They’re A Grand Bunch – 11 Reasons To Be Grateful For Our Irish Lads

Yesterday marked International Men's Day and due to one thing or another, we females here at the Her.ie towers forgot to celebrate the opposite sex. We know, disgraceful behaviour on our behalf. Irish lads, as much as we give them a hard time, we do appreciate them really. Here are the eleven reasons that make Irish lads unique...   1. "My Friend Wants To Know If You'll Shift Me?" Irish men really are charmers but when it comes to chat-up lines, they're about as smooth as a pair of legs four days after shaving. Over the years we've all been subjected to an awful one-liner or ten.   2. "What Are You Having?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbujX4hXOg They'll never see you go thirsty and if you're really lucky, they'll not see you go hungry either. (Curry chip at the end of the night.)   3. Tea Drinkers They share our appreciation for a good cuppa.   4. Mammy's Boy Irish mothers have been spoiling their sons for generations. As much as it is aggravating to hear the words, "but my Mam does it this way", it is nice to see a lad that's close to his mother. Note To Mums: Try to stop doing everything for your son, you're making our job very difficult.    5. Farmer Tans Irish lads are most special in the summertime. Red raw and pale white at the same time. Sure it's only a Paddy could pull off that look.   6. The Craic.  Any girl that has had the opportunity to go travelling will know that the one thing you miss when away from home is the craic. It really is difficult to find men that love the craic quite as much as the Irish do, they're all rascals at heart.   7. They've Their Wits About Them Ireland is home to some of the world's wittiest males. What is that? You want us to list a few examples? No problem... David O' Doherty (pictured in a dolphin suit), Brendan Grace, Tommy Tiernan, Dara Ó Briain, Dylan Moran, Patrick Kielty, Jason Byrne...   8. The Wolf Pack Never Changes They're loyal to their wolf pack. Even if one of the wolves exchanges intimacies with another wolf's fancy woman, that doesn't matter. The pack will remain unbroken. We have to hand it to them, Irish lads make for great friends.   9. Sing Songs Every Irish man has a song in his repertoire that rests there quietly until it is needed in the early hours of a Sunday morning.   10. No Woman No Fry The morning after the singsong, you can guarantee there'll be one thing on an Irish man's mind… A Full Irish.   11. Ah Sure, They're Grand It has to be said, the Irish male is one of a kind and there is no other kind we'd be celebrating on International Men's Day (better late than never). Take our brothers over at JOE.ie for example, they're a great bunch lads, but we'll just not bother telling them that.