How To: Celebrate a Ridiculous Holiday

The last Thursday in September is a ridiculous one in Ireland (and all over the world, in actual fact). It is Arthur Guinness Day! The international Guinness toast takes place at 17:59GMT, and people all over the world (who are aware of the event) toast their pints in unison.

Guinness pays for almost all festivities planned in major cities. Some of the bigger bars in Cork had headliner acts. Apparently Kodaline has been here a couple of times (supposedly they were in the city this time, too), Ellie Goulding, etc. Pretty cool, actually. But there are plenty of places that just serve reduced pints and gather people for an evening of fun. 

I was already in town early enough in the day, so M came and met me and a couple of classmates at The Wash. We had a couple of pints and headed over to meet the friends over at one of the bigger bars in Cork, Crane Lane. We spent much, much longer in the Crane Lane than I think I've ever done in one night, but we had great fun dancing and queuing for hours on end.

Now if you do this "holiday" right, you will be like me and have utterly no pictures. Any photo I have was screenshotted from a snapchat the next morning. #winning right?

M and I, I don't remember who we were responding to, but it was probably deserved.

Our favorite place... utterly packed.

Plastic pints to ensure they wouldn't run out (or break...!)

Any body else celebrate Arthur Guinness Day this year? What sorts of things do you do in your city?

And if you missed out, don't be down. There's always next year!