what do you think of ireland?
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I think we're the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i would love to go to England. its such a big place and multi - cultural. also its a good commute to other places in europe. i would also love to go to ireland since i am irish myself.
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Republic of Ireland. Hope this helps.
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I'm an american, but of Irish decent, so I'm interested in this debate, but I do not have first hand knowledge.\n\nLooking into Irish history and mythology you do see that the northern counties and the southern counties are two distinctly different groups.\n\nIt would be nice to see a unified Ireland, but at this point you would have to displace a sizable chunk of the population to ever have a chance at peace.\n\nI don't know the answer, but if you do, let me know.
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I feel you.Ireland is my team.How the hell with Duff,Keane,Finnan,and John O'Shea can they not be in the  World Cup.Yes I know World Cup qualifying didn't quite go to well but they are too good to not be in it.The Welsh team are also improving and Scotland has some strong players.But my last name being Hogan...I have a lot of Irish in my blood... that means I'm going to be drinking a pint of guinness with my T.V's volume Down when the WC is on!\np.s.I live in the US and a lot of games are brodcasted by British sportcasters (UEFA,FA,and some international games).\nSo its not just the UK thats is hearing too much about the England squad,we are having to suffer the consequences also.
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Capri is correct in her answer that part of Ireland is still under British rule.\n\nAnd you do know its in violation of the TOS to name out another users name in your question and try to make fun of them right?
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I think they have the best chance to win the world cup it's true... they're machines! They may choke.... but all teams have those bad games! I think they'll be in an ideal position with Carter on the field!\n\nBut I'd LOVE to see Ireland win! We've had some absolutely shocking seasons and now things are really coming together! Blistering back-line and a scrummage pack that took SA to the sword last weekend! It'll prove a valuable benchmark if we can win all our autumn internationals! \n\nThe other teams fanciable are the Austrailians and maybe France if they're on form on the day! Wales under their new coach may suprise a few!!! England don't have a chance of retaining their world cup..... Austrilia should have won that on the day..... shame he missed that last penalty... then it all would have been so different!
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HEY,ITS THE DESPERATE CLOWN HERE.YOU ANSWERED MY LOVE QUESTION............i'm an irish clown from DERRY...lol.\nits great the way the Irish get behind there national teams in all sports.Always praising no matter what!!Not like the Brits who slag there teams at every oppertunity
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I'm Irish.\nFamous for:\ndrinking\nsense of humour\nfatalistic attitude\nOnly colony to violently overthrow the british Empire on our own\nAs Gaeilge (Irish language)\ngreen fields\ncatholicism\nPriest scandals\nBlarney Stone\ntalking shite\nHaving the craic (fun)\nAh there's alot!
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I don't think you should have too many problems. There are many Americans of all ages living in Ireland and most of them are able to integrate very well into Irish life. Sharing a similar language is a big bonus anywhere, and there is a strong link between Ireland and the US due to history and emigration etc. How well people are treated tends to depend on how they treat the country they are living in (a universal law, I think), so if you are interested in the country and its people, you will get along fine. Another point is that the country has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years, so it's probably a lot more possible nowadays to integrate without people wanting or needing to know your business. There is a greater tendency for people to keep to themselves.\n\nSounds interesting though - I wish you the best of luck.
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a bit irish 4 my likings
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Up the Irish !!\n\nIm irish !!
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Ireland has suffered a great many tragedies in her long history. There are those we hear of every day — the "Troubles," the great Famine — Irish sorrows and issues we are all familiar with. But hidden beneath the surface, lies a tragedy just as great, just as terrible and just as unimaginable. And it is only just beginning to break through to the light of truth. \nIt is the story of thousands of Ireland's women...judged "sinners" by the cruel Church-driven society of the 1800's through present day. Their crime? Bearing children out of wedlock...leaving abusive husbands or home situations. The punishment? A lifetime of "penitence" spent in the service of the Sisters of Charity, Mercy, Good Shepherd or other orders, performing domestic chores...harsh, thankless chores such as laundering prison uniforms, cooking, cleaning and caring for elderly nuns or their aging peers, still trapped behind the walls of Ireland's numerous convent laundries, industrial schools and the like. \n\nThey are "The Magdalenes," ironically called after Mary the Magdalene, who served her Jesus loyally and was rewarded with his forgiveness and love. No such rewards exist for these "penitents." They were told to forever hide their shame inside these walls, work under harsh, spartan conditions, driven unmercifully by the sisters and often abused by them as well. It is a story Ireland has every right to be ashamed of, which is perhaps why it has only come to light recently. \n\nIn 1993, church property held by the Sisters of Charity in Dublin which once served as a convent laundry was to be sold back to the Republic for public use. It was discovered at that time that some 133 graves existed, unmarked, in a cemetery on the convent grounds. The graves belonged to women who had worked in the service of the convent all their lives, buried without notification to possible family...unmarked, unremembered. When the discovery was made, a cry arose in the streets of Dublin...families came forth to identify and claim some of the women as their long-lost daughters, mothers, grandmothers, and sisters. Yet many remained unidentified. At the time of the 1993 discovery, a memorial was established and the remaining, unclaimed bodies were to be cremated and reinterred in the Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin. But a problem arose: an initial exhumation order was given for 133 bodies, yet at time of exhumation, another 22 bodies were discovered. No additional exhumation order was obtained or given, and the 155 bodies were cremated and moved with little fanfare. \n\nIn 2003, Irish Times journalist Joe Humphrey revealed there were no death certificates extant for many of these women (and their children, some of whom were also found buried on the High Park grounds). It is and has been illegal in many countries, including Ireland, to fail to report a death. One must wonder why—what has the Church to hide regarding these deaths? The media has been awash with the subject in Ireland. And thanks to Peter Mullan's excellent The Magdalene Sisters, the story of the women has spread worldwide. \n\nIn addition to graves gone unmarked, so too, living women go "unmarked," languishing still inside the convent walls—unclaimed by their respective families as many were given false names upon admittance, making their true identification enormously difficult. Even in death these women suffered callous, inhumane treatment and were robbed of their dignity. \n\nThis page is dedicated to the tragedy imposed upon these women by an exceedingly judgmental and harsh Church and society. My own mother spent ten years in the harsh facility at Sunday's Well, Cork. \n\nIn a Church and society that seems to hold life as sacred and cherished, I cannot help but wonder what monstrous idealism could spurn fallen women and their fallen daughters for the "crime" of becoming pregnant or of being poor, or for no reason at all? A
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Ireland is more a rural area than urban.Maybe the south has more urban area but not good enough to make the country a urban area
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um if i were talking to them in a conversation id bring up my back ground. like "oh yea my familys from Ireland. How bout yours?"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland
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A sad state of affairs. \n\nThe Irish can't play Gaelic at a national level and the Aussies can't play Aussie Rules at that level either. So what do you get?\n\nMongrel rules. My only interest is this 'game' is the biffo. Get the Aussie football out and watch the Irish kick it straight. Or perhaps not.\n\nThe answer to the question is that it is quite even between the nations.\n\nCheers, L