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Irish eyes are smiling on the O’Grady side of my family from County Cork. I don’t know much about our ancestry, but I do know that we’ve been tempted by the DNA sample tests on the paternal lines. From what I understand, they’ve received a mixed review. So until one of us receives one for free, and I swab away and write about it, I’ll wait ’till I travel abroad I think. Or maybe one of you know an O’Grady from County Cork? I’m looking to enjoy some Irish Soda Bread, Green Beer and some Irish Toasts, and Corned Beef and Cabbage. Yummy. I’ll even put a little green food color in the kids milk and turn their teeth green ;) From cooks.com (I add potatoes)
CROCK POT CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
Place in crock pot in order:
3 carrots, cut in 3 inch pieces3-4 lb. corned beef brisket2-3 med. onions, quartered1-2 c. water1/2 sm. cabbage, cut in wedges
Add cabbage to liquid, pushing down to moisten, after 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high. Cover and cook 10-12 hours on low, 5-6 hours on high.
IRISH SODA BREAD
1 tablespoon baking soda1 tablespoon sugar4 cups flo0ur2 1/3 teaspoons salt1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar2 cups buttermilk1 tablespoon butter
Thoroughly combine baking soda, sugar, flour, salt and cream of tartar. Make a well in the center. Add buttermilk and mix lightly and quickly with a fork.Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead for one minute. Shape into a circle, about 1 1/2 inch thick. Place on a greased cooke sheet. Slask a large cross in the top.Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 40-45 minutes.Cool on a wire rack. Brush top with butter while still warm. Cool before slicing to serve.Variations: 1 cup raisins, craisins, citron or dried fruits and a few tablespoons caraway seeds may be added. 1/2 yogurt or sour cream and 1/2 milk may be substituted for buttermilk.Submitted by: CM
Happy St. Patty’s and Many Irish Blessings to everyone!
Will you eat corned beef and cabbage today? Are you wearing green? Or is today just another Monday in the long, slow slog to summer?
Today is St. Patrick's Day, a day to honor Ireland's St. Patrick, who converted the pagans to Christianity in the fourth century. But what is it really, other than a reason to drink green beer?
For Erin O'Reilly Hutton, it's many things.
As the owner of On The House, 1153 High Ave., Hutton doesn't scoff at the celebratory part of St. Patrick's Day. Like many pubs around the country, she made Saturday her official St. Patrick's Day party to cater to those who don't want to come out on Monday.
For them, she made 70 pounds of corned beef and all the green beer customers can swallow.
"(The bar) is just a corner, mom and pop place with a lot of regulars, said Hutton, 35. "Throughout the year we do fun things for them."
Hutton's mom, Josephine O'Reilly, still makes several loaves of traditional Irish soda bread every year, which Hutton's customers get to sample.
"I think people forget it's a Christian holiday," Hutton said. "They think it's a drinking holiday and they like it for that reason. "It's a real excuse to have a party. You don't need a reason, but it's nice when there is one."
At St. Mary's School in Sheboygan Falls, second-grade teacher Mary LaViolette makes a point of talking about the saints to her students throughout the school year.
In March, the choice is easy.
"We talk about all of our traditions, customs of our families, how they celebrate different feast days, different holidays, different holy days," LaViolette said. "I think we all do at St. Mary's."
The class talks about the legend of St. Patrick, about how he was brought to Ireland as a slave from Britain, escaped and became a bishop only to return to Ireland to spread the gospel, she said.
The saints have a special place in the hearts of the second-graders.
"There's always a reason … they gave to the poor, they shared everything they had, they gave up their life to God," she said. "They're all role models."
On Saturday, a half-dozen kids were at the Plymouth Arts Center decorating St. Patrick's Day themed pictures — rainbows with pots of gold — using brightly colored pastels and special green "leprechaun dust" that gave their drawings a rainy appearance when wetted down.
Leading the class was Cassy Tully, the center's educational coordinator and art teacher, who happens to be half-Irish and fully into the St. Patrick's holiday, the evidence being the green T-shirt she wore, emblazoned with her family's name and big shamrocks.
"Irish songs are usually a part of our family traditions, weddings and things like that," said Tully, 24, whose family name was once O'Toole until the "O" was dropped and the rest evolved into Tully.
"There's a castle in Ireland, the Tully Castle, and someday, I'll get there," she said.
St. Patrick's Day is also a very big deal at 52 Stafford Irish Guest House in Plymouth.
Beth Waller, a 10-year employee of the restaurant and bed and breakfast said the annual "Irishman's Walk" parade down middle of town draws between 40 and 100 people every year, depending on the weather.
"They dress up, they dress up their dogs, they pull their kids in wagons," Waller said.
The restaurant and bar started its celebration on Sunday with an Irish band from Milwaukee, as did Manning's Irish Pub in Sheboygan.
Manning's brought in an Irish band on Saturday, said bar employee Sarah Finley, but tonight's entertainment is oldies band Too Cool.
"We don't really do anything big, people just kind of flock here because it's an Irish pub," she said. "It's usually pretty big — I don't know how big it'll be on a Monday."
Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Erin Go Bragh!
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A record-breaking crowd of green-clad revelers yesterday flocked to Southie to celebrate the city’s legendary St. Patrick’s Day parade as cops reported a peaceful celebration.
An estimated 1 million people turned Broadway into a river of emerald for the 107th annual event, said organizer John J. “Wacko” Hurley. He said the crowd estimate breaks last year’s high of 850,000.
“It was a great parade. We are very happy with the way things turned out,” he said. “Over a million people from all over the country came, the police told me.”
Crowds of families, couples, friends and children packed the sidewalks as the colorful and music-filled parade snaked from the Broadway T station up to Andrew station.
One special tribute came in the form of dozens of Marines marching in honor of their late Rockland comrade, Lance Cpl. Walter “Gator” O’Haire, who was killed in Iraq a year ago. Maureen O’Haire, his mom, took care of the platoon’s airfare and hotel rooms as a special way of remembering her son and recognizing the Marines’ proud service.
From traditional marching bands, flute-playing unicyclists to live bands and “Star Wars” characters, the parade boasted something for everyone.
Belgian Denis DeMaret, 30, visited the parade for the first time with his wife, Caroline, 28, and their 6-month-old daughter, Eleonore.
“It is a great atmosphere. Everyone seems happy. It’s wonderful,” said the Massachusetts General Hospital engineer.
“My daughter loves it. This is our first time here and it is great. It’s good for the community to get out and be together having fun like this,” said 33-year-old dad David Egan in Southie with his partner Karina, 34, and 3-year-old daughter Maya.
Jared Williams, 29, his wife, Katrina, 26, and their daughter Evelyn, 4, from Newton had a blast as the parade rumbled past them on Broadway.
“We are having a great time. This is our first time here but we had some friends come and decided to come down. The atmosphere is great and my daughter is having a great time!”
Police said there were no problems along the route, though they arrested 17 people for public drinking or disorderly behavior.
“Overall, the general sense is that people were well-behaved. It was billed as a family event and it was,” said Boston police spokesman Officer James Kenneally.
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Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially St. Paddy's Day or Paddy's Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa 385–461 AD), one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.
The day is the national holiday of Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland, and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In the rest of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.
It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[1] in the early part of the 17th century, and is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and is happening again in 2008, being observed on 15 March March 17 will not fall during Holy Week again until 2160.
