American Reacts to Irish Culture and Customs
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In this video I react to Irish culture, customs and etiquette. I already knew that the people of Ireland were friendly, but it seems that the Irish culture actually prides it self on being polite. This was a lot of fun and gets me even more excited to explore Irish culture and hospitality in person.
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"I've never had someone make me a cup of tea."
As an Irish person thats one of the saddest things I've ever heard...
I'll raise the next cup I make in your honour Steve. And don't worry, only with a dash of milk. No sugar. Sweet tea is blarg.
Absolutely heart breakin' shtuff. All the mammies in Ireland wept...
I'm Irish born and raised and I find tea vile.
It has the look, taste and smell of bland. As a child I hated it so much I couldn't sit within 5ft of anyone drinking it. As I got older, I tried it many times, I mean "how can so may people be wrong?"...but they are wrong and how, it has the look , taste abnd smell of bland. Disgusting, vile, British, toilet water!
Same. Felt a wee bit heartbroken when he said that! Like hearing that no one had ever offered him a hug before 🥹
@@heffo67 well if you've been drinking British tea what did you expect? ;)
Watch an episode of Father Ted and you'll understand the Go On thing... especially once you see Mrs Doyle offer someone a cup o'tea...
Oh my GOD! Yes. A thousand byes. Some people are impossible to get away from. They say goodbye, then keep right on talking. My sister in law has been known to keep people in her hallway, with their coats on and the front door open, keys in their hands, for half an hour or more.
My brother in law is a musician one time when my sisters cousins came to visit he went out to play a gig when the cousins were leaving he came back two hours later and they were still there.
When something upsetting happens the first thing a friend or family member will say is "I'll make you a nice cup of tea!". It's our first go-t0 emergency kit - and it always seems to make things a little bit better.
Last time I was in Ireland I stayed in a village which had two pubs. Both were called "Kennedys" and were owned by different generations of the same family. The locals would start the evening in the pub owned by the son and leave around 9 pm so he could have some family time. They would end the evening in the parents' pub. Closing times are "flexible" in Irish pubs.
That is for Rural pubs as the law says different lol.
That was a while ago I'd say
old school Irish pubs do not serve food. Newer ‘gastropubs’ have opened since the Celtic tiger, which cater to a broader clientele
In Ireland, the word "Sorry" can also be used instead of "Excuse me". That should explain the irate version of "Sorry?!" a little better.
She said that.
I married an Irishman and the first time I visited was when the festival was on. I asked when the first event was on and was told when people turn up !
Sweet iced tea sounds vile... our tea us hot and brown with milk in and sugar if you want
You need to try Lipton's peach iced tea it's class ,
I tried iced tea often when visiting the southern States. I found that it was nice if you omitted the sugar and just added a slice of lemon as well as the ice. It was the sugar that spoiled it imo.
@@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej
I too have had iced tea in the US and totally agree... It's the sugar content that is ridiculous, WAY TOO MUCH!!! In the South especially, they call it not just "Iced Tea", but "SWEET Iced Tea" for a reason. They make it in large batches at a time and sugar is added in CUPS. They love sugar in America - DUH!
I always have something nice to give to anyone who’s doing work in my house, including cold drinks if the weather is hot, it’s a given here in Ireland.☘️
Pubs are all encompassing, some are food based and are family friendly, taking kids to eat is normal. Other pubs are rougher, mainly drinking based and largely filled with single men. But there are all the "in betweens," most have beer gardens to enjoy ourside drinking/eating (garden doesn't mean vegetable garden, its pretty with flowers etc with seating and maybe a bbq) .
Myself and my son went to visit my uncle and after a few hours my other son at home texted his brother to ask when we'd be home. My son texted back They just said the first bye, so we should be getting to the car in half an hour. And he was right.
The whole 'bye' thing is totally instinctual, the Irish goodbye. Usually the intention is to leave but normally just get pulled into a conversation. We love the chats!! You also gotta experience it for yourself. Love the video man.
In small towns and villages the Pub is a social centre to meet up !
for someone cutting a queue, you might also use Excuse me (in a querying tone, or an accusatory tone)
Yes it is only after I have said sorry twice and the yahoo has still not moved out of my way that I roll out the ‘excuse me’ in a louder sterner tone!
