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What's the going rate for Communion money these days?

  • 17-05-2017 10:13PM
    #1
    CuriousOwl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭


    What would be the going rate for Communion money these days for a family member, taking into account attending an afters with meal etc. too?


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  • #2
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,537 ✭✭✭brevity


    20 quid?


  • #3
    Beyondgone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Beyondgone


    €100 or you're a bad relative.


    Which is frankly nuts, but true.


  • #4
    Boggy Turf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 427 ✭✭Boggy Turf


    Kid are earning up to 1000 yoyos for communions now. The whole thing is a nonsense.


  • #5
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    50 quid


  • #6
    jules86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭jules86


    D0NNELLY wrote: »
    50 quid

    +1


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  • #7
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,537 ✭✭✭brevity


    jules86 wrote: »
    +1

    So 51€


  • #8
    Mech1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,203 ✭✭✭Mech1


    Hang on....
    Op, what age are you?


  • #9
    mynamejeff
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭mynamejeff


    fifty quid ??

    aw ffs !!!

    soooo many godchildren


  • #10
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    mynamejeff wrote: »
    fifty quid ??

    aw ffs !!!

    soooo many godchildren

    20 quid for a neighbour
    50 quid for niece/nephew.
    100 quid for a godchild


  • #11
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    20 quid!! If they are close family then 50 or over.....Lil bastards should be taxed on it they make that much these days :D


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  • #12
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Donate to One in Four.

    http://www.oneinfour.ie/help-us/


  • #13
    inajock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭inajock


    Money laundering


  • #14
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    me_irl wrote: »
    Donate to One in Four.

    http://www.oneinfour.ie/help-us/

    Yeah, but how much!?!


  • #15
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    inajock wrote: »
    Money laundering

    Magdalene?


  • #16
    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:19

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  • #17
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    Boggy Turf wrote: »
    Kid are earning up to 1000 yoyos for communions now. The whole thing is a nonsense.

    Communion has nonsense written all over it. Kids making a few grand is the least of it


  • #18
    Beyondgone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Beyondgone


    D0NNELLY wrote: »
    Yeah, but how much!?!

    Nothing. Charities dirtied their bibs the last few years. Cynicism says it's going to pay the CEO's nail care bill.


  • #19
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Are sit down meals common for Communion Days outside the immediate family?

    I went to my friend's son's Communion last year and the party at her house afterwards and gave him €20. Plenty of money for an eight year old!


  • #20
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Come back kneemos,all is forgiven.Clean sheet!
    €20 is adequate op. It's all relative though, are you the godparent of the child? Are you a broke student? Have you got a big/small family?
    I received almost £500 punts for my communion,and that was in 1987.Large extended family,close knit neighbourhood. All in pound notes,fivers and tenners.Me ma and da got the best part of that obviously,that was a nice wedge 30 years ago.My aunt,who's also my godmother was able to open an account with a building society for me with 20 punts as a startup.That was the best present I ever got as I own my property and have a shared concern in two others,despite having spent my adult life self employed,unemployed or 'offside'. I give my own nephews and nieces prize bonds instead of cash.


  • #21
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    depends how many relations they have
    I gave €60 last week to my godson.
    he's lucky to have got that much

    he gets a lot off me all year around


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  • #22
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    Come back kneemos,all is forgiven.Clean sheet!
    €20 is adequate op. It's all relative though, are you the godparent of the child? Are you a broke student? Have you got a big/small family?
    I received almost £500 punts for my communion,and that was in 1987.Large extended family,close knit neighbourhood. All in pound notes,fivers and tenners.Me ma and da got the best part of that obviously, that was a nice wedge 30 years ago.My aunt,who's also my godmother was able to open an account with a building society for me with 20 punts as a startup.That was the best present I ever got as I own my property and have a shared concern in two others,despite having spent my adult life self employed,unemployed or 'offside'. I give my own nephews and nieces prize bonds instead of cash.

    Eh, yeah, obviously o.O


  • #23
    Masala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,589 ✭✭✭Masala


    What about if you invited to a meal/ lunch after the ceremony???? What should you give then??? Should you cover the cost of the meal (say €25) and €25 for the child. So.... a husband and wife give 25+25+25= €75 all in???


  • #24
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    Masala wrote: »
    What about if you invited to a meal/ lunch after the ceremony???? What should you give then??? Should you cover the cost of the meal (say €25) and €25 for the child. So.... a husband and wife give 25+25+25= €75 all in???

    50 to the kid


  • #25
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Its getting like the Wedding angst about "how much should I give as a prezzie" Jazsus.

    The season is upon us. Get your money out now.


  • #26
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    D0NNELLY wrote: »
    20 quid for a neighbour
    50 quid for niece/nephew.
    100 quid for a godchild

    Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!


  • #27
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    Donate to St Vincent de Paul or some other local charity of your choice and 20€ for the child is more than enough.
    The vulgar ostentatious €50 notes of the Celtic Tiger is tasteless and very over.


  • #28
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!

    I still can recall my amazement at my Confirmation at all the envelopes flying around outside the church afterwards. My family was much more conservative in that regard. My granny and aunts and uncles gave me something and that was it (and I don't have a large extended family). My Confirmation was 1995 and if I recall, I was getting tenners in cards, so I guess that would be twenty now. I can only assume it was tenners too for my Communion in 1991.

    I just think anything more than twenty is too much for a kiddo! I mentioned my going to the communion of my friend's son above. I brought a card and also brought one along for him from my sister and mother. Each of us gave him €20. That may have been a bit excessive in total. But my friend is a very hard-working single mother so we were happy to be generous with her son.


  • #29
    fatknacker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭fatknacker


    A miraculous medal and a kick up the arse if you're lucky.


  • #30
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Just gave my nephew 50 euro and that's plenty. He already got 50 euro off me for Christmas and he'll be getting another 50 euro from me for his birthday too. Has me robbed.


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  • #31
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!

    No, just different strokes...


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