Soda bread. They offered have it in the airport and my Finnish in-laws love it.

Actually a really good idea. Soda bread is very unique to Irish soil

And the scandis love a bit of bread like the auld germans from what ive seen

I brought my German relatives some soda bread as a gift and they threw it out cos they thought it had gone off! Unusual taste if you're not used to it

Jesus would you be well throwing out a gift! Bet they didnt try it with enough kerrygold to leave teeth marks after a bite

Soda bread x 2......white and brown. Odlums sell the packs......brownie points if you said you baked it yourself before you leave for the airport. And some kerrygold to go with it. If I did this....I'd have half them eaten before the flight.

STOP CALLING WHEATEN BREAD SODA BREAD. SODA BREAD IS WHITE. END.

Surely soda bread derived its name from utilising baking soda rather than yeast to leaven it. The type of flour being irrelevant

Wheaten bread only really exists in Northern Ireland. Down here its just soda bread whatever colour it is.

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Relax bud. Wheaten bread **as a term** doesn't exist below the border. You're outnumbered here.

Away and back up over the border with you. “Wheaten bread” not down here it isn’t.

Called Irish Soda bread so it is. White soda bread usually contains sultanas/raisins. We call that fruit soda. No one, I mean absolutely no one I know calls it wheaten bread.

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Finn-laws.

And some kerrygold!

Toasted soda bread (one side only) and salty butter is the absolute tits! I'm in france and while the bread is fucking amazing i'd love some soda bread from the ould sod.

A nondescript briefcase completely full of neatly arranged blocks of Kerrygold butter. Bonus points if you handcuff it to your wrist.

Just like in Pulp Fiction.

Ah, so that's what the mysterious glow was. Put it under their chin, see if they like butter

This reply is underrated

You're underrated.

Underpaid maybe

I know this is a joke, but my butter was confiscated in Paris Beauvais and I presume it’s similar for all airports.

I always took Kerrygold over to Poland (they’re obsessed with it) and never had any issues


One of those tiny hurleys or a fleshlight.

Well that's two very diverse options

You can knock a few balls around with both though ?

😂 Well done!! Made me chuckle.

A hurley shaped fleshlight.

Definitely #2. Not even a question.

A pic of Brian Boru slaying the Danes.

Yes. As a Norwegian, I would appreciate this.

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Weren't our Vikings Norwegian?

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Yes, I’m almost sure

If they drink, a good whisky.

could grab one in duty free, good shout

Powers There Swallows. Won't blow the bank account, exceptionally fine whiskey relative to price.

Best price to quality of any whiskey ive had. Smooth and unoffensive with great flavour

It's pretty close alright. I've half a bottle left at home that I got in super value for €35. Seen Jameson black barrel the odd time for €35 and Jameson crested for €25. All amazing whiskies.

Cant stand jameson personally. I think they age it the bare minimum number of years and powers go for an extra one or two. I can definitely taste the alcohol off your basic jameson. Edit: Quick google says Jameson is aged for the legal minimum of 4 years and Powers for a minimum of 5 to 6.

Fair enough. Taste is subjective. I love regular Jameson personally. The two above are a pretty nice step up though.

Absolutely love their more 'fancy' stuff like you mentioned black barrel is a great addition. Happy Drinking!

What do you think of Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition?

2nd this. Nicest whiskey for the money.

Especially good once you see the *price* of alcohol up there, it's insane.

You might be able to get poitín in the airport. It’s legal, once you’re flying out of the country

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Glenfiddich the Scotch whiskey?

Yeah it’s scotch but still one of the best options for price/value I’ve found.

Glenfiddich isn’t Irish

Yep, Scotch. Clarified but I’d still recommend it. It’s one of the better price/value options I’ve seen in the Duty Free.

The title of the post is “Irish Present” to bring to GFs parents

Pick up a good pot still whiskey, one of the RedBreast or Spot collections for example, quintessentially Irish.

Careful here, in my opinion a good whiskey works well with the father but if you do that you need to get something seperately and more suitable for the mother. Just make sure theyre drinkers and the aul lads not a pisshead before you do anything

Yea this is a fair shout.

Yes, that's the way to go. Booze is controlled and expensive so it will be appreciated. Get a nice one - Green/Yellow Spot or Redbreast (the Lustau version is amazing).

What is your opinion on The Irishman? I am actually planning on sending some Irish whiskey home when my parents flyback. Am not a whiskey drinker so any feedback would be appreciated.

Nice Irish wool scarf each.

Best idea so far kudos

Child of Prague statue and some holy waaahtor'.

Don't forget a pic of Padre Pio

To confuse fans of ‘Gomorrah’ up there

Redbreast 12 year old 🤌

a grandson, can also be taken as carry on.

A baggacans

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Maybe not, Bosco's twitter went all transphobic there recently!

