Is Ireland Friendly? Aussie wanting to travel. :D?

Question

Hi, I hope you don't find my question too rude :)

I'm from Australia, but my background is Maltese-Irish. I grew up with my Maltese family, but I'd really like to go to Ireland to find about my other side (I suppose since I look so different from my Maltese family - I'm fair-skinned and a red-head to boot - if you know what the maltese look like you know why that is different!! lol ).

I would be travelling by myself and I'm used to how friendly and helpful Australians can be. I would apreciate any travel advice or just anything you can tell me about getting about Ireland. Thank you :D

Answer 1

hi we are friendly, i would reccomend you visit the south of ireland it is beautiful and country people really nice, i am from dublin it is a lovely city but it is too commercialised,

Answer 2

I've been around the globe and I found that the Irish are warm and kind.  I felt very welcomed there.  Be sure to see the Ring of Kerry and have a few pints in Dublin's pubs.

Answer 3

A recent survey (done about 8 or 9 months ago) said Ireland was in the top 10 friendliest countries of the EU!

Answer 4

Well we have that tradition of being friendly,i don't know if we're any more friendly than other countries! but we like the Aussies so that's a good start!

You should check out Dublin,that's the capital city.

You should also see The West-Galway,Sligo,Mayo for a more traditional and cultured experience.and some great pubs!

I'd also check out Cork and Donegal(surfing) for a bit of craic!

Kilkennys full of medieval buildings and stuff!

There's historic buildings and museams on every corner so you'll be fine regarding those! and theres tourist information shops everywhere too

Hope that helps! :)

Answer 5

we're really  friendly!:) you will be able to chat to anyone in pubs over here and there are plenty of tourist attractions to keep ya busy. If ya wander round the pubs in temple bar you'll be fine, and if ya go down to cork or kilkenny as well. Ya might want to travel up north and could go to donegal or belfast.

prob best way to get around is if ya can drive, other than that, bus or train. ya wont need a car in dublin as there are plenty of types of transport: LUAS which is our tram, dublin bus, which goes all over dublin and the dart which is great for getting to the seaside towns in dublin and its a train.

outside of dublin, ya might want a car as trains dont go up to donegal. They do go to cork and kilkenny and all other areas. Buses go everywhere and there are buses that you can get called the aircoaches which are a little bit more comfy than the Bus eireann ones!!!!

It is expensive enough, but you can find great value in some restaurants especailly at lunch time and at about 5pm-7pm when they do early bird deals. Some really good pubs/ places to eat are in temple bar such as the porterhouse and the quays. Porterhouse is bigger than the quays and they brew their own beer etc.

things to pencil in to do are to visit the croke park mueum, which is in our sports stadium and home to the gaa.also the guinness museum. grafton st is great for shopping, as is henry st. grafton st is the more upmarket of the two.

ya could also go and see a match, GAA football or hurling as there will be plenty on at the time.Ya will prob want to drop into trinity college and see the book of kells, and maybe go up to dublin castle.

then if ya go to kilkenny, ya could go to the castle in the town.

donegal, a trip to arainnmhor island would be good as it is quiet but with the best nightlife!!

there are plenty of things to do, and places to go. Just type in things to do in ireland into google!!hope this helps! :)

Answer 6

SUPER friendly people.  You'll love it.

Answer 7

We are very friendly generally.  However, what I find currently is that we have a lot of immigrants who do not speak English very well and so can appear to be rude if you try to ask a question of them.  Most young people go on trips like the Paddy Wagon tour which goes around \Ireland, is specifically aimed at young people and I believe is great 'craic' (fun)_. You could also go youth hostelling and you would meet people that way.  If you have an idea of where in Ireland your family is from I could give you further advice.  The capital city is Dublin and is worth a visit.  Wicklow has gentle scenery and nice hills and low mountains, Kerry has lakes and high mountains, Donegal is more sparsely populated, beautiful if you get nice weather. These are just some examples. If you want to be specific about what you like I can give you more info.  Visit failteireland.ie or discoverireland.ie for more info.

Welcome and enjoy

Answer 8

I went to Ireland for my brother in laws wedding June 2007.  I was there 10 days and it was the best trip of my life.  I cried when I got on the plane home.  Everyone was friendly!!  My husband had to keep an eye on my because there were several times when an Irish lad tried to pick me up - I'm 45, but they thought I was hot.  I can't wait to go back!!  Go IRISH!!!  

As far as travel advice goes there are a ton of rooms for rent or "for let" as they say in Ireland.  People rent rooms out of their homes.  So you could actually be spending evenings with families instead of being alone.  I hope you have fun and be safe.

Answer 9

The Irish are kind, welcoming and lovely to chat with once you get them started! They'll find ways to take care of you if you are in need. I've been to Ireland twice (I'm American, BTW) and have never encountered anything remotely hostile from them. Even the Gardaí are quite polite and helpful.

Answer 10

Having lived in Spain and travelled in Portugal and Ireland, I found the Irish to be the nicest people of the three countries.  The Portuguese were a close second, and the Spanish were also very friendly.  But the Irish went beyond what the Portuguese and the Spaniards did.

And who wouldn't like an Aussie anyway?

Answer 11

We're lovely friendly people, and seeing as half of our twenty something population have spent a year in Australia at this stage we love Aussies!

Answer 12

they are very very friendly people. I was in Dublin for Vacation in the beginning of the year, um not Irish neither European, i found those people very respectful. you wont regret you visit just go there