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Originally Posted by Bifta
Curious, because I don't know a single irishman (or woman) that drinks it. I've seen plenty of tourists with a pint of it but no-one else, just about everyone I know drinks Harp or Smithwicks.
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Fair enough. All the Irish people I know are ex-pats, so maybe it's an ex-pat thing.
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It really depends who the wake was for, my g/f's mothers wake had no drinking, she hated drink and everyone respected that, we had a pint or two at the meal after the funeral but it wasn't like one of them there gypsy wakes where they drink solidly for 48 hours then burn the house to the ground.
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I didn't mean to convey the impression they were all like that. I do realise that not not everyone drinks at wakes. I do think it's nice to celebrate the life of the deceased person rather than mourn their death though.