Things you LOVE about Living in Ireland...

SkyBlueClouds

Water charges, taxes, public transport, vat, price of bread, the weather....

Reasons to be negative about Ireland are abound. Lets turn that frown upside down

What do you love about living in Ireland?

My own experiences of Dublin
- Nice walks along Sandymount / Dun Laoighre pier
- Great pubs in Dublin, not comparable to anywhere else in the world
- Breathtaking beauty of the Dublin mountains.

And of Ireland as a whole
- Wexford, the sunny (somewhat) south East. Lovely beaches.
- Rural cork. Peninsulas along the southern tip of the country have amazing scenery.
- Galway, for the craic and atmosphere.

:cool:

Lucifer MorningStar

The warm rain in the summer

DaveDaRave

the dole

Faith+1

Sweet f*ck all

Grayson

Carvery's and better bacon.

Guinness.

I was once on a nightlink at xmas. They whole of the bus was singing xmas carols at the top of their voices. the driver turned on the mic and joined in

Grayson

Grayson wrote: »

I was once on a nightlink at xmas. They whole of the bus was singing xmas carols at the top of their voices. the driver turned on the mic and joined in

That's put a big grin on my face

Irish people are funny and big-hearted and by far the very best thing about Ireland. The Irish sense of humour is a wonderful thing.

0byme75341jo28

That I can live in Cork :pac:

coolemon

The temperature, humidity and importantly, no Mosquitos.

After cycling from France through Italy and to Croatia last year over a couple of months, I never felt so appreciative of the climate in Ireland when I got home. There are few places on earth with such moderate temperature and climate as we have here. In Italy you sweat standing still and while doing nothing. Mosquitos a permanent menace.

SkyBlueClouds

Candie wrote: »

Irish people are funny and big-hearted and by far the very best thing about Ireland. The Irish sense of humour is a wonderful thing.

Indeed. There's something about that sort of camaraderie you don't get anywhere else in the world.

Mint Aero

This will be a short lived thread.

0byme75341jo28

That it's the only place in the world you can find 82000 people watching 30 men bate the shíte out of eachother with sticks.

donvito99

Excellent social scene and atmosphere, wonderful sportsmen and women to be proud of, and the moment when the summer finally arrives.

Karl Stein

The spectacular coast, especially when it's stormy. The power of the sea is awe inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd_oMQ-GKAg

razorblunt

Saluting walkers on country roads and getting an appreciative nod of the head back from them. Nowhere else does that without quizzical looks in return.

SkyBlueClouds

Jaylen Large Manager wrote: »

That it's the only place in the world you can find 82000 people watching 30 men bare the shíte out of eachother with sticks.

Say what now?

jelenka

13 years here and I must say that I love it here, people are mostly very friendly and cheerful, nature is beautiful and overall Ireland is great.

I would however like a bit less rain and more sun in the summer :-)

Tell me how

Good topic for a Thread.

Within an hours drive you can be in a multitude of destinations to which tourists are willing to pay big money to travel to from the world over.
Accents - So varied and unique
Dry Humour - Self Depreciating and witty
GAA - Invokes passion, banter between fans. Mingling of fans at matches
Off the Ball Radio Show
Lunch in "The Grand Central" Bar in Dublin. Burger is amazing.
People watching while drinking tea/coffee on Dame Street

Sunnyisland

There are lots of great things about living in Ireland, but for me I rather read and look at it from Portugal :-)

TheBeardedLady

Grayson wrote: »

I was once on a nightlink at xmas. They whole of the bus was singing xmas carols at the top of their voices. the driver turned on the mic and joined in

The King of Moo

Free, high-quality live music in pubs and often on the street.

billy100

Proper bacon and cabbage

strobe

One of my favourites is one of many a boards poster's biggest gripes. The "ah sure it'll be grand" attitude of the people here. There's negatives about it sure, but there's just something so refreshing about people that can just roll with the punches and get the **** on with things and enjoy themselves regardless rather than taking everything seriously. You really only notice how pleasant a trait it is when you're spending a good amount of time mixing with non - Irish people too or living out abroad.

sozbox

The sense of humour, just cannot find it anywhere else!
The scenery, west Cork is especially beautiful.
The food, especially dairy and beef products, top class imo.
You're never more than an hour's drive from the country side.

