How Irish notables in Cleveland spend St. Patrick's Day
How should one celebrate the wearin' o' the green? Perhaps by wearing some green. Or is that too obvious? Drinking some dark beer from Dublin. Eating some corned beef. Baking something called soda bread. And of course there's always marching in the parade. Or watching other people march in the parade. It's really not all that complicated to be Irish on St. Patrick's Day. Here's how a few of the local Irish-American notables do it.
Jeanne Colleran, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at John Carroll University: "My grandparents are from Galway. When St. Patrick's Day falls during the week, I teach Yeats. I also make a Guinness beef stew and an Irish whiskey cake that requires an entire bottle of Powers. I am also an official Outstanding Irish Whiskey Taster. I passed the Bushmills distillery test in Northern Ireland."
Packy Malley, vice president of Malley's Chocolates and founder of One Love concert promotion: "I always start at A.J. Rocco's downtown for the St. Baldrick's benefit. Then off to see live Irish music all day. I start with the parade, then move on to visiting friends in the downtown hotel suites and the traditional party at the Cleveland Athletic Club. Then perhaps popping in on some of the great Irish bars along Lorain Road like Pride of Erin or P.J. McIntyre's."
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