St. Pat's in Germany 07

**A_Hay!** · 17th March 07, 02:29 AM

Our Garrison Commander's name is Boyle, and he traces his ancestry to County Donegal in Ireland as recently as his Grandfather. His wife also has ancestors from Ireland. Last year and this year, they have sponsored a St. Pat's Day party and invited senior American Employees, Soldiers, and German VIP's. Nothing fancy, but Irish Stew, soda bread, and green beer. They also had a kids Irish Dancing class performance and a "Potato Sack Race", with prizes. This year they added a quiz of about 15 questions on Ireland and Irish history. I won Second Place with the prize of a bottle of Irish Whiskey. (Bushmills). I'm not a drinker, so I don't know the quality.

My wife wore a green tartan kilted skirt, and below I'm in my "Heritage of Ireland" kilt. I wore a Black Argyll Jacket and bow tie. Overdressed for the occasion, but got lots of compliments from the ladies anyway. Picture was taken with a timer. My wife was too tired. I've got to get a better dress shirt. Sleeves are too short!

This occurred on the 15th of March, BTW.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. Wish there was a parade near here!

Tom

**porrick** · 17th March 07, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by A_Hay!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. Wish there was a parade near here!

Tom

Yes, a Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am also a long way from other Irish and parades

Anyway, I'll be wearing my Irish national (a nice contrast to the snow that's coming down thick here) and drinking Guinness, Beamish and Murphy's Irish Red.

Doing the traditional Saturday morning house-cleaning, and Dubliners on the stereo makes it a little less tedious...

Bushmills is my favourite Irish Whiskey - too bad you can't pop it in the post to me

Thanks for posting picture

**starbkjrus** · 17th March 07, 07:11 AM

Actually, you can just pop that Bushmill's in the post to the USA. I'll be happy to check the quality for you.

I'll be in my Irish American tartan but no green beer <shudder>. Perhaps a Harp.

**Warlock** · 17th March 07, 07:16 AM

Looking Very sharp there a_hay. Bushmills is good whiskey. Around here everyone seems to go for Tullermore dew. I guess that's how you spell it.

**Fearnest** · 17th March 07, 07:20 AM

Looking great!

From the look of things, I'd assume those aren't government quarters...

Sounds like it was a superb affair and you were well-received (could it be otherwise?)!

(And yes, I will PM you about the scouting sporran - one of these days.)

**Rusty** · 18th March 07, 09:47 AM

Now you have to get the garrison commander into a county Donegal tartan kilt

**cessna152towser** · 18th March 07, 11:55 AM

Looking sharp. Sounds like a good St. Patrick's party. A fine effort by your garrison commander to mark the occasion.

**A_Hay!** · 18th March 07, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Fearnest

Looking great!

From the look of things, I'd assume those aren't government quarters...

In this case you're right, I live in a quiet German village and have a modern house. But we have leases on several hundred new houses built for Soldiers, duplexes and townhomes, that are a far cry from the stairwell appartments you might remember from Germany of the past.

Originally Posted by Rusty

Now you have to get the garrison commander into a county Donegal tartan kilt

I'm working on it! That would be quite a sight! He's about 6'4" tall.
A very decent guy, too.

**Riverkilt** · 18th March 07, 07:34 PM

A sharp look, you wear the kilt well.

One of my Irish lines is Doyle...think Boyle/Doyle were the same folks that spelled things different...wish your commander a happy St. Pat's from a very distant cousin in the canyonlands.

Ron