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This Bar Banned All Irish People on St. Patrick's Day as a Social Experiment
The bouncer at the pop-up told people wearing green that the Irish were “lower-class citizens” who would “steal your jobs."
This Restaurant Wants You to Take Irish Food Seriously
“People don't have the balls to say, ‘Fuck it, I'm Irish. I grew up eating it and I love it.’”
How to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Like an Irish Pub Landlord
Dublin-born Oisín Rogers of The Guinea Grill, a longstanding pub in London’s Mayfair, starts his Paddy’s Day with oysters and Guinness, before moving onto stew and unexpected singing.
A Quick Guide to the Unkillable Power of Irish Country Music
Why the genre has basically remained unchanged for decades—and how that's made it a prime meme breeding ground.
I’m an Irishman with a Lethal Potato Allergy
My life-threatening allergy to fries, mashed potatoes, and even potato vodka has made life difficult—and painfully ironic. But I've always wondered what my fate would've been like if I’d been born in Ireland some 200 years ago.
Guinness Original, Guinness Foreign Extra, Jamaican Dragon Stout: Which Guinness Tastes the Best?
I sampled the many incarnations of Ireland’s best-loved stout to find out which one we should be raising a glass of this St. Patrick's Day.
Finding True Irish Moonshine Is Harder Than You'd Think
When you ask for poitín, most pubs in Ireland will inform you with a scowl, “That’s illegal,” like you’ve just asked for a rock of crack.
Ireland Celebrates Halloween with a Bread That Predicts Your Future
From turnip jack-o-lanterns to apple bobbing fertility rituals, the Irish aren’t short on unusual Halloween traditions. But strangest of them all is barmbrack, a bread laced with fortune-telling rings, thimbles, and coins.
Real Irish Fighting: A History of Shillelagh Law and Hob-Nailed Boot Stomping
Irish stick-fighting was not only an ancient martial tradition; it became a symbol for Irish culture.
Meeting the Irish Soldiers Who Fight in the British Army
Why would someone from a neutral republic want to sign up in another country?