21 Days to Go!

With only 21 days to go before the big day, we think it's time to look at some St Patty's Day facts:

St. Patrick wasn't Irish! Yes, the great man was born across the Irish Sea somewhere along the west coast of Britain. At age 16, he was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. He escaped when he was 22 and spent the next 12 years in a monastery. In his 30s he returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He died at Saul in 461 AD and is buried at Downpatrick.

St. Patrick "chased the snakes out of Ireland". While true that there are no indigenous species of slithery creatures on the Emerald Isle, it is believed that the story is symbolic of St. Patrick and his followers conversion of ancient pagan celts to christianity.

Did you know that over 13,000,000 pints of Guinness will be consumed on St. Patrick's Day. That's one heck of a hangover!

St Pat's is coming!

It's time to get your plans confirmed for this year's St Patrick's Day. Make sure you are looking the part with one of our unique designer tees, which can be found at www.irish-tribe.com.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! We at Irish Tribe hope that everyone has a wonderful day.

Despite the record snow in the mid-Atlantic region, Irish Tribe are still shipping tees to our customers. So, if you're at a loose end, get on the internet and order some tees at www.irishtribe.com. After all, you'll need to get your stylish Irish gear in for Shamrockfest or just celebrating St Patrick's Day in the pub.

Irish Tribe to Donate Shirts for Haiti Appeal

Irish Tribe are partnering with the Irish Restaurant Company, donating tees to Anne Arundel County, Maryland favorites Brian Boru Pub, Galway Bay, and Killarney House for the Haiti relief appeal. The restaurant group are donating 10% of all sales on Monday February 1st to Laincourt Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to immediately provide shelter boxes that are so desperately needed at this time in Port au Prince. Their service staff have also offered to donate 10% of their tips received. Irish Tribe is donating some designer t-shirts for raffle prizes etc. Head to one of the group's restaurants and enjoy lunch, dinner or just a quick pint and help make a difference - you may get lucky and win a shirt.

State of the Union a Sure Bet

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is spicing up the State of the Union with some eyecatching odds for various elements of the President's annual address. Length of speech, color of tie and how many times health care reform is referenced are just some of the things punters can bet on.

The Hand of a Sod

This is the moment that robbed Ireland of a place in next year's World Cup in South Africa. The match officials somehow managed to miss this incident while it was spotted by every almost Irish player in the vicinity. Henry admitted to his moment of weakness in deliberately handling the ball but it's all too late and calls for a replay are lilkely to fall on deaf ears.

Irish Amateur Above Par

Irish golf amateur Shane Lowry has taken first place at the 3 Irish Open after defeating Robert Rock in a nailbiting sudden death playoff. Lowry fended off competition from seasoned pros like Johan Edfors to become only the third amateur ever to win a European Title. The 22 year old Irishman has since turned professional on the back of his legendary victory on the links of Baltray Golf Club, Co. Louth and is set to rejoin the European Tour in the coming weeks.

Ireland Grand Slam Victors!

An historic victory over Wales in a nailbiting showdown of the RBS Six Nations Rubgy tournament has handed Ireland its first "Grand Slam" for 61 years. Ireland beat Wales 17:15 in the electrifying atmosphere of the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. A "Grand Slam" occurs only when a tournament winning team beats every other team in the competition. The nations which compete in the annual Rugby Six Nations tournament include Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy.

Galway St. Patrick's Day Parade

The sun beams down on marchers and spectators at this year's Galway St. Patrick's Day Parade. The sun brought out a huge crowd to cheer on the marchers and floats.
"There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama" according to these marchers. A reference to the President's Irish ancestral links to County Offaly.

Jersey City Police Department's Emerald Society received a warm welcome on the day.












Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling....

It's here!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

To all our customers, family and friends. Today is a day of celebration of Ireland and all things Irish.

Wear your Irish Tribe shirt with pride and most importantly have fun!

The Irish Tribe team will be attending several parades here in Ireland and the United States and we'll raise a glass of the black stuff in honor of St Patrick, to Ireland and to Irish folks all over the world.

Erin go Bragh!

Gort St. Patrick's Parade

A fantastic parade in Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland on Sunday 15th March.

St. Patrick's Day is Just Around the Corner

With only a week to go until St Pat's are you ready for to celebrate in style? You'll need your beer money, silly hat, face paint, and, of course, your tee from http://www.irishtribe.com/

This weekend will see the 2009 Shamrockfest kick off at RFK Stadium in DC. There are still tickets available so get yourself along to Shamrockfest.com and buy some today! Naturally, you'll need to look your best so check us out at irishtribe.com

U2's 12th studio album, and their first in 4 years, No Line on the Horizon, has jumped to the top of the British album chart becoming their 10th to top the chart.
This puts U2 joint third overall as only the Beatles and Elvis Presley have had more number one albums in Britain, with The Beatles' having had 15 and Elvis 11 numberone albums. U2 join fellow megastars the Rolling Stones and Madonna with 10th number ones. The band's last album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, sold 9 million copies worldwide. No Line On The Horizon is U2's first album in more than four years.

