Join us for a Pint 🍻

We hope you’re enjoying St Patrick’s Day weekend, and you’ve heard some Irish music or you’ve connected with your Irish brethren (and self)! We recorded the podcast on Friday just as St Paddy’s day fever was rising over at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax. As the bartenders prepare for a hectic weekend, Patrick and Paul sit down to share the latest craic, and to celebrate the launch of the new Shift website at Shift.irish! We’ve been working like mad the past few months to get the first version of Shift launched: The Directory of all things Irish launches with all the St Paddy’s Day shenanigans and shindigs at over 80 locations across North America. Visit Shift.Irish for more on that, and don’t forget, pass this on to maybe just one person that might enjoy it. 🙏

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Episode Highlights ⭐️

• A late night at the Ireland Funds Gala.

• The protestor family causing ruckus away from home.

• Walking in the NYC St Patrick's Day parade.

• Americans vs Irish on St Patrick's Day.

• Savannah's surprisingly legendary parade.

• Going all in on Shift, without being a Plastic Paddy.

• Patrick's parents partying for Spring Break.

• The unlikely future as an 'entrepreneur' for an Irish kid.

• Stories of fear and intimidation in Northern Ireland.

• Celebrating and learning from our first launch.

• The Shift mission - connecting the Irish!

• "The Devil's at the bottom of the pint" ;)

Shout Outs 📢

• EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin.

• Brainstormer - the original Pub Quiz Trivia.

• Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen (Paul's early job - server).

• Joel's Restaurant, Clondalkin (Patrick's early job - bartender).

• Ireland's Four Courts, Arlington (Uncle-in-law Dave Cahill).

• Solas Nua - Irish theater, film and cultural organization.

And of course:

• Our very own Shift.irish - live for St. Paddy's Day!

The Location 📍

• We’re at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, Virginia.