Not something I enjoy either, crowds and drunks.....and I am 100% pure Irish...so not the stereotype of what other people think of as Irish. The pubs here are always busy on Paddys day but mostly good humoured. Occasional fights but one we don't have, even where there are fights, is guns!
You are right the four leaf clover is for good luck, but it is not Irish, it gets confused with the shamrock which is ther symbol for St. Patrick
The people getting drunk in Temple Bar are tourists who come for their idea of the Irish experience which is a stereotypical drunken Irish weekend. Any sane Irish person stays away from Temple Bar especially on Paddys day. There is more to this place than alcohol you know, what you see in the coverage of Temple Bar is not a true Irish experience, just a bunch of drunk foreign visitors
For the 1,000,000,000th time......Top of the morning is not an Irish phrase. Any Irish person in Ireland will tell you that that they have never ever heard any irish person actually say that phrase.
Its origins are thought to be american hollywood films.
One popular theory blames the famous Lucky Charms Leprechaun from American television ads. It doesn’t seem that anyone Irish was involved in the original ad campaign (the man who voiced the Leprechaun wasn’t even of Irish descent). When the campaign first ran, in the early 1960’s, it’s likely that Americans already associated “top o’ the morning” with Irishness.
And that has nothing to do with finance. Knowing that money is only a tool, not a goal in itself.
Knowing that you got through life without doing harm to anyone else, having earned respect and love from others, perhaps having successfully raised a family, or even just one child, or done something to make the world better in some way whether that be by some lifetime wonderful achievement or just simply being a good person who people can rely on to do what needs to be done even if it is mundane
And have a roof over your head and enough food to eat
We do depend on each other, always have and always will. The problem is too many people don't realise it and think their country can survive in its own bubble. No matter how powerful you think your country is, it depends on others. It doesn't help when you have a president who talks like a child who has a hissy fit whenever anyone disagrees with him and does nothing but get on the wrong side of other world leaders. Not even two weeks president and how many countrys has he annoyed or insulted?
He doesn't know the meaning of the word Diplomacy................or respect human rights, equality, justice, or have any human empathy for other humans.
Yes, even more reason to be careful of not inciting and inflaming hate in others, and even more important to have leaders who are diplomatic and careful with their words, and aware of how their words effect others. Even more important that they are aware that Earth is a small planet, and no country can exist on it without other countries
Unfortunately it seems intelligent, thoughtful, diplomatic people are not the ones being voted in
I just don't get why you and others have to use words like demons, demonrats and libtards, a man your age should have more maturity than to call your opposition childish names.
Not quite what you said earlier, "It's documented that for every 100 migrants investigated in Europe there's about ten who are true refugees. "
its gone from 90% down to 60% not genuine refugees from your earlier post to this one. Quite an exaggeration in your earlier post and I would take the 60% with a grain of salt too, after all its from RT
It is not for him to welcome anybody to Ireland he is not our president. We decide who comes in, and we do not discrimate on the basis of religion, which is what he is doing, just dressing it up as certain countries.
MnanahEireann Forum Posts (259)
RE: St. Patrick's Day
You are right the four leaf clover is for good luck, but it is not Irish, it gets confused with the shamrock which is ther symbol for St. Patrick
Happy Paddys Day