RARITAN REVIEW IRISH FOLKLORE TOP 5 IRISH SONGS PARADES IN BY: MATTHEW GIOVE AND MATT BY: KRISTIN HUNGERFORD THE AREA HAGBERG 1. The Irish Rover- This song BY: LAURA is about a sailboat that reaches an AGUINAGA unfortunate end. With St.Patrick’s Day 2. - around the corner, festivals have This song is an example of “Irish been appearing all over New Rebel Music” sub-genre. Jersey and a few are continuing 3. The Boys of the Old Bri- this weekend before St.Patricks gade- This is an Irish Republican Day. These 5 festivals below are song that talks about the Irish all around the Monmouth County Republican Army of the Irish War. area if you wish to attend: 4. McBride- The 1. Highlands St. Patrick’s man singing in this song is walk- Day Parade: Saturday, March 22, ing along with his cousin, Arthur 2014 at 2:00 p.m. McBride, and they’re approached 2. Keansburg St. Patrick’s Everyone knows the many myths and by a British recruiting general to Day Parade: Saturday, March 29, legends behind the great country of fight in the war. 2014 at 1:00 p.m. . But where did they come from? 5. Come Out Ye Black and 3. Keyport St. Patrick’s Here are some origins behind the myths Tans- This is an Irish rebel song Day Parade: Saturday, March 22, and legends that still exist today: named for a group in the British 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Military. 4. Wildwood St. Patrick’s 1. Leprechauns – In Irish folklore, the Day Parade & Celebration: Sat- leprechaun is a type of fairy. They make urday, March 15, 2014 at 12:00 shoes and hide their gold at the end of 5. Atlantic City St. Patrick’s rainbows. If captured by a human, he Day Parade: Saturday, March 15, must grant them three wishes in exchange 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. for his release.

2. Spriggans – Spriggans are another type of fairy from Celtic folklore. The sprig- gan is described as being hideously ugly. They are very small, but can grow larger than a human. They cause problems to those they don’t like.

3. Banshee – The banshee is a female entity in Irish folklore. The banshee is the messenger of the underworld and is com- monly used as an omen of death. She is dressed in all black, bloodstained cloth- ing and is known for screeching. RARITAN REVIEW BRIDGET BAKES: MURPHY’S MIXES: IRISH TRADITIONAL CHOCOLATE POTATO IRISH SODABREAD CAKE BY: BRIDGET FAHY BY: JENNA MURPHY

