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I've never been to Northern Ireland.

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  • #32
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,570 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Joe Duffy.. wrote: »
    ****e beer- Tennants and Harp.
    Every town looks the same.
    Everyone has terrible tattoos.
    Terrible accents.
    Everyone has a massive chip on their shoulder.

    Harp is a fine beverage. :cool:


  • #33
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    Joe Duffy.. wrote: »
    ****e beer- Tennants and Harp.
    Every town looks the same.
    Everyone has terrible tattoos.
    Terrible accents.
    Everyone has a massive chip on their shoulder.

    So it's sort of like England?

    I'm contemplating a trip to Belfast before the end of the summer... is it worth it?


  • #34
    Tail Docker
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    FearDark wrote: »
    So it's sort of like England?

    I'm contemplating a trip to Belfast before the end of the summer... is it worth it?

    It's nice around christmass, the market etc etc. Plus the cold keeps the numpties indoors a bit more.


  • #35
    Joe prim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Joe prim


    I've been to Northern ireland, but I've never been to me!


  • #36
    The Backwards Man
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    The North is home to some of the nicest people and scenery in Europe, never mind Ireland. But people only see what they want to see, and hear what they want to hear.


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  • #37
    anncoates
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    Most southern Irish people are either ignorant about the North or afraid of it but I've had some great times up there down the years


  • #38
    Grayditch
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    The North is home to some of the nicest people and scenery in Europe, never mind Ireland. But people only see what they want to see, and hear what they want to hear.

    But they're ALL you can hear.


  • #39
    Lenin Skynard
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    I've never been to South-Eastern Ireland.

    Are those Blaa thingies any good? Is Carlow mad craic like? What about those Wexford women?


  • #40
    The Backwards Man
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    Grayditch wrote: »
    But they're ALL you can hear.
    Then you must have very selective hearing, or you don't move around very much.


  • #41
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    I don't know why people hate Leitrim so much, must be from watching the Den when they were younger.

    Cavan isn't half bad from what people tell me, but if the rest of Monaghan is as depressing as Monaghan town bus station then it's a serious contender for being as dull as any Norn Irish county

    Havnt seen the Monahan Bus station but the Drogheda one is as miserable Cavan synagogue , I'm pretty certain theres a bus that goes to North Korea from there.


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  • #42
    porsche959
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    FearDark wrote: »
    What's it like?

    Basically the same except with more flags. Or FLEGS as they pronounce the word.


  • #43
    Grayditch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    "Fleg" isn't even how a Northern Irish person would pronounce "flag". Phonetically, like. Surely it would be "Flaaahg".


  • #44
    Ditch
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    FearDark wrote: »
    I'm contemplating a trip to Belfast before the end of the summer... is it worth it?

    Better off in Letrim ;)

    I had to go up there a month ago. Buy something. Bloke wanted paying in £'s. I went onto a small supermarket, to get their money out of the machine ~ and yes; The music Did stop and everyone turned and stared at me.

    Two £20.00 notes it was. I thought it was toy money and he'd never accept it!

    Anyway, yeah, I hate it! Second time I've ever been over the border. Never relax till I'm safely back south.


  • #45
    anncoates
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    Grayditch wrote: »
    "Fleg" isn't even how a Northern Irish person would pronounce "flag". Phonetically, like. Surely it would be "Flaaahg".

    Fleg is actually how it does sound in a really Belfast accent.


  • #46
    Zaph
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    awec wrote: »
    Harp is a fine beverage. :cool:

    I'd hesitate to even call it a beverage, never mind a fine one.


  • #47
    Holsten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    Generally very nice.

    Love Belfast, fantastic city.

    Parts can be very gloomy though.


  • #48
    Madam
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Most southern Irish people are either ignorant about the North or afraid of it but I've had some great times up there down the years

    Would that include us not from 'southern' Ireland? :D


  • #49
    efb
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    I went to Norn Iron three times

    Once for Belfast Pride - Crazy taxi driver telling me he loved the gays cos it meant more pussy for him...
    Once for Kylie concert... in and out as quick as I could
    Once driving to Larne to go to Scotland rugby match

    Jesus they love flegs, and we went on a tour and we saw murals and peace walls....

    I have no desire to return.


