Ireland's Symbols

In Lonesome Dove

What symbol do you reckon best represents Ireland:
- the harp
- the shamrock
- the claddagh ring
- the celtic cross

I'm on the look out for a gift for someone and/or a couple abroad and I'm thinking about going down the route of something Irish and from Ireland and hoping to get something with one of this symbols.

Which one would you think would be the best?

Sunnyisland

The moaners

Schwiiing

Broken political promises.
Work Visas for other countries.
Ghost Estates.

The list is endless OP.

wilser

The brown envelope

Señor Fancy Pants

- €

Streetwalker

The pedo priest.

WesternZulu

Irish wolf hound?

Slicemeister

A stuffed donegal leprechaun.

AboutaWeekAgo

Just get them one of these

happysunnydays

Pint of guinness

Sunnyisland

The celtic cross is the one for me,Most of what the op posted would be good enough imo.

Clandestine

The Irish flag.

Wouldn't recommend the Celtic cross. I think it tends to be associated with the far right in the USA and other countries (depends where this friend is from though).

corner of hells

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

What symbol do you reckon best represents Ireland:
- the harp
- the shamrock
- the claddagh ring
- the celtic cross

I'm on the look out for a gift for someone and/or a couple abroad and I'm thinking about going down the of something Irish and from Ireland and hoping to get something with one of this symbols.

Which one would you think would be the best?

I took the trouble of reading your post and I do believe the traffic cone would be a perfect gift. Easy to wrap for posting , free , they are fcuking everywhere and they last forever.

lazeedaisy

I got this

http://nicholasmosse.com/products/pasta-server-clover-1

For my sis in San fran, she loves the shamrocks plus I only paid €20 to have them ship to her.

Jawgap

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

What symbol do you reckon best represents Ireland:
- the harp
- the shamrock
- the claddagh ring
- the celtic cross

I'm on the look out for a gift for someone and/or a couple abroad and I'm thinking about going down the of something Irish and from Ireland and hoping to get something with one of this symbols.

Which one would you think would be the best?

If they're a couple, I'd go with the Claddagh.

The harp is to closely associated with Guinness; shamrock is just a weed; and the cross might not mean much if they're not religious.

What about the round tower, or that sculpture The Death of Cuchulainn - we always had a stock of those to give as corporate gifts - nice pieces with a good back story!!!

SomeFool

Road sign for the home town, not a symbol but might make a cool gift.

Jawgap

Love/Hate box set

Rough Sleeper

The claddagh ring

The harp's the least of the evils there. Shamrocks remind me of Bostonians on "Patty's" Day, every 40+ balding armchair republican knacker you'll find in a sink-estate pub seems to have the Celtic cross tattooed crookedly somewhere on their person, and to me Claddagh rings are a symbol of Argos more so than Ireland.

LoganRice

The shamrock

boards.ie!

Clermont1098

The newish convention centre in dublin. I think the architect had a laugh. A pint glass tipped back. Good one.

the evasion_kid

A three in one

Talib Fiasco

Cork.

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Jawgap

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Cork.

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So they get Cork, and we lose Cork........


.........talk about a win/win

Talib Fiasco

Jawgap wrote: »

So they get Cork, and we lose Cork........


.........talk about a win/win

I don't think you understood what I said.

Jawgap

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

I don't think you understood what I said.

Clearly I didn't - I thought you ewe proposing Cork as a symbol of Ireland, and thus as an appropriate gift for the OP to give.......

For Forks Sake

Schwiiing wrote: »

Broken political promises.
Work Visas for other countries.
Ghost Estates.

The list is endless OP.

A selection of tedious, irrelevant and overdone suggestions.

kingchess

Maybe a picture of a golden harp with a few broken strings ,and a motto underneath saying "it will do".

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Celtic Cross is beautiful looking, I was at a funeral burial recently and was admiring the magnificent cross headstones in this particular cemetery. It's something I'd like myself for my own plot.

mikom

The Wink.

dpofloinn

AlanS181824

Tap water with a little tag on it saying €84 million please, it's the perfect representation of everything messed up in our little country.

Oh and a mug with the slogan... Ah shur it'll be grand written alongside it.

Pig Ignorant Paddy

I'm not a mad GAA head, but having the 3rd biggest stadium in Europe for the playing of amateur games is pretty cool. And all the money that pours back into small communities as a result. There was the analogy that Ireland was ran by Fianna Fail, the Catholic Church and the GAA. Two of them have had their time. The GAA is a very positive influence on our social fabric.