The more vicious the slagging the more you love them. Usually when the tea is being drank you talk trough what ever the problem is. So when your offered a cup of tea they are offering a listening ear.
Slagging= its just a bit of banter 😂
Finally, big fan of yours from Ireland. Have waited to see you react to our culture. Beats watching you react to those UK guys 😉
Tipping in restaurants is usually not in fast food type establishments. In higher class restaurants, with tended tables, especially in places where you need to book a table in advance, it would be normal to tip the wait staff. In a McDonalds, or Italian chippy, or a pizza joint, it would be very rare and certainly not expected. Taxis usually expect not to make change, so you generally tip up to the next 5 Euro. That is, if the fare is 9 Euro, you’d give the driver 10 and not expect a coin back.
These are exceptions though. Tipping is not a part of our culture, as a rule.
A pub has a bar and a lounge. The lounge is where people socialise, the bar is often seperate and is where men (and only men) sit alone for a drink.
Pub is the building. Bar is part of the building you buy your drink from.
You will be fine coming over here, just don't call us British/English or say St Pattys Day
Depends. There is plenty of English people living in Republic of Ireland and secondly Irish Unionists in Northern Ireland are British.
@@plugsocket9432 Just don't call anyone in ROI British it's safer that way!😄
@@plugsocket9432we're not talking about brits. This video is about Irish customs and it is extremely offensive to call an Irish person english.
@@plugsocket9432Unionist would not class themselves as Irish & make a very well known point of it. Most British people here are Irish roots anyway, I like call them boomerangs because they landed back
@@sams3015 This is about Ireland (independent sovereign state and member of the EU), not Northern Ireland (part of the UK and outside of the EU). Ireland is absolutely _not_ British in any way.
Unionists are Northern Irish. In Northern Ireland people can opt to identify as British or Irish. That is not the case in Ireland.
I've lived in the States and I'm married to an American wife. I would say that there is very little, if any, similarity to an American bar and a typical English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish pub. The cultural atmosphere is totally different. In the US I would never go into a bar, instead I would drink at home. The purpose there seems to be consume alcohol and get drunk. A pub however I would go on a regular basis to meet up with friends and neighbours. Although I may have a beer, I can also get a tea or coffee or we can take the kids and have something to eat. At our "local" you can sit in a corner and read a book or work on your laptop and no members of staff will ever want to kick you out or harrass you to buy a drink, like my experience in California. It's a great place for single people, particular pensioners, to go on their own for some company because everyone talks. It's usually a homely environment and part of the local social life. There are some village pubs that are even run by the local community after they've been threatened with closure. A few village pubs in the UK may even contain the local village post office.
Good description.
I know a couple of really old school pubs in Ireland would have a shop/port office and a pub connected to eachother and in some places the shop and pub are all in one, half the area behind the bar would have some basic groceries in it, like bread, butter, jam and a few other bits and pieces
One thing that's never mentioned, Donegal in particular has some of the best beaches in the world.
We've the best pubs too🍺
Donegal proves that God has a wicked sense of humour: those beaches and that climate 🙄
And the Gaeltacht and Errigal.. damn I love Donegal. As an Irish person (from Down) we spent most of our summers there in Rann Ná Feirste
The best looking and friskiest women, too.
When my husband goes to the pub to meet a mate for “a pint” I say “see ya in a few hours” 😂 the best Irish pubs have a bit of live music and usually end up with a sing song of Irish ballads
That sounds like a lot of fun. We need to replace some of our bars with pubs.
We slag everyone if we can get away with it with good timing and a laugh
"Take the number of pints they're suggesting and multiply it by three."
"One " = "Three"
"Some" = "Three Some"
I love the Irish
Pubs in the day time are a lot different to pubs in the eve , Also depends on what pub you go to , some are very rough round the edges shall we say ,
I remember one in Belfast, The Crescent (how it was allowed to stay open so long in the face of fire and safety regulations, I'll never know). A popular student haunt, it was understood they don't ever go there on Fridays. That was for the local paramilitaries...
Public houses were the main social places for a village. It’s more about socialising than drinking.
we use the term slainte when raise our pints to each other in ireland also.
