March Madness! (No, not that kind...)

My version of March madness comes in the form of St. Patrick's Day! Time to bake my world-famous soda bread and kick back with a Guinness and watch a movie connected to the Emerald Isle...this year's movie: The Secret of Roan Inish. Last year we watched Michael Collins, and the year before that we went to my parents' house and watched Finian's Rainbow. Good times. From Fred Astaire to Liam Neeson to...Irish actors/actresses who are apparently famous 'cross the pond!

I'm really getting interested in not only Irish history (which I read a lot of last year at this time...) but Irish/Celtic mythology and legends. Thinking about going to the bookstore and burying myself in tales of the Tuatha de Danaan and Cuchullain and their kin. Ooh, I also have to get a good CD of traditional Celtic music for the big day. I've got plenty of folk music, but I'm looking for more traditional instrumental stuff, with fiddle and uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes) etc. If I find any good mythology stuff on the 'net, I'll link to it from here!