What to buy in Ireland?

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elm122671

When I go to Ireland the things I look forward to the most are Butler's candy (YUM!!!), buying a new bodhran (it looks like a small hoop with a leather hide stretched over the top), crystal - Waterford is the most well known - and local art work. Every area has different artisans of things you just can't get via email/internet. Where in Ireland are you going? In November I'm taking my 4th trip there :))))

Darjeeling Snow

Irish chocolates
Oatmeal
Irish Whiskey
Irish Jams & Marmelades
and
clothes
....to take back home !!

xx

onthemoon

Waterford crystal, Guiness, Irish soda bread,Sheridans black and white and Westlife memorabilia.

pollbee

white pudding,mmmmm,clonakilty sausages,waterford chrystal,.
Inis beauty products made from sea extracts and minerals from the sea.

nuajav

Hi, just go to O`Carrolls in Dublin. They are in all the main shopping streets. Just walk in and you will see all the typical tourists presents. Decide for yourself. you can check them out at
http://www.carrollsirishgifts.com

Hope it's of some help.

brasiedub

Butler's Irish chocolate... hmmm!!!

Jojodrums

One of those silly green hats with a clover on it and a giant foam hand that has Ireland written on it.

Oh, and a Westlife CD.. if you can't find that try Bewitched or something.

Irish eyes

leprechaun is the right spelling!!

You can buy anything you fancy in Ireland.

reginaldstower

waterford crystal
blarney wool knit jumper

Xx-Shexii-Jessii-xX

Waterford crystal....

afternoon delight! ;o)

im irish but these are the things that i think are cool... those guinness slippers you can get in tourist shops - they look really comfy but are so cute too! and the tshirts you can get in there are funny... and shot glasses with the leprechaun (if i spelled that right...) on the side, i even have one of those! :)

Dan G

If you're going anywhere in Ireland, you should buy a pint of Guinness! It doesn't travel well and so it tastes pretty shite outside Ireland (seriously) The best Guinness is found in Dublin.
Also, don't be a fool and be taken into all that tourist stuff. Except maybe Waterford or Tyrone Crystal.
Buy whatever takes your eye and remember you got it in Ireland :) And all the memories that go with it :)

Misty Blue

You get some really decorative bodhrans.
e.g.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-Celtic-Cross-Rose-Wood-Bodhran-Made-In-Ireland_W0QQitemZ330273302895QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330273302895&_trkparms=39%3A2%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ebayphotohosting

ladybug

Buy anything in Carrols or souvener shop or in Euro shop(its cheeap).Guiness,whiskey,crazy saying shirts,music,instruments,food, and try to buy a piece of bog or turf.I know some american buy a handful of soil to put it on their graveyard.

stipes

traditional irish music,not the westlife or boyzone stuff.
get something by the Chieftains, treat yourself

Orla C

An original painting by an Irish artist. I assume you have music CDs? Anyway, it's cheaper to download ....

notyou311

Fine crystal and china.

cloudnine

guinness!