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The Irish summer, you can always rely on the weather to be reliably unreliable, but we wouldn’t have it any other way… no wait, we’d love it to be sunny all the time.
We understand some of you may be in a bit of shock, because when you look out the window there’s a big bright yellow thing in the sky.
Yes, the summer has well and truly arrived on the shores of the Emerald Isle.
What makes this momentous occasion so special you ask? Well, it’s because the fabled Irish summer is one of the most unique events in the world today, up there with the aurora borealis, the pyramids of Egypt and vending machines…
Here are 7 unique things that you’ll only see during an Irish summer:
Absolute jokers serving you a 99
Because where is the challenge in making a small 99? Size matters after all… when it comes to 99s before you get any ideas.
Unconventional swimming pools
It gets quite hot out there about three times a year, so it’s important to keep your body temperature at normal levels by any means possible.
A heatwave, where it rains constantly
Met Eireann appear on the television and promise us glorious weather, where you can go to the beach and rejoice because summer is well and truly here. But it often doesn’t work like that.
These photos are taken just hours apart…
https://www.instagram.com/p/6AaAl6oI11/
Yep, just hours…
Midges and Wasps continue their plot to take over the country
You cannot move in Ireland from June until September without a wasp swooping in and threatening grievous bodily harm on you through its stinger.
That moment of panic when you find one in your car…
https://youtu.be/T1DvA9yPgHY
Video via McLol01
People decide that their local river/lake is hygienic enough to bathe in
While there are many, many clean and safe areas to swim around the country, we think that some people need to make better decisions on where they decide to swim during the warm weather.
Some places are just filthy after all…
Farmer’s tans
One of the most uniquely Irish sights in the world today, wherever you go during the summer in Ireland, there will always be at LEAST one guy proudly rocking a farmer’s tan.
He will have it, and he will own it…
Everyone will make the SAME joke about the weather
Get used to them, you’re going to be hearing these jokes a lot over the summer. The best example we can think of is the Leaving Cert.
Leaving cert weather come back to us☀️👋
— Kevin O' Halloran (@kevinohalloran1) July 8, 2016
Leaving cert weather is on point👌🏻😂😂😂😂
— Jordan Coby (@j0d4n_97) June 11, 2016
I know the leaving cert is over but can't the nice weather stay for a little while longer?
— Seán Murphy (@seaan_murphy) June 26, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v94D_0Vnk0Y
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