Word: gaelic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Brilliant and beer-soaked, this book is ostensibly about a lazy, poor student who's writing a novel. But he loses control of his characters, and they get mixed up with local Dublin types and figures out of Gaelic myth who collide and commingle in glorious, category-defying cacophony...
Sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan has all of a single game under his belt as a starter for the Crimson, but even after slight playing time, the temptation to start stacking him up against Ryan Fitzpatrick—another athletic scrambler with a Gaelic last name—is already tough to escape...
Culturally diverse Harvard Square may boast multiple Indian restaurants, yuppie coffee shops, and chic bars. But ironically enough, in what is perhaps America’s most Irish city, the Square is not home to a tavern with a uniquely Gaelic bent, one with Guinness on tap and corned beef and cabbage on your plate...
...with plenty of frothy pints of Guinness and smooth shots of Jameson’s to help keep the snakes away. Irish roast salmon, Irish stew, and corned beef and cabbage make their way onto the menu for the big event. But the bathrooms are labeled in Irish Gaelic, so remember: Mná is for women, Fir is for men. The Plough is just a short jaunt down Mass. Ave. from Harvard Square, and definitely worth the trip...
...goodness bagpipe band will follow a showing of the John Ford classic The Quiet Man (John Wayne is just dreamy in his dramatic roles). The Landing is a fun place and its omnipresent Irish paraphernalia adds to the atmosphere. Of special note are the carved figurines of hurlers and Gaelic footballers declaring “Players please on every ground.” The bar also features an impressive sound system (the better to hear the pipers, of course) and a large flatscreen TV. The Phoenix Landing is a block or two south of the Central Square T station...