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Guinness Dumps NYC's St. Pat Parade Over Gay Ban

NYC St. Paddy's Parade
Gets Dumped—by Guinness

Mar 17, 2014 7:38 AM CDT

NYC St. Paddy's Parade Gets Dumped—by Guinness

And de Blasio, adding to ruckus over ban on gay groups

(Newser) - First Sam Adams and Heineken quit sponsoring St. Patrick's Day parades in Boston and New York City; now Guinness is joining in protest of a ban on gay activist groups marching in the celebrations, Reuters reports. "Guinness has a strong history of supporting diversity and being an advocate...

Sam Adams Dumps Boston Parade Over Gay Rights

Mar 14, 2014 2:04 PM CDT

Sam Adams Dumps Boston Parade Over Gay Rights

Company drops support after gay bar threatens boycott of beer

(Newser) - Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade has just lost a big-name sponsor over its refusal to let gay veterans march, reports the Boston Herald . Boston Beer Co.—maker of Sam Adams—announced today that it was dropping its support after talks between MassEquality and organizers of the nation'...

St. Paddy's Party in Mass.: Riot Gear, Brawls, 73 Arrests

Mar 9, 2014 7:48 AM CDT

St. Paddy's Party in Mass.: Riot Gear, Brawls, 73 Arrests

Note: The actual holiday is next Monday

(Newser) - This is why we can't have nice St. Paddy's Day parties: With more than a week to go before the holiday honoring all things green and boozy, er, the 5th-century Catholic bishop , cops in Massachusetts had to break up a party that sounds more war zone-themed than Irish....

Ireland Fetes St. Patrick

HAPPY ST PAttY'S DAY

Mar 17, 2013 1:18 PM CDT

Ireland Fetes St. Patrick

And the rest of the world starts drinking beer at 8am

(Newser) - Never mind the fickle Irish weather. A chilly, damp Dublin celebrated St. Patrick's Day with artistic flair anyway today as the focal point for a weekend of Irish celebrations worldwide. More than 250,000 revelers braved the occasionally snowy, sleety skies to line the streets for the traditional holiday...

Kate Wants a Boy,
William Wants Girl

Mar 17, 2013 11:13 AM CDT

Kate Wants a Boy, William Wants Girl

Somebody's probably going to win that argument

(Newser) - Prince William and wife Kate donned their green today to ring in St. Patrick's Day with a ceremony honoring the Irish Guards, who apparently seized their moment to grill the duchess on—what else—the royal baby. As People reports, Kate was a little more forthcoming than usual, telling...

Florida Town
Lifts Ban on
Non-US Flags
Ahead of St. Patrick's

Mar 13, 2013 2:03 PM CDT

Florida Town Lifts Ban on Non-US Flags Ahead of St. Patrick's

Irish pub can put Ireland's flag back up

(Newser) - Just days ahead of St. Patrick's Day, a northeast Florida Irish pub has won the right to fly the Irish flag again. On February 20, Culhane's Irish Pub was told it had 24 hours to "cease display of flags other than American flag." The rule was...

Obama Grabs
Guinness for
St. Paddy's Day

Mar 18, 2012 12:02 AM CDT

Obama Grabs Guinness for St. Paddy's Day

White House dyes fountain green for Irish holiday

(Newser) - What would St. Patrick's Day be without a little political pandering? President Obama was out touting his Irish roots yesterday, wearing a moss green jacket and getting a pint at The Dubliner, a popular Washington bar, reports CNN . The beer was Guinness, of course (CNN wasn't wowed by...

Chicago Kicks Off
St. Pat's by Dyeing
River Green

Mar 17, 2012 3:09 PM CDT

Chicago Kicks Off St. Pat's by Dyeing River Green

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears at St. Patrick's Day ritual

(Newser) - The city of Chicago has dyed its river green in a much-beloved yearly St. Patrick's Day ritual that brought thousands of revelers to downtown. Cheers erupted this morning as a motor boat sped around in a circle and a man on board dumped the secret dye mixture that in...

Spare Me,
I'm Irish

OPINION

Mar 17, 2012 10:33 AM CDT

Spare Me, I'm Irish

Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams explains why she hates St. Patrick's Day

(Newser) - Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon has strong Irish roots, but you can keep your parades, "kiss me" buttons, and shamrock shakes to yourself on this St. Patrick's Day, thank you very much. She hates the annual pseudo-holiday, the day when "'Irish' becomes simultaneously synonymous with '...

Nike Apologizes to Irish
for 'Black and Tan' Shoe

Mar 16, 2012 6:09 AM CDT

Nike Apologizes to Irish for 'Black and Tan' Shoe

Company red-faced after St. Patrick's Day shoe gaffe

(Newser) - Nike has apologized to any Irish people offended by the nickname for a sneaker released in time for St. Patrick's Day. The "Black and Tan" shoe, released along with the "Guinness" shoe, was named after a mixed-beer drink in the US. But Nike was apparently unaware that...

