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St Patrick’s Day: Five Irish Authors You Should Be Reading

3/17/2015

by Hayley Charlesworth

It’s St Patrick’s Day, and while the day celebrating the patron saint of Ireland has mostly become an excuse for drinking, we here at the I’m With Geek books team see it as a time to celebrate Irish writers. Of course, there’s the big names like Oscar Wilde and WB Yeats, but there’s plenty of other Irish novelists and poets that we think you should check out. Here’s just a few of them.

St Patrick's Day: The Luck of The Irish, or Liquid Luck?

3/17/2015

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by Mj Rain

While the history of St. Patrick’s Day dates all the way back through hundreds of years, it serves to honor the first Patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick. It wasn’t celebrated as a holiday until the seventeenth century. As the story goes, Patrick was working as a shepherd and he had a spiritual awakening, believing to be spoken to by God. He then went about the land, converting thousands of Pagans into Christians, using the shamrock to illustrate the holy trinity to the people. The holiday itself is celebrated on his date of death, rather than his date of birth.

For twenty four hours, on March the seventeenth every year, the entire world is Irish. This especially includes those of us who aren’t naturally born with a pot of gold and gleaming rainbow. The planet drowns in the color green because it’s everywhere and for me, it’s the one day I get to be a Weasley! Instead of over dosing on a green malt beverage, I’m going to talk about two things that are associated with St. Patrick’s Day, at least they are depending on who you’re talking to!

The Luck of The Irish and Felix Felicis, or Liquid Luck. The real question you need to answer for yourself is, which would you rather have? Both are very beneficial in their own unique ways, but one has to consider both to ensure a well-educated decision.

St Patrick’s Day: Five Irish Authors You Should Be Reading

St Patrick's Day: The Luck of The Irish, or Liquid Luck?

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