Eagle 106.3 » st. patrick’s day http://kygl.com Texarkana's Rock Station Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 St. Patrick's Day from A-Z: The Good, The Bad, and the Very, Very Drunk http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-from-a-z-the-good-the-bad-and-the-very-very-drunk/ http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-from-a-z-the-good-the-bad-and-the-very-very-drunk/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:00:46 +0000 GuySpeed Editors http://guyspeed.com/?p=120772 It's almost here! St Patrick's Day is our favorite holiday, and not just because it's soaked in booze. Well okay, it's a lot about that, but there is more, we swear.

]]> http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-from-a-z-the-good-the-bad-and-the-very-very-drunk/feed/ 0 How Countries Around the World Celebrate St. Patrick's Day http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-how-the-world-celebrates/ http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-how-the-world-celebrates/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:36:57 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=157784 St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just for people in Ireland and Americans who want to pretend to be Irish for a day. There are celebrations of this saint and his saintly day all around the world.

]]> http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-how-the-world-celebrates/feed/ 0 Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers Best Bars in Texarkana for Drinking on St. Patrick's Day http://kygl.com/best-bars-in-texarkana-for-drinking-on-st-patricks-day/ http://kygl.com/best-bars-in-texarkana-for-drinking-on-st-patricks-day/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:10:54 +0000 Mimi http://power959.com/?p=181470 Looking for somewhere to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Texarkana? From green eggs to a ZZ Top tribute band, your pot will be full of fun for this lucky holiday.

Put on your favorite green duds and hit these hot spots in Texarkana for the St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities: Shooter's Sports Bar, Hopkins Icehouse and Fat Jack's.

]]> http://kygl.com/best-bars-in-texarkana-for-drinking-on-st-patricks-day/feed/ 0 Photos.com 10 Things You Didn't Know About St. Patrick's Day http://kygl.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-st-patricks-day-2/ http://kygl.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-st-patricks-day-2/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:09:08 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=109787 Everyone enjoys putting on their best green clothes on March 17th and being Irish for a day. We’ve all heard there was a saint and something to do with snakes in Ireland and now we have parades and drink green beer. But what do we really know about St. Patrick’s Day?

]]> http://kygl.com/things-you-didnt-know-about-st-patricks-day-2/feed/ 0 MDGovpics, Flickr/LenDog64, Flickr/-Chupacabras-, Flickr/2sirius, Flickr McDonald's Favorite Shamrock Shake Returns, is it Worth the Hype? http://kygl.com/mcdonalds-favorite-shamrock-shake-returns-is-it-worth-the-hype/ http://kygl.com/mcdonalds-favorite-shamrock-shake-returns-is-it-worth-the-hype/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:05:24 +0000 KYGL- Eagle 106.3 http://kygl.com/?p=3725 McDonald's bright-green Shamrock Shake, a minty beverage only available around St. Patrick's Day each year, has a cult following that rivals that of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and short-lived TV series "Firefly" (though possibly not McDonald's other fan-favorite seasonal menu item, the McRib).

]]> http://kygl.com/mcdonalds-favorite-shamrock-shake-returns-is-it-worth-the-hype/feed/ 0 (Photo by: McDonald's) History of the Irish Car Bomb http://kygl.com/history-of-the-irish-car-bomb/ http://kygl.com/history-of-the-irish-car-bomb/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:52:10 +0000 KYGL- Eagle 106.3 http://kygl.com/?p=3685 The Irish Car Bomb (a shot of Bailey's plopped in a pint of Guinness) is a popular drink around St. Patrick's Day, though some be surprised to hear it didn't originate in Ireland. In 1979, Charles B. Oat created the drink at Wilson's Saloon in Norwich, Connecticut, according to a booze blogger who studied bartending under Oat.

]]> http://kygl.com/history-of-the-irish-car-bomb/feed/ 0 (Photo by: Flickr User Chadlewis76) 4 Quirky St. Patrick's Day Traditions [VIDEO] http://kygl.com/4-quirky-st-patricks-day-traditions-video/ http://kygl.com/4-quirky-st-patricks-day-traditions-video/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:00:43 +0000 KYGL- Eagle 106.3 http://kygl.com/?p=3719 You know what they say: one man’s pub crawl is another man’s....public reading of “Green Eggs and Ham”? Some places around the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in uniquely festive ways. Here are some of our favorites:

]]> http://kygl.com/4-quirky-st-patricks-day-traditions-video/feed/ 0 (Photo by: Lisa Maree Williams, Getty Images) St. Patrick's Day in Ireland – Sober and Solemn? http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-in-ireland-sober-and-solemn/ http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-in-ireland-sober-and-solemn/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:00:13 +0000 KYGL- Eagle 106.3 http://kygl.com/?p=3643 While many people associate St. Patty's with heavy drinking and pub crawls, in Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a historically solemn and sober holy day for Roman Catholics. Believe it. Until the 1970s, pubs were actually legally required to close up shop for the day.

]]> http://kygl.com/st-patricks-day-in-ireland-sober-and-solemn/feed/ 0 (Photo by Flickr user William Murphy)