St Patrick’s Day Gets the Green Light at Local Care Home

Residents and staff at Hugh Myddelton House in Southgate celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone dressed in green to mark the day.

Held on March 17th, Saint Patrick’s Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture.

Staff and residents at the home marked the day by making shamrock decorations, going on a virtual tour of Ireland and enjoying a live Irish Music Show that took place at the home. Local singer, Pete Morton, performed a selection of Irish songs including Molly Malone, The Irish Rover, Danny Boy, The Bell of Belfast City and many more. Residents joined in with the singing and clapped along as the singer performed his finale song Whiskey in a Jar. Head chef Christopher Abrigo prepared a special menu spread with traditional Irish dishes such as boiled bacon, Irish stew, soda bread, colcannon and black pudding all washed down with Guinness or an Irish whiskey.

General Manager, Ramona Stanciu said: “Our residents have all had a brilliant day today, everyone has enjoyed the festivities – I think we all agree St Patrick’s Day is the best of all the saints days! We had a fantastic time listening to Irish music and watching Irish dancing, we sampled some lovely Irish whiskeys too.”

John, resident at Hugh Myddelton House said: “It has been a lovely day. I really liked making the shamrock decorations and the virtual tour of Ireland brought back so many memories of holidays, it was wonderful to reminisce about the trips we had all taken.”