Things you SHOULD NOT do while visiting IRELAND 🇮🇪 

What a fun vdeo! Thank you! My grandfather was Irish, but I had no idea that the manners I learned and some of the phrases I use are from Ireland. Although I was raised in the US, all the manners you mentioned are the way I was raised. In the US, people often do not hold the door open for the next person and they try to get on an elevator before the people in the elevator disembark, which were two big No-Nos in my family. Q, do you know how accessibility is for people in wheelchairs and do you have Celiac safe, gluten free restaurants there? I look forward to watching more videos and getting in touch with that side of my family.

Someone I know had a wedding in Ireland, the brothers almost got stomped when they asked the bartender at a small pub to let them take a picture LOL

We are not uk or British, but we do live in the British Isles

@garethronan921 thats a misnomer you live in the emerald isle, Britain is one island and it does not include Irish at all.

@@jububoobaroo67 you do understand the British Isles, is a geographical term used to describe, Ireland, the UK and every other little island in the area surrounding them, being in the British Isles geographically does not make us British or part of the UK, just because Ireland on its own can be referred to as the emerald Isles because of our green grass and countryside, does not me Ireland is not in the British Isles.

Or there is the classic. Driver ask for directions from a local. Local says”Well if I were heading there I wouldn’t be starting out from here. ☺️

It's one of those shocking revelations - You end up at the water and realize that you are lost, and no matter which direction you strike out in, you'll end up at the water and still be lost. Then you decide to follow the water, and after having made the full circuit around the island... you're still lost. That's when you turn to prayer.🤯😇 cheers! /CS

Right don't ask history! Ffks stop your bs. Remember this opinion is from herself and just who is she..nothing but a stranger!? The weather mostly sucks and no no 4 seasons in a day ..she is full of sht. Overcast cool rain just over or near to start except for the pdd week where its sunny and gets to a 'blistering' 66 degrees fahreinheit. Yes thats 'sweltering' to locals. Bytheway who where 'tips' a busdriver?! If YOU rent a car TAKE PHOTOS of vehicle when collecting it as on return theres been an epidemic of claims by company of damage, light scratch or so ..hundreds of $$€€£ they will say.

I still like "you can’t get there from here"

This was every enlightening. Thank you!

To be honest, I never understood when people said we were friendly. I thought we were just normal, until I started travelling more. It’s the main thing I miss the most about home when abroad. The simple smile at a stranger

It is largely why I acknowledge strangers at home in the village . Some look at you as if you a bit daft and many more smile and say hello . I think the problem as resulted from those who once lived in the city when moving to the village bring a siege mentally that sees walls built in front of their homes to resemble a castle . As somebody who has lived abroad , I no longer enjoy visiting the city because it’s too nosey . I can remember a time when colourful song birds graced our hedgerows and apart from Sunday summer evenings when half the country was returning from day trips to the coast came through the village , road traffic was less and we had more buses . Progress is not often an improvement and the future doesn’t seem at all attractive to young people looking to find a home to raise a family . The solution is valuing people - their opinions and engaging in dialogue with them . In short , the problem is society and it’s values and not the people . Too much self interest is devoted to the super wealthy and they represent the worse of all tastes it seems ha ha .

If that had been Dublin, he would have held a loaded syringe to your throat and asked for your money. 🤣 *dual

Beautiful town Galway 👍

@@Live.Adventure.Travel Hello from the woods of Michigan, USA. My husband & I are currently planning a trip to Ireland I always smile, say "Hello" etc. if I catch someone's eye. I call it "sharing a smile." I will definitely fit in on this point.

Top of the morning to ya!

@@mantis10_surf85would you feck off out of that, you amadan.

felt had come home

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I'm sorry, but that is funny thanks for the laugh it's been a long day.

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😂👍 Lovely!

MAYBE YOU WERE THERE IN ANOTHER LIFE TIME. EDGAR CAYCE SPOKE OF IT A LOT AND HE SAID JESUS LIVED MANY LIVES BEFORE HE LIVED A PERFECT ONE. RU-vid CHILDREN'S PAST LIVES.. 👍✌️🇺🇸

I always wanted to visit Ireland, but when my Mom and sisters went about 15 years ago, I didn't have the funds to join them. 😔

@@nursejanet21 😥

Yes, I was in a pub around 1995, and this man started telling everyone to stop talking, the next minute a lady burst into song singing Acapella. Totally unexpected, hope they still do it.

​@@chrystal45 yes we do still do that 😂😂

Sounds wonderful ❤ I know the singer to the song Caledonia she’s absolutely amazing down to earth woman. Dolores Keane is her name, that song comes up alot when we have a sing song usually towards the end of the night when we all get emotional together 😅 It might ring a bell if you listen to it hopefully it will bring back fabulous memories for you 💕☘️🇮🇪

Cringe... That's why I left as soon as I was old enough

@@NikoHLfar from cringe, she had a haunting voice, singing some ancient Gaelic folk song. Not a whole lot of drunks having a sing-along, that would be my family in Australia.

Adultery? ;)

@ralphprice7365 Yes definitely don't do that while visiting Ireland

Alex u forgot Americans are not Irish we are displaced Irish! So don't tell natives ur irish!

Your a native Irish ..So tell me how is the fishing in Ireland are there any rules

Rape

In some ways there are a lot of similarities between Indian culture and Irish when it comes to family and friends. This would also happen had you been with an Indian family!😃

This sounds a lot like what would happen if you visited a friend's family in the low country. I was born there. People are more than willing to get to know you, but if you act standoffish in return you'll end up with all sort of rumors about how you're a gay satanist. Funny thing is they wouldn't even care if it was true if you just said hello first. My meaning is that people are extremely warm and open, they'll accept anyone that knows someone they know immediately, without prejudice, and anyone else with even a modicum of rapport. If you respond to that hospitality by not returning that same warmth, they'll never forget it. Can be difficult to be introverted there. People tend to naturally assume you're up to no good if you don't say much.

Yap, if you meet really irish cultured person they are like that. Some other country have that culture too. All around the world , majority of the new generations pit done have that attribute. Things are changing.

Wow, “I drank all night and only bought my first drink!!” (And then, overwhelmed by the magic, I felt all squishy (in mah pantssss….)). Good story bro.

Irish sound like the Hawaiians.

Awesome story! Thank you for your service!

It's a shame that the Irish are now boycotting the US military because of their involvement in Palestine. I dare say if you were active duty military in Dublin now you wouldn't get a free pint. Fair weather friends?

In Finland police may be compelled to give you an expensive hike home if you are without, reason : it is not nice to damage other people cars with your body just because you are stoopid!

Very wise observation, Michael.

You never turn down safety equipment.

Sounds like Phoenix! For whatever reason they do not seem to believe in street lighting! And it is quite easy to encounter folks lurking about in parking lots, with dark clothing, at night, being a lot less than aware of what they are doing or how dangerous it is to be doing it. Whole families live under trees, in dark parking lots, I drive slower and much more carefully in Phoenix than anyhere else I go. Drugs are way, way, way over done there! Not exactly the same as in Ireland but the results might be very similar. People in roadways, parking lots, etc, with tire marks going across their bodies!

@@paulortiz2035 Nothing like Ireland, thank God.

Also thank you for the insight into the TH sound. I did not realise there was no TH sound in the native Irish language.

Welsh People are always welcome here in Ireland

@@tomasoionnaigh4855 likewise, the Irish are always Welcome in. Wales, we absolutely love our Irish friends. Genuinely some of the friendliest people on earth.

Tap water + mi wadi

Scots are welcome too.....not the English though.....even though England is full of Irish including those bloody gypsies....

Awww that’s very sweet 💛

Well done! Excellent and I'm Irish born and bred and living here + 😂

Awww Suzy so glad you can call Ireland home! Such a lovely comment 💛

@@Live.Adventure.Travel So am I, so am I! And it's a massive pleasure! 🍀🧡💚🧡💚🍻

Nice Suzy. My wife and I moved from South africa 7 years ago. 👍🏻 We lived in Cape Town.

I'm also south African I also love Ireland nice country to travel Irish are nice I'm also gonna make this home

@@louvdberg probably the longest time ive been outside of South Africa. We're still here anyway.

Depends on your religion i've been told.

@@juliecopelandbarrows2971 u must think of northern ireland. Republic kf ireland is generally friendly no mstter what religion or nationality u are

​​Don't worry, Julie... Northern Ireland folk will also welcome you warmly! - I think the commonly given advice about not quizzing new friends here about their religion /political viewpoint is wise and is there to make you (and them) feel happy and secure and welcomed no matter who you are speaking to.. That's all it is really.. It prevents you accidentally embarrassing someone who loves mixing with friends from many different cultures, but is maybe completely different in background from everyone else around the table.... The friends will know that. She also knows and accepts that and everyone is totally fine with it! This is particularly true in Sports clubs and the arts etc - - anywhere really where sensible unbigoted nice people are friends who come together and respect each other... They don't waste time arguing about old political sores and don't annoy or antagonise each other with extreme views... There are thousands of lovely people of all ages in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland like that thank goodness! So if a tourist who has been welcomed into group inadvertently comes out with a very uninformed old extremist opinion or question it creates a difficult awkward moment if there is no sensitivity or background knowledge... Does that kind of help you to get the situation! However people will not hold in against you in the vast majority of cases.. It's beautiful to see visitors have a great time! ​@@juliecopelandbarrows2971k

Funny, that’s exactly what I was thinking.

Yes, we use the same in the US!

Lol, I live in Nova Scotia and some of your words, we use and we can be sarcastic lol. We do buy “rounds” as well. Since my family is Irish on my mother’s side and my father’s family are Scots ( I know, I ‘m in trouble lol), can’t wait to visit both countries. Maybe we will run into you and buy you a pint. 🍺🇨🇦

belfast is not in Ireland it is in the UK in Northern Ireland, a tip for americans is learn some geography the Island of ireland has two countries on it not one

So do you agree with her, it offends to asks genuine qurious honest questions about the troubled past. Im fed up hearing self offended snow flakes who want to hide history or vandalise or remove public monuments and rewrite history. History is bound to repeat ifself if we forget it.

I agree

@@seanohare5488 Aye, especially if ya wear a "blue shirt". It's on the rise, boy !!

You have never been to Scotland then, talking to strangers is the norm.

@@a13xdunlop I've not had the pleasure as yet, no. I am planning a trip, hopefully this year. I have a cousin in Edinburgh, and my wife and I have both traced ancestry there as well. A couple friends live there as well. Looking forward to it!

@@a13xdunlop I really like talking to the locals. I don't care much for dry, borning museums, or the Plastic Tour at some tourist trap. I'd rather go where the locals are, meet them, talk with them, either their food, and experience their culture and traditions (to the extent that I can). Far more interesting than monuments.

Enjoy~ It's a grand place to visit. 🙂

Come to Waterford. The beautiful copper Coast. I work in kite design studios in Waterford city pop in and say howya. Have a lovely holiday

@@Michelle-499 I think we do visit Waterford, as I write this I am not sure of our itinerary. We are on coach tour, we are really looking forward to this trip many of our friends have visited Ireland and have nothing but good things to say about your country. If time allows, you just might meet a couple of senior citizens from Canada!

@@dougww1ectebow we are looking forward to this trip. It is a country we have wanted to visit for a 2hile

@@donhallam5374 I am so jealous...lol. Do have fun and enjoy everything you have time for!

Yeah but you have to realise the volume of alcohol the tipsy guy had consumed prior to this. He could have been 10/12/14 pints deep at that stage vs germanies 5/6/7.

The guy was probably a local that they were looking out for. You'd need to be *sloppy* for a bartender you don't know to not serve you.

Ireland has similar licensing laws to the UK - it is an offence in both countries for a licensed premises to supply alcohol to somebody who is clearly drunk.

