I want to travel to Ireland....

Cxplorer

Hello everyone. I posted in the wrong section of the forum and they told me to post here so..... I hope that I will get a nicer response ...

My name is Carmin. I am 31 years old,a black man,father of 1,single and I live in Canada. The reason i'm on this board is because I want to make friends from Ireland.

Since a while, I don't know why but I am attracked to your country. Everytime I listen to your music or when I speak or talk to irish people, I don't why but I am attracked to your country.

I eventually plan to travel to Ireland but I don't know when.I also want to go to Japan. I am just asking you guys if you know interesting people or interesting news that you want to share with me about your beatiful country,let me know.

PS: i'm also on twitter.

pragmatic1

We're poor again OP and we're all moody because of it.

Cxplorer

pragmatic1 wrote: »

We're poor again OP and we're all moody because of it.

The economy in Ireland is not good?

mikedragon32

pragmatic1 wrote: »

We're poor again OP and we're all moody because of it.

Not helpful. This isn't AH.

Folks, why not tell the OP about stuff like the beauty of Wicklow and Kerry, the bustle of cities like Cork or Galway, the rugged west coast or what you like best about the country? Sally Gap is no less amazing because the economy sucks!

Bubs99

Ok, not many others are helping cxplorer so Ill give a little bit of info.

I was born on the south east coast of Ireland and Ive lived in a few counties due to college etc. I am now returning back to the south east coast simply because i missed it. Mainly what Im saying is...our coast is beautiful!

Depending which you go to but yes, the scenery is breathtaking, especially on the West side of Ireland. I recommend you aim to visit mainly the west such as Galway, Kerry and then for cities, mainly Cork, Waterford (oldest city in Ireland...viking history etc, if you like all that) and ofcourse Dublin.

But, if you mainly want tidy, town/villages and small cities then dont stay in Dublin city centre but do visit as theres alot there.

A friend of mine moved over from Canada last year but just went back this week, mainly due to unemployment and prices of everything. Mainly, it is VERY unlikely you'll get employment or what you'd like to do anyway and everything is VERY expensive.
Cigarettes are almost 9euro, beer is fine depending where you get it and what you like, also, be careful where you shop. Most irish shop in the German stores now...Lidl and Aldi and Tesco food, I would'nt trust (meat or eggs), its all factory, no decent free range and fruit and veg isn't always fresh.

Next, accommodation has gone down in price ALOT but if you want to rent, then its pricey but that depends where you choose to rent also. The more urban the more expensive. Petrol and diesel is pricey also.

House prices are gone down BIGTIME, houses that were worth over 400,000 2 years ago are now less than 160,000euro.

Mainly, I suggest you do visit and research the best and cheapest places to go to. You can get scenery, history and art and music for free, you just need to know where. Ask on boards but make sure its the right thread.

I hope our current bad luck hasn't put you off and that you visit and enjoy yourself. There are MANY nice people out there that will welcome tourists.

roundymac

Shop around on-line, there are some great hotel deals to be got at 4* hotels especially for time of year you are talking about, eg; myself and the wife went to Athlone (middleof Ireland) in june got 2 nights is theSAS Radisson for €158 bed and breakfast, half price. If your going to Dublin try D4hotels for good deals. LIke I say if you search around you will get the info. Don't forget about our weather, thats an adventure every day even for us. Also some of the tourist(rural) areas places close for winter, only open between end os may-end of september.

Cxplorer

Thanks for the info guys.

Let's say that I want to go in a area where there's friendly people and close to nature. Which city or village can offer me that?

Bubs99

Being that I'm Irish myself, to be honest I have'nt even seen much of the West myself, only Galway. I've always wanted to go to Kerry and see Killarney and Ive always wanted to go to Newgrange which is very popular.

Kerry and Wicklow have fantastic scenery and Antrim (Giants causeway). Its endless really.

Waterford and Cork are lovely cities that are nice to shop in (cork-the english markets) and Waterford for its history and theres over 40 beaches in Waterford alone. There are also some beautiful mountains and small waterfalls there too.

Galway is a tiny city with fab shops and plenty of traditional Irish shops, pubs, restaurants and the harbour and beaches.

The best thing for you to do is go to discoverireland.ie and tripadvisor.ie

Very helpful websites.
Most poeple find that the tiny villages throughout Ireland are the friendliest, maybe due to them not being so busy and messy.

Good Luck.

roundymac

All the scenery on the west coast will be wild and rugged,as you may expect with a wind swept atlantic coast line. The cliffs of moher(world heritage site) the burran in County Clare. Muckross House in Kerry as well as the lakes of Killarney. The drive around the ring of Kerry is another item you can do Most of these are coastal attractions and may start to appear the same after a while. The town's of Kinsale and Cobh can be both visited as part of your trip to Cork city. Kinsale, gourmet capital of Ireland, Cobh for it's links to Titanic(last port of call) Luisitania, most of the surivors were landed here, and the emigrent trail fromhere to USA in the mid 1800's. Head north to Tipperary to the Rock of Cashell,. On to Dublin, the long room in Trinity Collage and to see the book of kells. The Guiness store room, Kilmainham jail are just some of the places to go see. Google them for more info, also Discover Ireland is a site you might try. Public transport is poor in that it is between the major towns and cities. Connectivity is not great. Having said that it is reasonablely priced compared to other countries. Petrol is averaging at about €1.50 a litre making it €7.50 a gallon. Try and stay at inn type accomodation in the cities, you will get a price per room, as opposed to price per person sharing in most places. Bed & breakfast's offer good value, but make sure you view it first, standards can vary. Ask if you are unsure.

Cxplorer

Thanks guys

rossie1977

dublins the biggest city by a distance (if you don't include belfast in northern ireland), its also the easiest place get a job, has the most bars/clubs and the worst traffic in the morning while dublin is over a million people it still has lots of beaches (never really get the weather for that here though), only a short train ride to the mountains (coming from canada they will look more like hills)

galway in the west is one of the fastest growing cities in the europe, its always been irelands most multicultural town (nickname city of the tribes), great nightlife, its in essence a student town with more than 20,000 there spread over 2 different colleges, i lived there for 3 years and bars were buzzing every night, galway in summer plays host to a number of major festivals which swell the towns population to bursting point e.g. galway race week, oyster festival, arts festival

some of irelands best natural scenery within easy reach of galway city, you have connemara to the west, the aran islands a ferry ride away, the burren/cliffs of moher to the south and county mayo (westport, croagh patrick, achill island) to the northwest

alot of ireland is still quite rural so keep that in mind, especially the west coast, driving around without satnav in rural clare, kerry, donegal can be nightmare if you don't know where you are going, signposts on narrow windy roads are as rare as sunny weather