I like your videos my man! I live in Midlands Ireland. A pub is a place you go to socialise with friends and have a few drinks. We don't call them bars, even though a pub and a bar are the same thing, we just call them a pub. Normally we don't say "are you coming to the pub", we say are you coming to Valentines, PVs, Kanes etc different pubs have different names and we normally refer to them by their names. Also, some pubs serve food, some don't, it's hit and miss really. Normally when a big game is on for example rugby, a lot of people go to the pub to watch it, some people will drink and some people don't. Also, when your at the pub and you want to get a drink, you say "I'm going up to the bar to order a drink". The bar is the counter serving drink within the pub.
So you're from Longford
23:03 About the minimal wave from a vehicle, Bill Bryson tells a similar story in _Notes from a Small Island_ about his time living in Yorkshire. Driving around the country lanes he'd be greeted with a couple of fingers raised off the steering wheel, which at first seemed to him to be a bit cold, but on reflection he realised was an intimate gesture of trusted friendship, because only a well-recognised person would be expected to spot such a small signal.
I haven't been in Wicklow since I was a kid, but I'd like to ask her if she knows where my uncle and aunt lived when I stayed with them just on the seaward side of the river, close to the Parnell Bridge. Many of these customs are very familiar to us across the Irish Sea (I'm from Liverpool).
you usually tip the waiter in a restaurant, yes. but if the service was bad then you're free not to tip them at all.
IF (?) I'm going to tip in the UK, I generally work on a 10-12% basis... 15% is really pushing it (for exceptional service). I've been to the US many times and 'hate' the tipping culture (but do it, to avoid any conflict - DUH). What I have noticed though, is that the 'expected' tip percentage has been slowly increasing to, what is now, in some parts of America a ridiculous 25% (or a quarter of the cost of a meal). I have never paid that and ONLY ever done 15-20% at the most.
We have bars in pubs.We also have restaurants in our pubs. We have sessions in our pubs too….lots of traditional
musicians dropping in to join up and play and sing for free with the crowd joining in.
Yes we do tip but not for bad service..
Running late is a big deal.💖🇮🇪🥳
I'm surprised you had the cheek to comment considering how late you were.
The leaving goodbye is a real thing. With my relatives, someone might say they are leaving, and may still be there an hour later before they finally leave 😊. Also, in my village of just over 1,200 people, I would salute people while driving by even if I don’t know them. I believe that you never know if someone is having a bad day, and your greeting might be the only positive thing they may see in their day, and might make a big difference to them. Also, it is just a nice thing to do.
Most Irish people are on time and consider being late rude but they would never tell you 😅 Love your channel ❤😊
Yes as an Irish person I don't like people who are always late. It's like they are saying their time is more important than mine. If a friend is running even 10 minutes late they always text to apologise and explain. My daughter has a friend who always runs a hour or so late and I think she's so up her own arse that she thinks everyone else has nothing better to be doing than wait around till she deigns to show up.
A pub is usually made up of two parts "the bar" and "the lounge"....
“How are you” is pronounced differently depending on where you’re from. It’s almost never an inquiry as to your personal well-being. It’s just a friendlier form of hello. Most people respond with hiya, how are you, or similar. If you want to talk, you can go into a little more detail, with something like “I’m grand, thanks. How are you?” Never, ever “I’m good”. Your good-ness is not for you to judge.
It's the difference between "Howaya?" and " How are you?"
Bout yea is my greetings followed by,what's the craic sham
And you never say you, it's always ya, Whether it's howaya or how are ya.
Pubs are social centres, people meet their for companionship as well as a drink ! They are cheerful, comfortably
furnished with roar fires in cold weather. Many take their dogs with them, and during they children can go in
too. There is NO comparison between a Bar and a Pub!
Her accent is very Americanised. Edit: her mother is Canadian so that explains the accent
I don't like tipping unless the person did more than what was required like If i was struggling with bags in a hotel and the staff helps. I'm very rarely in a position to tip, i don't eat out or get food deliveries or stay in hotels. I get the same taxi driver once a week but there's already a €4 surcharge on the metre before i get in so why should i give a tip? I could explain more if anyone cares to know
Her accent is very Irish...I'm London and she sounds very Irish.
@@johnnyjumpup859 I'm Irish so i can hear the American/Canadian in her accent.
You can probably pick up an American accent from some Londoners that i wouldn't notice
@@johnnyjumpup859I'm Irish she sounds very neutralised or very posh. She says a lot of things that mskes me think she was a bit sheltered in Ireland too tbh.
