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Irish Prezzie For Abroad

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  • 19-10-2010 2:56pm
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    sammalone
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭


    Hello all
    I'm trying to get ideas for a present for an family in Europe and I'd like to get them something Irish. Has anyone any ideas? Is there anyone who does hampers or something of that ilk?


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    dolphin city
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    there are various places online that do hampers but they are very very costly. You'd be better off doing up a parcel yourself and sending it snail mail to get there for Christmas.


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    candy-gal1
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    Irish booze!


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    star-pants
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    Aye you could look at hampers online that are made up, and try to make your own.
    The likes of whiskeys or other drink that they like & is Irish would be good. Things perhaps like irish made chocolates (butlers perhaps), maybe Tayto or other foodstuffs they can't get where they are.


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    Crasp
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Crasp


    Another vote to make your own.


    A few packs of Taytos, some cidona/tanora/other stuff that's rare outside Ireland, decent chocolates (some cadbury multipacks for the kids, some Butlers or locally made chocolate for the parents) some soda bread, Barry's tae, tin of Foxes biscuits, box of roses, etc etc


    Ship it on a Monday so it's not sitting in some warehouse over the weekend.


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    WhodahWoodah
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    Sammalone you're in Cork!!! Go down to the English Market and go mad! I'm sure you can send a refrigerated delivery if you have the dosh for it, or if not there's plenty of stuff that keeps down there that you could send. Go talk to the stall keepers. The yum sausages etc won't be good to send unless you can send them frozen, but hit up the cheese places etc and you're on a winner. And you're spending your cash locally - bonus!


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    Crasp
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Crasp


    WhodahWoodah wrote: »
    Sammalone you're in Cork!!! Go down to the English Market and go mad! I'm sure you can send a refrigerated delivery if you have the dosh for it, or if not there's plenty of stuff that keeps down there that you could send. Go talk to the stall keepers. The yum sausages etc won't be good to send unless you can send them frozen, but hit up the cheese places etc and you're on a winner. And you're spending your cash locally - bonus!

    If you could somehow ship refrigerated, you should go mad as said above: Clonakilty pudding sausages rashers (or even better, home made), all types of cheeses, some proper old-skool butter (or kerrygold).


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    D4RK ONION
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    Moved to the Gifts forum :)


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    sammalone
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭sammalone


    Thanks a million lads for the ideas. Is it ok to send foodstuffs in the post? If so should i be looking at someone other than an post to deliver as I'm sure it'll cost a fortune. They are in the EU if it makes any difference


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    fermoycailin
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    sammalone you could try a crowd who deliver in Europe (&UK) but are based in UK and sell lots of Irish products. They're called www.youirishshop.com and chillled products aren't a problem. I'd bet if there was something you wanted to add that they would try to help you out, but they seem to have a good range.


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    r3nu4l
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    fermoycailin wrote: »
    sammalone you could try a crowd who deliver in Europe (&UK) but are based in UK and sell lots of Irish products. They're called www.youirishshop.com and chillled products aren't a problem. I'd bet if there was something you wanted to add that they would try to help you out, but they seem to have a good range.

    Is that site down? I can't access it (from the UK). :(


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    fermoycailin
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭fermoycailin


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Is that site down? I can't access it (from the UK). :(


    Jusst tried it and was working ok. Maybe try through google??
    Sorry can't be of more help, but seems to be working from here, and its aimed to people in the UK so not sure why its not working from there.
    If you've no luck with the website perhaps you could email: (on their website) customerservices@youririshshop.com


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    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    fermoycailin wrote: »
    Jusst tried it and was working ok. Maybe try through google??
    Sorry can't be of more help, but seems to be working from here, and its aimed to people in the UK so not sure why its not working from there.
    If you've no luck with the website perhaps you could email: (on their website) customerservices@youririshshop.com

    That's weird, works through Google but still won't work through address bar!! Other sites fine in address bar. :) Mad.

    Anyway, another suggestion (not for everybody) is the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly books. They can be difficult to get outside Ireland (although Amazon do them) but are uniquely Irish (whether you like them or not) :)

    EDIT: Ah, didn't realise youririshfoods was the online shop for O'Kane foods (suppliers of Irish foods to Asda and Budgens for their Irish aisles) :)


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