What are the best Irish things ?

AskMyChocolate · 24-04-2011 03:36PM #1

Admittedly, this just sprang to my mind, so I probably haven't given it the thought or time that a question like this deserves; but off the top of my head I'm going to go with, and in no particular order:

1) Sing-Songs

2) Red Lemonade

3) Butter

So, Ahers, what are your faves?

jam_mac_jam · 24-04-2011 03:37PM

Sausage

Pauleta · 24-04-2011 03:40PM

Pork products

24-04-2011 03:40PM

Guinness. Dirty fish & chips. Breakfast rolls. High standard of living.

brummytom · 24-04-2011 03:50PM

'Irish' music. Can't beat it.

And a complete inability to drink in moderation.
Don't call me racist, half of you are drunk reading this

KeithM89_old · 24-04-2011 03:56PM

Céilís in secondary school were always great fun. Sneaking in a naggin, jumping round like a prat and fingering some one girl in the bike shed afterwards. Good times...

Cherry_Cola · 24-04-2011 03:57PM

Tanora, but now they've changed it :mad:

Poor Craythur · 24-04-2011 03:57PM

Red lemonade is mank.

Sausages? Hell yes! We do them really, REALLY well, I didn't realise how well until I lived in Britain where even butcher sausages are yock.

chin_grin · 24-04-2011 03:58PM

Begrudgery. No one else does it better than the Irish. :pac:

kfallon · 24-04-2011 03:58PM

Bacon n' cabbage
Stew

Xivilai · 24-04-2011 04:00PM

The pedal-powered wheelchair

IvySlayer · 24-04-2011 04:04PM

brummytom wrote: »

'Irish' music. Can't beat it.

And a complete inability to drink in moderation.
Don't call me racist, half of you are drunk reading this

That's racist :mad:

I've only had 2 bottles. :pac:

/opens a third

ForzaSaints · 24-04-2011 04:06PM

Guinness. Gers Deli. Rebel Songs. Irish Football. Saint Patricks Athletic.

BOHtox · 24-04-2011 04:10PM

Sheltic!

Balmed Out · 24-04-2011 04:11PM

black pudding

Friendly pubs

Dwellingdweller · 24-04-2011 04:14PM

The dole

24-04-2011 04:17PM

Our drop dead gorgeous politicians.

Einhard · 24-04-2011 04:20PM

Smithwicks.

Hiberno-English- I quite like that fact that the English spoken in Ireland is that bit different to that spoken anywhere else.

Tayto sangwiches.

The fact that the elderly in Ireland are the real deal- nostril hair, trouser braces, those wheely things aul wans carry their shopping about in. Not trendy, hip, Nike wearing, American style OAPs. Our old folk are the real deal!

alexa5x5 · 24-04-2011 04:22PM

The Irish sense of humour.

King cheese and onion.

emeraldstar · 24-04-2011 04:22PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Red lemonade is mank.

Sausages? Hell yes! We do them really, REALLY well, I didn't realise how well until I lived in Britain where even butcher sausages are yock.

God no, English sausages are better. Cumberland sausages....drool....

Badgermonkey · 24-04-2011 04:23PM

Our ability to build more vomit coloured bungalows, despite knowing what the first one looked like.

Jezzabelle · 24-04-2011 04:27PM

emeraldstar wrote: »

God no, English sausages are better. Cumberland sausages....drool....

No way, nothing like butcher sausages or superquinn ones.
The english haven't got a clue how to do a good fry up!. I find the food in England to generally be of a poorer standard than here.

Things about Ireland I love:

Sense of humour - unique to us and not always gotten by others
Our pubs
GAA
Our use of the English language

kfallon · 24-04-2011 04:29PM

Tayto crisps, club orange and a 'hang sangwich' in tinfoil

Eve_Dublin · 24-04-2011 04:30PM

The ability to fill silences with often very funny nonsense.

Lawrence1895 · 24-04-2011 04:31PM

Podge and Rodge, Killinaskully, Father Ted

MrStuffins · 24-04-2011 04:32PM

Bono

Kevin Duffy · 24-04-2011 04:32PM

Beating the English at cricket, a very Irish thing.

HenryChinaski · 24-04-2011 04:32PM

The craic

AskMyChocolate · 24-04-2011 04:33PM

brummytom wrote: »

'Irish' music. Can't beat it.

And a complete inability to drink in moderation.
Don't call me racist, half of you are drunk reading this

"Marge, have I put my can down?"

"Yes, Homer"

"Good. Then turn down that Paddy Reilly album and hand me my broad black brimmer"

"You swapped your broad black brimmer for a sandwich years ago"

"Fine so"

*dudgeon*

ejmaztec · 24-04-2011 04:34PM

Misery and emigration.

pickarooney · 24-04-2011 04:34PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Red lemonade is mank.

Sausages? Hell yes! We do them really, REALLY well, I didn't realise how well until I lived in Britain where even butcher sausages are yock.

No. No. A million times no. The gristle and rusk farce that the Irish try to pass off as sausages are a culinary travesty. Rashers, by all means, but those 'sausages' are just vile.

Irish milk, beef, lamb and humour are our real national treasures.

What are the best Irish things ?

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