrup? He couldn't have mixed individual mixers of his "pretty good" VodQuil in tumbler glasses, he just HAD to combine them in the original bottle?
Most annoying roommate ever, and he never paid me back because he got arrested 2 days later and I never saw him again.
That was a wild ride.
I knew a bar in college that stocked up on green kegs for the holiday. Then they had an electrical issue and had to close for a good 90% of the day. Had to serve green beer for a solid week and change after
Quote from: brewcity77 on March 17, 2021, 03:08:16 PM
So I went out for St Patty's one year and left my 19-year-old roommate at home. After a day of drinking, I came home to find him passed out and my bottle of vodka was green. I didn't have food coloring, so I was confused how that happened. I woke him up and he told me he had mixed my bottle of NyQuil cough syrup into the vodka, but it was okay because "it's actually pretty good." I tried a sip and it was terrible. I mean, he was so desperate for a green alcoholic drink he had to ruin both my vodka and my cough syrup? He couldn't have mixed individual mixers of his "pretty good" VodQuil in tumbler glasses, he just HAD to combine them in the original bottle?
Most annoying roommate ever, and he never paid me back because he got arrested 2 days later and I never saw him again.
That's a good way to die.
Quote from: brewcity77 on March 17, 2021, 03:08:16 PM
So I went out for St Patty's one year and left my 19-year-old roommate at home. After a day of drinking, I came home to find him passed out and my bottle of vodka was green. I didn't have food coloring, so I was confused how that happened. I woke him up and he told me he had mixed my bottle of NyQuil cough syrup into the vodka, but it was okay because "it's actually pretty good." I tried a sip and it was terrible. I mean, he was so desperate for a green alcoholic drink he had to ruin both my vodka and my cough syrup? He couldn't have mixed individual mixers of his "pretty good" VodQuil in tumbler glasses, he just HAD to combine them in the original bottle?
Most annoying roommate ever, and he never paid me back because he got arrested 2 days later and I never saw him again.
Did you find your roommate on Craig's list? That's the most confusing part. Was this a completely random dude you were living with? Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhP89bgAqVM
Two years in a row I'm watching these guys on St. Patricks playing live...
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on March 17, 2021, 06:32:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhP89bgAqVM
Two years in a row I'm watching these guys on St. Patricks playing live...
Not who they used to be when they were still a punk band. Basically the Green Day of Celtic punk. Also Ken Casey's a dbag. My ex GF used to walk his dogs and she introduced me at their hometown throw down once. He gets ridiculously defensive when he meets an American who's more Irish that your standard south side American guy (aka him) and becomes passive aggressive.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 06:49:57 PM
Not who they used to be when they were still a punk band. Basically the Green Day of Celtic punk. Also Ken Casey's a dbag. My ex GF used to walk his dogs and she introduced me at their hometown throw down once. He gets ridiculously defensive when he meets an American who's more Irish that your standard south side American guy (aka him) and becomes passive aggressive.
Personally, I think its strange to define yourself by a country your family left generations ago. :P
I like the band, I like the style, but I don't listen to them every day, but I threw them some cash. I usually spend a lot on concerts every year, and zero in the last 12 months. They've been around for a very long time, and there's something to be said for that.
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on March 17, 2021, 07:21:07 PM
Personally, I think its strange to define yourself by a country your family left generations ago. :P
I like the band, I like the style, but I don't listen to them every day, but I threw them some cash. I usually spend a lot on concerts every year, and zero in the last 12 months. They've been around for a very long time, and there's something to be said for that.
That's singular Generation buster, or a year and a half if you're going by me. After grandparents from a place then I agree it's weird :)
If you like the more hardcore Celtic punk style than the folk Celtic punk then look up flatfoot 56
Quote from: Galway Eagle on March 17, 2021, 07:25:24 PM
That's singular Generation buster. After grandparents from a place then I agree it's weird :)
If you like the more hardcore Celtic punk style than the folk Celtic punk then look up flatfoot 56
It was just a joke, but I knew you'd get it. ;) It'd be like me being proud of some small slice of my history from England... but wait, was I ever English? Is it Dane? Scot? Pict? Gael? Briton? Saxon?
What does it mean to even be of English ancestory if my family left for America in the 1600s? Put it this way, I'm an American that can trace his roots to areas of most of Northern Europe.
Realistically, we are all a mess since records for most of history have been destroyed or are non-existant.
As for the music, I've listened to most of the stuff already posted here... and I enjoy it, but I probably drift back to it every couple of months.
Quote from: tower912 on March 17, 2021, 07:40:54 AM
I am Irish and in my adult years have avoided these celebrations like the plague. I have never liked corned beef or day drinking.
Plus, I would go to pubs to hear Irish music the other 364 days of the year.
So, Happy St. Patrick's day. Looking forward to the Easter COVID spike.
As Grandpa Finigan used to say "Patty's Day and New Years are for amateurs, we have the rest of the year".
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on March 17, 2021, 07:42:52 PM
It was just a joke, but I knew you'd get it. ;) It'd be like me being proud of some small slice of my history from England... but wait, was I ever English? Is it Dane? Scot? Pict? Gael? Briton? Saxon?
What does it mean to even be of English ancestory if my family left for America in the 1600s? Put it this way, I'm an American that can trace his roots to areas of most of Northern Europe.
Realistically, we are all a mess since records for most of history have been destroyed or are non-existant.
As for the music, I've listened to most of the stuff already posted here... and I enjoy it, but I probably drift back to it every couple of months.
I get what you're saying and in my head it's a pretty easy cutoff line at grandparents. Equate it to sports and it's no different than moving around the USA, I've met a friend at MU who said his grandparents were from WI and even though he was from Alaska he's packers fan, more power to him. Even my fiancé is a mad Nebraska fan because her dads from there.
Your analogy to your ancestry is accurate, that doesn't mean that people who come here and raised in a different culture aren't a part of the old nations. It's not just Irish, but I have a very similar story to mine happening with one of my fiancé's best friends with Mexico even.
As far as music goes challenge accepted:
Here's my non trad playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52QM4qzcLciAeVMpiEA5Or?si=pPJdMEzySkeH2LOL-bV2OQ
Here's my general Celtic inspired modern music playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EpE7OSNnNEOZi0iX6ym1X?si=nJHuIWhJSnKBGq0aFeVl9A
Daughter #1 was almost a St. Patrick's Day baby. Born 12:42am 20 years ago.
She has shamrocks in all the baby photos as the nurses had drawn them on the newborn skullcaps.
"Along the sidelines it was as Frank, the older and perhaps wiser of the McGuires, had said it would be: "The shanty Irish against the lace-curtain crowd." When Al heard that, he roared. "Lace!" he said. "We lived in the back of a bar where drunks interrupted dinner looking for the men's room."
https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/01/17/you-know-me-al-right-frank-and-i-hate-to-do-it
(One of the great pieces of writing ever)