{"id":3497,"date":"2011-03-11T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:09:08","slug":"prep-for-parade-day-with-resources-on-st-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2011\/03\/11\/prep-for-parade-day-with-resources-on-st-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep for Parade Day with Resources on St. Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/encore.scranton.edu\/iii\/encore\/record\/C|Rb1288888|Ssaint+patrick|Ff%3Afacetcloud%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3A%3A|P0%2C8|Orightresult|X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41N04P9W1EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">As every Scrantonian knows, the big excitement in town this weekend is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpatparade.com\/\">Parade Day<\/a>.\u00a0 Whether you&#8217;re planning to watch the parade or stay home and avoid the crowds, it&#8217;s also a nice weekend to reflect on St. Patrick and the history and traditions of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Here in the Weinberg Memorial Library, we have several <a href=\"http:\/\/encore.scranton.edu\/iii\/encore\/search\/C|Ssaint+patrick|Ff%3Afacetcloud%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3A%3A|Ff%3Afacetfields%3Asubject%3Asubject%3ASubject%3A%3A|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\">biographies<\/a> of St. Patrick as well as the texts of his two surviving writings &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/encore.scranton.edu\/iii\/encore\/record\/C|Rb1193336|Ssaint+patrick|Ff%3Afacetcloud%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3Apatrick%3A%3A|Ff%3Afacetfields%3Aauthor%3Aauthor%3AAuthor%3A%3A|Orightresult|X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\">Confessio and the Epistola ad milites Corotici<\/a>.\u00a0 And of course we have a lot of resources on <a href=\"http:\/\/encore.scranton.edu\/iii\/encore\/search?target=ireland&amp;formids=target&amp;lang=eng&amp;suite=def&amp;reservedids=lang%2Csuite&amp;submitmode=&amp;submitname=\">Ireland<\/a>, including some great <a href=\"http:\/\/encore.scranton.edu\/iii\/encore\/search\/C|Sireland|Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Ag%3Ag%3ADVD%25252Bor%25252BVHS%3A%3A|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\">films and media resources<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also find a lot of interesting articles about St. Patrick, Irish history and culture, and the history of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day by searching our <a href=\"http:\/\/rose.scranton.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=afh\">Academic Search Elite<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rose.scranton.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=ahl\">America: History and Life<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/rose.scranton.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.proquest.com\">ProQuest Central<\/a> databases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">There are also some great resources out there on the web. Take a few minutes to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\">Lots of great resources on Irish American history<\/a> in the Library of Congress&#8217;s American Memory collection<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishhistoryonline.ie\/\">Irish History Online<\/a>, a bibliography of Irish history hosted by the Royal Irish Academy Library<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.ie\/genealogy\/index.html\">Genealogical resources<\/a> from the National Archives of Ireland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.osi.ie\/publicviewer\/#V1,591271,743300,0,9\">Historic maps of Ireland<\/a> from Ordnance Survey Ireland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/countries\/ireland-guide\/\">Resources about and photographs of Ireland<\/a> from National Geographic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itma.ie\/English\/digitised_materials.html\">Digitized sound recordings and printed music<\/a> from the The Irish Traditional Music Archive<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/\/Recipes\/holidays-and-events\/st-patricks-day\/Main.aspx\">Traditional Irish recipes<\/a> on allrecipes.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/st-patricks-day\">History of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/a> on history.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As every Scrantonian knows, the big excitement in town this weekend is Parade Day.\u00a0 Whether you&#8217;re planning to watch the parade or stay home and avoid the crowds, it&#8217;s also a nice weekend to reflect on St. Patrick and the history and traditions of Ireland. 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