You Must Never Bathe In Irish Stew
You must never bathe in an Irish Stew,
It’s a most illogical thing to do.
But should you persist against my reasoning,
Don’t fail to add the appropriate seasoning.
By Spike Milligan (Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan (1918 - 2002))
Clancy: What do you think of my Irish stew?
Nancy: It could use a pinch of Gaelic.
The song “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” (1912) was co-written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Junior and set to music by Ernest Ball. George Graff, Junior was a German man who never visited Ireland in his entire life.
“I was going,” said an Irishman, “over Westminster Bridge the other day, and I met Pat Hewins. Hewins,” says I, “how are you?” “Pretty well,” says he, “thank you, Donnelly.” “Donnelly!” says I, “that’s not my name.” “Faith, no more is mine Hewins,” says he. So we looked at each other again, and sure enough, it turned out to be neither of us.
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God first made the world. God then made humankind: the Italians for their beauty, the French for their cuisine, the Welsh for their singing voices, the Germans for their engineering, the English for their civilizing influence . . . and on and on until He looked at what He had created and said, “This is all very well, but no one is having fun, so I will have to make the Irish.”
In Ireland, lakes are called loughs (pronounced as ‘locks’).
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Irish!
Irish, who?
Irish you a happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
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Two Irishmen hired an open cockpit airplane to fly over Dublin on Saint Patrick’s Day. As they were winging their way through the air, O’Toole turned to his friend Murphy and said, “Murphy, I’m going to fly upside down.” “O’Toole,” shouted Murphy, “don’t do that, we’ll fall out. “No we won’t, responded O’Toole, “I’ll still talk to you.”
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Dublin’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
They say everyone loves a parade,
And the marchers are set and arrayed,
Whether lass or laddy,
They honored Saint Paddy,
The crowd? They all clapped and hoorayed!
By Author Unknown
“Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!” [translation to English]
“Beannachtam na Feile Padraig!” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown
In surnames (family names or last names), O’ means ‘son of’ or ‘descendant of’ in Irish Gaelic, while Mac or Mc means ‘grandson of’ in Irish Gaelic.
An officer stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, “Okay, pedestrians now!” Then he allowed the traffic to pass. He did this several times, and Gallagher was still standing on the sidewalk. After the officer had shouted, “Pedestrians!” for the tenth time, Gallagher approached him and said, “Is it not about time you let the Catholics across?”
You must never bathe in an Irish Stew,
It’s a most illogical thing to do.
But should you persist against my reasoning,
Don’t fail to add the appropriate seasoning.
By Spike Milligan (Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan (1918 - 2002))
Clancy: What do you think of my Irish stew?
Nancy: It could use a pinch of Gaelic.
The song “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” (1912) was co-written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Junior and set to music by Ernest Ball. George Graff, Junior was a German man who never visited Ireland in his entire life.
“I was going,” said an Irishman, “over Westminster Bridge the other day, and I met Pat Hewins. Hewins,” says I, “how are you?” “Pretty well,” says he, “thank you, Donnelly.” “Donnelly!” says I, “that’s not my name.” “Faith, no more is mine Hewins,” says he. So we looked at each other again, and sure enough, it turned out to be neither of us.
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God first made the world. God then made humankind: the Italians for their beauty, the French for their cuisine, the Welsh for their singing voices, the Germans for their engineering, the English for their civilizing influence . . . and on and on until He looked at what He had created and said, “This is all very well, but no one is having fun, so I will have to make the Irish.”
In Ireland, lakes are called loughs (pronounced as ‘locks’).
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Irish!
Irish, who?
Irish you a happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
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Two Irishmen hired an open cockpit airplane to fly over Dublin on Saint Patrick’s Day. As they were winging their way through the air, O’Toole turned to his friend Murphy and said, “Murphy, I’m going to fly upside down.” “O’Toole,” shouted Murphy, “don’t do that, we’ll fall out. “No we won’t, responded O’Toole, “I’ll still talk to you.”
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Dublin’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
They say everyone loves a parade,
And the marchers are set and arrayed,
Whether lass or laddy,
They honored Saint Paddy,
The crowd? They all clapped and hoorayed!
By Author Unknown
“Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!” [translation to English]
“Beannachtam na Feile Padraig!” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown
In surnames (family names or last names), O’ means ‘son of’ or ‘descendant of’ in Irish Gaelic, while Mac or Mc means ‘grandson of’ in Irish Gaelic.
