St. Patrick’s Day on The Point

Melanie, Mindy, and I were talking about all things Irish this morning on WCAI. If you missed the show you get another chance to listen at 7:30 tonight, or you can listen to the podcast online.

Melanie’s Picks

Guinness: Celebrating 250 Remarkable Years by Paul Hartley

101 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish History by Ryan Hackney and Amy Hackney Blackwell

Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston’s Colorful Irish Past by Michael P. Quinn

Back Road Ireland Eyewitness Travel Series, DK publishing

Finn McCool and the Great Fish by Eve Bunting

The King With Horse’s Ears and Other Irish Folktales by Batt Burns

Lost Leprechaun: The Adventures of Bold Brave Seamus by Catherine Kelly-Mahon

True Irish Ghost Stories by St. John D. Seymour and Harry L. Neligan

Leprechaun in Late Winter: A Magic Tree House Book, Mary Pope Osborne

A Brief History of Ireland by Paul F. State

Jill’s Picks

St. Patrick’s Day by Natalie M. Rosinsky

Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: a man’s journey through Ireland by Kevin O’Hara

A Lucky Irish Lad by Kevin O’Hara

Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks

At the Edge of Ireland: seasons on the Beara Peninsula by David Yeadon

See You at the Hall: Boston’s Golden Age of Irish Music and Dance by Susan Gedutis

The Irish Americans: a history by Jay P. Dolan

The Irish Pub Cookbook by Margaret M. Johnson

The Irish Spirit: recipes inspired by the legendary drinks of Ireland by Margaret M. Johnson

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

Listener Pick

Wasted: a sober journey though drunken Ireland by Brian O’Connell