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How come people from the northern side of the country seem much nicer?

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  • #32
    Dangerous Man
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    Can we not have a special forum for threads like this? We can get all the pointless 'us v them' threads and put them in there. We can call it the 'Stupid pointless idiotic forum.'


  • #33
    joseph brand
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    Tubsandtiles wrote: »
    Because they're British..wait now that doesn't make much sense, waits for fight to break out... :D

    Protestants up North are Scottish afaik, like the Rangers fan club, so they are. The English don't want them, and neither do Republicans. They still like waving the Union Jack for some reason, and hanging pictures of the Queen in their houses, so they do.


  • #34
    ShamoBuc
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

    They are a sound bunch alright and I must say when the local people from Gweedore start talking Irish - it sounds simply fantastic, the nicest accent by far to listen to the language.


  • #35
    Noreen1
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    hangballlouie wrote: »
    They are all really nice, except when they are killing innocent children

    ???


  • #36
    Bottle_of_Smoke
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    I think its the sowshall kantaxt an satcheeayshuns you're likely to meet people from the north gives this impression. Partition meant that the two jurisdictions were cut off to each other in many respects as recent as 10 years ago.

    So now there's peace we see each other on citybreaks, visiting relations, going on holiday, going christmas shopping. We're more likely to be in a good mood and they are likely to be selling us something. So we associate them with good times.

    Having lived there for 2 years, I think people from the republic are just as nice. Cork aside, obviously.


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  • #37
    Badgermonkey
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    Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek


  • #38
    teaandtoast
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    hangballlouie wrote: »
    They are all really nice, except when they are killing innocent children

    What? Did i miss something.


  • #39
    Pherekydes
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    teaandtoast wrote: »
    All my experiences with northern Irish people and people from donegal have been good.

    Pffft, Donegal is in Southern Ireland.


  • #40
    teaandtoast
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Pffft, Donegal is in Southern Ireland.

    well i was talking in general about the northern half of the country. it's not politics. If your saying donegal is in the south, it's actually geograpically, north but its politically south.


  • #41
    Pherekydes
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    teaandtoast wrote: »
    well i was talking in general about the northern half of the country. it's not politics. If your saying donegal is in the south, it's actually geograpically, north but its politically south.

    I know.

    Now another point to clear up:

    Did you move to Dublin 6, years ago?

    or

    Did you move to Dublin, 6 years ago?


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  • #42
    southsiderosie
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    I think folks in Ireland are generally nice, especially compared to other Europeans. But I found most people in Northern Ireland to be almost embarrassingly nice and friendly. The problem is, while everywhere has its share of angry and/or crazy people, the crazy people up there are REALLY crazy...and mind you half of my family is from the heart of the Bible Belt in the American South. :(

    (actually you could say the same thing about Southerners in the US - the friendliest people in the country but when they are crazy, they are REALLY crazy! Maybe it's the Ulster Scots (or as we say, Scots-Irish) connection...)


  • #43
    mac_iomhair
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    Badgermonkey wrote: »
    Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek

    that girls from county louth! they can keep her...


  • #44
    paddy147
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    Badgermonkey wrote: »
    Good folk, divils for the sh1tty showbiz though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3FujLsWlek

    I didnt know Ritche Kavanagh was doing drag these days???:D


  • #45
    jugger0
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    OP you ever been up shankill road?


  • #46
    cesc77
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    Im from the north.

    Sort out your own petty arguments about counties .Dont drag us into it as we have enough to contend with.

    By the way northern side is relative to where the person is who is speaking.

    Nicer up here?wtf?:confused:


  • #47
    Eric Cartman
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    Actually I'd second the OP with regard to Donegal peeps in my experience. Rarely met a bad un.

    i wish to know where to meet these nice donegal people , they never seem to feature in the news or venture to dublin pubs or motorsport events / car shows


  • #48
    maninasia
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    ShamoBuc wrote: »
    They are a sound bunch alright and I must say when the local people from Gweedore start talking Irish - it sounds simply fantastic, the nicest accent by far to listen to the language.

    That's not Irish, they just claim it is to get the subsidies :) .


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