Jaylen Large Manager

Jaylen Large Manager wrote: »

That it's the only place in the world you can find 82000 people watching 30 men bare the shíte out of eachother with sticks.

Took me a while to figure out the hurling angle here.

Wondered what your hobbies were there for a while.

pragmatic1

strobe wrote: »

One of my favourites is one of many a boards poster's biggest gripes. The "ah sure it'll be grand" attitude of the people here. There's negatives about it sure, but there's just something so refreshing about people that can just roll with the punches and get the **** on with things and enjoy themselves regardless rather than taking everything seriously. You really only notice how pleasant a trait it is when you're spending a good amount of time mixing with non - Irish people too or living out abroad.

Yeah I'd agree with that. Hope we never lose it too. A lot of other cultures are really anal about petty stuff.

0byme75341jo28

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Say what now?

You need to watch some hurling...

Karl Stein

The twinkle in a pig's eye.

messy tessy

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Water charges, taxes, public transport, vat, price of bread, the weather....

Reasons to be negative about Ireland are abound. Lets turn that frown upside down

What do you love about living in Ireland?

My own experiences of Dublin
- Nice walks along Sandymount / Dun Laoighre pier
- Great pubs in Dublin, not comparable to anywhere else in the world
- Breathtaking beauty of the Dublin mountains.

And of Ireland as a whole
- Wexford, the sunny (somewhat) south East. Lovely beaches.
- Rural cork. Peninsulas along the southern tip of the country have amazing scenery.
- Galway, for the craic and atmosphere.

:cool:

Ooh love this thread!

I will add the following:
- GAA; either county or club - the build to the match, atmosphere around before it starts, the adrenaline rush watching the game...

-All-Ireland Final (it deserves its own category!) even when you are neutral

- Waterford county (mountains, beaches, just incredible scenery)

- Food: steak and potatoes, beef and Guinness stew

- Proper tea

Oops69

razorblunt wrote: »

Saluting walkers on country roads and getting an appreciative nod of the head back from them. Nowhere else does that without quizzical looks in return.

except rural France , Spain , Germany ,Austria , Greece in my experience and many others I presume , yes it's nice ,but not unique , we need to get over ourselves a bit on this one .

firestarter51

local pubs having lock ins even when the guards are outside

ShadowHearth

I would say people mostly. I really like how most irish people don't get thick and can take a joke.
I love pub drinking in Ireland. It's very different from bar drinking where I came from. It's a lot more friendly and laid back.

Son Of A Vidic

Candie wrote: »

Irish people are funny and big-hearted and by far the very best thing about Ireland. The Irish sense of humour is a wonderful thing.

We really can't be beat for that and when you spend a good few years living abroad. You realise we are really universally loved for our quick wit & humour.

downonthefarm

Has to be the Dubln women

Stinjy

What I'll miss most when I leave is how friendly it is... Knowing all your neighbours if you've lived on the same road for any length of time and the little chats on the street with them while they ask a million questions about how everyone's doing and you ask the same in return. I know this may be the case in other countries but I'm afraid it won't be quite like here.

Also "ah sure it'll be grand" - the best saying we have when we really don't want to do something and figure it can wait.

cloud493

Bacon - irish bacon is amazing. Far better than the bacon I used to eat in england
The people - generally, irish people are willing to talk to anyone, always funny, always witty, don't get bogged down by small petty stuff, I love it.

MRnotlob606

I love the general laid back attitude that doesn't seem to ingrained in places like Paris, London , New York. Ireland has some lovely old buildings and really stunning and unique scenery. You'll see the constant bashing of Ireland in some threads on this site and it's really sad to see. We have got a good life expectancy and relatively good social welfare system whether we agree with or not,It does contribute to our well being.

razorblunt

Oops69 wrote: »

except rural France , Spain , Germany ,Austria , Greece in my experience and many others I presume , yes it's nice ,but not unique , we need to get over ourselves a bit on this one .

Ive not experienced it in 3 of those 4 you've listed but there you go.

RonanP77

The food, it seems to be better quality than I get when I travel. The beer is definitely better here.

