I’ll do it now in minute !!!!!

Its ok to claim that its “too cold to snow”.

When I was in States I would say “ya know yer man” and would constantly get the response “he’s not my man!”

‘Jaysus I haven’t seen ye in years. Thought you were dead.’

I turned around and there he was ……… Gone

Hazy rain should be referred to as “That Wet Rain” and when the clocks go back you must always remark on the Sunday and the next week or so “it’s getting dark very early”

On the phone: C’mere, gwan. I’ll let you go

When someone asks if you want a cuppa tea you should always answer with the question… “Ah sure why not!”

When a person is acting erratically or is having a bad game (football/hurling) its common to hear someone say “he’s all over the shop”

Great article and excellent comments.
I said no to an offer of a drink from an English friend when I was living over there and was gobsmacked not to get the usual gentle arm twisting. I had to sit out the round so I never made that mistake again!

The inappropriate ‘now’ had me laughing me head off….my two year old says now after doing anything, sitting down, standing up, after a nappy change or after hitting her little brother. She didn’t lick it off the ground!

Saying no when offered a cup of tea comes from famine times.. When you visited someone, out of politeness they offered you a cup of tea even if they had none in the house.
So the equally polite reply was to say “no thanks”. If however they offered a second time “ah go on.. you’ll have a cup of tea”.. then it meant they were well off and actually HAD tea.. in which case you could cheerfully say “sure go on.. I will so”.
Mrs Doyle didn’t get it from nowhere!

Driving etiquette:

Raising a finger from the steering wheel to greet an on coming driver whether you know them or not, when driving down the country.

Largely due to the narrow roads of the time I’d imagine. Still goes on, both raising the finger and the narrow roads :)

In Ireland ,you cant refuse to do ANYTHING (jump from a building,drink green diesel) as long as someone justifies doing it by sayin “Ah com’on,for the craic”

Ah, there y’are. Where are ya now?

My two favourite tips from the original list:

The small plate next to a dinner plate is for peelings removed from boiled potatoes.

A raincoat is needed year around.

Sure isn’t that just more of it?

I will yeah = no

My brother had a long habit of answering his mobile phone while in his office with ….’hows the man ‘ as he could the name of who was ringing.

He got a new secretary who was from Germany, and after two weeks of listening to him, she built up the courage to ask him ;
‘Who is this man that is sick?’

As an American “blow in” I appreciate this article. ;)

It’s perfectly fine to give out death threats to bold kids! = my 4 nephews :)
C’mere to me, wait till I get me hands on ya, ur dead!
Or
Ur dead when I catch ya!

I said “ah sure you know yourself” in response to a question from a German friend, she responded “actually no I don’t” ha

My non Irish friends used to physically lean in or walk over when I was trying to grab their attention to tell them something serious (gossipy) and would start a sentence with: ‘come here til I tell ya…’. They could never figure out why or why we would finish some sentences with the word ‘so’…actually even I don’t know why we do that!!

You call to a house as dinner is being prepared…. “Will I put you in the pot?”, “ah sure yer grand”. “G’wan, I’ll put ye in the pot”, “ah grand so g’wan”… ;-)

Having been out of the country for a while, I’ve noticed that when an Irish person gives you anything – a meal in a restaurant, a drink at a bar, your change – they’ll say “now” for no immediately apparent reason.

When you can say to someone “Do ya know yer wan with the hair” and they know exactly who you’re talking about. Or when someone you know is “A bit of a pr*ck, be he’s alright once you get to know him”

Shut up and eat ur dinner

“is it yourself?”

As a gentleman I welcome this thread

The suns splitting the stones, never seen it myself but ive heard of it.

Dont let the weather ruin your life is a favorite of mine

‘I am , ah’mond I?

Ah heeyoor… Leave irr ouhhh.

my flat mate never understood me when id ask ” is there anything in it” … .. IN WHAT .. she would reply .

Go ask the gable end of my Bollocks.

The colourful use of the word c*#@ ! “ah sure isn’t he a gas c*&# ” or banter which to outsiders may sound like two Irish people who hate one and other when in fact banter is having a laugh! Freud was right we can’t be psychoanalysis lol! Hugs all on this rainy day!

Person A: ‘what did he die of?’
Person B ‘a Tuesday!’

“its in the press”.
I only met one person when I was living in the UK, who said he “spoke Irish” and understood I meant in the cupboard.
I could have done my granny on it and added “abroad in the kitchen”. she also used to keep things “beyond in the parlour”.
the craic’d be 90 then!

Freud did say that!

‘And by Jesus he woke up dead’

Ah go on….!

“get out of that garden”, Eimear

Would ya stop the lights! Or , ah here get a grip! in reference to someone over reacting or telling a an aul spoof!

Don’t forget the obligatory round of applause when your aircraft lands..more out of relief with Ryan-Scare.

When someone makes a ridiculous request the reply should always be “get owa the garden!” #IrishEtiquette

Great stuff, check out http://wordrant.com/

Sayin ‘like’ alot in sentences is my favourite! :)

She’d want to let her powder dry first..

Yez are gas tickets, some of those comments bring back memories, I can tell ye but all joking aside, I went to the kiosk shop in Nutgrove + asked the Chinese sales assistant for shamrock (in March). She hadn’t a clue what I was on about. Just behind her, the whole wall was full of packets, I actually had to go behind the counter + point it out to her. On further investigation, she had never heard of St. Patrick + could not pronounce neither his name or the word ‘shamrock’. I found this appaling.

Ah heeor, leave it fckin out

Spare us, paddy-whackery at it’s worst.