So what do you all do to celebrate the big day?

I must confess, I don't do much. I can't stand to go out and listen to "Danny Boy" and "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen." And one can only handle so many shamrocks and leprechauns and "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" T-shirts. And don't get me started on green beer and shamrock shakes!

And if another person says "Top o' the morning to you!" I may just scream!

Now if I could find a nice pub with traditional music and draft Guinness, it might be another story!

I get a lot more pleasure out of the Seachtain na Gaeilge events. We had a great gathering in Berkeley last week and, of course, the Irish Mass in Mountain View this past Sunday.

I think I'll spend St. Patrick's Day with my harps and my hubby...maybe have some colcannon-stuffed twice-baked potatoes (I didn't like corned beef and cabbage, even when I ate meat) washed down with a bit of Jameson's.

Erin go Bragh! (yes, I know it's really "Éire go Brách")

Redwolf

Beidh paráid anseo freisin (parade).

Seo paráid a bhí ar an gCeathrú Rua cúpla bliain ó shoin -
March 17, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6QkamA7 ... 2c_D8pE%3D

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There's a huge St. Patrick's Day Parade in San Francisco every year. We'd actually planned to go up to the city this Saturday until we realized what day it would be (sure enough, March 17)...there's going to be no finding parking (or even getting through downtown) until that's over!

Redwolf

Would love to see a parade like that Bríd. The closest one to me is the Chicago Southside Parade. Unfortunately, it's usually ruined by the obnoxious ones who want to get drunk and urinate in public, and ruin it for everyone else. In fact, this past Sunday it was back after a few years absence because it had been disallowed.

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Sílim go rachaidh mé ar Aifreann

Tá mé ag dul go dtí an teach tábhairne i Áras Chrónáin ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig .

It is a community center in dublin with a pub that the Irish language is spoken all the time And they will have craic agus ceol there

Chuaigh mé chuig an beithilín beo ansin, bhí sé ar fheabhas. Is áit iontach é Áras Chrónáin.

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I need to dye my hair green for tomorrow.

We look forward to the photos......

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Unfortunately I'm working tomorrow and I have to be up early otherwise I would very much like to have gone to the Collège des Irlandais where a choir from Galway - Cois Cladaigh - have come over here to sing together with the Irish Chamber Choir of Paris this evening. Cois Cladaigh led by Brendan O'Connor are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year - perhaps Bríd might know of them?

No. Choirs are Redwolf 's field of expertise.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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