March is here and with it comes The 5 O’Clock Phlock’s favorite day of the year – St Patrick’s Day. We say to one and all “Cead Mile Failte” – “A Hundred Thousand Welcomes”. Come and join us for a downtown Conroe tradition that will warm your heart and bring a smile to your face.
On Tuesday, March 17th, The 5OCP Parrot Head Club, in partnership with The Mike McDougal Family and The Corner Pub, will host the 28th St Patrick’s Day Celebration at The Corner Pub. Founded by attorneys Mike McDougal and Pat Green and Bagpiper David Anderson in 1998 as a way to honor their Irish/Scottish heritage, the celebration has continued in their honor years after they left us for their seats in paradise – Pat first in 2016, followed by David in 2017, and then the man we thought somehow would live forever, Mike in 2024.
In the early years, the gathering began on the steps of the DA’s office with Pat reading The Irish Proclamation. David would lead the assembled group to Pat’s law office, where Pat’s wife Tag would make her legendary Irish Coffee for everyone. A few years after Tag’s passing in 2005 and with Pat’s health declining, the party roamed about a bit, landing at various downtown Conroe watering holes…