St. Patrick's Day 2026

St. Patrick's Day

Today's the day when we all get to be a little bit Irish through the wearing of the green ...

whether it's green socks ...

or a green scarf ...

or green shorts ...

or whatever.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day 2025

 St. Patrick's Day

Today's the day when we all get to be a little bit Irish through the wearing of the green, whether it's a green scarf ...

or a green tie ...

or a green cap ...

or a green bandana, or whatever you choose.

You don't have to go all out like the guy above.

Just a little bit of green will do.  See how Brian, above right, looks much more festive than Samuel.

If you're shy, you can wear it where only you will know ...

or he will know.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day 2024

 St. Patrick's Day

Today, we can all be a little Irish by the "wearing of the green."  Here's a guy who calls himself Irishpex demonstrating some of what you could wear.  You could wear a green jacket ...

or a green shirt ...

or a green polo shirt ...

or a green tank top ...

or a green wool cap ...

or a green camouflage cap ...

or a plain green cap.  His tattoo says "Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmliche, dein Heiligtum," which are words (in German) from the Ode to Joy in the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.  So is he really German, or an Irish guy who likes Beethoven?  And am I a music nerd for recognizing the words without having to look them up?

And by the way, he wasn't just standing there in that green cap.

And finally, you could wear a green T-shirt on St. Patrick's Day.  His shirt says (in Irish) "There will never be the likes of me again."

St. Patrick's Day 2023

 St. Patrick's Day

In 2019, a "Love Parade" demonstration was held in San Francisco to protest the city's ban on public nudity.

Because it was held on March 17, several participants adopted a St. Patrick's Day theme, like the guy in the green hat.

By the way, this photo would seem to support the theory that black men have an advantage in the "how do you measure up" department.

And this demonstrator has a very big ... smile.

Of course, being San Francisco, some naked demonstrators had their own messages.

This guy seems to find St. Patrick's Day exciting.

This guy interpreted the "wearing of the green" as wearing a green wig and a green lei.

And this guy interpreted it as wearing a green cock ring.  

We end with pro-nudity activist Samuel Clarendon (left), who we have seen before.  His friend with a green bow tie is taking our picture.  Smile!

St. Patrick's Day

 St. Patrick's Day

Today we celebrate everything Irish.  This is a runner at San Francisco's annual Bay to Breakers race in 2015 (also called Bare to Breakers because of the number of people who run naked).  He proclaimed his Irish heritage with a green headband, a shamrock tattoo colored like the Irish flag (green, white and orange), and green and orange socks.

Irish singer Joe Gabriel.

The 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, televised from Belfast, Northern Ireland, were interrupted by a streaker running naked across the stage, who turned out to be Irish actor David Monahan.  The incident was obviously planned, because after Monahan ran onto the stage stark naked, he calmly chatted with presenter Hayden Panatierre before running off stage.

Ireland's most famous spot for nude swimming is called the Forty Foot, a rocky promontory on the north side of Dublin Bay.  For generations it was a "gentlemen's bathing place" where members of a men-only association swam nude (see video above).  In 1971 and later in 1989, feminists protested the men-only rule, and the place now allows women, but because of that, sadly, nude swimming is a thing of the past.

The Forty Foot figures prominently in the plot of the historical novel At Swim, Two Boys by Irish writer Jamie O'Neill. It's the story of two teenage boys from different backgrounds who fall in love in 1915, their fathers, who were army buddies but are now at odds with each other, and a rich bachelor living near the Forty Foot, where the young men swim, who had once been imprisoned in England for "gross indecency" (gay sex was illegal in England at the time).  It's all set against the background of World War I, which is raging in Europe, of Catholicism that dominates every aspect of life, and of the imminent Irish rebellion against English rule that's about to explode in 1916.  It's a complex, astonishingly good book, and I highly recommend it, though it's not an easy read.

Today we can all be a little bit Irish through "the wearing of the green."

When I was in high school, I chided my chemistry lab partner on St. Patrick's Day for not wearing anything green.  He said, "I painted my cock green."  I'm sure he was just being sarcastic, but who knows?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day

For St. Patrick's Day, here are some unashamed Irishmen.

We start with Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, taking a naked selfie in the mirror with his camera in 1910.

Our other Irishmen are more modern.  This is Irish mixed-martial-arts fighter Conor McGregor, photographed by ESPN.

Irish actor Colin Ferrell in the film Triage.

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is perhaps best known for playing Henry VIII in the Showtime TV series The Tudors.  Here he is in the movie Tangled (2001), not, obviously, the Disney movie of the same name.

Ireland has its share of naked calendars.  This is from the Kilmacanogue GAA Club 2021 calendar.  GAA stands for Gaelic Athletic Association.

And these lads are in the University College Dublin 2016 calendar.

The Irish Field asked "Can you identify these County Kerry footballers by their arses?"  Sorry, I'd have to get to know them a little better to be able to do that.

OK, he's not Irish.  This is from Chillipie, an Italian clothing company.  But today, we all get to be a little Irish through "the wearing of the green."  Happy St. Patrick's Day!