Many peopel got relatives in the UK

Just realised this this evening after talking to one of my children, it kind of reverberated down the generations in my family some stayed, some came back, and some are still going to the uk.

The_Valeyard

I'd say half the country does, it's only an hour's flight really.

Makes the whole 800 years thing seem a bit silly in some way doesn't it see as so many Irish people live and work there.

Paddy Samurai

Yeah we do,but we just ignore them now.It's great I wish more of them would piss off over to England,but most of them are to thick to take the hint.

The_Valeyard

mariaalice wrote: »

Makes the whole 800 years thing seem a bit silly in some way doesn't it see as so many Irish people live and work there.

Difference between an educated, free and determined Irish people working of their own free will in the UK, than on their knees taking orders from an occupying force. Different times.

The Backwards Man

There's very very few that haven't, I would imagine.

bodice ripper

Nope.

The_Valeyard

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There's very very few that haven't, I would imagine.

Well if you look out your window you could see them in the UK.

The Backwards Man

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Well if you look out your window you could see them in the UK.

In two different countries of the UK no less. On a clear day, I can see an ould fella hanging out his washing on Islay.

Macavity.

I thought everyone did.

TheBeardedLady

I have none that I know of but I'm related to half of North America. Fact.

The Backwards Man

Macavity. wrote: »

I thought everyone did.

Don't think so. Not without a telescope.

Teyla Emmagan

I was about to say yes, but they've just moved back! To somewhere mad, like Monaghan. My aunt left Ireland over 40 years ago, met a lovely English man and had 3 kids. Now 2 of the 3 kids live here, including herself and the husband.

I feel bad for the kid left behind though, no family left in the country. He's about 40, but still

humbert

mariaalice wrote: »

Makes the whole 800 years thing seem a bit silly in some way doesn't it see as so many Irish people live and work there.

The whole 800 years thing is silly.

kneemos

The Ukraine?

qt3.14

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Difference between an educated, free and determined Irish people working of their own free will in the UK, than on their knees taking orders from an occupying force. Different times.

We were the occupying force in other countries on behalf of the crown. Funny that.

Buford T. Justice XIX

qt3.14 wrote: »

We were the occupying force in other countries on behalf of the crown. Funny that.

Beggars can't be choosers.

As a previous poster said, there is a huge difference in working there today as a skilled and educated workforce rather than as unskilled navies.

El_Duderino 09

mariaalice wrote: »

Makes the whole 800 years thing seem a bit silly in some way doesn't it see as so many Irish people live and work there.

I live in the UK and the whole 800 years thing doesn't come up as often here as it does back home.

Seriously, the UK are our nearest neighbours on all sides.

Colinf1212

Embarrassing.

Magnate

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Yeah we do,but we just ignore them now.It's great I wish more of them would piss off over to England,but most of them are to thick to take the hint.

The irony.

sh1tstirrer

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I'd say half the country does, it's only an hour's flight really.

He/she did say many people have relatives there

Senna

Not one, used to be loads and my sister married an English fella, but they all move back home when things started to get better in the 90's and 00's.
Surprised more haven't moved back there now, when I was at school, if you wanted to go somewhere to work it was usually the UK or America if you were lucky. Now the young Irish automatically go to the opposite side of the world, by-passing our closest neighbours where there is demand for many trades and skills.

And here is a guy who spent most of his life playing music for coins on the side of the street - and he used to tell me a story of how he used to walk home because the price of the bus fare used to be more than the cost of buying his girlfriend a bag of chips.

- who then ended up leading a group of irish singers playing for the queen of england

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s836K9d3f4Y

Its a funny world where borders always seem to mean nothing in the end.

Iranoutofideas

Loads of relations. We used to be very close but in the past ten years or so I've come to realise they have very very different ideas concerning just about everything. I used to think they were very Irish but now I think the complete opposite. Lately they've started to irritate the **** out of me.