Very good video. I came from UK 15 years ago and became an Irish citizen 2 years ago. Thank you Ireland you have been good to me!

@trishaprett7721

29 күн бұрын

💚

@oh2887

23 күн бұрын

That's good to hear. I was made welcome when I worked in the UK I lived near Doncaster, a great bunch of people.

@user-dg8gf8qd2n

21 күн бұрын

Thank you

I always find it interesting seeing Ireland through the eyes of someone from elsewhere. Enjoyed that, thank you!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

The House you are living in was the ancestral home on my mother's side for hundreds of years , and my siblings and I and our cousins played happily out in the back. It is great that the house is a home again .

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

21 күн бұрын

That is lovely to hear. What was your mother’s family name? We had two ladies ring the bell yesterday saying that this was the family home and that they were doing a piece about the history of the house for the National Museum of Ireland. Do you have any idea of the age of the house?

@FrankKerins

20 күн бұрын

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu Hiya , they were my sister's ....our Grandmother lived there , Mrs Murray...my sisters will be in touch again with more information

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

20 күн бұрын

@FrankKerins Thank you

In an era of such negativity online, this video was a breath of fresh air. Thank you. Wishing you many happy years here

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

18 күн бұрын

Thank you for the lovely comments.

@PB22559

13 күн бұрын

Heavy negativty online? As an Irishman, I can assure you our beautiful country is being destroyed beyond repair. It's looking more and more like a 3rd world ghetto by the day...

Hello from a fellow Brit in Sligo, 9 years here nearly

@karldoyle8470

25 күн бұрын

Good to have ya onboard

I was an Irish lad growing up in England for a time 1988 - '92, Maidenhead, down by the Thames to be exact. All in all it was a good experience. Good little video on Eire, thanks Old Hiking Geezer!

I live in Colorado USA. I have a home in Co Leitrim. Brilliant video.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

24 күн бұрын

In the early 1980s I was engaged to a girl from Denver.

@cdunne1620

14 күн бұрын

Wet and dry, Leitrim and Colorado

Great video ,you could rent your meadows to the farmers for a nominal fee and get your grass taken care of.

Great video. Very useful because I hope to be moving to Ireland in the next six months!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

27 күн бұрын

Thank you. I look forward to hearing more about your move and good luck.

I live in northern Ireland and I must say it is a pretty easy going way of life, I wouldn’t dream of living in England now .

Thank you, it was so enjoyable to see my home country through your eyes! Many many thanks for posting up your beautiful photos and wonderful observations of Ireland, appreciation fun Bettystown, Co Meath😊❤🎉

Absolutely loved your video .I even paused to make a ice coffee to continue watching with my young daughter. We are irish and we know how precious iteland is..we don't go on holidays abroad we stay in iteland ,love from shannon Co clare..

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

9 күн бұрын

Thank you

This was a lovely video, thanks for making it!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

15 күн бұрын

Thank you. More on the way.

Very pleasant and relaxing video as well as interesting to see what life looks like in Ireland.

Good video .I lived in London for 20 years but now back in Dublin .Most stand alone houses in rural have a standard half acre of ground .The new houses built in Cities have tiny gardens .The West of Ireland does indeed get most of the rain .I lived for a few years near Wexford town in the S.E and there i found the ideal Irish climate .

pennys was never bought out, it’s still an Irish company it agreed to the primark brand outside Ireland due to a dispute with Pennys USA , similar to Bulmers / Magners cider, ceda mile failte 😊

Great to see the English exploring their western neighbour. Despite the historical burdens, the two peoples have more in common that they might like to admit.

@Snags-sy8is

23 күн бұрын

Spot on

You’re all welcome 🤗

Happy to see the bushmills go on my son

Some of the things you're noticing are fairly unique to the part of Ireland you're living in. We have a holiday home up there. It's incredibly depopulated. And stuff like the lack of refuse collection is not the norm nationally. Likewise, you will see petrol stations outside of the grocery stores on the east coast, but where you're living in the west is like Southern vs Northern Italy. It's a very different economic reality to more connected places. The only people who still live where you live are either blow-ins, holiday home owners, farmers, remote workers or the people who work in the services for those people. But I feel like a Brit from Essex wouldn't enjoy the East Coast as much, even with the additional conveniences. Being in the stix out there and being self sufficient is a big part of the charm. Glad you're enjoying it so much!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

22 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comments. They are much appreciated. When I started this series I did, and am still doing, a lot of research. I am now finding that some of the information that I am getting does tend to only be true for certain areas. I have made Irish friends and they suggest things for these videos but some things like, for example, bonfires being illegal. I have since had conflicting information for this. Even on the internet. These comments are a huge help and I learn a lot from them so, again, thanks.

