Irish exports

MadsL

So I sold a lot of Jameson last night, bartending, and not in an Irish bar. Got me thinking how good a job Jameson have done in brand recognition in the US without massive advertising. The local health focused grocery chain sell a good bit of Kerrygold too. Guinness goes without saying obviously, but they spend a fortune on marketing.

What other Irish products have you seen doing well overseas?

podgemonster

Kerrygold

We don't appreciate how good our butter is.

smash

Georga Salpa and her assets did well abroad.

sonny.knowles

Leprechaun costumes.

sonny.knowles

podgemonster wrote: »

Kerrygold

We don't appreciate how good our butter is.

Dairygold FTW.

smash

sonny.knowles wrote: »

Dairygold FTW.

Sadist!!!!

Hazys

Jameson goes as great appretif to cooked slave girl. Funny how that part of their history is left out of their branding campaigns.

While on an expedition into Africa during the late 19th century, James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish whiskey empire, reportedly asked to witness cannibalism in action. To this end, he purchased a slave girl and handed her over to men who murdered her and feasted on her flesh. While the grisly scene unfolded, Jameson is said to have sketched it out, later turning his rough illustrations into a series of watercolors.

http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/11/09/the-gruesome-cannibalism-behind-jameson-whiskey/

Duckworth_Luas

sonny.knowles wrote: »

Leprechaun costumes.

Every leprechaun costume I've ever worn has been made in Taiwan.

Ireland is actually the second biggest importer of leprechaun costumes after Central African Republic.

sonny.knowles

smash wrote: »

Sadist!!!!

Spreads straight from the fridge.

Mesrine65

Base metal ores such as zinc & lead.

We are the seventh largest producer of zinc concentrates in the world & the twelfth largest producer of lead concentrates.

The Backwards Man

Some of the best Irish exports are never seen, as such.

Walk into any stadium anywhere in the world in the last twenty years, chances are the busbars and switchgear running the lights were made in Donegal

Order a Big Mac with cheese anywhere from Amsterdam to Yerevan, chances are that cheese was made in Coleraine.

Take the OH to the fanciest restaurant in gay Paris, the crab in your bisque is from Malin Head.

And so on.

Hazys

Today my american colleague asked me "Do you celebrate Halloween in Ireland?"

Halloween is a great export from Ireland even thought the majority of people don't know its origins.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Traveller clans seem to be doing quite well according to TV3.

jamesbere

smash wrote: »

Sadist!!!!

Can't believe it's not sadist

jamesbere

Isn't our beef quite a good exporter

Aongus Von Bismarck

Kerrygold is the most obviously successful Irish food brand here in Germany. It's very widely available. Dubliner cheese as well.

Irish beef and shellfish products are also highly regarded, but aren't available in the more boutique style of grocery store where I tend to do my shopping.

Ryanair are relatively well known, if not quite as successful in Germany as they are in other continental countries.

Ruu

The Aer Lingus (name at least) is well known, often quoted in films or telly shows.

MadsL

Ruu wrote: »

The Aer Lingus (name at least) is well known, often quoted in films or telly shows.

Often misquoted for comic effect.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Pepsi concentrate manufactured in Ireland for export to 105 countries. Huge pharmaceutical exports including Panadol. Baileys.

Bulbous Salutation

Ainsley Gigantic Grindstone wrote: »

Pepsi concentrate manufactured in Ireland for export to 105 countries. Huge pharmaceutical exports including Panadol. Baileys.

Viagra as well for lads who can't get a proper boner.

The Backwards Man

Fun fact, Ireland is the fifth largest exporter of human blood in the world.

It's worth more than beef exports apparently.

Bulbous Salutation

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Fun fact, Ireland is the fifth largest exporter of human blood in the world.

It's worth more than beef exports apparently.

Is that a figure like being world leaders in airplane leasing and banana distribution?

The Backwards Man

Bulbous Salutation wrote: »

Is that a figure like being world leaders in airplane leasing and banana distribution?

2012, blood - $6.8billion, beef* $2billion

*There's about 20 categories for bovine and that's just one so using poetic licence :P

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/3002/2012/

Jimoslimos

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Some of the best Irish exports are never seen, as such.

Order a Big Mac with cheese anywhere from Amsterdam to Yerevan, chances are that cheese was made in Coleraine.

I assume when you say "best", you're referring to quantity sold or profitability rather than quality.

cml387

Chris De Burgh.


Just getting my coat.

sonny.knowles

The Backwards Man wrote: »

2012, blood - $6.8billion, beef* $2billion

*There's about 20 categories for bovine and that's just one so using poetic licence :P

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/3002/2012/

Are you sure that is human only? There heading says Animal & Human, although the content doesn't load on my phone so that may. It be relevant to your figure.

If it is human blood only, is this a bit like the Smoked Irish Salmon vs Irish Smoked Salmon i.e. it is imported, some (minor) value added and then exported as an Irish product?

sonny.knowles

The Spanish (in particular) have always been fond of stealing sorry, I mean 'exporting' fish from our territorial waters.

Baggy Trousers

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Take the OH to the fanciest restaurant in gay Paris, the crab in your bisque is from Malin Head.

Backwards Man, you like it durty!!!

StupidLikeAFox

MadsL wrote: »

So I sold a lot of Jameson last night, bartending, and not in an Irish bar. Got me thinking how good a job Jameson have done in brand recognition in the US without massive advertising. The local health focused grocery chain sell a good bit of Kerrygold too. Guinness goes without saying obviously, but they spend a fortune on marketing.

What other Irish products have you seen doing well overseas?

Question, in order to be called Irish whiskey it must be matured for 3 years and 1 day. How does Jameson cope with their sudden explosion in popularity? It can't exactly up production to cope with demand

As an aside, they put a lot of their recent US success down to Lady Gaga and Rihanna championing the cause

Aongus Von Bismarck

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Question, in order to be called Irish whiskey it must be matured for 3 years and 1 day. How does Jameson cope with their sudden explosion in popularity? It can't exactly up production to cope with demand

As an aside, they put a lot of their recent US success down to Lady Gaga and Rihanna championing the cause

I read a wonderful book a few months back about the impact of the US Prohibition on its populace. Irish whiskey was a very popular hard liquor before prohibition. Once the laws came into effect, the bootleggers and illegal distilleries still labelled much of their gutrot as being Irish whiskey.

The need to drink remained; the reputation of Irish whiskey was destroyed for 60 years.

I'm not able to answer your other question about the aging of whiskey. I did read a piece in the Times a few weeks ago about there being 12 distilleries in Ireland putting down product to age. It's an incredibly capital intensive business. The capital is coming from somewhere though.