Things Ireland had before the UK

Minderbinder · 18-10-2018 03:36PM

Northern Ireland

Ipso · 18-10-2018 04:33PM

800 years of oppression.

Witchie · 18-10-2018 04:56PM

Minderbinder wrote: »

Northern Ireland

Was so disappointed and then a little excited that no one had said Norn Iron coz I wanted to win wit of the week but then you swooped in and stole my glory like the British taking a lump of our Island.

*Shakes fist*

Laois_Man · 18-10-2018 05:11PM

Surely listing things that the Brits STILL don't have is against the spirit of the thread!

Crisps!

18-10-2018 05:13PM

A Republic.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 18-10-2018 05:14PM

A smoking ban.

Capt'n Midnight · 18-10-2018 06:12PM

National Grid

Trousers

STD, as in being able to dial long distance without operators.

indioblack · 18-10-2018 06:18PM

circadian wrote: »

A Republic.

If you specify England, they had one in the 17th century.

Brian CivilEng · 18-10-2018 06:18PM

circadian wrote: »

A Republic.

Technically they had that in England first, in 1649. Wasn't very popular here.

Edit: Bah, foiled by the dart going into a bad phone coverage area.

mikemac2 · 18-10-2018 06:20PM

Rock Shandy
Red Lemonade

Yer Da sells Avon · 18-10-2018 06:20PM

We had Home and Away a good few months before them.

Your Face · 18-10-2018 06:28PM

We had priests before they had Jimmy Saville.

Mondo from Dublin · 18-10-2018 06:37PM

Isn't it kind of strange that it took the UK until 1994 to have an national lottery?

Bigus · 18-10-2018 06:42PM

A Boeing 747 with aer lingus

And Ryanair

Yer Da sells Avon · 18-10-2018 06:45PM

Mondo from Dublin wrote: »

Isn't it kind of strange that it took the UK until 1994 to have an national lottery?

I remember the fuss when it first launched. A thirty minute programme with a studio audience every week, while we just had Ronan Collins and a stony-faced independent observer from Stokes Kennedy Crowley (good evening Alex, good evening Ronan) in a tiny studio for three minutes.

MonkieSocks · 18-10-2018 06:54PM

Sudocrem was developed in 1931 by Dublin-based pharmacist Thomas Smith. It was originally called "Smith's Cream", later "Soothing Cream".

The name changed to Sudocrem in 1950 due to the Dublin accent pronunciation of soothing cream.

During the 1960s, samples of Sudocrem given to new mothers in Ireland increased the popularity of the product and the brand was gradually introduced to the UK in the 1970s.

Its makers claim it to be the leading nappy rash cream in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Sudocrem is still (2015) manufactured in Dublin (in Baldoyle).

A 2012 Irish Independent article said:

"Sudocrem is the spuds and bacon of skincare creams, the Guinness of gentle nappy rash reliefs and the Tayto of topical ointments,"
following reports in the British and Irish media that celebrities were using the product to treat acne.

There are now three Sudocrem branded products available in the UK: the original antiseptic healing cream, Sudocrem Care and Protect which is a nappy rash preventative and Sudocrem Skin Care Cream which is an everyday acne cream aimed at the youth market.

AndyBoBandy · 18-10-2018 08:52PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Duty Free (invented by the CEO of Aer Lingus or the Airport authority)

I thought it was the government in conjunction with Aer Rianta, as back in the day most transatlantic flights from Europe to America and vice versa had to stop in Shannon to refuel. So some clever clogs decided to declare the area Shannon is built on as a free port (outside Ireland in tax terms) so VAT duty didn’t need to be applied to goods sold there, thus creating the worlds first Duty Free shop.

engiweirdo · 19-10-2018 11:48PM

Mother & Baby homes.

Child Rapist Clergy.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 19-10-2018 11:50PM

engiweirdo wrote: »

Mother & Baby homes.

Child Rapist Clergy.

The English keep this stuff well under wraps.

JupiterKid · 20-10-2018 12:49AM

A drive thru bank (AIB, Cornelscourt, 1990 - gone now sadly).

Gay men and women able to serve openly in the army.

Kyle More · 20-10-2018 12:59AM

Dara O'Briain

Tell me how · 20-10-2018 01:13AM

AndyBoBandy wrote:

I thought it was the government in conjunction with Aer Rianta, as back in the day most transatlantic flights from Europe to America and vice versa had to stop in Shannon to refuel. So some clever clogs decided to declare the area Shannon is built on as a free port (outside Ireland in tax terms) so VAT duty didnâ€™t need to be applied to goods sold there, thus creating the worlds first Duty Free shop.

Brendan O'Regan was that clever clogs.
Was responsible for developing Shannon airport and opening world's first duty free shop. Also did trojan work in developing/promoting the Shannon region and was also later involved in peace initiatives between Northern and Southern Ireland.

20-10-2018 01:29AM

The flavoured crisp.

Invented by Tayto.

cheese and onion and salt and vinegar.

Day Lewin · 20-10-2018 01:41AM

Far as I know, the first Crime/Police real life programme was RTE's "Garda Patrol" back in the 1960's:
long before any of these Crimewatch type of things. A definite First.

dinorebel · 20-10-2018 01:45AM

Margaret Cash

M.T. Cranium · 20-10-2018 01:47AM

Rain, except when it came from the east.

eviltwin · 20-10-2018 01:48AM

Primark

sicknotexi · 20-10-2018 02:55AM

**** all really.

Duckworth_Luas · 20-10-2018 03:25AM

The first country in the world to be mapped at high accuracy large scales.

This was completed during the Great Famine so the island could be more effectively taxed by Westminster.

Lucy8080 · 20-10-2018 03:45AM

A lack of Roman dominance.

The civilisation of Europe after the Romans fell.

Go away outta that with your two world wars and one world cup. Would not be possible without us laying the pitch!

Things Ireland had before the UK

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