IRISH BUYS ARE STYLING

Faith and beggorah, it is time to celebrate once again the Emerald Isle and all it represents. Here is Clipboard’s guide to the local green:

A pint of Guinness Stout at The Harp Inn in Costa Mesa: $3

People in Orange County who listed Irish as their single ancestry in the 1980 census: 67,802

People in Orange County who said they were at least partly Irish in the 1980 census: 299,693

A three-minute call to anywhere in Ireland from anywhere in Orange County through AT&T;: $1.63 for the first minute, $1.04 each additional minute

Round-trip air fare to Dublin (travelers would take TWA or American Airlines to Los Angeles International Airport and on to New York, Boston or Chicago, where they then would catch an Aer Lingus Airlines flight): $789 plus $16 tax and customs with 14 days advanced notice; $909 plus $16 tax and customs without notice

A 100% cashmere green sports coat at Nordstrom: $495

Number of Irish setters, wolfhounds and terriers that are “clients” of the Shamrock Lane Kennels in Garden Grove: 27

A 16-ounce bag of frozen potatoes O’Brien at Lucky’s: $1.99

An emerald-cut emerald ring with oval diamonds from Cartier’s International Collection, available through its South Coast Plaza store: $34,000

A bottle of Green Goddess dressing at Von’s in Seal Beach: $2.29

A box of Scott’s Emerald Estate grass seed at Builder’s Emporium in Santa Ana: $14.99

A keg of green beer (Coors or Budweiser dyed green) at Mr. Keg’s in Cypress: $55.95 plus $7 for the tap and a $30 refundable deposit

Green fees at San Juan Hills Country Club in San Juan Capistrano: $15 walking and $23 with cart on the weekdays, $30 on the weekends (mandatory cart)

A 750-milliliter bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream at Bradley’s Liquor in Tustin: $16.99

One square foot of dichondra sod from Saddleback Equipment Rentals in Orange: 41.5 cents

O’Briens listed in the Pacific Bell Orange County Central and North phone directory: 263

Source: Individual establishments