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British people disguised as Polish living in Ireland

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    #62
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,980 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    johnty56 wrote: »
    I guess we all don't meet the same people everyday! Different areas have higher concentrations of different nationalities, but I meet far more Eastern europeans now than I would have when the figure was supposedly 4 times as high. Many would have semi-Irish accents too, having been here for years.

    In general though, the census is meaningless BS.. I worked as an enumerator, and saw it first hand.. with both Irish and non-nationals. 1 person listed on forms where clearly many more were living at the address for example.

    You mean you didnt do your job properly?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #63
    Annasopra
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    johnty56 wrote: »
    No idea really.. it would not make much sense for them to be unofficially here at all. I would imagine that the census is rubbish though, and that the closest actual estimate would be determined from PPS numbers.
    Not at all.

    There are thousands and thousands of pps numbers issued for people who have since left Ireland.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #64
    Annasopra
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    unjedilike wrote: »
    All the British people who live in Dublin are based in the UK.

    Makes no sense.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #65
    Teyla Emmagan
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    All the English (and German) people live in west Cork. The Polish people live in Blanch and Clonsilla.

    I am enjoying this generalising thing.


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    #66
    Annasopra
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    Theres loads of Irish people living in the UK and America boo hoo

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #67
    Macy0161
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    You'd have to know the basis of the stats - is it based on country of birth, or nationality?

    Also, anyone born in this state before 1949 and the Republic coming into being, is entitled to a UK passport, so if it was based on nationality, it would include people who were born, raised and lived their whole lives in Ireland.


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    #68
    cloud493
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    unjedilike wrote: »
    All the British people who live in Dublin are based in the UK.

    Nope. I'm British, but I'm very much based in Dublin.


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    #69
    moxin
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    I know a small number of British(all English) people mostly from various jobs i've met them in over the years. Most have married Irish people and settled down. There are still quite a few Polish working in IT in this country.(nevermind the customer facing catering sector where we all meet them!!)


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    #70
    bnt
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    unjedilike wrote: »
    All the British people who live in Dublin are based in the UK.
    Another one here who has no other "base" than Dublin. You think all people from the UK who live in Ireland are catching Ryanair flights "home" every weekend? Dublin is my home, has been for just a few weeks short of 15 years now.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #71
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Ah yes we've a chap running a guesthouse up at the lake, he is a very well respected individual.


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    #72
    Victor
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    johnty56 wrote: »
    No idea really.. it would not make much sense for them to be unofficially here at all. I would imagine that the census is rubbish though, and that the closest actual estimate would be determined from PPS numbers.
    Not really. PPS numbers only indicate (a) people who have registered at one point in their life or (b) have registered recently (the number of new registrations is published monthly). It doesn't say anything about the number of people associated with those PPS numbers that are currently in Ireland.


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    #73
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    I think the Poles who are only here for a couple of years are not particularly *rsed with filling out the census when it arrives, whereas I'd imagine the British people would be more likely to fill it out.

    Nothing scientific about my theory, just based on personal experience.


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    #74
    Annasopra
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think the Poles who are only here for a couple of years are not particularly *rsed with filling out the census when it arrives, whereas I'd imagine the British people would be more likely to fill it out.

    Nothing scientific about my theory, just based on personal experience.

    Or maybe the op hasnt looked at the 2011 census data.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #75
    Precious flower
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    I may count as one of those people, born in Britain but have Irish parents (and I've been living here since I was six)!:D See now you've met one! *waves* Fair amount of English/Scottish people living here in Clare too that I've come across :)


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    #76
    zetalambda
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    unjedilike wrote: »
    All the British people who live in Dublin are based in the UK.

    That made me laugh out loud. :D


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    #77
    Rhys Essien
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    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    All the English (and German) people live in west Cork. The Polish people live in Blanch and Clonsilla.

    I am enjoying this generalising thing.

    You're not far wrong there.70% of homes sold in West Cork are to English buyers.

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/english-happy-raising-standards-in-cork-30153389.html

    Some well known English people who have lived/live/regularly holidayed in West Cork are/were Jeremy Paxman,Carol Vorderman,Mo Mowlem,Keith Floyd,Jeremy Irons,David Puttman,Sarah Ferguson.