She has a very mid Atlantic Irish accent that all the young wons have these days. Not like in my day.
Her accent becomes more Irish the more she talks about Irish customs.
The queue thing is different in the north. If someone bunked the queue, we sarcastically say to the person "You alright there??". Also you can say "here, do you think im just standing here for the good of my health?" Works most of the time and they say sorry and move. But if you get flipped off by the said person for challenging them about bunking the queue, thats fair game to publicly shame them for bunking and not moving, so you simply remark about them "being ignorant and having a brass f***ing neck for bunking the queue!!" 😂
You would love pubs in Ireland. Obviously they differ from place to place. As you say some more rough and ready than others.
But most are great social places. Some have restaurants and bar food, really good stuff. Others just do toasted sandwiches and soup.
All of them are unique and if you ask someone and tell them what type of pub you’re looking for, there will definitely be one locally that suits your needs.
Ireland has unique pubs, that the major part of our culture. There are Gastro-Pubs or just little traditional places you will find in the countryside or villages, where a few of the local guys go to have a chat and a pint and hear the latest gossip around the area. Hope this is helpful. Deirdre, county Clare.
Though pub and bar are interchangeable we generally use "Pub" for any "drinking house" - in some you can get food and bring kids, others are more like dive bars, some hold gigs and have a dance floor (but are not nightclubs) We usually use "bar" for the serving bar in the pub or also the drinking lounge/pub area of a hotel. If you're drinking at a hotel bar you'd rarely if ever say "I'm going to the pub".
And when in a pub you might say "are you going up to the bar for a round".
Also, everyone is different but in my experience all my friends are very huggy 😅 you're right - the drunker we are the more tactile too.
A lot of the things discussed here are just generalisations. Not everyone does or says the things like she says. Just come to Ireland, relax & have a nice time. It's pointless & unnecessary trying to remember everything in the video. The origin of refusing something the first time comes from way back many years ago when people didn't have much, so when you were offered something to eat or drink (for example) you politely refused (in case the person didn't have it), if they offered a 2nd time you still refused but if the person offered a 3rd time then you knew they must definitely have what they are offering so it was ok to then accept what they offered. 👍
I can’t understand why please and thank you aren’t common! I honestly thought it was worldwide social etiquette (of course in the spoken language).
Many of these apply here in England also. 😄
Do ye have to make everything about yourselves 😂
Almost all of these apply to whole of UK too, especially Scotland
Sure where do ye think ye got your culture from !!!!
Nice relaxing accent. Good original video.
I’d say pubs and bars are the same thing. We never say we’re going to a bar. The only time I’d use the word bar is to go up to the bar (that’s in the pub) to order a drink
A pub serves food as well as drinks, whereas bars usually stick to the drinks
That's kind of what I was thinking. I wish we had pubs instead of so many bars. They sound more enjoyable.
@@reactingtomyroots Yeahhh
Not in Ireland. In Ireland we use Pub as the general word for any establishment that serves alcohol outside of a restaurant, hotel or off licence (liquor store??). We use 'pub' the same as you use 'bar' when talking about the pool bar, sports bar, strip bar etc. Irish people rarely if ever use bar.
@@cdrago462 Ok! Nice to know. I’ve only been in Ireland on a holiday but lived in England for a while
Think of a pub more like the saloon bar in cowboy movies, beer, maybe snooker or pool, darts etc
Our pubs have a public bar (generally the rougher side) and lounge bar (nicer seats, quieter atmosphere)
Pubs these days also serve food/meals, they need to do this to make decent money.
For sad things, offering tea is probably seen as "let me make tea, we'll sit down and talk"
If queueing was an o;ympic spport, the UK would get gold every time, it was once said that people would join a queue without knowing what they're queueing for
I think our pubs are more homely and cozy and welcoming in general and part of the community, very local orientated to get the usual crown friends neighbours, the weekly bingo or someone's birthday party and so on
The type tea they refer to is called English breakfast and I heavily recommend you try it some time with a few biscuits
Lyons gold blend would be an Irish type breakfast tea which is somewhat stronger than English breakfast tea. My father wouldn't touch either lyons nor barry's. loose leaf bewley's more like it lol
We wouldn't touch english breakfast tea in reland its to weak glorified hot water.There is a historical reason for that which is a result of the economic war between ireland in UK in the 30s which meant that stronger tasting tea from africa had to be imported .The economic war only lasted for a few years however the irish tate buds got used to a stronger blend of tea than in britain.
