The smells of Ireland

OU812

Was talking to a mate who emigrated last year (he's in the US).

He was telling me one of the things he really misses are the smells.

It's probably psychosomatic, but he says that pubs, sausages cooking & the air don't smell the same.

I know you can sometimes get a smell if Guinness are brewing, but can't say I recognise a pub smell in a blind smell test.

Anyway, it got me thinking, apart from the smell of peat fires and maybe countryside.

What do you think the "smells of Ireland" are?

(Obligitary Guinness farts mention)

brummytom

Manure. Everywhere.

elefant

I don't miss the smells, but one thing I missed without realising (until i returned home to visit) is being able to see the stars in the night sky.
The sky at night isn't the same in a big city. I never appreciated the beauty of it before.

Celly Smunt

Smell of roses off some peoples shit is baffling when walking around.

Anyone

The smell of benji.

Cantona's Collars

Passed a guy spreading slurry earlier,can't say I'd miss that smell.

Tabnabs

I remember that summer in Dublin,
And the Liffey as it stank like hell,
And young people walking down Grafton Street,
Everyone looking so well.
I was singing a song I heard somewhere,
Called "Rock'n'Roll Never Forget",
When my humming was smothered by the 46A,
And the scream of a low flying jet.
So, I jumped on a bus to Dun Laoghaire,
Stopping off to pick up my guitar,
When a drunk on a bus told me how to get rich,
I was glad we weren't going too far.

Rose coloured glasses...

gobnaitolunacy

Turf smoke is getting rare now, so I'd have to go with cowsh*t.

Grayson

OU812 wrote: »

I know you can sometimes get a smell if Guinness are brewing, but can't say I recognise a pub smell in a blind smell test.

I do love that smell.

The liffey on a bad day can smell like something crawled up mary harneys arse, died, then she ate it, and now she's got the runs because of it.

Grayson

zerks wrote: »

Passed a guy spreading slurry earlier,can't say I'd miss that smell.

Dunno if it's because of where I grew up but all the farmers spread pig slurry. A proper culchie can identify different types of sh1t by smell.

gobnaitolunacy

Grayson wrote: »

Dunno if it's because of where I grew up but all the farmers spread pig slurry. A proper culchie can identify different types of sh1t by smell.

Depends on where you are, chicken/poultry sh*t being spread has to be the worst smelling stuff.

Banjo String

Grayson wrote: »

Dunno if it's because of where I grew up but all the farmers spread pig slurry. A proper culchie can identify different types of sh1t by smell.

Hen slurry is the devils own concoction, completely and utterly rank.

Edit, beaten to it ^

Chuck Stone

The smell of the coast as you approach in the car on a warm summer's afternoon.

Walking into your Ma's house and being met with the smell of a chicken roasting in the oven.

Frolick

Mold... Wet mold

Ava_e

The smell of coffee when walking by Bewelys on Grafton Street always made me want to go in, especially on a winters day when the had the fires lighting beside the snugs. St Stephens Green in the summer when the flowers are in bloom and you get the lovely scent of the blossoms in the air when you're lying down in the grass during lunch break, can't be beat.

Grayson

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Depends on where you are, chicken/poultry sh*t being spread has to be the worst smelling stuff.

SamHall wrote: »

Hen slurry is the devils own concoction, completely and utterly rank.

Edit, beaten to it ^

We had chickens when I was a kid and the smell of that coop in the middle of summer would make your eyes water.

cloud493

Cigarette smoke. Not in a bad way.

Aidric

Smell of seaweed.

Seedy Arling

SamHall wrote: »

Hen slurry is the devils own concoction, completely and utterly rank.

Edit, beaten to it ^

Vile, a smell that will leave a taste in your mouth.

Banjo String

I miss the smell of naplam in the mornings.

.Henry Sellers.

The smell of a fresh early summer morning, when the dew is still on the grass and there's not a cloud in the sky for miles.

OU812

Actually a rise tinted glasses one for myself.

The smell of my grandfather's pipe.

26 years since I smelled it

B0jangles

OU812 wrote: »

Was talking to a mate who emigrated last year (he's in the US).

He was telling me one of the things he really misses are the smells.

It's probably psychosomatic, but he says that pubs, sausages cooking & the air don't smell the same.

I felt the same after spending a few months living in Chicago - when the wind blows off the lake it smells muddy, and when it blows off the land it smells dusty and tired.

When I came home it was late summer and I stood on the doorstep of the house at twilight for about half an hour just smelling the air - I live in a town but it's close enough to the countryside that I could smell fields, woods, gorse flowers and of course, the sea.

That's when I really felt that I had come home again.

castletownman

Probably not exclusively Irish, but my favourite thing about Irish summers, is the smell of freshly cut grass on a fine day.

super_furry

The vinegar and chipper smell mixed with the salt sea air down at the Bray seafront.

fishy fishy

damp wet earth smell

the smell in the morning walking by a pub - its a bit like a sweet pungent stale cider smell

freshly cut grass

Dyr

The bang off jacinah the junkie and the way she might look at ye

gobnaitolunacy

OU812 wrote: »

Actually a rise tinted glasses one for myself.

The smell of my grandfather's pipe.

26 years since I smelled it

Has to be proper pipe smoke, plug tobacco not that new fangled ready-rubbed stuff.

yeppydeppy

The smell of a fry, fresh brown bread and tea.

clintondaly

vomit and p1ss outside a takeaway

Auldloon

The smell of burning hare coming from the coursing thread.

xzanti

The smell of stale ale and cigarette smoke when you walk by a really old pub.

**Vai**

I seem to be the only person who doesnt mind the smell of manure. The OH loses her life when the annual farm pong begins but I dont mind it at all.

That smell that only the back of a Supermacs can provide.

The smell of Grafton St in the lead up to xmas.

Also, horse sausages.

Crooked Jack

Diesel round the border

neil_hosey

the smell of hops walking around kilmainham..

the smell of the turf from neighbours fire, miss that smell.

That smell of alcohol you get when walking by a pub on a warm morning in summer..

Auldloon

The smell of burning flags in summer in the northern counties.

Pacly

The smell of sillage is one of my favourites.

A smoky pub used to be a unique smell also.

Hard to beat the smell of fresh cut grass and petrol in summer though.

Fratton Fred

The smell of briquettes burning on a real fire is a real smell of Irish winter for me. Not having grown up with it, I find it very distinctive and very homely.

admiralofthefleet

the smell of grass as you walk into a racecourse, then manure

there is also a very strong smell of methane around the beehive inn on the n11

Kylo Ren

Napalm in the morning.

Ruudi_Mentari

Guinness, brewing and Brennans, baking

Breakfast rolls, breaking down.

darrcow

fat sweaty girls with lady gardens that smell of urine:D

circadian

The smell after a short rain shower on a warm day.

sorsha

Wild yellow flowers that grow on thorny bushes -they smell of cocconut!

suicide_circus

The bang of spliff in the liberties on dole day

razorblunt

Smell inside a bus when it's raining outside, specifically the number 2 in Cork, with the old green seats. What a terrible hum!

Where To

The smell of the heather after an August shower, if you could sell that you'd be rich.

Madam

Doherty's sausages and turf smoke:) Oh and that early morning smell after the rain the night before.

chakotha

The smell of wood smoke in the Autumn.

Celly Smunt

The smell of guinness's making the black stuff.

breadmonster

The stink of poverty