Well, not really, no. But there are back to back holidays honoring them; the day after St. Patrick's Day is Canakkale Day, which celebrates the Turkish victory over the (mostly Aussie and Kiwi) allied forces at Gallipoli. I'm not sure if the Australians and New Zealanders on staff are required to attend the all-school celebration for Canakkale Day (or "Martyrs' Day"), but I know that I was required to be there and I was extremely pleased with myself for having turned down my Irish friend Clem's invitation to go out for the evening with a group of his Irish friends to celebrate St. Patrick's Day-he was in rough shape at the ceremony today and I did not envy him. I did go out for a few
slaintés after school with Clem and some of my Irish-American friends, and like the good granddaughter that I am, I did manage to get in touch with my Irish-blooded grandmother to wish her a happy St. Patrick's day, but I was definitely homesick last night as
I imagined what I would have been doing if I were in St. Paul. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh and Happy Martyrs Day!
Well, not really, no. But there are back to back holidays honoring them; the day after St. Patrick's Day is Canakkale Day, which celebrates the Turkish victory over the (mostly Aussie and Kiwi) allied forces at Gallipoli. I'm not sure if the Australians and New Zealanders on staff are required to attend the all-school celebration for Canakkale Day (or "Martyrs' Day"), but I know that I was required to be there and I was extremely pleased with myself for having turned down my Irish friend Clem's invitation to go out for the evening with a group of his Irish friends to celebrate St. Patrick's Day-he was in rough shape at the ceremony today and I did not envy him. I did go out for a few slaintés after school with Clem and some of my Irish-American friends, and like the good granddaughter that I am, I did manage to get in touch with my Irish-blooded grandmother to wish her a happy St. Patrick's day, but I was definitely homesick last night as 
I imagined what I would have been doing if I were in St. Paul. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh and Happy Martyrs Day!
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