to wonder what 'an Irish goodbye' is?

[UnreasonablyPissedOff]

I saw this term used recently and have to admit I have NO idea what it means....

Any ideas?

Google it

I just saw it in a thread and googled it

Leaving a social event etc without saying goodbye.

YANBU

Another vote for google, can never understand why people post these questions when the answer is right there.

Also called the French exit. It's an ethnophobic expression for poor manners.

I have just googled it
I am Irish and have never heard of this before....and I have to say I really don't like it. More casual racism.

Thanks FrankieHeck you are so right, the real problem here is me not googling (let's just say I had a 'hunch' what it might mean) NOT the fasct that posters are bandying about racist comments. Hmmm

it is casual racism, yes. It's like all the stuff about French things being bad (and the same in France re English things) going back to when France and England were enemies.

When I was at school it was acceptable to tell jokes which always portrayed the Irish as the less intelligent one. I tell the same jokes now (to my children) but replace Irish with Donald Trump, so far nobody has objected.

The term was used in a post about a wedding in Dublin.

Did you see it on the wedding thread? I wasn't impressed either.

yes I saw it on the worst wedding thread.

I honestly never realised that some British people are so racist about Irish people until I joined mumsnet.

Ah sorry op, didn’t realise people were saying it, I’d never heard of it until now, stupid turn of phrase, at least it’s quite obscure.

The person who wrote that is Irish, as am I. I hear it quite a lot tbh.

I've never heard it. Is it a Dublin thing?

TheCraicDealer that makes it even sadder in some ways imo.

Thanks FrankieHeck

An Irish goodbye is when your say you're leaving, but have today goodbye to every single person before you leave so it usually takes another hour. It's a constant thing in our family.

The poster who said it on the other thread is Irish

I'm Irish and never heard this term nor do I experience Irish people leaving events without saying good bye.

FranktheBank me neither....I guess we can add it to throwing a paddy and Irish twins...

@PennyMordauntsLadyBrain
Your use of the phrase "an Irish goodbye" on the wedding thread has had a thread started about it.

French leave in French is called filer a l’anglaise so I think it’s commonplace to blame someone else for this behaviour !

That said I’ve never heard either Irish goodbye or French leave used irl so maybe filer a l’anglaise isn’t used all that much either.

An Irish goodbye is when your say you're leaving, but have today goodbye to every single person before you leave so it usually takes another hour. It's a constant thing in our family.

No it's not! It when you leave without saying goodbye to anyone (because you know if you do everyone will say "ah, don't go home, stay a bit longer, etc.")

I'm Irish, living in Ireland, and I hear it used all the time by Irish people.

Yes I have heard of it, as an endearing, taking the piss phrase.
My DP is an expert, all his friends know it, he drinks probably 3 times a year at Christmas. When he would try to leave the family they'd insist he stays for another, he really can't keep up drinking.
He always takes off to the loo and sneaks home.