Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
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A St. Patrick's Day Greeting
"Come back, Aroon, to the land of my birth, come with the shamrocks and springtime . . .."
Happy St. Patrick's Day! :-)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Luck of the Irish
Given the Irish bailout and the wrecked economy Ireland now faces, it's plain to see that if you had the luck of the Irish . . . you'd wish you were English instead. Why not? The English are among Ireland's biggest creditors now! Them and the European Union.
The Irish nation had been struggling to build an solid Irish state after receiving independence in 1922, following nine hundred years of occupation. After years of poverty and misery, Ireland seemed to have entered modernity with a prosperous middle class and a dynamic economy. It's all crashed down. I have no doubt in Ireland's ability to recover, but it's going to take a long time, of course. The country's attempt to achieve genuine independence has been severely compromised by this financial crisis, as it has always had great difficulty in achieving economic freedom to complement its political freedom. And it went through nine centuries of genocide, land confiscation, and religious oppression at the hands of an occupying power from which it has only begun to recover.
Right now, Enda Kenny, Ireland's new prime minister, is trying to get the European Union to lower the interest rate on money the country has borrowed but resisting EU demands to raise its corporate tax rate, fearing further disincentives for business to invest in the country. This crisis makes this St. Patrick's Day more bittersweet than previous ones. But again, I have hope. That's what the Irish have lived on for years.
To understand the Irish psyche, consider what the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, just after President Kennedy was assassinated. "I don't think there's any point in being Irish if you know the world is going to break your heart eventually."
But the Irish keep coming back to try again.
Happy St. Patrick's Day. :-)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
St. Patrick's Day
I offer on my blog, tonight, an Irish blessing on this St. Patrick's Day 2010, commonly attributed to Saint Patrick himself:
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
New Essay For St. Pat's!
It was a good Saint Patrick's Day for me. Not only did I have the traditional Irish-American dinner of corned beef and cabbage, but I also got an essay published online right here.
Enjoy. :-) Happy Saint Patrick's Day. :-D
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