As this forum is supposed to be frequented by Cranberries' fans, we all should also be fans of Ireland, even if we come from all over the world.  According to you, what are the 5 most valuable things the world owes to Ireland, except the Cranberries?

Here's my Top-5:
1 - U2 (1980 through 1991)
2 - Andrea Corr
3 - The Aran Islands on a sunny spring day
4 - Guinness
5 - Fish and chips

1.  Girls with red hair

2.  Good luck

3.  Bad temper

4.  James Joyce

5.  Saint Patrick's Day

1. U2

2. St. Patrick

3. Guiness

4. Folk Music

 

katishe:

1. U2
2. St. Patrick
3. Guiness
4. Folk Music

What about the 5th, Kate?

Umm. If I put bands it's not enough....
1. Gary Lightbody (vocals/guitar, Snow Patrol)
2. Johnny McDaid (vocals/guitar, Vega4)
3. Gavin Fox (bassist, Vega4)
4. Paul Wilson (bassist, Snow Patrol)
5. Scarlett O'Hara (yeah she's not real. whatever)

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Anna... previously known as anyuta_zaichik.
"She said 'I think I'll go to Boston, I think I'll start a new life, I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name...."

1.U2

2.William Butler Yeats

3.Jack Butler Yeats

4.Liam Neeson

5.The Corrs 

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"Still can't recognize the way I feel..."

(THE CRANBERRIES in my HEART)

listed by importance for me it would be.

 

1. The Corrs (The they are just Fabulus.  go to You tube. search The Corrs then Angel or search So Young. then you will hear.

2. Doleres O'Riodan  that counts doesn't it??

3. U2 ( they are good)

4. Andrea Corr (Beatiful)

5. a cool Accent on their English.

love it.

 

My list would be:

1 - Guiness :)

2 - Redheads (and therefore my belief that I got some Irish blood)

3 - U2 (but their early times)

4 - St Patrick's Day (We celebrate it here too!)

5 - Drinking songs

I just had to answer this post. My grandmother was from Ireland.

Here's my list:

1. Sinead O'Connor

2. U2

3. Women With Red Hair

4. Thin Lizzy

5. Guiness and Gemma Hayes

Their was a tie for the fifth spot. I just had to get Gemma in their.

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Cranberries and O'Riordan fan sense 1994

"Make a cup of tea and put a record on" - Justine Frischmann of elastica

1.U2 2.Daniel Day-Lewis 3.Oscar Wilde 4.W.B.Yeats 5.Guiness