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Very Irish Things

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RocketPanda · 21/07/2023 10:10

A thread of appreciation of things that only seem to happen in Ireland.

I was away for two weeks and a couple of days after I returned the postman knocked on my door with a big bag of packages ( they were sent from work, only two were very delayed orders). He realised I was away so instead of leaving them and risking theft or damage he stored them for me.

Anyone else any good stories?

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Orders76 · 29/07/2023 00:34

Sylver75 · 28/07/2023 04:47

Stop acting the maggot
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead
May the devil make a ladder of your spine
Go-wan-ow-dat
Erra will you ever whisht
Cop on
Are we going out or out-out?
Did you turn off the immersion?

Anyone remember when Tayto had spring onion flavour crisps? They were deadly.
Robin Hood Cola ice lollies, think Leadmore Dairies made them, always had them at the cinema.
The Faerie Queen butter was a thing in North County Cork in 80s.

Out out, I thought that was just a north east thing.

By the way, in for early drinks and chats then outout

mathanxiety · 29/07/2023 05:22

@Taytocrisps

Weirdly, my school went to both Drogheda and Kilkenny on school trips Shock and we also visited poor old Oliver Plunkett's head.

mathanxiety · 29/07/2023 05:32

Does anyone remember the livestock report on RTE radio? It was a roundup of trends from marts all around the country. I remember sitting eating dinner with the radio on and listening to talk of hoggets and heifers and such, and thinking they were talking about future liver and onion dinners that might darken the dining room.

YYY to 'whisht!'

doodles55 · 29/07/2023 08:04

Howl yer tongue

FuzzyCaoraDhubh · 29/07/2023 08:30

No, I don't remember the livestock report. I remember we all had to stay quiet during the roundup of GAA results at dinner time on Sunday evening and listen to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. He was a very witty commentator which I wasn't aware of as I thought it was all very boring growing up. Here's one:

'Seán Óg Ó Hailpín; his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold'.

borntobequiet · 29/07/2023 08:37

My brother and I were in Ireland to visit our grandparents’ grave and were startled, on the motorway on our way out of Dublin, to be undertaken by a Ford Fiesta full of nuns. They must have been doing 90 mph.

FuzzyCaoraDhubh · 29/07/2023 08:38

Nuns on the run 😂

borntobequiet · 29/07/2023 09:02

On the same journey, heard on the radio (some big event in the West of Ireland).

Presenter ”Well, Gerry (or similar name) it’s a fine day for the racing”
Gerry “Ah, never mind that, it’s a fine day for the betting.”

Fir some reason that really cracked us up.

honeyrider · 29/07/2023 09:58

I remember the livestock reports.

JaneJeffer · 29/07/2023 15:33

Has anyone mentioned Batchelor's beans yet?

JaneJeffer · 29/07/2023 15:33

Without the apostrophe Grin

FuzzyCaoraDhubh · 29/07/2023 18:00

Mná and Fir on toilet doors.
Possibly a great source of confusion for tourists after whiskey-sodden evenings in the pub.

Chickenkeev · 29/07/2023 19:02

FuzzyCaoraDhubh · 29/07/2023 18:00

Mná and Fir on toilet doors.
Possibly a great source of confusion for tourists after whiskey-sodden evenings in the pub.

Tbf they have the dress on the Mna jacks normally.

Rockbird · 30/07/2023 17:06

"It's far from (pasta, orange juice, anything vaguely different) you were reared"

Chickenkeev · 30/07/2023 18:09

Rockbird · 30/07/2023 17:06

"It's far from (pasta, orange juice, anything vaguely different) you were reared"

Yes!

Chickenkeev · 30/07/2023 18:10

I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but the All Irelands. Up the Dubs!!!

ScentlessAprentice · 30/07/2023 18:16

Izzadoraduncancan · 21/07/2023 18:07

Cidona, sugar sandwiches, hot red lemonade. Admiring how well the deceased looks at the wake.
Wouldn't raise my kids anywhere else

Oh this made me laugh. At my Nana's wake, someone genuinely said "oh she's the most glamorous looking corpse I've ever seen" 🤣🤣

Taytocrisps · 30/07/2023 18:17

This made me laugh

Very Irish Things
ScentlessAprentice · 30/07/2023 18:18

Oh and Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, of course

ScentlessAprentice · 30/07/2023 18:37

mathanxiety · 29/07/2023 05:22

@Taytocrisps

Weirdly, my school went to both Drogheda and Kilkenny on school trips Shock and we also visited poor old Oliver Plunkett's head.

Ah, good auld Ollie P. Did you see any of the rest of Drawda when you were here? The excitement must have been overwhelming 😉 School tours used to be so weird, we went on one to the Coca Cola bottling plant 😂

Chickenkeev · 30/07/2023 19:03

The anti Dub sentiment during the match was shocking. Delighted they won!

unfor · 30/07/2023 19:12

Taytocrisps · 25/07/2023 23:24

Iconic TV ads

Harp - Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you

Kerrygold - Who's taking the horse to France?

"Would you put a bit of butter on the spuds, Andre?"

The ESB Christmas ad "I think I'm going back"

StephanieSuperpowers · 30/07/2023 19:17

The ploughing.

Garda Patrol is the programme that should never have been taken off the air. I strongly remember a photo of a stolen mahogany sideboard.

Taytocrisps · 30/07/2023 19:22

unfor · 30/07/2023 19:12

"Would you put a bit of butter on the spuds, Andre?"

The ESB Christmas ad "I think I'm going back"

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Also, the Bord na Móna ad with the Marino Waltz

Kettering · 30/07/2023 19:27

unfor · 30/07/2023 19:12

"Would you put a bit of butter on the spuds, Andre?"

The ESB Christmas ad "I think I'm going back"

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Loved those ads!
Also the ESB Dreamlover one

ESB 'Dreamlover'

ESB advert from the 80s

https://youtu.be/qUfRp5pfMWQ