One thing you love about Ireland

Photi · 31-03-2006 01:33PM

An teanga.

Heinrich · 31-03-2006 01:41PM

Photi wrote:

An teanga.

French kissing as gaeilge?:D

ferdi · 31-03-2006 02:38PM

smithwicks
potatos
red lemonade
natural beauty

snickerpuss · 31-03-2006 03:24PM

how rubbish we are at most sports.

(and gaeilge)

The Sweeper · 31-03-2006 03:30PM

The view over Dalkey Bay from the window of the dart as it comes out of that tunnel - sunny days, balmy days, stormy days, calm days.

And the airport.

smurfbaby · 31-03-2006 03:41PM

The Irish sense of humour

Gandhi · 31-03-2006 03:45PM

Jackie Lennox's in Cork. Potato pie and chips. With Fanta. Getting hungry just thinking about it...

elurhs · 31-03-2006 04:04PM

Spuds. Who doesn't like spuds? Boiled, mashed, roasted, baked, chipped...

The GAA and all those who volunteer training underage teams, marking pitches, washing kit, etc.

No snakes is good. A little OT, but I was living with this American and we informed him there were no wild snakes in Ireland. He point blank refused to accept this. We assured him there were no snakes, but he just couldn't be convinced. Oh, how we laughed!:D

scojones · 31-03-2006 04:31PM

Sico wrote:

The steadily increasing number of Polish and Hungarian women about the place.

You took the words right outa my mouth. Don't forget the Lithuanians

So, since that has already been mentioned, I'm going to have to go ahead and say Guinness. Oh dear god it's just not the same anywhere else.

scojones · 31-03-2006 04:33PM

Gandhi wrote:

Jackie Lennox's in Cork. Potato pie and chips. With Fanta. Getting hungry just thinking about it...

The Lennox's on barack street? Best chipper in the country.

Gandhi · 31-03-2006 04:38PM

Best chipper in the world. Best chips, anyway.

super_furry · 31-03-2006 04:43PM

Shamrock Rovers

LegacyUser · 31-03-2006 04:48PM

The fact that we are not perfect and we are ok with that. The fact that we are aware of our own flaws and prepared to get on with it.
The fact that we can laugh at ourselves.

I really like that, its far more 'real' then the way people behave in the states, for example.

biko · 31-03-2006 04:48PM

Galway and Connemara, beautiful even when it rains.

Pighead · 31-03-2006 04:50PM

Pighead loves all the Irish Sony widescreens in all the lovely Irish Pubs.

japanpaul · 31-03-2006 05:01PM

I love the way nobody carries an umbrella around with them and then look suprised when it starts raining. It shows what an optimistic bunch we are.

redman · 31-03-2006 05:04PM

I've two

Sally O'Brien and the Way she might look at ya....

and

a wild wet day on the west coast, soaked to the skin after a long fresh walk followed by a walk to the local pub with a roaring truf fire, great seafood chowder with homemade brown bread, real butter, a fantastic pint of guinness and a pub full of good people.

azezil · 31-03-2006 05:21PM

Rural areas

Roddy23 · 31-03-2006 05:52PM

the craic. Even when yer away on holidays ye always try to find an Irish bar- why cos of the craic- can't be beaten especially if your locked and sunburnt to the hills

weemcd · 31-03-2006 07:08PM

because saying there were cattle on the road might still actually pass as an excuse for being late in some parts... (where else could you say that?)

wheres me jumpa · 31-03-2006 07:45PM

Irish women rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk!!!

Nightwish · 31-03-2006 08:06PM

Breakfast rolls. You cant seem to get them anywhere else.
Also sandwiches with butter, even in the UK they all have mayonnaise or mustard crap on them.

constitutionus · 31-03-2006 08:26PM

Nightwish wrote:

Breakfast rolls. You cant seem to get them anywhere else.
Also sandwiches with butter, even in the UK they all have mayonnaise or mustard crap on them.

i second this, ya cant beat a breakkie roll after a session. in fact a good old irish breakfast is one of the best ways to start a day, pity its becoming damn near impossible to get one in dublin. i mean who the hell started this panini and latte crap to begin with? i laughed so loud when bewely's re opened and they tried to force a "healthy" breakfast on the customers only to have to bring back the fry within a month.

after that good ol irish girls, i might rip the piss out of em in other threads but they're definetly unique and the world would be a lesser place without em:D
in fact irish people in general, we seem to have a non conformist way of looking at things thats fairly rare in a world that seems more interested in sucking up to people. some call it begrudgery but i dont think its an accurate description. simply an inate sense that no ones better than anyone else,its probably our best trait next to having the craic

*marie* · 31-03-2006 11:09PM

the way we love hating ourselves

jimmidy_cricket · 31-03-2006 11:25PM

Well seeing as theres been a few posts about how great us Irish ladies are, I gotta say I lkie Irish men (well most of em) anytime I've been abroad I've always hooked up with a paddy, they're real men and up untill recently I would've been able to say the don't faff with their aperrance. So really what I'm trying to say is i like proper Irish lads, not the pink t-shirt wearing, spikiy haired, dimonte earing chav's so common in other countries. Boys I love you the way you are, without mostuiriser and trimmed pubes! Keep it country

Rogueish · 31-03-2006 11:28PM

Family - love 'em or hate 'em they are the ties that bind us (mould us, support us, drive us NUTS......)

The standard of education - on the whole, it is of a standard that can compare positively against any other country.

The way the air feels and smells after rain - clean, fresh and new.

Green - there is something about flying back into Dublin Airport after being away and realising how lush and green the country really is.

el rabitos · 31-03-2006 11:32PM

dublin airport, which allows me to leave the place several times a year

junkyard · 31-03-2006 11:43PM

Peace wrote:

The fact there are no snakes.

We still have snakes but they're running the country now.;)

hiscan · 31-03-2006 11:43PM

hurling
the fastest game in the world

hiscan · 31-03-2006 11:44PM

junkyard wrote:

We still have snakes but they're running the country now.;)

how true!

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