Posts Tagged ‘Irish Culture’

The Scottish Festival & Highland Games- In pictures

(Michael and Molly doing some shopping in one of the Irish merchants tents) (Grammie and Michael waiting for a concert to start. Notice the lady behind acting very annoyed..lol) ( one of the musicians from the band “Brother” warming up the bagpipes for some rock!) (Molly with both feet propped...

June 15th, 2009 | General | Read More

The Renaissance Festival with Grandpa!

(Molly in her first Renaissance dress!) (Dad, and Michael battled eachother in faire games. Grandpa won..lol) (Daniel Duke of Danger, a crazy awesome act where he balances WAY up high- on impossible things! We loved it.) (Molly and mommy trying to beat the heat) (Michael surrounded by handmade marionettes,...

April 26th, 2009 | General | Read More

We’ve already started celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

We had Irish soda bread this afternoon with some tea-as has been a tradition for me since I was a little girl. Irish soda bread has always been a favorite of my fathers, and as such my mom usually had it around on St. Patrick’s Day! I also made some beef stew with Guinness! We sampled some already-...

March 17th, 2009 | Recipes | Read More

The N. Texas Irish Festival… in pictures.

(Some wee Irish step dancers I caught before they went on stage) (Some great Irish bands, trad and rock) ( Bagpipers) (Crowd enjoying some Irish step dancing) (There were some lovely Irish wolf hounds. Just enormous dogs!) (Strawberry shortcake with fresh cream and homemade shortbread) (Lot’s...