Any Irish tropers?

just wondering if there are any Irish tropers.

Exelixi will be in here shortly, despite having been born on US soil. Just a heads up.

-Stabs Furi-

What would make you think I was born in the US?

so... one, possibly two fellow irish troopers? that's a let down.

Or raised in the US, whatever.

^ Either Vampire Buddha or Tomoe Michieru is Irish, I can't remember which.

Mitch is from Georgia. :P

There are a few more Irishmen round, they just don't come to this section often.

Too true! This is my first time ever in this sub-fora.

I'm of Irish descent, anyway.

Born and raised in Westmeath

Family is Irish so counted me on a technicality.

I'm of Irish Decent, as well...

I'm from Limerick.

I'm of Irish descent. I wish that I were truly from the Emerald Isle, though.

To be honest, it's a bit crap.

Eh, I'll take your word for it. I've never been there.

I might be 1/64th Irish.

But it could be Scottish too.

Don't take my word for it. If you like seeing Stone Age monuments it's great. They just get annoying when the only real tourist places outside of the big cities are all Portal Dolmens and Tombs.

Hahahaha. Alright.

I went to Irish pub yesterday and had a Guinness.

True story .

I really wouldn't take his word for it. If anything, the only times Irish people are 'annoying' is at these tourist sites. Honestly calling Ireland 'a bit crap' is kind of insulting (unless you are Irish, in which case it's fine).

Well, I do plan to visit, someday. It's supposed to be a beautiful place. Where's a good city to visit? (I'd prefer the Republic of Ireland over Northern Ireland. And I know some basic Irish, which can be put to use in places in which it's still spoken.)

edited 17th Dec '13 2:46:17 PM by SpaceWolf

I never said the Irish were annoying. It's just a crap place to go on holidays too. And I am Irish.

Anyway, I'd recommend Dublin. It's close to a lot of heritage stuff (Newgrange and the Hill of Tara are about a 40-50 minute drive away), and also has a lot of stuff to see that isn't Stone Age stuff, if that doesn't interest you.

Thanks!

There's a lot of history scattered around the place. And geographical beauty is available in the Ring Of Kerry and the Burren. Really, it's only a few hours by road to pretty much everywhere.

Irish is only spoken in small parts of Kerry, Cork and Galway, with a few more scattered areas. You'll recognise them due to the massive sighs saying "GAELTACHT", the Irish placenames suddenly being above the English placenames when most of the country is the opposite way round, and sometimes black electrical tape completely covering the English placenames on signs.
And don't try speaking it anywhere else, or you'll be immediately pegged as a tourist.

Also a nice place: Cobh, near Cork City. Last place the Titanic ever made port.

And Northern Ireland? About as much fanfare as driving over state borders. Signage is different, miles is used instead of kilometres, and your Euros are no longer good, change to Pounds.

"My Country Sucks, I Should Know, I Live There" is a fallacy. Of course the place is boring to you, you were born and raised there. Shit that tourists ooh and ahh at are just things to people who live there.