How come people from the northern side of the country seem much nicer?

teaandtoast

All my experiences with northern Irish people and people from donegal have been good. I find them to be easy going, honest, open minded, sincere and have a brillant sense of humour.

I am up there well kinda of, sligo, not that I am any nicer than anyone myself. I live in Dublin though I didn't realise the difference til I am moved down to Dublin 6 years ago.

People down the country are nice too but in my experiences people from the northern side of the country are different, they seem really nice. Like you could have a conversation with them like they seem to have fire in them or something, maybe I miss that. What do you think?

El_Dangeroso

Does that make Cork the least nice county?

Sounds about right. :pac:

fulmer1984

maybe it's just the people that you mix with? do you know everyone in Ireland?

Iwasfrozen

teaandtoast wrote: »

How come people from the northern side of the country seem much nicer?

Because we are.

phasers

Well why don't you just marry the North?

Gunsfortoys

Never speak ill of the "real irish" OP.

Turtyturd

Is that even a side of the country?

squod

They want into yer wee knickers OP.

Iwasfrozen

Turtyturd wrote: »

Is that even a side of the country?

He means island, poor op got confused is all.

Agricola

You're obviously not including NI in this. Generally found them to be a bit disagreeable!

Tubsandtiles

Because they're British..wait now that doesn't make much sense, waits for fight to break out...

tonycascarino

teaandtoast wrote: »

I live in Dublin though I didn't realise the difference til I am moved down to Dublin 6 years ago.

There's the root of your problem.;)

Agricola

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

Because they're British..wait now that doesn't make much sense, waits for fight to break out...

One of the many nice northern folk!

Riamfada

The brits have a better education system

Wibbs

Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

steddyeddy

I used to have a big issue with clannish people (probraly more my own issues but however) and I always heard that I wouldnt like donegal people based on that however I havent met a bad person from up there really lovely salt of the earth people!

teaandtoast

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

Never speak ill of the "real irish" OP.

Well i am talking about the Island of Ireland. Anyways Dublin was the pale in the late middle ages where the english controlled the whole country from so i wouldn't call Dublin real Irish with the exception of the rest of the country.

squod

Wibbs wrote: »

Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

You have to watch Mad Max one & two before you can get a provisional license there. Might seem calm 'till you put them in front of a steering wheel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVz7RP0BqBY

charlemont

We were only talking about it the other day, The people are less conservative in rural areas in the north of the island.

teaandtoast

steddyeddy wrote: »

I used to have a big issue with clannish people (probraly more my own issues but however) and I always heard that I wouldnt like donegal people based on that however I havent met a bad person from up there really lovely salt of the earth people!

yea, my experiences of them were always good. I don't know why people think people from the country have culchie accents, the donegal accents are probably the nicest accents in the country. well spoken and sophisticated. The galway accents are very nice too.

shamrock55

you cant get nicer then down here in west cork;)

latenia

charlemont wrote: »

We were only talking about it the other day, The people are less conservative in rural areas in the north of the island.

Are you being ironic?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt#In_Northern_Ireland

Donegal people are definitely nicer than average but I find that the rest of the nordies contain a far higher proportion of aggro fuckers than other parts of the island.

Redlion

Generalizing is fun. Let me have a go!

Why do people from Sligo who live in Dublin always generalize how much nicer the people up north are?

I'm glad I got that off my chest *phew*.

teaandtoast

squod wrote: »

You have to watch Mad Max one & two before you can get a provisional license there. Might seem calm 'till you put them in front of a steering wheel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVz7RP0BqBY

Well , Donegal is part of the Republic if you didn't know and the rules of the road apply up there like they do in the rest of the country.

teaandtoast

Redlion wrote: »

Generalizing is fun. Let me have a go!

Why do people from Sligo who live in Dublin always generalize how much nicer the people up north are?

I'm glad I got that off my chest *phew*.

Im not generalising. I said the word Seem it's not a fact. I am talking about my own experiences. Many of my friends said the same things talking about their own experiences.

squod

teaandtoast wrote: »

Well , Donegal is part of the Republic if you didn't know and the rules of the road apply up there like they do in the rest of the country.

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I'm from the most popular part.

smugchik

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

Because they're British..wait now that doesn't make much sense, waits for fight to break out...

They can call themselves what they like, but if they go over to England, they are still considered as Paddy the Navvie...

smugchik

teaandtoast wrote: »

yea, my experiences of them were always good. I don't know why people think people from the country have culchie accents, the donegal accents are probably the nicest accents in the country. well spoken and sophisticated. The galway accents are very nice too.

