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Your reasons for emigrating

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  • #392
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    CrabRevolution wrote: »
    I'm play senior Hurling and Football for a GAA club in a rural town, I'm wondering why all this glory, adoration, popularity and female attention that every last GAA player in the country apparently gets has skipped me. Did I not fill out the right forms?

    If a group of friends forms naturally its expected that not everyone will be included, and nobody really complains because it's stupid to expect everyone to be great friends with everyone.

    However once a sport (nearly always Gaelic Games, sometimes Rugby) is the focal point of a group, the group is now a great evil that ruins everyone's lives because they arent involved.
    Well Rugby is the sport off my town, but its the GAA players who are still the ones people cant stand. Regards getting girls and adoration I dont its that either as well Rugby is ahead in both those cases.
    What I find is the GAA players are cliquey, like I play Rugby and if I go out drinking I will be the only rugby player the majority off the time in our group. Now if I meet the lads out, I will have a drink with them but generally stay with the lads. Whereas the GAA lads all drink together, there may be may be groups within the group but if you meet one off them, you meet five off them. Maybe thats not the case in your town but I find in most places it is


  • #393
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    astonaidan wrote: »
    These past few weeks have made me more determined to get out off Ireland for a while. I realised my group off friends are well content to sit around going out for drinks on a friday and thats it.
    Sounds like my mates. I'm off to Asia in a couple of weeks and I know whether I come back in 6 months or 6 years I'll find a few of them in the same spot I left them


  • #394
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    astonaidan wrote: »
    Well Rugby is the sport off my town, but its the GAA players who are still the ones people cant stand. Regards getting girls and adoration I dont its that either as well Rugby is ahead in both those cases.
    What I find is the GAA players are cliquey, like I play Rugby and if I go out drinking I will be the only rugby player the majority off the time in our group. Now if I meet the lads out, I will have a drink with them but generally stay with the lads. Whereas the GAA lads all drink together, there may be may be groups within the group but if you meet one off them, you meet five off them. Maybe thats not the case in your town but I find in most places it is

    well im not sure what its like now as I haven't drank in the small town im from in a long time, but a few years ago there'd be at least 5 or 6 GAA heads being obnoxious c**ts in the pub, sneering down on people. I think they use their 'status' to maximum effect, acting kind of like local celebrities or something. It used to bug the bejaysus out of me as a younger man. I've grown up since and moved on.


  • #395
    R.D. aka MR.D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭R.D. aka MR.D


    i left ireland because i always wanted to travel.

    i moved to South America to experience a culture that I loved. I moved to Asia for the money. I'm still in Asia and the lesson that i have learned is that money makes life better.

    The culture in the 2 asian countries i have been in don't really suit me. At times, i hate being stared and always being bothered by people. Other times, it's nice to have an automatic pass to be stupid because people don't expect me to know what the hell is going on.

    The last time i was at home, i hated it.

    It seems like a lot of the people who are at home now are really home birds. I'm only 26 but was being constantly asked when i was getting married/settling down. That wasn't old people asking me but the 26/27 year olds from home. So i feel right now that i don't fit in at home even if i was to go back.

    But basically, i can do a job i really love and earn a good wage doing it. That's why i'm not at home!


  • #396
    qdawg86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭qdawg86


    Left to see some of the world, then went home again, then left again and will go back again.

    The world really is such as small place these days- Ireland to NZ in little over a day. Plus I am in contact with people very regularly thanks to Friend Face and the like. It really doesn't feel like much to be away for 12 months.


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  • #397
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »
    i left ireland because i always wanted to travel.

    i moved to South America to experience a culture that I loved. I moved to Asia for the money. I'm still in Asia and the lesson that i have learned is that money makes life better.

    The culture in the 2 asian countries i have been in don't really suit me. At times, i hate being stared and always being bothered by people. Other times, it's nice to have an automatic pass to be stupid because people don't expect me to know what the hell is going on.

    The last time i was at home, i hated it.

    It seems like a lot of the people who are at home now are really home birds. I'm only 26 but was being constantly asked when i was getting married/settling down. That wasn't old people asking me but the 26/27 year olds from home. So i feel right now that i don't fit in at home even if i was to go back.

    But basically, i can do a job i really love and earn a good wage doing it. That's why i'm not at home!

    When I was 26/27 settling down didn't register on my radar and I've been travelling since, spending time in Oz, Malaysia, Germany and Asia over the last 5 years. i'm moving to the UK next month and do now feel ready to settle down as I've got a lot out my system over the last 5 years while learning a lot about life.

    Sometimes it gets annoying when everyone is getting married and reproducing. It can leave you feeling left out and if I'm honest ,a little embarrassed for yourself :eek:. Still though, I don't regret for a minute as the experience gained travelling will hopefully stand to me.


  • #398
    astonaidan
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    lufties wrote: »
    well im not sure what its like now as I haven't drank in the small town im from in a long time, but a few years ago there'd be at least 5 or 6 GAA heads being obnoxious c**ts in the pub, sneering down on people. I think they use their 'status' to maximum effect, acting kind of like local celebrities or something. It used to bug the bejaysus out of me as a younger man. I've grown up since and moved on.
    Oh they still act like that, I just wouldnt pay any notice to it, as you said young lads might care. But I dont think where Im from they get the status and girls they may get elsewhere. Whats actually funny is the lads that play for Galway are sound as they come, no ego at all.


