St. Patrick’s Day in Stillwater: Events, Specials, Facts

St. Patrick’s Day 2013 is Sunday, March 17, and here’s a quick rundown of Stillwater area happenings.

If you know of interesting events, let us know in the comments section below.

The St. Patrick's Day weekend kicks off Friday night at Charlie’s Irish Pub and the Water Street Inn. The full band schedule is below.

An Irish Buffet will be served from noon to close on both Saturday and Sunday. It will include all the Irish Favorites: Corned Beef & Cabbage with new potatoes, Irish Lamb Stew, Guinness Pot Roast, Shepherd’s Pie, Walleye Cakes, Reuben Purses, Fish and Chips, Baked Irish Potatoes, Smoked Salmon and more.

Saturday, March 16

Charlie’s Irish Pub

• 2-6 p.m.: Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson will perform a repertoire of old Irish songs and dance tunes that you won’t hear from anyone else.
• 7-11 p.m.: Paul and Lorraine will bring a wide variety of Irish music to the table, spanning songs about drinking, losing your love, death, doom, and destruction, to spending happy little nights in the Pub. They take requests and will play almost anything (if they know about half of it).

Water Street Inn Ballroom:

• 3:30-7:30 p.m.:Jolly Groggersn Irish Folk Band from Northeast Minneapolis, will play in the ballroom.
• 8 p.m.-midnight: Hounds of Finn will bring their high-energy show to the Water Street Inn's ballrooms. Hounds of Finn perform Irish folk-rock and roots music from around the world, playing original material, topped off with a sprinkling of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes.

Sunday, March 17

Charlie’s Irish Pub:

• 3:30-7:30 p.m.: Tom Dahill
• 8-11:30 p.m.: Paul and Lorraine

Water Street Inn Ballroom:

• Noon-4 p.m.: Hounds of Finn
• 5-9 p.m.: Jolly Groggers

The Stillwater American Legion Post 48 is putting on a Irish dinner on Saturday the 16 from 5-8, $8.75 per plate. The dinner comprises of Corned Beef & cabbage and potatoes. The dinner will also be served on Sunday St.Patricks day from noon until it is gone.

Brine’s Bar and Restaurant will be serving up home-cooked Reubens and green beer on Sunday.

The Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter will be serving corned beef and cabbage dinner from noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday.

Stillwater's Great Harvest Bread Co. is serving up Irish baked goods, including a Lift Bridge Stout and Gouda bread made with beer from the Stillwater brewery.

Irish soda bread, caraway rye and Reuben rolls (stuffed with corned beef, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese), along with Irish cream and chocolate scruffins, are also available.

From 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Joseph’s will be serving corned beef and cabbage, red potatoes and rye toast.

One of the nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day events will include a contingent from Woodbury. The Woodbury High School marching band is set to show off its skills in the 252nd parade on Saturday, March 16.

The NYC parade runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16. The Woodbury marching band is set to step off at 12:50 p.m. and will reach TV cameras between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Portions of the parade will be streamed live online here.

Woodbury’s only Irish pub, O’Malley’s, will host a party for kids on Saturday, March 16.

The event, which begins at noon, includes face painting, balloons, crafts and more. O’Malley’s will also offer $2 off all “Irish pints” and drinks.

St. Patrick’s Day events at the bar will run through Sunday, March 17. Check out the O’Malley’s website for details.

March is Irish-American Heritage Month. Below are a number of facts from the U.S. Census Bureau.

History

Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish.

The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade became an annual event, with President Truman attending in 1948. Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1995, and the President issues a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year. 

34.7 million   

Number of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2010. This number was more than seven times the population of Ireland itself (4.58 million). Irish was the nation’s second most frequently reported ancestry, trailing only German.

144,588

Number of Irish-born naturalized U.S. residents in 2010.

7

Number of places in the United States named Shamrock, the floral emblem of Ireland. Mount Gay-Shamrock in West Virginia and Shamrock, Texas, were the most populous, with 1,779 and 1,910 residents, respectively. Three Shamrock Townships in Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri had populations of 1,272, 413 and 40, respectively. There is also the township of Cloverleaf in Minnesota.

16

Number of places in the United States that share the name of Ireland’s capital, Dublin. The most populous of these places is Dublin, Calif., with a population of 46,036.

26.4 billion and 2.3 billion

U.S. beef and cabbage production, respectively, in pounds, in 2010. Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish.

$24 million

Value of potted florist chrysanthemum sales at wholesale in 2010 for operations with $100,000 or more sales. Lime-green chrysanthemums are often requested for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.