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St. Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of St. Patrick, commemorates the Saint who helped bring Christianity to Ireland, and celebrates Irish heritage and culture in general. In the US, St. Paddy’s Day occasions celebrations of all sorts, including parades from New York to Las Vegas, the wearing of the green and a bit of tippling to wash down green bagels or corn beef and cabbage.
Now a pair of airlines are joining this March celebration, offering St.Patrick’s deals that will help you “save the green” when booking a trip to Ireland.
Norwegian Airlines is offering a tempting package to go across the pond for St. Patrick’s Day. The sale, launched this week and ending on March 17th, will take flyers to Ireland via Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports starting at $99 one-way including tax. The $99 flights to Ireland depart from Stewart International (NY) and T.F. Green International Airport (Providence, RI), each near US Irish-American strongholds NYC and Boston. Flights to Dublin from Hamilton International Airport (Toronto, Canada) start at $199.
The travel period for these sales begins on March 30 and ends on June 23, 2019.
A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 landing at Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport, the Netherlands. Photocredit: NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGETTY
And in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the flag carrier airline of Ireland, Aer Lingus, has launched some airfare deals for spring. Aer Lingus says that throughout the entire month of March, cross-Atlantic flights to Europe for trips between April and June 15 will start at $499. (Some restrictions apply.)
Flights departing from the New York area, Seattle and elsewhere in the US will provide what Aer Lingus calls “a fun and frugal gateway” to Europe,an cities including Dublin, London, Barcelona and elsewhere.
Aer Lingus also partners with a number of other airlines in terms of frequent flyer loyalty, including Air Canada, KLM, Etihard, United, JetBlue, FlyBe, British Airways and Alaska Airlines.
With these flight deals not starting until the end of March, , what are you options for St. Patrick’s Day in the USA?
In New York’s Hudson Valley, The Caldwell House Bed and Breakfast (voted one of the top 25 bed and breakfasts in the US) is pushing the “luck of the Irish” by offering guests a scratch off lottery ticket from one of many lucky local sellers. The beautiful Valley area may not boast any leprechauns guarding pots of gold, but apparently it’s home to more than 25,000 New York Lottery tickets winners since 2012!
But everyone will walk away a winner after a full Irish breakfast feast on Saturday, including egg, beans, Irish sausage, Irish bacon, tomatoes, black and white pudding and Irish Soda Bread. On Sunday breakfast will incorporate Irish treats and locally-made Irish soda bread. Guests can sample the wares along the nearby Shawangunk Wine Trail or walk a few steps from Caldwell house to the local Irish (naturally) pub. Package cost starts at $185/night; Irish breakfast only available on March 16-17, 2019.
Las Vegas, not necessarily known as a home of Irish culture, is getting into the St. Patrick’s spirit as well with the annual O’Sheas BLOQ Party. The party will take place in the LINQ Promenade area near the giant observation wheel, and will feature the annual parade, food and drink specials at various bars and restaurnants, a weekend-long crawl and live entertainment.
Yes, there will be bagpipers, Irish dancers, and Darby O’Gill, billed as an “Irish drinking band.” As for food, Chayo Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar will feature green nachos, green tacos, green burritos and green beer . And at Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen + Bar, the topical menu will include Guy’s “Killer” Corned Beef and Cabbage (8-day brine, cabbage, carrots and buttered potatoes) served with spicy mustard and creamy horseradish sauce for $24.50. Sprinkle Cupcakes will offer green cupcakes and ice cream cones.
And the Linq High Roller, the world’s tallest observation wheel, will be lit up in shades of emerald as well.
The BLOQ St. Patrick’s Parade in Las Vegas, March 2018.THE LINQ PROMENADE
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