The thing you miss most about Ireland

Ronan|Raven

rashers

Ruu_Old

Ronan|Raven wrote:

rashers

Too bloody right! They have these skinny little feckers of things in the US, tiny I tell you!

galwaydude

You cant beat a proper irish breakfast.

Ronan|Raven

Cheese and rashers! The rasher bacon here just doesnt cut it.

solskjaer20

Reading tgis thread I think has put me off ever living away from Ireland.

Think I'd miss it too much.

Ruu_Old

solskjaer20 wrote:

Reading tgis thread I think has put me off ever living away from Ireland.

Think I'd miss it too much.

Its not too bad, but amazing the way the little things make you want to get home in an instant.

dSTAR

Steak and kidney pie
Beef and Guinness Stew (although my Aussie wife is learning)
Battered sausage and fat chipper chips!

Mmmm soul food...

half_dead

Ya's know strangely enough myself and the wife are leaving for Denver in about 2weeks

...and after 2 yrs in Galway I can't wait to be outta here...

Maybe its cause I'm a Dub (although I'd never live in Dublin again either)...

...or maybe its the tons of students and then tourists, and then students again that keep you awake all bloody night, through-out the seasons....

...Or it could be the weather....

I will miss Saturday morning fry up's in Finnegans (Galway) and a PROPER pint in 'The Foggy' in Dublin on a Sunday... but other than that... :rolleyes:

jamesozzie

The atmosphere in small village and town pubs where everybody just talks to everybody!

eiretamicha

jamesozzie wrote:

The atmosphere in small village and town pubs where everybody just talks to everybody!

I miss that, too.

justfortherecor

Fresh Irish Milk. The Japanese milk here smells funny and only requires refrigeration below 10degrees.

Irish telly as well.

lorraine1456

motormatic wrote:

I miss fresh air. Downtown Toronto stinks. I miss clean water and fresh air.

Yes it does stink, and the humidity doesn't help. My parents live an hour north of the city, and I hadn't realized what fresh air really was until I went back to visit after I moved out. And I live by a transit station.

motormatic

lorraine1456 wrote:

Yes it does stink, and the humidity doesn't help. My parents live an hour north of the city, and I hadn't realized what fresh air really was until I went back to visit after I moved out. And I live by a transit station.

i live by ossington subway station. it's disgusting .

and i totally miss the small town atmosphere where everyone just talks to everyone.

MrJones

well actually im living in Ireland but the things i miss most about the old Ireland is the fact that you didn't get fleeced everywhere you turn. Now you get 10 cents back when you hand in 5 euros for a pint and "service with a smile" has definitely gone out the window and also alternative/indie music festivals have become "boutique" music festivals which cost €175. who said it was about the music anyways!

Nina_Angelica

lorraine1456 wrote:

Yes it does stink, and the humidity doesn't help. My parents live an hour north of the city, and I hadn't realized what fresh air really was until I went back to visit after I moved out. And I live by a transit station.

you said it! you don't realize until you're back out of the city!

i used to live at dufferin and bloor there but moved home to my parents place(about an hour outside the city also, well, more like 20-30 mins but w/ medium traffic, 'bout an hour) in april and am pretty happy about that.

i may have said this before but i'll say it again, i just miss being able to hop in the car and drive 15 mins to hit coast and ocean. you can't beat that
i love toronto, it's my home but lake ontario pales and then some in comparison

jamesozzie

father ted!!

eiretamicha

jamesozzie wrote:

father ted!!

Father Ted!

We own the third season, and will be getting the 1st and 2nd soon!

Ruu_Old

jamesozzie wrote:

father ted!!

Its on BBC America I think. I have infected everyone around me with Father Ted since moving here, they love it and have the 3 seasons on region 1 dvd.

Norinoco

My mothers homemade Brown bread...and people being able to understand my accent...Its a thick kilkenny/tipperary culchie accent!!!

Ruu_Old

Norinoco wrote:

My mothers homemade Brown bread...and people being able to understand my accent...Its a thick kilkenny/tipperary culchie accent!!!

