This is a special St. Patrick's Day for me — less than a year after visiting my ancestral Ireland homeland last summer.

In my column next to this blog, I reflect on that trip and its impact on me.

Here is http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jul/29/green-green-grass-of-home/">the original story I wrote about that trip.

Here is a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdGed1pOJ6I&list=UUINxndMVPXGoUhHfPdKR0gQ">short video on the trip.

Here is a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5iMHtC6Mk4&list=UUINxndMVPXGoUhHfPdKR0gQ&index=10">longer version of that video.