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What do you associate with Ireland?

Asked by CakeOrDeath (106points) December 13th, 2009
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What springs to mind (the people, the culture, etc)

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Berserker's avatar

Parties, potatoes, rebel songs, fist fighting just for the hell of it, and Guinness.

I say all this in good nature.

Berserker (33548points)“Great Answer” (1points)
eponymoushipster's avatar

hearts moons stars and clovers.

eponymoushipster (20297points)“Great Answer” (4points)
JLeslie's avatar

Green lawns, Irish music, alcohol. My husband has been dying to go to Ireland for years. He is obsessed with the Irish for some reason.

JLeslie (65418points)“Great Answer” (3points)
TexasDude's avatar

British imperialism

TexasDude (25274points)“Great Answer” (3points)
faye's avatar

Kissin’ the Blarnystone! My relatives came from Ireland, got some black ones in my family!

faye (17857points)“Great Answer” (2points)
HumourMe's avatar

Green, white, orange and the luck of the Irish.

HumourMe (1931points)“Great Answer” (2points)
my_hearts_in_scotland's avatar

Irish Coffee, leprechauns, pots of gold at the end of the rainbow, Dublin, U2, my boyfriend (he’s half Irish half Scottish), mystic and wonderous beauty.

my_hearts_in_scotland (267points)“Great Answer” (2points)
peedub's avatar

Powers, Jameson, and an ex-girlfriend.

Oh yeah, Wildflower too.

peedub (8708points)“Great Answer” (2points)
evandad's avatar

Green grass and red hair

evandad (2495points)“Great Answer” (3points)
ru2bz46's avatar

Shot out kneecaps.

ru2bz46 (6743points)“Great Answer” (3points)
poisonedantidote's avatar

lateral thinking, nice country sides, blarney stone.

poisonedantidote (21675points)“Great Answer” (2points)
live_rose's avatar

a wrestler sheamus o’shaunessy (don’t get more irish than that name), ummm then irish spring soap and then U2. Not exactly what everyone thinks of but my mind is a bit off

live_rose (1223points)“Great Answer” (1points)
FishGutsDale's avatar

Temple Bar district, a pretty Slovenian girl i met, the AMAZING cliffs of moher AND THE MOTHER FREAKING RAIN!

FishGutsDale (2038points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Slick's avatar

Potatoes and clovers.

Slick (783points)“Great Answer” (2points)
holden's avatar

Angela’s Ashes.

holden (8450points)“Great Answer” (1points)
proXXi's avatar

Delorean Motor Company.

proXXi (2906points)“Great Answer” (1points)
absalom's avatar

James Joyce.

absalom (7552points)“Great Answer” (2points)
MrBr00ks's avatar

The Boondock Saints.

MrBr00ks (1737points)“Great Answer” (3points)
faye's avatar

@MrBr00ks I loved that movie!

faye (17857points)“Great Answer” (0points)
MrBr00ks's avatar

I just saw the sequel today, and it was just as good, maybe better.

MrBr00ks (1737points)“Great Answer” (0points)
faye's avatar

Great, I look forward to it, and i’ll quit hijacking your thread @CakeorDeath.

faye (17857points)“Great Answer” (0points)
hiphiphopflipflapflop's avatar

Dave Allen.

hiphiphopflipflapflop (6100points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Fernspider's avatar

I do be thinking of the Irish in a drinking, green, leprecon kind of way… sure to be sure, father :D

I would absolutely love to go there, for sure.

Fernspider (3597points)“Great Answer” (1points)
RubyReds's avatar

The accent, the clover, the leprecon at the end of the rainbow, the beer and the pubs.

RubyReds (459points)“Great Answer” (2points)
dea_ex_machina's avatar

rain, more rain, cold grey days, rain, terrible accents, people who look as if they have never seen sunshine!
But it is home… so there are so many other associations – too many to mention

dea_ex_machina (138points)“Great Answer” (2points)
LTaylor's avatar

Irony

LTaylor (478points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Haleth's avatar

One of my friends in college was from Ireland, and she sometimes made delicious things for dinner out of cabbage or potatoes. I never thought I’d have cravings for cabbage, but right now I do. @dea_ex_machina I think Irish accents are pretty.

