Cool Irish Traditions that just won't die

John_Rambo

Eating baby sheep.

Eating coagulated pigs blood.

Taking in strangers for dinner (happened to me, done it too!)

Story telling.

Halloween.

Pubs.

Talking about the weather (obsessing)

Gaelic games.

John_Rambo

This is going well.

Sue Pa Key Pa

The Irish Mammy

D0NNELLY

People being nice

John_Rambo

Wakes.

English/Irish... but sure, I'm struggling here.

alchemist33

The taco chips

Duckworth_Luas

That wave that country people do when you pass them in a car.

Dr Crayfish

John_Rambo wrote: »

Eating baby sheep.

Eating coagulated pigs blood.

Taking in strangers for dinner (happened to me, done it too!)

Story telling.

Halloween.

Pubs.

Talking about the weather (obsessing)

Gaelic games.

Only Gaelic games is exclusively Irish in that list.

Sue Pa Key Pa

Supporting your local soccer team, like Celtic, Liverpool & Man United

Dr Crayfish

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

Supporting your local soccer team, like Celtic, Liverpool & Man United

See Asia.

Sue Pa Key Pa

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

See Asia.

Yes, I must do before my days are done

Dravokivich

Maidens dancing at crossroads.

donegaLroad

drowning the shamrock

John_Rambo

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Only Gaelic games is exclusively Irish in that list.

I know, but it's just a bit of fun Dr. and the others are fairly Irish, not exclusively, but Irish enough.

Any suggestions from yourself? Splitting hairs maybe, being pedantic? Actually, no, come up with something cool!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The traditional lack of imagination or originality.

silverharp

Tatyo

RayM

Using the word "cunt" as a term of endearment.

Widdershins

Any cool Irish traditions that I can think of are more or less obsolete already

D0NNELLY

RayM wrote: »

Using the word "cunt" as a term of endearment.

Or any insult really.
Met one of the lads on Saturday night, he just said hi..

I was all dfaq is wrong with you?

ChikiChiki

A piss up for absolutely every occasion with a special mention going towards the wake before a funeral. Some of the maddest drinking sessions I've been on are family wakes down the country. And the afters of a funeral actually come to think of it.

John_Rambo

Cain Mango Grommet wrote: »

The traditional lack of imagination or originality.

Speak for yourself and yours Cain Mango Grommet, because in my world Oscar Wilde, Paul Heuston, James Joyce, Thomas Moore, Samuel Becket, Brendan Behan, G.B. Shaw, John M Sygne, Sean O'Casey, Donal Lunny, Mary Robinson, Roddy Doyle, John B Keane, Brian Friel, Shane McGowan, Hugh Leonard, Colm Tóibín, Christina Noble, Joseph O'Connor, Peter Sheridon, Seamus Heaney, Meave Binchy, Patrick Swift, Gabriel Byrne, Nell McAfferty, Orla Kiely, Philp Treacy, Eileen Grey, Paul Costello, J.B.Yeates, Francis Beaufort, Paul Henry, Rory Gallagher, Liam Neeson, Sarah Purser, Louis le Brocquy, Sinead O'Connor, John McCormack, Bob Geldof, Patrick Scott, Van Morrison, Francis Bacon, Robert Ballagh, Mary Battersby, John Behan, Pauline Bewick, Francis Bindon, Edwin Hayes, Oisín Kelly, Tony O'Mally, Séan O'Sullivan, Hugh Lane and Phill Lynott have all had an impact in the real world with their creativity, imagination and originality.

That's the tip of the iceberg. PM me if you want to find out more and enlighten yourself.

Grayson

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Or any insult really.
Met one of the lads on Saturday night, he just said hi..

I was all dfaq is wrong with you?

Chatting to a US girl. Apparently they don't say "**** off!" if someone says something unbelievable. It took her a while to get used to.
!
(I'm fully expecting someone to reply with "Fcuk off!"

murpho999

Cain Mango Grommet wrote: »

The traditional lack of imagination or originality.

Irish begrudgery will never die.

John_Rambo

murpho999 wrote: »

Irish begrudgery will never die.

Indeed, maybe we should post that in the "Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die" thread.

Knuckle headed begrudgery towards anyone that's done anything good.

bodhrandude

The fecking traditional music like, you know, fiddles, concertinas, uilleann pipes, bodhrans, boxes, bones etc. There's a lot of fans of this, so a popular traditional culture.

Junkyard Tom

Fierce mild.

Junkyard Tom

'My God look at that rain!'

I love this. We're living in a rainy country but when it lashes the rain people seem surprised by it.

Zaph

John_Rambo wrote: »

Halloween.

Whatever about the other stuff, I refuse to accept that Halloween is cool. It's a complete pain in the bollix and I'm looking forward to Tuesday when it's all over.

