Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

Today is a day for celebrating all things Irish. Titanic is so entwined with Ireland because, of course, she was built there. It took 15,000 Irishmen nearly three years to build Titanic at the Harland & Wolff Shipyard in Belfast. At that time, shipbuilding was the lifeblood of that city, and it was with immense pride that the city cradled the iron and steel hulk that would one day become the largest moving object ever made by man.

This year my company sponsored a "parade" through our office halls for the occasion. I decided to create a Titanic float (pictured here). I called it "Titanic: Ireland's pride" because I wanted people to know that it was Ireland that gave us the great ship.

Ireland's history is full of triumph and tragedy, and Titanic is one of the most enduring examples of "Irish luck." When I think of Titanic's Irish builders, I think of what former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "I don't think there's any point in being Irish if you don't understand that the world is going to break your heart sooner or later."