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I was a suburban kid in Dublin and my father kept a neat garden, which included a couple of shamrock bushes amongst the roses. Every now and then I...

most vivid St. Patrick's Day was the one where my brother Frank and myself crashed the car in an ice storm on our way to a dinner in Pennsylvania. ...

Playing for the New York Shamrock S.C in Greenville, South Carolina against a professional team in front of a capacity crowd of 10,000 people at th...

The moment of silence on Fifth Avenue in 2002 after 9/11. Chilling. Could hear a pin drop. Have you ever marched in the New York City St. Patrick's...

I have very special childhood memories of St. Patricks Day. My Mammy (Rita) ironing my beautiful shiny green ribbon to put in my hair, her pinning ...

In 1948, a group of young pipers, including myself, took part in the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade. We were on an open lorry and it was freezing ...

Most of them involve dancing and playing music in Woodlawn in the Bronx. Every St. Patrick's Day, my sister Julie and a few other young musicians f...

I was 12 years old. My mother performed an impromptu duet with her friend Betty Kash and sang "Danny Boy" at the Three Jolly Pigeons bar in Brookly...

St. Patrick's Day 1998, NYPD post-Parade gathering: Raising a glass along with those of several hundred of New York's Finest as the pipes and drums...

The first time I danced five shows on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin: I was totally exhausted! Have you ever marched in the New York City St. Patrick'...

My mother asking former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (dressed in his Aran sweater) what part of Ireland he was from. Have you ever marched in the Ne...

When I was a girl, every year my mother would come to school on St. Patrick's Day and host a party for all the children in my grammar school class....