To ask about plug adapters Ireland

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Are the Irish adapters/plugs the same as England? They were but now Ireland is part of Europe I wasn't sure

Lol. yes the same. Ireland has been part of the EU for many years.

No Ireland was really sensible and didn't spend the money replacing every single socket when the change happened

They are the same as ours.

Ireland has been part of the EU for decades.

The plugs are the same as the UK.

No OP, they’re trying to mess with you. Ireland decided to change its system to the same as Eastern Europe - every household, office building, all public buildings changed but you may find an older pub or two might still have the British style sockets.
Except Galway. There are so many Americans visiting there that they’ve change everything to US style plugs.

Ireland's been part of EU since 1973

Not related to being in the EU as UK & Ireland gave different plugs to rest of Europe anyway

I'm Irish, we only use the European sockets on Thursdays and Fridays and the American ones on Saturdays and Sundays. We have the busiest electricians in the world!

(They're the same as the UK).

The difference in plug sockets in the Republic of Ireland and the North is one of the main barriers to a united Ireland 😜

Changing to driving on the right was a bit chaotic at the border there for a while, but the accident rate does seem to be falling now.

"Now" part of Europe? Do you think Ireland only joined the EU after the UK left or something?

The U.K. plugs in the North are easy to spot, they’re painted with wee union jacks… the places usu ing the same Eastern European ones as down south are green. You’re welcome.

Ah sorry OP, we give people a hard enough time (deservedly so) when they don't realise that Ireland isn't part of the UK, and then you come along and fully respect our independence and we do the same. We're a contrary bunch.

All UK electrical items will work in Ireland without any adaptors.

I can't think of anything amusing to say about this but OP here's more about plug socket types than you'll ever want to know.

https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/spread-plug-types-map/

That site has made me never want to go to North America or Denmark because I don't think I could cope with the little faces that their plug sockets resemble.

@CelesteCunningham they really did this in Sweden in 1967. The results were interesting in the early days

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H#:~:text='the%20right%2Dhand%20traffic%20reorganisation,logistical%20event%20in%20Sweden's%20history.

I know! My dad was actually there the night they made the switch, that's what prompted the joke really.

Can you even imagine doing this with modern traffic levels.

They have three pin sockets in St Kitt's zone Nevis, as well as Ireland.

Once again, some people have never heard of Google....

Ah lads stop with the lies.

OP when we get electricity into Ireland we will of course think of our neighbours and try match our plugs to theirs. We are currently working on putting flushing toilets into our homes so just one thing at a time.

Think I'll stick with the paraffin lamps. You can just bring them with you when you need to go to the outhouse at night.

They ward off evil spirits too.

Leprechauns are bitey cunts if you step on them. Scars on my legs to prove it.

Please don't step on them, they are a protected species under EU law and their mammies get very cross when you hurt them.

You need to watch out for the fairy rings too, can be hard to see in the dark. You honestly don’t need the bad luck that can befall you if you accidentally squish a fairy. Teeth like piranhas for starters…

OP, I prefer to take my own bucket for the water pump when we visit. Those fold down ones you can get for camping flatten into a suitcase lovely, so they do.

When we joined the European Community in 1973 we were able to keep our 3-pin plugs. However, when it became the EU in 1993, we all changed our electrical outlets to match those on mainland Europe. I don't know if you're in the UK or not, but if you are you have presumably done the same as the UK was also in the EU. However, post Brexit the UK went back to 3-pin. It's a total pain on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland as there are some buildings that straddle the border and they have rooms with different types of outlets.

I don't know if you're in the UK or not, but if you are you have presumably done the same as the UK was also in the EU

What they're now doing in the UK is changing people's plugs according to how they voted in the referendum.

If you voted remain, a crack team of Polish and Romanian electricians come into your house overnight and swap all your plug sockets over to European ones and change your appliances to state of the art German ones with European plugs.

If you voted leave, Wetherspoon's team of in-house electricians will come and remove all electrical services from your home so you will be required to seek all sustenance and entertainment from Tim Martin's fine local establishments, with none of that foreign muck of course.

Of course it takes time to check how everyone voted and get round to sorting this, but they are going as fast as they can.