Yesterday was one of the days i've been looking forward to since i got accepted to study at UCC. It was St. Patrick's Day and I was in Ireland! How many people can say that? I get to check it off my bucket list now ;) Although, the funny thing is America celebrates this holiday on a much bigger scale than the Irish do. It's actually a religious holiday here and we even get this Monday off for it. A lot of locals were saying that until fairly recently everything would be shut down on St. Patrick's Day and there was no big celebration. It wasn't until their Irish-American cousins began to come back and introduced this idea of celebrating with big parades and all the green and what not.
My friends & I got all greened-up anyways and started off the long day going to the parade downtown. It was short and small but still fun nonetheless. They had all these food and craft booths up and down the streets, and you could hear local live music every where you walked. It was a pretty gorgeous day as well. Only sprinkled for like 10 minutes the whole day. After the parade we hurried to a sports bar so we could watch the 6 Nations Rugby game. It was England vs. Ireland, so the place was packed! I had to stand on our table booth seats so i could see the screen. No one cared though, it was hilarious. Since being here i'm actually getting really into rugby. I gotta read up on all the rules and what not cause it's pretty confusing. Ireland lost :( but it was a fun time.
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| HAPPY ST. PATRICKS' DAY! |
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| downtown Cork after the parade |
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| Patrick, Brita, & Me |