• 1/2 lb butter • 2 1/3 cups granulated sugar (superfine works best) • 4 eggs • 9 rounded tablespoons grated chocolate (approximately 3 standard squares of baking chocolate) • 5 rounded tablespoons ground almonds • 1 cup of cold, sieved or riced cooked potato (specific directions about *What You’ll Need: the potato below) • 4 to 4 1/2 cups flour • 2 1/2 cups cake flour (plain flour is fine, but cake flour is better) • 2 Tbsp sugar • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 rounded teaspoons baking powder • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 4 Tbsp butter • 2/3 cup milk • 1 cup currants or raisins Preparing the pan you’ll bake in: • 1 large egg, lightly beaten • 1 1/2 tablespoons flour • 1 3/4 cups buttermilk • 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa Prepare your cake pan. A tube pan like a Bundt pan works best for this recipe. *Directions: 2. Mix the flour and cocoa together and use this mixture to flour the inside of 1) Preheat oven to 425°. Whisk together 4 cups the pan. of flour, the sugar, salt, and baking soda into a 3. Prepare your cooked potato by one of these two methods: mixing bowl. 4. Boil in unsalted water 2 medium-sized potatoes or 3 small potatoes in their 2) Using your fingers, work the butter into the jackets, then drain, cool completely, peel, and rice or sieve. Do not add them to flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal, then the batter if they are even slightly warm. add in the currants or raisins. 5. Preheat the oven to 350° F / 275° C. 3) Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. 6. Create the cake batter, grate the chocolate on a fine grater, or pulse in a food Add beaten egg and buttermilk to well and mix processor, or crush with a mortar and pestle, until reduced to small granules. in with a wooden spoon until dough is too stiff When this is done, sift the flour once by itself. Then sift it a second time with to stir. Dust hands with a some flour, then gently the cinnamon, baking powder and salt. knead dough to form a rough ball. If the dough is 7. Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. too sticky to work with, add in a little more flour. 8. Separate the eggs. Add the yolks, one at a time, to the creamed mixture, beat- Do not over-knead! Transfer dough to a lightly ing well after each one. floured surface and shape into a round loaf. Note 9. Stir in the grated chocolate and ground almonds. Add the sieved potato and that the dough will be a little sticky. You want to stir again. work it just enough so that the flour is just moist- 10. Add the flour alternately with the milk, beating gently until smooth after ened and the dough just barely comes together. each addition. 4) Transfer dough to a baking sheet (it will flatten 11. Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold the whipped egg whites out a bit on the baking sheet). Using a serrated carefully into the cake mixture. knife, score top of dough about an inch and a half 12. Spoon into the prepared Bundt pan and tap gently once on the counter to deep in an “X” shape. The purpose of the scoring settle. is to help heat get into the center of the dough 13. Bake for 1 3/4 hours. Test for doneness with a toothpick or skewer at the while it cooks. Transfer to oven and bake until end of this time: bake for another 15 minutes if needed. bread is golden, about 35-45 minutes. Check for 14. Remove from the oven and allow to rest in the pan for at least twenty min- completeness by inserting a long, thin skewer into utes before removing from the pan: then cool on a rack. the center. If it comes out clean, it’s done. Enjoy! 15. Frost the chocolate cake with a chocolate-based icing, or dust with confec- tioners’ sugar. RARITAN REVIEW FAMOUS IRISH PLACES IN IRELAND IRISH HISTORY BY: LAURA TUCKER BY: LAUREN CHRIST AND PEOPLE Cliffs of Moher ASHLEY MIR BY: NOELLE ZWEIDINGER Cliffs that look out to the west coast AND KAITLYNN LALLY of the island and are named after When you think of Saint Patrick’s an old fort that used to stand to the Day what comes to mind? Most • Niall Horan was born southern end of the cliffs. It is one people automatically think of lepre- on September 13th, 1993, in of the most popular tourist destina- chauns, shamrocks and alcohol. Not Westmeath, Mullingar. He is a tions in Ireland one could see out to many people think about how this fun member of the boy band, One sea for miles. holiday came to be. March 17th is a Direction. day to honor Saint Patrick, the patron • Bram Stoker was born St. Patrick's Cathedral saint of Ireland. on 8 November 1847 on the Named after Saint Patrick, it has Saint Patrick was born in north side of Dublin, Ireland. been a part of Ireland's history for Britain during the 4th century. He He’s best known for his 1897 over eight hundred years. It is the was then kidnapped and enslaved by Gothic novel, Dracula. resting place of a former head of raiders when he was a young boy. He • The band, The Script, the Cathedral and author of Gulliv- is an Irish rock band from er's Travels, Jonathan Swift. escaped from his kidnappers after six years of being a slave and went back Dublin, Ireland that formed in 2001. Their hit songs consist to Ireland. He then became a mis- Cahir Castle of “Breakeven”, and “For The sionary to help spread the teachings This is one of Ireland’s largest First Time.” of Christianity. Saint Patrick used the castles and one that could truly add • Liam Neeson was to the imagination. With moats, tur- shamrock to explain the holy trinity to born in Ballymena, County rets, and dungeons it truly is what all of his listeners. He faced many tri- Antrim, , on we think of as a castle. als and problems considering how un- June 7th, 1952. He’s starred popular Christianity was at this point in many successful films such Temple Bar District in time from pagan leaders. Saint Pat- as Taken, Batman Begins, In Dublin, the Capital City in rick is remembered for forming many Ireland, the Temple Bar District and the Chronicles of Narnia monasteries, churches, schools and he has many restaurants, cafes, hotels series. and small shops. The area is filled even baptized new Christians. He died • The band, Snow Pa- with Irish culture. It is also called on March 17th and the local church trol, is one of the most popu- “Bohemian Quarter”, and has the named him a saint. lar rock bands to emerge from Gaelic phase of “Ceol Agus Craic ”. Saint Patrick’s Day was first Ireland since their 2003 album celebrated publicly in Boston in 1737 debut. The band’s most popu- Phoenix Park where Irish immigrants were settled. lar song, “Chasing Cars”, is Also in the Capital is Phoenix Park. The first parade for this celebration well known around the world. A beautiful park that is one of the was held in 1931 in Dublin. At first, • Paul David Hewson, largest in Europe and is a historical March 17th was known as a small re- also known as , was born landscapes, it is over 350 years old, ligious celebration but as time evolved in Dublin, Ireland on May open for 24 hours a day, seven days everyone began to celebrate his or her 10th, 1960. He’s the front a week and is the habitat for many Irish heritage. Now, Saint Patrick’s man of the Dublin-based rock types of wild life. Day is a worldwide celebration! band .