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If it's one thing northeastern Pennsylvanians agree on, is that we're all Irish on St. Patrick's Day, and we sure do love a parade.

On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish.  In today’s Washington, with an Irish Catholic President, Joe Biden, and the second-in-succession Italian Catholic, Nancy Pelosi, you could add, “and Catholic.”  Moreover, nine Biden Cabinet members were raised in the faith and six of nine Supreme Court Justices. Catholics compose 31% of Congress and 32% of state governors.  Catholics defy categorizations. While Evangelicals are predominately conservative republicans and Jewish officials liberal democrats, Catholics have been 50-50 republican-democrat over three decades.  Today’s Cathol...

Dreams of gold: How Barry Lynch went from Ireland to Gracie Mansion to the Poconos It’s not all about shamrocks and green beer. Think of it as a smidgen of Irish luck when you talk to restauranteur Barry Lynch about how the natives really celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.   From musings about his upbringing as a young lad in Galway to the first time he sampled America’s take on Irish eats, his stories (paired with brogue and a hearty laugh) are both endearing and entertaining.  “It’s totally different in America than when I grew up in Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day was a holy day ...