Hi, I’ve read on a couple of posts recently about an anti English sentiment in some areas of the ROI. Before moving here I was secretly worried about this. I come from a big Irish family in the UK, my parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents all Irish, so I was brought up to believe I was Irish. But I knew that not everyone in Ireland would feel that way. My DF was from a very anti English town, after an incident in the 70s when he had taken my Nan home to bury her sister his life was threatened by some very dangerous men, for no other reason that when they over heard him talking they didn’t hear the Irish accent he’d received abuse for in England, his accent was too English for their liking. Some of his cousins stuck him out of Ireland that night and got my Nan out the next day. That was the last time he or any of his family went home until he was terminally ill a few years ago.
When my DH was offered a job here I was worried about this, my parents grew up being bullied and abused for having an Irish accent in England, even as adults and I didn’t want the same happening to my children having an English accent in Ireland. Since moving here though I’ve been very relieved as I’ve not come across anything like this at all. My children absolutely love school and have been very welcomed, the same with any clubs I’ve signed them up for, which is all I cared about.
However, we may need to move out of the area we have settled in as it’s really hard to find houses in our price bracket. I wasnt worried about moving until I read other peoples posts on their experiences of being English in Ireland. Now I’m worried that we could move to an area that’s not as welcoming.
So the purpose of my post is to ask of those who do live in areas that you have have had problems, would you be willing to share those areas?