{"id":203,"date":"2008-03-16T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T15:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/16\/happy-st-patricks-eve\/"},"modified":"2008-03-16T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2008-03-16T15:04:19","slug":"happy-st-patricks-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/16\/happy-st-patricks-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St Patrick&#8217;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have two items from the interwebs to call to your attention, this day before the international celebration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireland-information.com\/quiz1.htm\">Irishness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First, we address the fake Irish idiom, &#8220;Top o&#8217;the Mornin&#8221;. As <a href=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/09\/required-reading-for-ex-pats-in-ireland\/#comment-4901\">Seamus so perceptively commented<\/a>, it is never said in Ireland without irony, at least in our experience.<\/p>\n<p>The interweb&#8217;s smartest community, <a href=\"http:\/\/ask.metafilter.com\/86159\/Satisfaction-brought-it-back\">MetaFilter<\/a>, offers the following American-style retort for those who are so ignorant as to further this offensive, Lucky-Charms stereotype: &#8220;And the rest of the day to yourself.&#8221; The genuine Irish usage of &#8220;yourself&#8221; makes it a real winner.<\/p>\n<p>Second, we honour the best celebrations of St Patrick&#8217;s Day. By consensus of the Irish media and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Patrick's_Day\">historical precedent<\/a>, those take place in the USA. So we have a few links for your pleasure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/preview.tinyurl.com\/3a75d9\">Video<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/tianphoto\/chicago_river\">dyeing the Chicago River green<\/a> this year. There are ads attached, thanks to the Chicago Tribune<\/li>\n<li>Easter&#8217;s early arrival this year <a href=\"http:\/\/brighton-community.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/its-official-in-boston-st-patricks-day.html\">created a liturgical snafu with the Feast of St Patrick<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By international law, every article over 150 words on Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day must mention that the first St Patrick&#8217;s Day parade took place in 1762 when Irish soldiers serving in the British military marched in New York City.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget about Croagh Patrick, the mountain in the West of Ireland that has been a site of Christian pilgrimage for about 1500 years. Some of the many tours offered to B.B. B&#038;B&#8217;s visitors include <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/willbakker\/tags\/croagh\/\">a visit there<\/a>. The official day of pilgrimage is Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July<\/li>\n<li>Talk radio in Ireland tried to stir up controversy over the Irish government&#8217;s usual observation of the day as a massive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/lifestyle\/st-patricks-day\/festival-launch-pad-for-huge-tourism-bid-1317385.html\">tourism<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/lifestyle\/st-patricks-day\/green-minister-defends-st-patricks-day-junkets-1314452.html\">trade mission<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>More web-accessible information from the Independent: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/lifestyle\/st-patricks-day\/st-patrick-drove-out-the-pagans--not-the-snakes-1318905.html\">the story of the saint<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/lifestyle\/st-patricks-day\/its-sprig-business-for-a-shamrock-producer-on-saint-patricks-day-1313201.html\">commercial shamrock production in Ireland<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/entertainment\/day-and-night\/columnists\/dans-guide-to-st-patricks-day-1316475.html\">a columnist&#8217;s take<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/lifestyle\/st-patricks-day\/a-touch-of-the-irish-show-your-true-colours-1315478.html\">an exhortation<\/a> to prop up the local economy.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, a St Paddy&#8217;s Day research project for our most enterprising readers: What is Gorey&#8217;s Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day parade? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enniscorthyguardian.ie\/news\/eyebrows-raised-over-parade-date-1316851.html\">There is some controversy<\/a> over its schedule. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enniscorthyguardian.ie\/news\/parade-to-be-best-yet-1316830.html\">Another article<\/a>, albeit in a regional paper, implies that it is the most prestigious parade in Ireland. Also, the following notice appeared in the Irish Independent on Wednesday, 5 March 2008:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>IF YOU find you have a gap in your schedule this St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, due to Gorey&#8217;s parade being held on Sunday, March 16, then you might be inclined to join in the festivities in Arklow. Arklow&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade will take place on Monday, March 17, and will kick off at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The organising committee has said that participants in the Gorey parade are also welcome to take part in the Arklow parade.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My google-fu failed me on this one. I know that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpatricksfestival.ie\/cms\/home.html\">the Dublin parade is on Monday<\/a>; we&#8217;ll be there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have two items from the interwebs to call to your attention, this day before the international celebration of Irishness. First, we address the fake Irish idiom, &#8220;Top o&#8217;the Mornin&#8221;. As Seamus so perceptively commented, it is never said in Ireland without irony, at least in our experience. 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