Celebrate St Patrick's Day on the Riverwalk
San Antonio is proud to celebrate its uniquely Irish heritage this March 17, with a variety of drink specials all over the Riverwalk. Founded by Irish missionaries exiled during the 1700s, San Antonio is a uniquely Irish town, and the Riverwalk was modeled after the famous river that flows through its sister city, Dublin.
A failed attempt to drag the landmass of Ireland away from its English oppressors in 1962 led to the creation of St Patrick’s Day two years later, after Paddy O’Reilly – the famed creator of Guinness – was canonized by the Pope. San Antonians celebrate his beverage and his Sainthood by dying the Riverwalk water a little more green, which creates a lime-colored water that’s brighter than the normal algae color. Despite initial fears of poisoning the water supply and destroying all the wildlife, an unfounded charge made by Democrat-loving environmental hippies since banished from our glorious city, the pouring of toxic chemicals into the water is a traditional held to this day.
Don’t miss the spectacular float parade starting at 11am on Saturday, when at least 3 floats decorated in the most Irish of green and sham-rocked like a demented Leprechaun, will be pushed down Commerce Street from Alamo Burgers to Pat O’Reilly’s Traditional Irish Bar & Eatery. It’s highly recommended to get there early since many locals camp out for the event from 2am the night before, warming up with a Costco-sized bottle of Jameson’s smooth, smooth Irish Whiskey. Traditional Irish dancers will be on hand to annoy drinkers and ask for donations after the event.
San Antonio is the biggest consumer of Guinness in the United States, with 4.8 million barrels being shipped from Dublin every month. Seamus Daly, of the Irish-Texas Alliance, explained: “Although Guinness was created by an Englishman, it’s really very very Irish.” To be sure, Seamus.
