Gadling

With St. Patrick’s day tomorrow, I thought I might travel back in time and see what we’ve written in the past about Ireland, the Irish, Guinness, and everything else St. Patty’s Day related. Here’s what I dug up:

• American Way’s Top 10 Irish Pubs — Lucky enough to be in Ireland for St. Patty’s Day? Here are the top 10 Irish pubs according to American Way.
• Honoring Guinness — Neil simply honors the Irish drink-of-choice, Guinness.
• To Dingle or Not to Dingle? — A popular tourist destination, the town of Dingle has it’s name changed. Then they try to change it back. What will happen to poor Dingle?
• Irish Dirt For Sale — Can’t make it to Ireland? Have Ireland make it to you by having some genuine Irish dirt sent to you (for a small fee, of course.)
• How to down a pint in a real Irish pub — How to drink Guinness like a local.
• Pouring Guinness: For Emergency Purposes Only! — How to pour Guinness the proper way.

Don’t get pinched tomorrow.

With St. Patrick’s day coming up this weekend, I thought I’d share my all-time favorite travel book about Ireland: Tony Hawks‘s (no, not the skateboarder) “Round Ireland with a Fridge.”

While traveling in Ireland, British comedian/musician Tony Hawks noticed a peculiar hitchhiker standing on the side of the road — one with a refrigerator in tow — and he wonders who on Earth would pick up a hitchhiker with a fridge? Years later on a drunken night with a friend, a bet was made: could Tony hitchhike his way around Ireland with a fridge? “Ireland surely is the only place in the world where you could get one hundred percent approval for doing something so daft,” Tony says in his website’s FAQ.

The book follows him and his fridge as they make their way around Ireland, thumbs out, hitching rides from unsuspecting and completely hospitable Irish folks. It’s hilarious!

What’s your favorite book about Ireland? Let me know, and come St. Patty’s Day, I’ll do a round-up.