The thing you miss most about Ireland

Unpossible

Lyons Tea, milk (after a visit to Ireland it takes a month or two before I can bear finnish milk again), Guinness (good guinness, at a reasonable price), friends, family and the craic/humour of Irish people (I cant find any Irish in my current city), Irish accents, mountains & sea (I come from Tralee), the fact that in Ireland I know what shop to go to if I need something (here the lines are a little blurred on what a shop sells)

dont miss scumbags, skangers, chavs etc

Greenhorse

Well lets see...

I have to say that the food over here in NZ is pretty good. There are great sausages, hams, lamb and beef. So cant say I miss that about home. just as good here. I have got used to drinking Dilmah (sp) tea. Not Lyons but better than the rest.

However I cannot drink the Guinness over here. Its just not on the same planet as back home. We went back to Ireland in September on a long honeymoon till January. I felt like a friggen child on my first night back in Ireland and just the anticipation of that black pint.


Mabey strange or mabey not but I really miss and I mean really miss Kevin Myers Irishmans diary in the Irish Times. A complete **** stirrer and there is nothing like it over here.

I do miss family and friends now and again. Myself and my brothers and mates lived in a big house in Terenure for years before I left for NZ in 2004 and we lived in each others pockets. Then a Kiwi chick pulled me to the otherside of the world:rolleyes: .

And while it took a while, I have gotten used to the earthquakes.:)

All good though.

Rgds,

Niall

galwaydude

I have been living in the states for 2 months now. I must say i miss alot about ireland. The food, pubs, the people. It doesnt hit you how great a country ireland is until you are away.

Our local stop and shop have an irish section which helps when i need an irish fix. In saying that shaws have the irish section marked under the eastern european sign. We have a friend who works there and i complained to him.He said the manager is a right nob and hasnt a clue where ireland is lol so why should he care.

lisaloo

i have to say i miss sausages the most. Brennan's bread,nice soft slices.

i miss the craic with the Irish. there really is no place like home.

luckat

Hagar wrote:

The rain, the cold, the begrudgery, the commercialism, the obsession with house prices and King crisps.

Heh. The bitter word!

groundedplane

I have been living in Pensacola Florida now for 4 years and there is so much I miss from back home in Dublin.

All is order starting with

Family and friends. The mammys cooking, going for a pint with me father and brother, hanging out with my little sister.

The Craic in the pub while getting slaughtered on Guinness. Creamy Guinness. God I miss it so bad. I can get in over here, but its no where near the same.

I miss Irish people in general. There are not many where I live at in N.W Florida. When I do meet an fellow Irish man, it makes my day, just chatting way as if you were at home.

The sence of humor of Irish People. No other race can laugh and have the craic like we can.

Going to the chipper on my way out of the pub. Getting myself a greasy battered sausage and chips, smothered in salt and viniger. Jayis, my mouth is watering right now.

King Crisp sandwhichs with a cup of tea using dairygold butter.

What I don’t miss :-

Paying through my arse for everything I need. From housing to a pint to a pack of smokes. It’s a total disgrace how expensive it is back in Dublin.

The weather. Living in Florida, as you can imagine the weather is beautiful all year round. I don’t think I could stick the Irish weather again.

Overall, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about home. Family or friends.

Larianne

Ruu wrote:

Are you going for long Larianne? I live 2-3 hours south of Chicago. I get most of my stuff in a place called World Harvest. Meijer, the supermarket, had an international aisle with all different stuff but I boycotted them when they moved all the Irish food under the British flag (took down the Irish one from he ceiling, or it fell down) :eek:. I was just talking last night about how I needed a can of club orange or lemon, must take a trip shortly. I get my folks to send me crisps and tea, cant beat that

Not actually going to Chicago this time. Doing the year thing, going to S.E. Asia and Oz, NZ and LA and San Fran. So I think I might bring a small stash of Lyons, just for emergencies!

dSTAR

Mr.75 wrote:

Lucky it only takes me 6 hours to be back in Cork.

Ready made excuse not to have to hang about after you have finished!

...sorry darling but I have to catch a plane...

Greenhorse wrote:

Then a Kiwi chick pulled me to the otherside of the world.

Story of my life...:(

galwaydude wrote:

It doesnt hit you how great a country ireland is until you are away.

V. true!

Gandhi

Jackie Lennox's potato pie and chips.

Murphys.

BEAT

I missed the sausages and black current juice a lot until I found a nice little Irirsh Import store that has it all so I can get my fix when I need it...

I still miss a decent pint of guinness and the Irish MEN A LOT though

Ruu_Old

Also whats with american soda, like slice or crush, its more of an orangey-red and not near as good. I miss club orange so much, nothing like it.

lazylad

glenroe

DublinWriter

Ruu wrote:

Also whats with american soda, like slice or crush, its more of an orangey-red and not near as good. I miss club orange so much, nothing like it.

Damn right about Club Orange. All my ex-pat friend and family outside Ireland allways get me to bring over suitcases of the stuff.

Diet Club Orange is surprisingly nice.

jamesozzie

how the hell was "Bachelors Baked Beans" not mentioned!

