The History of Kenmare Lace: Kenmare.com

The Care of Irish Linen: HouseOfIreland.com

What does Blarney mean? He has licked the blarney stone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. The blarney stone is a triangular stone on the very top of an ancient castle of that name in the county of Cork in Ireland, extremely difficult of access; so that to have ascended to it, was considered as a proof of perseverance, courage, and agility, whereof many are supposed to claim the honour, who never achieved the adventure: and to tip the blarney, is figuratively used telling a marvellous story, or falsity; and also sometimes to express flattery. Irish.

Traditional Irish Stew Recipe

Ingredients:

1 ½ lbs stewing lamb or mutton
2 large onions
3 lb potatoes
large bunch fresh parsley
tbsp chopped fresh thyme
water
salt
black pepper

Method:

Peel onions and slice. Peel potatoes and leave whole unless they are very large. Cut the meat into good sized pieces. Place a layer of onions on the bottom of a heavy casserole dish and put meat on top. Add chopped parsley and thyme and season with salt and pepper. Layer rest of onions with potatoes. Sprinkle more parsley and thyme. Add a little water as required. Bring to the boil. Cover the pot as tightly as possible and put in pre-heated oven at 150 oC. (300 oF. gas mark 2) for 2 ½ to 3 hours.

Serve very hot with more fresh parsley on top.

Source: Wexford Tourism

The Four Leaf Clover

Each leaf on the four leaf clover represents one of the following:

1st leaf is Hope, 2nd is Faith, 3rd is Love, 4th is Luck

Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don’t want to press your luck

A Favorite Irish Joke Source: DerryToday.com

His wife had been killed in an accident and the police were questioning Finnegan.

“Did she say anything before she died?” asked the sergeant.

“She spoke without interruption for about forty years,” said the Irishman.

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;
The rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

And don’t forget this favorite Irish blessing.

Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, isn’t it grand to know the heart and soul of you belongs to Ireland

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