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Sending an Irish gift to a friend: ideas?

  • 06-05-2007 12:57pm
    #1
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭


    I'm sending a gift to a friend in the States. He says he wants "something Irish", whatever that might be.

    I was thinking about a good book (he's a literati), Loach's The Wind that Shakes The Barley on DVD -- but, with Internet and so on, he could easily get that stuff himself.

    Can anyone help me out here? I live in Dublin. Any good, quirky shops that might have anything cool (and small)? I was thinking about a fanzine, but couldn't find them anywhere; that comics shop on the quay didn't have any. Mongrel, maybe? Has to be post-able. Help! :D


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  • #2
    ODS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 380 ✭✭ODS


    What about smoked salmon - you'll have to be sure of quick delivery though...

    Or then again, maybe send him some clay from the Tara valley - seeing as its soon going to be concreted over anyway


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Ok, I done something like that recently and wanted to avoid Carroll's shops. So I found a little gem of a shop on Lord Edward St called 'The Irish Celtic Craft shop', next door to Kinley hostel.

    I sent over a trinket box, it was for a female friend. Some Guinness truffles and a few smaller items from the shop. And from Dunne's, a box of Lyon's Irish tea!!.

    Check out that shop above, it beats the usual run of the mill ol' rubbish in Carrolls.


  • #4
    Mike...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Mike...


    someting Irsh.....turf, a pathetic government or over priced consumor items


  • #5
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Moved.


  • #6
    matrim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    If he likes a fry, galtee do this thing where they send all the indgredients needed for a proper irish fryup


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  • #7
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    ASend him seeds for official irish shamrocks, just saw some in Avoca. :D


  • #8
    little miss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭little miss


    Avoca chocolates - yum. Best gift ever in my opinion.

    You could give them a subscription to the irish times online! Loads of people living abroad seem to appreciate that.


  • #9
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Send him some election posters... plenty of them knocking about. ;)


  • #10
    mcaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭mcaul


    www.movillepottery.com


    Hand-thrown Mug with his name / nickname on it.


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