“Of the 3,515 Medals of Honor awarded by the United States, some 2,018 have gone to Irish-Americans, according to Patrick McDermot of Irish Veterans Post 2, created in Tampa in 2017.” Perhaps there are lessons here for today’s immigrant-haters. And yes, America’s highest award for combat[...]
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March 17th, 2020 - 1:43 am § in America
St. Patty’s Day: Why is the Medal of Honor so IRISH?
March 17th, 2014 - 6:24 am § in America
St. Patty’s Day
Ed. Growing up on Boston, everyone was Irish .. at least on St. Patty’s day. I remember the trauma when someone decided that we, the Irish, could no longer celebrate St. Patty’s day because, we the Bostonians, had a Bill of Rights that made is free from any establishment of religion. W[...]
HUMOR: St Patty’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. This day marks the accepted date in 493 CE of St. Patrick’s death. As St. Patrick is the figure most prominently associated with bringing Christianity to Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church i[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in Uncategorized
St. Patty’s Day! Hamlet was an Irishman!
HAPPY ST. PATTY’s DAY Admlithi of Eire (the ”d” is silent) became Hamlet of Elsinore Lisa Collinson at the University of Aberdeen has traced the origins to a little known Irish tale called the ”Destruction of Da Derga”s Hostel’.’ The common wisdom has been t[...]
March 17th, 2012 - 6:28 am § in America
March 17: The day the Irish Drove the Brits Out of Boston
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. This day marks the accepted date in 493 CE of St. Patrick’s death as well as the anniversary of the expulsion the dirty Brits from Boston. (source: Huff Post) As St. Patrick is the figure most prominently associated with bringing C[...]