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Irish gifts- what symbolises Ireland?

  • 01-08-2014 01:33PM
    #1
    kaji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭kaji


    If you were to visit a foreign country and bring gifts that symbolise Ireland, what would you bring? I'm trying to do this at the moment and I'm kinda stumped beyond Guinness merchandise.


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  • #2
    recylingbin
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    heroin needle through a piggy bank


  • #3
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Daniel O'Donnell "Songs Of Faith" DVD


  • #4
    hairybelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭hairybelly


    tin of nice biscuits and a box of tea bags


  • #5
    Icaras
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Icaras


    A hurl and ball. Good talking point not difficult to understand the basics and you have a big stick to fight them off if them feckin foreigner's try and rob you.


  • #6
    kaji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭kaji


    hairybelly wrote: »
    tin of nice biscuits and a box of tea bags

    Good idea, never thought of them.


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  • #7
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    A German flag in one hand and handful of copper coins in the other.


  • #8
    whiskeyman
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    An 'IOU'


  • #9
    Arsemageddon
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    A big brown envelope..............















    ................full of bullsh1t.


  • #10
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    an Irish Wolfhound


  • #11
    Aidric
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    Bottle of 18 year old Jameson.


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  • #12
    BailMeOut
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    Which foreign country are you bringing the gift to? Ask your self what first comes to mind there when they think of Ireland. Example in many Asia countries a good Irish whiskey would be very well appreciated and valued.


  • #13
    EoghanIRL
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    Dole money


  • #14
    The Backwards Man
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    An immersion switch


  • #15
    uch
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    Whiskey and Tayto

    21/25



  • #16
    Tokyo
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    kaji wrote: »
    If you were to visit a foreign country and bring gifts that symbolise Ireland, what would you bring? I'm trying to do this at the moment and I'm kinda stumped beyond Guinness merchandise.

    I teach overseas and often bring a few hurls and a sliotar with me for the kids to play with. Generally pull up a youtube vid of a hurling match so they can get a feel for the game, then send them out in a field afterwards to knock forty shades of shíte out of each other. Fun times.

    For the grown-ups, a few bottles of Jameson is usually the only introduction to Ireland that they want or need.


  • #17
    RobbingBandit
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    Jameson 1 litre bottle.


  • #18
    RobbingBandit
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    Aidric wrote: »
    Bottle of 18 year old Jameson.


    Damn beat me too it. :o


  • #19
    Aimeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Aimeee


    Tayto
    Teabags
    Chocolate Kimberley
    Soda bread


  • #20
    donutheadhomer
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    kaji wrote: »
    If you were to visit a foreign country and bring gifts that symbolise Ireland, what would you bring? I'm trying to do this at the moment and I'm kinda stumped beyond Guinness merchandise.

    a greasy till for them to humble in


  • #21
    Aubrey loves Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭Aubrey loves Joe


    Bring slane girl they will love her


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  • #22
    Cantremember
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    Tell them to stand in a cold shower for 20 minutes. Apart from the rain it can stand for a lot else.....


  • #23
    Donkey Oaty
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    Whiskey is good, but also consider Bushmills - also craft beer or stylish Irish vodka

    Crafts - especially something made of bog oak

    Bodhrán & beater

    Introduction to Gaelige or Irish slang, if you can find a good one

    Amusing farmer's hat from your local Glanbia.


  • #24
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Bottle of lunatic soup.


  • #25
    aidoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭aidoh


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    Whiskey is good, but also consider Bushmills - also craft beer or stylish Irish vodka

    Crafts - especially something made of bog oak

    Bodhrán & beater

    Introduction to Gaelige or Irish slang, if you can find a good one

    Amusing farmer's hat from your local Glanbia.

    Ah we don't need any more people who don't know how to play the bodhrán, thanks very much. Or the poxing tin whistle while I'm at it.

    Bring them over one of those big cardboard Burger King crowns. 0% 'Irish' but tourists seem to love them in Dublin.


  • #26
    Bog Standard User
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    bring some water bills


  • #27
    gramar
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    Give them a bit of the old Irish Blarney.


  • #28
    failinis
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    Jameson or some Bushmills?

    Any old punt lying about, some foreign friends of mine love them for some reason?


  • #29
    Marcus Antonius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭Marcus Antonius


    Just another to add to the Whiskey list. You could try something other than Jameson though (has to be one of the most recognised if not the most recognised Whiskey in the world), something like Tyrconnell. I guess it depends how much you're looking to spend and who the gift is for


  • #30
    Dyr
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    a balaclava


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  • #31
    failinis
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    Bambi wrote: »
    a balaclava
    Don't forget the baseball bat.


  • #32
    osarusan
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    If it's for a female, anything Claddagh-themed will probably go down well.


  • #33
    failinis
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    Depends on the age of who you are giving things to, but if they like pottery and such things, a bit of Belleek?


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
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    Green enamelled Shamrock shaped jewelry, or a sterling silver celtic cross.

    Or whiskey and a box of Barry's tea.


  • #35
    Tokyo
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    A potato. Then tell them they can't have it for three years so they can bitch about it for all eternity.


  • #36
    Davarus Walrus
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    Irish cheese is very highly regarded if the people you are giving the gift to like that sort of thing.


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  • #37
    blueser
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    An umbrella (ella-ella). To symbolise the odd drop of rain we get.


  • #38
    deise08
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    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    Irish cheese is very highly regarded if the people you are giving the gift to like that sort of thing.

    Could end up being a very smelly journey.


  • #39
    Spring Onion
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    Sod of turf. Connemara marble.

    If your foreign guest ever visited Dublin before, you might return whatever was stolen from them or pay for their medical bills or something.


  • #40
    Jerry Salty Publisher
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jerry Salty Publisher


    I brought waterford crystal as a gift before


  • #41
    CrazyRabbit
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    2kg of sarcasm, 10kg of begrudgery & 1kg of xenophobia.


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  • #42
    SpaceTime
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    Whiskey (especially the more obscure ones), various Irish food products (loads to pick from - if you're going to countries in the EU, no issue whatsoever - bigger issue to Australia/NZ etc)

    There are load of artistic and craft products available too.

    It very much depends on who you're buying for - what do they like?
    Also where you're going.


  • #43
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,471 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Sausages, but also black pudding is intriguing to foreigners.

    Also brown soda , but needs to be fresh


  • #44
    TGJD
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    Pint of harp and a packet of tayto.
    Seriously bottle of jameson select reserve, gaa jersey :P and guiness belt buckle, cd of irish drinking songs or folk songs. Book of irish mythology ( the fianna etc)


  • #45
    riffmongous
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    I'd be careful with the whiskey and pudding depending on where you are going..


  • #46
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,005 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Irish pottery pieces - as large or small as you like, they're Irish, unique and (depending on what you get) useful as well.


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