Happy St. Patrick's Day

Today is a great day to be Irish or to celebrate all things Irish. So lets pause for a second and think about all the things Ireland has given to the world.

• Guinness, Whiskey & Baileys
• Cursing & swearing
• Ginger haired people
• Freckles
• Potatoes
• Irish stew
• Leprechauns
• Harp's
• Shamrocks
• Aran jumpers (sweaters, for my American friends)
• Colin Farrell (although, this may not be a good thing)
• JFK
• River Dance
• The ability to find the humour in EVERY situation
• The craic
• Pubs
• U2 (as in the band)
• Cups of tea
• Every shade of green you can imagine
• Full Irish (only the true Irish or those who have spent a considerable amount of time there will understand this)
• The Chipper (again, it will make sense to the Irish or people who have visited)
• And of course, St. Patrick's Day

So in honour of our patron saint, we went to our local Irish pub, Keegans, and had the absolute craic. My friend Jeremy, who is visiting us from Ireland, was only hours off the plane when we whisked him off for a night of ceol agus ol.

Jessica, Jeremy & myself.

The sign says it all.
Slainte, bottoms up ladies & gentleman.
Its hard to tell, but the beer is actually green
Mike, Jessica & myself.

Jeremy & Mike sporting the colours of Ireland.