Glad you are at home and enjoying beautiful Sligo. I'm definitely surprised that you found the health system good - possibly if you wanted a hip replacement or exploratory surgery - you would have a different opinion! Banks open for lunch everywhere and the mobile coverage is excellent, 99% .... except when blocked by a mountain or trees!! You've probably discovered that by now though 😅

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

22 күн бұрын

I bank with AIB and haven’t yet found one that doesn’t close for lunch. I have type 2 diabetes and have had excellent care and the follow-ups to my knee surgery was first class. The HSE may not be perfect but it is equal to the NHS. Thank you or your comments. I learn so much from them.

Really enjoyed your video. Thank you.

ive watched the both video's. and thanks .they are excellent..I'll wait for No 3 ...🎉🎉🎉

Make your ride on lawn mower pay for itself and get a trailer and strimmer and offer grass cutting services in the area....👍 Glad you're enjoying life in the motherland...

The videos are definitely improving Graham, I really enjoyed this one and was surprised by a few things too. Glad to see you're happy here.

Domestic water is funded by 1% off the tax collected by Revenue. Businesses pay rates for theirs. Very good video.

Thanks for a great video and it's great to see English/UK people here as we have all moved between these Islands for many hundreds of years. British people form the largest immigrant community here by the way and are indeed more than welcome. ! I was made welcome in Brixton many years ago at the height of the 'troubles'. 4:50 Miwadi - MIneral - WAter - DIstributors St. Patrick's Day drinking - it was a day during Lent that you could 'take a break' from Lenten observances and drink so that's why it sometimes went overboard - Ireland now has the highest percentage of non-drinkers. You can get a 'lifetime' dog licence from the local council cheaper than buying an annual licence. There is a move now to re-municipalise the waste/refuse collections but we will have to wait for a change of government probably.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for the info. I learn so much from the comments that people leave.

As a man that loves Hiking & nature, why don't you seed your garden with wild Irish flowers and just leave it. The sacks of wild Irish flower seeds can be picked up in garden centres and the birds and the bees with thank you for it.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

29 күн бұрын

Got the seeds already and have cleared an area ready but I’ve left it a little late this year for most of the plants.

Great show, well done

. I enjoyed your video a lot and along with other vlogs I watched about British couples and other nationalities in the last 5 years or so moving there . I love that you are all saying how great and friendly the Irish people are. But I do worry now, especially with the Internet, that these videos are attracting the wrong kind of people to the country.

I always do the Pulp Fiction joke about Dealz: "what do the call Poundland in Ireland?"

Thank you for a super straightforward no nonsense video.

What a lovely video, you are soo welcome and hopefully you will enjoy many years of health and happiness in our beautiful little country.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for those kind words

Another excellent video; thank you for producing & sharing it.

the pronounciation of Lidl as 'Leedl' is correct as this is the german pronounciation

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

24 күн бұрын

That is what Gabi, my German wife, tells me but pronouncing it “ Liddle” was a hard habit to break.

Btw my own two cents here, but I'd personally enjoy your videos a lot more without the background music throughout the video. You've got an easy voice to listen to, and not that the music is bad, but I find it a distraction from just enjoying the scenery you present and especially your great narration.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

27 күн бұрын

Noted!

Lovely presentation, may the sun shine on your face and the wind at your back ( old Irish saying)

St John’s night is the traditional bonfire night in Ireland (Republic of) 23 June. Great to burn garden waste but some people burn old tyres (not very environmentally friendly). Illegal fireworks are imported from the North.

@Witchaven

23 күн бұрын

Had never heard of this. Only ever associated Halloween with bonfires. Everyday is a learning day :)

@siogbeagbideach

23 күн бұрын

​@Witchaven we still light them in the Aran Islands, Samhain/ Halloween we don't, that night is for mischief. Oíche Tine Sheáin/ Oíche Tine Chnámh ( St John's Night/ Bone Fire Night)

@jamesbyrne4072

16 күн бұрын

That's new on me never heard of it or burning tyres.

@Jcolbert123

13 күн бұрын

@wernercook1005 That's not true for all of Ireland. Limerick celebrates 'bonfire night' on the 30th April on the eve of the Celtic festival of Bealtaine. I don't know exactly where else but I know Limerick is not the only place to celebrate the. Bealtaine festival.

