Holy water on the bar of The Olde Triangle Pub in downtown Wabasha, Minnesota.
I POSSESS NOT AN OUNCE of Irish blood and I am not Catholic.
T-shirts on the pub ceiling.
But green is my favorite color.
The Irish national flag flies outside the pub.
My Uncle Robin hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He married into a family of Germans.
The Olde Triangle’s hearty Irish stew.
I like potatoes. And Irish stew.
The pub’s fish and chips.
My husband likes fish and chips. And beer. Me, too, but not whiskey.
I have no idea what “the year of Kathleens” means. Anyone care to enlighten me?
My name, Audrey, of course, is not Irish. But I know a lot of Kathys and a few Kathleens.
Performing at The Olde Triangle Pub Sunday afternoon.
I can’t dance an Irish jig nor name an Irish tune. However, I enjoy music in an Irish pub.
The pub’s Triquetra, Celtic (Trinity) knot, symbolizes three parts of a good life: friendship, food and drink.
And I’ll return to The Olde Triangle Pub. Sunday marked my second time dining here on a visit to Wabasha. I love this cozy, and I do mean cozy, spot in the heart of this historic Mississippi River town.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone, Irish or not!
Copyright 2014 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
Wabasha is a great town. I have never been to The Olde Triangle Pub. It is now on my to visit list.
You’re enjoy this eatery and bar, Dan. I mean, who puts “holy water” on the bar?
I thought that was well-placed 🙂
As soon as I saw the holy water, I knew I had my photo of the day.
That food looks terrific. I am making corned beef and cabbage today to celebrate our non-Irish roots. 🙂 I made Lucky Charms cookies yesterday and might have a big of a sugar buzz going from picking out the marshmallows . 🙂 Hope your day is filled with all things lucky. Your friend–O’BethAnn
You’ve kicked my St. Patrick’s Day off to a fabulous start with your St. Patrick’s Day themed comment that made me laugh. Top o the morning to you, O’BethAnn.
No worries. Always here to amuse —-it must be the leprechaun in me.
You are definitely on a roll this morning.
Irish Soda Bread Roll???
You’re really good. That was quick.
We have the Celtic (trinity) Knot symbolism within our Church of St. Patrick in Inver Grove Heights where it surely stands for three parts of a good life. The Luck of the Irish to All!
Deanna, thanks for sharing that info about your church. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!
Name an Irish tune, how about Danny Boy. I like whiskey, but not green beer. Wish we had a German day. Just dreaming of German potato salad, not so much blood sausage or head cheese. I remember when we first met Uncle Robin I was disappointed that he didn’t have pointed ears. Aunt Dorothy must have just laughed at me.
Yeah, there was a bit of misunderstanding on our part about Uncle Robin’s physical appearance. No red hair or freckles or pointy ears. He wasn’t a Leprechaun at all.
I married into an Irish family and cannot wait to go to Ireland this Fall with my family! I love learning about cultures; the people, the places, the history, etc.:) Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
And quite an adventure that will be.
Your Uncle Robin and I will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. We will have friends in for Irish Coffee and Irish Whiskey Cake. Of course a few green sugar sprinkles on that Irish Coffee. Come on over for some.
Oh, I would love to join you, if only I didn’t live so far away. Enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day celebration with friends.
Never been much for St. Patrick’s day, no Irish in me to speak of! I do like Wabasha though and will have to checkout he pub next time we visit there!
We don’t do anything for St. Patrick’s Day either, although I am serving twice-baked potatoes for supper.
Have you been to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha? A post/posts will be forthcoming on that.
Yes i have been there several times….good stuff. Looking forward to your posts!
The “new” National Eagle Center is such an improvement over the previous center, tucked into a small building.
Wee bit of irish in my blood…somewhere! Top of the evening to you too – happy St. Paddy’s Day!
A wee bit of Irish works for me. Hope you had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day.
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I love the look of the chips in the newspaper. Green is my little guy’s favourite colour too xx
I liked the food presentation, too. Yeah for Alfie and lovin’ green.
Hey! I wonder what the year of the Kathleens is too! It might pertain to me, even, huh? I’m clearly going to have to visit this pub in Wabasha. It looks like a whole lot of fun.
And tell them your name is Kathleen. Maybe that entitles you to a free mug of green beer. Cheers!