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How Countries Around the World Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Kathy Landin — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:00:57 +0000

St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just for people in Ireland and Americans who want to pretend to be Irish for a day. There are celebrations of this saint and his saintly day all around the world.

Richie Gets His Irish On in GNA Production Room [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:50:16 +0000

I was very upset this past Friday. We have just completed our “Open Line Friday” show, which is all well and good, but I didn’t get to say (or shall I say SING what was on MY mind), so I went into the GNA production studio and recorded this little video message for you The [...]

Hysterical Video Of Drunk Fails Just In Time For St. Patty's Day – Your Welcome.

Sean McMaster — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:11:37 +0000

SO this morning after the show , i searched the internet for a funny video for you to start your holiday weekend to. I know that for many St. Patrick's day is a day for celebration and maybe drinking just a wee bit more than you should. That is all well and good but remember there is a limit. Perhaps in this video you will find a few good laughs ,and, hopefully, fair warning to you that drinking this heavily, is just NEVER, EVER a good thing.

WGNA Was In Saratoga Springs On St. Patrick's Day [PHOTOS]

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:05:29 +0000

St. Patrick's Day brought Jake Thomas to the Glens Falls area, and myself to Saratoga Springs for the St. Patrick's Day pub Crawl. Jake was at the Full Moon Bar And Grill, O'Tooles Restaurant And Pub and J.P. Bruno's. I was at the 7 Horse Pu

Five Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Safely [LIST]

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:01:04 +0000

A lot of people love to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a great time to join your friends and share a drink or two, and just have a good time. It’s the time of year when we’re in the middle of any type of major holidays, so it breaks up what seems like a lengthy [...]

The St Patrick's Day Couch [AUDIO]

Levack — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:48:40 +0000

Today’s the big day when everyone is Irish. Well not everyone, I have tons of love for the Irish but I am proud to be Scottish. So I recorded this “View From the Couch” to show some Scottish love for my Celtic Cousins. Happy St, Patrick’s Day and Slainte!

Safe Travels On St. Patrick's Day

Levack — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:03:48 +0000

We all know that this weekend will be full of celebrating and GOOD because we all deserve it. I only ask you take the time to read this and make your travel plans in advance this weekend. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in the past five years 851 people died in motor vehicle [...]

Too Many Charges Lead to Deadlock in Troy's Trial & More in Today's News

GNA — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:51:15 +0000

Rensselaer – Special Prosecutor Trey Smith met with jurors after a mistrial was announced in the nine-week long ballot-fraud trial. The jurors’ comments were backed by a 2002 report from the national center for State Courts. The report found one of the strongest factors leading jurors to deadlock is having too many counts to consider. [...]

Save Your Pennies By Making Your Own Shamrock Shake at Home

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:48:33 +0000

McDonald’s Shamrock Shake usually comes once a year around St. Patrick’s Day, but as the holiday passes, so does the elusive tasty beverage. Now you don’t have to be in March (or Irish) to enjoy one year round. The cool part is you don’t have to just stick with the normal sugar-laced treat. There are [...]

Changes for Tulip Festival – Good or Bad?

GNA — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:22:05 +0000

In case you haven't heard already, this year's Tulip Festival in Albany's Washington Park is going to be much different than previous years -- all thanks to some out of control college students who decided to pretend they were Irish on Albany's St. Patty's, parade day.

UAlbany Suspends This Years Fountain Day

Scott Blaine — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:01:05 +0000

It was announced today by UAlbany President George Phillip that there will be no Fountain Day on the University campus this year. Fountain Day is where Thousands of students as well as faculty and staff get together to ring in the coming of spring and turn on the main campus fountain. This announcement comes to [...]

Drunks Falling Down–Timber! (Video)

Jake Thomas — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:11:56 +0000

I hope you all had a happy and safe St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. My 3 leaf clover tour of Glens Falls was a lot of fun. I saw a lot of great people and noticed that suprisingly not too many of them were very drunk. They were drinking Labatt Blue, Killian’s, Jameson’s Irish Whiskey and a usual [...]

St Patrick's Day Bar Crowd [VIDEO]

Bryen — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:33:02 +0000

Jake Thomas is out and about in his "neck of the woods" today doing a bar crawl and you're more than welcome to join him. Judging by the video plenty of folks already have done so! Do you have any plans today? Live in the north country or planning on being there shortly? Check in with Jake and I'm sure he'll make sure you have fun. Some people love St. Patty's Day and others don't but clearly these local folks do!

St. Patrick's Day, Just an Excuse for Idiots to Party

Sean McMaster — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:56:29 +0000

Here we go again. St. Patrick’s Day. Sure it also signifies the beginning of Spring. Sure there are parades and plenty O’ adult watering holes opening early with plenty of drink specials all day. But that doesn’t mean you have to do it. You don’t have to be that jolly Irish Idiot. It doesn’t matter [...]

Levack Rant- Scottish Love On St Patty's Day

Levack — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:47:06 +0000

Being a proud descendant of Scotland I wanted to toast my Irish friends on this fine St. Patrick's day! Listen to my toast and be well!

Have a happy and safe St. Patty's Day!!!

St. Patrick's Day Parade Today

GNA — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:16:22 +0000

The traditional New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held today despite the holiday falling on a weekday. This is the 250th anniversary of the parade. Following tradition, a Grand Marshall has been named to be honored in today’s celebration and lead the procession. This year’s honoree is mystery/suspense author Mary Higgins Clark. [...]

Kegs and Eggs Party Gone Wild In Downtown Albany (AUDIO)

Richie Phillips — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:48:10 +0000

This is not the first blog on this subject, and probably won’t be the last. Actually, I got some of my information from the news department here at WGNA–in other words, Casey Danton! This was an unbelievable course of events. “Students Gone Wild” would best describe the situation. I have to make this very [...]

2011 Albany Kegs & Eggs Goes Badly (NSFW)

GNA — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:30:31 +0000

A friend of mine showed me some raw footage of what went on Saturday for the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Albany. If you saw the Times Union this morning or the eleven o'clock news last night, this is just one of the many videos posted on YouTube displaying just some of what went on amongst college students in the Pine Hills area.

Real Ways to Truly Be Irish This St. Patrick's Day

GNA — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:57:56 +0000

Around the time of St. Patrick's Day, everyone whips out their green, sticks a "kiss me I'm Irish" pin on, drinks a Guiness and claims to be Irish so they have an excuse to party hard and do the Irish jig. However, for the real Irish folk, we can't help but feel a little insulted because there is more to being Irish or at least pretending to be Irish than just those three things.

McDonald's Shamrock Shakes Mean It's almost St. Patrick's Day

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:45:55 +0000

Maybe you can't kiss the Blarney Stone, but you can get a minty delight to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It's time for McDonald's bright-green Shamrock Shake, only available around St. Patrick's Day each year. It's hard to believe that this beverage has a cult following, that rivals that of¬"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (though possibly not McDonald's other fan-favorite seasonal menu item, the McRib).