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What do you associate with Ireland?

Asked by CakeOrDeath (106points) December 13th, 2009

What springs to mind (the people, the culture, etc)

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Berserker's avatar

Parties, potatoes, rebel songs, fist fighting just for the hell of it, and Guinness.

I say all this in good nature.

eponymoushipster's avatar

hearts moons stars and clovers.

JLeslie's avatar

Green lawns, Irish music, alcohol. My husband has been dying to go to Ireland for years. He is obsessed with the Irish for some reason.

TexasDude's avatar

British imperialism

faye's avatar

Kissin’ the Blarnystone! My relatives came from Ireland, got some black ones in my family!

HumourMe's avatar

Green, white, orange and the luck of the Irish.

my_hearts_in_scotland's avatar

Irish Coffee, leprechauns, pots of gold at the end of the rainbow, Dublin, U2, my boyfriend (he’s half Irish half Scottish), mystic and wonderous beauty.

peedub's avatar

Powers, Jameson, and an ex-girlfriend.

Oh yeah, Wildflower too.

evandad's avatar

Green grass and red hair

ru2bz46's avatar

Shot out kneecaps.

poisonedantidote's avatar

lateral thinking, nice country sides, blarney stone.

live_rose's avatar

a wrestler sheamus o’shaunessy (don’t get more irish than that name), ummm then irish spring soap and then U2. Not exactly what everyone thinks of but my mind is a bit off

FishGutsDale's avatar

Temple Bar district, a pretty Slovenian girl i met, the AMAZING cliffs of moher AND THE MOTHER FREAKING RAIN!

Slick's avatar

Potatoes and clovers.

holden's avatar

Angela’s Ashes.

proXXi's avatar

Delorean Motor Company.

absalom's avatar

James Joyce.

MrBr00ks's avatar

The Boondock Saints.

faye's avatar

@MrBr00ks I loved that movie!

MrBr00ks's avatar

I just saw the sequel today, and it was just as good, maybe better.

faye's avatar

Great, I look forward to it, and i’ll quit hijacking your thread @CakeorDeath.

Fernspider's avatar

I do be thinking of the Irish in a drinking, green, leprecon kind of way… sure to be sure, father :D

I would absolutely love to go there, for sure.

RubyReds's avatar

The accent, the clover, the leprecon at the end of the rainbow, the beer and the pubs.

dea_ex_machina's avatar

rain, more rain, cold grey days, rain, terrible accents, people who look as if they have never seen sunshine!
But it is home… so there are so many other associations – too many to mention

Haleth's avatar

One of my friends in college was from Ireland, and she sometimes made delicious things for dinner out of cabbage or potatoes. I never thought I’d have cravings for cabbage, but right now I do. @dea_ex_machina I think Irish accents are pretty.

Haleth's avatar

@MrBr00ks @faye Did you know Boondock Saints 2 is already in limited release? It hasn’t reached any theaters near me yet, though.

dea_ex_machina's avatar

@Haleth – you have not been to Belfast then? There are so many different accents – some bear little or no relationship to each other. There is a certain harshness to a Belfast accent that is reminiscent of finger nails on a blackboard

CakeOrDeath's avatar

@Haleth I lived in Belfast for several years (thankfully my accent is not strong) and I agree, it is so harsh…perhaps worse than jeordie!

Haleth's avatar

@dea_ex_machina @CakeOrDeath I haven’t. I should have just said, I think my friend’s accent is pretty. I believe you about accents, but that’s pretty subjective. One of my friends has a New York accent that she is slowly losing, and I told her that she sounds better now, because I think NY accents are harsh and grating. But people from New York think those of us from DC talk waaaayyyy tooooo slooooow…ly.

caroj's avatar

The Secret of Roan Inish and a stopover at Shannon Airport.

MarkyMark's avatar

Green countryside, the lilting accent, U2, Sinead O’Connor, Protestants and Catholics, community pubs.

dea_ex_machina's avatar

@Haleth – I agree – you know that whining tone quality that you get in a NY accent (or the accent from some parts of NY) – that is the same tone that appears in the accents from some parts of Belfast, and also in country and western music LOL

bhec10's avatar

Thierry Henry?

Finny's avatar

An awesome accent! :)

Unexpected_Rain's avatar

Green, hills, mist and leprechauns too :)

SirGoofy's avatar

About one-half of my ancestors.

aprilsimnel's avatar

Pennywhistles.

eponymoushipster's avatar

large chested redheads.

YCLYHO's avatar

the colour GREEN!!!

Flo_Nightengale's avatar

4 shades of green!!

YCLYHO's avatar

8 shades of green lols

Flo_Nightengale's avatar

Ooops my mistake, it’s 40 shades of green! Shamrock Rovers Football Club, Home Farm Football Club, Liffy River, Shannon River, Doolin, Knock Shrine, driving on the left side of the road, The Point Theater, O’Connell Street, beautiful rainbows, Eyre Square, Aran Islands, Howth.

proXXi's avatar

1 stainless steel shade of John Delorean…

Gabstar's avatar

the colour green and clovers :P

Mat74UK's avatar

Murals
Rioting
Guinness.
Drive Resurfacing.
Speaking too fast.
Potatoes (or lack off).
Father Ted.
Horse Racing.
Mmmm Jameson’s.
Leprechauns.
The Corrs (minus Jim).
Terry Wogan.
Roy Walker.
Colin Murray.
Liverpool.

aprilsimnel's avatar

Father Ted! Yay!

That would be an ecumenical matter.

dea_ex_machina's avatar

i thought Father Ted was a documentary

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