@@billabong9215 Drunks drink just as much as other drunks, regardless of their country of origin. The biggest offense you see when traveling is when people make assumptions about tourists or have nasty attitudes because someone is from somewhere else

As someone who’s lived in both places, I can tell you I used to say the same about the US sans the island part. I know the US is huge, but in getting lost panic can be as much as 95% of the problem. If people can remain calm, they will generally come out somewhere where they can get help-just don’t go out in a strange place with a near empty tank so you can choose when and where to stop. Regardless of where you live, having a SatNav can be incredibly helpful to calm the nerves.

You certainly can get lost! When I had my trip to Ireland I was using an Astra van that had no windows in the sides or back. I went down one narrow lane that had fuchsia hedges each side. It got increasingly overgrown and eventually was too narrow to carry on, although you could have got through with a bike or on horseback. I had to reverse back but with zero visibility as my door mirrors were poking into the hedgerows!

@@Phiyedough Hedgerows and no shoulders are the bane of driving in IRE. And woe be to you if you are on a narrow road and a bus or lorry is coming in the opposite direction. It is a game of chicken that you will always lose.

How can getting lost be an issue these days assuming you have a phone?

@@murpho999 Because you rely on the phone and not your fucking instincts.

Do you always "do the voice" when telling that story? We've fixed a few tyres and had a few fixed ourselves, very narrow roads here on the coast.

Somebody always seems to appear to help no matter how remote!

County to country side is another world, v friendly and helpful people when need help as tourist. Was touched.

Try living in the north,that will change your pov after around three years,,you not long enough there to see it's other level in the north

That is beautiful! I would love to find distant living relatives and grave sites of my ancestors.

My family is the same except the original keep and graveyard was handed down to my grandfather, then eldest uncle and soon my cousin. We have cousins that live there so when we visit they allow us to stay and show us around. It's the thing I'm most grateful for in my family. The history brings you to tears. And the people are absolutely amazing.

And craic is ?

@@jennifergregory7461 basically it means “good times/fun!” ✌🏻

A line from one of my favourite movies: "Sure I pity the man or woman who comes to Ireland "just for a holiday". I know that, once they breathe Irish air & see the beauty around every corner they turn - sure they'll never leave "🙂

@cartepostale5815 i can not imagine living anywhere else, another summer, another camping trip, more trails with my wife and doggo, more snorkelling, more diving, more hiking, more kayaking, more camping, more barbecueing, more Guinness and more whiskey, whats not to love :)

@@tomaszsamsel7710 Just take away the alcohol & add surfing (most Americans, where we have another home, are amazed at the idea of our excellent surf breaks) & you've precisely described the life that my spouse & I share with our doggo! 🙂.

How were you able to stay? I've always said if I ever make it to Ireland I'm not leaving.

I'm a big tea person 😌 so I would love to go get some tea's, and also I'm half Irish myself because I'm vary very stubborn, and I love Celtics, but I do speak my mind alot, 😅🎉

Quinn Ithink tat name is from the southern- part of Ireland maybe I’m wrong . I hope you enjoyed your time and I really mean it when I say that I hope you are ok and in good health. You are Irish - even though you didn’t know it (you don’t need a passport) and I wish you well. Look steer yourself. Care from Donegal.

Ah it was a very different country back then though

@@theirishcailin333 "Ah it was a very different country back then though"? Yes it was. It was desperately poor, and simply awful for girls and women. Emigration was booming. 1972-3 saw a surge of bombings and shootings as 'The Troubles' peaked. Ireland today is a much better place.

​​​@@gloin10 it's a million times better and it's a shame we have to remind some people of that. Lazy snowflake whingers and then there's the other crowd that say things like "the good old times" Yeah good old times because they had more hair, more women and a more active social life 😂

@@theirishcailin333 Safe, Pubs all over the country and a chatty engaging population. Now?

@@maideegirl189 foreigners.

It was craic to be sure, says she. Oh dear. PS It's handy to know Portugese in some spots, the Dail deemed it a good idea to let lashings of Brazilians in. BY ORDER of the EU !!

A different way of life here or it used to be . The speed of things has speeded up here though - sadly.

Klaus. This country has changed and not for the best. I am Irish, Dublín born. This is a woke dictatorship me. And if you like in your face drag shows then this is the place. Very very Rainbow.

There are so many similarities. We Irish tend to add "please God" or "God willing" at the end of a sentence as in "It won't rain tomorrow, please God", much in the same way as "Inshallah". Nearly all native Irish people have around 2% Middle-eastern DNA, myself included.

Some of these are relevant to the US particularly in the Deep South. We meet eye contact and acknowledge that persons with a smile,nod of the head and a ‘how are your today or hope you have a good day or have a blessed day🎉

We Irish don't do that anymore though, so this isn't true. I feel it was connected with our super religious Catholic parents previously, who always wanted to seem modest and polite, but now that Catholicism has pretty much died here, so has that silly game of expecting to be asked several times. I think it's a pointless human game

​@@myhappyplace7861so your not familiar with the heavy irish bloodlines in DEEP SOUTH for generations

@@darkquintet1047 well, I am a bit aware of it, as my great grandfather was said to be Irish, but definitely had a good mix of Irish, Scottish, and European in general. But he was said to be close to 7 feet tall with red hair. And his smallest son was 6 foot six. great he married my great grandmother was said to be and pictures support it, a full-blooded American Indian. there is some dispute as to the tribe and I don’t think that really matters. Maternal side this is. My father, who was a McGee, also had quite a bit of Irish. I did not inherit any of the Indian genetics. I did get a fair amount of Irish is an even larger amount of Scottish. And I have traced back our ancestry a fair bit. Most seen to have migrated to the deep south very quickly and stayed

Newfoundlander here. Newfoundland is the most Irish place outside of Ireland 😂

For sure...@@karenshiels6566

ABSOLUTELY! now could you pass on that info to the muppets that walk my road after dark or with headsets on so they can't hear the oncoming cars and the cars can't see them.

@@elaineforan4751 if I knew who they were, I would! 😅

@@elaineforan4751And they wear absolute black too.

I can believe a pair of bright colored knickers would get people's attention.

Irish roads are very disconcerting. You're never more than a few feet from a stone wall and can hardly ever see past the hedges.

Yeah really try and get out of Dublin and see the real Ireland

I'm from Dublin but married a west cork woman. My advice is see Dublin but head to west cork and Kerry bantry, to kenmare, and on to dingle. Valentina. The most beautiful scenery in the world. Food for the soul definitely must experience the area, pub's, restaurant's, market's and just experience the people. So kind and considerate. Not like in the cities. Atlantic way is coastal area from Donegal to kinsale anywhere along that route is Ireland in a nutshell. Enjoy your visit.

Thank you for the encouragement to see other parts of Ireland! Is it feasible or smart to rent a vehicle to self-tour? Also, I'm a bit nervous about driving on the other side of the road, lol.

@@ilta car rental is easy and once you get outside of Dublin it's a must to give you freedom to go where you want. Driving on the left side the road is easy you get used to it. I had to do it in France when on holiday for 9 days when I came back i had to remember the change of rule's because I nearly went around a small round about the wrong way. It just shows how i got used to driving in France and on the opposite side of the car. For a day i was winding down Windows instead of gear change's. But remember it's easy to travel the roads in the country side just take your time till you get used to the road and car. It happens really quick. A few hours. The roads are well signposted and roads are good in general A roads are perfect surface and signs. B roads are smaller off roads sometimes they are not great the more rural areas you go. Golden rule take your time and you'll be grand. You wont experience road rage here people are usually used to tourists and new drivers. So are understanding. If you get a long line of traffic on B roads pull in when you get a chance and let cars go past then continue at your pace. Before you know it you'll be driving like a Pro. If you are coming to Ireland July and August there's always festivals on especially August weekend the first weekend of the month is the big one. Plus the weather is high 20° celcius Go to west cork. From Dublin by bus cheapest way and comfortable. Then rent car. Check out online Make your way West 2 hour drive towards castletownbere, co cork. And Killarney, co Kerry. You'll have a great time here on the way you'll pass by the ambush site of Micheal Collins. In ( beal na blath ) I'd tell you to watch the movie you'll get to know the story visit the pubs for a coffee or a bite to eat or a pint of Guinness to meet people and get local knowledge about standing stone's from pre history or other archaeology for pictures it's everywhere. Enjoy your holiday to couldn't pick a better country it's safe and clean bed and breakfast is superior quality in Ireland the owners will go out of their way for you id advise yo to do that if only for a night or two. You'll get the use of the house TV and sitting room to relax at night before you go to your room. I'm jealous of you. I'd rather tour Ireland than go to another country. It's what I do pick a place we never seen and go for long weekend in August. Become a tourist like lots of others. Injoy look into what you like and Google it visit maps and you'll see what you want. Oh yeah glendalough, co Wicklow via Wicklow gap in the mountains Google it it's a monastic site beautiful lakes and walks next county to Dublin on the way south. You can get day trips there with guide's to talk about the site still standing even though Vikings attacked regularly. Deffenitely look into glendalough the closest you'll get to history time travel beautiful place Google it and look at it and read about it. Enjoy ilta

@@darmerl6548 Thank you so much for the excellent travel tips and for the encouragement to visit! I'm going to copy what you wrote and save it for my travel notes. I plan to go in August. I know it's the height of travel season but it's the best time for me. I look forward to festivals and fairs and all types of merriment! I live in Los Angeles and I'm happy to reciprocate with my travel tips if you ever make it to my side of the world.

Same in most small towns. We wave at other drivers in Colorado the small country towns anyway.

Born and raised and lived almost all of my life in the Southern United States. You beat me to it. So much of the South was heavily influenced by Irish and Scots settlers. From the manners and customs to the obvious connection between Bluegrass music and traditional Celtic music, you can see the evolution and influence.

There are many different accents in Ireland. The lady above speaks in a "cultured" Dublin accent (not even a real Dublin accent). If you visit Donegal, Antrim, Cork, Kerry, Galway etc ...they all have different accents. The best craic (fun) to be had is at a genuine Irish Traditional Music/ Singing Accoustic Session. Be careful when visiting Dublin..Avoid places like Temple Bar, Dublin where you will be ripped off paying around €10 (or more) for a beer.

@@EngageYourFrontalLobe she never said that it was ONLY her region of the United States, she said that it was a significant influence there, which it was. As for her claim to it being the friendliest part of the United States, it is generally regarded as so. Southern hospitality is a well-known thing. No one ever talks about Pacific Northwest hospitality. Now that you have been a sanctimonious jackass, why don't you see yourself out and try to improve your reading comprehension.

Enjoy your trip to Ireland 🇮🇪☘🇮🇪

You will love the Country and the people.

You won't want to leave when you get there either...lol.

Just listen to Laura's advice about clothing first!

What part are you going too

There's no Gaelic spoken in Ireland. It's Gaeilge. Gaelic is spoken in Scotland.

Thank you for the clarification. I wrote it as I recalled my parents saying it. There are so many Irish names I wouldn't dream of trying to pronounce or write.@@moorenicola6264

I luv me from co Kerry and just stop in to hear her talk miss things

There's a lot to miss when your your home is across 'the water'. @@fallen605

​@@moorenicola6264When my Nan was in school, the language was called "Gaelic", and she continued to call it that until she passed recently. Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) and Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are sister languages. It's not incorrect to call either one Gaelic. ^.^

lots of Irish influence in Canada 🇮🇪🇨🇦

I'm from Ohio and I was thinking the same thing 🙂

The sorry is the same in WI, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota along with "Ope"

In general you like America, don't you?

I had the same thought! I grew up in Wisconsin and definitely noticed the similarities to what she was saying.

Another thing that reminds me of the Midwestern USA: in Chicago we also say tree and three the exact same way

I don't really understand that. If the landlord and landlady were English, grand but if they were from Northern Ireland half of the population would consider themselves British not English or Irish. The names are usually a dead give away.

I found it incredibly boring but each to their own I guess👍

@@oracle8589 It's "tourist board" waffle, indeed.

​@@oracle8589 you obviously didn't go to the right places. I wouldnt recommend boring tours though. They're boring no matter what country you go to. So much to do here Been in Ireland all my life and find it a great country to live. Wouldn't move anywhere else 😊