‘Making a holy show of me’ This Dublin mammy is NOT having it

When the chips are down, there's no one quite like our Irish mammies.

But while the rest of the world imagines we all live with an extra-friendly version of Mrs. Doyle, people who have been brought up by an Irish mammy know that you cross them at your peril.

They might turn a blind eye to the odd drunken misdemeanour or pretend to ignore the fact you've forgotten to turn off the immersion, but when it comes to their childrens' personal upkeep, there's no room for manoeuvre,

Going out with the hem of your jeans trailing behind you or forgetting to 'give your shoes a wipe' before a big occasion are cardinal sins in the eyes of any upstanding Irish mammy.

And while all us girls have had our mothers eyeball the fraying, greyish strap of our bra, we've yet to see them take a scissors to one, so our thoughts go out to Lee who had his jocks shredded by his mam who was mortified by the number of holes she found in them.

For anyone who's not sure what makes an Irish Mammy so unique, here's your answer.