:eek: Go to the Donegal website and check it out. The majority are hideous. I know, I live here.

pragmatic1

smugchik wrote: »

:eek: Go to the Donegal website and check it out. The majority are hideous. I know, I live here.

Why not move then.

Hangballlouie

They are all really nice, except when they are killing innocent children

ebixa82

teaandtoast wrote: »

All my experiences with northern Irish people and people from donegal have been good. I find them to be easy going, honest, open minded, sincere and have a brillant sense of humour.

I am up there well kinda of, sligo, not that I am any nicer than anyone myself. I live in Dublin though I didn't realise the difference til I am moved down to Dublin 6 years ago.

People down the country are nice too but in my experiences people from the northern side of the country are different, they seem really nice. Like you could have a conversation with them like they seem to have fire in them or something, maybe I miss that. What do you think?

There are way too many fcukin' trolls on this site. That's all I have to say on the matter.

Dangerous Man

Can we not have a special forum for threads like this? We can get all the pointless 'us v them' threads and put them in there. We can call it the 'Stupid pointless idiotic forum.'

joseph brand

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

Because they're British..wait now that doesn't make much sense, waits for fight to break out...

Protestants up North are Scottish afaik, like the Rangers fan club, so they are. The English don't want them, and neither do Republicans. They still like waving the Union Jack for some reason, and hanging pictures of the Queen in their houses, so they do.

ShamoBuc

Wibbs wrote: »

Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

They are a sound bunch alright and I must say when the local people from Gweedore start talking Irish - it sounds simply fantastic, the nicest accent by far to listen to the language.

Noreen1

hangballlouie wrote: »

They are all really nice, except when they are killing innocent children

???

Bottle_of_Smoke

I think its the sowshall kantaxt an satcheeayshuns you're likely to meet people from the north gives this impression. Partition meant that the two jurisdictions were cut off to each other in many respects as recent as 10 years ago.

So now there's peace we see each other on citybreaks, visiting relations, going on holiday, going christmas shopping. We're more likely to be in a good mood and they are likely to be selling us something. So we associate them with good times.

Having lived there for 2 years, I think people from the republic are just as nice. Cork aside, obviously.

Badgermonkey

Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek

teaandtoast

hangballlouie wrote: »

They are all really nice, except when they are killing innocent children

What? Did i miss something.

Pherekydes

teaandtoast wrote: »

All my experiences with northern Irish people and people from donegal have been good.

Pffft, Donegal is in Southern Ireland.

teaandtoast

Pherekydes wrote: »

Pffft, Donegal is in Southern Ireland.

well i was talking in general about the northern half of the country. it's not politics. If your saying donegal is in the south, it's actually geograpically, north but its politically south.

Pherekydes

teaandtoast wrote: »

well i was talking in general about the northern half of the country. it's not politics. If your saying donegal is in the south, it's actually geograpically, north but its politically south.

I know.

Now another point to clear up:

Did you move to Dublin 6, years ago?

or

Did you move to Dublin, 6 years ago?

southsiderosie

I think folks in Ireland are generally nice, especially compared to other Europeans. But I found most people in Northern Ireland to be almost embarrassingly nice and friendly. The problem is, while everywhere has its share of angry and/or crazy people, the crazy people up there are REALLY crazy...and mind you half of my family is from the heart of the Bible Belt in the American South.

(actually you could say the same thing about Southerners in the US - the friendliest people in the country but when they are crazy, they are REALLY crazy! Maybe it's the Ulster Scots (or as we say, Scots-Irish) connection...)

mac_iomhair

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek

that girls from county louth! they can keep her...

paddy147

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek

I didnt know Ritche Kavanagh was doing drag these days???:D

jugger0

OP you ever been up shankill road?

cesc77

Im from the north.

Sort out your own petty arguments about counties .Dont drag us into it as we have enough to contend with.

By the way northern side is relative to where the person is who is speaking.

Nicer up here?wtf?

Eric Cartman

Wibbs wrote: »

Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

i wish to know where to meet these nice donegal people , they never seem to feature in the news or venture to dublin pubs or motorsport events / car shows

maninasia

ShamoBuc wrote: »

They are a sound bunch alright and I must say when the local people from Gweedore start talking Irish - it sounds simply fantastic, the nicest accent by far to listen to the language.

That's not Irish, they just claim it is to get the subsidies .