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Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Anyone from Ireland here? Its just ive never met an Irish OSC fan. On second thought ive never met any OSC fan.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
Jebus is Irish, but it's questionable whether you'd want to meet him. He can be cranky... [Razz]
(Just kidding, Jebus. [Smile] But not really.)

I've thought about moving to Ireland for the next year or so, and my great great grandfather was an Irish shoemaker. Does that count?
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Dont come to ireland its so boring!!! half the people here are trying to find a way out.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
Don't tell me that - I've been dreaming of it since I was 6! Well, I've decided on the Canadian East Coast for now instead anyway. Easier to plan in a hurry, not needing a work visa and so forth. I have some friends in Newry and Dublin there though, that I need to visit one of these days.
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
well as long as you go to dublin youre probly ok just dont go any where else. not that theres many places to go or anything
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
Ah! Top of tha mornin' to ya! I'm Irish too! Me great grandfather was St. Patrick himself! I like the colour green, how abouts yerself?
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Where ya from in ireland???
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
Oh, I hail from the good al' Baile Atha Cliath, myself. Tis a good place, tis dat.
 
Posted by LordKaosnix (Member # 8458) on :
 
Anybody been anywere in Wexford ive always wanted to visit that region of Ireland especially, being the great lover of seafood as I am.

Though I suppose Id like to visit anypart of Ireland.
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
Ah Wexford - the Gard'n a' Eire! Oh shite, that's Wicklow.

Feckin' counties, they can feck off.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
I want to go to the Gaeltacht. I also want to find a good Irish teacher here before I go because learning it from books is so bloody hard, but I can't have everything, it seems.
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
If I had to pick an Irish city to live in, I'd go for Galway.
 
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
 
I would be torn between Galway and Waterford, I think. I really loved them both. Didn't really care for Dublin and Belfast so much.

Ni!
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Wexford is great crack. beaches are perfect and theres absolutly no rubbish or pollution.
 
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
 
wooow WOW [Eek!] AMAZING I wish I had that kind of accent but no! I'm a cunuck.
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Almost no Irish people talk like they do in the films. Theres no "top o the mornin" or anything. I hate the stereotypical view of Irish people. It would be like the whole world thinking that every household in America was the Bradys.
 
Posted by Pelegius (Member # 7868) on :
 
Damien.m I've been to Ireland often, it is not really boring at all, espc. not Dublin, unless you mean Limerick.
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
quote:
Almost no Irish people talk like they do in the films. Theres no "top o the mornin" or anything. I hate the stereotypical view of Irish people. It would be like the whole world thinking that every household in America was the Bradys.
Stop your fibbin'!

Aren't I after speaking just like it? Now, give us a hand giving out these pots of gold!
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Its people like you who give Ireand a bad name jebus.
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
Some leprechaun you are!
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
And i thought Astaril was joking saying you were cranky.
 
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
She wasn't joking, she just misspoke. I'm pretty sure she meant crazy. [Wink]

Welcome to Hatrack, Damien.m.
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Thanks. From what ive see it could be cranky or crazy!
 
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
 
What is Ireland gonna be like without random acts of seperatist terrorism?
 
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
 
Awesome. We're gonna party all day, every day.
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
He's only cranky because someone's stolen his gold. [Wink]
 
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
 
All my trips to Ireland have begun and ended in Limerick. It's not boring at all. The hotel where I stay has added WiFi sometime during the last six months, and I made good use of it last week.

The folks in Limerick warned me to stay away from Dublin. They say the streets are too congested.

I've been to Kerry, Cork, Killarney, and Galway, but my favorite so far is Connemara. Nothing to do out there, but the scenery is fantastic. I love the smell of burning peat.

I found a place that makes awesome onion rings on my last trip. Now all I need is to find a good pizzaria.

I always see a lot of children in Limerick, something I don't see much in the States.
 
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
 
I'm just come back from Ireland. I LOVE this island ! So Beautiful, ever green, and with so friendly people. I was very welcome here.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
No, I wasn't joking. Hence the "but not really" up there...

Choobak, I'm glad you had fun! Where did you go?

I think actually if I could only go one place in Ireland, it would have to be ye olde Teamhair, seat of high kings, and high places in my imagination. I'm an archaeologist. Ruins are all I need.
 
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
I thought it was because they're always after his lucky charms.
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
quote:

I'm an archaeologist. Ruins are all I need.

I know too many archaeologists. You also need buffalo wings.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
Ah, but I'm a vegan archaeologist. We're a rare breed. Hmm. Though, I could use the muskox bones I've got and carve a wing from one of them. Would a muskox wing suffice, do you think? A muskox wing would have to be awfully big though.

What I actually *do* need is one o' them Indiana Jones hats. I mean I've got my beat-up trowel, and my obligatory bits of old pottery and a stone tool I made myself. The hat is really all I'm missing now.
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
*whispers* Bullwhip. Don't forget the bullwhip.
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
Maybe I just think Ireland is boring because i spend most of the year in a small town with only a few thousand people.
 
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
Oh, well, I simply figured that one's so obvious it needn't be stated. I mean, honestly, who here *doesn't* have a bullwhip, archaeologist or no? It's just only the archaeologists know how to use it properly, is all. There's a course we all take in university. Daredevil Bullwhipping 101. Fun course, but they do make you sign that pesky waiver...

Edit: Damien, that might be some of it. Familiarity breeds boredom. I'd certainly have said that my whole region of Ontario was boring when I was still there, having grown up in the town of 1000 people that was the "big town" in the county. Now it turns out everyone wants to go there for vacations because you can't go hiking and skiing and lakeside-cottage-ing in the city! Who knew?
 
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
 
quote:
Its people like you who give Ireand a bad name jebus.
I love that it took you under 18 hours to figure this out! [Smile]
 
Posted by Damien.m (Member # 8462) on :
 
What can I say???
 
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
 
and here I thought I was the only Irish on the board...

We just got back from a trip in June, and it was the hubby's first time. It was WONDERFUL. He took over 900 pictures in 10 days. We would move over there in a heartbeat. Small towns, in the cities, it's all great. I have family in Galway, Westport, Dublin proper and north and south of Dublin. (Aunts, uncles, cousins. Mom's from Dublin) Of course, I'd love to live in the West. The Burren is magical. The Aran Islands would be great, but I doubt they need my administrative skills! I could drive a buggy, maybe.

If you're bored, or you don't like it, then you have missed the spirit of the island and the people completely. The history alone is enough to keep me fascinated for a lifetime. The people by and large are fantastic. The scenery is breathtaking. The drivers are insane [Wink] and we can't get back soon enough. The hubby and I really would move over in a heartbeat.

oh, and for what it's worth, my RL name is Sorcha and my b-day is March 17th. I'm a 1st generation American on my mom's side and an 8th generation Texan on my Dad's side - 4th generation Houstonian. Howzat for Irish-Texan?? [Cool]
 


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