“It’s hard to think of St. Patrick’s Day without glittered shamrocks, green beer, leprechauns, and of course, corned beef and cabbage. Yet, if you went to Ireland on St. Paddy’s Day, you would not find any of these things except maybe the glittered shamrocks.” Read More: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2013/03/is-corned-beef-really-irish/