Some question about irish people

ludovic

Hello,
I am French student and for an English project, I search Irish person to exchange some emails and maybe a phone call.

The questions concern the arena of work in Ireland and subjects very common as the food, art and the culture.

I post the questionnaire.
If you want, you will send me the answer by email: (debordel@esiee.fr)

These informations will be confidential and you don't be obliged to reply at all questions

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FISRT NAME:
NAME :
SEX:
EMAIL :
DATE of BIRTHDAY :
CITY :
WORK :

GENRAL
In Irland, can we go out between colleagues?
In this case, where can you go?

FOOD
What is the more traditional recipe of Ireland?
What is the more important restaurant of Ireland?
In Ireland, is there dinners between colleagues?

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish?

LANGUAGE
What language do you speak at home or between friends?
What language do you speak in business?

RELIGION
Do you speak often about religion?
Do you speak often about religion in business?

ISISH CINEMA
What is the more well-know Irish movie?

IRISH MUSIC
What kind of music are you listening?
Which famous Irish artist are you listening?

IRISH EVENTS
Can you explain for a foreign person what are the mains events in a year in Ireland?
What are the typical Irish celebrations?

IRISH TV
Do you watch the famous TV show “Father Ted”?

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Thank you for all replies

Redleslie2

ludovic wrote:

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish?

Dutch Gold. Cheap, weak, smelly and bitter.

DadaKopf

Hahaha!

*H I G H F I V E ! ! !*

simu

ludovic wrote:

FISRT NAME:
NAME :
SEX:
EMAIL :
DATE of BIRTHDAY :
CITY :
WORK :

Sorry, I'm not telling you that, je te fais pas confiance:)

But the rest, ok:

GENRAL
In Irland, can we go out between colleagues? yes
In this case, where can you go? anywhere - pub, restaurant etc

FOOD
What is the more traditional recipe of Ireland? - potatoes, cabbage, bacon, carrots etc. Most young people now eat more international food - pasta, rice and so on.
What is the more important restaurant of Ireland? There are one or two that have been awarded Michelin stars so they they should be pretty good. Otherwise, there are fashionable restaurants in every town and this can change from year toyear.
In Ireland, is there dinners between colleagues? Yes, sometimes.

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish? Guinness and whiskey but they're clichés!

LANGUAGE
What language do you speak at home or between friends? Me, Irish. Most people English or whatever their mother tongue is.
What language do you speak in business? Me, Irish, most people English.

RELIGION
Do you speak often about religion? Sometimes - amongst friends or if there is a religious issue in the news a lot.
Do you speak often about religion in business? No, it probably wouldn't be appropriate in most situations.

ISISH CINEMA
What is the more well-know Irish movie? Umm... "Adam and Paul" was a recent success but I don't think it's that famous. So was "The Magdalen Laundries". Older films like "The Commitments" or "In the Name of the Father" maybe

IRISH MUSIC
What kind of music are you listening? - me, anything - classical mostly these days.
Which famous Irish artist are you listening? - I don't like any of the famous Irish singers! The ones I like are pretty obscure!

IRISH EVENTS
Can you explain for a foreign person what are the mains events in a year in Ireland? Christmas, Easter, St.Patrick's Day, Hallowe'en, peoples' birthdays, summer holidays
What are the typical Irish celebrations? See above.

IRISH TV
Do you watch the famous TV show “Father Ted”? Yes, it's great!

Enii

GENRAL
In Irland, can we go out between colleagues? Most work colleagues socialise together by going out for a few drinks after work on a Friday night or maybe a meal to celebrate a birthday or something.
In this case, where can you go? Pubs or restaurant

FOOD
What is the more traditional recipe of Ireland? "Bacon and Cabbage", "Stew" or in Dublin "Coddle" (a white stew made with biled sausage)
What is the more important restaurant of Ireland? No specific restaurant
In Ireland, is there dinners between colleagues?

