Quick Pre-Paddy's Day update

Hey everyone,

Just letting you know what I was up to today (and all that I will be up to tomorrow) since IT'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, got that out of my system.

Today (Tuesday) we took part in the Céilí outside St. Stephen's Green.
Basically a Céilí means a big impromptu dance session and so they set up a big stage between Dawson St. and the Green and had irish music and dancing.
Picture a hundred odd heads in the crowd bobbing up and down as they tried to dance along with the people on the stage. And hell yes we were among the dancing tourists.

Really though we don't feel like tourists at all. Sure we don't feel like Dubliners but we are def. no longer tourists.

Next we went to the O'Connell house where they served us dinner (Guinness Stew) and we had a little Celtic Twilight concert where ND people performed. It was awesome.

So here's the agenda for tomorrow -
Wake up early
Go to St. Patrick's Day mass downtown
Go see the parade - woohooo!!

and then THE BEST PART - go see the All Ireland GAA Championship Finals in Croke Park!!!!
ND (more like Kevin) got us tickets to the finals!

Hurling - Seamróga Baile hÉil (Ballyhale Shamrocks) vs Portumna (Port Omna)

Gaelic Football - Cill Mhurie Ui Bhreacáin (Killmury - Ibrickane) vs Naomh Gall (St. Gall's)

And even better, a very rich, very generous family that has a special relationship with ND donated their private box to us. We couldn't all fit though so they chose at random and I'm one of them *HUGE GRIN*
So yeah...one of the best private boxes in the stadium for the final? I love life right now.

Let you guys know how it turned out tomorrow!!!


Maybe a pint or two will be fit in somewhere....