Me Wadi😂😂spoken like an Irishman but we actually pronounce it My Wadi!!

Really enjoyed this Vlog...👏👏☘

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I just want people to enjoy Ireland like we do.

This is excellent

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Brilliant watching

I have family in Tobbercurry. lovely place.

Cow Dung festivial was a missed opportunity, should be renamed "Saint Cow Pats Day!"

Great video , if you get a chance you should explain the eircode and its link to google maps, important for visitors ,I think!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Great suggestion! I will do my research and try to include that in the next one. Thanks

@Witchaven

23 күн бұрын

And how illogical it is in comparison to the UK one. I like how the first part of theirs ties to the geographical area as in the letters used matches the name of the area (mostly), ours is tied to geographic area but the naming doesn't have any link to the area. E.g. in Meath, we use Axx.

@michaelgarry1

20 күн бұрын

@@Witchaven I think by using the eircode with google you get to your destination quicker and easier, if you just want a map then that’s a totally different approach.

@Witchaven

20 күн бұрын

@@michaelgarry1 It is quicker for sure, just don't get why they couldn't have made them a bit more structured/logical. Post codes are much easier to remember as there is a logic to the routing code, eircodes are just so random. Once you get outside of Dublin, the routing code doesn't have any tie to the geographic name (to do with not favouring one language over the other), but it works perfectly fine for car registration plates.

.. just to say that this video is very specific to Sligo which is in the west of Ireland and so is more of an isolated location. The house prices, refuse collection etc is very different in other parts of the country

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

14 күн бұрын

This is mostly true but please don’t think that I am being negative. We live in County Sligo, about half a kilometre from the border with Mayo and about five kilometres from County Roscommon. This is the area of Ireland that I know best. We arrived in Ireland in September 2022 and, since then, have been renovating our house. This has only left time to explore the local areas but, as time goes by, we will spread our wings. My wife and I are originally from very rural areas, me in England and her in Germany, but, as many do, we ended up in more heavily populated areas. We both love the countryside and definitely love Ireland. Nobody is going to agree with everything we put in the videos but please accept that they are made with a love of the country and the people. Thank you for commenting. The more comments that we get, the more we can improve these videos.

Really nice .thankyou . You kneed to get a sheep 🐏🐑🐏🐑😅 or 🐮🐄.for that meadows . So good they band fire works they have become dangerous in the states . Thankyou you tell and show us a lot . Have a good day .

@Witchaven

23 күн бұрын

Goats are great for keeping the grass down too, but can be rather noisy at times and are proper little escape artists. Our goats actually came from Sligo, it's beautiful part of the country.

Love to see the British coming to Ireland and contributing to our society and integrating. We're basically cousins with the same Christian culture that we need to protect.

Very well done

I don't know if bonfires are banned or not, but you'll see them everywhere on Halloween night and also St. John's night in some parts of the country. Fireworks are totally banned without a special license but the weeks up to and on Halloween night Dublin will sound like a warzone. Petrol stations attached to supermarkets are very rare but not unknown, in my 16 years of driving I've only come across two Tesco's selling petrol.

Your very welcome here 😊

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

26 күн бұрын

Thank you

Very well done you old geezer

Anamhaith, a chara. (Very good, mate.)

there is a laundry in ballymote ,i used it when my washing machine died

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Since uploading the video I have also found one. Can’t replace the audio once it is uploaded. There are still far fewer here than in the UK. Hope you got your washing machine sorted.

@Joseph13163

Ай бұрын

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu Thanks i had a spare from a late relatives house that was hardly used ,it was only a matter of getting it plumbed in and its working fine.

@raymonddixon7603

28 күн бұрын

Not a Magdalen one I hope.

Delighted you are living the dream

Brill vid bud

Tesco in Wexford has a petrol station.

@Witchaven

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, the one in Drogheda used to have one too but it's now a Certa. Supermarkets with a petrol station are few and far between in Ireland, much more common in the UK.

@taintabird23

23 күн бұрын

Tesco in Coonagh in Limerick has a petrol station too, but aside from the one in Wexford you mention, I never seen them at any other supermarket.

