tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412972130372777444.post6197336836764498301..comments2024-03-03T16:03:03.447+01:00Comments on Head Down Eyes Open: St. Patricks Day Caribbean styleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672963301330975090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412972130372777444.post-88087319741743913912010-04-14T18:30:07.526+02:002010-04-14T18:30:07.526+02:00Good article - I'm always so intrigued by the ...Good article - I'm always so intrigued by the story of the Irish in the Caribbean! You might be interested to know that in Boston there are some links between the Irish and the Montserratian communities. The Irish Immigration Center used to co-sponsor (and may still be doing so) an annual St Patrick's Day party with the Monserrat Aspirers, among other things. (The Irish Immigration Center does a lot of cross-cultural work - I remember someone from there saying there were also some links between the Irish and Montserratians in London as well, though I know nothing about that.)Noreen Bowdenhttp://www.globalirish.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412972130372777444.post-46171902687990464352009-03-17T08:20:00.000+01:002009-03-17T08:20:00.000+01:00We are celebrating St. Patrick's day here in Banda...We are celebrating St. Patrick's day here in Banda Aceh tonight at an Italian restaurant.<BR/><BR/>It's likely to be a dry night, something a tad unusual for St. Patrick's Day.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The Irish and the Scots got to many remote corners of the world and were much more adventurous than the English, who preferred to sit behind desks, push pens and spend the evening in their clubs.<BR/><BR/>There are references in Acehenese history about fair skinned, blue eyed men coming in baskets (presumably coracles) hundreds of years ago. It could only be the Scots or the Irish. The Vikings never got out of Southern Russia and the English seldom out of their clubs.<BR/><BR/>Happy St. P day from Banda Aceh..<BR/><BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com