Anyone done this, or ever thought of it? Travel and work around... Ireland!

whiskeyman

Seems to be the done things for a lot of people in their 20s (after college)... take a few months to a year off work, and do Oz/USA for work and travelling.

Now, I've recently started to 'discover' Ireland a lot more by taking more long weekends down the country, and really have fallen in love with what this country has to offer (I know some will find this hard to believe).

I'm seriously considering taking a few months off work, and travelling right around the country of mine, working in bars or other jobs just to keep me going while really getting out to learn and explore more what Ireland has. I really want to do this while I'm still young (not settled) and able to walk and run around.

So, has anyone every done this before? Does it sound crazy to you?
Is the weather / prices / or lack of things to do the reason you've just never thought of it? Would you just want to go abroad when young, and leave Ireland for when you've kids / older if you could be bothered at all?

Was just thinking how I'd broach the subject with my boss.

'So Boss, I'm taking 6 months leave to go travelling... ok?'
Ok Whiskeyman - where you off to? Australia? Europe? America? Asia?
Nope... just around Ireland actually...'.

Rb

Wouldn't be too bothered tbh. I like going away for weekends around Ireland, but I wouldn't bother going to say Cork and working/living for a few months. There's just nothing there that isn't in Dublin, I mean going to Oz you're meeting completely different people, different lifestyles, lovely weather etc. Going to Cork to work/live...well, you may as well stay home and pull cats tails for the period and you're as good as there.

c - 13

Sounds like a cool idea to be honest. I've considered it on a couple of occasions myself. Lob the board into the pick up and **** off around the country for a month or two.

I reckon you might have problems picking up work on such short terms though, then again how are you going to know unless you go take a look ?

Heisenberg.

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Jigsaw

Agreed with rb_ie above. A few weekends away are great to get around the country etc but if you are going to take an extended period of time off work I would definitely leave these shores and experience something completely new like Australia, South Africa, Far East etc. If you live in Ireland, a comprehensive knowledge of the place can be gained by going away for weekends.

It would actually make for a good TV show. 32 counties, 32 weekends, 32 episodes. Get into a car and stay in the main town city in each county each weekend and use it as a base to explore the rest of the county over the weekend. Check out the pubs, scenery, local history etc. Realistically this could easily be done over two years.

2 years = 104 weekends,

so you would be away one in three weekends approximately. Perfectly doable on a budget.

RealEstateKing

in Ireland in a week than I would in Thailand in 2 months.

End of story.

Sherifu

Bord Failte would be proud.

RATM

You could add some challenge to it to make it a bit more fun. Like that author of McCarthys bar, rule 1 was he couldn't pass a pub with McCarthy in the name without stopping for a pint.

There was a dude fresh out of uni travelling Canada a while back who set up a website looking for one weeks work experience in every town he went to.The gig was they fed and housed him for a week in exchange for labour. He then made a deal with a national radio station who reported on his antics of the week every Friday, by all means it was a great success, he got to try out 40-50 different jobs in a year and the employers got national publicity.

pickarooney

The Scientist wrote: »

Ireland is too small for it i think...
You're never gonna meet random cool people called Scott or Pierre to sit around a campfire and smoke pot with.

Unless you pass through Dublin 6W.

The_Minister

One of my big plans is to buy a travel guide, and go around Dublin seeing the sites as a tourist. There are so many things to see around Dublin.

I decided on this after noticing the Heugonaut (sp?) graveyard on St. Stephen's Green.

Balmed Out

i often go for a weekend but could never afford to travel ireland over an extended period. Ive been to all the counties in the republic but im missing a few of the northern ones. Its handy to date girls from different parts of the country that way you also get to meet more locals and get to see whats on offer outside the regular tourist trails. I also like to go to away eircom league and gaa matches, its nice to have the excuse and its always easy to get chatting to people when they know your up for the match.

kwestfan08

I agree with most of the other posters, it would just be too expensive.

Plus the appeal of Oz would just be too strong to resist.

mikemac

I think it's a great idea. I'm from Tipp and I'm ashamed that I've never been to the Burren. It's supposed to be fantastic.
Must go see it someday

Sherifu wrote: »

Bord Failte would be proud.

Board Failte doesn't exist anymore

inarut

would recommend if only for a month. took a few weeks off work a few years back to "explore" our diverse country and do the backpacker off the beaten track tourist thing. Great laugh- travelled with tourists and chilled out leaving a big hole in my wallet. Did a semi circle or half a lap of the country going from Dublin-Clare-Burren-Galway-Connemara-Westport-Sligo-Donegal-Malin Head- Antrim Coast- Belfast and Dublin. Still have to discover the interior and southern coastline but its something different but expensive atst.

BraziliaNZ

you can go away a couple of weekends a year, I mean there's not that much to see outside of the west coast on my opinion. So overall I would think it a silly idea for me to do this. Even if you did meet scott or pierre you'd never be able to get good pot either...

Xavi6

I'd be well up for taking a month and just driving through every county. It'd be great fun I'd say.

Not a hope of me goin working somewhere for a few months then moving on etc though.

kerry4sam

3 Summers ago I got this notion to travel around North of Ireland only for 2weeks ... after that i phoned home and work and said i'd be a further 2weeks ... another 3weeks later i returned home, and what memories i have!

Seriously recommend it...I packed my backpack and off i went
--> Kerry to Dublin --> Belfast , toured all round the North , then
--> down West coast to Clare, turned
--> East to Dublin , went
--> down Eastern coast and made my way back to the Kingdom via Southern Ireland from Wexford

... Just one of my mad notions. I missed out on 3 of the 32 counties though and have yet to hit them but will do someday soon though i've no doubt

I just travelled though, never worked a day at all throughout