Just wondering dose Polish people miss anything about Ireland when they go back to Poland? Except money 😋 if they could bring one thing from Ireland to Poland what would it be?
I spent three years in Ireland (2005-2008), and I remember this time with fondness.
if they could bring one thing from Ireland to Poland what would it be
I can only pick one thing? Hm... difficult choice... I liked the bookstores - no matter if they were big ones, like chapters in Parnell Street, or quite small, like that Catholic bookshop in a side street in the city centre that for the life of me I cannot remember the name of, they were always well-stocked and with competent staff - a pleasure to visit. I loved hurling, a great field game: very fast, full of vigor, requiring a lot of bravery to play - pure joy to watch. I was not so keen on Irish food, but there was a place in Rathmines (my neigbourhood) were they sold delicious cod with chips, and those breakfast rolls with simply everything in them were tasty too :)
What else? The traffic was nice, even in Dublin - drivers were much more relaxed, and not nearly as reckless as in Poland. Lovely countryside, kind-hearted people, tolerable weather; I really enjoyed the time I spent there.
One thing? OK, if I had to choose one thing it would be hurling, I miss the crazy game.
Rathmines (my neigbourhood) were they sold delicious cod with chips
Leo Burdocks :)) the original Burdocks is up near Christchurch, the fish and chips there are even better! But it's just a takeaway, you can't sit in so you get your fish and chips and then stroll round to the gardens in St Patrick's Cathedral and eat them there :D
like that Catholic bookshop in a side street in the city centre
No, Veritas isn't that small. The one I'm talking about was really small but you could get pretty much everything there, including Bibles in Greek and Latin, and writings of Church Fathers in original languages as well. If they didn't have something in stock at the moment, they ordered it for you. The bookseller there (I should rather call him a Bookmaster) was an older guy, around 60, balding with moustache and glasses. I couldn't find the shop on Google Street View - maybe it's no longer there. :(
All of the amazing red hair and all the shades of it, ranging from light orange to the dark reddish brown. We do have a very small percentage of red hair across Poland, but this does not nearly compare to Ireland, where you get to see it on the daily basis and all the variations of it.
Just wondering dose Polish people miss anything about Ireland when they go back to Poland?
I miss those big floppy disks (5 1⁄4-inch) made by Verbatim in Ireland. Sweet memories connected with them. I borrowed a few great games from my students in 1990s and they were stored on those discs.
This means that Poles/Polesses haven`t come back from Ireland yet. Good they feel so good there. Ireland is still a good country to live, not like Britain after Brexit. And they elect decent governments which reject Nazi Izrael and their genocide in Palestine. I am envious about it and wish we were as decent as them.
Voting on one or another political party is something different than the popular opinion of the populace. We are talking about a general opinion prevalent among residents of those countries, not about the results of the last election.
@Ironside How else are you going to get a true picture of opinions. A never ending series of single issue referenda often contradicting each other is no way to run a country.
A never ending series of single issue referenda often contradicting each other is no way to run a country.
No one can deny that you are right nevertheless, I inquire about the popular opinion of the population. I bet that being overrun is a very popular expression nowadays to describe the so-called migrant crisis.
A phrase was invented to explain this, ie the silent majority or sometimes the moral majority where a majority opinion was conjured from thin air with very little evidence and given a moral authority. This is ofcourse nonsense.
What do Polish people miss about Ireland when they come back to Poland?
Migrants. You go to a store and it's like going abroad at no cost.
I went to a mall today. 10% were white and black English-speaking Americans...The rest...all foreign garbage...Lyzko's heaven...So many PhDs in linguistics, doctors, and engineers...
