Question About Southern Ireland..........

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Haloo.Just wanted some opinions fro people who have moved to Ireland to live and of course fom people who are Irish and have lived,do still live here.Opinions on the Politics,Laws,Education,Work etc.
I moved here from the UK and although i used to visit lots to see family I find living here extremely difficult in many ways.Just wondered how others have found it.Thanks in advance

Another X post Clementine! Sorry. I think you are spot on. I would ideally live near my mum who is in Limerick but I would prefer not to live in Limerick city, so probably Co.Clare somewhere.

When I was in Ireland we lived in Galway first, then Limerick. I much preferred Galway but as I said, being near my mum would be a great advantage

With the new road between Ennis and LImerick, Galway is no distance from Limerick now.

Actually that's true. We did it in an hour in the summer....

See, Skerry, I'd love to be sitting in a small anonymous village in the West of Ireland for an hour... pure bliss.

I do think that even the difference from West/South to the North of Ireland is remarkable. In the South/West of Ireland life is at a much slower pace. I remember going to Westport a few years ago & really really not believing how slow & sedate people were. There was no rush in pubs.. no hurry to eat & let the next squad of people have your table.

They even serve tea & coffee in pubs in the South!!!!!! Virtually unheard of in the North!!

I had lunch in a bar today with a friend by a big turf fire and it was just so good.

No hurry, laid back, just a lovely atmosphere.

I love living here

Where all the women called colleens?

Funnily enough....

I love co. Clare. I have a child here today whose parents have gone to England, her granny is flying in to stay with her for a few days. I realised a while ago I have no idea when granny arrives - not really south of England stuff!

So, where do you live Tnogu? If it's not too forward to ask you that......

Sounds like heaven to me

stleger, I also love Co. Clare, and Kerry. Kerry people must be the friendliest and most gentle people I have ever met

Well, that's how they appeared to me! Maybe they were all plotting murders in private, but they seemed very gentle indeed!!

Haha! I never heard that one. Very funny. Of course there is the old Kerryman joke about them being thick, but I don't buy that myself. Some of the world's best writers are from Kerry aren't they?

sKerryMum, I walked into a knitwear/general tourist trap shop in Sneem once just as a coach load of Americans were walking out and the shop assistant actually said "Top of the morning" to me. I PMSL.

Are you near Sneem btw? We used to holiday on an island near there all through my childhood, but the family sold it about 15 years ago. I do miss it, it was so beautiful, although it would be a bit of a pain to get to from London.

Kerry, do you get called a 'Yank'?

I remember when as a kid we used to get the 'yank' relatives over for a visit. They were a 'yank' even if they were from Canada! On one memorable occassion a couple of these yanks called in on their way to Shannon and as luck would have it I decided to knock a whole bottle of Poitin over the woman.

It was always so exciting and fabulous to get a visit from the 'yanks'.

I meant that btw. I thought Americia seemed so exciting on TV compared to rural Ireland.