Things Ireland had before the UK

Kyle More

Dara O'Briain

Tell me how

AndyBoBandy wrote:

I thought it was the government in conjunction with Aer Rianta, as back in the day most transatlantic flights from Europe to America and vice versa had to stop in Shannon to refuel. So some clever clogs decided to declare the area Shannon is built on as a free port (outside Ireland in tax terms) so VAT duty didn’t need to be applied to goods sold there, thus creating the worlds first Duty Free shop.

Brendan O'Regan was that clever clogs.
Was responsible for developing Shannon airport and opening world's first duty free shop. Also did trojan work in developing/promoting the Shannon region and was also later involved in peace initiatives between Northern and Southern Ireland.

mistersifter

The flavoured crisp.

Invented by Tayto.

cheese and onion and salt and vinegar.

Day Lewin

Far as I know, the first Crime/Police real life programme was RTE's "Garda Patrol" back in the 1960's:
long before any of these Crimewatch type of things. A definite First.

dinorebel

Margaret Cash

M.T. Cranium

Rain, except when it came from the east.

eviltwin

Primark

sicknotexi

**** all really.

Duckworth_Luas

The first country in the world to be mapped at high accuracy large scales.

This was completed during the Great Famine so the island could be more effectively taxed by Westminster.

Lucy8080

A lack of Roman dominance.

The civilisation of Europe after the Romans fell.

Go away outta that with your two world wars and one world cup. Would not be possible without us laying the pitch!

BalcombeSt4

Legalized gay marriage by popular vote before Britain

flazio

An airplane from America. (first transatlantic flight landed in Clifden didn’t it?)

OldMrBrennan83

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

Legalized gay marriage by popular vote before Britain

Didn't they just legalise it without the song and dance?

blackeyedpeat

European referenda and reruning them when you get the wrong result

SEPT 23 1989

Television talk show

ToddyDoody

I'm predicting this one in advance but...

Liveline, where you know the s*it's really about to hit the fan when you hear '1850...'

blinding

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Has this not been debated that it was incompetence by the British authorities that caused this, rather than pre-mediation to wipe us out?

Convenient Incompetence !

blinding

Mondo from Dublin wrote: »

Isn't it kind of strange that it took the UK until 1994 to have an national lottery?

They can be a bit Puritan / Right about gambling !:eek:

blinding

flazio wrote: »

An airplane from America. (first transatlantic flight landed in Clifden didn’t it?)

Its in the science museum in London . Quite impressive .

blinding

Patww79 wrote: »

Didn't they just legalise it without the song and dance?

Its not legit without the song and dance .

gozunda

Guinness

Tell me how

blinding wrote:

They can be a bit Puritan / Right about gambling !

Have you seen their love of those ridiculous, noisy fruit machines with the stupid names and the flashing lights in every pub?

Might as well just hand the barman a tenner and ask for 6 quid back.

It would be the same payout, be quicker and would mean the noises like a child's spaceship wouldn't annoy others.

irishgeo

The 6 counties.

Iwouldinmesack

Deaf people being segregated and the use of their language banned

retalivity

The Beaufort scale

AndrewJRenko

kneemos wrote: »

That turned into a 70c rip off.

If only there was an easy way to avoid paying the rip off fee...

Speedsie

JupiterKid wrote: »

A drive thru bank (AIB, Cornelscourt, 1990 - gone now sadly).

Gay men and women able to serve openly in the army.

The drive through bank was even earlier... AIB Baggot St upper in 1970s! The remnants can still be seen in Eastmoreland Place.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=drive+through+bank+baggot+st&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rev2&prmd=minv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFwP72xpTeAhWLJcAKHfCKDDQQ_AUIEigC&biw=424&bih=673#imgrc=ehqRdcMp4szLiM

blinding

Tell me how wrote: »

Have you seen their love of those ridiculous, noisy fruit machines with the stupid names and the flashing lights in every pub?

Might as well just hand the barman a tenner and ask for 6 quid back.

It would be the same payout, be quicker and would mean the noises like a child's spaceship wouldn't annoy others.

Good Post .

I think back in the day they wanted gambling kept to dens of inequity like Bookies Shops and the Fruit ( what has fruit got to do with it , I digress ) machines in pubs .

