What do Irish people generally think about the English?

Question

Many people I meet for the first time here in Monaghan assume I am Irish and ask: "How long have you been back?" Even those who know I never left in the first place seem to treat me as coming from one common 'British Isles'. Is this the norm?

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Answer 1

My Grandad obviously loved them he married one!

Answer 2

i am irish  english  and candaian  and 0nly  calm  irish so i guess it is up to person idont  even  say  i am american its how youfeeel inside  so what  heritage do you clam

Answer 3

I'm English living in Co Mayo. Have been here 6 years with my Irish husband and have only ever had 1 comment about how I should go home. I love it here and have no desire to go back to England where I was born and breed. Don't think I answered your question but just wanted to say how much I love my adoptive county

Answer 4

That it   is a tough language

Answer 5

don't see why they would dislike us

Answer 6

When i went to Dublin i was in a pub and England was playing Russia in the euro qualifiers and when russia got a penalty and everytime russia scored everyone in the pub cheered.

Answer 7

Two definite divides.One hates them with a passion the other never give them a second thought.I'm married to one.

Answer 8

I'm English and have been living in Belfast for 3 yrs, people don't really treat me any differently, but one guy from Derry once told me I sounded posh (he meant it in a bad way!).

Answer 9

Most Irish people have no problem with British people.  However, I find the 'British isles' comment strange.  This is a statement that annoys most people from the republic as it implies a situation that no longer exists.  Are you saying you are Irish or Northern Ireland Irish... does it matter?

I am happy to get on with any people of other nationalities who come to Ireland as long as they try to fit in. After all when you visit anywhere you should try to be part of where you are visiting.  Most Irish people are like this and only get annoyed by people who don't make an effort to understand the geographical difference of the Republic of Ireland and England.

Answer 10

People wonder why we dont like England....

Answer 11

same as the rest of us. bunch of tossers.

Answer 12

I have worked with many English people who came here and stayed, and have found them all to be easygoing and fun to be with  -  a bit like us, just the accent is different.  That's OK, we have lots of diverse accents of our own, and another one is just  ....  another one.  I haven't met any with a sense of their own "superiority", implying that we are inferior.  I have met some English visitors who envied our children the amount of freedom and sense of safety we have here, that they can't allow their own children at home.

I'm not sure what you mean by "coming from one common 'British Isles'.  They come for what we have to offer,  which is different from what they left.

Answer 13

I came to Co Armagh from Liverpool 11 years ago and I love this country with a passion.   I have been made welcome from day one and feel a special bond with my adoptive country.  I moved here with my two young children, who have enjoyed a most privileged upbringing amongst people who welcomed them unconditionally into their community .  I would say that Irish people, have a natural curiosity towards "blow ins" and see diversity as a novelty to be embraced.