Is being Irish American just a state of mind?
'Tis Myself in the Emerald Isle!
Tracing my Irish roots...
Three years after my beloved Irish mother passed away, I finally made the trip. As a teenager, I had already shuttled her visiting Irish sisters back and forth between Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, laughed at their bothersome brogues and snickered about their snoring. Many years later it was my turn to visit them. Irish Moonshine
Glory Be To Paddy, It's My Uncle's Homemade Poteen
Okay, here was my problem. I had never been overseas before, and like many paranoid Americans, wondered whether or not I would have any problems with the food or water. I didn't want to take a bathroom break every ten minutes. So I ate the traditional big Irish breakfast, but had a very light lunch, just to be on the safe side. Trouble was, in the evening while we were visiting all the relatives, out would came a plate full of biscuits (cookies) and a bottle of good old Irish whiskey. No meal to speak of. As my mother would say, the brew made short work of me on several occasions. But when my cocky Irish cousins didn't think I'd have the stomach for my uncle's homemade poteen (moonshine), I showed them what we Yanks are made of...just barely.
Salute your ancient Celtic ancestors!
A rite of passage for every visiting Irish American
Pubs are a day-in and day-out part of Irish social life, and children are free to run in and out. No Irish American in their right minds would travel to the old country without having a pint of dark, rich Guinness.
Irish brewing magic...
Guinness Cast Iron Wall Mounted Bottle Opener
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GUINNESS IRISH BEER ALCOHOL ARGYLE TAN HAT CAP BEANIE
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Hand Made Vintage Style GUINESS DRAUGHT Beer Can Belt Buckle
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Touring the Guinness Storehouse
The Storehouse was originally built in 1904 to house the Guinness fermentation process and is modelled on a giant pint glass, stretching up from reception on the ground floor to The Gravity Bar in the sky. If filled, this giant pint would hold approximately 14.3 million pints of GUINNESS! You will view Guinness branded memorabilia and the stories of the popular icons from the Toucan to the Guinness Surfers. You can also watch a selection of Guinness TV ads which have made the brand a well-known Irish symbol in every corner of the globe.The My Goodness My Gilroy section is an exhibition of John Gilroy's work, the artist responsible for the famous Guinness advertising from the 1930s to 1960s. Admission for adults is $13.50. On the road in Ireland
AA Road Atlas Ireland (Aa Atlases and Maps)
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Love
It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.
Make sure you enjoy a hearty Irish breakfast
The Irish Pub Cookbook
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McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook
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Irish Pub Cooking (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks)
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Irish Washerwoman
Irish tune you just can't get outta your head...
Irish Washerwoman / Kesh Jig / Blarney Pilgrim
I forced my brother to accompany me with the guitar, while I play 3 jigs on the tin whistle: - The Irish Washerwoman - The Kesh Jig - The Blarney Pilgrim We both make several mistakes, and in the last jig I play really bad, but I had no patience to be making many takes. I play better when there is no camera :P tin whistle pennywhistle penny whistle irish whistle celtic whistle jigs celt irish traditional music itm trad tinwhistle pennywhistle irish washerwoman kesh jig blarney pilgrim
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The best part...
"The Complete Irish Tin Whistle Tutor"
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Champions Of Ireland - Tin Whistle
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Original Feadog Brass Irish Whistle - Key of D
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Irish Pipe & Tinwhistle Songs
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Irish Tin Whistle Legends (Walton)
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The charm of Ireland
Sterling Silver Ireland Map Charm
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Did my mother really have a brogue?
My Irish mother spoke like any other American, or so I thought. Once in a great while one of my friends from school would say, "I love your mother's accent!" The mystery was finally solved when I journeyed to Ireland and heard my Irish relatives pronounce their surname Va-HON (Vaughan). My mother always referred to her maiden name in the more anglo-version "Von."
And you think we have a drinking problem...
Boris Yeltsin joins Irish pop culture
"Circling over Shannon" (phr): drunk. Derived from the visit of Boris Yeltsin to Shannon when he was apparantly too drunk to get off the plane. They circled six times to sober him up!
Irish Jigging Dog
This has absolutely nothing to do with being Irish or going to Ireland, but it's SO funny you just have to take a look!
Irish American Actors
Irish Americans That Made Out Like Bandits
Ann Hathaway
George Clooney
Sean Penn
Vince Vaughan
Ben Affleck
Drew Barrymore
Robert Downey Jr.
Brendan Frasier
Mel Gibson
Mia Farrow
Harrison Ford
Another Irish Kathleen
Back To My Irish Roots, Literally
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Tracing YOUR Irish roots...
In Search of Your British & Irish Roots A Complete Guide to Tracing Your
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The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small (Third Edition, Expanded)
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