Going off topic . Perhaps they were right on the gambling . There are far more problem gamblers around nowadays . Anyway that Genie is out of the bottle .

joe40

An inferiority complex.
I wonder how many Brits are concerned about things they had before Ireland

Day Lewin

Iwouldinmesack wrote: »

Deaf people being segregated and the use of their language banned

That was tragic but it was far from being a first. Was pretty much universal before modern times.

Iwouldinmesack

Day Lewin wrote: »

That was tragic but it was far from being a first. Was pretty much universal before modern times.

Oralism and segregation in Ireland occurred a good bit later. Most Deaf communities (not all) were oppressed from 1880 onwards and during the turn of the century due to the Milan convention/ Alexander Graham Bells ideals. Forced sterilisation then happened to 15000 Deaf in Germany when Hitler was in power, long before he turned his attention to other groups. Oralism and segregation happened in Ireland from the 50s onwards to the early 80s. Our language is now recognized as a native language of Ireland.

AnneFrank

Poitin

blinding

AnneFrank wrote: »

Poitin

I wonder what the Scots would have to say about that .

Tuco88

The craic... they may now have the so called "banter" its not in the same league ffs. And the ability to get on with almost every other nation.

red bellied

First female mp to be elected to house of commons.

Women certainly had far better property rights in Irish law. In Brehon law the woman kept her property in her name for the duration of her marriage which was obviously a massive independence to fall back upon if the marriage went awry.

When English law was imposed all the woman's property had to be handed over to her husband and so it remained their law in this country for centuries.

gozunda

gozunda wrote: »

Guinness

A thoroughly English drink, porter. Ale is in Ireland for centuries longer, having been brought here by English soldiers in the 16th century, who had brought it from the continent. Cider is a far, far older drink here than either of those with orchards in any settlement of significance. Indeed, as much as it would surprise most Irish people, wine was produced in Ireland until the Little Ice Age around 1500 and you'll still find medieval wine presses in monasteries such as Jerpoint Abbey in Kilkenny.

Uisce beatha/whiskey/aqua vitae is the oldest of Irish alcohol drinks, although French and Spanish wines and not beer were by far the most common foreign alcohol products consumed here in the middle ages.

Capt'n Midnight

flazio wrote: »

An airplane from America. (first transatlantic flight landed in Clifden didn’t it?)

First trans-Atlantic from Europe to America was from Ireland with an Irish navigator.


Until then the Atlantic had only been crossed with stops or a tailwind

Capt'n Midnight

We had an island before they did.

blinding

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

We had an island before they did.

And then they took it . One Island wasn’t enough for them and they were daft enough to come over here with our weather . Sure proof they are stark raving Mad...I tells ya !:eek:

Your Face

joe40 wrote: »

An inferiority complex.
I wonder how many Brits are concerned about things they had before Ireland

The Brits were always concerned about Ireland.
Now more than ever.

Gonad

Independence

Graham Norton

Terry Wogan






















Terry Wogans wig !

blinding

blinding wrote: »

And then they took it . One Island wasn’t enough for them and they were daft enough to come over here with our weather . Sure proof they are stark raving Mad...I tells ya !:eek:

I think you can take that one step further, the Normans wanted first one, then two islands.

blinding

Aegir wrote: »

I think you can take that one step further, the Normans wanted first one, then two islands.

Anyone that would come to Ireland (considering our weather ) to fight for this place must be badly stuck for something to do !

sicknotexi

blinding wrote: »

I wonder what the Scots would have to say about that .

"Och aye!", probably.

Duckworth_Luas

blinding wrote: »

I wonder what the Scots would have to say about that .

Probably would be, "what has poitín got to do with the Scots"?

Purple Mountain

selwyn froggitt wrote: »

Leprechauns, Shamrock, Guinness, horses running through council estates, toothless simpletons, people with eyebrows on their cheeks.

Have you never seen Shameless?

nice_guy80

We became an island first

JupiterKid

Tenant purchase of local authority housing. Available for rural LA housing from 1936 and urban LA dwellings from 1971.

Britain didn't bring in Right To Buy until 1981 under Thatcher.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Tuco88 wrote: »

The craic... they may now have the so called "banter" its not in the same league ffs. And the ability to get on with almost every other nation.

Craic was UK first.