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8 typically Irish postcodes we should definitely hang on to
WE’RE GETTING SO close to Irish postcodes we can almost smell them.
Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has signed the contract with Capita Ireland for the design and roll out of the national system, and by this time next year we should be on the cusp of adding the 7 character code onto our addresses.
No more internet shopping frustration, no more embarrassment when friends from abroad ask us where the rest of our address is, no more losing deliveries into the ether.
What we will miss though, is the unofficial postcode system we’ve come to know and love in Ireland:
Here are some typically Irish directions that will always beat any fancy postcode hands down:
1. So many bungalows
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2. What’s there now?
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3. Every garden has nasturtiums
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4. Which Doyles is that now?
5. What do you mean you don’t know the Walshes?
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6. When in Dublin…
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7. Ah, the N7
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8. Sure what do you need a postcode for in anyways?
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Inspired by #DonegalPostcodes
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Did you hear Donegal is getting its own special postcodes?>
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