{"id":9418,"date":"2021-03-12T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9418"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:24:24","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/holidays-in-the-movies-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies:  St. Patrick&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some holidays are harder to curate watching for than others.  St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is one such challenge.  According to Wikipedia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_films_set_around_St._Patrick%27s_Day\">&#8216;list of films set around St. Patrick&#8217;s day&#8217;<\/a> there are plenty of titles to choose from &#8211; some I&#8217;ve seen, many I haven&#8217;t.  But there aren&#8217;t too many that I would want to make part of my yearly celebration.  Clearly, this list is going to have to evolve, but for now we will be enjoying:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"10523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/holidays-in-the-movies-st-patricks-day\/darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"493,755\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-261x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-392x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-392x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10523\" style=\"width:210px;height:321px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-392x600.jpg 392w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-261x400.jpg 261w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Darby_o_gill_and_the_little_people.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=25018220\">Movie poster for Darby O&#8217;Gill and the Little People <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maniac Cop (1988):  When you&#8217;re scared on the city streets at night, you&#8217;re in luck when you see a cop, right?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fugitive (1993):  I am now wondering how many cop thrillers have a St. Patrick&#8217;s day parade in the middle of them.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leprechaun (1993):  I&#8217;d never thought I&#8217;d want to see it again, but hey, for St. Patrick&#8217;s day, let&#8217;s do this.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now on revisit, I can&#8217;t say the above were all repeaters.  But we are hurting for a selection of movies to celebrate with instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Darby O&#8217;Gill and the Little People (1959):  Where there is a lack of holiday-centric movies, there are thematic options with pooka, shillelagh, leprechauns and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leprechaun 3 (1995):  this series gives plenty of selection and the bonkers Las Vegas sequel is just right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God Told Me To (1976): which of course, since the main character is with the NYPD has a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to keep things simple, <em>Murder, She Wrote<\/em> has a whole day&#8217;s worth of Ireland or Irish related episodes thanks to Jessica Fletcher&#8217;s extended family connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cTo the Last Will I Grapple With Thee\u201d S8 E17: Jessica&#8217;s friend is hounded by an old enemy and ex-convict from Ireland who is intent on revenge.  When the man winds up dead, Jessica must prove her friend did not murder the man.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Wind Around the Tower\u201d S9 E4:  Jessica Fletcher is researching a new book and staying at an old estate in County Galway where it is said the ghost of a killed seaman haunts the grounds and can be heard weeping to herald an impending death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Killing in Cork\u201d S10 E7:  While visiting family friends that own a traditional blanket factory in Cork, Jessica must must help prove the innocence of a son suspected of murder.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAnother Killing in Cork\u201d S11 E20:  Jessica&#8217;s stay at a retreat for fishermen in Cork is wrapped up in local drama over a developer wishing to buy land.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNan\u2019s Ghost\u201d S12 E 6 &amp; 7: Jessica arrives at the castle hotel of a friend just as the body of a missing girl is discovered.  The ghost of the girl apparently haunts the castle as smugglers, murderers, and real estate developers creep around the scenes. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle<\/em> (2003):  \u00a0Jessica Fletcher travels to Ireland for a will reading and becomes involved with the other heirs in a hunt for a secret treasure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the other <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/tag\/holidays-in-movies\/\">Holidays in the Movies<\/a> posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some holidays are harder to curate watching for than others. St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is one such challenge. According to Wikipedia&#8217;s &#8216;list of films set around St. Patrick&#8217;s day&#8217; there are plenty of titles to choose from &#8211; some I&#8217;ve seen, many I haven&#8217;t. But there aren&#8217;t too many that I would want to make part&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/holidays-in-the-movies-st-patricks-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holidays in the Movies:  St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[48,290,294],"class_list":["post-9418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-holiday","tag-holidays-in-movies","tag-st-patricks-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10450,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":9418,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies:  calendar summary","author":"leems","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. 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