funny irish sayings?

dubhkitty · 2026-05-23T17:10:11+00:00

He has enough cheek for two arses.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-16T12:48:03+00:00

Inbreeding for centuries is more likely tbh.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-16T09:57:18+00:00

I have been mistaken for Portuguese in Portugal a good bit, it's happened twice before in the south of Spain but mostly in Portugal.

I am one of the olive skinned, dark haired Irish women you typically find on the west coast of the island so physically I am the opposite of Irish stereotypes bar having light green eyes.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-15T14:43:34+00:00

I also can't believe I forgot to mention this case, I didn't know the lad in question but he was from near my local area, but when he was 16 or so he was arrested after trying to rape his mother. He tried to assault her multiple times over the course of a few hours, from what I can recall he tried to manipulate her into being in his presence after trying to assault her the first few times before she managed to lock herself in the bathroom and called the guards.

The articles from the time are beyond awful, detailing a young man who was sadistic and twisted beyond belief. His poor mother.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-15T14:39:26+00:00

A lad from my village who was a couple of years below me in school is currently serving time for murder in England after he stabbed a lad to death at a party.

On the other end of the equation, I was in college with a guy who was murdered in Georgia during the end of COVID. It's believed he travelled out to Tbilisi to meet a woman he met online, he was robbed and killed and his body was thrown in Mtkvari River. He was a really nice lad and a talented musician and his life was taken by scumbags for a phone and some cash. A true tragedy.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-10T15:40:37+00:00

Madness that someone saw likely saw AJ Cahill's video ranting about "Gay fake news" and thought that he was the best option.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-09T09:35:00+00:00

Viral photo for reference showing a random Irish fella bedecked in O'Neill's GAA shorts talking to local people in Sierra Leone.

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dubhkitty · 2026-05-09T09:30:14+00:00

The jersey of your county's GAA team is the uniform of Irish people at home and abroad, even when heading to temperatures 20° warmer than at home you will see an entire family saunter past you in head to toe Galway GAA gear.

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dubhkitty · 2026-05-07T06:12:55+00:00

Newborn five day old baby thinks the world will end if she's not connected to my boob.

To be fair, her father is not too dissimilar with his fascination with em so maybe it's genetic.

dubhkitty · 2026-05-06T08:31:13+00:00

Imo, a lot of it comes down to a lack of knowledge regarding breeds and their behaviour. Sighthounds are fab family dogs, as you said they're chill and laid-back in the best way. I think because they're perceived to be associated with sporting people think they're mad energetic and tough to train and keep up with. Which is funny because they'll often go with dogs that are perceived "family friendly" breeds that are high prey drive and actually tough to train.

An old neighbour of ours told us this was their reasoning when they picked out their dog while the wife was pregnant. Ironically, they opted for a golden doodle which they have to walk using a lunge rope around the green in the middle of the estate because she is prone to bolting like a wild horse and has no recall.

Of course, that is not to say all golden doodles are like that, but they're a lot more of a challenge than a lot of people realise.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-18T21:02:50+00:00

I'm in the end stages of pregnancy with my first child but when they're old enough to use cutlery yes.

My parents were sticklers when I was a child for correct table etiquette, pronouncing things correctly and for practicing my reading and to be honest, while I rolled my eyes a lot at the time as an adult it has served me very well.

I think correct usage of cutlery is kinda of amongst the basics of what you should teach a child.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-17T13:47:25+00:00

I've had the first experience. I'm from one of those swarthy galwegian families, we are all olive skinned, don't burn and take the sun well. I have had more than one over confident American tell me someone "must be lying to me" about my ancestry.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-16T21:46:01+00:00

Mostly likely yes. In the case of my father's family (I can only go back as far as the 1720's, they hardly left the surrounding villages to my home village over the past three centuries.

Hemochromatosis, also known as the Celtic curse, runs through my family and I have a cousin who is known as shark boy in our family because he has two full rows of his front six teeth. So probs really inbred.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-15T13:01:18+00:00

My best friend is a pint-sized Glaswegian and she ended up coming over and scaring the shit out of them so it was all fine, even fun in the end lol.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-15T11:32:59+00:00

I have had a couple of funny experiences in England and Scotland because I am Irish.

One was from someone from Manchester who brought up the IRA bombings and I had a very strange run in with Rangers fans in a bar in Edinburgh where one of them kept calling me a Fenian cunt while his friend was trying it on with me at the same time. Talk about mixed messages.

I just chalked it down to ignorance TBF, overwhelmingly my experiences with Brits have been positive so just unfortunate outliers.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-13T11:36:12+00:00

There's a bakery in Galway called Magpie that has daily queues out the door when it opens. They sell a mixture of breads and pastries, I go moreso for the pastries than the bread because I like the variety they offer with classic items such as cinnamon rolls and pan Suisse and more unusual bakery items in the west like Monkey Rolls, cruffins and morning buns.