Haleth (18947points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Haleth's avatar

@MrBr00ks @faye Did you know Boondock Saints 2 is already in limited release? It hasn’t reached any theaters near me yet, though.

Haleth (18947points)“Great Answer” (0points)
dea_ex_machina's avatar

@Haleth – you have not been to Belfast then? There are so many different accents – some bear little or no relationship to each other. There is a certain harshness to a Belfast accent that is reminiscent of finger nails on a blackboard

dea_ex_machina (138points)“Great Answer” (1points)
CakeOrDeath's avatar

@Haleth I lived in Belfast for several years (thankfully my accent is not strong) and I agree, it is so harsh…perhaps worse than jeordie!

CakeOrDeath (106points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Haleth's avatar

@dea_ex_machina @CakeOrDeath I haven’t. I should have just said, I think my friend’s accent is pretty. I believe you about accents, but that’s pretty subjective. One of my friends has a New York accent that she is slowly losing, and I told her that she sounds better now, because I think NY accents are harsh and grating. But people from New York think those of us from DC talk waaaayyyy tooooo slooooow…ly.

Haleth (18947points)“Great Answer” (0points)
caroj's avatar

The Secret of Roan Inish and a stopover at Shannon Airport.

caroj (25points)“Great Answer” (0points)
MarkyMark's avatar

Green countryside, the lilting accent, U2, Sinead O’Connor, Protestants and Catholics, community pubs.

MarkyMark (320points)“Great Answer” (0points)
dea_ex_machina's avatar

@Haleth – I agree – you know that whining tone quality that you get in a NY accent (or the accent from some parts of NY) – that is the same tone that appears in the accents from some parts of Belfast, and also in country and western music LOL

dea_ex_machina (138points)“Great Answer” (1points)
pjanaway's avatar

Guiness

pjanaway (3002points)“Great Answer” (2points)
bhec10's avatar

Thierry Henry?

bhec10 (6458points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Finny's avatar

An awesome accent! :)

Finny (214points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Unexpected_Rain's avatar

Green, hills, mist and leprechauns too :)

Unexpected_Rain (357points)“Great Answer” (0points)
SirGoofy's avatar

About one-half of my ancestors.

SirGoofy (3085points)“Great Answer” (1points)
aprilsimnel's avatar

Pennywhistles.

aprilsimnel (30749points)“Great Answer” (0points)
eponymoushipster's avatar

large chested redheads.

eponymoushipster (20297points)“Great Answer” (2points)
YCLYHO's avatar

the colour GREEN!!!

YCLYHO (834points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Flo_Nightengale's avatar

4 shades of green!!

Flo_Nightengale (1491points)“Great Answer” (0points)
YCLYHO's avatar

8 shades of green lols

YCLYHO (834points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Flo_Nightengale's avatar

Ooops my mistake, it’s 40 shades of green! Shamrock Rovers Football Club, Home Farm Football Club, Liffy River, Shannon River, Doolin, Knock Shrine, driving on the left side of the road, The Point Theater, O’Connell Street, beautiful rainbows, Eyre Square, Aran Islands, Howth.

Flo_Nightengale (1491points)“Great Answer” (0points)
proXXi's avatar

1 stainless steel shade of John Delorean…

proXXi (2906points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Gabstar's avatar

the colour green and clovers :P

Gabstar (260points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Mat74UK's avatar

Murals
Rioting
Guinness.
Drive Resurfacing.
Speaking too fast.
Potatoes (or lack off).
Father Ted.
Horse Racing.
Mmmm Jameson’s.
Leprechauns.
The Corrs (minus Jim).
Terry Wogan.
Roy Walker.
Colin Murray.
Liverpool.

Mat74UK (4662points)“Great Answer” (0points)
aprilsimnel's avatar

Father Ted! Yay!

That would be an ecumenical matter.

aprilsimnel (30749points)“Great Answer” (1points)
dea_ex_machina's avatar

i thought Father Ted was a documentary

dea_ex_machina (138points)“Great Answer” (2points)

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