Growing up, St. Patrick's Day was "boiled dinner".  Corned Beef and Cabbage cooked all day on the stove, allowing flavors to mix and make a delicious dinner to serve the whole family.  If we were lucky and weren't very hungry that night, there were enough left over potatoes and corned beef for Dad to make hash the next morning.  Twelve years after Dad has passed away, it is still the dinner I fall back to on St. Paddy's Day.