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Six Songs You Need to Help Your St. Patrick's Day Celebration [VIDEO]

Mario Garcia — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:51:24 +0000

St. Patrick’s Day is this Sunday March 17 and whether you have Irish roots or not you can’t help to want to celebrate this festive day. To me, St. Patrick’s Day always signified the beginning of the spring season.As a kid growing up my mom would always send me and my brother out into the [...]

Best Bars in Texarkana for Drinking on St. Patrick's Day

Mimi — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:10:54 +0000

Looking for somewhere to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Texarkana? From green eggs to a ZZ Top tribute band, your pot will be full of fun for this lucky holiday.

Put on your favorite green duds and hit these hot spots in Texarkana for the St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities: Shooter's Sports Bar, Hopkins Icehouse and Fat Jack's.

10 Things You Didn't Know About St. Patrick's Day

Kathy Landin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:09:08 +0000

Everyone enjoys putting on their best green clothes on March 17th and being Irish for a day. Weâ€™ve all heard there was a saint and something to do with snakes in Ireland and now we have parades and drink green beer. But what do we really know about St. Patrickâ€™s Day? While everyone is claiming [...]

History of the Irish Car Bomb

KKYR- Kicker 102.5 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:52:05 +0000

The Irish Car Bomb (a shot of Bailey's plopped in a pint of Guinness) is a popular drink around St. Patrick's Day, though some be surprised to hear it didn't originate in Ireland. In 1979, Charles B. Oat created the drink at Wilson's Saloon in Norwich, Connecticut, according to a booze blogger who studied bartending under Oat.

McDonald's Favorite Shamrock Shake Returns, is it Worth the Hype?

April Barnard — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:00:01 +0000

McDonald's bright-green Shamrock Shake, a minty beverage only available around St. Patrick's Day each year, has a cult following that rivals that of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and short-lived TV series "Firefly" (though possibly not McDonald's other fan-favorite seasonal menu item, the McRib).

St. Patrick's Day in Ireland – Sober and Solemn?

KKYR- Kicker 102.5 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:50:32 +0000

While many people associate St. Patty’s with heavy drinking and pub crawls, in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a historically solemn and sober holy day for Roman Catholics. Believe it. Until the 1970s, pubs were actually legally required to close up shop for the day. In those days, families would go to church and perhaps share [...]