@@gallowglass2630The Yorkshire Tea blend suits me. Am English & had an Irish Grandmother. Will look out for Lyons Tea.
@@davidhookway514 Don't think i have ever seen it here in ireland ,must look out for it
It has to be Yorkshire gold teabags
There are a few things to look out for - if you were in Waterford the locals will not so likely say 'howaya' as 'Well' or 'well boy' and there are probably other variations around the country. Generally if you just say 'hi' or 'hello' you will be fine - respond to how the other person greets you.
Be careful with the 'refusing the first time' thing, if you refuse, depending on circumstances, it may be taken as a final comment, and you might not get what you were being offered. Traditionally though, and still in many houses, when you go in you would be asked 'will you have a cup of tea?' This could easily turn into a full meal being put in front of you, so you said 'ah no thanks, I'm just after my lunch (or whatever)' so they would say 'you'll take a cup in your hand' and that is safe enough to agree to - 'well if its no trouble to you, are ye having one yourself, don't make it just for me'. At this stage you would get just the cup of tea and maybe cake or biscuits. Its all a bit old fashioned now, not gone but less likely.
That bye bye bye bye thing is very recent, maybe in the last 20 years or so, its a bit of a daft invention used mostly on the phone and certainly not by everyone. However, leaving a conversation or a house it is true you can expect it to take a good few minutes to actually make your escape! It wouldn't be considered rude though to say 'I'll let you go' or 'I have to dash' and leave pretty much immediately, especially from a brief or casual conversation. There are still some aul fellas make an art form of not letting you leave once they get settled in for a long chat!
im like that on the phone too i say a load of byes lol 😅😅😅
As a person from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 Èire I think we Irish have more in common with people from the south than most of America thanks mate love you're Irish videos
Irish pubs are the best, especially in the country side. You have the bar and the lounge area. The bar would have a fireplace, smaller area for the auld men to have a catch up 🤣 Sometimes music in the lounge or where you could have a party like a 21st. Been to many of those. Pool table and darts also. You get a bit of everything in an Irish pub. Sunday roast in the pub anybody yummy
Steve, what you said about your grandma sounds very much like my own Mum here in England. Many years ago she was in a dispute with my youngest brother and his wife about the raising of their five children and while I was visiting them my sister-in-law came out with the classic line about my Mum that, "....she wouldn't say sh!t even if she had a mouthful of it! ". I burst out laughing when I heard her say that and told her that she was spot-on when it came to describing my mother. That being said the next time I went to visit my brother, his wife and their children I got earache from my sister-in-law because she thought that I'd grassed her up to my Mum for her saying that when in reality one of my nephews had done it and reported back to my Mum ( his grandmother ) about what his own mother had said.
While I hate to say it my late Mum was a bit of an interfering busybody when she was alive especially when it came to the raising of her grandchildren. Another example of her interference came when I went to visit my youngest sister and both she and my brother-in-law had been arguing about something and they were telling me about something that my Mum had done. I told them point-blank that I wasn't interested and that I had no intention of getting involved in any of their disputes. I also used the typical line of, " You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your f*cking family, can you? "....my brother-in-law started laughing when I said that and after he'd recovered agreed with me.
"she wouldn't say sh!t even if she had a mouthful of it! " Haha this line made me LOL. :)
@@reactingtomyroots, the even funnier part about my sister-in-law is that to look at her she's very classy and elegant and it was the shock of hearing such a thing coming out of her mouth made it even more hilarious.
By the way, I love your channel and your honest reactions to the videos that you watch. Warmest regards to you, your family and friends and a belated happy 4th July to you all from here in East Lancashire, England. 👍😁👍🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇸
Pub and bar are not the same things. Hospitality staff are well paid, so tipping is discretionary. Being on time is VERY important in work or professional situations, always be early or on time or people will think you’re not up for the job. Saying please and thank you is very important. Tea or Tae (pronounced) as “Tay” and the is a ritual to be respected. Queuing is like a religion in Ireland. In a bar I would say ‘this person was ahead of me.’ First refusal is so important, always say NO first. Keeping your distance is normal. Los dos besos no existen. Be careful about swearing, it’s not accepted in any type of formal or professional situation, and never in front of your mam or grandma.