An officer stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, “Okay, pedestrians now!” Then he allowed the traffic to pass. He did this several times, and Gallagher was still standing on the sidewalk. After the officer had shouted, “Pedestrians!” for the tenth time, Gallagher approached him and said, “Is it not about time you let the Catholics across?”
Which is the real shamrock? Apparently, opinions differ, and shamrocks may be any of several varieties of clovers or common wood sorrels, and possibly other plants, having green leaves and blossoms in white as well as colors and shades of pink, purple, red, or yellow. In the picture above, the plants with the heart-shaped leaves, closest to the edge, are the common wood sorrels, and the plants in the center are clovers.
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The shamrock, a type of low-growing plant with three-lobed leaves, is often associated with Ireland. Legend says that each lobe or leaf of the plant has its own meaning. In folklore, the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love, and if you find a four-lobed leaf, the fourth is for luck. Patrick of Ireland purportedly used a shamrock plant to explain the Christian Holy Trinity to the pagans of Ireland.
Paddy and Mick were walking down the road, and Paddy had a bag of doughnuts. Paddy said to Mick, “If you can guess how many doughnuts are in my bag, you can have them both.”
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“May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend.” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
Mrs. O’Leary
Mrs. Mary O’Leary did bake
A green-frosted shamrock cake
For those dressed in blue
Who protect me and you
And risk life and limb for our sake.
By Author Unknown
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Molly: What would you get if you crossed an Irish leprechaun with a Texan?
Dolly: A pot of chili at the end of the rainbow!
The term ‘boycott’ comes from the Irishman Captain James Boycott.
Ronnie: What is Irish and sits on the lawn all summer?
Ronald: Paddy O’Furniture.
Amy: Why did the Irishman cross the road?
Amelia: Because there was a leprechaun on the other side with a pot of gold.
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An Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the Sun shine warm upon your face
And rains fall softly upon your fields
And until we meet again
May the Good Lord hold you
In the hollow of his hand.
By Author Unknown
“You’re not as young as you used to be. But you’re not as old as you’re going to be.” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
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“One Hundred Thousand Welcomes!” [translation to English]
“Céad Míle Fáilte!” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown: Irish saying
Al: How can you tell when a leprechaun is having a good time?
Bert: He will be ‘Dublin’ over with laughter.
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The Emerald Isle is an informal name for Ireland.
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The shamrock, a type of low-growing plant with three-lobed leaves, is often associated with Ireland. Legend says that each lobe or leaf of the plant has its own meaning. In folklore, the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love, and if you find a four-lobed leaf, the fourth is for luck. Patrick of Ireland purportedly used a shamrock plant to explain the Christian Holy Trinity to the pagans of Ireland.
Paddy and Mick were walking down the road, and Paddy had a bag of doughnuts. Paddy said to Mick, “If you can guess how many doughnuts are in my bag, you can have them both.”
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“May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend.” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
Mrs. O’Leary
Mrs. Mary O’Leary did bake
A green-frosted shamrock cake
For those dressed in blue
Who protect me and you
And risk life and limb for our sake.
By Author Unknown
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Molly: What would you get if you crossed an Irish leprechaun with a Texan?
Dolly: A pot of chili at the end of the rainbow!
The term ‘boycott’ comes from the Irishman Captain James Boycott.
Ronnie: What is Irish and sits on the lawn all summer?
Ronald: Paddy O’Furniture.
Amy: Why did the Irishman cross the road?
Amelia: Because there was a leprechaun on the other side with a pot of gold.
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An Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the Sun shine warm upon your face
And rains fall softly upon your fields
And until we meet again
May the Good Lord hold you
In the hollow of his hand.
By Author Unknown
“You’re not as young as you used to be. But you’re not as old as you’re going to be.” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
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“One Hundred Thousand Welcomes!” [translation to English]
“Céad Míle Fáilte!” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown: Irish saying
Al: How can you tell when a leprechaun is having a good time?
Bert: He will be ‘Dublin’ over with laughter.
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The Emerald Isle is an informal name for Ireland.
The Celtic Knot symbolizes that which has no beginning and no ending, and which cannot be undone, or which is eternal. Many versions of the Celtic Knot exist, and more can be created; the one shown above is made of four Triquetras, or Trinity Knots, each representing the Holy Trinity in Christianity, which have been arranged to create a Shield Knot with four distinct corners, symbolizing protection, altogether meaning ‘Eternal Protection of the Holy Trinity.’
