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Irish people on Twitter have been sharing their best Gaeilge shop name puns with excellent results

Make all these happen, please.

ras_8_©_Richie_McCann_2012 President President

IF THERE’S ONE thing we can all enjoy – no matter what your level of Irish – is a quality pun as Gaeilge.

Yesterday, the always excellent @TheIrishFor Twitter account was doling out one of its regular lessons in interesting wordplay when something rather brilliant happened:

always @m / theirishfor @m / theirishfor / theirishfor

One response came back with a delightful pun, and it started a ball rolling

always2 @SJOHart Twitter @SJOHart Twitter

Everyone else wanted to join in – and suddenly there was a Gaeilge pun session about prospective shop names that was just so good

always3 @HowdyasayNiamh @HowdyasayNiamh

The kind of spontaneous moment of wordplay you only dream of

always4 @Gina_inTipp @Gina_inTipp

^pitch both of these on Dragons’ Den immediately.

It got so popular that he put out a call on Twitter for more suggestions, and the Gaeilge business names kept coming.

All of these would be welcomed by the wider public, we can assure you of that

always5 @Siuners @Siuners

These are the kinds of ideas that could sustain pub-obsessed entrepreneurs for years to come

always6 @Sinabhfuil @Sinabhfuil

The momentum has continued today, with its popularity growing so much that @TheIrishFor created a Twitter Moment housing all the best ones

always7 @SNiUallachain @SNiUallachain

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And suggestions started rolling from previous tweets

All ideas are welcome

camann2 @seriousnotions @seriousnotions

And let’s not forget the ones that are already out there

camann @RexMottram1 @RexMottram1

You can read the full moment here. @Daracho, the man behind The Irish For account, tells DailyEdge.ie that he’s only delighted that his Twitter shoutout is inspiring such comedic brilliance.

Ar fheabhas.

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