  • #399
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    astonaidan wrote: »
    Oh they still act like that, I just wouldnt pay any notice to it, as you said young lads might care. But I dont think where Im from they get the status and girls they may get elsewhere. Whats actually funny is the lads that play for Galway are sound as they come, no ego at all.

    I think Galway has a different vibe and isn't as insular/inferior as other counties, especially inland ones. Its a great spot in my opinion, good city, connemara, gateway to the west etc. No wonder the lads are sound.


  • #400
    Georgie13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Georgie13


    This is a really interesting thread! I left Ireland in 2010 to come to college over here in London (or "uni" as they say over here). I'll be graduating in June and I'm looking forward to being able to try somewhere new after that. Not that I don't love London, just kind of getting itchy feet after four years! I'd like to apply for the IEC visa next January and try Canada for a year or two with my boyfriend. Just want to see a bit more of the world while I'm young really, since there's an age limit on a visa like that.


  • #401
    Georgie13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Georgie13


    lufties wrote: »
    I think Galway has a different vibe and isn't as insular/inferior as other counties, especially inland ones. Its a great spot in my opinion, good city, connemara, gateway to the west etc. No wonder the lads are sound.

    I agree with you about the vibe, I think Galway's the nicest city in Ireland, and I'm not even from there. I think if I ever moved back to Ireland that's where I'd like to live.


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  • #402
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    Georgie13 wrote: »
    I agree with you about the vibe, I think Galway's the nicest city in Ireland, and I'm not even from there. I think if I ever moved back to Ireland that's where I'd like to live.

    Yeah definately, I'm actually moving to london soon. Hoping to live in the westend area, but its mega expensive and being a thirty something year old male I don't really wanna house share.


  • #403
    Georgie13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Georgie13


    lufties wrote: »
    Yeah definately, I'm actually moving to london soon. Hoping to live in the westend area, but its mega expensive and being a thirty something year old male I don't really wanna house share.

    There's lots of nice areas that are more affordable if you go a bit further out though, and with the tube you can be in central pretty quickly


  • #404
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    Georgie13 wrote: »
    There's lots of nice areas that are more affordable if you go a bit further out though, and with the tube you can be in central pretty quickly

    I'll be needing to get the picadilly line to work so will have to base myself somewhere along that.


  • #405
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    lufties wrote: »
    I'll be needing to get the picadilly line to work so will have to base myself somewhere along that.

    I would head to Ealing. Nice quiet area, West London which you wanted, plenty of shops and bars. Right on the Piccadilly Line too!


  • #406
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    I would head to Ealing. Nice quiet area, West London which you wanted, plenty of shops and bars. Right on the Piccadilly Line too!

    I'd love Ealing, but that seems nearly just as pricey as hammersmith etc.


  • #407
    RahenyD5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭RahenyD5


    You could try Cockfosters or Southgate, both on Piccadilly line and are leafy residential areas but this depends what you want, if you fancy somewhere with more "buzz" then these are perhaps bit too quiet. Ealing's a good pick though!


  • #408
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    RahenyD5 wrote: »
    You could try Cockfosters or Southgate, both on Piccadilly line and are leafy residential areas but this depends what you want, if you fancy somewhere with more "buzz" then these are perhaps bit too quiet. Ealing's a good pick though!

    Cool thanks! I don't fancy slough or hounslow anyway. I'm gonna be in Acton for a month or two till i sort some-fink out.


  • #409
    ABajaninCork
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    lufties wrote: »
    it's love Ealing, but that seems nearly just as pricey as hammersmith etc.

    Ealing's not as bad as Hammersmith as it's further out. Try West Ealing or Acton. Hanwell isn't bad either.


  • #410
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    Ealing's not as bad as Hammersmith as it's further out. Try West Ealing or Acton. Hanwell isn't bad either.

    i'll look into it, thanks for that :)


  • #411
    RahenyD5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭RahenyD5


    lufties wrote: »
    Cool thanks! I don't fancy slough or hounslow anyway. I'm gonna be in Acton for a month or two till i sort some-fink out.

    I'm also looking at moving to England or Scotland some time later this year. Be warned, the English/Scots/Welsh are just as bad as Irish for begrudgery and gossiping however this is less noticeable in London with people being too busy to care about what others are up to.

    Best of luck with your move to London!


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  • #412
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    lufties wrote: »
    I think Galway has a different vibe and isn't as insular/inferior as other counties, especially inland ones. Its a great spot in my opinion, good city, connemara, gateway to the west etc. No wonder the lads are sound.
    Oh Galway is definitly different compared to the Inland counties, I have family in Tipp, Meath and well we compare very favorably to them. The thing about Galway is in the summer season from April/August its a great spot, well from Galway city and west due to tourism being a huge factor. However the dead season is DEAD, the lads all go back to college, the tourist are gone so your basically left with 3 guys in each pub. Galway City however is a great spot year long.


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