Talk about Ireland

**South** · 10-15-2009, 02:48 PM

I want to talk to a few people from Ireland (not northern).

Political climate, housing costs, desirable areas, tax situation, public attitude toward immigrants, ect.

Cricket, I'll move this to another section at your request. Wasn't sure where, but figured it could be educational anyway.

CyberWizard · 10-15-2009, 02:51 PM

Ireland:

**South** · 10-15-2009, 02:53 PM

I know what it looks like.

CyberWizard · 10-15-2009, 03:19 PM

Lol I know

Why don't you like talk about Northern Ireland?

**South** · 10-15-2009, 08:12 PM

Because I'm not thinking about going to Northern Ireland.

donphant · 10-16-2009, 02:28 AM

because its a touchie subject.

theres peace atm and lets keep it that way

Moore123 · 10-16-2009, 04:53 AM

The climate is quite cold there, never hot, too windy because of the sea. It rains a lot and there a lot of grass there to breed animals.

OfferUK · 10-19-2009, 03:46 PM

I'm not from Ireland (from the UK) but I have spent a lot of time on the other side of the Irish Sea.

It's an absolutely beautiful place. Dublin is obviously quite cosmopolitan, but I think some of the best places to visit are over on the West Coast. Galway's probably my favourite city, but there are loads of great places.

Jenie0109 · 10-19-2009, 08:19 PM

Really, Ireland never heats up? Despite global warming?

traffic_guy · 10-20-2009, 02:31 PM

Why the interest in Ireland? just curious. My spouse is from Ireland. I've been there a few times. The people there are nice; I just don't like the airport immigration people. They always think I want to enter the country illegally; but I'm a u.s. citizen--must be my face.

As far as the political climate goes: all the Irish people I know are pretty liberal. They love Obama for instance, but with that said there are some conservative Irish people...just like Georgia. Are you from Georgia as in Eastern Europe or GA as in the USA? I'm from GA in the USA.

Houses were expensive the last time I was there (end of 07'); but then there was the housing market crash that was heard round the world... Housing prices have gone down, but not much. Check out some of the irish housing sites to get an idea of prices.

The tax situation is decent for most people. If you are an artist, you don't have to pay taxes (might have changed).

The Irish attitude towards immigrants is mixed. Some people don't like all the eastern europeans and africans that have moved there in recent years; others don't mind. Irish people generally like Americans.

Just my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by South

I want to talk to a few people from Ireland (not northern).

Political climate, housing costs, desirable areas, tax situation, public attitude toward immigrants, ect.

Cricket, I'll move this to another section at your request. Wasn't sure where, but figured it could be educational anyway.

**South** · 10-20-2009, 06:19 PM

Very informative answer Traffic Guy. Thanks. I'm from Georgia in the US. A beautiful little city in the Southeast called Statesboro.

We're thinking about a long visit with the possibility of applying for a more permanent stay if it suits us.

**Cricket** · 10-20-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by South

Very informative answer Traffic Guy. Thanks. I'm from Georgia in the US. A beautiful little city in the Southeast called Statesboro.

We're thinking about a long visit with the possibility of applying for a more permanent stay if it suits us.

Why Ireland? Does your family have roots there?

**South** · 10-20-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cricket

Why Ireland? Does your family have roots there?

No. My people are Scots and left long, long ago. The research I've done just makes Ireland look more attractive as far as culture, general attitudes, and such. I could be dead wrong, I'm just trying to learn enough to make good choices. Obviously we'd go a few times for a few months at least before making any big steps.

traffic_guy · 10-20-2009, 06:43 PM

Statesboro is cool. I'm from the ATL. Forgot to mention some of the desirable areas.

I'm glad to talk about Ireland actually, so thanks for asking the question.

If I was moving to Ireland, I would live in Galway. It's by the sea, but it's really trendy and diverse. If not Galway, I'd live farther out in or farther out in Connemara. The seafood from the area is delicious. It's also beautiful.

Also wanted to mention that people from Northern Ireland visit the ROI all the time and vice versa for shopping. It depends on which currency is strongest at the time (Euro vs. Pound).

When you guys visit, you'll notice this, but the weridest thing to me was that all the signs (road signs, store signs and what not) were in Gaelic. So don't be surprised when you go land in Dublin and you see signs saying "Baile Átha Cliath" (Dublin) or Oifig an Phoist (post office). It takes a minute to get used to.

Most people speak English there though, although they learn gaelic in primary school. It's also weird to watch the news. The give the majority of the news in English, but they give a rundown of the news in gaelic for gaelic speakers.

Okay, enough rambling from me today...

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Originally Posted by South

Very informative answer Traffic Guy. Thanks. I'm from Georgia in the US. A beautiful little city in the Southeast called Statesboro.

We're thinking about a long visit with the possibility of applying for a more permanent stay if it suits us.

Jack F · 10-20-2009, 08:24 PM

I'm really interested too. I won't be moving there but do want to visit for a month or so. I've travelled alot through North America and have stayed as long as a year in places I've enjoyed. The questions that South is asking are the things I'm interested in knowing as well. When I travel I like to visit the lifestyle, and not the tourist destination.

Hopefully we get some Irish folk in on this thread.

Jack