A history of Ireland in 100 goodbyes

I got interested in Irish having listened to Clannad in high school; at the uni library, I got hold of an Irish textbook, along with a bilingual anthology of Irish poetry ('An Duanaire: Poems of the Dispossessed', edited by Seán Ó Tuama) where the Caoineadh featured prominently.

mjfl• 3 years ago

Any chance that Irish writing could be re-phoneticized? I tried learning Irish for fun but it was tough because all the letters sounded in a really unexpected way. (I also think that English should be re-phoneticized for what it's worth)

jwmcq• 3 years ago

I am disappointed that the "Irish goodbye" didn't happen at around number 82 with no items following it.

osullish• 3 years ago

I love that Roy Keane has 5% of these entries. Saipan was nearly the beginning of a civil war in this country!

youngNed• 3 years ago

It was a huge cultural moment. If you look at the impact of the 88 euros and subsequent world cups, we had songs, books, movies. And then, it all just died because someone never put the cones out for training, on a field in japan

I don't think we've ever processed that as a nation. Sure we struggled to process a civil war, we have no chance with saipan.

mobilene• 3 years ago

I married into a large Irish family and goodbyes take bloody forever as everyone has to have a ten-minute conversation with everybody else on their way out the door. Irish ghosting goodbye my eye.

subpixel• 3 years ago

Colombians are Irish who can’t hold their alcohol and who take even longer to say goodbye.

bilekas• 3 years ago

Giggled at this one. Kinda true in Fairness.

deaddodo• 3 years ago

The Irish goodbye exists because the alternative is a long ass poetic farewell. So, if you want to avoid it, you give a couple people key goodbyes and check out.

raffraffraff• 3 years ago

...or just a sneaky nod to someone who understands what you mean. They're left to tell people that you went home, if anyone asks. Just don't do that when your round is next.

lelima• 3 years ago

That's with family, with the lads/co-workers the Irish goodbye it's not saying anything and leave.

Arubis• 3 years ago

American of mostly Irish extraction & raised spending a lot of time in the Boston metro area; I get a bit more than a tenth of these. (It’ll inspire reading next time I’m hungry for roots.)

A history of Ireland in 100 goodbyes

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