Irish – Ruth E. Hendricks

St.Patrick’s Day

Thanks for this photo, Bill.

“The Blessed Saint Himself “
Saturday’s Parade in Pittsburgh PA
photo by
William J.McCafferty

Lincoln Bakery in Bellevue

**Needle Point Breeze shop does mail order too**

From the archives – St.Patrick’s Cathedral NYC

Aunt Mary sent green glasses to Roy and Charlie

Yinz Irish? Blog post from St.Patrick’s Day

March 16, 2025March 17, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cathedral, celebration, cupcakes, Irish, Lincoln Bakery, Needle Point Breeze, parade, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, St. Patrick's Day, St.Patrick 17 Comments

Shillelagh Maker in Pittsburgh PA

People at Work. Meet Shillelagh maker, Mr. Patrick Byrne. Today I got invited to his workshop, Byrne Shillelaghs, to photograph him making a shillelagh. Irish Walking Sticks, right here in Pittsburgh. Made to order. I got to see a work in progress- A Thumb Stick. His custom designs are gorgeous. I saw an authentic thorn stick too, with the thorns still protruding from the column of wood.

We met because we both donated our artistic creations to the Kidney Gift of Life Gala.

Shillelagh maker Custom Branding, Embedded Coins, Gems, Nameplates are all a possibility when ordered your custom made shillelagh. Here is Pat Byrne holding one made of hard maple.

Sticks of wood ready for finishing

Wax on the ends to prevent cracking

Using the table saw

Byrne Shillelaghs Workshop

Here is Mr. Byrne, holding the shillelagh that was given to him by a man who said, “You’re Irish aren’t you?” and went into his house and brought this out and gave it to him as a gift. This first shillelagh started his thinking, I could make this! And he does, beautifully. His son does the art work and branding on the shillelaghs and made one with a Celtic knot carved design that was stunning.

May 1, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: Ancient Order of Hibernians, artist, Byrne Shillelaghs, custom branding, Ireland, Irish, Irish Heritage, Kidney Gift of Life Gala, Lawrenceville, shillelagh, Shillelagh Maker, technology, walking stick, woodworking, workshop 12 Comments

St. Patrick’s Day Gallery

St. Patrick’s Day gallery of blogposts from previous years.

St. Patrick in St. Patrick Columbus Ohio

St Patrick Cathedral NYC

St. Patrick Chapel in St. Michael in St. Augustine FL

March 16, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Ancient Order of Hibernians, Aran Sweater, candles, chapel, Columbus OH, ethnicity, Irish, Irish bouquet, Irish Flag, NYC, parade, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburghese, religious statue, shamrock, St. Patrick Cathedral, St. Patrick Parade, St.Augustine, St.Patrick 16 Comments

Yinz Irish?

“Yinz Irish?”

from Wikipedia (Yinz is a second-person plural pronoun used mainly in Western Pennsylvania including Pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the Appalachians.[1)

1. Rehder, John B. (2004). Appalachian folkways. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-7879-4. OCLC 52886851.