Hi Steve, in Ireland a pub or a bar is the same thing
I feel like Bars tend to more have themes like “a cocktail bar”, “a wine bar”, “a whiskey bar”, “a gin bar”, “a gay bar”, “a late bar”, “a casino bar, “a sports bar” etc but Pubs tend to be more general everyday local cozy sort of thing
I started leaving a pub at 10.30. Again I got out of the pub it was 12.15
Pubs and some bars do food...An Irish patriot.
Generally speaking irish people are amongst the most lovely you'll ever meet. They can be rough around the edges, a little bit fey, don't always strictly tell the truth and have a whole history of things mystical. They aren't afraid to speak their minds. My overall impression in Ireland is that most people have more time for you. Taking my black immigrant husband to a remote part of Kerry in the very south of Ireland, I was a little bit hesitant, wondering what his reception would be. Well, this was it. No less than five separate strangers approached him, shook his hand and welcomed him to Ireland. I'm irish as well as English, but I haven't ever lived in Ireland as my Irish dad settled in England and lived and died there. But whenever i visit now, I firmly feel I'm at home. Pubs in Ireland can be amazing. They are pretty good in England, but Iriah ones mostly surpass them.
Rough around the edges? Wow that's the height of rudeness!
@@moorenicola6264 No it isn't. It's true. We are a little rough round the edges. There's nothing wrong with that.
I would consider a pub and a bad to be interchangeable.. Hence the sayings, pub grub and bar food.. Some pubs do food and drink and vice versa..
She is pretty spot on for most things...
Saying goodbye, especially when leaving a social event, is more of a process in Ireland than a mere exit. Often, multiple people to say bye to, have to have a chat if haven't spoken to everyone before you leave, slowly move to the door.
Elbows on the table are not a major issue, the norm at the end of a meal or just having a drink.
In the workplace, punctuality is observed, same for things like concerts and theatre. Meeting at pub would be more relaxed.
Pubs are better viewed as meeting places with alcohol available.
The tea and the "go on" culture is beautifully demonstrated by Mrs Doyle in the classic sitcom 'Father Ted' - it really is a thing.
This lady is from the east coast of Ireland - Galway, the main city in the west of the country, has been named on a number of surveys as the friendliest city in the world, so when you visit Ireland, make sure to make time for a trip. Close friends of both sexes will hug each other, and are more tactile. One thing she didn't mention was how friendships are not limited to one's own sex or age group, and not defined by the job you do.
The commonest question meeting a new person is "where are you from?" Irish people love making connections - we might know someone from the same part of Ireland (hence we ask that of each other). If someone is obviously a new arrival in the country, it is out of genuine interest - the Irish travel a lot, many have lived abroad (note the presence of Irish pubs across the world).
Hope you get to visit us soon!
I live 20 mins from beach in Ireland and that's far away and we're not at all costal lol
If you're not offered a cup of tea within the first 5 minutes,then the person doesn't like you 😂😂😂 you'll still get offended a cup of Tea but it might take half an hour, and there would be no biscuits 😂😂😂
👍🤭😂
lol
The UK and I suspect Eire have both bars and Pubs. Bars tend to congregate in the town centre, particularly if there is and entertainment or shopping centre of the town. Pubs are more spread out across the town and the whole country, pubs are more likely to be built in the middle of residential housing. Pubs also occur in the middle of the country in the smallest villages or hamlets, often on or near major roads.
Been to both Northern an Southern Ireland, the East and West coasts too, and what you suggest is pretty accurate. However, most of the "touristy" bit around Temple Bar in Dublin has bars that are more English pub like? In my opinion anyway.
No one in Ireland calls it Eire , it's Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. Don't refer to it as Southern Ireland either as that's guaranteed to upset us.
@@philipmccarthy6175 My apologies, I meant no offence, it was what i was taught growing up.
@@promiscuous675 No offence taken . Just pointing out the proper names.
@@johnp8131 Why do people insist on calling it Southern Ireland ? It's the Irish Republic / Republic of Ireland.
In the pub its split into two halves, the bar and the lounge. The bar is more like the old auld lads (bar flies) going there to get drunk and the lounge is more family friendly, food etc during the day like you said. Then at night the lounge tends to be groups of people drinking socially.....and often heavily, while the same auld lads are still drinking in the bar since the place opened.
