In s.Ireland and euros left at home, Best solution ?

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Hi
Through an mistake (ds1 I'm looking at you) I am in s.Ireland with very few euros.

Best way to get some here ?
I've my debit card ,Lloyds, and a credit card.

Cheapest / easiest way to get euors ?
Tia

Hi OP, ignore the daft twats.
Whereabouts are you visiting?
I live down in the bottom SW corner so here's a friendly wave from me.

LesLavandes, just think how many threads there are on here with someone complaining that their family/boss/MIL calls them or their dc by a (first or sur)name they don't choose to go by themselves. They almost always get a YANBU. People tend to feel the same about their country, especially when, as we might say on here, there's a backstory.

I live in a town in the “atm lite Wild West” of Ireland as you call it. Population 2000 people, 4 atms. You maybe shocked but we have electricity and running water too!

Interested in hearing how OP knows the “wild” west is ATM lite when she apparently doesn’t know anything about getting money in Ireland.

Most supermarkets will have an ATM - tescos and supervalu anyway, not sure about Lidl and Aldi.

Oh...and petrol stations.

Although "Supermarket" is a loose term if you are used to Tesco Extras.

Some in small villages are more small corner shop size but might well still have an ATM.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediiumHeight. - I don't understand your comment. Sorry

OP the proper name of the country is Mexico. The people who live there are Mexicans. (a little north-of-the-border joke for you there)

chuffing!

I've been in several pubs in Ireland that have ATMs!

No fruit machines though thank god, perish the thought. I hate them.

No, we abhor fruit machines and will not allow them. Nasty noisy things.

Saints preserve us ......

It is a minefield knowing which words are acceptable depending on the nationality/religion of the person and which part of the island of Ireland you're in!

It really isn't. Theres no arguments about where anywhere is called. There is Ireland, the country that is nothing to do with the UK, and there is Northern Ireland, the part of the Island that is in the UK.
Even the people who would like NI to be in Ireland and not the Uk do understand that it actually is not, and what the country names mean.

This idea that there is some argument about it is offensive, especially from people who think its ok to say Southern Ireland or Eire. Just stop it, its offensive colonial bullshit that makes you look like a complete gombeen.

As for OP, just use any of your damn cards. Tap them on the little machines or stick them in an atm, and watch them magically work just the same as in the UK.

Some seriously arsey replies on this thread. Many from people that failed to read the op properly and have no constructive response
Lloyd's DO charge and their fees are ridiculous. So try to avoid a Lloyd's bank card. One large cash withdrawal is usually best as they charge a transaction fee.
All cards are different though and you should be able to find details online for each card you have.

As for OP, just use any of your damn cards. Tap them on the little machines or stick them in an atm, and watch them magically work just the same as in the UK.

Except they won’t. In the UK the OP will not be charged to use the card. In Ireland, she will. That was what she asked about, which was the best and cheapest way to get cash.

just stop it, its offensive colonial bullshit that makes you look like a complete gombeen

Forgot to mention, if anyone is making themselves look like a complete anything, it’s YOU.

She won't get charged to use her credit card, just the exchange rate.
I move between the UK and Ireland all the time, I use the same card for both. No charges.

But that's not the same for all cards childer

Many credit cards charge a fee of around £3 to withdraw cash from a machine, plus loads the interest rate, plus interest from the day of the transaction.

Debit cards can be even worse. The OP mentions Lloyds, which is described by Moneysavingexpert as a 'card from hell' meaning that the fees are high.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/travel-credit-cards/?&_ga=2.20778616.116667386.1535216463-343500558.1518472322#seven

This says that there's a fee of between £2 and £4.50 on cash withdrawals, a 3% load on the exchange rate and a £1 per transaction fee for purchases. Imagine if she does as she does in the UK and merrily 'taps them on the little machines' for all her purchases, large and small. That could be a hell of a lot of money wasted on bank fees if she doesn't understand what she's doing.

She won't get charged to use her credit card, just the exchange rate.
I move between the UK and Ireland all the time, I use the same card for both. No charges.

I'm not sure why you didn't just say that on your initial reply, rather than make a snoopy comment. After all, it made you look stupid, not the OP

I'm Irish. Have no problem with anyone saying Southern Ireland, the South, free state or Éire mainly because, there's more to bloody life than being a pedantic ass!

toomanychilder I have read loads of threads on MN where people are arguing back and forth about what people call themselves (Irish, Northern Irish, southern Irish, republicans, British, English, etcetc) and the various names for the various places depending on where you live and what religion you are (Derry or Londonderry?) so please don't tell me it's all so easy!!! If the inhabitants don't agree them outsiders have no chance

Agree with Ali and Terf. Toomanychilder needs to wind her neck in.

have read loads of threads on MN where people are arguing back and forth about what people call themselves (Irish, Northern Irish, southern Irish, republicans, British, English, etcetc)

no you haven't. No Irish person ever called themselves English, Northern Irish people call themselves northern Irish, Irish people call themselves Irish. Republicans is a whole different thing that doesn't fit in that list, and southern Ireland means Cork and Kerry.

Isn't it just good manners to use the name of countries that they use and they prefer? Ireland is called Ireland, its really easy.

It’s amazing how ignorant British people can be about our nearest neighbour

It’s not my nearest neighbor, mine is France, by a long way.