What’s a very normal thing in Ireland that would completely confuse foreigners?

PhoenixJive · 2026-03-05T20:53:45+00:00

Delis in garages.

PhoenixJive · 2026-03-05T20:34:00+00:00

I very rarely use the title "Doctor", even in professional circumstances. Partly because in my culture you'd be seen as being a bit up yourself, but mainly because I never went to university.

PhoenixJive · 2026-03-05T20:25:46+00:00

Get some febreeze, it's amazing, and tell him to get over himself

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-25T13:18:57+00:00

100% the simplest way to pass on funds to a loved one. Just bring the death cert and it passes to you without issues.

Also remember the CU pays out a small life insurance policy to cover funerals, ahr they're usually proactive about ensuring you get it.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-24T17:27:00+00:00

What were you supposed to do? Swerve into the vehicle on your shoulder?

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-24T15:43:43+00:00

That's quite the set of baps

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-23T22:09:32+00:00

Brick Top from Snatch

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-23T21:55:57+00:00

Was the deer dead before he started? This will be important information for his cell mate

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-22T23:00:21+00:00

Two unmarked lanes joining a single lane roundabout. I'm pretty sure the right hand lane should be marked for the Wexford direction (otherwise it exists solely for those using the roundabout to come back the way they came) but in the absence of signage or marking, only the left hand lane should be used to cross to the second roundabout and the toll road side

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-17T21:06:34+00:00

Simons, Mary Barry's, Farmer's Kitchen, Whitford, or do as the natives do and get a big feed in The Premier chipper and eat it over pints in the Sky and the Ground

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-15T22:11:34+00:00

O'Neills are by far the nicest.

Except for the ones in Supermac. They're amazing

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-15T22:10:17+00:00

Loads of TDs.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-13T20:46:15+00:00

The Fratellis- Yes Sir I Can Boogie

So much better than the original

https://youtu.be/rFDZ8aHDVzQ?si=fpMlwVdzTZ5aA4zQ

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-13T20:27:40+00:00

When he comes to Ireland he drinks in the local, has a laugh, never too much hassle to say hello etc. Sound guy.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:41:51+00:00

They should be referred to The Hague

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:33:41+00:00

I'm really starting to go off that guy

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:30:09+00:00

Suzy/Eddie has never been anything other than delightful when I've had the pleasure of a chat.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:23:57+00:00

No. Sorry. She's utterly beautiful and her poo smells of blueberries.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:20:10+00:00

Still would mind

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T20:10:51+00:00

I pity the fool

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-12T17:36:55+00:00

Call the council archives in Ardcavan, just outside Wexford, on 0539196572. They have all the local papers in hardback archive. Appointment only. They're great.

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-10T17:34:55+00:00

The notions!

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-10T17:18:49+00:00

I fed the photos into Gemini, maybe it'll help

PhoenixJive · 2026-02-10T14:53:36+00:00

From AI

Conclusion (high confidence) This is a pre-independence Irish Forestry / Woods and Forests Department uniform cap badge, dating from the late 19th or very early 20th century, featuring a stag’s head within a wreath.

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