When I was away in Europe thats what i missed the most! Some supermarkets sold beans BUT......my god they were bad!

7aken

i miss the weather, its constantly hot where i am and it doesnt really do much else, might get a nice cloud every now and again. apart from that i dont really miss much but i havent been here long so give it some more time. my fiance misses chocolate and her 'soaps'. she got a soap magazine yesterday from home and apparently cain gets it on with someone, whatever the hell that means!!!

Ruu_Old

The last few days have into the 90s here (IL) and horrible humidity. I want Irish summers back

Gandhi

Suck it up, Ruu. Stay hydrated and you'll be fine.

Next time you get off the plane in Shannon, and have to duck your head because the clouds are so low, and everyone is talking about what a lovely day it is, you'll be longing for the sunshine.

tabatha

sausages and barrys tea! oh and brennans bread

Jean05

Things I missed about Ireland, in no particuler order!

#1 The way people are educated
#2 The way Irish people can speak fluent English, and understand Irish accents.
#3 Efficient service in shops and restaurants
#4 Irish men
#5 It not being a big deal which religion you are
#6 Irish sense of humour
#7 The way women are treated as equals
#8 Drivers who stay in lane.
#9 Gaeilge.
#10 Scarfs and jumpers

Pepe LeFrits

Actually, I miss the RTE football pundit team. Bill, Liam, Johnny and Eamo - the dream team.

jamesozzie

ah come on now, Eamon Dunphy!! I agree with the other but god i cant stand Eamo!!

Ruu_Old

Ah hes great to stir up a bit of trouble and get a debate going

motormatic

I miss fresh air. Downtown Toronto stinks. I miss clean water and fresh air.

And friendly pubs, red lemonade and my aunts farm, and Lake Furnace by my old house in Newport, Co. Mayo.

eiretamicha

Things I miss? *sobs* How 'bout everything? The people, the pubs, the small, curvy, windey roads, galestorms, RAIN!!, brown sauce, chips and curry, nice tasting water, hills, the gray skies, GREEN!!, my husband's family, did I mention pubs?, REAL CHOCOLATE!!, real spuds that don't taste like rubber, Christmas dinner, being able to walk everywhere, taxis!, not having to appoint a designated driver, how everyone in your town knows who you are, and pubs. Oh I already mentioned pubs, didn't I.

In fact, the only thing I'll miss about here when we move back there is my mom.

Ruu_Old

I too miss being able to walk around with everyone knowing who I am, greeted by people with my first name I came from a town of around 1,000 people (probably double that now) but I live in a town over 150,000

jamesozzie

eiretamicha wrote:

galwaydude, you don't happen to be galwayman on VisaJourney, do ya?

Things I miss? *sobs* How 'bout everything? The people, the pubs, the small, curvy, windey roads, galestorms, RAIN!!, brown sauce, chips and curry, nice tasting water, hills, the gray skies, GREEN!!, my husband's family, did I mention pubs?, REAL CHOCOLATE!!, real spuds that don't taste like rubber, Christmas dinner, being able to walk everywhere, taxis!, not having to appoint a designated driver, how everyone in your town knows who you are, and pubs. Oh I already mentioned pubs, didn't I.

In fact, the only thing I'll miss about here when we move back there is my mom.

u live in Florida, god i would have thought that was great!! u really miss Ireland that bad and your living there?

galwaydude

It just takes a while to adjust here. Things will be alot better once im legal to work. I am fed up not been able to work and finally begin ur american adventure.

Ruu how long did it take you to get your EAD card.

eiretamicha

jamesozzie wrote:

u live in Florida, god i would have thought that was great!! u really miss Ireland that bad and your living there?

Florida is so overrated, it's not even funny. I miss Ireland so bad that I cry to my husband about going back pretty much every day. He's completely fed-up with my whingin, but I just can't seem to stop missing it over there. Florida, or America for that matter, is just a completely different planet. I'll even go as far as to say that I hate living here. Nice place to visit and all that jazz...:p

galwaydude

Florida is so overrated, it's not even funny. I miss Ireland so bad that I cry to my husband about going back pretty much every day. He's completely fed-up with my whingin, but I just can't seem to stop missing it over there. Florida, or America for that matter, is just a completely different planet. I'll even go as far as to say that I hate living here. Nice place to visit and all that jazz...

Sorry to hear that your having a hard time there. Have you been in florida long?

Yes thats me in visajourney too the place where i winge and bitch about not having an EAD card yet lol

eiretamicha

galwaydude wrote:

Sorry to hear that your having a hard time there. Have you been in florida long?

Yes thats me in visajourney too the place where i winge and bitch about not having an EAD card yet lol

Ha! I knew it was you!! I'm jelti from VJ!!! What a small (cyber) world.

I've been in Florida since I was eight years old, and in the states since birth. I'm The Yank (well, according to Aidan and his family, anyway). Lived in Scotland for a year though, and then Ireland for almost a year. Now I can't seem to adapt to living here in the states again.

P.S. Aidan still doesn't have his EAD yet either, but we did have his biometrics appt. last Wednesday. He's bored out of his mind, but we just got a medium-sized above ground pool so he's content for now.