We Irish always eat corned beef & cabbage on St. Patty's day to remind us of our ancestor's suffering!
Irish didn't eat eat corned beef on St Patrick's Day, cattle were used for labor, production of milk and other dairy products. In Gaelic cattle were a symbol of wealth and sacred.
Corned beef and cabbage isn't a homeland thing for the Irish
You got no sense of humor!!!
Yes, we know that Corn Beef & Cabbage is an Irish American meal, not really an Irish meal.
But the St. Patrick's Day celebrations as a major holiday started in Boston, not Ireland, so it's also really an Irish American holiday.
Note: Ireland has been one of the largest exporters of beef in Europe for centuries. Too bad the Irish were never allowed to eat their own beef.
When Was the First St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated?
Since around the ninth or 10th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick on March 17. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland but in America. Records
show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade
was held on March 17, 1601 in a Spanish colony in what is now
St. Augustine, Florida. The parade, and a St. Patrick’s Day celebration a year earlier were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur.
More than a century later, homesick Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched in New York City on March 17, 1772 to honor the Irish patron saint. Enthusiasm for the St. Patrick's Day parades in
New York City,
Boston and other early American cities only grew from there.