Twinning: Dublin, CA Helps Dublin, Ireland Celebrate 4th of July

By AUTUMN JOHNSON

All of us who live in Dublin know that we enjoy the Irish St. Patrick’s Day holiday so much that we celebrate for three days straight every year. Now the Irish are learning to enjoy our most American holiday of the year: 4th of July.

How do folks in Dublin, Ireland learn to party the All-American way? They get the scoop from the mayor the All-American city of Dublin, California, of course!

Dublin Mayor David Haubert said he gave the Irish news site LovinDublin some very red, white and blue tips about traditional recipes Americans prepare and how we celebrate Independence Day every July 4th.

Haubert sent the following ideas for successful July 4th celebration to Irish planning the quintessential American 4th of July bash:

“Picnic food, hamburgers, hot dogs, apple pie with vanilla ice cream and American beer like Sam Adams, sports such as American football or baseball, fireworks (the safe and sane kind), and spend it [the 4th] with friends and family,” Haubert said.

How did the two Dublins connect and share photos on fourth of July? They used the hashtags #lovinusa and #lovindublin to curate photos from the Irish 4th of July Festival hosted by LovinDublin. According to the Lovindublin website, the Irish are pulling out all of the stops for their fourth of July celebration.

Come down to Donnybrook Stadium this Saturday and celebrate the 4th of July the American way. Enjoy burgers and chicken wings with a cool brew, watch classics on our big screen & stay for the amazing fireworks show later in the evening

Dubliners in Ireland took to Twitter to comment about the 4th of July festival in the Emerald Isle.
Here are a few of the comments popping up in Ireland:

• Ryan Bruce: “Yay America! @LovinDublin #LovinUSA“
• Miguel Del Mono ‏@MelDonnellan: “Great day at the 4th July event!! Thanks @LovinDublin #lovinusa”
• Erin ‏@EB_McErlean: “Happy 4th of July from two American girls in Dublin! #lovinusa #beerpong“
• John Coote @JCiTDublin: Happy 4th of July everyone enjoy the festivities and hopefully the sunshine #LovinUSA #4thjuly
• Leslie Ann Horgan ‏@LeslieAnnHorgan Not quite the big apple but a happy #4thofjuly none the less @LovinDublin #lovinusa

Críona Ní Dhálaigh, the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, got in on the fun and sent a response to Haubert. Ní Dhálaigh says the Irish are up for the party challenge. Scroll down to watch her video.

Haubert sent a fourth of July tutorial YouTube video the Irish in Dublin.

Photo 1 courtesy Mary-Kay Sheehy via Twitter

Photo 2 courtesy fiparf via Instagram

Photo 3 courtesy Leslie Ann Horgan via Twitter

Photo 4 courtesy Lovin Dublin

Logo courtesy Lovin Dublin

Video courtesy Mayor David Haubert via YouTube; second video courtesy Críona Ní Dhálaigh, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland via YouTube.