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

HTH

Does your country share a land border with France, Bluth?

Terf - you’re talking about Northern Ireland. Which is part of the U.K. Not the Republic of Ireland. Which is a whole separate country. (It’s only been a century or so, I know, it’s hard to keep up.) I would dearly love to read a thread in which someone from RoI claimed to be English. Please point me towards it!

I had no idea using Eire could be considered offensive. I sometimes do when addressing mail.

I consider myself reasonably aware of Irish history and am married to an Irishman who has never commented. Every day is a school day.

I'm well aware of the issues around referring to the Republic as "Southern Ireland" though and when I saw the OP I knew this would turn into a bun fight.

No, but I live 82 miles from the closest bit of France with a tiny bit of sea between us and 492 miles from Ireland. France is closer by a long way. People on this thread are getting upset by sweeping statements, Ireland is a very long way from where many people in the UK live.

Well every days a school day.

My DH is Irish I’ve visited Ireland twice a year for the last 10 years and I’ve only just discovered (through asking him about this thread!) that Eire isn’t pronounced like I thought it was...

FWIW he says S. Ireland isn’t offensive to him so much as just wrong (unless you are talking about say, co. Cork).

Education on Ireland is woefully bad in the UK, I consider myself reasonably well educated and since knowing DH I have read more widely about Irish/British history —and been dragged round the odd museum— but I must confess I still have huge gaping holes in my knowledge.

If the OP meant no offence which it looks like she didn’t perhaps she could be cut some slack?

OP probably found the ATM in the pub and all is good now. Feck the charges, give me another Guinness thanks.

There is honestly no Guinness like an Irish Guinness. Believe me. A meal in a glass. Must be the water source or something!

goodgirls nope you're completely right, I've never read any threads where residents of Ireland (North or South) argue about anything. I was clearly lying in order to wind you up. Excuse me for not living on that island and not understanding all the intricacies and trying to educate myself. I'm not English either but if it makes you feel better you can pretend I am and wind yourself up about how awful we all are. Ok?

Most people have heard of Northern Ireland so as to explain that they are not in or do not mean Northern Ireland they just say Southern Ireland because they don't know how else to explain it

Er..... Just say Ireland?

It's kinda wierd the lengths people go to keep saying Southern Ireland. It's like, just say Ireland and leave it at that, yeah? It's the name of the country? Why not use it?

So wierd......

I always enjoy these threads. Very entertaining to see non-Irish people trying to tell Irish people that actually they're correct in how they refer to the country and the Irish are wrong to pull them up on it. They usually don't live here or have much of a connection to here, but of course they just know better, innit.

Tbf this thread is much better on that front than others have been!

Judging by the ahem, Brexit vote I doubt many realised that Northern Ireland was in fact a part of the UK at all.

No wonder these people are confused about "Erra", and all the rest of it.

To me it is Ireland. Northern Ireland is in the UK. End of story. Simples.

See y'all on the other side of the crash out. How's the prepping going anyway.

Are you embarrassed about your ignorance Bluth ? Don’t worry, it can be sorted pretty easily now you’re aware of it. Feel free to ask if you need any help !

Well according to sky news, the pope arrived in Dublin, England today.

Oh god. We've just been to Ireland for our family holiday (staying with a cousin who has an organic farm) and I went to great lengths to explain to the children that they should never, ever refer to it as Southern Ireland, that it was Ireland or the Republic or Ireland and that it was an entirely separate country to Northern Ireland. I explained about the latter being part of the UK while the former was connected by land but definitely not part of the UK.

I also said they could call it Éire

Oh no. Oh god. I got it wrong

I'm Irish and the OP triggered nothing in me when she said s.ireland.
So obvious what she meanT good grief.

God, almost as annoying as English on MN thinking Ireland is a complete backwater are southerners on MN getting their knickers in a twist about Southern Ireland...

I thought that was funny the headline ''pope in England''.

I was so annoyed earlier, there was no information on the bus app because of the effing pope.

Excuse me for not living on that island and not understanding all the intricacies and trying to educate myself

Try harder.

Most people have heard of Northern Ireland so as to explain that they are not in or do not mean Northern Ireland they just say Southern Ireland because they don't know how else to explain it

They don't know how to explain they mean the country called Ireland? Pro-tip; call it Ireland. See how easy that is.

It's not even a problem that you don't know and get it wrong, its a problem that you refuse to change it when people from there tell you its wrong.

nope you're completely right, I've never read any threads where residents of Ireland (North or South) argue about anything. I was clearly lying in order to wind you up

you just did it again. North or South? STOP IT.

To answer a PP, I am Welsh..... call it Wales, Cymru, The Land Of The Singing Cave People.... I really don't mind.
we are better than you all so no shits given
😁

I was born in Cork and there is a history of the English using the term term Eire derogatory fashion, Just like a word used to mean simply Black but is deeply offensive because it was used in a derogatory way (just in case people don't know the word i mean it begins with N and ends in R and no i am not going to type it).

Ireland (or the Republic of Ireland if you are from Northern Ireland).

Did you come to see the Pope? He's here this weekend.

goodgirls, many people do use North and South. Ireland can equally refer to Northern Ireland (it being on the island of Ireland,and being encompassed in the country that was named Ireland in the Constitution), and so often a qualifier is needed in conversation to make it clear which part you’re referring to. And there are very many people in NI who would not be happy to be called Northern Irish, you’re demonstrating the same ignorance of your neighbour that you’re accusing Terf of. STOP IT.

No they don't. It doesn't make any sense, parts of Ireland are further north than Northern Ireland. Donegal is not in "the South" of anything.

A qualifier is only needed for NORTHERN Ireland. Otherwise its just Ireland.

as I said, its not offensive to get it wrong. It is offensive to keep insisting you're not wrong when you so clearly are and it has been explained to you why.

Belfast is in Ireland. So, sometimes a qualifier is needed. I find you and people with your attitude offensive to be honest.