  • #50
    The Backwards Man
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Fleg is actually how it does sound in a really Belfast accent.
    Head out Holywood/Bangor way they pronounce it 'standard' or 'pennon' :pac:


  • #51
    FairytaleGirl
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    I think some people need clarification ... Belfast does not take up the whole of the north ...


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  • #52
    Me_Grapes
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    Belfast and Derry are beautiful cities. Scenery is absolutely stunning, giants causeway etc.

    As far as the people go, they couldvery well be the most friendly people on planet earth, but in every dealing I've had with a nordie, I've felt that deep down a part of them wanted me dead. Maybe it's just the ones I know, but I think it's the directness of their personalities, coupled with the harshness of the accent.


  • #53
    Joe Duffy..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭Joe Duffy..


    FairytaleGirl wrote: »
    I think some people need clarification ... Belfast does not take up the whole of the north ...

    Who said it did?


  • #54
    afro man
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    FearDark wrote: »
    So it's sort of like England?

    I'm contemplating a trip to Belfast before the end of the summer... is it worth it?

    yes well worth it plenty to do in Belfast for overnight or weekend trip , great shopping / plenty of pubs / sightseeing etc friendly enough city once you get used to the strong accents , just avoid it for the week leading up to and after the 12th of july old tensions tend to surface in places


  • #55
    anncoates
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    Ditch wrote: »
    Two £20.00 notes it was. I thought it was toy money and he'd never accept it!.

    You thought somebody from the north wouldn't accept northern Ireland sterling on the basis of it being toy money?


  • #56
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,308 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Try driving along the Antrim coast, Cushendall, Cushendun etc. Serious scenery. Glens of Antrim excellent as well; with kids, great little villages and campsites etc down the "Gold coast" Bangor, Holywood, Millisle and so on. Belfast is tiny really, size of Galway perhaps, and easy to get around on foot. Don't try persuading Taxi Drivers or blokes in Pubs that you have the solution to all their political problems. Don't go on a Sunday and expect the shops and so on to be open, in general they won't be.


  • #57
    Basil Fawlty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭Basil Fawlty


    With the exception of the obvious things like yellow number plates red pillar boxes and the pound there is little to set it apart from Ireland. Your perceptions of the place before you go will greatly affect your experience.

    I hadn't been up there till about 6 or 7 years ago, despite one of my best friends being from there. The first few times I went up there I had the notion that because I was from "down south" I wouldn't be welcome. I couldn't have been more wrong. The ordinary decent people who are in the majority don't care about things like that.

    I would agree that it seems better run on a local level, eg. roads, signage etc. not perfect just a little better. I would agree that staff in shops are a little friendlier, but that could be just my perception as I want to give them all the benefit of the doubt.

    Im not a fan of the countryside and I dont like Cork so Belfast is a nice break on the island from Dublin.


  • #58
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Can't be all that bad since Apple decided to open the only Apple Store in Ireland in Belfast over Dublin.


  • #59
    Cienciano
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    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    I've never been to South-Eastern Ireland.

    Are those Blaa thingies any good? Is Carlow mad craic like? What about those Wexford women?

    Bagenalstown is the party capital of Europe


  • #60
    slimjimmc
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    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    I don't know why people hate Leitrim so much, must be from watching the Den when they were younger.

    Cavan isn't half bad from what people tell me, but if the rest of Monaghan is as depressing as Monaghan town bus station then it's a serious contender for being as dull as any Norn Irish county
    LOL. If the rest of Monaghan was also owned by CIE it would be indeed, but thankfully it's not.
    OP break yourself in gently, visit a few border towns and villages. In many cases you wouldn't realise you crossed the line other a few clues such as different road markings and speed limits, red postboxes, and cheaper booze. Many shops and pubs in border villages will snatch €uros from your hand every bit a quickly as pounds.


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  • #61
    porsche959
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    Me_Grapes wrote: »
    As far as the people go, they couldvery well be the most friendly people on planet earth, but in every dealing I've had with a nordie, I've felt that deep down a part of them wanted me dead. Maybe it's just the ones I know, but I think it's the directness of their personalities, coupled with the harshness of the accent.

    In my experience, some Derry people have soft accents, like a Donegal accent. Personalities still pretty direct though!


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