Ireland - any stories from growing up?

[imaginedragon83]

I love how political Tayto was

Both are good but southern tayto will always win.
Same with the cadbury.

 

[Justhereforacreep]

Did you even watch father ted if you didn’t chip in with an aul ‘careful now’ whenever you were in the presence of someone massively concentrating on a task

 

[Oohthedrama]

If we’re talking scandals and drama -

Charlie Haughey
Every house in Ireland in the 90’s was tuned into RTE for that shit show

legend.

 

[Justhereforacreep]

7up and dry toast could cure any illness or ailment. Kerry girl here. Don’t live in Ireland now but I miss it so much.

I haven’t been home since Christmas and I’m missing my family so much. Bloody corona. No idea when it’s safe to fly either. Aer lingus aren’t flying atm from what I can see but Ryanair are from London. I wonder how that will work with social distancing though?

Remember when they tried to make tayto chocolate a thing. It wasn’t a thing. Cheap cooking chocolate, should of used Cadbury’s, blasphemy!

 

[Londoncailín]

This thread is making me a bit homesick

 

[laughing]

The best one:

Not as green as cabbage looking

 

[monga]

 

[Flowergirl14]

Just on here as suffering insomnia.. the Irish are best at funerals. The English just don't get it. You bury your loved one, then go to the pub and have a fabulous time meeting up with cousins and reminiscing!

 

[Sickofinstacrap]

Still a must at Xmas course we follow tradition and start hoarding for Xmas after Halloween "the Xmas press"

One year, it was my uncles anniversary and we had the mass in our house so we had loads and loads of sweet that my mam locked in the Christmas press. We managed to break into it every evening and chipped away at the tins of roses and USA biscuits. We were cleaver we taped them all back up everytime. Until Christmas eve came and all my aunts and uncles were over and mam went to get the roses out and the tin was full of wrappers we had her heart broke

 

[Oohthedrama]

Going across the boarder (up north) for the Christmas biscuits was the best part of Christmas in the 70’s/80’s

Cork (langer) here

Sending my condolences

 

[Doodlebug005]

I always remember growing up and Trocaire and Lent with Bishop Casey. My Mum used to say that he never cut back during Lent, look at the size of him! I think the scales of Irish people’s eyes fell away after his affair came to light in 1992. I remember I bought the book, and gave it to my Mum. I think it was the only book she read in her life. She would go up to the bedroom to read a chapter, come down and say how disgusting it was. Then she’d say - right I’m off to read the next chapter, don’t disturb me! Funny!!

That's hilarious I have a photo taken with Bishop Casey when I was very young, we come across it now and then and hubby says Eamonn was fine til he met me
In his defence a celebate life is a lonely one (the Vatican afraid the women and children would take their money) but the financial inaccuracies were dodgy- like Fr Ted - the money was "resting in his account"

 

[torontoon]

This is making me feel fierce nostalgic. I'm in Canada now, just a few years, but I feel nostalgic about loads of stuff. Lucozade, decent chocolate. Tayto, Colour Catcher sheets for the washing machine, grand stretch in the evenings, great drying out, flat 7up, brack (never even ate the stuff when I lived there), soda bread, decent butter, a white sliced pan. Bosco, Dustin, not being able to make it back to repeal the 8th, 99s, Monster Munch, Space Raiders, Bacon Fries.

Jesus but I miss Ireland, lads. Love it here, it's home now, but I do miss it.

 

[Columbo]

Derry Girl here. One of my most vivid childhood memories was playing with my brother and friends and the army were patrolling the streets as they normally were, it was really icy that day and one of the soldiers slipped and fell on his arse and we were screaming laughing at him until he pulled his gun on us I was 7 at the time and wet myself then my Ma gave me a clip on the ear back in the house because I only had one pair of trousers at the time

Fave Irish saving, when talking about someone tight, “sure they’d peel an orange in their pocket”

 

[Justhereforacreep]

For anyone who now lives outside of Ireland. Do you ever see people in the town or city where you now live, and just think they have a big Irish head on them? It’s unmistakable.

“Look at the big mad Irish head on him/her”

Irish lads you can spot a mile away, can't believe the DM did a 'you can copy his look' article on the fella from Normal People and it was a pair of o'neills shorts. Made me absolutely howl!

 

[Oohthedrama]

The only thing that will survive 2020 are cockroaches and Ireland’s own

 

[spannermarie]

I'm Irish, but have lived in the UK for nearly 30 years, and there are still things that I say which my English hubby has gotten used to, but he now also says them! 'C'mere to me...', standing up to do something and going 'now!' for no reason, 'grand', and of course: ''turn off the 'big light''

One of the best Irish weddings I went to was in Kinsale, Co Cork (and I’ve been to loads in Ireland), another 5am job - massive hangover next day....


Mind how you go.

and 'mind yourself' when you said goodbye to someone

 

[Flowergirl14]

Does anyone remember the advert on TV for farmers and their cows? S.O.S. - STAMP OUT SCOUR!
(this was for cows that had a fierce dose of the runs!).

 

[Doodlebug005]

Did you even watch father ted if you didn’t chip in with an aul ‘careful now’ whenever you were in the presence of someone massively concentrating on a task

Down with this sort of thing

 

[Columbo]

probably still has his communion money..

you can tell he’s from Cavan

“Head on him like a turnip”
“A sniper wouldn’t take her out”
“I’m that hungry I’d eat the back door buttered”
“I’m that hungry i’d eat the nun’s arse through the convent gate”

 

[monga]

Or I'll call ye back I'm in the middle of me dinner