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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

St Patricks Day is Only One Month Away!

St Patricks Day is Only One Month Away!

Happy St Patrick's Day Tshirt

March 17 is the big day! Are you ready? It's the day of pub crawls and parades, of green beer and the river running green in Chicago (more on that tomorrow), of the wearin' o'the green, and of leprechauns.

Keep Calm and Leprechaun Tshirt

So how much do you know about leprechauns...really? Here are a few little-known facts about the little fellas.

Shamrock Nation The word leprechaun, according to the Oxford Dictionaries, probably comes from the Old Irish luchorpan (lu=small + corp=body). The Oxford Dictionary goes on to say that "When the leprechaun first appeared in English literature in the 17th century, it was named lubrican; the modern form dates from the 19th century."

The first recorded instance of the word in the English language was in Dekker's comedy The Honest Whore, Part 2 (1604): "As for your Irish lubrican, that spirit / Whom by preposterous charms thy lust hath rais'd / In a wrong circle."

If You're Lucky Enough to be Irish, You're Lucky Enough! Tshirt

There are no female leprechauns. This is probably why leprechauns are so grumpy. They spend their whole lives (about 300 years, some say) making shoes and saving their gold in big iron pots. Nobody knows exactly what they spend their gold on, if anything.

Pog Mo Thoin Funny Irish St Patricks Day Tshirt

One more interesting leprechaun fact, from the website MentalFloss :

Leprechauns are protected under European Law. "Apparently, there are 236 leprechauns that live in the caverns of Carlington Mountain. The EU has granted heritage status to the remaining wee people; they now have their own protected sanctuary nestled in the mountain. The directive also protects the animals and flora in the area to help keep the biodiversity of the land safe."

We've embedded some of our favorite St Patricks Day tshirts in this post. Click the descriptive link beneath each t-shirt to learn more or to be taken to the purchase site. Hope you enjoy them!

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Easter Rising 2016

Did you know that 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Irish rebellion, commonly known as the Easter Rising?

The events of the Easter Rising occured mostly in Dublin city, from April 24th until April 30th, 1916. The Dublin group consisted of 1,200 men and women from the nationalist militia the Irish Volunteers, the socialist trade union group Irish Citizen Army and the women’s group, Cumman na mBan. Its purpose was to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic. But the British army quickly suppressed the Rising, and most of the leaders were executed following courts-martial. While at the time, the rebellion was not widely supported in Ireland, it eventually helped to increase the strength of the radical nationalists in Sinn Fein. Sinn Fein then went on to win three by-elections in 1917 and a general election in 1918, leading to their proclamation of an Irish Republic and the start of the Irish War of Independence.

IRISH REPUBLIC Tshirt

This year, 2016, marks 100 years since the Easter Rising, and that anniversary will be celebrated all year, throughout all the Republic of Ireland. Here are some useful links that will give you a good idea of what events will be occuring throughout the country:
Discover Ireland
The Irish Times List of Events
Visit Dublin

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

St Patricks Day T shirts to Buy NOW

March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - is two weeks away. That's plenty of time to order your St Patricks day t shirt, but unless you order in the next few days you're probably going to be too late. So order now! There's tons of fresh and funny new St. Patrick's Day t-shirts out there, and here are a few of the best new ones.

Paddy Says Relax by greenbaby

Drink Up Bitches! Funny Irish Design shirt

Drink Up Bitches! Funny Irish Design by greenbaby

Shamrock Girl by greenbaby

Buy Me a Beer My Birthday is Here by greenbaby

Red Hot Irish Girl by greenbaby

Shamrock Heart by RandomGames

Irish St. Patricks Day ShamRock by pattaya

Irish Magic by Spice

Vintage Irish Lady by greenbaby

Irish Tuxedo by flippinsweetgear

African Irish St. Patrick's T-shirt shirt

African Irish St. Patrick's T-shirt by stpatricksdaytshirts

Irish Painted T-shirt by brev87

Lucky Shamrock by brev87

Saturday, February 23, 2008

St. Patrick's Day T-shirts Part II

Today I'm showing and linking to some of the best St. Patrick's Day t-shirts on CafePress. Some are Irish inspired, some are non-Irish St. Patrick's Day designs. REMEMBER that St. Patrick's Day is going to come early this year for many folks. Because March 17 falls within Holy Week this year, many cities and communities are choosing to celebrate on March 14, the Friday before the real St. Patty's Day. So order now or be disappointed later!

Pog Mo Thoin Kiss My Ass Military Green T-Shirt $26.99

Drink Up O'Bitches Jr. Ringer T-Shirt $24.99

Born Lucky on St Patricks Day Yellow T-Shirt $22.99

Meet Me In Savannah Women's Light T-Shirt $22.99

Kiss Me I've Been to Ireland Green T-Shirt $22.99

Who's Your Paddy? White T-Shirt $19.99

Kiss Me Anyway White T-Shirt $19.99

Happy St. Patrick's Cow Jr. Ringer T-Shirt $25.99

Irish Girl Women's Light T-Shirt $23.00

Irish Drinking Team Dark Green T-Shirt $23.99

Irish American w/Irish flag Women's T-Shirt $21.99

Thursday, February 21, 2008

St Patricks Day is Just Around the Corner!

Man alive, you really have your choice of Irish t-shirts on the web this St. Patrick's Day! Whether you'll be celebrating in Savannah (one of the biggest parties in the world), or in Chicago where they color the river green, or Dublin, the granddaddy of all Irish parade towns, or your own pub, the choices are immense. Cafepress has, by their count, 53,200 designs on 1,930,000 products ranging from basic white t-shirts to thongs and beer steins. I'm going to cull through them and show you a dozen of my favorites tomorrow. In the meantime, here are a few of our favorites from other online t-shirt shops, with links: