What would you miss most if you lived abr

When I lived in South Africa what I missed most was the sea. The nearest beach was 600kms away. I also missed family and friends but we made so many new friends whom we met at barbeques and other social occassions. It's unlike Ireland where nearly all the socialising revolves around the pub.

On the plus side we had a great time. the weather was excellent, golf all year round and a beautiful pool and garden. Servants doing all the tasks we abhor. Travelling to see interesting places.

It's great to be back though and enjoying the Grove reunions.

I have lived in Australia for 19 years and the thing I miss most about Ireland is the easy way people chat to eachother just because they are in your "space" for a while, like at the bus stop, a queue in the shops or wherever.

I miss having my family around for special occasions like Christmas or birthdays and I would love to be able to pop in for a coffee and chat now and then but I DONT miss the external interferance that comes with family living close to you when things are not going too well. There were many times I was really glad we were this far away and they didn't have to know so couldn't get involved.

I miss having a relationship with my nieces and nephews who were all born years after I left.

I missed my kids not having aunts and uncles, grannies and grandads and cousins as part of their immediate lives.

I do still miss a good pork sausage.

I used to miss Hellmans mayonaise til they brought it in here.

Dont shoot me for this but I think if I had to leave Australia and go back to live in Ireland there is much more I would miss about Australia than I ever did about Ireland. I realised this when Grainne told me she was moving "home". I had no difficulty getting on a plane and emigrating to Australia back then - none at all apart from the snots and dribbles at the airport as we were leaving family. But I remember putting myself in Grainnes shoes that day she told me and feeling that I would be quite devestated to leave Australia.

I was always a bit of a gypsy and independant anyway. I left home at 18 in Ireland and moved into a flat on the south side initially with a friend from the country- back then NOBODY left home unless it was to find work in a different town or to get married.

I have been in the US since 1993! I was so homesick for the best part of 10 years but I know our life is better here so I stuck with it. 

If my Mother was still alive I would certainly have moved back and I have no doubt about that at all.  I will never forget the day I left and seeing my Mother through the little window as I walked away!!!!! Yuck I never want to go through that again.

I miss my family so much.  I generally miss "the land" and the culture.  I love meeting Irish people as they have a great ability to laugh and share a joke, what a great place to grow up.  I will never ever let go of Ireland and it's my home forever.  I feel Irish from the inside out.

I will never forget going home a few years back and spending the long Paddy's weekend in Achill Island.  Well on Paddy's day we woke up to the marching band going up the Island.  That night we headed off to the pub actually called "The Pub".  The craic was mighty.  Leaving the pub at about 12 or 1 who do we meet on the road but "The marching band" still going hard at it.

Ah Ireland where the hell would you get it only Ireland - I love it.

I love going home and walking into the local and knowing all the folk sitting at the bar just where I left them all those years ago.  I love the nod and the greeting of “How are ya Teresa, home again for a visit”… I blend in just like I never left.  I get a hug off every one of them young and old when I am leaving and again the sad goodbye of “Don’t worry Teresa sure you’ll be home again soon”…

Ah feck it yis have me crying now...

But Columbus, Ohio is home away from home now and I love the many friends we have made.

Oh yeah! Thank the lord above for Fado's as that is where we pick up our Irish sausies and rashers.  Our Tayto cheese and onion and my sweets if I can get any before Tom the manager eats them all.  They give the lads their bar of Cadbury chocolate every Saturday when we go in for our pint.  No charge on the sweets!!! I love the damn chip sticks also....  We have met such a bunch of Irish lads over there.

The Grove website has really put my homesickness at bay especially meeting so many of us far away from home!

Bless your cotton socks 

I think i would miss the low wages,high tax,house prices ...ect.

Well never went as far afield as u guys but spent 11 years in London and god missede loads of things about home dont know where to start.

Food ie tayto crisps irish sausages clonakilty pudding red lemonade chef sauce and could go on

friends and family are a given

Missed the sea / coast so much had to drive at least two hrs to get to the coast hated that.

never got to see my boys in blue

But if had to pick one thing over everything else would be the girly chats while queuing in the ladies toliets never know who u end up talking to and wot they would come out with but guarenteed to end up laughing.

Been home now for 12 years and would never go back luv being home