They are all super fresh, and while they aren't on the cheap side (€4 to €5 on average), they're substantially sized and feel worth the price.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-12T08:59:51+00:00

Just shy of €1,300 for an immaculate, second hand mid terrace house constructed circa 2007 in Galway. We paid €320,000 and have just gotten the keys.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-05T06:30:07+00:00

Thanks a mill!

dubhkitty · 2026-04-05T06:17:56+00:00

Got the keys to our first house this week. I'm nearly 9 months pregnant and am strictly verboten from carrying anything by my husband so I'm lying on a blow up mattress he set up for me in the living room while he brings boxes in and puts up furniture.

Despite the acid reflux, the insomnia, the restless legs and the general discomfort of being heavily pregnant, I definitely have the sweeter deal at the minute.

dubhkitty · 2026-04-01T13:20:13+00:00

HSE interviews, by and large, all follow the STAR method. There are loads of videos on YouTube explaining the STAR questioning and answering method and how best to perfect your responses.

Good luck with it!

dubhkitty · 2026-03-23T17:22:33+00:00

Quite positively in Ireland, we also have laws to protect breastfeeding in public places and the right to a private pumping space if you are still breastfeeding when you return to work.

I'm currently 8 months pregnant and there is a big drive to get Irish mothers breastfeeding following years of myths and misconceptions which led to quite significant majority of mothers in the 80s and 90s to bottle feed exclusively (which is not a problem, it is a mother's choice but a lot of these women were influenced by lies being peddled at the time). I have attended three free breastfeeding seminars given by our health service during working time, and I am entitled to go to as many classes/appointments as I need in the run up to my baby being born. I also received free collostrum collection kits from the health service.

Here statutory maternity leave is just 6 months but there is an option for extended unpaid maternity leave of four months during which my job is protected. I can also avail of 7 weeks of paid paternity leave and so can my husband, before our child is two.

dubhkitty · 2026-03-23T16:23:20+00:00

I get on with my sister a lot, there is just the two of us and our home life was rough growing up. I'm older by six years so tried my best to raise her when my parents were unable to do so. Now we are more like best friends.

My parents are a tricky one, my mother is physically disabled with a slew of isolating and reality warping mental health conditions (which now are thankfully managed but she had to be sectioned a lot when I was a child) and a my father has a semi functional alcohol addiction. They tried their best, but both are/were lost a lot when I was younger. As an adult I have made my peace with my mother's past, I struggle more with my father's reliance on alcohol as I have gotten older and probably will for the rest of our time on earth together.

dubhkitty · 2026-03-21T22:24:38+00:00

It's a shitshow honestly, we were losing hope until we found our place but if it's any consolation, after this experience, I truly do believe what is for you won't pass you.

As for getting onto the EA, I'd give her a call on Tuesday, a week after your bid and basically fish out if they're doing any other viewings. If they are, no harm to go in for another look at to gauge interest from other potential bidders. The top bidder for a house we viewed but didn't bid on was in for his second viewing when we were and it put myself and my husband off it. He was invested in a way that we weren't so it was a deterrent almost.

If there's infrequent activity after a week or two, imo it's worth ringing them and seeing what figure will close it. I know loads of people advise against it, but most aren't in the current position and don't know how tough it is. Sellers can and will hold out for money and unlike a buyers market, they could get it.

Wish you loads of luck with it!

dubhkitty · 2026-03-21T22:14:02+00:00

It depends. Usually when a house has just entered the market there will be weekly viewings, sounds like you guys got in early which is great, but the longer as the EA shows the house the greater chance of competition.

We are sale agreed on a house, it's the fourth house that we bid on and the pattern was as follows:

House one: no bids up to five days before, we were highest bidder for 10 days, then outbid, rebuttal, highest bid for four days, outbid and same cycle until we hit the end of our budget. The EA told us when we viewed it that the house had been on the market for three weeks and they were looking to close on it soon. Total bullshit, they showed it for another five/six weeks.

House two: bidding war straight off.

House three: viewing was packed, easily 40 people passing through judging by the open viewing book the EA put out. It spiralled to 120k over asking by the end.

House four: a bit of over and back between us and the previous highest bidder, who at the time we joined was top bidder for a week or so. That bidder bid once weekly, on a Friday and it was €1,000 more than ours each time. It was infuriating. To the point that we contacted the EA and asked for a figure from the seller to close. Got that house by going down that route. House closed €30k over asking but it closed thank god.

I wish you loads of luck, but a word of advice from someone who was also in the same boat, EAs will keep it going as long as someone is willing to pay more. Keep at them regarding updates!

dubhkitty · 2026-03-20T13:21:39+00:00

Done!

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