What is the biggest difference between England and Ireland?

Question

What is the biggest difference between England and Ireland?

Answer 1

I'm so sorry that so many of my countrymen and woman have chosen to answer your question with such predictable pathetic racist taunts towards the English.

Empire - to suggest that England wants to rule the world is outdated by about 60 years.

Those who have mentioned the IRA - you are some fools for being pro drug dealing murderers of children.

Population - it is true there are a lot of people in England, about 45million I think.Remember though that  90% of the people live on 10% of the land so it does not feel crowded. The towns are much bigger than those in Ireland however.

As an Irishman who once lived in England for 20 years, my personal view is thus.

England has better beer with a choice of 100s of types whereas Ireland only has a dozen or so.

Ireland has a better focus on family and social life.  England is more advance technolically speaking. Ireland life is closer related to church than in England it seems. English people do'nt seem to have a sense of identity in the way the Welsh and Scots do.

Just my view !

Answer 2

One big difference is that the Irish people are physically gorgeous.   The Brits are...well, they're Brits...

Answer 3

One is called England and one is called Ireland.  And Guinness was invented in Ireland, they also have different accents.  England is bigger than ireland.

Answer 4

Disregarding History and speaking of the people who live in these Islands today, I see one huge difference between the Irish and the English. That difference is singing. The Irish, especially the Dubs, love to sing. So, at the end of every occasion (sometimes all the way thro!) be it wedding, funeral or whatever, we will have a sing-song. The English just don't do this and their occasions are the worse for it. Vive l'difference!

Answer 5

I'm Irish, but have lived in England, and the biggest difference is people talk to strangers in Ireland. The women on the tills in supermarkets look at what you buy, and ask if its nice, or tell ye, they tried it and its lovely, etc etc.

Also the sense of humour is more self effacing and also more wicked, everything is fair game for a joke, and what the Polish people I work with find totally amazing is we ask questions and answer with another question, and never really say any answer.

eg. how are ye, ?

Ah, there ye are, how's yourself?

weather gonna to change?

well you never know!!

And family is still a big thing in Ireland

Answer 6

I am English but now live in Ireland. From a bus driving point of view the main difference is the tractors. Tractors seem to own the roads here and they are a major hazard to all road users especially bus drivers.

Everything else about Ireland though is better than UK.

I'm staying!

Answer 7

The Irish Sea. And Wales.

Answer 8

That awful  'Colour Problem' the Orange(Protestantism) and the Green(Catholicism).

With thanks to the 'Spinners' a Merseyside Folk Group from many years ago!!!

Answer 9

I think, from living in both, that they are a lot more different than people think, and its not just our roads are Kilometres and currency is € in Ireland.

the sense of humour is very different, the Irish being completely irreverent, anyone can and does get a slagging.  

In Ireland the family is the most important, in England its more couples.  And we (the Irish) don't get wound up or as upset by events in the media as much as the English, this can, or cannot be a good thing at times.

But mostly everyone talks to anyone in Ireland.  Anywhere, from the pub, to the shops, to standing at the bus stop.

but the English are more accepting of differences in culture than the Irish!

Answer 10

i don't know whether you mean geographically, demographically or culturally or what, but i will try. wales, ireland and have certain differences in all of the above mentioned points. i think of scotland as being a bit different, like ireland. to me the biggest difference is attitude and how their intensity of their feelings toward england p***e. wales has to be no. 1.

Answer 11

I cannot believe this is a serious question!. If you have to ask do not travel to either one. If you plan to, by all means make it lovely, welcoming Ireland!

Answer 12

Irish rain is colder. Ireland is greener. The Irish are friendlier. The Irish accent is lovely compared to scouse etc. Euro in Ireland, sterling in England. Transport is c**p in Ireland, crapper in England...need I go on?

Answer 13

They're fully metric in Ireland (including the roads)... and they've recently got themselves an actual motorway (with a toll though). Most of the roads are still rather... rural, with these strange semi-hard-shoulder things on them, that tractors will drive in to let people pass, and you can find people parked in them to sell potatoes.

Of course, in Ireland, if it moves, they feed it, and if it stops moving, they hold Mass for it, and then go have a dinner to celebrate it.

Some of the language, you have to get used to, such as starving ( cold ), how about ye ( how are you doing ), what's the craic ( gossip ), the night (tonight) and the sharp intake of breath that the listener punctuates you with, in order to show they are still paying attention.

Answer 14

One is a Free Country (England) the other is NOT (Ireland)!!!

Only 26 counties are free, the remaining 6 are still in bondage from England.  Ya know, like England did to America and we fought for our freedom.  The Irish are still trying.

26+6=1

Answer 15

The population - in the Republic of Ireland it's just over 4 million, it's much more than that in England.

Less population means more green areas in Ireland, but also inferior infrastructure.

Irish have much madder sense of humour, and we love Monty Python ... who happen to be English but hey, nobody's perfect.

Much greater appreciation of poetry and literature in Ireland than in England, I think, plus a much greater penchant for storytelling and singing ....

And it's not just the Dubs who love to sing either ....

Answer 16

There's less POHMs in Ireland!!!!

Answer 17

I gave ZCT a thumbs up because they stated the obvious. In terms of land mass England is the bigger country.

I find you more than a little condescending there, Kirun!

Let go.

Thanks for the thumbs down Kirun! Is your name anglicised enough, "Cirean"?

Answer 18

Everything. It's an entirely different country.

Answer 19

Ireland has much more space, is a much friendlier and accepting country and I love it.  

England is over populated, too crammed, the people keep themselves to themselves and crime is getting out of hand.

And obviously, the other differences are, the accents.

Answer 20

They are two Separate countries.Its that simple.

Britain has a Monarchy, a royal family hence its called the united kingdom.

Ireland is a republic with a president.

We have different cultures, but geographically we are similar.

Answer 21

There's more Irish in England than in Ireland.

P.S. Dirtwad who says there's 6 counties in bondage - have a word with Gerry.

Answer 22

We're a bit more pro-Europe in Ireland.

Our road distance and speed signs are in kilometres.

Some people here can speak the Irish language, while most people in England can speak English.

We have a much lower population.

We have a higher cost of living.

We have jobs coming out our ears at the moment.

We have U2 and the UK have Chas and Dave. :P

Answer 23

We are here and they are overthere and some of us are overthere and some of them are overhere.

Answer 24

It rains alot in England but rains all the time in Ireland

Answer 25

the grass is greener in ireland

Answer 26

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Answer 27

They have a queen...we don't.

Answer 28

For me, the biggest difference is Ireland is home.  England isn't.   For short visits, great, but it is not home.

Answer 29

The size.

Answer 30

The people are much friendlier in Ireland and they have a great sense of humour.

Answer 31

The rain.