Is Ireland backpacker friendly to young English travellers?

Question

Where is best for seeing 'old' Ireland? And what would be the best direction to head in for a tase of real rural life?

Thanks

Answer 1

99% of it is very friendly.  They rely on tourism a lot..

There may be the odd rural enclave that still saddles the English with the guilt of the famine.  They will just not be welcoming, nor will they refuse your money.  Just don't be surprised whe people swithch to Gaelic in your presence.

Answer 2

Go to the west Cork, Kerry and Galway, stay out of the main cities and try head for remote villages. Yes I hope they will be friendly to English backpackers (I'm irish) though once you are in the west they treat dubliners and foreigners all alike! Some town I recommend are Clonakilty, Kenmare, Kinsale ..... have a lovely trip.

Answer 3

Very much so, I have traveled all over Ireland and EVERYONE was very very nice and willing to help!

Answer 4

a cead mile failte will be afforded to you.It is now a  multi cultural land .The best place to go would be to West Cork /Ring of Kerry for sights.If it is crack  (Fun ) agus ceoil (song ) Keep out of the main Cities and go rural .In the summer months West Cork is buzzing.But it can be very quiet in the winter.In schull you have the yachting faternity mixing with the locals .What a combination.

Food can be expensive in restaurants,so get pub grub which is reasonable.best time to go would be Aug /Sept when it will be quietening down.a word of advise as with all backpackers travel in pairs as in all countries. Have fun if you decide to go.

Answer 5

Hello James,

          you must head out west to Galway, and its Connemara region, especially Letterfrack, to Clifden, WoW! this area is a must and plenty of places to stay over and eat and enjoy the sights, sounds and life there abouts, Irish is a very common language there, but they mostly do speak English too. If you are friendly to those people, they are going to be friendly right back, and the Criac ( fun and music) is almost on tap, just turn it on with the rest. at Clifden you are on the coast and the water you see is the Atlantic, and if you look out across it wave at New York and Boston, there are a lot of Irish people there too...

         Buy yourself a local guide and follow the advice contained in it, a few miles from Letterfrack is a place called Kylemore Abbey, and it is rife with tourists, and will povide a lot of all you need for reasonable prices, transport and passing motorists is plentiful, and hitching a ride won't cost you a cent. I do hope you have fun and a very exciting holiday. If you manage to get to Gort in south County Galway, call in to see my folks and tell them I am alright in England and I will be home in early August for the Galway Races...... Bye for now,............Tony M

Answer 6

NAW there is no olde ireland left its all motorways and graft and greed

Answer 7

Read Mr Darcy's Question about Prince Harry I think you will find the answer is no!!!!

Seriously I have always wanted to go to Ireland and after reading the reactions on there I don't think I will scared for my life they proper hate English!