Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Lá Fhéile Pádraig!

What a St. Patrick's Day treat to find the 4th Edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture posted at Small-Leaved Shamrock this morinng!

If you aren't feeling green enough today (or even if you are), be sure to check out the terrific job Lisa has done rounding up these great posts.

My own post is here: Walking Tall with an Irish Shillelagh.

I'm definitely going to have to order the book The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh by Janet Nolan that Lisa talks about at A Light That Shines Again. It sounds like a wonderful story to share with my daughter when she gets a little older.
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The 5th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture will honor the beauty of the Irish language with a focus on Irish Gaelic names and words.

• Has the charm of the name of a place in Ireland always called to you to visit someday?

• As a child did you secretly wish you had the Irish name of a great-grandparent instead of the name you were born with?

• Do you have a story to tell about someone with an Irish surname?

• Is there an Irish proverb that you have always loved to let slide off of your tongue in its original language?

Join us for the 5th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture. The only prerequisite is that your post must tie in with our focus on the Irish Gaelic language. Posts for this edition of the carnival are due April 27. Submit your entries here. The carnival will be posted at A light that shines again on St. Ciarán's Day, April 30.

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May you have love that never ends,
lots of money, and lots of friends.
Health be yours, whatever you do,
and may God send many blessings to you!

~Old Irish Blessing

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