Not Irish, but I like corned beef and cabbage. So did DH (who was Jewish–go figure).
I now live with vegetarian kid and grandkids, so I made colcannon for dinner tonight. I had Irish bacon in mine; everyone else had Irish cheddar in theirs.
Larry the Leprechaun managed to avoid all the traps the preschoolers and JKers made for him at school. Left gold glitter everywhere!
But Larry did stop by our house today apparently and left a few chocolate gold coins for the grandkids.
My 5 year old GD is obsessed with leprechauns. She has been so excited about St. Patrick’s Day, and we worked on a leprechaun trap for a month (she made one at home, too). We watched her today, and she was so excited when I picked her up this morning … a leprechaun had visited, tripped the trap & left some messes and chocolate gold coins. She was thrilled at our house to find much the same scene, although our leprechaun also left green crepe paper trails, little green paper hats, and “You can’t catch me” notes, among other things. She was almost more excited than Christmas. She was sure that the chipmunk tracks in the snow on our front walkway were from the leprechaun leaving. She wanted to follow the tire tracks she saw (she insisted he left in a Jeep), so we went outside in REALLY cold weather to follow tire tracks (for a half hour).
My D told GD that leprechauns never visited our house when she was growing up. GD told her it’s because she never decorated a leprechaun trap, so of course they didn’t come. This is all new to us, but we had fun.
from Google -
Corned beef in NYC is a 19th-century immigrant fusion story, where Irish newcomers combined their traditional boiled meat with brining techniques from Eastern European Jewish deli owners on the Lower East Side. It became a beloved, affordable staple that redefined St. Patrick’s Day in America.
Something fun near me (where there are fewer Irish folk than growing up in NY)
Growing up, it was corned beef or grandma made Irish stew. She was German, but she made a mean one. My mom (British/Irish descent & Catholic) later did the corned beef with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and mustard sauce. Sigh. Food memories. 
We always wore green, no orange at all, and had a great time.
When the girls were at home I’d make corned beef and cabbage, but it’s just too much for the two of us.
Tonight I made a Tipperary #1 cocktail — Irish whiskey, Chartreuse, Carpana Antica sweet vermouth — in a nod to the holiday.
It’s Taco Tuesday with our group. We meet every week at one of the Mexican restaurants in our small town. We all wore green, of course!!!
Just received this in a text, thought it was funny (our dancers retired 7 years ago but we are still friends). https://youtu.be/gxgMajEzp-M?si=1xgYSabHwRsK36Rz
We mostly don’t eat beef anymore, but I made a really good dish with turkey bacon, cabbage, and potatoes. Lots of spices. And made soda bread which I hadn’t in years.
No drinking these days. But wore my dark green sweater I bought in Galway years ago and listened to my St Patrick’s Day playlist which I’ve worked on for years.