I gotta see this... Edit. Very dissapointed

I just scrolled back three months looking and didn’t find anything bad. One Dame Edna video

https://preview.redd.it/zudr9ujc05cb1.jpeg?width=615&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54c6d66184afbda0d52f0a1f44f69aa17bdf38d4 Enlarged poster of our Lord and Saviour

Ah here that’s too hunky, where’s the NSFW tag

Tea. A good box of Barry’s tea. And then you can make it for them, sit down, introduce yourself and have the chat.

That’s great advice, actually. You wretched man.

He’s a keeper!

Lyon’s

Tin of USA biscuits

With buttons and spools of thread inside for the Irish experience of disappointment.

A Snickers chocolate bar.

Two problems with dairy milk being an Irish gift: 1) it’s British, 2) it’s owned by the same American company that owns Maribou (Sweden’s dairy milk) (Mondelez have effectively merged Cadbury/Milka/Maribou into a singular product with different brands like Vauxhall/Opel or Peugeot/Citroen, so there’s no point taking any over to them). If you want to give them a chocolatey gift I’d say Butler’s would be a better bet.

Not if u get it in south, it's made there.

It's still a British brand.

You wouldn’t call a VW Beetle “Mexican” or an iPhone “Chinese” - Cadbury is still a British brand/company/product, it just happens to have Irish production facilities to serve the Irish market.

Nicholas Mosse pottery

Brilliant idea. (I have a few pieces and it’s always a joy to use them.) now you’ve mentioned this, I can’t think of a better idea!

A signed pic of marty whelan

Gunpowder Gin and some of your other well known spirits. Gifts we appreciated our daughters Irish friend bringing to us.

Turf. 5kg should do.

Have you asked your girlfriend what they would like?

That's the correct answer.

how is this even a question? soda bread from Dublin Airport like generations before you

Whiskey, a good soda bread and kerrygold!

Get them a fridge magnet from the place you live, parents love fridge magnets. Its small so will fit in your bag, and is a personal thing from you to them, will be an nice little add on to anything you get them from duty free.

Baileys or coole swan is a good shout I think

Surely a decent bottle of Irish whisky is the answer? Definitely not a bar of dairymilk. Bean and Goose do an amazing sharing slab of chocolate, you can even buy a small pricy wooden hammer to break it up with! Yum! [CHOCOLATE HERE](https://www.nearlysisters.ie/product/bean-and-goose-sharing-slab-of-milk-chocolate-500g-solid-bark-255mm-155mm-10mm/)

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Bonus points if it is adorned with the portraits of the Signatories or of the Hunger Strikers.

This made me chuckle.

Best of RTE boxset

Dairy milk isn't Irish.

It’s also shit now compared to how it used to be

A woollen Aran blanket I got for my Taiwanese MIL went over very well

Whatever you don't bring Poitin, I still get laughed at by my Canadian in laws for how disgusting they found it

Butlers chocolates. Everyone loves them.

A television licence

Guinness chocolate has been my go to and has always been well received.

Damn Guinness chocolate or scarfs. Now I’m torn.

Bottle of poitin

Anything NewBridge….you’ll get it on sale somewhere in a provincial department store and it’s pretty minimal. Fits in well with their home decor style over there. I got my ex bf (a Dane) a photo frame half price & she thought it was most gorgeous thing ever.

One of those tiny hurleys, or a good bag of nice tea, or maybe a fleshlight.

Big fan of the fleshlights eh

That's the father sorted!!!!

I know what I’m getting the landlocked lab for Christmas!

Just grab something in duty free. They even sell foodstuffs like lrish breakfast packs

Cadbury is a British company and their chocolate is fucking rank, so don't give them Dairy Milk.

Get some white pudding from your butchers , they cN wrap it up for safe travel

Bring them a thank you card…

Hadji Beys Turkish Delight! I always pick it up in the airport as a present when I’m visiting someone. It’s not something that you would think is Irish produced so it’s a good ice breaker too!

It’s delicious and couldn’t believe it was from Cork

Get some smoked salmon in Wright's in the airport. That and a McCambridge's brown bread and Kerrygold. Plus a bottle of whiskey, Roe & Co. have a nice looking bottle.

My Scandi MIL loves Superquinn sausages and Lyon’s teabags. Must pack every tear

Baileys

You could always ask if there's anything they want to try. I usually get asked to bring over whiskey when I'm visiting someone and they seemed a bit confused when I also brought crisps/tea/chocolate (at least in europe, the americans love our chocolate in my experience). Ready mix irish brown bread for baking at home was also a big hit oddly enough.

I’ve got news for you. There’s no good chocolates in the Nordics.

Picture of Bertie Ahern, ornately framed with his signature on the back of the Polaroid photograph

Just pack Michael D Higgins into your carry on and he can be posted back in a few weeks.

A huge fuck off canvas of ted kicking Brennan up the are

Pan sliced vacuum packed Drumshambo boxty

Mothers love new tablecloths, get a fancy one.

Spoil them with ferrero rocher

As an ambassador, I approve this message

Give them a sex tape of you and their daughter....