Concerning bagpipes, the Irish invented them and gave them to the Scots as a joke, and the Scots haven’t caught on to the joke yet.
“A trade not properly learned is an enemy.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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Some time ago, an American spy was sent to a small town in Ireland to pick up some top-secret documents from a spy with the last name of Murphy. The American’s instructions were to walk around town and stop in all the cafes, pubs, and shops until he found him. The American would find the spy by using a special secret phrase that only the spy would recognize. The American soon found himself on the way to the town. Walking on a deserted country road, he approached a farmer. “Hello,” the American said. “I’m looking for a man named Murphy.” “Well, you have certainly come to the right place,” the farmer said. “In the village over the hill, nearly everybody is named Murphy. The owner of the local pub is named Murphy, the schoolteacher is named Murphy, the butcher is named Murphy, and the barber is named Murphy. Indeed, I myself am named Murphy.” Aha! the American agent thought to himself, here’s the man I’m looking for. He’s disguised as a farmer. So the American said, “The eye of the Sun is burning bright over the lakes of Dublin, and colleens are dancing in the streets.” “Oh,” said the farmer. “It is Murphy the spy you’re seeking - he lives just down the road from here in the opposite direction.”
The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia in County Galway.
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“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
Couples in Ireland could marry legally in Teltown, County Meath on Saint Brigid’s Day (1 February there), as recently as the 1920’s, by simply walking towards each other. If the marriage failed, they could ‘divorce’ by walking away from each other at the same spot, on Saint Brigid’s day of the following year. The custom was a holdover from old Irish Brehon laws, which allowed temporary marriage contracts.
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“May the Good Lord take a liking to you, but not too soon!” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
“I’ll have the fish and chips twice,” announced O’Driscoll. “Very well,” said the shopkeeper. “The fish won’t be long.” “Then they’d better be fat,” suggested O’Driscoll.
There were more than 5,325,697 people living in Ireland as of 2 November 2025. However, more Irish people live outside of Ireland than inside the country, perhaps because the Irish are prone to wander about, in search of the ever-elusive leprechaun’s pot of gold, said to be at the end of some rainbow.
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At the height of the gulf wars, the well-known firefighter Red Adair was called upon to go out to the gulf and put out the oil rig fires. On his way, his plane landed in Ireland for an overnight stop, so Red took advantage and visited an eatery to try the local cuisine. Two old Irish boys witnessed him walk in and one said to the other, “Isn’t that Red Adair?” The other replied, “No.” The old boy then said, “I’m sure it is - and I’m so sure that will bet you the usual if I’m wrong.” The doubting one said, “Alrighty, then,” and they both went over to Red and one said, “Are you Red Adair?” to which Red said he was. The doubting Irishman said, “Are you still dancing with Ginger Rogers?”
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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Concerning bagpipes, the Irish invented them and gave them to the Scots as a joke, and the Scots haven’t caught on to the joke yet.
“A trade not properly learned is an enemy.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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Some time ago, an American spy was sent to a small town in Ireland to pick up some top-secret documents from a spy with the last name of Murphy. The American’s instructions were to walk around town and stop in all the cafes, pubs, and shops until he found him. The American would find the spy by using a special secret phrase that only the spy would recognize. The American soon found himself on the way to the town. Walking on a deserted country road, he approached a farmer. “Hello,” the American said. “I’m looking for a man named Murphy.” “Well, you have certainly come to the right place,” the farmer said. “In the village over the hill, nearly everybody is named Murphy. The owner of the local pub is named Murphy, the schoolteacher is named Murphy, the butcher is named Murphy, and the barber is named Murphy. Indeed, I myself am named Murphy.” Aha! the American agent thought to himself, here’s the man I’m looking for. He’s disguised as a farmer. So the American said, “The eye of the Sun is burning bright over the lakes of Dublin, and colleens are dancing in the streets.” “Oh,” said the farmer. “It is Murphy the spy you’re seeking - he lives just down the road from here in the opposite direction.”
The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia in County Galway.
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“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
Couples in Ireland could marry legally in Teltown, County Meath on Saint Brigid’s Day (1 February there), as recently as the 1920’s, by simply walking towards each other. If the marriage failed, they could ‘divorce’ by walking away from each other at the same spot, on Saint Brigid’s day of the following year. The custom was a holdover from old Irish Brehon laws, which allowed temporary marriage contracts.
