24 Things Irish People Miss When They Move Away

    Lamenting the old country when you go to Spain for a week? Normal.

    Vicki Notaro
    by Vicki Notaro

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    1. Brennan's bread

    2. Full Irish breakfasts

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    Thick cut back bacon, juicy, meaty sausages (gotta be SuperValu, nee Superquinn), black and white pudding, baked beans, toast (with real Irish butter), fried eggs, fried tomato, and some form of fried potato. Breakfast abroad just isn't the same.

    3. Proper dairy products

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    Because Irish cows know where it's at. Milk, butter, and cream are all superior on the Emerald Isle, and we miss them when we go away.

    4. Caffrey's chocolate

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    Snowballs, Tea Cakes, Macaroon, and Big Time bars... we miss them all equally.

    5. Popping to the coast whenever we fancy it

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    One of the advantages of being a little island is the close proximity to the seaside coast. And what a coast it is.

    6. Good natured slagging

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    Because where else could you call somebody you barely know a "bollox" simply because you're getting on really well?

    7. Proper tea

    8. The weather

    9. Good natured pessimism

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    When we've had a grand stretch of weather, we're always there to remind each other that it won't last.

    10. Club Orange

    11. Tayto

    12. Chatting to Dublin taxi drivers at 4am

    13. Maniac 2000

    14. Good old self-deprecation

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    We don't like to get full our ourselves, now. Compliment an Irish woman on her dress, and her default reaction will likely be "STOP, it's hideous, I should have burned it years ago!" That's normal.

    15. Irish pub culture

    16. RTE

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    From Jean Byrne's rig-outs on the weather to screaming at the telly watching The Late Late Show, and even the good ol' Six One news. There's nothing like Irish telly.

    17. Getting properly into Eurovision

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    Yes, they have Eurovision in many countries, but the Irish basically rule it. Besides, Marty Whelan is the best commentator of all time.

    18. Eddie Rockets

    19. Celebrating Paddy's Day at home

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    Yes, it's great celebrating with expats around the globe, but there's nothing quite like spending St Patrick's Day on the Emerald Isle.

    20. Irish Chinese food

    21. Friendly Irish faces

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    People saying "hi" for no reason, starting random conversations on the bus, and making best friends on nights out are all things that happen in Ireland. And it's these moments that you'll miss when you leave.

    22. Rolls from the deli

    23. The slang

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    Irish people don't say, "Top of the mornin' to ye." But we do say, "Ye pox", "Would you go and shite", "C'mere to me now", "I'll box the head off ya", and much more.

    24. And finally: Penneys