What's a good memento from Ireland?

15-07-2016 3:27pm #1

Some Yank relatives are leaving Ireland this weekend, and muggins just got the order to go out and buy them a goodbye gift. Upper limit to the budget is around fifty quid I'd say.

They don't drink, so whiskey wouldn't really cut it. Looking for something that isn't tacky. They're a couple in their thirties, accountant-type personalities. It would need to be something I can buy today, or tomorrow morning at the latest. Any ideas?

The Backwards Man · 15-07-2016 3:28pm

I'll sell you a turf for €45 and you can keep the fiver for a pint.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 15-07-2016 3:29pm

Tin whistles for any child under 4. The parents will love you, swear

Story Bud? · 15-07-2016 3:31pm

I actually came to post whiskey

They should drink whiskey.

Some newbridge silverware?

Crystal?

Tabnabs · 15-07-2016 3:32pm

hurley and sliotar?

Corvo · 15-07-2016 3:34pm

An Aran jumper.

jester77 · 15-07-2016 3:35pm

they don't drink..... then maybe a pair of aran jumpers

suicide_circus · 15-07-2016 3:35pm

Do they make gaa jerseys in american sizes?

Shield · 15-07-2016 3:36pm

A small bodhran usually goes down a treat.

Dr Strange · 15-07-2016 3:36pm

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Tin whistles for any child under 4. The parents will love you, swear

Better still bodhran and tin whistle....

EDIT: Damn you Shield.

mahoganygas · 15-07-2016 3:36pm

Adopt a junkie.

For just â‚¬5 a month you can adopt an endangered junkie and ensure their continued survival. The impending Celtic tiger 2.0 is ruining their natural habitat. Soon the boardwalk and O'Connell street will be ruthlessly taken over by cappuccino carts and cocktail bars.

Don't let the indigenous Irish junkie become another extinct specie. Are you going to stand by while 'The Man' employs the junkie in a well paying job? Junkies don't belong in a circus like an office.

Your contribution can make a difference.

15-07-2016 3:37pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'll sell you a turf for €45 and you can keep the fiver for a pint.

The mother drove them to the bog on Thursday. They were so confused. "So, it's like coal that grows in a field?"

Tabnabs wrote: »

hurley and sliotar?

That's actually a great idea. A hurley each maybe, could buy them locally for half-nothing.

Dr Strange · 15-07-2016 3:38pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's actually a great idea. A hurley each maybe, could buy them locally for half-nothing.

Yup, just peel off the Made in China sticker before you give them to them.

Conall Cernach · 15-07-2016 3:38pm

Find a stone, any stone. Give them said stone telling them you took it from the Hill of Tara or Newgrange or some place. Make sure you look shifty.

Or go to a junk-shop and buy some piece of junk. Tell them that it has been in your family since the Famine/Cromwell/the GPO when it saved great grandpappies life.

Sapphire · 15-07-2016 3:39pm

A Fr. Ted boxset.

Dr Strange · 15-07-2016 3:40pm

A field. Americans love Irish fields. Saw it at the pictures once, so I did.

NegativeCreep · 15-07-2016 3:40pm

Generations of debt?

gramar · 15-07-2016 3:41pm

A momento is more a Spanish thing...get a memento instead.

Timberrrrrrrr · 15-07-2016 3:41pm

House of names in temple bar, get family crest done

The Backwards Man · 15-07-2016 3:43pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The mother drove them to the bog on Thursday. They were so confused. "So, it's like coal that grows in a field?"

That's actually a great idea. A hurley each maybe, could buy them locally for half-nothing.

The best thing is that the USA probably has the biggest peat reserves in the world and they don't even know it. If I ever get a Green Card I'll be rich. Rich I tell ya!!!

corner of hells · 15-07-2016 3:44pm

A traffic cone , for effect get one from the bottom of a canal or the Liffey.

If you're feeling fancy , a shopping trolley.

Dr Turk Turkelton · 15-07-2016 3:44pm

I actually have a holy stone from Clonrichart here.It's not the holiest stone but it does give off an aura of holiness.
Believe it or not it's for sale at the moment and it's fifty euro.
Pm for more details.

corner of hells · 15-07-2016 3:46pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The best thing is that the USA probably has the biggest peat reserves in the world and they don't even know it. If I ever get a Green Card I'll be rich. Rich I tell ya!!!

I see a problem , there is no Tennants is USA land.

PandaPoo · 15-07-2016 3:46pm

Id definitely go with some nice crystal!

frozenfrozen · 15-07-2016 3:47pm

some nice waterford crystal-meth. or maybe the block of hashel from tipperary

Ragnar Lothbrok · 15-07-2016 3:47pm

Half an hour with a prostitute just before they fly off?

murpho999 · 15-07-2016 3:47pm

Some stuff with family name coat of arms and some Irish music cds.

15-07-2016 3:48pm

If you want something really 'Irish', then get a nicely framed copy of An Phoblacht. I got one for an old prof and he loved it so much he hung it in his office.

If they're of Irish extraction its the kind of thing they love.

smash · 15-07-2016 3:49pm

Would you consider a stuffed midget dressed in green?

NegativeCreep · 15-07-2016 3:49pm

Does it have to be Irish? Would you not just get a fancy box of chocolates or something?

Clareman · 15-07-2016 3:49pm

An Aran jumper and a dildo, if they don't like the jumper they can go f*ck themselves.

Cienciano · 15-07-2016 3:52pm

Newbridge Silver and crystal are both shíte. Don't get them!

Hurley and sliotar, bodhran and tin whistle are good ideas

15-07-2016 4:00pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

Half an hour with a prostitute just before they fly off?

:pac:

Yeah, they're both presbyterians who don't drink, but they'd dice with HIV for a quickie with a junkie.

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Does it have to be Irish? Would you not just get a fancy box of chocolates or something?

Hmm probably, but I think it should relate to Ireland in some way. Something interesting, charming or fun to remember their visit. Think I'll go with the hurleys agus sliotar.

murphyebass · 15-07-2016 4:00pm

Get them a river dance.

CFlat · 15-07-2016 4:01pm

Clareman wrote: »

An Aran jumper and a dildo, if they don't like the jumper they can go f*ck themselves.

And if they don't like the dildo, they can stick it up their arse.

I'm with the Bodhran and Tin Whistle brigade.

maudgonner · 15-07-2016 4:02pm

Honest answer? Foxford Wooden Mills blankets/throws are my go-to gift. Traditional Irish (the place was founded by nuns, you can't get more Irish than that ffs), but not tacky.

And they can bring it on the plane with them to keep them warm. It might edge over the 50 in shops, but not if you know the secret place to get them (at the factory

)

buried · 15-07-2016 4:08pm

A book of Irish folklore tales. Eddie Lenihan's "Meeting the other crowd" is a good one if you can hunt down a copy.

LordSutch · 15-07-2016 4:17pm

a rash.

Turtyturd · 15-07-2016 4:21pm

2 bags of Tayto.

Shield · 15-07-2016 4:22pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

2 bags of Tayto.

You spelled "King" wrong.

Stigura · 15-07-2016 4:27pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The best thing is that the USA probably has the biggest peat reserves in the world and they don't even know it. If I ever get a Green Card I'll be rich. Rich I tell ya!!!

Would that be the Leitrim Bogs?