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“May the Good Lord take a liking to you, but not too soon!” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
“I’ll have the fish and chips twice,” announced O’Driscoll. “Very well,” said the shopkeeper. “The fish won’t be long.” “Then they’d better be fat,” suggested O’Driscoll.
There were more than 5,325,697 people living in Ireland as of 2 November 2025. However, more Irish people live outside of Ireland than inside the country, perhaps because the Irish are prone to wander about, in search of the ever-elusive leprechaun’s pot of gold, said to be at the end of some rainbow.
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At the height of the gulf wars, the well-known firefighter Red Adair was called upon to go out to the gulf and put out the oil rig fires. On his way, his plane landed in Ireland for an overnight stop, so Red took advantage and visited an eatery to try the local cuisine. Two old Irish boys witnessed him walk in and one said to the other, “Isn’t that Red Adair?” The other replied, “No.” The old boy then said, “I’m sure it is - and I’m so sure that will bet you the usual if I’m wrong.” The doubting one said, “Alrighty, then,” and they both went over to Red and one said, “Are you Red Adair?” to which Red said he was. The doubting Irishman said, “Are you still dancing with Ginger Rogers?”
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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The Celtic Cross is a centuries-old symbol of Irish Christianity, with several defining characteristics, including a circle, ring, or halo around the intersection of the cross shaft and arms, a base with slanting sides, a cap-stone atop the cross, and intricate designs carved into the cross, often including Celtic Knots.
To be sure, Prawo Jazdy is a slippery fellow. He’s wanted for fifty different driving offenses all over Ireland. Now, Prawo is clever because every time he is booked for an offense, his driver’s license has a different address. All the Gardaì in Ireland have a different theory about how this ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ escapes the clutches of the law. Finally, the penny dropped: ‘Prawo Jardy’ is not a Hungarian name, but the Polish words for ‘Driving License.’ The Garda had caught 53 different Polish drivers, but thought they were dealing with the same man. Naturally, the Polish community in Ireland is having a good laugh about Mr. Prawo Jazdy. (Garda is the Irish police force; it also means one police officer. Gardaì is the plural; it means more than one police officer.)
Ireland Facts
- Ireland is called Éire in Irish Gaelic and is also known as the Republic of Ireland and informally as ‘The Emerald Isle.’
- Citizens of Ireland are called ‘Irish.’
- The capital city of Ireland is Dublin, where more than one-fourth of the country’s population resides.
- Other Irish cities of note include Cork, Limerick, and Galway.
- Ireland covers five-sixths of the island of the same name; the remaining one-sixth of the island is Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
- Irish, or specifically, Irish Gaelic, is the country’s first official language; however, English is the second official language, and is more commonly used.
- The Celtic harp is the national symbol of Ireland.
“If you do not sow in the Spring, you will not reap in the Autumn.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
What is the Blarney Stone? Legend would have it be half the Stone of Scone over which long-ago Scottish Kings were crowned. The actual Blarney Stone is perched high up in the battlements of Blarney Castle at Blarney Village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) outside the city of Cork, Ireland. The block of bluestone was given to Cormac McCarthy by Robert the Bruce in 1314, in recognition of his support in the Battle of Bannockburn. In 1446, the stone was built into the castle’s battlements as a permanent feature. Today, the castle is a popular tourist site, attracting visitors from all over the world who come to tour the castle and its gardens. According to legend, kissing the stone endows a person with the gift of gab. The word ‘blarney’ itself has come to mean clever or flattering talk, as ‘blarney (blahr-nee), noun: Empty words, double-talk, fabrication, nonsense.’
Ireland has had its own Olympics since the Bronze Age, called the Tailteann Games.
The Irish
Leprechauns, castles,
Good luck and laughter;
Lullabies, dreams,
And love ever after.
Poems and songs
With pipes and drums;
A thousand welcomes
When anyone comes . . .
That’s the Irish for you!
By Author Unknown
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“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” -William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
An Irishman, by the name of O’Malley proposed to his girl on Saint Patrick’s Day. He gave her a ring with a synthetic diamond. The excited young lass showed it to her father, a jeweler. He took one look at it and saw it wasn’t real. The young lass, upon learning it was not real, returned to her future husband. She protested vehemently about his cheapness. “In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day,” he smiled, “I gave you a sham rock.”
