Does anyone else not like Dublin?

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First time in Dublin over the weekend and didn't get the hype
Really expensive (2 drinks 25 euro )
Some places in the city centre quite smelly /dirty
Some people rude especially on busses
I was paying my fare and they just pushed past me to tap the pass
I just don't get the hype of it

But I've heard of it happening before.

Always in England/Roi/Northern Ireland where there is so much history and tensions.

You can take one wrong turn into a house party where you are not welcomed.

My friend from ROI was invited to a party in N.I. When he got to the party that he had been invited to , there were several young man there who apparently hated people from the ROI and told him so. They punched him, he told me he was afraid for his life. He had to run out of the house. And that was somewhere he had been invited to. Even if you are invited by one person, you don't know what the other people will be like till you get there.

Nothing else to it? Bought the duty free on the ferry on the way over and got a taxi to the party.

How do you meet so many discriminated-against men @Mooshamoo?

Were you introduced to the other guests? Maybe they thought you'd gatecrashed.

I don't love it. Feel guilty to say it (as Irish) but it's a bit boring. Few places good for families: the Zoo, Phoenix Park on a nice day, but these aren't really city experiences. It's really hard to visit on a budget and have a nice day, there isn't much pedestrianised so it's all navigating buses and cars...I like the galleries but there is only so long you can spend in a gallery!

I have a feeling they might have thought you were gatecrashing too @Rogerstreasures.
It does seem a bit of a random invitation to accept, given that you weren't invited by either the hosts or their daughter and it appears the party was in their home.
Were you staying elsewhere or did they put you up too?

It was their daughter that invited us with the blessing of her parents. She introduced us as soon as we arrived. Wandered out to the garden eventually to find somewhere to sit down. That’s it all the facts, nothing else.

That's different from your first post.

Ok, sorry @Rogerstreasures , your earlier post implied it was the boyfriend who invited you. Did you stay with them or just attend the party?

@Rogerstreasures did you say you were in Southern Ireland?? That's a one way ticket to trouble

No, she already said earlier in this post that it was the daughter that invited her.

We were in Dublin, stayed that night and left first thing in the morning. Said goodbye to parents, friend and his girlfriend. No offer of any breakfast or a drink. Got the hell out of there.

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*Been 5 times (not actively chosen to go since the first). Each time I found people really rude and apart from drinking not much to do.

It’s the worst city break I’ve been on.*

Exactly me although fortunately just three times. I can't take to it at all. Expensive, grimy, unattractive and unfriendly. Like a crap regional UK city but pricier.

I met a really rude bunch of people in London once. I just assumed they were a really rude bunch of people, not that London and Londeners in general are threatening and unfriendly.

@Beverlysparty - exactly. Rude people everywhere. I think Dublin is getting a really hard time on this thread

If you are English possibly anti-English sentiment? I'm from NI my ex-husband is English and his mates and him were in a bar in a Republican area and his friend felt just like you.

I think the whole of Ireland is.

If that's the case then this couple obviously stumbled on a weird, ultra republican family who won't have anything to do with English people. I'm sure there are some such idiots, still stuck in the past, dotted around here and there. But they are rare and not representative of Irish people in general. I know lots of English people who have made a home here, or holiday here regularly, and they have never experienced this shit. I also don't know anyone, amongst my friends and family, who carry on like that.
I'm sure there are anti Irish people in all cities in England. But I am also sure they are a very small minority and I wouldn't tarnish a whole country because of them.

@Rogerstreasures met some weird unfriendly people but there's nothing to say it's because she's English.

But @Beverlysparty if they hated English people why would they invite them to their party?

Me too. I freely admit the city centre part of Dublin has seen better days and has lost a lot of its charm and character. I also agree it is ridiculously expensive, and eating and drinking out cost a fortune. I also agree that Dublin has it's fair share of rude people but no more or less than any city.

But this talk of Dublin being full of people muttering malevolently anytime they hear an English accent, and glaring at anyone from the UK is ridiculous. I know it's only a couple of people peddling this stuff but it's so insulting and sweeping. I have sometimes been mistaken as British is European countries and then received a much warmer reception when they realise I'm Irish. You will find anti British people everywhere, but they're small in number and getting smaller every year as historical animosities fade into the background.