Top ten tips on Irish cultural etiquette - cultural differences to be aware of before you travel

"Tweed and wool" What century are you living in?

Brock please don't take this rag seriously. I just come here for the entertainment. Going through the tips I would say #s 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 are used in nearly every Western Culture.

Sssh Bock, you'll ruin the illusion for them! They'll go mad if they find out Eamon de Valera isn't still alive and he's taken the comely maidens with him!

These are the top ten tips on Irish social etiquette. Seriously -- potato skins? As for tweed and wool, whoever wrote this has either never been to Ireland or decided the readers would prefer this sort of tosh. I'm beginning to lose all hope for this website. Clearly, instead of trying to find out about Ireland, the contributors are all googling Darby O'Gill and feeding the results right back to Irish-America. Of course, maybe that's the sort of nonsense Irish-America wants to hear. By the way, guys, we all turn up on time for business meetings. It just takes a while to turn down the shamrock-laden fiddle music.

What backwards lunatic wrote this? Unless you enjoy being laughed at, don't turn up to a pub wearing wool or tweed, or a paddy cap for that matter! The plate is for buttering your bread, most people don't leave skins on potatoes when serving. And not finishing your dinner here means you must be unwell...Don't let an Irish mammy see a full plate!

bread plate yes NO potato plate. having nine brothers and one sister we were lucky to have the potato not alone having an extra plate. geeesh!

Speaking for myself, my family and friends, jeans are usually worn to the pub.

Potato skins are delicious on a baked potato. A little extra baking makes the skin crispy.

As to the side plate, it was a feature at my cousins house in Dublin. My aunty was from Cork originally, and potatoes in their jackets were always served at dinner time, and everyone peeled the skins, using the plate. My own family ate the skins on the potatoes, always the best nutrients in the skin.

I absolutely agree with Aoibhinn. I thought this list was actually pretty accurate until I encountered number eight. In 42 YEARS I have never encountered this mythical potato-skin plate.

In 15 years, I've never encountered number 8. The rest are fairly true.