Brilliant!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Thank you

.. no most traffic lights I’m aware of go red then amber then green, maybe for small towns the lights behave differently

@christophermccarthy7589

11 күн бұрын

I have been driving in Ireland for 44 years and the only lights that change from red to a flashing amber are pedestrian crossing lights. All junction lights go from red to green or from green to amber then red.

we have lots of Tesco's here in cork ..not onne with petrol ..🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Nice video, but will correct you on one thing. Tesco definitely do have petrol stations in Ireland. Not sure why the one you go to doesn't, maybe it's a relatively small Tesco's or they didn't get planning permission for it.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

I haven’t seen one yet. I did quite a bit of driving in 2022 looking for a house to buy including driving from south County Limerick to north Donegal and back in a day plus trips from the ferry terminal at Rosslare to County Limerick, County Sligo and back and I didn’t see a single one. Could they be a mainly east coast and Dublin thing?

@harshbutfair8993

Ай бұрын

I'm from Ireland myself, but have lived abroad for over 2 decades, was back for 5 months in 2022, so I'm far from an expert on modern Ireland. I can absolutely confirm there was one in Killarney, I'm almost sure there are some in Cork, but can't visualise them right now. I would imagine if Killarney (South West) has then must be elsewhere, but others will know better.

@harshbutfair8993

Ай бұрын

I just searched that petrol station in Killarney, went to the street view. It's actually Certa, not Tesco itself, but they do have a partnership. I did a quick bit of questioning on Chat Gpt and it does seem more on the East coast like you suggested, though there's also one in county Tipperary.

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

@harshbutfair8993 Thanks for that. If I pass one I will video it and use it in a future post.

@harshbutfair8993

Ай бұрын

Haha, that could be fun Tesco Garage Spotting. I've never been to the North West, actually plenty of my island that I haven't explored, if I ever do get back to live there I'll have to check out the beautiful spots on your video.

.. don’t use Connaught Gold, just buy KerryGold butter, much healthier and tastier

@amcgowan1970

11 күн бұрын

No DO use Connacht Gold. It's a locally made brand, and NCF is the best milk I've ever tasted.

A bit more critical my man, but well done. Keep it up

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

I don’t mean to be critical as I love Ireland. It is the quirky, from a Brit’s perspective, that gives Ireland its charm. Now if you want to hear me be critical, ask me about the UK and why we left to come here. 🤣🤣🤣

@jamesfitzpatrick6627

Ай бұрын

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu Apoligie I did ment to be a bit more critical of Ireland. Just watched your part 2 love it. Make sure you visit munster with your camara for part 3, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork, thjats where our island is most beautiful

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

@jamesfitzpatrick6627 I’ve been trying to get around a bit but I’ve been doing my house up so I’ve only been able to do local trips but I will get further afield.

St Patrick banned the snakes 🐍

.. the health care in Ireland is in a shambles, long long waiting lists etc

@peterdunne2756

13 күн бұрын

I have health insurance €155 a month and there’s never a waiting list.get a job and get covered won’t be a problem

Nice video. Makes me homesick

Maith an fear!

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

Ай бұрын

Thank you

FALL-CHA ...

No snakes yes, but thank god no moles!

@raymonddixon7603

28 күн бұрын

Plenty of two legged snakes though!!!

Someone may loan you goats for the meadows

lucky peopl!

Penneys and Primark are still Irish.

Move to South East,climate is chalk and cheese compared to rest of the country.

Try using aah instead of A. Just like in Espánol

Bonfires aren't banned ,you would light a bonfire to welcome home your team after a county final win

Of my very close friends I have as many English as Irish. Don't believe the hype neighbours. History is just that. History. If you have hate in your heart then the West is not the place for you. Or maybe it might cure you. x

@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu

20 күн бұрын

I totally agree. We are not defined by what our ancestors did but by what we do. I have received nothing but warm welcomes in the west. I have had a couple of negative comments (which I have deleted) but the comments have almost exclusively positive. This only serves to reinforce my belief that the Irish people are among the nicest and kindest in the world.

@diddyKite2010

20 күн бұрын

@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7bu as are 90% of the people in the many countries I have travelled to. I have rarely had a problem. Those of weak mind and character exist everywhere. Beware those who would try to convince us that "They are all the same" and "We will save you from them". Wolves in sheep's clothing. Now that's history worth remembering.

@jamesbyrne4072

16 күн бұрын

​@@OldHikingGeezer-lp7buI'm originally from Dublin live in Scotland, I have worked all over the UK and have always been treated well . There are lovely warm people on these islands but sadly the nasty ones get all the press. Loved the video .

@amcgowan1970

11 күн бұрын

We don't want imported racism either. We're fine with refugees and don't blame poor unfortunates for our problems.

.. don’t pay for a tv licence, you don’t own a tv, right?

Bonfires most definitely not banned, great video otherwise