As you settle down to lose yourself in another captivating season of The Affair from your Sky Box Sets collection, have you ever wondered if us Irish can match the steamy romanticism of Long Island?
Afterall, we have the the art, the landscapes, and the literature that should evoke the Yeats in all of us.
But are we capable of putting it to good use? We were skeptical.
So, with a glimmer of optimism we put the feelers out and asked you, the Beat listener, to tell us the steamiest chat-up lines the South East has to offer.
You may have answered in your droves, but it seems we've yet to master the art of subtlety so cleverly executed in The Affair...
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![Dungarvan - the old port of King John](https://img.resized.co/beat102103/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5iZWF0MTAyMTAzLmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxNlxcXC8xMVxcXC9EdW5nYXJ2YW4uanBnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOlwiODcwXCIsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjpcIjYyMVwiLFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC9ldS1jZW50cmFsLTEubGlub2Rlb2JqZWN0cy5jb21cXFwvcHBsdXMuaW1nLmJlYXQxMDIxMDMuY29tXFxcL3Byb2RcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC9CZWF0LU5vLUltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOntcIm91dHB1dFwiOlwid2VicFwifX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiYTUyMDc1ZjIyZjYyYjU4ZDg3NWJmYjVjODgzYTM1YmQ4YTM3Njk5NSJ9/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
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![cashel](https://img.resized.co/beat102103/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5iZWF0MTAyMTAzLmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxNlxcXC8xMVxcXC9jYXNoZWwuanBnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOlwiODcwXCIsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjpcIjU4NVwiLFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC9ldS1jZW50cmFsLTEubGlub2Rlb2JqZWN0cy5jb21cXFwvcHBsdXMuaW1nLmJlYXQxMDIxMDMuY29tXFxcL3Byb2RcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC9CZWF0LU5vLUltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOntcIm91dHB1dFwiOlwid2VicFwifX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiNzI3M2QyN2FiNzNiODY5NWVjMmM0NDhlNTY2YjllZWQ1NjAxM2RmNyJ9/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
![curraghcloe](https://img.resized.co/beat102103/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5iZWF0MTAyMTAzLmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxNlxcXC8xMVxcXC9DdXJyYWdoY2xvZS5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6XCI4NzBcIixcImhlaWdodFwiOlwiNDEyXCIsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2V1LWNlbnRyYWwtMS5saW5vZGVvYmplY3RzLmNvbVxcXC9wcGx1cy5pbWcuYmVhdDEwMjEwMy5jb21cXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL0JlYXQtTm8tSW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6e1wib3V0cHV0XCI6XCJ3ZWJwXCJ9fSIsImhhc2giOiI5NzZiZjdmMDM3OTE4MTZlNDE4ZWQzMDE5ZTNhZTM4ZTA2YjEzMzRjIn0=/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
![kilkenny](https://img.resized.co/beat102103/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5iZWF0MTAyMTAzLmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxNlxcXC8xMVxcXC9LaWxrZW5ueS5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6XCI4NzBcIixcImhlaWdodFwiOlwiNjA1XCIsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2V1LWNlbnRyYWwtMS5saW5vZGVvYmplY3RzLmNvbVxcXC9wcGx1cy5pbWcuYmVhdDEwMjEwMy5jb21cXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL0JlYXQtTm8tSW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6e1wib3V0cHV0XCI6XCJ3ZWJwXCJ9fSIsImhhc2giOiI1MmNjYTEyZjBhMTFhOWZlNjc1M2NjMmZjODVjMmI1ZjExNzliMTk2In0=/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
![comeragh](https://img.resized.co/beat102103/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5iZWF0MTAyMTAzLmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxNlxcXC8xMVxcXC9Db21lcmFnaC5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6XCI4NzBcIixcImhlaWdodFwiOlwiNDg5XCIsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2V1LWNlbnRyYWwtMS5saW5vZGVvYmplY3RzLmNvbVxcXC9wcGx1cy5pbWcuYmVhdDEwMjEwMy5jb21cXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL0JlYXQtTm8tSW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6e1wib3V0cHV0XCI6XCJ3ZWJwXCJ9fSIsImhhc2giOiJhNTI3ZDA3YzY0OWQxMWE2M2U1ODg4MDlhZTRmZTkwNjM3NGU5OWJmIn0=/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
![reginalds_tower_the_quay_waterford_city_ireland](https://img.resized.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/we-list-the-steamiest-chat-up-lines-from-the-south-east.jpg)
So near, but yet so damn far...
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Lose yourself in a great story from the start, with Sky Box Sets.
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