'TIS HIMSELF BRINGING YOU THIS POST

The Irish are known for loving, for drinking, and for fighting.  So for this St. Patrick's Day, here's some Irish love songs, some gay and jaunty, some sweet and lovely...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c69jO0tbgsc

...and I can't post Irish love songs and neglect this on from Tommy Maken and Liam Clancy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSvan38ASs

...and here's twenty of the best Irish drinking songs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQDHxfH0PU

...and two-and-a-half-hours of Irish freedom songs from various artists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noH8rDpEHZc

The Irish, of course, have always had the gift of language.  Here's a few poems and folktales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IiXTtmeMJQ

Very few Irish writers have been as honored (or been found to be frustrating) than James Joyce.  Here's his story "The Dead":

https://archive.org/details/the_dead_i_librivox

Besides drinking, st. Patrick's Day is known for food.  You may want to veer from Irish-American cooking to real Irish cooking for today:

http://dish.allrecipes.com/irish-recipes-for-st-patricks-day/

And don't forget to add some green food coloring to your beer!

Slainte!