I agree with the previous comment from Guest. I certainly have nothing against Irish music, but I fail to see why St. Patrick's Day should be of such great significance in parts of England where the number of Irish people is minimal, whereas St. George's Day is ignored.

It's all a bit of a theme park, ain't it? I can remember spending St. Patrick's night in a fairly large town in Co. Donegal in the mid nineties. I went to seven pubs in search of traditional Irish music and found blues, rock, country, a disco and even some buggers singing "Streets of London"!, but not a trace of traditional Irish music. Had I stayed at home in Kent, I could have made a short journey into Maidstone (where the Irish are very few and far between) where they had traditional Irish music on offer for St. Patrick's night!

And as for lager with green food colouring in it: well, nuff said.