A Tribute to my Irish Heritage for St. Patricks day %-)

March 17 - St. Patrick's Day

This is my Mother Patricia and my Grandfather Thomas McGrath....
And a few Irish treasures belonging to me and to Mum....

When I was living in London in 1992 Mum came to visit and we made a wonderful trip to Ireland. Her Great Grand Parents came from Limerick.. and she remembers hearing stories about her Great Grand Mother Beatrice who smoked a Clay Pipe and drank Poteen! Mum bought this little Clay Pipe and the Tallamore Dew back with her, along with a few other little treasure.. and lots of fond memories! %-)

I also have Irish Heritage on my Fathers side...
His Grandparents came from Roscommon...
So the Irish Spirit and the Irish Blood flows strong and proud in my veins...

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An extract from "The Humours of Whiskey" An old traditional from the early 1800's...

"Come guess me this riddle: what beats pipes and fiddle?
What's hotter than mustard and wilder than cream?
What best wets your whistle? What's clearer than crystal?
What's sweeter than honey and stronger than steam?

What will make the dumb talk? What will make the lame walk?
And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames Tunnel?
Wasn't it poteen from ould Inisowen?

So stick to the cratur' the best thing in nature
For drowning your sorrows and raising your joys.
Oh lord, it's no wonder, if lightening and thunder
Was made from the plunder of poteen me boys."

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Raising a glass with a toast to the Irish... %-)
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my friends with an Irish connection! %-)

Here's a little Whiskey in the Jar for you...
To be a little more traditional...The Dubliners Version...
and also the Thin Lizzy Version too!!! %-)

Taken on: March 16, 2009

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