“If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, you’re lucky enough!” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
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To be sure, Prawo Jazdy is a slippery fellow. He’s wanted for fifty different driving offenses all over Ireland. Now, Prawo is clever because every time he is booked for an offense, his driver’s license has a different address. All the Gardaì in Ireland have a different theory about how this ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ escapes the clutches of the law. Finally, the penny dropped: ‘Prawo Jardy’ is not a Hungarian name, but the Polish words for ‘Driving License.’ The Garda had caught 53 different Polish drivers, but thought they were dealing with the same man. Naturally, the Polish community in Ireland is having a good laugh about Mr. Prawo Jazdy. (Garda is the Irish police force; it also means one police officer. Gardaì is the plural; it means more than one police officer.)
Ireland Facts
- Ireland is called Éire in Irish Gaelic and is also known as the Republic of Ireland and informally as ‘The Emerald Isle.’
- Citizens of Ireland are called ‘Irish.’
- The capital city of Ireland is Dublin, where more than one-fourth of the country’s population resides.
- Other Irish cities of note include Cork, Limerick, and Galway.
- Ireland covers five-sixths of the island of the same name; the remaining one-sixth of the island is Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
- Irish, or specifically, Irish Gaelic, is the country’s first official language; however, English is the second official language, and is more commonly used.
- The Celtic harp is the national symbol of Ireland.
“If you do not sow in the Spring, you will not reap in the Autumn.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
What is the Blarney Stone? Legend would have it be half the Stone of Scone over which long-ago Scottish Kings were crowned. The actual Blarney Stone is perched high up in the battlements of Blarney Castle at Blarney Village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) outside the city of Cork, Ireland. The block of bluestone was given to Cormac McCarthy by Robert the Bruce in 1314, in recognition of his support in the Battle of Bannockburn. In 1446, the stone was built into the castle’s battlements as a permanent feature. Today, the castle is a popular tourist site, attracting visitors from all over the world who come to tour the castle and its gardens. According to legend, kissing the stone endows a person with the gift of gab. The word ‘blarney’ itself has come to mean clever or flattering talk, as ‘blarney (blahr-nee), noun: Empty words, double-talk, fabrication, nonsense.’
Ireland has had its own Olympics since the Bronze Age, called the Tailteann Games.
The Irish
Leprechauns, castles,
Good luck and laughter;
Lullabies, dreams,
And love ever after.
Poems and songs
With pipes and drums;
A thousand welcomes
When anyone comes . . .
That’s the Irish for you!
By Author Unknown
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“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” -William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
An Irishman, by the name of O’Malley proposed to his girl on Saint Patrick’s Day. He gave her a ring with a synthetic diamond. The excited young lass showed it to her father, a jeweler. He took one look at it and saw it wasn’t real. The young lass, upon learning it was not real, returned to her future husband. She protested vehemently about his cheapness. “In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day,” he smiled, “I gave you a sham rock.”
“If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, you’re lucky enough!” -Author Unknown: Irish saying
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The Dara Knot is a type of Celtic Knot, symbolizing the roots of an Oak tree, and the idealized qualities of the tree roots, expressed in words including strength, endurance, stability, wisdom, connectedness, and rootedness. Dara, or ‘duir’ in the Ogham alphabet, and also the Irish word ‘doire,’ mean ‘oak tree.’ The four intertwined Celtic Dara Knots in the picture above border an illustration of another symbol, The Tree of Life, commonly depicted as an oak tree.
Paddy and Mick were walking past a wood yard when they spotted a notice reading, “Tree Fellers Wanted.” “That’s a shame,” said Paddy, “as there are only two of us.”
One of the most popular radio shows in rural Ireland is still the weekly broadcast of local obituaries. But his radio was broken, and so Gallagher opened the morning newspaper - and was dumbfounded to read his name in the obituary column! He quickly phoned his friend Finley. “Did you see the paper?” asked Gallagher. “They say I am deceased!” “Yes, I saw it,” replied Finley. “Where are you calling from?”
“That’s the Irish people all over - they treat a joke as a serious thing, and a serious thing as a joke.” -Sean O’Casey (1880 - 1964)
Ireland
When Irish stew is bubbling,
And the soda bread is hot,
And the Irish tea is steeping in
A little Irish pot,
When the room is warm with laughter,
And the songs are bright and bold,
And there’s poetry and magic
In the stories that are told,
Isn’t it a blessing,
Isn’t it just grand,
To know the heart and soul
Of you belongs to Ireland.
By Author Unknown
May the luck of the Irish be with you!
