1. Brown/White soda bread (Nobody outside Ireland has heard of Pat the Baker!!)
2. Lyons tea (or Barrys tea if you are from the People’s Republic, or Bewley’s if you’re a Dub)
3. Denny sausages
4. Nice meat, esp. steak (which doesn’t have bird flu, blue tongue, mad cow disease, a huge price tag …)
5. RTÉ news
6. Irish accents
7. Music in the streets, shops, etc.
8. That Ireland doesn’t have a class system, as in the UK.
9. That Irish people pronounce the letter ‘r’ and know that ‘th’ is not pronounced ‘v’
10. Nobody calls you ‘mate’
11. Nobody insults you for being Irish
12. Nobody thinks their’s a “Southern Ireland”
13. There is no chance anyone will confuse you with an American/Canadian.
14. Bertie Ahern’s amazing ability to get away with all the scandalous things he has done – it’s quite amazing really
15. Red lemonade (TK of course!)
16. Chef ketchup
17. Avonmore soup
18. Odlums porridge
19. Taytos, Perris, Kings (these are Irish “crisps”/”potato chips”).
I REALLY SHOULD NOTE THAT YOU CAN BUY TAYTOS FROM THE WEBSITE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD – WUHOO!!
20. Butter milk
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NB this post is under construction – any additions that people can think of then let me know! I am also thinking up a post on things you DON’T miss when you leave Ireland! watch this space.