Arghus

Evidently the tradition of thinking we're cool.

Dr Crayfish

Zaph wrote: »

Whatever about the other stuff, I refuse to accept that Halloween is cool. It's a complete pain in the bollix and I'm looking forward to Tuesday when it's all over.

I presume you're a grown man. How do you even notice it?

Zaph

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I presume you're a grown man. How do you even notice it?

Neighbours houses covered in decorations and displays in every bloody shop I go into for weeks. I've a pain in my arse looking at pumpkins. And that's before every little brat in the area starts annoying people calling from door to door while the older scrotes set fire to anything they can get their hands on.

John_Rambo

Zaph wrote: »

Neighbours houses covered in decorations and displays in every bloody shop I go into for weeks. I've a pain in my arse looking at pumpkins. And that's before every little brat in the area starts annoying people calling from door to door while the older scrotes set fire to anything they can get their hands on.

This must be awful for you. Have you considered blinkers?

the14thwarrior

bringing your own food to most anything
bringing your own drink to most anything
having a picnic most anywhere, in any weather

throwing confetti and not rice at a wedding (might be outdated now)

hanging clothes out in windy, cold weather and saying its a great drying day.

saying happy halloween instead of trick or treat. please don't lose this one, trick or treat is too naff and americanised

Widdershins

John_Rambo wrote: »

Speak for yourself and yours Srameen, because in my world Oscar Wilde, Paul Heuston, James Joyce, Thomas Moore, Samuel Becket, Brendan Behan, G.B. Shaw, John M Sygne, Sean O'Casey, Donal Lunny, Mary Robinson, Roddy Doyle, John B Keane, Brian Friel, Shane McGowan, Hugh Leonard, Colm Tóibín, Christina Noble, Joseph O'Connor, Peter Sheridon, Seamus Heaney, Meave Binchy, Patrick Swift, Gabriel Byrne, Nell McAfferty, Orla Kiely, Philp Treacy, Eileen Grey, Paul Costello, J.B.Yeates, Francis Beaufort, Paul Henry, Rory Gallagher, Liam Neeson, Sarah Purser, Louis le Brocquy, Sinead O'Connor, John McCormack, Bob Geldof, Patrick Scott, Van Morrison, Francis Bacon, Robert Ballagh, Mary Battersby, John Behan, Pauline Bewick, Francis Bindon, Edwin Hayes, Oisín Kelly, Tony O'Mally, Séan O'Sullivan, Hugh Lane and Phill Lynott have all had an impact in the real world with their creativity, imagination and originality.

That's the tip of the iceberg. PM me if you want to find out more and enlighten yourself.

I'm surprised you left out Bram Stoker seeing as pretty much every vampire theme literature and film draws on the product of his own imagination.
Quite a lot of useful stuff has been born of the Irish imagination, from the submarine to the beaufort scale to groundbreaking medical treatment. It kinda makes me sad to see comments that run the Irish down like that.

drisx2

**** yourself.., say nothing and keep drinking..

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Whatever about the other stuff, I refuse to accept that Halloween is cool. It's a complete pain in the bollix and I'm looking forward to Tuesday when it's all over.

Using the word Bollix

Also acceptable versions include bolleeks (North inner city Dublin) and Bollachs (South urban Dublin)

CianRyan

Spice bags.

The_Valeyard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Using the word Bollix

So much to, that Colm Meaney got away with it on Star Trek as Americans didn't know what it meant.

Tornaxx

Not exactly a tradition but: Hiberno-English.

corner of hells

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Using the word Bollix

Also acceptable versions include bolleeks (North inner city Dublin) and Bollachs (South urban Dublin)

From the term "bollock knife" used for stabbing someone surprisingly enough in the bollix.

corner of hells

corner of hells wrote: »

From the term "bollock knife" used for stabbing someone surprisingly enough in the bollix.

I'm off to the "things you just realised thread"

JupiterKid

Saying "sorry" instead of "excuse me." Feigning politeness by refusing the offer of food or tea until the host insists and then you finally relent. This is peculiarly Irish.

Chuchote

Firesides being forums for the wisdom of serene old age; politicians who value material wealth only as a basis for right living…

JustAThought

Blessing yourself when passing a graveyard - just in case

Not looking into the mirror in the bathroom in the dark

Going through the lights on orange - always

Your Face

Child abuse.

Hammer89

Gay Byrne.

Four Phucs Ache

Every year we will watch a show where the host will abruptly interview kids !

bodice ripper

Saying amn't.

dd972

Superficial froth and hot air being regarded as 'the friendliest nation on earth'

demanufactured

Big Joe Joyce

Arghus

Your Face wrote: »

Child abuse.

Being edgy on an internet forum.

Though I think that's a relatively new tradition really.