What's a good memento from Ireland?

15-07-2016 04:27PM #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 04:28PM

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

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 15-07-2016 04:29PM

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

Story Bud? · 15-07-2016 04:31PM

I actually came to post whiskey

They should drink whiskey.

Some newbridge silverware?

Crystal?

Tabnabs · 15-07-2016 04:32PM

hurley and sliotar?

Corvo · 15-07-2016 04:34PM

An Aran jumper.

jester77 · 15-07-2016 04:35PM

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

suicide_circus · 15-07-2016 04:35PM

Do they make gaa jerseys in american sizes?

Shield · 15-07-2016 04:36PM

A small bodhran usually goes down a treat.

Dr Strange · 15-07-2016 04:36PM

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 04:36PM

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 04:37PM

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 04:38PM

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 04:38PM

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 04:39PM

A Fr. Ted boxset.

Dr Strange · 15-07-2016 04:40PM

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

NegativeCreep · 15-07-2016 04:40PM

Generations of debt?

gramar · 15-07-2016 04:41PM

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

Timberrrrrrrr · 15-07-2016 04:41PM

House of names in temple bar, get family crest done

The Backwards Man · 15-07-2016 04:43PM

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 04:44PM

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 04:44PM

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 04:46PM

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 04:46PM

Id definitely go with some nice crystal!

frozenfrozen · 15-07-2016 04:47PM

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

Ragnar Lothbrok · 15-07-2016 04:47PM

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

murpho999 · 15-07-2016 04:47PM

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

15-07-2016 04:48PM

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 04:49PM

Would you consider a stuffed midget dressed in green?

NegativeCreep · 15-07-2016 04:49PM

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

Clareman · 15-07-2016 04:49PM

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

What's a good memento from Ireland?

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