On Pentecost in Ireland

Pentecost, this past Sunday - incidentally also the 150th birthday of the state of Minnesota, was less than spectacular here. I went to three different services, two Catholic, one Anglican, and none were exceptionally festive. It was, as someone described to me, "just another feast day". The Anglican church was by far the most excited about the holiday, while the first Catholic service I went to - an abbey church - acknowledged it only through the readings. A bit disappointing if I might say so.