14 Things That Are Too Irish For Their Own Good

These are the things that the folk abroad just don't get.

1. (Barry's) Tea.

If you aren’t immediately offered tea when you go to someone’s house you feel strange and unsettled. The fact that in some places tea isn’t even “a thing” is itself unsettling.  Every Irish household has tea, even if no one drinks it.

2. Tayto

One packet of crisps for an entire nation, anyone who says otherwise is just wrong. You can put em in your sambos, mix them with dairy milk, or just eat them normally I suppose but that would be just plain weird wouldn't it?

3. Chippers.

Specifically chippers owned by Italian families... I imagine it's quite like the sopranos only with fish and chips... and batter sausages, yum!

4. The Immersion.

Ireland, can still technically be considered a “developing country.” For instance, we only just got Netflix and we have this magical thing in our houses called an immersion, which from what I can deduce, controls my mother's temperature.

5. Mi Wadi

I’m not sure why or how this isn’t a thing in other countries. It’s the ultimate mixer for essentially any booze. I also don’t think my childhood would have been significant without a dash of blackcurrant in my water.

6. Poitín.

Booze made from Potatoes... Combining two of the worst Irish stereotypes/truths and getting people drunk with them is the most Irish thing ever.

7. Stephen’s Day.

December 26th. The Irish version of “Black Friday” in the states or 'Boxing Day' in the UK. It's not really anything special, it's just a day that happens to be after christmas every year, nothing gained, nothing lost.

8. The Craic.

Craic is a way of life, and integral to most conversations. Not to be confused with crack, the class A drug popular amongst people in America.

9. Saying “What’s the story?” 

Because how else would you instigate conversation...

10. The Rose of Tralee.

To describe this competition to outsiders is one of the most difficult things about being Irish, essentially the winner is the girl who most matches the qualities mention in the song 'lovely and fair'. It's an all round embarrassment.

11. The GAA.

A bunch of muck savages running around a field either A) Hitting each other with sticks or B) chasing a ball around. It's hard to compare these sports to anything abroad as it seems they are just a mixture of them all.

12. Travelers.

I’m not saying anything aside from that, for fear of potentially offending someone.

13. Bulmers.

From a pint bottle, that's exactly 568ml of appley goodness.. Best enjoyed on a hot summers day, however infrequent they are.

14. “Bye-bye-by-by-by-by-bye.”

The never-ending trailing telephone send-off. That every Irish person does and which confuses other nationalities to no end.