St. Paddy's Day on the boil

How Irish do you have to be to love this dish? The classic Celtic boiled diner — corned beef and cabbage — is tastier than it looks, but let's be serious, it's no delicacy. In the run up to St. Paddy's Day I hope someone can defy this blatant blanket statement. The emails are starting to come in. Cobblestones has a three-course ($19.99) corned beef dinner w/ a side of live Irish music. Cappy’s Copper Kettle has a sign out front promising the same. Anyone ever eaten at this vintage dive? J.P. O’Hanlons in Ayer is a bitch to get to, but once you arrive your nerves are smoothed by the lilt of Irish music and the many taps behind the bar. I spent last St. Pat's w/ a pint and a plate of fish n' chips here and drove home happy. But the most authentic fish and chips (and you Dubliners can challenge me here), in the area is at Peddler's Daughter. Served steaming hot wrapped in newspaper, the fish is so fresh it might insult you. But what makes this dish sing is homemade ketchup. How many pubs bust out their own condiments? Big points. In Nashua by the river. Where’s your fav. Gaelic grub?