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    #78
    biko
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    you do know...there more to Ireland than Dublin???
    Nope, all the brits are in Dublin. They love it there, it's just like home.


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    #79
    zetalambda
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    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    How so.

    Do your type need a disclaimer on every thread.

    The following perspective is given from someone living in Dublin, we recognize that by not mentioning ..... oh fvck it.

    look just die in a fire.

    The butt hurt is flowing strong. :D
    Dempsey wrote: »
    Looks like I hit a nerve....I wonder how

    The truth hurts. :pac:


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    #80
    RobYourBuilder
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    zetalambda wrote: »
    butt hurt

    Irish people who use this phrase should have their citizenship rescinded and be banished for eternity via a rocket.


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    #81
    zetalambda
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    RobYourBuilder wrote: »
    Irish people who use this phrase should have their citizenship rescinded and be banished for eternity via a rocket.

    I agree. :D


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    #82
    WoollyRedHat
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    It's the plantations pt II, they're here for our land.


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    #83
    Billy86
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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    You're not far wrong there.70% of homes sold in West Cork are to English buyers.

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/english-happy-raising-standards-in-cork-30153389.html

    Some well known English people who have lived/live/regularly holidayed in West Cork are/were Jeremy Paxman,Carol Vorderman,Mo Mowlem,Keith Floyd,Jeremy Irons,David Puttman,Sarah Ferguson.

    Steve Coogan too I believe?


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    #84
    madmaggie
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    Rasheed wrote: »
    There is a **** load of British around here. Way more than Eastern Europeans.

    Seems to be a majority of couples looking for the quintessential country life. This appears to involves doing up an old cottage, having chickens and a donkey wandering about, growing vegetables for themselves, cutting turf by hand, making soda bread, that sort of thing.

    I could sell you Brits, I've that many around me.

    Ah lads (gone native now), I've become a stereotype, doing all the above except the turf.


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    #85
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    madmaggie wrote: »
    Ah lads (gone native now), I've become a stereotype, doing all the above except the turf.
    I'm the opposite, I've only done the turf. ;)


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    #86
    dd972
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    I suppose the likes of Irish passport holders with names like Enda O'Malley or Sinead Hennessey who were born in the U.K because their parents moved over but have moved here now are ''Brits'' as well. :rolleyes:


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    #87
    madmaggie
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm the opposite, I've only done the turf. ;)

    "They" will be after you now... the turf police.


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    #88
    [Deleted User]
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    madmaggie wrote: »
    "They" will be after you now... the turf police.
    Will they burn as well as the ordinary turf?


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    The Diabolical Monocle
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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    You're not far wrong there.70% of homes sold in West Cork are to English buyers.

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/english-happy-raising-standards-in-cork-30153389.html

    Some well known English people who have lived/live/regularly holidayed in West Cork are/were Jeremy Paxman,Carol Vorderman,Mo Mowlem,Keith Floyd,Jeremy Irons,David Puttman,Sarah Ferguson.

    gad damn.


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    #90
    RobYourBuilder
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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    You're not far wrong there.70% of homes sold in West Cork are to English buyers.

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/english-happy-raising-standards-in-cork-30153389.html

    Some well known English people who have lived/live/regularly holidayed in West Cork are/were Jeremy Paxman,Carol Vorderman,Mo Mowlem,Keith Floyd,Jeremy Irons,David Puttman,Sarah Ferguson.

    A good few seppo celebs too. Sarah Jessica Parker has a holiday home in Donegal.

    Apparently;
    SJP has often dreamt of making the move permanent.

    http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/top-stars-who-holiday-in-ireland-30235422.html

    May the lord have mercy on us all.

    The actress who played Jessica Parker in 'Murder She Wrote', Angela Lansbury, lives somewhere on the Cork coast.


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    #91
    Joe prim
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    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    Yup! I'm one of them. Forebears [PHP][/PHP]from Limerick/Clare though...:D

    Brits are just about acceptable,but bringing in bears with them,no way Jeremy!


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