THE YEAR THAT was, wasn’t SO grim.
1. Farmer selfies, aka felfies, became a thing
2. Conor McGregor dominated the UFC and won over the whole country
3. Garth Brooks didn’t play any Croke Park gigs
Good news for many.
4. Tralee got its first gay Rose in Maria Walsh
5. World Cup fever took over
Brazil were slaughtered 7-1 by Germany in the semis, and 50c pints were given out in Galway.
6. Speaking of cheap pints… Wetherspoons opened their first Irish pub
7. These Dublin hipsters were filmed posing and were seen all over the world
8. This letter was miraculously delivered
9. Bucket baby melted the internet’s heart
10. The Ice bucket Challenge raised over a million euro for Motor Neuron Disease in Ireland
And we were given gems like this.
11. This Dublin shop welcomed a new arrival
12. Trinity college got a new sculpture which looked suspiciously like a sex toy
13. Unimpressed Sharon Ní Bheolain became the meme Ireland wanted and needed
14. This Leitrim lad ‘failed’ his driving test and his dad went MAD
15. Panti Bliss’ noble call as heard by all
… causing this 12-year old to write this letter to RTÉ.
16. Dublin Zoo welcomed a new elephant calf
Which later cuddled up with its mammy and made us all squee.
17. The ice cream man arrived and got everyone too excited
18. Justin Bieber was arrested
And gave us this thrilling mugshot.