The Weirdest
St. Paddy's Customs

Mar 17, 2011 1:24 PM CDT

The Weirdest St. Paddy's Customs

Including a 32-mile walk and the world's shortest parade

(Newser) - St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just about beer drinking and snake exterminating: there are a wealth of other odd traditions surrounding the holiday. AOL News reports on a few:

For 35 years now, a Toronto man has walked to a town 32 miles away for a drink, honoring a

...

Wanna Eat Like St. Patrick? Have Some Gruel, Seaweed

Mar 17, 2011 7:43 AM CDT

Wanna Eat Like St. Patrick? Have Some Gruel, Seaweed

Culinary historians break down the ancient Irish diet

(Newser) - Forget the corned beef and green beer; if you really want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, why not make yourself a nice bowl of gruel? Because that was probably a major part of St. Patrick’s diet, according to culinary historians at the University College of Cork. Other things...

13 Surprising Irish Celebrities

happy st. patty's day

Mar 17, 2010 10:43 AM CDT

13 Surprising Irish Celebrities

Alicia Keys? Barack Obama? Ben Stiller? Yes, yes, and yes.

(Newser) - Lots of celebrities are likely to be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day tonight—but you might be surprised to discover which of them actually have Irish roots. The Daily Beast lists 13 you might not expect:

Barack Obama: Yes, it’s Obama, not O’Bama. Nevertheless, the president has an

...

Irish Americans Shouldn't Celebrate Victimhood

OPINION

Mar 16, 2010 6:26 AM CDT

Irish Americans Shouldn't Celebrate Victimhood

Famine memorials put too much emphasis on defeat and destruction

(Newser) - Irish Americans should be celebrating their successes tomorrow—and every day—instead of looking back to the potato famine that forced many of their ancestors across the Atlantic, writes William McGurn. The Irish have thrived and prospered in America, but in recent years, they've been celebrating that history by erecting...

Turn St. Patrick's Day Dishes Green ... Naturally

Mar 14, 2010 2:59 PM CDT

Turn St. Patrick's Day Dishes Green ... Naturally

Peas, parsley, pesto help, and there's guacamole, too

(Newser) - Perhaps your grocery store is already out of green food coloring ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, or maybe you’d rather tint your celebratory grub naturally. Ann Hodgman, writing for Slashfood , has suggestions:

Peas: Adding some to your mashed potatoes will change the color but not the taste.
Parsley:

...

10 Seriously Unlucky Irish Accents in Film

Mar 17, 2009 5:40 PM CDT

10 Seriously Unlucky Irish Accents in Film

Sean Connery and Julia Roberts make the list—twice

(Newser) - In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Irish Central ranks the worst Irish accents to hit the big screen.

Sean Connery, "the gold standard to judge against all other bad Irish accents," takes the No. 1 and 2 spots, for Darby O'Gill and the Little People in 1959 and

...

White House
Greens Fountains
for St. Pat's

Mar 17, 2009 2:05 PM CDT

White House Greens Fountains for St. Pat's

First Lady takes a page from her native Chicago

(Newser) - Fountains on the White House lawns run green today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Chicago Tribune reports. The dye was suggested by the First Lady, perhaps to make Pennsylvania Ave a bit more like her native Chicago, which dyes the Chicago River green to mark the holiday....

Nervous
N. Ireland
Cancels
St. Paddy's
Parade

Mar 17, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

Nervous N. Ireland Cancels St. Paddy's Parade

Festivities called off in town where policeman was killed

(Newser) - A St. Patrick’s Day parade set for today in Northern Ireland was canceled amid growing tensions, reports the Times of London. Loyalist leaders have been nervous about reprisals in Lurgan, where a police officer was shot dead by an Irish republican paramilitary last week. Graffiti in a loyalist area...

Campus Tries
to Keep Booze Out of Class

Mar 5, 2009 1:32 PM CST

Campus Tries to Keep Booze Out of Class

St. Patty's crackdown turns profs into bouncers at Illinois

(Newser) - University of Illinois officials will search students’ backpacks and confiscate containers they suspect might contain alcohol during tomorrow’s “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Students typically pack campus bars for green beer as early as 8am, and some take drinks to class. “It...

Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy'

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Mar 17, 2008 6:31 AM CDT

Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy'

St. Paddy's Day revelers will have to do their crooning elsewhere...

(Newser) - That annual Guinness-fueled serenade led by green-hat-and-bead-clad Yanks wearing "Kiss me, I'm Irish" pins won't be heard at Foley's Pub in New York today; barkeep Shaun Clancy has banned the maudlin lyrics of "Danny Boy" during the month of March, and especially on St. Patrick's Day. "Everybody...