Is it safe for an English person to visit Ireland?

Question

Will an English person get any abuse, anything like that?

Answer 1

of course.. it's 2008... my best friend from Dublin is a copper in the North of Ireland... you can't get much more s**t than she does!! only joking!! You'll be fine ... I brought my English husband home to a very small town in Ireland and everyone loved him!!

You won't get any abuse

Answer 2

GREAT PLACE NICE PEOPLE IM ENGLISH AND I LOVED THE PLACE

AS  OTHERS SAID THIS IT 2008  REBEL SONGS IN PUBS WHO CARES WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO I SAY

PLENTY OF IRISH PEOPLE HERE IN LONDON NO PROBLEM

Answer 3

Of course it is, the Irish people are very friendly....

Answer 4

Of course it is. It has been for years!

Answer 5

Ireland is a fantastic place, as long as you behave, ie don't go into a Catholic bar singing God Save the Queen, and saying Bobby Sands what a %^%.

Behave normally, treat people how you would wish to be treated and you will be okay.

Answer 6

of course it's safe for god's sake !!! why would they get abused. What kind of outlook do you have on the Irish?

Answer 7

It's safer for an English person to visit this island than it is for an Irish person to visit England.

Answer 8

no you have nothing to worry about

Answer 9

Difference of opinion here.Kieran H says its ok to wear an English footy shirt.Melia says not.Who is right and who is wrong?I normally wear my shirt wherever i go and have no hassle,but do not want to upset the locals or get shot by The Ira just for wearing a shirt.Clarify please.

Answer 10

Well i live down the country in a small  town. You wont get any hassle for being English at all i dont think....We have loads of English tourists visiting in the summer and even a good few living around the place and everyone  gets along fine......Nobody bats an eyelid...

I work with an English guy and he takes his breaks with a matching England mug and bag. He gets slagged but thats it. Its all good natured.

Just dont wear a glasgow rangers shirt.......Thats just asking for it...

Answer 11

Very safe - the Irish are very homely people....and the English are made feel very welcome

Answer 12

Sounds like your looking for a real answer mate, not someone who keeps answering every Irish based question with...it's 2008 blah, blah, blah..modern Ireland..blah, blah! We all know its 2008 but its 2008 in Ballymun, Coolock, Darndale, Kilbarrack and Moyross aswel you clowns!

Like any foreign city you need to be a bit careful just like I would be on trips to London or Manchester, city centres are always mostly fine as they cater for tourists and there is a decent police presence, this is true for Dublin, Belfast, Cork or Limerick.

If you are visiting friends or shopping in the suburbs just have a look at the place your in, they look the same as English suburbs - so you'll know a rough looking place when you see it, in these kind of places you may find groups young lads given you looks for having an English accent or jersey on, especially on buses, just like you'd get, at times, in places like Romford for having a "Paddy" accent.

Judge the area mate and you'll have a great time!

Answer 13

i live in ireland

you'l b grand mate,no noe will say a bad word to you,we dont care what has hapnd in the past,wear your english shirts an all,we'l have a great time

Answer 14

Now that the IRA have been eliminated there is no problem. Before their defeat it would have been very risky as they would shoot anything with an english accent. Now its fine. Its over.

Answer 15

To be honest, i'm kind of surprised that this question has to be asked!!!

Ireland is a civilised and modern country....nobody is going to give a second glance to an English person - let alone "abuse" them.

I know youre probably referring to the "troubles" up North....but there is basically NO conflict (even there!) anymore.

Me? Im a nationalist....so I'm one of those people who want Ireland to rule itself completely....

but i have NO problem with English people

You'd be very safe

;)

Answer 16

As long as you keep in by the wall and mind the buses, you'll be fine.

Answer 17

Ah Jaysus you'll be fine!! Were not total savages here!!

Answer 18

You shouldn't get any abuse but sometimes people may make comments but wouldn't mind these as they are idiots.  Most people don't care.  Wouldn't advise wearing an English jersey late at night as drunk people will shout abuse.  Don't get into political conversations and you'll be sound.....!

Answer 19

No, there's lots of English ex pats in Ireland. I was in Dublin for a weekend last year and I saw 2 English guys with England football tops on. I asked my Irish mate if they'd get abuse (I'm Scottish). He said nah, no one cares. Plus there were plenty of English people who settled there. It's 2008 friend, no one cares anymore

Answer 20

Generally most people come here and have a nice time, Most people are over everything that happened and you won't hear a word about it. I do know some English people who are offended by rebel songs that are sometimes sung in traditional Irish pubs, So if you are then just stay out of those pubs. So you shouldn't have any problems, If you do decide to visit then I hope you have a good time.

Answer 21

Any fears you have on safety are unfounded.

Answer 22

Yes

Answer 23

we are not back in the days when you English treated us bad and Irish people do not hold a grudge unless you are in really small villages  where they are very old fashioned or narrow-minded.

My ex visited with me here and he was english and he had great time, and loved the place, everyone was so nice to him and he couldn't believe the way people were and friendly and no-one passed any heed that he was english.

Really is no problem and you will have good visit.  Rem to try the guinness as really tastes different here.

you don't have to go out of your way to annoy the Irish though by wearing your english shirt as just childish and looking for trouble.

Toon arm what you talking about the Ira for, my god what you on about, we're not in a war zone and lived in Ireland many years before and never saw any trouble that was only up in the 6counties that you took from the irish people.

Just if you are out drinking in Dublin and wearing an english shirt and start getting mouthy then would be looking for trouble thats all. everyone will know you are english once you talk so is no problem as people nice but have met some lovely english guys and many visit to ireland and are decent lads but if you are a football lager lout then getting plastered and could start looking for a fight.

Hi greenorl I lived london for many many years and never ever had any problem and got on with everyone and people there friendlier than the Irish are now and not so narrow minded as they are here, they are more straight and not so two faced, loved it and miss it so much.Had neighbours from all over the world and English too and more down to earth than they are here, Irish people gone so materialistic and stuck up it is unreal.

The person who talked about the feeling in northern Ireland well I was there once and was in to hurry to return, was at the times of the troubles and I felt so uneasy as didn't know were we in the Irish or British part and was not nice to see English soldiers with guns in our country even though ruled by uk, was afraid to even speak.  But the rest of Ireland didn't have all that going on thank god as must have been h**l growing up in the troubles.

Answer 24

We had to go to a wedding in lreland last year. We were fairly anxious as my husband is an Army officer who has served two Tours there and the restrictions on travelling there (or what you had to do when you were there) had not been lifted for very long. I have to say that as we drove from Belfast airport I was quite alarmed by the obvious anti British feeling in some areas. I hadn't expected that I would see posters of the hunger strikers, anti British slogans, and such heavily armoured Police stations. It was quite obvious that there were areas where it would have been unwise of us to stop. As we went through the 'Glenshane?' Pass my husband recounted the terribly sad story of an ambush on a British Army vehicle which had happened when he was there but when we stopped to eat on the far side of it, before crossing into Southern Ireland, the restaurant staff could not have been friendlier to us despite our English accents. Southern Ireland was delightful (if a little bleak) but I have to say that I wouldn't rush back to NI. As I say, we only stopped briefly and the few people we met were friendly but there were too many areas of NI which still seemed quite threatening.

Answer 25

You will be made very welcome here in Ireland - people are friendly.