St Patrick's Day: Make merry and...drink!

Michael Andrews

Mar 20th 2010, 17:09

I can not believe how many people are moaning and calling it all "senseless".

These people know how to have a good time and enjoy themselves without any trouble at all and without those "senseless" petards going off every 2 minutes.

I like Maltese feasts,the firework displays are awesome too in a lot of villages but those huge,loud petards are a nuisance to all.

The Irish are renowned for being a happy lot who love a laugh and a good time.

Next year i shall be there with them too because the atmosphere looks electric.

Andrew Galea

Mar 20th 2010, 16:57

I think St Paddy's is a far more civilised and pleasant experience then half of the feasts that happen here, what with the notorious family fights and what not. And all the money spent on fireworks. Why shouldn't people come together for a wee drink and a celebration?

Albert Scerri

Mar 20th 2010, 13:37

Is it true what I read somewhere, that St. Patrick was actually English ? Could somebody negate this please ?
Thanks.

Gianluca Azzopardi

Mar 19th 2010, 18:55

It is just an excuse to drink and maybe get drunk!... no sense at all!

Christian Sciberras

Mar 19th 2010, 16:42

Drink drink drink.


Don't you people think about anything else than booze?

It is "SAINT PATRICK" or "SAINT JOSEPH" for heavens' sake.
Give it a moment of thought will you?

Walter Callejja

Mar 19th 2010, 16:05

As a Maltese i just love all the Irish, they are down to earth people, and i hope that one day we shall see the crew and all the dancers of the famous River Dance. i read below Up the Greens i second that entirely, at least with the Irish we kneow where we stand but as for the Si Georgie's lot they are too snobbish for me, give me an Irish person anytime, in anycase my wife is Irish bless Her and she loves every bit of our island and all her Maltese friends and everything to do with these islands especially our local Churches.

Vincent Cutajar

Mar 19th 2010, 15:39

Sur Nicky cassar In you fiest you most of the time fight for nutting but I never coe a cross in ST'Patrick day I will like that English People can celebrate St' Goerge's Day too. And San Guzepp only can make trabell. Inbitwin the Maltese. So come on Maltes vote for St' Goerges Day to be Celebrated too.

Patrick Sacco

Mar 18th 2010, 22:27

I am very proud of my name! Viva St. Patrick!

R Gatt

Mar 18th 2010, 21:13

Q - "so is it better than dublin"?
A - "definitely definitely"

Exactly what we need, good atmosphere. So stop your glooming and dooming. noone was celebrating anything, t'was just a good excuse for some fun with fun people.

M SPITERI

Mar 18th 2010, 20:42

Ireland for the cup, nevermind england and manchester united, Ireland is tops as far as i am concerned.
UP THE GREENS *

Ryan Bugeja

Mar 18th 2010, 20:18

@J Farrugia... get a life and cheer up buddy... or just sit at home and watch TV and moan to yourself with your pint of sparkling water... or even that's too bubbly? You seem to have lost your youth... or got drunk so often in your youth that now you forgot how it was when you were young! :)

For the rest... it would actually be great to organize a street party next time round in Spinola Bay... bars were packed yesterday... and there was a great atmosphere... alcohol or not, we have to accept that we're a festive people and find ANY excuse to have fun and party... it's part of our culture... we're just a bunch of merry happy people... save for a couple of moaners :)

Franco Farrugia

Mar 18th 2010, 15:44

I do not believe that it is healthy to promote the vice of drinking alcohol, not even when it is traditionally linked to a particular saint's feastday!

nicky cassar

Mar 18th 2010, 14:30

I'll rather celebrate tomorrow's st joseph than yesterdays' St patricks, since tomorrow i will be not working! and i m going to drink! :PPPP VIVA SAN GUZEPP!!!!

nicky cassar

Mar 18th 2010, 14:25

one word to describe it: - S E N S E L E S S!!!!!!!!!!!!!

R.Gauci

Mar 18th 2010, 13:08

What I can say is that I been working and living 2 years in Dublin, Ireland and I had never had any kind of problems with the Irish (and yes I met drunken ones too) as in my job I meet a lot of people from any class of life! What I really like is their attitude of live and let live and not like certain Maltese that pass all their life judging, gossiping and moaning about everyone and everything!
I still had nice time yesterday and enjoyed St.Patrick's Day watching the parade and I didn't need to drink cause I had to drive for work and here we don't risk as the Garda (Police) do a lot of breathlyser tests so crashes are being avoided, infact the number of victims from road accidents is going down!
I was amazed by the fact that in the parade people of different nationalities were taking part &
I didn't saw a single fight or misbehaviour from them or making any kind of harm to anything or anyone and there were 650,000 people meaning that this feast brings union something which the Catholitic Religion and St.Patrick should be happy for !

