{"id":141185,"date":"2026-03-17T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141185\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:58:08","slug":"whiskey-for-breakfast-locals-celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-berks-southern-berks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141185\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Whiskey for breakfast\u2019: Locals celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in Berks | Southern Berks County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHILLINGTON, Pa. &#8211; Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day celebrations are in full swing in Berks County.<\/p>\n<p>The party started early at Flanagan&#8217;s Pub in Shillington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been drinking whiskey for breakfast,\u201d patrons of pub in sing.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s live music, and lots of green clothes, green decorations and green drinks.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration at most bars in Berks County started this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The day commemorates the life and legacy of Saint Patrick, who shaped the religion and culture of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>For centuries it was a spiritual observation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHILLINGTON, Pa. &#8211; Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day celebrations are in full swing in Berks County. The party started early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129,55724],"class_list":["post-141185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-saint-patrick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}