Why don't Irish people befriend foreigners?

I'm Irish, I have a very good friend for 15 years now from Romania.

I did say some, not all and acknowledged that all the reasons given here are valid.

As was said by others in the thread, it's much more difficult to find friends as an adult, and this is not unique to Ireland. My best friends are from my primary school years. I am here 20+ years, but most friends that I met in Ireland are from my first few years doing a degree in UCC. With work and family commitments one would naturally have less time to mingle and make friends and that is normal.

I don't like anyone. That's my reason.

I'm 46 years old. I've already made all the friends that I'm going to make.

One is English, if that counts.

Yes, there are obviously cultural differences. Perhaps it would have been better to say that a minority feel superior to non-Irish nationals. I've no doubt you'll find similar the world over.

The long term friends I’ve made were either growing up and from my immediate area or from college…. so Irish, with the exception of one English guy from my job we were good pals but he’s back in London about 5 years..

i don’t befriend foreigners because I don’t meet any with the exception of some of my girlfriends friends.

in a job I was in, the employee demographic was diverse and everyone got along…. French, Brazilian, English, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Italians.. a good relationship between line staff but…

if a social night out was being organised…where we were all on our own dime….about a ten percent turnout…. From the above…loads of Irish didn’t bother too…mind you.

But in the days that the Xmas party was paid for by the job and the Awards night out too, everyone Is there…

effort needs to be forthcoming from both sides… wasn't always.

It’s not a Dublin thing. That poster is trying to insinuate something sinister, that does not exist. He couches it under terms like ‘a minority’ or ‘I didn’t say all Irish’, but his motives are very transparent.

I lived abroad for 10 years myself. It’s hard to make friends as an adult everywhere. This is not unique to Ireland and is entirely unconnected to a superiority complex.

OP, you’re unlikely to make close friends at work unless you unexpectedly land in a very social environment. Your best bet is sports or hobbies groups. However, be aware that many people will be there to train or do the activity and aren’t necessarily looking for friends.

It’s not always easy, but that’s one of the downsides of migrating as an adult. In my view, the only true way of integrating deeply into another culture as an adult, is if you marry a local.

One of my best friends is from Tenarife, my other close friend is from England and half Polish and half Indian. His father was from Poland and mother from India.

I've good friends both Irish and non Irish , don't feel left out, maybe join a group like hiking or if you have a hobby find like minded people or clubs.

I agree with this. So many Irish people spend the vast majority of their socialising with school friends and this group is practically impenetrable for an outsider. I'd be curious whether many foreigners or even spouses/partners have even penetrated into school friends' groups which also touches on another problem with Irish people; often men only socialise with men and women only with women. Couples socialising doesn't seem to be that common.

One point on the OP being from Turkey which I haven't seen mentioned yet is to do with the possibility the OP does not drink alcohol. Irish people tend to get bamboozled when met with the prospect of socialising with a new person who doesn't drink.

It used be a thing in the past where, by and large mature men, used call in on each others houses to tell yarns and play cards, a sort of non pub, pre mens shed thing. Of course if you did this nowadays you'd be asked what brought you.

Back on topic, have heaps of non irish friends through leisure activity, I do find a lot of them stick around for only a short time and move on, usually back home. I don't see that as an excuse for not making friends with them in the first place. A small number have set down roots with a house but then there's kids and the socialising tends to cease just the same as the Irish.