I'd consider pubs different to bars. A good pub is a cosy, comfortable place. It depends on the time of day and week, too. There'd maybe be kids in there during the day, but not in the evening.
Tipping is optional, we have a minimum wage (north and south). Eating out is less common, as it's expensive compared to cooking at home. I wouldn't tip at a coffee shop but would for a dinner with table service.
Ireland isn't all coast, but a lot of it is rural. Punctuality would be more important in the cities than out in the country.
Thanking cashiers, bus drivers, servers, basically any service job is definitely a thing.
Our humour is unique (possibly shared with Scots and northern England). It's why we produce so many comedians.
Tea. I was trained by my mum to make good tea as soon as I could be trusted to boil a kettle. Lyons and Barrys are southern brands, Punjana would probably be the best northern one. Tea is hot, with milk, and maybe sugar, though I've given that up. Usually with a biscuit, scone, traybake (Presbyterians are famed for these) or slice of wheaten bread. I've heard that hospice care has a lot of forgotten cold cups of tea. It's not about the tea.
Table manners. I grew up in a crowded house so we weren't quite as dainty.
First refusal. I'm neurodivergent so don't do that. If people offer something, accept, and be sure to do likewise for them or others.
Hugging and kissing. We like our personal space. I've offended a South American host by dodging his attempt to kiss my cheek. We'd be described as 'cold' in that culture.
Greetings. Northern Ireland, it's 'Bout ye' (How's about You?), How's it goin'? or possibly How's she cuttin'? (a very rural slang greeting!).
Swearing. The best swearing is used for emphasis, not filler. Maybe don't do it at funerals...
Goodbyes. I have been known to say my goodbyes on phone calls which then run 15 minutes longer. We just hate ending conversations.
Waving. Yup, drivers acknowledge each other. I've waved at traffic police pointing a speed gun at me and had them wave back!
pub is short for a public house and the name bar comes from the bar that runs along the bottom of the counter
Pub = public house. Inn is a hotel with pub, a bit old style as Inn's were around in days of travelling by horse and coach, where horses would be changed or spend the night.
I struggle with why Americans always associate alcohol with getting drunk.
Do Americans not go for a drink. One.
If i go to pub with my family. Soneone might have a beer. Some Wine. Some coffee or tea.
I've lived in Ireland my whole life and I've never ever heard of anyone actually going for one drink that's just a joke to me, like aye I'm only going for one then you drink 10. I can't comprehend anyone going out having one drink and leaving, fuck is one drink gonna do that's just a waste of calories. Maybe people in denial of their alcoholism have one drink with dinner before going home and slamming 10 tins lol.
@@WookieWarriorz Similar drinking drinking alcohol as with tea. Non addicted still end up with the one glass of alcohol or the one cuppa tea turning into pints of alcohol or multiple pots of tea because we love to talk🥰
I’m Irish, born and raised and she does sound irish
The bye thing goes like this, you wanna leave a party or the pub? You say to everyone, right I better make a move. Or right time to get going.
They say aww sure have 1 more.
You say na i have to make a move.
They say go on.
You say ahh OK sure 1 more will be grand.
Then about 20 min later you slap your knee and say...right now I really need to go.
Then you go.
pup bar same thing the lounge is were you get dinner in a pub
Vast majority of us tip our waitress/waitors in every restaurant we eat. We don't tip within hotels for corrupting bags etc.
So true bout pls and thnk u. Couldn't imagine not thanking the bus driver.
Slagging is great craic. Highly recommend.
Tea and a chat is defo centrepoint of our culture. Sign of someone offering u support.
Not having elbows on table is timing out. See elbows on tables far more now in restaurants etc and much prefer it. Comfortable!
We're more tactile than she communicates imo. We always hug our friends hello and goodbye. And I'm a non-drinker.
Irish do swear a lot. But also we use the word "feck" - which is a great substitute for the *other f-word, and u can v safely say feck in front of ur granny.
We do say 100s of Byes - leading to "the Irish goodbye," where u don't say bye to anyone and u just leave - cause all the byes take too long. 😊
I'm in Dublin and everyday see ppl waving to each other - one of my fave parts of driving around. 😊
Great social etiquette tips all round.
U shud come to Ireland - you'll like it. 😀
A bar is the counter you order drinks from in the pub.
