Things Ireland had before the UK

Effects wrote: »

A famine?

More a Genocide than a “famine” but Scotland had famines before us. They fed the Scots.

Plastic bag levy and smoking ban

Spice bags.

a Submarine

Guinness

Equal suffrage. In 1918, the UK and Ireland gave women over 30 years of age the vote, while men could vote at 21. On gaining independence in 1922, Ireland made it 21 for both. The UK didn't do that until 1928.

Leprechauns, Shamrock, Guinness, horses running through council estates, toothless simpletons, people with eyebrows on their cheeks.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Tax on plastic bags.

That turned into a 70c rip off.

kneemos wrote: »

That turned into a 70c rip off.

It's a 70c good idea to me.

Countless Irish actors, musicians, writers and sportspersons that the British media claim as their own soon as something of note happens to them.

Samuel L. Jackson famously shut down a British reporter who claimed Colin Farrell when both men were promoting the film 'SWAT'. Says Sam "you Brits have a real problem with claiming people that aren't"

Shame he didn't throw in a 'muthaf***a' for good measure.

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

Crisps!

A Boeing 747 with aer lingus

And Ryanair

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.