The Irish sense of humour is class, you can take the piss out of pretty much anything without people taking offence.

The scenery, I'm a Cavan man and I honestly believe it's one of the naturally most beautiful places there is.

The ladies, foreign girls in general tend to have better figures and be a bit more stylish but to be honest you can find Irish girls that are as hot as from any other country. They tend to be a lot more down to Earth and take themselves less seriously.

Tradition, music, language, legends, superstitions............

Mrs Garth Brooks

Our love for country music.

WoollyRedHat

The sccenery and the atmosphere. I've been all over, but I can't away from the sense of belonging that I have here. There's a sense of calmness here.

Shenshen

I actually love the weather - 2 seasons rather than 4. A long spring and a long autumn. It never gets too warm and it never gets too cold. Truth be told, I don't mind a bit of rain. And storms here can be breathtakingly spectacular.

I do miss thunder storms a bit though, you don't get many here.

I also love the low tax rates. I used to not even take home 50% of my pay, here I'm much better off. And you have a better value for money ratio on many things than in many other countries.

And last but not least the landscape. Stunning, amazing, sometimes almost surreal in its beauty. This is one of the most beautiful places on this big planet.

AlanS181824

Weather, nothing else like that.

The fact I can walk down the biggest street in Carlow and still bump into a family member!

FairytaleGirl

The atmosphere in a proper country pub, someone pulls out a whistle or fiddle and the craic is just great.

Tea

The friendliness of people, in London you'd get walked past dying in the street - for the most part Irish people are considerate and would help a stranger.

The scenery. Nothing like it, up around the north coast and Donegal. Breathtaking!

Tonyandthewhale

The fact that there's a bed upstairs in my local pub in Tuam for when the lock-in starts heading towards morning.

TheBeardedLady

What I remember loving about Ireland when I lived there:

The surreal sense of humour. Bent over laughing for most of the night whenever I went out.


Going to pubs and mingling with strangers.


Beautiful skies (they're either blue or grey here).


Soups and brown bread.

Laid-back, down-to-earth people. Arrogance and vanity not being prevalent.


As others have said, the "ah sure! It'll be grand attitude". Taking each case as it comes and people being more flexible.

Chunners

I love the fact that most Irish people are very community orientated, not on a vast scale but on a small scale street parties use to be a big thing where all the parents would get together and buy sweets and cakes and probably hire a bouncy castle and the kids would have a day of pure being spoiled and then in the evening the kids would be put to bed with a smile on their face and everyone would get around a table in the middle of the street and have a few drinks and congratulate each other on a job well done. I love that for most Irish people there is no lengths you wouldn't go too for a kid even if that kid isn't your own.

When I was 15 my 12 year old brother was diagnosed with Cancer and my parents weren't working at the time and our neighbors arranged nights out with tickets to gather the money to send him to Lourdes (waste of money I know but the fact they did it shows they cared), people were even buying tickets knowing that they wouldn't be able to attend on the night. When he died 9 months later the neighbors had (without our knowledge) raised over €1,000 towards his funeral, my parents weren't rich so no mess that gesture was unbelievable for us. The day of his funeral I am not messing there was about 1000 people in the church, it was packed to the rafters and most of them I didn't even know, someone got all the kids in his class, my class and my older brothers class together and their parents all put the money together to buy a wreath that spelled his name and the kids in his class made a massive card about 5 foot tall that they got everyone to sign as they walked into the church. That day could have been much sadder for me but seeing everyone come together like that made a really sad day for me just that little bit more bearable. I don't know if they do that in any other country but I would argue with anyone who says that Irish people are totally self centered

Dirty Dingus McGee

The GAA and the weather.

byhookorbycrook

Murphy's Icecream
High Crosses,
Dingle Peninsula
Beara
The Dursey cable car
Irish farmers' markets
the whole community rowing in in times of trouble or tragedy (The ladies who take over the kitchen at wakes, the men who do the parking and the way people genuinely want to express support to the bereaved)
GAA.

keeponhurling

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

the weather.

Ah now.

Do you not think it rains too much ?

caustic 1

I can't imagine being anywhere else. I love the beauty of it.