Win tickets to the Pittsburgh Irish Festival!
The 22nd Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival is happening in a couple weeks (Sept 7-9, 2012) and we are giving away TWO pairs of tickets to you lucky readers. (That means we will be picking two winners who will each receive two tickets, valued at $12 each)
We love ourselves some corned beef and cabbage. But this contest isn’t about us. It’s all about you. In order to win a pair of tickets, you must tell us your favorite Irish dish.
Leave the name of your favorite Irish dish below. You have until 11:59 pm on August 24, 2012 to enter. We will use random.org to pick two winners over the weekend.
Good luck!

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Shepard’s Pie!
Not really a dish, but stout!
Shepard’s Pie!
Corned Beef & Cabbage
I love a good scotch egg. In a close second is the good old reliable corned beef & cabbage
Shepard’s Pie and Harp!
Kilkenny with a ham and “real” butter sandwich
Ham and cabbage is my fave :0)
Irish stew with brown bread!
O’Roarke’s Famous Irish Stew with soda bread is my family favorite.
My favorite is Irish Soda Bread.
Potatoes in any way, shape or form and Jamison’s!
My favorite is corned beef and cabbage!
BOXTY…Who doesn’t love potatoes and butter, fried?!?!
stew reduced with guinness w/ potatoes boiled with jamison
Reubens!!!
Corn beef and cabbage
Corned Beef and Cabbage with a Smithwicks
Shepherd’s Pie
Irish stew!!
My favorite is Shepherds Pie with homemade Soda Bread
Cornbeef & Cabbage
Colcannon
Corned beef ~cabbage~potatoes
Give me a boxty with sausage and a fresh pint and all is right with the world.
Irish stew & soda bread
Mussels steamed in Guinness…of course!!!
Irish Stew with lots of potatoes
Colcannon with Bangers
Soda bread, please. Maybe some boxty. You know, all the carbs.
irish stew
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Pierogies! =P
Scallop and mushroom pie!
Guiness beef stew & soda bread
Haggis with a side of blood pudding accompanied by a man in a kilt playing “O Danny Boy” on the bag pipes while his Irish wolf hound is balancing a Murphys stout on his nose awaiting the next caber toss. With a pinch of salt to taste.
Irish stew!!!
Hands down, a Boxty. I’m hungry now
Full Irish Breakfast: eggs, rasher of bacon, sausages, black pudding, toast, baked beans, soda bread,boxty and tea.
And then, you go somewhere to have a liedown.
My favorite dish was recommended to me by the owner of Hairy Lemon’s in Dublin. It’s Dublin Coddle, and it’s amazing! It has all of my favorite things in it…bangers, potatoes, Irish bacon…all floating in a delicious broth. Perfect for a rainy Irish day!
colcannon
Irish lamb stew… yes, please!
My favorite Irish dish is Shepards Pie!
Dublin Cuddle! YUM!
Irish Nettle Soup!!
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bangers and mash
Soda Bread & any Irish beer.
Boxty!
Love all traditional Irish food, but Roast Lamb with Colcannon says “home” to me!
Maybe not native to the emerald isle, but I do like Irish breakfast tea!
Whiskey ice cream. Had it at last year’s fest, and I’ve been talking about it ALL YEAR. Guinness in one hand, ice cream in the other. My Irish eyes were smilin’.
Boxy!
Shepards Pie made with lamb not beef!
sheperd’s pie, Irish stew and ham & cabbage. all at once ymmmm…
Barmbrack Bread!
a nice room-temperature guinness
Leg of Lamb with Irish Soda Bread!
Irish stew in a bread bowl.
Shepherds pie and a glass of red breast irish whiskey
Boxty and Irish coffee with Jameson
Who doesn’t like some Shepherd’s pie with soda bread? And an Irish red ale with it… mmmm
I love pierogies of all shapes, sizes, and with all fillings!!!
I’ve never met a Shephard’s pie or bowl of cabbage & ham that i didn’t LOVE!!! Slainte!!
Shephards pie – basic but delicious. Washed down with a Smithwicks. Heaven.
Jill and Sean, both of your comments came in too late to be eligible for the drawing. Try back during our next contest…
This was my second entry, I got one in on time
. Any word on the winners? Super excited to find
Fish and potatoe soup
Irish Coffee, Pierogies, Potato soup, YUM!
Corned Beef & cabbage, Guinness