Reasons Ireland is Class

What reasons do you think Ireland is great?

It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
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I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to

At a basic level, its a pretty safe country without much risk of serious natural disaster. We have quality food. There’s good living and educational standards. The people are generally friendly. There’s a decent social scene. There are very high levels of employment including lots of well paid work. There is a thriving sports scene. That’s off the top of my head

El Puto Amo

Decent pints of Guinness and the cool climate.

It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.
I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to

horsebox wrote:

What reasons do you think Ireland is great?

A reasonably high quality of life

Natural beauty. Incredible scenery

They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...

MayoMark wrote:

horsebox wrote:

What reasons do you think Ireland is great?

A reasonably high quality of life

Natural beauty. Incredible scenery

As much as I criticised the urban landscape of Ireland on the other thread, go out of the villages, towns and cities and the scenery can take your breath away sometimes. Was in Howth, I think, on a nice day years ago and if you didn't know where you were, you'd think you were in the French Riviera.

Disagree about the friendliness of Irish people. Some of the friendliest women I've met through college and work have been foreign. Very attractive as well.

Conventional attractiveness is overrated to me so the homeliness of our women doesn't bother me, though.

Also think Irish men are closed off and it's hard to penetrate established friend circles.

Some of the best conversations I've had with random men have been people from the UK, US, or generally anywhere else.

I've never given a crap about GAA and played soccer and hockey growing up so maybe that's part of the issue.

Friendliest people in the world

Outstanding scenery

People passionate about their sport

Ireland has produced some world class musicians

Guinness Tullamore Dew Bulmers etc

Ballinskelligs

Some fantastic restaurants and pubs.

Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world

Fair city

I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.

The problem is always that people compare the best of everywhere with Ireland, no country can match that.

We're safe, well educated, good job prospects, high average income, social net for those who need it. Climate is moderate with no natural disasters.

Once you get beyond the basics, I love the different sports we have, there's a nightlife for everyone, the scenery is decent without having to go vast differences, and plenty of flights to different destinations around Europe.

The lovely scenery around Ireland, the Gaa and the excitement around big sporting events, the soundness of the vast majority of the people and their willingness to talk and have the craic to strangers....I do think the country is regressing rapidly though. The obvious things like cost of living/housing etc but after being in Warsaw last weekend it highlighted our complete lack of cultural places. Walking around their cool markets and their well kept and well utilised river area made me realise that Dublin really lags behind in this manner and seems to be getting worse.