Money Down the Toilet

Irish low-budget airline Ryanair has suggested it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying.

The airline's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told the BBC “One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound ($1.43) to spend a penny in future."

And any concerns that those travelling without coins would be inconvenienced were quickly put to the sword as he continued “I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound.”

However, airline PR chief Stephen McNamara said in a statement “Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and while this has been discussed internally there are no immediate plans to introduce it,” so we're probably safe for the time being.

Irish police have finally solved an ongoing mystery involving a Polish traffic offender named Prawo Jazdy. Having committed over 50 traffic tickets, and having provided a huge number of different addresses, police were unable to pin down this master criminal.

However, an internal police bulletin leaked to the Irish media on Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using Pravo Jazdy, which is Polish for driver's license, as the holder's name.

The 17th annual Savannah Irish Festival

Savannah's Irish festival, the largest Irish festival in the South, will take place, for the 17th time, from February 13-15, 2009 at the Savannah Civic Center at Montgomery and Oglethorpe Streets in the historic downtown district of Savannah, GA. The festival begins Friday night with a céilidh in the Civic Center Ballroom from 6:30pm - 9:00pm.

On Saturday 14th the festivities run from 10:30am until 8:00pm. On Sunday the festival will begin at 12:00pm and run until 7:00pm.

Keane Fires Ireland to Fortunate Victory

Ireland captain Robbie Keane was quick to admit to his side's good fortune as they recorded a narrow 2-1 over Georgia on Wednesday. Ireland had looked like they were slipping to a disappointing defeat to the Georgians, who had taken an early lead through Iashvilli but the game changed on a controvertial penalty decison in the 73rd minute.

The referee adjudged that Lobjanidze used his arm to control a through-ball by Kevin Doyle, although replays showed that it had been his shoulder. Keane made no mistake from the spot and Ireland were back in it, having been dead and buried. Keane's second goal was a bit more conventional as he scored a diving header, from an inswinging corner, from about 6 yards.

The result puts Ireland level on points with Italy at the top of Group 8.

Irish Victorious at Croke Park

80,000 packed into Croke Park, Dublin to see Ireland claim a magnificent win over a strong France side in a thrilling RBS Six Nations opener.

France took the early initiative but Ireland hit back taking a 13-10 lead in at half-time. The French were playing some dazzling rugby so it was all credit to the fortitude of the Irish as they held on to their lead throughout the match eventually winning 30-21.

This was Ireland's first win over Les Bleus since 2003 and one of the great results in recent times. The Irish team are now hoping that a win over Italy in Rome on Sunday will see their Six Nations bid gather further momentum.

DC prepares for Shamrockfest 2009

Washington DC's biggest Irish festival is gearing up for another big year. Shamrockfest 2009 has 50 bands and DJs on 11 purpose built stages, carnival rides, games and dozens of party areas and will be held at RFK Stadium Festival Grounds on 14th March.

There is also an Irish Village where vistors can visit all their favorite bars and sample a wide range of Irish beers.

The Irish rock festival Oxegen has announced further additions to their prestigious line-up with Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, The Script and Katy Perry joining Kings Of Leon and Blur on the bill. The festival, known as the Fans’ Festival, returns to Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare from 10th-12th July 2009, the site of the successful 2008 event.

In 2008 festival-goers were given the opportunity to choose which bands they wanted to play at Oxegen and their choices were vindicated when fans from around Europe voted the festival as ‘Best European Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards. Oxegen prides itself in being Ireland’s largest 100% CarbonNeutral event – an achievement recognized by The European Festival Association, YOUROPE, who awarded Oxegen their prestigious ‘Green N Clean’ Award. OXEGEN is the first festival in Ireland to receive this award and one of only 18 festivals Europe wide. For further information about Oxegen register at oxegen.ie.

Irish Tribe is here!

Let's join Lady Liberty in raising a glass to the official launch of Irish Tribe apparel. Please check out our designer tees at our main site www.irishtribe.com and, naturally, feel free to buy as many as you like. ;o)

There's only six weeks until St Pat's big day so what better to complement your pint and whiskey than an Irish American original.

Erin Go Bragh!

Another excuse for a pint

2009 sees Guinness celebrate the 250th anniversary of brewing at their renowned St James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin. Guinness founder Arthur Guinness leased St James’s Gate back in 1759, for a period of 9000 years, and the site has been the home of Guinness ever since. Diageo, which own Guinness, announced that there will be a year-long global celebrations throughout 2009 there as a way to say ‘thank you’ to Arthur Guinness and to Dublin for 250 years of brewing there and to look forward to the next 250 years. Those lucky enough to be able to visit can discover what goes into the making of each and every pint and experience every detail of the world renowned Guinness product, including learning how to pull the perfect pint like a master.

Rock the Vote

Ireland’s favorite sons U2 are to join Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Shakira to perform at the 'We Are One' show at Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial on Sunday 18th January. The concert, which has been organized to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama, is one of the highlights of inauguration week in the US Capital. It is understood that President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will attend the concert along with their families. President-elect Obama is scheduled appear onstage at the prestigious event.