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Moving to Ireland

worldcitizen

I'm moving to Ireland soon, and was wondering if people could give me some advice.

I lived in Ireland for some years growing up but left, and seeing as I was a teen, I'm not sure my experiences are relevant any longer.

Whilst my grandparents were Irish, I'm distinctly conscious of the fact that I have a very neutral English accent.

I caught some flak for it at one of the schools I went to, but they were a shower of *****, so I'm not holding that to be representative. The other school I was in, I was pretty happy.

My question though is: Do I have a viable future in Ireland? And if so how would I go about making the most of it all? I'm aware that most people will have made their friendship groups, and I'm wondering how to integrate the best I can.

I know I can "survive" but I'd be looking to fully integrate into a community as best as I can. No point in living half a life eh?!

Basically give it to me straight.... :P :pac:

P.s I've got a top degree with a fair amount of experience in certain areas so will be aiming to get a job quite quickly in some of the vacancies I've seen. I'll be staying with some distant relatives at first, but will hopefully quickly move into my own place.

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Red Pepper

Go home Yank!

Aced_Up

flutterflye wrote: »

Isn't that a cat with no tail? (bet you never hear that ever!)

Lol, actually... No one has mentioned that.

mikemac1

Welcome, welcome OP

No postcodes, don't need any as the postmen are brilliant :cool:

Your postman will know your townland, your parish, the names and ages of all your children and all without postcodes

Putting a name on your house may be acceptable but if you call it x manor or x house the locals will think you're trying to landed gentry. :rolleyes:

If you call it El Dorado they'll think you are a Yank!

Citycap

Chucken wrote: »

Yes thats so true! Have you investigated the "dancing at the crossroads" phenomenon?

Don't forget the moving statues and "money just resting in accounts" of developers, bankers etc.

You will have no problem. Get involved with golf club, tennis club soccer or other activity and you will meet loads of people.

Citycap

mikemac1 wrote: »

Welcome, welcome OP

No postcodes, don't need any as the postmen are brilliant :cool:

Your postman will know your townland, your parish, the names and ages of all your children and all without postcodes

Putting a name on your house may be acceptable but if you call it x manor or x house the locals will think you're trying to landed gentry. :rolleyes:

If you call it El Dorado they'll think you are a Yank!

As a matter of fact the postman knows already who you are, where you are from, how much you earned last year (in Ireland there is a difference between what you earn and what you make).
No need to tell anyone your business, The neighbours will take care of that

S.R.

With English accent to Ireland? Hmmm....
Chances of your survival are much less than you might think.

blueser

IM0 wrote: »

yeah cause we all know it doesnt rain in england much

Wind your neck in. Firstly, I'd have thought that my post was obviously meant to be ironic in nature. Guess you missed that though. Secondly, depending on
A. which part of England the OP is leaving, and
B. what part of Ireland he's moving to

There could be a considerable difference in rainfall. If he's moving from sunny (!) Manchester (my old patch) to equally sunny (!) Mayo, then there's fcuk all difference. It rains for the vast majority of days in the year, IN BOTH LOCATIONS. Hope that is clear enough for you. However; if he's moving from the South East of England to Mayo, there is a significant difference in the weather. Unfortunately he (she?) doesn't give any indication as to their present and future locations so it's all hypothetical anyway.

Clockwork Owl

If it makes you feel any better, I'm English and have a pretty strong 'BBC English' accent. I was worried it might cause problems when I moved over in October, particularly as I work in customer service and spend lots of time speaking to people, but I've not had the slightest issue. In fact, most people have actually been curious about where I'm from and how I'm finding Ireland! So-... in my experience, an English accent in Ireland works out just fine.

dd972

No big deal OP, no different to a German moving to Austria really.

questionmark?

Some say there is no differences but there is plenty of small ones that add up. You'll be grand though just don't bring up Norn Iron on a night out.

yore

Rhys Essien wrote: »

OP,you will be fine here.There are 112,000 British citizens living in The Republic of (?) Ireland.Basically,1 in 45 people here is British.Your accent would no longer be a novelty at this stage although you will always meet idiots.

FYP as they say round these parts.

I'd hazard a guess that there's a fair few Nordies in that figure. Plus there'd be a good few students.

I'd have thought that 112,000 would have been on the low end of my estimation. Doesn't leave a lot of space for the rest!

Edit: Added a link for the OP to see a general reaction to things English here on this site. Although, some people over here take the piss out of things for the craic so you can't take them too seriously

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84282914

(See second post ;-) )

temnos

Ireland is a great place to live and work, I am Irish but grew up in Wales and have a Welsh accent, it's not really a problem although it can be annoying when questioned about my acent.. I work as a technician in and out of peoples homes everyday. I have to say I spent many years in rural county Cork and I found a high amount of people fairly bigoted and racist. I am now in the east of the country and find people are generally just curious about where i am from and are much more open and friendly. If I could offer any advice avoid rural Cork, not nice.

shleedance

I'm doing the opposite soon!

You should be fine here. May meet some idiots, but you'll get them types in any country.

riclad

MANY areas of dublin have a neutral accent, dart,accent halfway between english and american,mid atlantic
UNLESS you move into a real working class area ,you should have no problem.
if you move into a middle class area you should not have a problem.

SOME working class people have a grudge against the english ,
eg they are celtic supporters ,
like some scottish loyalists are not too fond of the irish accent ,

of course every country has some racist bigots.
I think many english people do well here ,as an english accent is viewed as
a sign of intelligence ,unless its brummie or a strong regional accent.

wazky

riclad wrote: »

MANY areas of dublin have a neutral accent, dart,accent halfway between english and american,mid atlantic
UNLESS you move into a real working class area ,you should have no problem.
if you move into a middle class area you should not have a problem.

SOME working class people have a grudge against the english ,
eg they are celtic supporters ,
like some scottish loyalists are not too fond of the irish accent ,

of course every country has some racist bigots.
I think many english people do well here ,as an english accent is viewed as
a sign of intelligence ,unless its brummie or a strong regional accent.

So it's only fans of this particular club who have a "grudge"?

temnos

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Rural Cork - big area; where were you based? I don't think what you talk about could be applied to West Cork anyway; that place is right-on central! :pac:

North Cork... more believable.

Well I lived in both, north cork was not as bad as west cork, an example, my child come home from school one day upset as she was told by a school friend she could not come to her party as her parents don't like "prods". we're not even religious!. Clearly the 6 year old friend heard this from her bigoted west cork parents. I am very glad to be well away from, horrid people.