It's a give that us Irish are a little different to put it mildly, from the way we've adopted the English language and made it our own to the way we act and the things we do. We're a sort of law onto ourselves really. Well for those who aren't Irish and ever wondered what makes us Irish we've compiled a little list, if you recognise all points then you're Irish.

We're not saying we've got it spot on and there's room to add if you see fit. If you've any points that should be added pop over to our Facebook page and let us know and we'll stick them in. Enjoy.

1. You don't need to study for exams, sure your Nana lit a candle for you.

2. You thank bus drivers

3. You give a buladh bos when the airplane you're in lands (ok, maybe not all of us!)

4. You show your love for friends and family by insulting them

5. You know that 'I will Yeah' actually means 'I will in me arse'

6. You can say someones 'mad' and mean it as a compliment

7. The best reason for doing something is 'for a laugh'

8. If someone isn't drinking they must be on anti-biotics?' 

9. You know the medicinal powers of flat 7UP

10. You can't say 'goodbye' on the phone, it has to be 'bye, bye, bye, bye, bye....' 

11. You've touched an electric fence at some stage in your life  

12. Your parents can use d'Internet but the only site they've been on is RIP.ie 

13. You understand all HairyBaby t-shirts

14. You need to get 'the headlines' on the news.

15. A day with 'good dryin' out' is nearly as good as a lotter win

16. You've owned school books that were covered in wallpaper or brown paper

17. You were late because you were stuck behind a tractor 

18. You've been asked to stand in 'a gap' at least once in your life (country only)

19. You don't call a cupboard a cupboard, it's 'The Press'

20. Don't mention 'The Immersion'

21. The Wooden Spoon strikes fear to the very core of you

22. So does Peig Sayers

23. You swear very well

24. Good weather means 'the bog' or 'the hay' to some 

25. A doctors diagnosis is really only an opinion, sure I'll be grand

26. You've more freckles than there are days of the year

27. Bosco  taught you to count, not 'Seasame Street's 'The Count' 

28. You made more money from your Communion than your first months salary

29. You know a Mary personally

30. A greeting can be somewhat confusing 'Any Craic?'  'What's The Story'  'How're tricks?'

31. Suncreen? Yeah right! I'll be grand

31. A funeral means a 'session' so long as the person dead has lived to 'a good age'

32. Everything happens in the kitchen

33. The front room in your parents house is 'the good room'

34. You can't have them, they're the 'visitor biscuits'

35. You know there's a massive difference between going 'out' and going 'out out' 

36. You go to the shop for 'The Messages'

37. If you marry someone with a good bit of 'road frontage' then you married well

38. You've started saying there's a 'grand stretch in the evening'

39. It's not a Ham Sandwich, it's a Hang Sanger

40. Teatime  doesn't actually mean it's time to drink tea, it means it's time to come in

41. You never found out who was taking the horse to France   

42. The weekend was over when Where In The World  & Glenroe finished

43. You know what 'Roll it there Roisin' meant.

44. You drink beer from a longneck bottle because your doctor said to distance yourself from alcohol

45. You know 'soakage' isn't something that just happens with a sponge

46. You know yourself

47. You've taken the 'makings of a fry' on holidays 

48. You can use garden equipment in a sentance unrelated to gardening ' Jayzus, I had a rake of pints last night'

49. Standing 'outside' the church constitutes 'being to Mass'

50. Finally, two words...Red Leomonade!