Here are the very best Irish references in The Simpsons

25 magnificent moments when Ireland met Springfield...

Radio Bart 1) The name of the boy who fell down the well, Timmy O'Toole is taken from the Irish folktale "Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk". Thank God that Sting was on hand to save him. Whacking Day 2) Barry White might not be too impressed with our own St. Patrick after he managed to drive the snakes out of Ireland. Hooray! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQiibNVIvK4 3) Then again we all know that whacking day was just an excuse to beat up the Irish but "twas was all in good fun". $pringfield 4) Mr Burns can't stop laughing after he remembers the crippled Irish man he kept hitting with a bumper car. Homer Loves Flanders 5) When Homer enters the soup kitchen the local priest has an Irish accent. Who can forget this classic line, "Oh, you poor unfortunate man. Let's get you our of those clothes immediately. And we'll do whatever we can about the smell". The Day the Violence Died 6)"Itchy runs afoul of an Irishman" while Chester Lampwick plays "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" on the piano. Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment 7) Springfield celebrates St. Patrick's day in the best way possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKEyK11GRU 8) Moe gets into the spirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1qjZ2SJWn8 9) This classic line from Kent O'Brockman "All this violence, looting, destruction of property. Is this really what we think of when we think of the Irish?" 10) Moe's has a "Help Wanted: No Irish Need Apply" sign Bart Star 11) This chalkboard gag Trash of the Titans 12) Homer acts as 'the potato man' in an effort to hang out backstage with U2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3tq6qfmj8 13) U2 are given the perfect Simpsons treatment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3tZnQKKn4 This Little Wiggy 14) Ralph has a Blarney Stone in his backyard and sees a leprechaun who tells him to burn things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLnecKDUweA Brawl in the Family 15) Flanders' Vegas wife asks him to "Irish up the coffee" for her. Flanders gives this genius response,"Oops, watch the swears honeybear. We don't use the I-word in this house." I am Furious (Yellow) 16) Groundskeeper Willie's arch-nemesis is a drunken Irish poet named Groundskeeper Seamus. He did get this memorable line, "This is your doin', Willy! I'll turn your groin to puddin'!". Here they are fighting each other for about three minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVMfT088H1c The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star 17) Catholic v Protestant Heaven. Last Exit to Springfield 18) The grumpy leprechaun that stands at one end of Brad Goodman's "Feeling Bad Rainbow." The Great Louse Detective 19) Duffman declares Duff Stout to be"the beer that made Ireland famous". 'Scuse me While I Miss the Sky 20) This line from Grandpa, "Last time the meteor shower came we thought the sky was on fire,naturally we blamed the Irish and hanged a few more". She Used to Be My Girl 21) Marge uses Shiner Be Gone - Irish Strength In The Name of the Grandfather The entire episode is set in Ireland and here's just some of our favourites. 22) The most Irish pint ever 23) When Irish surnames and IT combine 24) Glen Hansard meets his end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4kQh4mgKc Treehouse Of Horror XII 25) "Tis like the singing of the angels themselves". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMY0ilNUAoE