The pain I know all too well. *sniffles*

jamesozzie

the accents! For such a small nation its amazing all the different accents. Im from Gorey and i could tell you if a person was from arklow or gorey just by the way they speak. both towns are 10 miles away!

dSTAR

I know it is unreal.

Although most people outside of Ireland think they all sound the same.

Then again how many people can tell a kiwi accent from an aussie accent or trickier a Victorian from a Queenslander where there is noticeable difference.

I am reliably told there is one!

tywy

I miss being able to sleep at night! Here in Montreal it's frickin 20+C at night and we don't have air con. The humidity is unbearable at the moment!

But what I miss most is my family. I'll appreciate them so much more once I'm home.

Havin' a deadly time here in Montreal but role on August 4th! HOME SWEET HOME

Ruu_Old

tywy wrote:

I miss being able to sleep at night! Here in Montreal it's frickin 20+C at night and we don't have air con. The humidity is unbearable at the moment!

But what I miss most is my family. I'll appreciate them so much more once I'm home.

Havin' a deadly time here in Montreal but role on August 4th! HOME SWEET HOME

I hear ya buddy. Im in Illinois and its around 25C tonight (plenty of tossing and turning), humidity at 96%. I'll probably be heading home shortly for a visit.

DMC

A tip for the humidity and sleeping.

Take one fan, and a 2 litre bottle or two of water from the fridge. Place items in front of the fan, and you will have some relief.

giggidtygig2

DMC wrote:

A tip for the humidity and sleeping.

Take one fan, and a 2 litre bottle or two of water from the fridge. Place items in front of the fan, and you will have some relief.

Thanks man, I am going back to south east asia next month, that will be handy.

dave2pvd

1 My family
2 Irish humour
3 Not Irish girls
4 Not Guinness (exact same if you find a pub that pours enough)
5 Sausages
6 Irish roads. God I miss driving in Ireland
7 Irish apathy towards religion
8 Tayto cheese and onion
9 Euro cars
10 Not Irish weather
11 Not begrudgery
12 Not excessive taxation, but:
13 Socialism - the parts that actually work properly
14 Not 'sure aren't we the best little island in the world'
15 Christmas
16 Top-class education
17 Grammar
18 Fuel efficiency
19 Battered sausages
20 Irish bread: batch, turnover, soda bread....

dave2pvd

Oh, to the person who ended up in Florida: I'm so sorry. I agree that it's (mostly) overrated. And completely boring. The best parts of this country are the parts that the tourists don't even think of visiting.

Dave
Atlanta, GA

iguana

Proper sausages, English ones always put me in mind of a condom filled with dirty dishwater.

Bunalun Organic Tomato and Chilli sauce.

Tayto Snax and Chipstix. (Though Snax changed last year and aren't as nice.)

KP Prawn Cocktail flavoured Crunchies.

Proportional Representation Elections. I don't want to vote Labour but I'm really afraid that the Tories will get back in government. I wish I could 1, 2, 3 it and vote for who I actually like best without giving a free pass to whoever I like least.

Constitutional Referendums. They're always fun. I'll be heading home to vote in those - as i intend moving back to Ireland at some point and wouldn't like to find we've outlawed the morning after pill or such like - but I'll miss all the build up.

And the Smoking Ban. Roll on the still unspecified date in summer 2007.

Tall Tom

Even though I am an American, I have spent many summers as a child with my parents' familes in Mayo and Donegal, and still go back from time to time.

I really miss:

- the smell of a peat fire
- proper Guinness. For some reason, US Guinness is watery even though people swear it's from Dublin (doubt it)
- real Cadbury chocolate
- real farm milk. The stuff squeezed from a cow's teat and chilled overnight.
- the fact that the postman or breadman would stop by the house and stay for a chat
- scenery. My mom's family lives along the coast in Donegal and it's breathtaking
- when we attended chuch on Sunday's, it was a real mass and not this "glamorous production".
- my relatives. A few aunts and uncles have passed on, but their memories will never be forgotten.