9 Things… That Prove You’re Completely Patriotic

Brought to you by Crunchie There's no place like home Ireland... Folk around the globe try to claim Irish heritage, (America, we're looking at you), but there is no one quite loves Ireland like the patriotic Irish do. Here are 9 things that prove you're completely patriotic... 1.March 17th is your favourite day of the year If you've spent time working abroad, St. Patrick's Day is the first holiday you book off at the beginning of the year. Hell will freeze over before you ever work the most important Irish holiday in the calendar. 2. Crycolour tricolour The sight of a tricolour makes you an emotional wreck. There was once a time a certain member of Her.ie was dandering through St.Stephen’s Green and spotted a tricolour on top of a building in the distance and began to tear up slightly. In her defence, she was only back from travelling and she was in a fragile state of hungover-ness. 3. You were a part of Jackie’s Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8 Absolute gentleman Jack Charlton was putting em’ under pressure – you never really understood who ‘em’ was but you definitely knew the words and relive Italia 1990 whenever you hear it being played. 4. The national anthem is your jam  Forget Mark Mc Cabe’s ‘Maniac’, you’re holding out for the lights to come on and Amhrán na bhFiann to begin. The National Anthem was the first song you ever learned off by heart. You demand silence and will give an evil side eye to those who do not respect the national song when it is playing. You will NEVER be heard ‘cheering’ over the very last line and you wish those that insist on doing so would stop. It hurts your feelings. 5. Retro Irish jerseys Ah, the classic Adidas 1991/2 home jersey. This item of clothing still regularly sees the light of day and remains the favourite garment that you currently own. Quinn wore it well in fairness to him. 6. ‘Raglan Road’ is your party piece At some stage in your life, you will be called upon to perform a party piece and you’re ready. You were born ready. Well, you’ve been ready since the day and hour you first heard the Luke Kelly rendition of Raglan Road. Patrick Kavanagh knew how to write a verse or two, we’ll give him that. 7. The interval is your favourite part of an Irish wedding You live for the band interval at an Irish wedding because it guarantees three of your favourite things - a drop of tea, triangle ham sandwiches and Irish dancing. There’s simply nothing you love more than a good hard shoe routine. *Takes out phone, presses record* 9. You travel abroad but you still keep your '087' number 0, 8 and 7 are three of your favourite/luckiest numbers; you can’t go losing them, even if you have been living in Australia since 2009. 10. Birds of a feather, flock together… When abroad you love nothing more than to hear a familiar brogue, the patriotic Irish love sticking with their own. Reality television is only interesting whenever there is an Irish contestant on it. Niall Horan was always going to be your favourite member of One Direction.   Brought to you by Crunchie - For the mouth that craves the Friday Feeling. Obey Your Mouth.