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“Ireland is rich in literature that understands a soul’s yearnings, and dancing that understands a happy heart.” -Margaret Jackson
Irish novelists have made major contributions to world literature; famous writers include Jonathan Swift (“Gulliver’s Travels”), Bram Stoker (“Dracula”), and James Joyce (“Ulysses”). Some of Ireland’s other famous folks include Michael Fassbender, actor Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy, and Colin Farrell.
“It is Ireland’s sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness.” -Kenneth Tynan: as quoted in the “Observer” (27 May 1956)
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County Kerry
In the beautiful county of Kerry,
The people always seem merry,
The welcomes are sweet,
From all that you meet,
And no one is ever contrary.
By Author Unknown: referring to Kerry, Ireland
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D’ye ha’ a-hankerin’ f’mo? Visit the Irish tourism website at www.Ireland.com. Be sure to mention you found them through www.MakeFunOfLife.net, where everything is funner - our English is atrocious . . . perhaps we had better go back to grunts and whistles, or stick to Gaelic, which rolls off the tongue like the good Earth’s sweet honey.
The Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians do, per person. Let’s move to Ireland straightaway and open a candy shop!
“Maybe it’s bred in the bone, but the sound of pipes is a little bit of Heaven to some of us.” -Nancy O’Keefe
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Billy called Paddy in Dublin and asked for the quickest way to Cork. Paddy said, “Are you on foot or in a car?” Billy said, “In a car.” Paddy said, “That’s the quickest way.”
When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood,
God bless’d the green island and saw it was good;
The em’rald of Europe, it sparkled and shone,
In the ring of the world the most precious stone.
-William Drennan
We are MFOL! . . . reminding the world to do as the Irish and Make Fun O’Life!
Paddy and Mick were walking past a wood yard when they spotted a notice reading, “Tree Fellers Wanted.” “That’s a shame,” said Paddy, “as there are only two of us.”
One of the most popular radio shows in rural Ireland is still the weekly broadcast of local obituaries. But his radio was broken, and so Gallagher opened the morning newspaper - and was dumbfounded to read his name in the obituary column! He quickly phoned his friend Finley. “Did you see the paper?” asked Gallagher. “They say I am deceased!” “Yes, I saw it,” replied Finley. “Where are you calling from?”
“That’s the Irish people all over - they treat a joke as a serious thing, and a serious thing as a joke.” -Sean O’Casey (1880 - 1964)
Ireland
When Irish stew is bubbling,
And the soda bread is hot,
And the Irish tea is steeping in
A little Irish pot,
When the room is warm with laughter,
And the songs are bright and bold,
And there’s poetry and magic
In the stories that are told,
Isn’t it a blessing,
Isn’t it just grand,
To know the heart and soul
Of you belongs to Ireland.
By Author Unknown
May the luck of the Irish be with you!
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“Ireland is rich in literature that understands a soul’s yearnings, and dancing that understands a happy heart.” -Margaret Jackson
Irish novelists have made major contributions to world literature; famous writers include Jonathan Swift (“Gulliver’s Travels”), Bram Stoker (“Dracula”), and James Joyce (“Ulysses”). Some of Ireland’s other famous folks include Michael Fassbender, actor Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy, and Colin Farrell.
“It is Ireland’s sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness.” -Kenneth Tynan: as quoted in the “Observer” (27 May 1956)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Theater And Thespians Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
County Kerry
In the beautiful county of Kerry,
The people always seem merry,
The welcomes are sweet,
From all that you meet,
And no one is ever contrary.
By Author Unknown: referring to Kerry, Ireland
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Happiness Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
D’ye ha’ a-hankerin’ f’mo? Visit the Irish tourism website at www.Ireland.com. Be sure to mention you found them through www.MakeFunOfLife.net, where everything is funner - our English is atrocious . . . perhaps we had better go back to grunts and whistles, or stick to Gaelic, which rolls off the tongue like the good Earth’s sweet honey.
The Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians do, per person. Let’s move to Ireland straightaway and open a candy shop!
“Maybe it’s bred in the bone, but the sound of pipes is a little bit of Heaven to some of us.” -Nancy O’Keefe
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Music Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Billy called Paddy in Dublin and asked for the quickest way to Cork. Paddy said, “Are you on foot or in a car?” Billy said, “In a car.” Paddy said, “That’s the quickest way.”
When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood,
God bless’d the green island and saw it was good;
The em’rald of Europe, it sparkled and shone,
In the ring of the world the most precious stone.
-William Drennan
We are MFOL! . . . reminding the world to do as the Irish and Make Fun O’Life!
