Celebrating Paddy's Day abroad? Check out these Irish pubs

Jonathan deBurca Butler meets three owners of Irish pubs abroad as they get ready to celebrate St Patrick's Day. March 17 will be a special day in Rome, Amsterdam and, in a New York City bar called after a quay in Cork 

Michael Burns at Finnegan's, in Rome

Finnegans, Rome

Michael Burns sits outside his home in the Italian countryside drinking coffee and surveying his worldly goods. His six chickens peck at the ground in their coup while in front of him his two dogs, Orla and Shea mooch around near his feet. It’s March and the Umbrian sunshine is already giving off the gift of its heat. In a few days, Mickey will catch the train to Rome to swap the peace and tranquillity of his life in the countryside for the madness that is St Patrick’s Day in his city centre Irish pub, Finnegans.