Let's start St. Paddy's day early!

[Glamrock]

[TexasTowelie]

1. I'm only 3% Irish,

but I'll give you a K&R.

[Glamrock]

2. Thanks broths!

How you doing this evening....morning? World treating you okay I hope?

[TexasTowelie]

5. I'm okay,

it's Salty Dog night.

About a month ago we had a tornado in the town where I live and it was about a mile away. This past weekend a tornado came over the Catholic church that is about two blocks away from me and tore up some trees on the roads in my neighborhood. The next time there is stormy weather in the neighborhood I intend to wear a T-shirt with a bullseye target on it so that God/Mother Nature/whomever can get a better bead on me.

[Glamrock]

7. Holy shit man!

That's not anywhere close to good! I'm sorry to hear it. Keep your head down brother!

I know where you're coming from though, I've been working in Misery lately....I mean Missouri. There's been a few tornados in the greater St Louis area lately. Sirens went off a week ago, and my phone told me to take shelter Monday night Tuesday morning. Crazy thing is, I'm from an area that doesn't get them and I really want to see one! Not up close of course......

Be safe brother.

[TexasTowelie]

8. I missed one during my senior year of college

when it came across the golf course on the other side of the campus.

Probably the worst thing that I ever saw was when I was 5 years old and Hurricane Celia hit the Corpus Christi area. It uprooted the big oak tree in the front yard of the house we were renting and swept away the garage at the back of the house. I was about 50 miles inland, but that hurricane broke the wind gauges at 181 mph.

[Glamrock]

9. Man, that's scary!

I got no interest in hurricanes. I've always been fascinated by tornados though. There's a primal kind of beauty that I can't quite describe. Don't get me wrong, I wish we never had to deal with them. But seeing mother nature like that.....

[OnDoutside]

3. I'll raise you Mo Ghile Mear with Sting and the Chieftains

[Glamrock]

6. That's awesome! I love Celtic music.

But, I gotta one up you with a stereotype.

[OnDoutside]

10. Thanks, that's got my blood flowing ! Well to bring a little decorum back for a bit, I suggest the

best rendition of A Song for Ireland, which was done by the great Luke Kelly

then lifting it significantly, here's Luke again singing the Black Velvet Band from 1970

[Docreed2003]

4. A pint to anyone...

Who can point me in the direction of good Irish pub music while in Ireland! We'll be there in the summer, so hit me up with your suggestions...if you're in Ireland at the time, I'll buy you a pint!!!

[OnDoutside]

11. Do you have any specific destination ?

Some links which might be of help

Cork

http://www.whazon.com/gigs.html

An Spailin Fanach and An Bodhran are usually very good

Galway

http://thisisgalway.ie/drink/

Limerick

http://www.dolans.ie/whats-on-limerick/

There's usually a session on in the bar in Dolans at night during the summer.

Dublin

http://www.dublineventguide.com/

You won't be short of places !

[cemaphonic]

12. The always amazing Rhiannon Giddens

(with some help from the equally amazing Punch Brothers & Carolina Chocolate Drops)
S’iomadh Rid

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Rhiannon Giddens is one of my heros.

Thanks for sharing this cemaphonic. ♡

[cemaphonic]

17. Yeah, she's just ridiculously talented

I wish I could play the banjo half as well as she does, let alone her fiddle playing and incredible voice.

The great thing about her singing is that she's conservatory trained (Oberlin IIRC), but unlike most classical vocalists singing in a vernacular style, she retains the power and projection, while losing the vibrato and inflections that sound artificial and mannered outside of the opera.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. ♡

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Thank you! ♡

Talented dog copies her owner’s step-by-step Irish dance moves ...

https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4263694/amp/Talented-dog-copies-owner-s-step-step-Irish-dance-moves.html

[Glamrock]

16. How awesome!

Too bad it's not an Irish setter!