All things Irish by Joanne Hill

As we head into the weekend, we’re only a few days shy of celebrating St Patrick’s Day on March 17th.

A lot of us can claim Irish ancestry (hands up who can!) In my case it’s there by the skin of my teeth - a great grandmother who was part of the Irish diaspora in the 1800s. It’s a long way back, but she’s there and I’m clutching it.

I got to thinking not so much about the day itself but about favourite Irish things and as we here at Sweet Romance Reads are romance writers, I’ve come up with some things that a fair few romance writers have in common.

A love for music (we sometimes write our books to certain songs), books themselves (we love to read and write), and being romance writers – no prizes for guessing this one - men.

So let’s talk. What are your favourite Irish things?

I’ll get the ball rolling with my top Irish picks.

Music. It would have to be U2, and my all time favourite U2 song, unquestionably, the gorgeous and atmospheric, “Electrical Storm.”

Books. I’m going to choose everything by Marian Keyes. She writes women's fiction, funny and warm, and she even has a cake cookbook! What's not to love about that?

And lastly, men. Out of all the actors, musicians, sports people, I’m choosing that Irish bad boy, Colin Farrell. I'm sure his picture is stuck up on a few writers' collages as hero material.

So what about you. Agree? Disagree? What are your favourite Irish things?