Ireland

Drink of the Week: Enjoying The Rebound Fling at Ice Cream Bar

When a prescription to "drown your sorrows" is issued by your friends to numb the pain and heartache caused by the conclusion of wonderfully tumultuous spring fling, it'll most likely include either ice cream or beer. We personally prefer a rebound, especially when it comes with beer and ice cream a ... More >>

Apple Saves Billions by Creatively Exploiting Loopholes of International Tax System

Think different, Apple tells the world. The Cupertino company, whose creations have defined our technological age, apparently applies the same innovative thinking to its tax evasion strategies. Stuffing revenue in some low-tax, high-privacy bank in the Caribbean? 'Bout as forward-thinking as a Bla ... More >>

Police Release Sketches of Unidentified Woman Found in Trash Can

Pleasanton police are desperate to identify a woman whose body was found dumped in a trash can last month, and have released these sketches, hoping it will help them solve this sad mystery.Police said the body was found along the 11000 block of Dublin Canyon Road on May 24. Medical authorities perf ... More >>

Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing Sailors at Farallon Islands

After 24 hours of scouring the waters, the Coast Guard announced last night that it was suspending its search for the four sailors who went missing in a boating accident over the weekend, and would not resume the search today. Authorities explained to the press their reason for ending the search, sa ... More >>

Chickens on Prozac, Vegan Peeps, and Field Roast at Giants games!

​Hi guys! Big news! I received word from their PR company yesterday that Field Roast vegan frankfurters will now be available at AT&T Park for this season's Giants games! I've had these dogs and they are super delicious. We are still waiting to hear if the hot dog buns are vegan--they always forge ... More >>

Irish Song Lyrics Rule: 10 Great Lines From Irish Musicians

We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

Former S.F. Bartender Tries to Introduce Poitin, Irish White Whiskey, to America

An aspiring distiller and former San Francisco bartender named Ashlee Casserly is trying, via Kickstarter, to introduce an Irish version of moonshine, which is trending high in local bars. Casserly is developing 1661 Poitin, an unaged Irish whiskey made from potatoes or barley, with 40 to 50 percent ... More >>

President's Day Weekend: Another Carmaggedon?

Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the Great Emancipator than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, until 5 a.m. on Tues ... More >>

Inmate Escapes Jail in Alameda County

​Police are scouring the East Bay, looking for an inmate who reportedly escaped from the Santa Rita Jail this afternoon. Media outlets are reporting that at about 2 p.m., someone called the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, saying they saw an inmate walk out of the jail. We contacted the Sheriff's ... More >>

Soundtracking a Soul-Cleansing Trip to Ireland

Flickr/Dargott72​ In the Irish town of Recess, there is a monument that proclaims: "On this site in 1897 nothing happened." I've never visited Recess during what has essentially become biennial excursions to Ireland; I've only passed by during bumpy bus rides from Galway to Clifden and back. ... More >>

Krystal Klear on His Unusual Obsession with '80s Boogie, and Finding Obscure Records in Ireland

Shaun Bloodworth​It's hard to imagine a 22-year-old from Ireland being an expert on genres like new jack swing and boogie house, but expertise is exactly what Dec Lennon, aka Krystal Klear, conveys through his mixes and productions. While younger listeners may not be familiar artists like Al B ... More >>

San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

Dissecting Desperation

"Kisses": Fairy tale meets real life for runaway Irish kids

Prop. 8 Cast Goes to Court ... And Gets Celebrity Doppelgangers

​When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cameras would not be permitted to film Perry v. Schwarzenegger,  directors John Ireland and John Ainsworth, along with a band of volunteer actors, decided to reenact the entire Prop. 8 trial and post the results to Youtube. Until today, the actors relie ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Zion I, Pep Love, and Dublin at the Independent

​Zion I, Pep Love, Dublin Friday, April 2, 2010 The Independent Better Than: Your last house party. Friday night, Zion I performed its second show in a row, joined by fellow natives Pep Love of Hieroglyphics and Dublin of Jazz Mafia fame. This evening was a showcase of Bay Area love, ... More >>

That's My Jam!: Devonwho Keeps the Funk Alive

Devonwho​I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm completely down with the future-boogie/wonky soul thing going on right now. While it's not central to the Los Angeles area--B. Bravo reps San Francisco and artists like Krystal Klear doing the thing out in Europe--many of these producers appear ... More >>

This Might Pinch

This Might Pinch

Our Local Beer Experts Blind-Tasted Stouts. Guess Who Won?

B. YaegerThe lineup ranged from Anglo to Cali.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we gave in to the dark side. Stouts originated in England in the mid-18th century, and might have fizzled out had it not been for the Irish. Deriving its name from particularly strong or "stout" porter, stout i ... More >>

Mission Artist Sendoff

World Dance

Bay Area Bites from the Fancy Food Show: Clairesquares' Milk Chocolate Shortbread Artisan Squares

These have a mouthful of a name and an even more substantial bite. The signature product of San Francisco's Clairesquares comes from Irish ex-pat Claire Keane's homeland and are called, as she informs on her Web site, "Wellington squares in Ireland and Millionaire's shortbread in Great Britain." T ... More >>

Jolly Rogers

Edna O’Brien’s Tir na nÓg Loses Its Magic

The Way He Lives Now

As Daniel Day-Lewis' fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his onscreen madness

Fighting Irish

Year-in-the-life of the IRA speaks volumes about our current fog of war

Feckless Eating

After a week of feral grazing, thoughtful food that you can eat out or take home

Reps Etc.

Alice's Favorite Little Bites

Best Irish Coffee

Buena Vista Cafe

Irish Eyes

Smiling over the shepherd's pie and a pint of Guinness at Wilde Oscar's

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Best International Dance Party

The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Letters to the Editor

Week of November 27, 2002

The Price of Vengeance

Holly Hunter, in By the Bog of Cats, provides a lesson on the perils of uncontrolled rage

Best Place to Boogie With Celts

An Bodhran

Riff Raff

It's a Big World After All; When Your Band Breaks; Oops

Aran Yarn

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Night + Day

Finnegans Cake

Fine Feathered Friends

Letters

Irish Stew

Night+Day

Night Crawler

SF Weekly Picks

Night+Day

Night Crawler

Gael Force

Irish accordionist Charlie Piggott and the Celtic Music & Arts Festival