Tag Archives: St Patrick’s Day

PG Tips if you’re not careful (it being London).

JC writes:

We’re a few Irish expats organising a gathering (see what I did there?) in London for St Patrick’s weekend with Irish DJs from all 4 provinces playing hiphop, reggae, funk, electronica and all things in between. I know there are loads of Broadsheet visitors that live in London so thought I’d give them a shout out.

 

Off Kilter (Facebook)

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP0Xod-L1Yw&feature=player_embedded

West Virginia University students celebrate St Patty’s Day 2012.

Where you’ll find us next March 17.

Thanks David Hoctor

Stephen O’Farrell writes:

I was walking down Fifth Avenue, New York, to see the parade for the first time and spotted a tiny St Patrick’s Day gay protest, (the LGBT community are still not represented in the parade ). I thought the first picture I took from my phone of the protest sign was nice (see pic 1). Then I decided to grab a sign and join in ( see pic 3).

After chatting to the other protesters it turned out I was the only one at the protest who was actually Irish and gay! The rest were  just passing by and decided to grab a sign and join in :-)  Thought that was charming.  Oh and that red-headed girl (pic 2) was from the Netherlands. Here’s to firsts!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GX8z8raTZo

A Broadsheet St Patrick’s Day tradition (we played it last year). From Flight of the Doves, one of the great St Patrick’s Day movies, showing this afternoon on RTE 1. Predicted a multi-cultural Dublin in 1971 (Royal College of Surgeons supplying the extras) and starred Dana.