Actually, corned beef is not Irish.
It would have been waaaay too expensive.
Irish refugees in Canada and the U.S. found that beef was very economical here, so they adopted a version of the New England Boiled Dinner, including corned beef and cabbage.
Corned beef and Cabbage wasn't served in Ireland until a few decades ago, when some restaurants and then some pubs started serving it due to demand by the tourist trade.
Same with the St. Paddy's day celebration, which was purely Canadian-American. The only way it was recognized in Ireland was that the pubs were closed. Once again, the tourist trade won.
Of course, the Irish were not upset about a foreign influence that enabled more drinking.
Irish refugees in Canada and the U.S. found that beef was very economical here, so they adopted a version of the New England Boiled Dinner, including corned beef and cabbage.
Corned beef and Cabbage wasn't served in Ireland until a few decades ago, when some restaurants and then some pubs started serving it due to demand by the tourist trade.
Same with the St. Paddy's day celebration, which was purely Canadian-American. The only way it was recognized in Ireland was that the pubs were closed. Once again, the tourist trade won.
Of course, the Irish were not upset about a foreign influence that enabled more drinking.
