Bacon. And Cabbage

Is it about bacon and cabbage?  No.  Bacon and cabbage is a symbol for all things Irish.  I know, it's not a leprechaun...or a shamrock...  It's something more ingrained.  Not the outside vision of what's Irish, but an Irish symbol of what's Irish:  Home, mam's cooking, meeting the lads at the local to celebrate a birth/wedding/funeral, a hot cuppa tae.  Put the kettle on.  We're coming home.