'Here's to the hurling and the Gaeilge. To battered sausages, mo Ghile Mear and the Cliffs of Moher.'

There are some things that Irish people of any generation can relate to, and this man seems to capture them all.

The last Facebook status of an emigrating Irishman, it was uploaded to r/Ireland by Reddit user taisling, who gave us permission to re-publish it here.

It's genuinely touching. Or, as one commenter puts it: 'Tears, mate. Tears.'