Saturday 20 April, 2024

17 of the greatest Irish one-liners in the history of the internet

Jokes, comebacks, tweets. YES.

1. When the Rubberbandits ended this commenter

2. That time Dara Ó Briain had a simple but highly effective comeback to this lad

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@extrastarsboss No, nil se, Ta teanga da chuid fein aici, agus an cultur a theann leis. Is trua nach dtuigeann tu sin.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) October 27, 2014

Dara Ó Briain / Twitter

3. This perfect assessment of Khloe Kardashian

Khloe looks like she's just been thrown off the red line Luas for playing ringtones off her phone too loud pic.twitter.com/9SeLF7uBGh
— Aoife (@infinityonhi) January 27, 2016

Gnarl Marx / Twitter

4. When this succinct ripping on Dublin Bus surfaced online

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5. @OfficiallyDestroyed

Love it when lads put 'official' in their username
As if girls are all "jeez I can't believe this is the official Gavin who works in Spar"
— Ryan Cullen (@RyanCullen90) July 23, 2016

Ryan Cullen / Twitter

6. Peak Gaeilge gag right here

Someone just told me the Irish word for the number seven. Shocked
— Louise O'Connor (@oconnola) October 18, 2015

Louise O'Connor / Twitter

7. When you made the crossword

aoife @aoiph Twitter @aoiph Twitter

8. When stunning political commentary made it to the jacks

BntB3IDCQAAS9lg JulieCummins JulieCummins

9. That time this Donegal family had the best politician repellent

fbbebo4 Carl Mullen Twitter Carl Mullen Twitter

10. When Lucinda Creighton actually dealt a burn to The Labour Party

The Labour Party so out of touch they don't even know there are only four members of One Direction #GE16 pic.twitter.com/tasSU9V7B6
— Lucinda Creighton (@LCreighton) February 18, 2016

Lucinda Creighton / Twitter

11. One line can paint a picture

What does a kitten call her mother? MEOWL-WAAN
— Ben Rogan (@benrogan) March 5, 2016

Ben Rogan / Twitter

12. In any language

naonur @DirkVanBryn Twitter @DirkVanBryn Twitter

13.

Never went to Irish College for the summers when I was a teenager... Heard there was a ban on tea #gaeilgejoke
— Mark Evans (@shaelum) August 11, 2014

Mark Evans / Twitter

14. SHAKEN

https://vine.co/v/iwmxIl0JP9M

(Farewell, Vine)

15. We’re a nation of joke-tellers

Got asked to help unlock a PDF file today. I said stop wasting your time, we should be concentrating on locking them up.
— Patrick (@PrayForPatrick) December 11, 2013

Patrick / Twitter

16. Where a quality punchline always has an appreciative audience

nil Cupla Focal Facebook Cupla Focal Facebook

17. Geniuses, all

The year is 2246. Disease and hunger have been eradicated. The terraforming of Mars is complete. The symbol for Save is still a floppy disk.
— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) December 28, 2014

Damien Owens / Twitter

*applause*

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