Irish Weeks

We've spent 2 weeks studying Ireland, and I still don't want to move on!

We've read books about Ireland:
A to Z Ireland, by Justine and Ron Fontes
Look What Came from Ireland
Ireland in the Children's Own Words, edited by Susie Brooks

and Irish Stories:
Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk, by Gerald McDermott
Fair, Brown, and Trembling (and Irish Cinderella story), by Jude Daly (this book was VERY popular with dd),
Clever Tom and the Leprechaun, by Linda Shute

We went to a family friendly Irish pub to eat Fish and Chips, followed by Sticky Toffee pudding.
At home, we had a British Isles dinner with English bangers (sausages) and colcannon (mashed potatoes with bacon and cabbage). Dh made "bubble and squeak" from the leftover colcannon. (I could eat bubble and squeak every day.) We also had welsh rarebit twice. These foods were all immensely popular with our children -- and with us. (Welsh rarebit is going to be served at our home quite frequently.)

( Colcannon recipes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_22600,00.html
http://www.ireland-information.com/irishrecipes/colcannon.htm

Welsh rarebit:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26813,00.html

picture of a British version of sticky toffee pudding
http://stickytoffeepudding.com/ and a recipe we haven't tried yet: http://www.recipezaar.com/113993

bubble and squeak
http://www.anenglishmaninamerica.co.uk/british-bubble-and-squeak-recipe.php

Irish brown bread:
http://paisleyteacup.blogspot.com/2007/06/irish-brown-bread-easy.html)

Irish music:
http://flameofwine.com/ Lasairfhiona, a celtic singer from the Aran Islands

Now we need to make a lapbook (migraine kept me from googling for pictures) and then we move on to Switzerland.