Yes. Sadly, digital photography is not my forté. In real life, it does look like Lochcarron. Do you know any history behind it? I see it was introduced by Lochcarron in 1999, but that's all I've...

Thanks! That was quick!

My lover just brought home a 100% worsted kilt, apparently brand new, made in the UK, along with a sporran.

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St. Patrick’s Day Street Festival
Wednesday, March 17th
11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Flanagan’s Irish Pub
465 Main St.
Dunedin, FL

Entertainment by Noel Cooney and Jeff Glover
Irish Dancers and the...

St. Patrick's Day
5:00 PM
Galloway's Restaurant
Calle Jose de Diego
Boquerón, Puerto Rico

http://gallowaysrestaurant.com/...

As for the probity of wearing a kilt on St. Patrick's Day, I think that as it was the Irish that taught the art of distilling to the Scots, men of Scottish ancestry around the world should wear their...

Yes; you just need their DD214.

FYI for pipers that might find themselves in a similar situation...

Just piped a memorial service for a family that had a direct cremation; no funeral director; they planned the whole thing on...

Please join us for our annual Burn's Dinner at Flanagan's, for an evening of piping, poetry, and haggis; that "great chieftain of the pudding race"! Stop by for a pint or call (727) 736-4994 to make...

RIP Major Roy Ashworth; 21/22 SAS, 2nd Bttn. 42nd RHR; Europe, North Africa, Burma, Malaysia; 16 combat jumps; former drum major of my band and commander of my Legion post.
Thanks for all of the...

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces...

On Tuesday, June 16th at 7:00 PM Flanagan's Irish Pub is having a fundraiser for Tony Baker. He broke his leg in two places, had surgery and is now off work for at least six weeks. Tony has been our...

A "broad black brimmer"?

I pay scant attention to the pish that now passes for journalism in this country, but when I hear "influenza" and "pandemic" mentioned in the same sentence, I can't quite keep the specter of 1918 out...

Not my best, but my most recent:

After piping a very fancy garden wedding and reception late Saturday evening, a long way from home, I approach a parking valet (they had four; waiters and other...

Much to mt regret, I missed the Games again this year (although I'm quite sure that the wife and creditors are quite pleased). But I did pipe a quite beautiful garden wedding on an estate (I'm not...

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Éireann go Brách!

Flanagan’s Irish Pub
465 Main St
Dunedin, FL
(727) 736-4994

St. Patrick’s Day Street Festival

Tuesday, March 17th
11:00 am to 11:00 pm

It's St. Patrick's Day Again
GALLOWAY'S RESTAURANT
BOQUERON, P.R.
It's the day to chill out with your friends and have a shamrockin' time.
To wish everyone a very Happy St. Patrick's Day.
The...

I had piped a wedding and reception, when an elderly woman with a heavy accent came up to me, and in tears related the following story.

In 1939 she and her family fled Poland ahead of the...

Bunch of americans use it as an excuse to get drunk on cheap beer artificially colored green.

As long as it pays and they tip well (often there's a positive correlation).

Much of it is...

I've never heard of Dunbar making smallpipes, but I know Jack Dunbar was an inveterate experimenter. He was a turner for Henderson before he immigrated to Canada to set up his own shop. He pioneered...

Welcome back to the world! Ever in Margaritaville, stop by Flanagan's and I'd be glad to go you a pint (perhaps two; around here, we have a saying; the term "Guinness" is plural)

In the day, I was a paramedic, and my sister a vet. We weren't allowed to sit next to each other at family dinners.