This may come a week late (St. Paddy’s day was last week), but this week, our thoughts are off to Ireland! The lush landscapes, the hunt for the pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow, and oh, yes, the Cliffs of Moher (better known as the “Cliffs of Insanity” – Princess Bride, anyone?) all beckon to us! There are so many reasons for wanting to jet off to Ireland; it’s not only the pub life in Dublin or the Paddywagon Tours of northern and southern Ireland, or meeting some of the friendliest people in the world (some whose name you could not say if you saw it written – e.g., Aiofe), and it’s not just the spectacle of the sheering of sheep each summer, or the “lovely” (not really) smell of the peat burning in the hearths, nor the surf towns off the west coast or the scenic drive of the ring of Kerry. It’s not just one of these things, but all of these things together, and more, that keep us dreaming of the day we will be in Ireland….for some of us, once again.
Keep Dreaming! This week: Ireland!
March 26, 2009 by Kristin
St. Paddy’s Day please.
Patrick shortened is Paddy.
With many of the Irish being named Patrick back in the day… and calling themselves Paddy we got the nickname of Irish people – Paddies!
Don’t mean to be anal but just feel that you would prefer not to get caught out saying it wrong.
Thanks, it’s fixed now.