Today,March 17 is celebrated as St Patrick's Day.
And I can't let the day go by without acknowledging my Irish heritage........not that I know much about the facts.
My father was proudly first generation Australian and though he acknowledged emotional and religious ties to the old country he didnt pass on much information.
As a child in Western Australia,St Patrick's Day celebrations were GREAT.
The metropolitan catholic schools assembled at Subiaco Oval for an open air Mass and picnic after the Mass.
The Sunday nearest to THE day His Majesty's Theatere was used for a St Patrick's day concert,where the ceilings were raised to the tunes of "Come back to Erin",
"I'll take you home again,Kathleen" "Oh Danny boy".....and Irish dancing.You get the picture!
The Saturday evening would see St Paddy's day balls and dances in all the local halls;It was a great time for the Irish.
My paternal grandparents immigrated to WA in 1898;My maternal great grandfather arrived in Queensland in the 1830s.
I'm so glad they made the voyage so that I could live in the best country in the world.
I include a pic of my parents in Killarney in 1972 as dad attempted to renew/find Family
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