Robert Azzopardi

Mar 18th 2010, 12:41

@Daniel Farrugia
Dear Daniel sadly I was not able to enjoy a good pint of guinness last night as I usually would but certainly will next year. Trust me I do not moan and groan, on the contrary I pretty much let others live their lives the way they please, unless it directly effects me negatively. I am indifferent to village festas as I do not particulary enjoy them but I really have no problems with them aside from the noisy not to mention useless petards especially at some ungodly hour. I enjoy fireworks but not petards.

Michelle Caruana

Mar 18th 2010, 11:55

St Patrick's Day has been celebrated in Malta ever since the early '70s, when my mother and many other Irish ladies lving here who are married to Maltese men would get together, start the day off with mass at St Patrick's in Sliema (as they still do) and have a meal somewhere to celebrate 'their' day. There is nothing wrong with a few ex-pats getting together one day a year to celebrate & reminisce. Nowadays we have a consul who organises an event for the Irish here, where we truly get to feel part of a community of Irish. The Maltese in Australia are well known for their Maltese societies, band clubs etc., so why not the Irish in Malta??

Andrew Azzopardi

Mar 18th 2010, 11:07

@Josef Psaila - i agree with you 100%
You cannot compare the Maltese Festa to St Patricks day.
St patricks day has been gaining popularity for a number of years every year now, but till now it is still contained to the few Irish bars scattered around Malta.
Give St patrcks day a few more years and it will become one big street party (its already nearly there). When that happens and people from all classes will join in to celebrate than it will become just anothr maltese Festa in terms of partying.
On the other hand there is not paganism and this sense it is so much better than the fighting in Mlatese festas. Oh by the way....... there were no noisy irritating petards all day. Babies, eldery, animals and students (who studied), had a peaceful day and night!

Josef Psaila

Mar 18th 2010, 10:50

Give me a St Patrick's celebration in a pub anytime and don't give me one single Maltese festa. last night we had such a incredible night at the Murphy's Pub and the atmosphere was out of this world. no fighting, no swearing, nobody calling other people names because they support another saint. so please don'y you compare St Patrick with a maltese festa!

G. Grech

Mar 18th 2010, 10:50

I can't really understand why such pagan events are linked to the name of Saints.

R. Gauci

Mar 18th 2010, 10:40

Alla jbierek xi haga hekk malajr nikkuppjawha mill-barrani, kull skuza tajba biex niddamdmu wahda u nitkesshu xi ftit, nassumi l-Maltin li marru jisimghu quddies il-bierah ghal San Patrizju kienu ftit li xejn. Ahjar isemmuha Saint Guinness Day!

Robert Azzopardi

Mar 18th 2010, 10:21

You lot moan and groan! Just live and live! There's absolutely nothing wrong in a bit of clean fun and so what if it involves booze! You really are a bunch of wet blankets with 'morals' the size of mount Sinai! At least there's not bottle throwing or cursing the rival Kazin tal-Banda!
Besides the Irish are a jolly lot and I think it's great that a bit of their culture has rubbed off in Malta, perhaps you start appreciating the nothings and good things of life and stop complaing about everything. PS Dubliner's one of the greatest pubs on the island!

Neil Sant

Mar 18th 2010, 10:15

Honestly why do people always need to throw a fly into someone's soup? Ain't there already enough bad stuff going on? Any excuse to party is a good excuse and not everyone who drinks is a mindless git. Drink Guiness for strength!!

C. Sapiano

Mar 18th 2010, 09:24

I respect St.Patrick but his feast is not part of the Maltese tradition. Its really funny.

mary lee cauchi

Mar 18th 2010, 09:08

Well done for the coverage guys.....I hope no one of those interviewed drove back home after all the pints...Since the British left Malta,we forgot all the positive things they though us,like discipline,but surely have kept their biggest tradition alive,that is drinking...I am not surprised we're in the state we are in....Why do the Maltese celebrate St Patrick's day as well?...Every reason is a good reason to get drunk

M BORG

Mar 18th 2010, 08:46

A brief history of how St. Patrick's day came about and how it diffused all throughout the World.

http://visitpaceville.com/article.php?id=25

Joe Camilleri

Mar 18th 2010, 08:39

Imbad noqodu ingergru bil-festi taghna.

J Farrugia

Mar 18th 2010, 08:23

as long as there is something to be sakranazzi about, rest assured that there will be no nationalities involved. Only drunkards. Imbaghad konnha nghidu ghall-antenati taghna li fl-imghoddi kienu jpinntu fil-hanut ta' kurun. Today's youth are just drunkards.