The bye thing is real 😂😂we do say bye 20 times before we hang up the phone
A pub is basically a bar the name comes from the abbreviation of the name Public House.
The 'sir' and 'mam' thing isnt a feature of Irish politeness. Indeed we tend to be on first name terms with everyone including the boss and the elderely. I think it's that we aren't keen on obsequiseousness. The only person we call 'Mam' is our mother as in short for Mammy.
Love the romantic view you have of a pub trust me it's more or less a bar except yeah some might be more family oriented but some are totally just to get drunk and have fun 😅
Tbh American bars are usually more fun except for the having to tip the bar tender - we don't tip the bar tender in Ireland. Some people do tip a restaurant if the service is good and meal is good however
You were saying about coastal people well actually we irish are very much land lubbers except for the coastal villages and cities.Being late probably has more to do with the rural heritage,livestock don't know what time of day ,day of the week,month or year it is so the schedule is determined by them not humans.
That's a good point.
Poor mans never had anyone make him a cup of Tea wtf , this can't be allowed to continue,
That made me laugh because it is pure Irish. The height of rudeness is to make a cup of tea for yourself and not offer anyone else one.
@@moorenicola6264 you'll get offered tea, but no biscuits if your not liked lol 😂
@@moorenicola6264 you'd have to do something really bad to not get a cup of tea FFS
I get anxiety watching American people on the phone and they just hang up 👀 you'd be rang back if you were here in Ireland and asked what you said wrong 😂😂
🤣 So True
A lovely cup of tea solves everything 😊
The most popular teas in Ireland are blends of strong Indian Black Tea. It is much stronger than the tea drank on the mainland. After it is fully drawn it is closer to black coffee in strength than a green tea.
The first refusal is not about being polite by not accepting what is offered it is about giving host the opportunity to show the extent of their hospitality and generosity.
The “Go on” custom is the same in England. I guess It’s rude to snatch someone’s hand off when they offer you something, especially if you’re not giving anything back in return. Unless your dying or something.
Had to change a tyre today, first thing I did when I got home was have a cup of tea.
I like Liptons iced tea bought from many supermarkets in my area of England.
I'm surprised they sell it over there. A lot of people drink that type of tea here.
@@reactingtomyroots I get it mainly from Tesco or Morrisons in the East Midlands.
Id say in Ireland a pub is the building and where you get served is the bar, and then we have nightclubs which is where there will be loud music, flashing lights etc, a pub is more like a local thing and you’d be surprised at some of the places you’ll come across pubs in Ireland, some country roads that will have about 10-15 people living in them have pubs 😂
If someone is struggling with something you lend a hand. Like an old woman or man getting on a bus with their shopping. You lift it on for them.
Bars in America are soulless places with tvs all over the place. Pubs in general are comfortable and cosy.
A lot of this is common to the whole of the British Isles, Ireland and the UK.
Traditionally Pubs had a bar for the men, and a lounge for couples or wives.
Now Bars tend to be found in city centres. Pubs are often local, walking distance from home.
Ireland is not a British Isle/Island. This is an outdated Imperialistic and Possesive term that is not recognised by the Irish Government nor by the Majority of Irish people living in Ireland. The UK Government no longer uses the term when referring to the Island of Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday agreement.
@@condorone1501 British Isles is a geographical term and not a political one. Get over yourself with your inferiority complex.
Bloody hell Ireland is NOT the british isles. Can ye stop land grabbing.
Well said. Shower of imperialistic gobshites 😉🇮🇪
People in Ireland often use it as a geographical term still. Nobody minds much because we know the political reality is different. Nothing to get worked up about.
The ah go on thing I finally get father ted now lol
Irish 'slagging' is the UK equivalent to 'taking the piss' or 'winding-up' a friend... Rarely meant in a nasty way at all, it's just part of the Irish and British 'banter' (sarcasm and humour). We often poke fun at each other, but it often takes Americans a while to understand or feel comfortable with doing it! 😉
Slagging is more what Brits say tbh
I know it's kinda a pronunciation thing but we say it more like sleag sleaging.
Never heard the noise blowing issue at the table. Far better for your nose to drip in your food.
Irish people have a mixture of southern and northen cultures. Quite reserved but also quite open and friendly, a bit of an anomaly
A pub is a public house and when you want a drink you go up to the Bar to order it , now get the next round in pal.