As a born-and-bred Dubliner, there are times when my co-workers remind me I haven't got a clue about most of the rest of the country. Sometimes it's outright embarassing.

To my eternal shame, these are some of the problems I've had down through the years.

1. You believed the majority of people in Ireland live in Dublin

Because the rest of Ireland is, like, mostly fields, right?

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2. You didn’t get your provisional licence until your mid-twenties

Shortly before you actually move out for the first time.

3. Your version of ‘doing an accent’ is the same for all counties

And sounds something like this:

4. You’re not exactly sure what counties are in which province

Which counties are in Northern Ireland again?

5. You have absolutely no idea what ‘footing the turf’ means

Seriously. What are they doing?

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6. You used to think turf and briquettes were the same thing

Speaking of turf, my mind was blown when I found out it doesn't come in packets.

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7. You don’t understand what silage is

Some sort of food thing? It's very important. It's like old hay or something, right?

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8. You're always late for Dublin matches in Croke Park

9. You had no idea what was happening the first time someone gave you the one-finger salute

Hey, that guy in the car just stuck his finger up at me!

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10. You’ve never been asked to stand in a gap

Apparently this has something to do with moving animals.

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11. You had internet in the 1990s

12. You have never touched a cow

Cows are actually very scary animals. They're enormous and could trample a man to death. But everyone down the country treats them like they're ... I don't know, some harmless farmyard animal. What's harmless?

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13. You smile and nod at half the things in 'you know you're Irish when' lists

Because you really have no idea.

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