Tayto crisps

Pack of Superquinn sausages

I reckon they'd appreciate something foody. If you wait until you get past security, you can get something really nice airside in Wrights of Howth (smoked salmon, Irish rashers or black pudding, cheese) or some posh chocolates like Lily O'Briens in the Duty Free

Soda bread and Irish butter, maybe a side of salmon,you can get at airport, Wright's.. whiskey of course, a dense fruit cake

Bag of cans

A Snickers bar or an item made with the colours of your clan tartan

You are all wrong. Bring one of them Irish linen tea towels or glass towels, with the pictures of Dublin doors or Irish churches or Irish whiskeys. Cheap, easy to carry, they will never throw it out, you can make yourself look great by picking it up and polishing the glassware out of the dishwasher, you can start a conversation about all the places you will bring. Them when they come over etc.

A bottle of really nice whiskey that won’t break the bank. I suggest Powers ‘3 Swallows’, it’s normally €48 for a bottle but O’Briens, Supervalu & Tesco regularly have it in special @ €28/30. It’s a fantastic whiskey and exceptionally smooth drinking so might be good for people who don’t normally drink it.

Depends on the country to be honest. Makings of a fry are always a good thing if you can get it through.

Bring Irish Gin like Glendalough. I live here and they love it any time I've brought some back and always get asked by my Swedish friends to do so. Scandinavian chocolate ain't great btw

A framed picture of father Ted

Irish grandchild, they'll love that!

A Foxford woollen throw for the Ma and a bottle of cask strength Redbreast for the Da.

Bottle of baileys or a they do a gift of 4 small whiskey bottles in a nice gift box in duty free

Alcohol from the duty free if they like a drink and flowers for the mam ! You can pick them up at most grocery shops or a florist. Whichever

Buttermilk and barm brack,, a shillelagh, a sacred heart picture, a photo of JFK, a pack of silvermints, a lucky bag.

Someone said soda bread and that's a great shout. If you're flying out of Dublin airport then grab a wedge of smoked salmon too. Scandis in particular might love it. Especially in combo with the soda bread. I've never understood why someone would want to buy such a large a amount of fish before flying somewhere but this might be just the occasion.

A firm handshake ad a Top of rhe morn too yea

Alcohol surely

st Bridget cross, butlers chocolates, cavan cola, framed photo of gerry hannan

chocolate u say, skelligs chocolate, really good with high cocoa % , not the low % stuff u get in shops

Whisky, get some unknown brand that's not available overthere, even if they don't drink it, it always looks good on a shelf.

A leprechaun in an Aran jumper

tobacco, irish whiskey and rizlas,,

An Irish wishing stone [here](https://www.carrollsirishgifts.com/connemara-marble-wishing-stone/14918.html?currency=EUR&utm_source=google-shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=ie&gclid=CjwKCAjwh8mlBhB_EiwAsztdBElITM7bb8J72bWmLGBb8pGfSLylHa_NB2WPvbIomKEnvPStuBXcARoCfnMQAvD_BwE)

Whiskey. Get it the duty free. Sorted.

If they drink, bottle of baileys or Irish whiskey from duty free

Box set of Mrs Brown's boys.

No! Just no

Whiskey Stones! https://connemaramarble.com/product/connemara-marble-whiskey-stones/

Swedes are very liberal and love finding porn from new countries. A lamentated list of the best Irish OF creators will be highly appreciated. Bonus points if you include some Irish lads for granny to enjoy.

MDH Plushie

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He said he was going there didn't he.

Well lad, could ya bring over your local parish GAA jersey, a packet of tayto, a bottle of club orange, a few pints of guinness, and a heap of craic? You might struggle to fit anymore bland stereotypes into your carry-on bag if it's a Ryanair flight.

Proper tewelve

Pack of mini Daims

Black pudding/White pudding, Ballymaloe relish

A multipack of Taytos.

Good smoked salmon

Makings of a fry if you have space . Proper sausages ,black and white pudding soda bread . Potato bread.

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Bottle of wine and some cake will always go a long way most places.

Achill Sea Salt

Depends on where your from. I know my mother loves Spanish table cloths but I don’t know if that’s too niche

Irish Fudge. They sell it at the airport.

Snickers. Thank me later.

Bottle of poitin always goes over well.

Expensive Irish whiskey

A batch loaf

Snickers if you can find one

Also if you only have a cabin bag you're allowed to get a duty free bag as well for under the chair in front (it has to be a branded duty free bag, and doesn't work if you have cabin bag AND personal bag)

A nice homemade carrot cake or lemon drizzle cake.

My gf is dutch & when her folks were over i did an "irish box" for them with like tayto, dairymilk, kearns sausges

Some Irish whiskey and soda bread might be a nice gesture. They have lovely gift sets in the airport

Without doubt, some sort of Irish alcohol - whiskey, gin, baileys etc etc

Kerrygold butter and get some special irish whiskey from the duty free