Why we love being Irish!

Font22

I just read the thread bout that poor guy having a really bad night thanks to the Irish people he encountered. But what about all the things that make it great being Irish?

Rb

People expect us to be drunk.
It's great.

whiskeyman

We havent invaded anyone.........

(well, at least not in military terms)







yet

tman

erm... i'll have to get back to you on that

ntlbell

Your accent gets you laid on holidays.

CuLT

The broadband infrastructure!






































... :V

I don't know, I just love the people and the lifestyle. Nowhere else in the world has tempted me to live away from Ireland; except maybe the Scandanavian countries, but I have yet to actually visit them.

Ruu_Old

I got this comment yesterday when I was in a hotel.

Manager:Your name is unusual, where are you from if you dont mind me asking?
Me: From Ireland, moved here last year.
Manager: Oh Ireland? I like the Irish people, they are very hardworking in building this country.
...Ireland is its own country right?
Me: Yeah we got..some.. of the country back from the British.
Manager: Oh I dont like the British.

She was Chinese and had moved to America, at least I didnt get the usual...

"Mah great-great-great, grandaddeh was born in Daublan. Havent been there yet!"

Capt'n Midnight

whiskeyman wrote:

We havent invaded anyone.........

(well, at least not in military terms)

yet

What about Dál Riata ?

Last time a there was a soccer competition in Germany 50,000 Irish fans went. One was arrested. Released unchanged when they realised he wasn't English.

Pazaz 21

The fact that where ever you go their will either be and Irish Pub or at least one Irish person !! You could be in the middle of Tehran and there would be some Paddy at a market hagglin about a carpet, god i love being Irish, people think your Neutral even though you may be on somebodys side.

Rb

Ruu wrote:

I got this comment yesterday when I was in a hotel.

Manager:Your name is unusual, where are you from if you dont mind me asking?
Me: From Ireland, moved here last year.
Manager: Oh Ireland? I like the Irish people, they are very hardworking in building this country.
...Ireland is its own country right?
Me: Yeah we got..some.. of the country back from the British.
Manager: Oh I dont like the British.

She was Chinese and had moved to America, at least I didnt get the usual...

"Mah great-great-great, grandaddeh was born in Daublan. Havent been there yet!"

Lol, it's funny when you're talking to Americans and mention you're Irish, they always seem to want to make the connection between themselves and this country, even if they're only 1/8th Irish they'll still go out of their way to explain how they got that eight of Irish blood.

hullaballoo

The countryside (especially the West) really makes it great to be Irish. We're very lucky to have such greenery and such. The heritage also gets me, I love that ogham shi-at.

hullaballoo

rb_ie wrote:

Lol, it's funny when you're talking to Americans and mention you're Irish, they always seem to want to make the connection between themselves and this country, even if they're only 1/8th Irish they'll still go out of their way to explain how they got that eight of Irish blood.

Do you reckon they'd do that if you said you were, say Italian, or Dutch, or some other ostensibly innofensive country?

Scraggs

I love being Irish.. I love our language, our culture, people, the country itself and well basically our way of doing everything!

gandalf

On a sunny day walking in the Wicklow Mountains it is like heavan on earth.

The smell of a real turf fire in a country pub.

We seem to be universally liked abroad, even in England !!

We have a rich, diverse and interesting history.

Our sense of humour.

biko

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Last time a there was a soccer competition in Germany 50,000 Irish fans went. One was arrested. Released unchanged when they realised he wasn't English.

cournioni

ntlbell wrote:

Your accent gets you laid on holidays.

So true...

WhiteWashMan

the irish are considered the most inoffensive people in the world.
no one hates the irish.

if only the knew us better...

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

gandalf wrote:

On a sunny day walking in the Wicklow Mountains it is like heavan on earth.

The smell of a real turf fire in a country pub.

We seem to be universally liked abroad, even in England !!

We have a rich, diverse and interesting history.

Our sense of humour.

Yep, that would be it.

Oh an what whitwashman said

Cake Fiend

The getting laid part has worked in almost every country I've ever been in (notable exception: the Netherlands)

Tar.Aldarion

Sure most the cool people I know are from around Ireland so I guess I'll stay here for another bit.
Also poeple seem to love my accent and that I'm Irish when abroad.

Lirange

WhiteWashMan wrote:

the irish are considered the most inoffensive people in the world.
no one hates the irish.

If so, and to the extent that it is true, it's a relatively recent phenomena. We should appreciate it while it lasts.

Remember..
No Irish Need Apply.

daiixi

My friends back in Oz think I'm the luckiest girl in the world to be living in Ireland surrounding by lush accents and big strong gorgeous Irish men..

cournioni

daiixi wrote:

My friends back in Oz think I'm the luckiest girl in the world to be living in Ireland surrounding by lush accents and big strong gorgeous Irish men..

A lush Cavan accent...

Crimson...

Irelands great i cant think of any reason why someone would wish they weren't Irish???

