Thread: Blessings of St Patrick

It looked like the coast of Galway at the beach today with the weather hanging heavy over an iron-clad ocean and the steely waves rolling steady

A couple of draughts to gird the nethers after a beach run

Had to bring a glass for these nitrogen infused refreshments

Sláinte mhath

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sunshine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand

Happy St Patrick's Day everybody!

I think I'll have to have a beer!

And may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil finds out yer dead.

I was searching in the kitchen cupboard for some inspiration for lunch... and it must have been fete, hey Reg!



I usually keep a tin of Guinness for my steak and kidney pie sauce... after the first batch I freeze it in portions and one tin lasts well over a year.

But not this one.

I had it while preparing tonight's repetitive liver in a sloppy bacon and onion gravy.

I had a go at 'splitting the L'... no trouble.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Isaan in March and you're drinking Guinness off the shelf!

Did the nuclear temperature of the pint help digest the repetitive slop?

I found it at lunchtime, stuck it in the fridge for the afternoon.

Drank it chilled tonight!

There's no flies on us Isaanites!

In fact there are, the b@stard flies are doing my head in lately.

A day's rain, assured a big hatch the following night...

Originally Posted by Mendip

That's tomorrow night's tea sorted anyway!

It's all there... protein and a mango windfall dessert!

Had a glass withe lads with a friend from Armagh

^^Have not listened to that one from Christy Moore in a long while. Nice.

I learned to play this one on the guitar recently



Too many lyrics to remember without a song sheet

Nice to see that Paddy Hemingway, from Dublin, the last surviving member of 'The Few' who flew a Hurricane in the Battle of Britain managed to squeeze in one last St Patrick's Day before leaving for the great squadron in the sky, at the age of 105.

Bailed out 4 times in his career, once breaking his hand on the tailplane and then snagging a tree with his chute, preventing him hitting the ground, when it failed to open properly. Talk about the luck of the Irish!



He bailed out on the coast near Essex once and his Hurricane was recovered in 2019 with the gun-button still set to the fire position on the control column.

Erin go bragh. What champion.

John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105