Stuff you miss about Ireland when abroad

Foxhound38 · 01-03-2015 11:04pm #1

Proper milk, proper tea, proper sausages - try as I might, I just can't seem to get these things easily while on the continent.

What about ye? What stuff do you think we do better than other countries?

Sheep Lover · 01-03-2015 11:05pm

The cronyism and lack of time keeping.

Frito · 01-03-2015 11:06pm

Supermacs cheese and garlic chips.

Mr_Muffin · 01-03-2015 11:08pm

Easy girls.

Irish girls need no charming.

Donkey Oaty · 01-03-2015 11:09pm

Mammies and Miwadi.

JacquesDeLad · 01-03-2015 11:09pm

Wishing I was somewhere it didn't rain so much.

Tigger · 01-03-2015 11:10pm

Sheep Lover wrote: »

lack of time keeping.

i'm lazy and late
so i moved to the west and now i'm normal

The Diabolical Monocle · 01-03-2015 11:11pm

Hate how you have to respect the law when abroad or you might end up in prison

like really actually in a real prison

ancapailldorcha · 01-03-2015 11:12pm

Tea,
RTE,
Guinness,
Tayto,
The feel of Irish towns. English ones just aren't the same.

biko · 01-03-2015 11:13pm

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Proper milk, proper tea, proper sausages

By "proper" do you mean certain brands? I find tea and milk in England just as good as Irish. And sausages in Germany better than Irish.
Your miles may vary

That said, I do miss the way we do fry-ups when I'm away.

Sunnyisland · 01-03-2015 11:14pm

Sometimes the rain,and green fields,the friendliness of most people.

Tigger · 01-03-2015 11:14pm

biko wrote: »

By "proper" do you mean certain brands? I find tea and milk in England just as good as Irish. And sausages in Germany better than Irish.
Your miles may vary

mileage

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ymmv

Lapin · 01-03-2015 11:14pm

Grumpy and unhelpful staff in Bus Éireann and Irish Rail.

kfallon · 01-03-2015 11:16pm

Club 'odinge'

Banjo String · 01-03-2015 11:20pm

Pubs.

And I don't mean an 'Irish themed' pub, I mean my proper, local pub.

I could (don't live at home now) stroll into my own local with no cash on me, order a pint of beer and get the pint with change from a twenty. (which would be repaid later on in the week)

In my local it is not unknown for the barman (owner) to have to go somewhere for an hour or two, and leave the bar unattended with a plastic dish with change, we served ourself from the bar and threw in the cash, change was there if required.

I just don't get that level of attention in any other bar, in any other place I've lived.

O.A.P · 01-03-2015 11:20pm

Irish people mostly,
We have a sense of humor that not everybody gets.
Stick with it though make friends and be yourself,

Tigger · 01-03-2015 11:26pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Pubs.

And I don't mean an 'Irish themed' pub, I mean my proper, local pub.

I could (don't live at home now) stroll into my own local with no cash on me, order a pint of beer and get the pint with change from a twenty. (which would be repaid later on in the week)

In my local it is not unknown for the barman (owner) to have to go somewhere for an hour or two, and leave the bar unattended with a plastic dish with change, we served ourself from the bar and threw in the cash, change was there if required.

I just don't get that level of attention in any other bar, in any other place I've lived.

honor and trust
something that's lost to a lot of people

DoYouEvenLift · 01-03-2015 11:32pm

The laid back, easygoing attitude...that's about it really, nothing else special about the place

Novella · 01-03-2015 11:42pm

Chipper chips.
Chicken balls from the Chinese.
Lucozade.
Cadbury's chocolate.
Milk.
Superquinn sausages.
Proper baked beans.
My mam's Sunday roast.

Aside from food and drinks, I miss the Irish attitude. Living in the US, I get sick of all the chirpy, "How is your day going?", "Have a great day!". I miss a casual Howaya that doesn't require a response or being able to say I'm grand and that being enough.

I miss sarcasm. Americans think they get it but they don't really. I've tried to make my husband (who is American) understand "I will yeah!" and he tries to say it sometimes but when he says it, it sounds like he means it and not at all like he's saying no.

I'd like to be able to refer to someone as yer man or yer one and not have to go into great detail about who I mean. Irish people just get it.

I miss everything about Ireland.

PNA · 01-03-2015 11:55pm

It has to be the black stuff

02-03-2015 12:01am

Usually tea and milk. Though I was in Dubai last week and the tea was so much better than here. I've actually ordered some of it online it was so nice.

My doggy.

Good Guinness.

AlanS181824 · 02-03-2015 12:03am

I live in Carlow, you pass someone on the streets here you'd say hi, you can't walk down Tullow Street without bumping into a relative or something ye know.

I was in Berlin recently and someone actually walked right into me and then continued walking, not a sorry or an excuse me to be heard.

.....So manners.

Autosport · 02-03-2015 12:17am

Manners
Our sense of humour
Lucozade
Club orange and the beautiful Irish countryside

William F · 02-03-2015 12:23am

decent mobile phone data

Augmerson · 02-03-2015 12:27am

Sally O' Brien and the way she might look at you.

Karl Stein · 02-03-2015 12:29am

The twinkle in a pig's eye.

CJ Haughey · 02-03-2015 12:32am

mass.

02-03-2015 12:34am

Irish pubs is a big one. Just the feel of them, the smell of the old wood and furniture mixed with a smell of spirits. You do not get that anywhere else. I also love the "sure its all grand" attitude of the people. Then the funny contradictions like everyone giving out about the government and the recession but you will find it tough to get seats in caffes and restaurants at lunchtime.

Ireland is awesome.

ceadaoin. · 02-03-2015 12:56am

Superquinn sausages, chippers, curry sauce, club orange, Birdseye waffles. Most other things I can get here for an extortionate price like Heinz beans and Lyons tea which suddenly doesn't seem so nice that it's worth $7 for a small box!

And pubs

riclad · 02-03-2015 12:57am

I think there,s a lot of things avaidable in irish shops,
tayto, red lemonade ,irish biscuits .
that are not avaidable in other countrys.
Irish pubs are friendly ,its easy to meet people ,or talk to strangers .
if you want to.
if some one likes you ,you,ll know it.

other countrys may have pubs ,but its not the same .
no other country has pubs like a real irish pub.
For such a small country we produce alot of good quality radio programs .
And some good tv programs .

02-03-2015 1:07am

When I lived in the UK, I really missed the Irish driving.
In the UK, most drive on the left lane and you get hounded out of it for hogging the middle or outer lane.
In the UK, you have to stop when the light turns red, you don't have that extra 5 seconds after the light turns red.
In the UK, you are not allowed to drive your tractor on the motorway. Learner drivers get taken off the motorways by Police!
I could go on but glad to be back in Ireland with its much more flexible approach to driving and the lack of enforcement.

Stuff you miss about Ireland when abroad

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