r/AskIreland

Like Corkian, Dubliner, Wicklowite.

Some counties seem clear, others not so.

Wicklowite doesn't seem right.

What is Cavan or Armagh, Down or Kerry... Really most of these are not clear.

I am very sorry if this is the wrong page for this question…I moved to Ireland and I’ve been here for two years but I am exempt from studying Irish, now I plan on studying medicine and while choosing my choice subjects I found out I need to have a third language to study medicine, I was never aware of this if not I would’ve picked a third language in the junior cert now I am in the leaving cert and i don’t have a third language how do I study medicine without one? Do I have to just wing it and try a new language? I know a bit of french should I try it or is that too risky for my points?

Just to clear up since I am exempt from Irish in my case I’m talking about a SECOND LANGUAGE

As I'm living alone now, the cooking his taking its tole on me. When I cook for 2 days it's usually a stir-fry. Other than that, I'm just switching between steaks and kievs. Do any of ye have a few tricks that can be used to make a meal last for 3 days? and what meals do you get from the butchers?

My, admittedly notionsy and with a syrup, coffee that I usually get when I am physically in the office has gone up by a full €1 over the weekend - €4.90 to €5.90. I am slightly annoyed over it as I feel that is a bit of a big whack to be adding on in one go. I usually always left some kind of a tip too.

I have a few options - stop buying it, change my order to something cheaper, or reduce the amount of times I get it. Going to a different place is not really in the equation as it's the only place that does good coffee near me. I suppose I could also just suck up the extra euro but it feels too much to me. There is a small kitchen in work but the equipment is grubby and I like leaving the office for a stroll anyway.

Actually surprised by how cross I am over €1, it was obviously my tipping point!

Anyone else have similar?

I remember watching them on Road Wars in the UK 20 years ago, seems safe and it’s very difficult to get away from.

I had one of those evenings recently where I randomly found an old clip from a show I used to watch after school and it hit me much harder than expected.

For me it's Arthur.

Something about the music and the way it looks immediately puts me back in the sitting room after school, still in my uniform, rain outside, eating toast and having absolutely nothing important to worry about except whether I'd done my homework.

It's not even that I desperately want to rewatch the whole thing now. The memory of watching it is almost more comforting than the actual show.

There are a few others that do it too, but Arthur is the strongest. A couple seconds of the intro and suddenly my brain thinks it's 4pm in 2005.

What cartoon or show does that for you?

Not necessarily the one you think was objectively the best, just the one that gives you that really specific feeling of being young and completely carefree again.

I was only a kid back then so maybe I didn't notice, but things seem way worse now. Kids are more violent, adults are more aggressive.

But I also see lots of normal people around here, like people who dress well and have jobs. I grew up in a council estate and it seemed back then everyone was in tracksuits and on welfare (obviously that's not accurate) but it just seems more mixed now. There's still an insane amount of teenage parents.

Using a throw away here. I witnessed a good friend of mine cheat on his pregnant partner over the weekend. It was a good mutual friends stag. Shagging some young one up againts a wall out the back of the nightclub

I dont condone it one bit, he begged me not to tell her, said its a once off, will never happen again all that shite. I never thought he would be the type of guy to do that either.I have told my partner obviously because I am not keeping that from her. She says we need to tell his partner, and I agree. We are just not sure the best way to go about it is? She is also heavily pregnant, so baring in mind how the news may effect her.

Your man wont stop trying to ring me and is texting me non stop, all he is worried about is me keeping my mouth shut. I havent told a soul only my parter, and that is purely out of respect for his partner. What would be the best way to tell her?

I get that for older ones like castles but a lot of new houses are variations of grey colour. Why? Some places like Clifden has more colours, leaves warmer and more vivid impression.

A chairde,

Tá mé san fhaopach gan Éireannach. The only version of this book that is out of copyright is the original printing, but I simply do not have access to it three thousand miles away. No one has digitized this version, but I very much would like to, not least so it can easily be reprinted, as where I live the price of this book has gone a bit nuts.

The book currently sits in a few places that I can find:

National Library of Ireland

Tipperary County Council Libraries (not for loan)

Mary Immaculate College Library, Limerick

University Limerick

UCC

QUB

Dublin City University

TCD 7 UCD

Outside of Ireland: Leeds, Wales, Oxford, Sydney

Perhaps your da’s shelf too, I dunno. If anyone can help, I’d be thrilled. The 1933 printing, if you can’t find the date on it or you aren’t sure, has 381 pages.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

I’m halfway through an eight-week summer course in Galway, and several people here can date an event more accurately by the weather than by the calendar.

Examples from this week:

- “That was the morning the rain came sideways.”

- “No, it happened before the warm Thursday.”

- “We met her during that fog that stayed past lunch.”

They weren’t joking. Two of them disagreed on the month but immediately agreed once someone mentioned the wind. I find this both charming and slightly alarming, because I can barely remember whether yesterday was wet.

Is this definately an Irish habit, a west-coast thing, or just a coincidence among my classmates? And do people actually use weather memories to settle dates later, or is it more of a conversational shortcut that sounds precise but isnt?

Are we finally seeing the end of this madness of ever increasing property prices in Dublin and across IE ?

So far in 2026, I’ve only bought the FT Weekend. I used to get the Irish Times with it, but got absolutely sick of all the opinion and analysis pieces and just wasn’t reading large swathes of it.

What I like about the FT is it predominantly reports the news from the week.

But it’s obviously lacking on Irish news and other mainstream news.

Any recommendations - must be in print and a weekend (preferably available on Saturday) paper.

Is it because they assume that you will no longer be able to have kids at 36?

Can anyone advise if doing a pre-apprenticeship course is a good idea? Is it useful? Will it help secure an apprenticeship? Any advice would be welcome Thanks

You see the decline in grad programmes, rise of AI, more people with degrees than there are jobs for.