Thank You Ireland

[Graham]

Thanks for being such nice hosts. Lovely coastlines and friendly people.

[McCauley]

What parts did you visit?

[Graham]

What parts did you visit?

Was based in Gweedore area on the coast, about as North West Ireland as you can get. Family Friend gave his house for 2 weeks. Went to Arranmore. Down to Westport, County Mayo..

[armenianbodyhair]

Yeah the Irish are the nicest people on Earth. I would love to visit again.

[Graham]

[Graham]

Would have to click to zoom.

[arcticwolf]

It's pretty, and picturesque, but not many trees.

[Catkin]

It looks beautiful, and very much an Atlantic coastline. I'm in Cornwall at the moment and can see similarities- even the seals . I love the white houses randomly dotted about in the pictures. Did you find the area generally to be similar to Scotland? Did it feel somewhat like being at places at home?

[Graham]

It looks beautiful, and very much an Atlantic coastline. I'm in Cornwall at the moment and can see similarities- even the seals . I love the white houses randomly dotted about in the pictures. Did you find the area generally to be similar to Scotland? Did it feel somewhat like being at places at home?

Donegal felt like the Western Isles, the peatland to the poor agricultural land and hills. The accent sounds familiar too. The more soft spoken Ulster accents sound similar to the soft spoken Scots accents. It still feels like Scotland to be honest. Pubs with Celtic flags. People buying Scottish newspapers. It feels like you enter Ireland at connaught. The accent becomes more Irish.

Differences though. Not Leinster, Munster etc.. never went.

Infrastructure -- We have better infrastructure in Britain. Very bumpy windy roads in Ireland, not much railway. a bit behind in the regard.
Land equality - The land isn't taken up by rich land lords like Scotland . They can progress in life and buy a plot of land to pass on to children etc.. we are stuck in a class bubble in Britain that Ireland got out of!
Property crash -- You can see the boom and bust. Never seen so many large houses, but you can't tell which ones are empty or not. No jobs going in the construction sector for sure. The building laws are extremely laid back here. In both a good way and bad.
Gaelic football -- You don't see many Tri-colour Irish flags. It's all county flags supporting the local football team, a big part of culture. Even the registration plates have the county codes on them.

[Graham]

It's pretty, and picturesque, but not many trees.

There's not much colourful plants either. You can see why it's called the Emerald Isles. Everything green.