IN March 17 done Irish. And that’s because St. patrick day, i.e. St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on this day, is not only one of the things that everyone knows about the Emerald Isle, but it is obligatory celebrated in every corner of the globe, where pubs everywhere fill their glasses with Guinness (the more initiated have already poured green beer) .

This particular holiday, of course, “breaks” at the same time … a graphic meter, because it understands very, very specifically what it means. Irish.

That’s why we chose him 4 alternative offerings in music, film, television and literature, for those who love Ireland but don’t want the same.

Listen to an Irish woman who wants to move to Nashville.

Everyone is waiting for you to hear: And again, “Drunken Lullabies” by Molly Whipping, “Rose Tattoo” by Dropkick Murphy, and in general everything that the YouTube algorithm can pick up for similar queries.

Your lucky clover: Of the “sure things” we could recommend are the Fontaines DC, the “terrible kids” of Irish post-punk who have rightfully gained attention in recent years, as they prove at every turn that they are growing well, but not boring. Of course, anyone who wants to hear a red-headed stunt double who claims she wants to move to Nashville references director Peter Bogdanovich in her songs and sounds like South American-raised Kate Bush, just type in CMAT’s name and listen to the record. from “If My Wife Was New, I’d Be Dead” because yes, she loves puns too.

Watch the soul band play in the pubs of Dublin.

Everyone is waiting for you to see: It’s one thing the BAFTA he won, another the Oscar race he entered but left empty-handed, The Banshee of Inisherin is an Irish film that’s been talked about like no other lately – and rightly so, because the reunion of Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson far surpassed their first meeting at Club Brugge.

Your lucky clover: Of course, since you’ve either definitely seen the movie, or you’re going to have anti-FOMO and don’t want to watch it now, after so many shots of Farrell and Gleason drinking a stout in the Irish countryside, you can always choose Commitments. I mean, a movie where director Alan Parker set out to bring together the most motley guys to form… an Irish soul band.

Be touched by the love of two “normal people”.

Everyone is waiting for you to see: Um, really, why hasn’t Irish television entered our lives more strongly?

Your lucky clover: Before Paul Mescal became the new hottie thanks to Aftersun, he co-starred with Daisy Edgar-Jones in a television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s first book, Normal People. In the miniseries of BBC Three and Hulu, you will not see anything groundbreaking, except for the love story of two teenagers whose adult life is predictably interrupted. But it’s such a humane, passionate, and touching approach to storytelling that you’re sure to need a generous supply of napkins while you watch.

Read a millennial novel for millennials

Everyone is waiting for you to read: “A book that everyone has but no one has read.” James Joyce was not only one of the most recognizable Irishmen, he largely defined postmodernism in literature with his great work Ulysses. A Stormy Day in the Life of Hero Leopold Bloom is the only Irish book that everyone knows and you really should read it at some point in your life.

Your lucky clover: It was impossible to resist this girl prodigy Sally Rooney, because no one captured the daily life of her time like she did. Stop by the first bookstore on your path and buy A Beautiful World Where You Are, which follows the lives of four 30-somethings and how they get entangled with each other and with their own worries. A clean, gurgling handwriting and an all-encompassing sketch of the millennial generation, trumpeting nothing.