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Welcome. Thanks for your introduction of Ireland.

Hi there!
Thank you for your first post. This is definitely a good start.
Honestly I am charmed by Irish traditional music. When I hear Irelend I always think of bagpipe music. However I am shure that there are more intresting traditions and things in Irish culture than just a bagpipe music. But as I have mentioned already, I looove a bagpipe music; when I hear it,I get goosebumps!
Thanks once again for the interesting post and nice pictures, especially for the last one with a little duck at the left bottom corner.:-)

Best wishes,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½_fan

Hi Stephan , Please accept my warm welcome to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ le and this Blog . Hope to read more Blog from your side in near future . It was nice to know more about Ireland and hear about some differences between English and Irish languages . It 's the same for Turkish , too . What people speak in Turkey is by far from what people speak in Azerbayjan and it 's different with what people speak here in Iran , north west provinces . By he way the clouds color in the first shot was really beautiful .
Cheers
Pary from Iran

Hi Stephen,

Nice to meet you! I've joined to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ LE just in this month so I'm also a new member here :).
Thanks for introduction of Ireland and the nice pictures. When I think about Ireland the picture that comes into my mind a landscape whit green grass and an old castel that's been standing alone in the fog for more hundred years:). If I know well, there're lots of old castles there. So the Irish land looks so mysterious for me. Unfortunatelly I've never been to Ireland but it's one of my favorite countries where I'd like to go.
So thanks again and I'm looking forward to reading your next post and I hope you'll tell about Ireland more.

All the best,
Ditta, Hungary

Hi Stephen! Fairy land means Ireland, for me sure, and Irish tee is only thing I´ve ever tasted from there. What it feels like using such ancient language, Gaelic, to sound from one´s lips? On the contrary, first steps to create a literary slovak language dated to 1780 and than the most appropriate variety from middle-slovak region was codified in 1843. Oh and WELCOME! marianna, Slovakia

Hi Stephen,

Nice to meet you. I am also new to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ LE.

Thanks for your blog. It was very interesting to read about Ireland as well as look at its wonderful nature. Hope you keep writing about Ireland, Irish people, Irish culture, traditions etc. I don't know much about Ireland except for St.Patrick's Day and Irish stepdance:)))

Best wishes,

Lora

Hi, Stephan! Welcome to the blog! Really interesting to know about Ireland. I like the idea of more information and photos from there. But I can´t think of how Irish people use English. I haven´t enough knowledge of English. I didn´t know Irish was official. Beautiful the view of the River Shannon in Castleconnell. I associate your land with Wilde, Joyce, etc. Thanks for all and I look forward to your next post. The best for you. Beatriz. B.A. Argentina.

Welcome Stephen and thanks for your introduction about Irish English and the place where you are from!
The landscape is stunning but, as you said, it's better looking at it than experiencing the everyday life in winter.
Fortunately, where I live is not too cold in winter. The average temperature can be 10 ºC in winter, while in Autumm and Spring 18 ºC
But the most important characteristic is that it's sunny most of the time.
I didn't know that the English spoken in Ireland was so different.
Hope to hear from you again.
Take care,
Cris from Argentina

welcome stephen too..
ı am intereting ın ıreland,ı wıll be really appreciated to read about ıreland.by the way can you ıntroduce about yourself more..

byee

Hi Stephen,
welcome to the group! I have heard that in Ireland it`s so much difficult to understand English you confirm that, though. But Gaelich sounds difficult as well.
Go dti an cead uair eile, slan ----- The first thing came into my mind as translation ..."I love Irish beer"
see you
xx

Hello Stephen!
Nice to meet you! Firstly, I like your name very much. It’s my son’s name either. He is your namesake. Though in Russian Stephen sounds a bit differently. We say [Ste’pa:n]. Secondly, I’m very fond of your country; honestly I consider Ireland and Scotland two of the most beautiful countries of the world. The spectacular scenery, breathtaking landscapes… To visit Ireland and Scotland someday is my dream. About Gaelic. I’ve read a book recently in which the main male character is from the 18 century Scotland, the author of the book has devoited many pages to his native language – Gaelic. She has stated that Gaelic is not so common nowadays in Scotland. And since then I’ve been under an impression that Gaelic is a gradually disappearing language. I can see from your post though that the situation in Ireland is different. Or maybe I get something wrong… I’m confused, Stephen, please help me to understand.
I’m looking forward to reading more about your beautiful country and youself, and of course, about English.

