Galway mayor: Seattle’s St. Patrick’s Day is for everyone
Mar 16, 2018, 4:30 PM | Updated: Mar 17, 2018, 7:44 am
(Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash)
(Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash)
chose Seattle out of all the American cities he could visit on St. Patrick’s Day.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about having an Irish lineage,” he told Seattle’s Morning News on 成人X站 Radio. “Or Irish DNA. It鈥檚 not about that. It鈥檚 about extending the hand of friendship and embracing friendships across the globe.”
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Flannery said that is his main purpose in visiting the United States and Seattle — bridging gaps.
鈥淎cross Europe, across the Middle East, across the world we鈥檙e are in a situation where the world is very divided right now,” Flannery said. “And there is only one solution, it鈥檚 through dialogue. That solution is through embracing and accepting the differences in our cultures, the differences in our psyches and our personalities. And understanding that being different isn鈥檛 necessarily wrong. Being different is good. It鈥檚 what educates one another. We learn from other people鈥檚 differences and different perspectives.”
And if you like St. Patrick’s Day, Flannery says you’ll love Galway.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a town where you are a stranger only once,” he said. “Come and stay. Come and visit us 鈥� we are a unique group of people who are part of a global context. We must embrace that.”
St. Patrick’s Day in Seattle
Seattle ranks high when it comes to the Irish holiday. as the 15th best community to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the country.
That’s fairly impressive when you consider it ranked 200 of America’s largest cities. WalletHub used 17 metrics, including Irish pubs per capita, weather, and lodging costs. The financial website also says Seattle ranks:
- 3rd in America for Irish pubs and restaurants per capita
- 11th for access to bars
- 20th for聽 St. Patrick’s Day parties and festivals per capita
- 32nd in percentage of Irish population
There is one factor that Seattle can work on. Out of all 200 cities ranked for the holiday, Seattle places 199th for the price of beer — meaning 198 cities have cheaper beer than the Emerald City. Only New York has a higher average price of beer.
