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CategoryBOXTY ON THE GRIDDLE
Boxty on the griddle/Boxty on the pan/If you can’t make Boxty/You’ll never get a man! This was the rhyme handed down from mother to..
MUM’S THE WORD
We’ve talked a lot about St Patrick;s Day this month. But there is another important and widely recognised day also happening at the end..
GEARING UP FOR FUN
One week to a bank holiday Monday and the biggest national celebration in Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day is next Monday. What plans have you..
Ireland’s Food History is embedded in St Patrick’s Day Celebrations
It is a story of simplicity and complexity and of native ways blending with outside influences. It speaks of a largely rural community..
LITTLE DUCKIES
The Hickey Family in Ballydehob have been farming duck for many a year. Eugene and Helena Hickey started with a flock of thirty ducks as..
HIGH CLASS SHAMROCK
Saint Patrick is being celebrated throughout the month of March at The Merrion Hotel in Dublin.This luxurious hotel in the historic..