Bartronilic

I love the way we're an island country but still have so much on it.

KTRIC

I love the way the government takes 1500 off me every month in tax and i get feck all in return. I love the way it costs me 470 for a pint of Guiness thats brewed down the street. I love the way my bike insurance costs 10 times that of any other European country.

And last but no least I love being Irish because we all love a good oul moan even when we've never had it better in our entire coutries existance.

WhiteWashMan

WhiteWashMan wrote:

the irish are considered the most inoffensive people in the world.
no one hates the irish.

if only the knew us better...

That reminds me of Blazing Saddles (this is a quote from the movie.. not my fault its racist)

"Okay, we'll take the n*gg*rs and the ch*nks but not the irish"

My friends back in Oz think I'm the luckiest girl in the world to be living in Ireland surrounding by lush accents and big strong gorgeous Irish men..

And yet the majority of the irish are scrawny :P

Anyways, I love Ireland because it's so full of culture and history that you wouldn't find anywhere else in the world

patbundy

i think we should be proud of being irish,we are still a young country.look at what we have done in only 90 years ,as to the steep price of everything here thats our own fault by being to quiet to complain to the people that matter

JustCoz

I love being Irish. I love the language and our general drunken way of life. One of my favourite things is all the old folklore about Fionn macCumhaill etc. and the way we don't have snakes, poisenous spiders, or any sort of weird weather phenomenons. Give me rain ahead of a tornado anyday
Good thread Font22, too many people moan about being Irish, there are plenty of good things too

patbundy

true justcos

patbundy

sorry i got your name wrong justcoz

JustCoz

Ah don't worry about it, it was a pickle whether to spell it with an 's' or a 'z'. Sometimes I'm still not sure if I made the right decision....

Miss OMMC

gandalf wrote:

On a sunny day walking in the Wicklow Mountains it is like heavan on earth.

The smell of a real turf fire in a country pub.

We seem to be universally liked abroad, even in England !!

We have a rich, diverse and interesting history.

Our sense of humour.

My sentiments exactly!!

I also loved the fact that in a teeny wee traditional village high up in the Andes in Peru, there was of course....an Irish pub called Murphys!

Two years ago, i visited Fiji with a Canadian friend and we spent a couple of days living with some of the locals. When they realised that I was Irish, I was the talk of the village. Everyone had great things to say about the Irish. My poor Canadian friend didn't get a look in!

Hugh Hefner

Well Ireland gets all the benefits of modern living without being thought of as an America, Britain or France. Plus English is like a passport. Wherever you go in the world, if you speak English and know how to be polite you'll probably be able to get by.

Our mythology is better than that of most countries.

The laid thing is very true.


Ps. I recently got to hear some French teenagers pretending to be very loud Irish people. Of course they didn't know the kid behind them (me) was Irish. My god, a Nepalese sherpa could have done a better accent!

JaysusMacfeck

Ireland is a very new country in terms of not having a foreign, corrupt country ruling it. I think we've done brilliantly in the past decade. Much is owed to the EU, and you will see the EU flag proudly flown all over our fine country.

I'm am most proud of Ireland's resilience to its oppressors. We have managed to retain our culture and our language - they could never take that away from Ireland.

As with a beautiful girl, I love Ireland more and more each day. If you poeple immerged yourself in Irish music, language, history and beauty of the lands, you would also fall in love.

blu_sonic

having a rich and varied history.
the fact were not american
to have so many people around the globe want to be one of us
to simpley be

arbeitsscheuer

tman wrote:

erm... i'll have to get back to you on that

lol... Seconded.

Capt'n Midnight

blu_sonic wrote:

having a rich and varied history.
the fact were not american
to have so many people around the globe want to be one of us
to simpley be

you could probably make money selling T-shirts that said
' I'm not English or American ', in the local langague

CathyMoran

Irish men are some of the best looking in the world. We live in a country that is modern but still has strong family values. Our scenery is some of the most stunning in the world.

Font22

CathyMoran wrote:

Irish men are some of the best looking in the world. We live in a country that is modern but still has strong family values. Our scenery is some of the most stunning in the world.

Really???? Cant say I've met many of these "good looking" Irish men!!
Australian men= v v v v good looking!

base2

A proper sunny spring day in Ireland beats any sight in the world imo.

Personally as well I dislike being Irish abroad. Makes me self conciously Irish and people are always quick to prejudge you. Granted its generally positive prejudice but I'd still rather be taken as a person rather than some stereotype.

Ruu_Old

base2 wrote:

A proper sunny spring day in Ireland beats any sight in the world imo.

Personally as well I dislike being Irish abroad. Makes me self conciously Irish and people are always quick to prejudge you. Granted its generally positive prejudice but I'd still rather be taken as a person rather than some stereotype.

Most nationalities are prejudged. Example: Americans=fat slobs. If it bothers you, tell people you are from somewhere else.

Cosine

lmao

Most of what people have said is true.

Since I dont know exactly myself I'll go for the "get back to ya" on it for now:D