Best wishes,
Svetlana, Russia

Hello Stephen and welcome as new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½LE team member! I don't know much about the English spoken in Ireland but as most commentators said, I've also heard that it's a bit on a difficult side. Would love to know more about it and in the mean time, I will be browsing through the website shared by you.

The pictures you've shared are beautiful. Since I am from a coastal city, so have never experienced frosty mornings in winter and the minimum temperature is 9-10 degrees and a bit more on the average. Have never felt snow in real so just love it even see a photo of it. The picture of a frosty morning is so lovely!

Best wishes,

Naheed (Pakistan)

Dia Dhuit Stephen! On my way to Galway I got a chance to visit the Cliffs of Moher and I found them astonishing!! I really liked Ireland and I hope to visit it again soon. I enjoyed reading your first post and I cannot wait to read the next one! Best of luck with everything and cheers!!

Hello Stephen,

Thank you for your post and for the beautiful pictures you added. I went to Ireland last June and your pictures are exactly what I saw even if I went more in the North. I did a road-trip for one week around the coast: Glens of Atrim, Giant’s causeway, Inishowen. Folks, if you really wanted to see some beautiful landscapes in Ireland, you should go in those places. Oh and I disagree: It doesn’t rain all the time in Ireland. I had a sunny week without any raindrop.

Stephen, could you explain in one of your next post the history of the county, especially the split between Eire and Northern Ireland ?

Thanks a lot.
I am looking forward to reading your next post.

Best wishes.
Alban

Hello,
I´m Spanish, and I´d always been told that I should stick to England if I wanted to be quite sure that people would speak the kind of English that I´d been taught, with the kind of pronunciation I was used to.
Well, when I finally visited England, London to be exact, it turned out not to be completely true, probably because there are lots of people from all over the world there.
Anyway, the rest of the UK has always been appealing to me, and landscapes and people have a lot to do with it. I`m from Galicia, and we have as well Celtic roots, music and traditions. ´
I´d like to know more about those differences in the use of English, though. Your two examples, Stephen, were really funny.
As for the pictures, they´re very beautiful, though quite freezing. Winters around here are not so hard, at least in my area, but these days we´re suffering strong storms, and quite a few constructions on the coast have been wrecked by the sea waves.
I´ve just joined the blog, but I hope I´ll learn a lot and will have news from you soon.
See you.

Hello Stephen and everybody,

Ireland has been quite a lot talked about recently - though I'm afraid not because of its natural beauty or its interesting language. Let's hope the country will get itself out of these financial troubles somehow.
I'd much rather concentrate on the positive aspects, however. I totally agree with Alban and Filippo above. Ireland is the most wonderful country to visit, with phantastic landscapes and friendly people all around and not ONLY rainy days.
A number of favourite places have already been mentioned; I'd just like to add a few more which I love very much: the ancient monasteries of Clonmacnoise and Glendalough, which I thought were very - well, atmospheric, if that is the word; and the breathtaking scenery of Connemara. I remember driving along that inland road from Galway to Clifden and forever wanting to stop and stay and enjoy....

Looking forward to more posts about Ireland,
Elisabeth (Austria)

Hi there!
It's nice to have you here. I think that a bit of 'Hiberno-English' will do us all good, for a change!
Thank you for the lovely pictures. It made me feel really nostalgic!
The Burren area, together with Donegal, are for me the most spectacular areas in Europe, and I strongly recommend visiting them.
They are simply areas of stagering beauty, and so relaxing that whenever you are stressed out, back at work anywhere else, only the thought and memory of that landscape will make you feel at peace and instantly better.
I lived in Ireland for some time and I remember wondering why people used sentences like 'I'm just after having lunch' (instead of the more English expression 'I've just had lunch').
My question to Stephen is 'Where does taht come from?' and Are there any other examples of usage of that sort that you can think of?
Thanks a million and congratulations on this extremely useful website!

Hi Sthepen,

How are you doing?

Thanks for your help, and if you have time, please take a glance on my last post. Ok.

Cheers - Natanael - Brazil

Hi Stephen!
Could you believe me that to participate on these blogs is one of my resolutions for this year? Yes, it is. It's amazing and so interesting to read about Ireland! I've never heard "Hiberno-English", but now if someone mentions it I can comment something, thanks to your article which I loved it!
Stephen, I'll be looking forward to your next post.
Best Wishes,
Taes