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish? Guinness, Baileys, Harp

LANGUAGE
What language do you speak at home or between friends? English
What language do you speak in business? English

RELIGION
Do you speak often about religion? Sometimes
Do you speak often about religion in business? No

ISISH CINEMA
What is the more well-know Irish movie? "Micheal Collins" or "My Left Foot"

IRISH MUSIC
What kind of music are you listening? Bruce Springsteen
Which famous Irish artist are you listening? The Chieftains

IRISH EVENTS
Can you explain for a foreign person what are the mains events in a year in Ireland? "St. Patricks Day" (Parade and festival, Irish music and dancing, Fireworks, etc.)
What are the typical Irish celebrations? Easter, Christmas, Halloween

IRISH TV
Do you watch the famous TV show “Father Ted”? I don't like it but my husband does!

pretty-in-pink

GENRAL
In Irland, can we go out between colleagues? In most places there is a good social life- staff usually get on with eachother and go out together
In this case, where can you go? Pubs, Clubs, Cinema, Restaurants, Parties

FOOD
What is the more traditional recipe of Ireland? Stew, Bacon,cabbage and boiled spuds, Cuibheens, Giuness and beef stew, lots of stew, it seems we like beef and potatoes,and carrots,and peas....
What is the more important restaurant of Ireland? There are lots of them, people aren't all that fussy- fashion changes from year to year but each group of "normal" people would probably have a favorite place to go. Depends where you are. As long as you can have nice food,nice staff,alcohol,and your friends/partner they are pretty much all good. Then there are the chippers.......
In Ireland, is there dinners between colleagues? Depends on the company I guess, generally yes there is socialising -and a Christmas party.

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish? Guinness, Whiskey, Harp, Bulmers/Magners, Baileys, Potcheen, Smithicks, Vodka,

LANGUAGE
What language do you speak at home or between friends? English, and our own various forms of slang
What language do you speak in business? English

RELIGION
Do you speak often about religion? No, unless its in the news, or part of a debate. It's a rare event
Do you speak often about religion in business?No, I don't think anyone outside of the church does. I'd imagine its froened uipon due to religious diversity

ISISH CINEMA
What is the more well-know Irish movie?Michael Collins, My Left Foot, The Magdeline Sisters, Song for a Raggy Boy, In the Name of the Father, King Arthur was filmed here....lots really.

IRISH MUSIC
What kind of music are you listening? Rock, and some chart
Which famous Irish artist are you listening?Im not really,

IRISH EVENTS
Can you explain for a foreign person what are the mains events in a year in Ireland?Pick a day, any day.
We have been known to celebrate everything. Most common I guess are: Christmas,New Years,Birthdays,Easter,Bank Holidays,Gigs,Exam Results,Halloween,The weekend,Geting a project completed,Anniverseries,

What are the typical Irish celebrations?As above
IRISH TV
Do you watch the famous TV show “Father Ted”? Sometimes, when its on. I prefer Colin Murphy and Tommy Tiernan

Beruthiel

Some question about irish people

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FISRT NAME:Beruth
NAME :iel
SEX: oui, beaucoup
EMAIL :je pense, non
DATE of BIRTHDAY :aussi non
CITY : Dublin
WORK :when I have to...

GENRAL
In Irland, can we go out between colleagues? yes
In this case, where can you go? the pub!

FOOD
What is the more traditional recipe of Ireland? irish stew?

What is the more important restaurant of Ireland? there is no one important, you can get almost any type of food you wish in ireland, even french!

In Ireland, is there dinners between colleagues? perhaps at christmas, other than that, it would be rare enough as it takes up pub time...

DRINK
What do typical drinks symbolize the Irish? guinness? irish whiskey

LANGUAGE
What language do you speak at home or between friends? english
What language do you speak in business? english

RELIGION
Do you speak often about religion? only to slag it
Do you speak often about religion in business? never

IRISH MUSIC
What kind of music are you listening? rock
Which famous Irish artist are you listening? my fav would be Damien Rice

IRISH EVENTS
Can you explain for a foreign person what are the mains events in a year in Ireland? every friday and saturday night?
also, perhaps christmas as we like to party, Saint. Patricks Day, for the same reason
What are the typical Irish celebrations? St Patricks Day

IRISH TV
Do you watch the famous TV show “Father Ted”? I have watched it over and over again, it's very, very funny!

bon chance!