Go h-íontach! Excellent. Good luck with learning Irish, the main thing to remember is that most of us Irish people struggle with it too and we are (mostly) easygoing about pronunciation and grammar because , apart from the few "Gaelinazis", we understand the difficulties and want to encourage you in your endeavours.
One other thing-MacDiarmada is pronounced MacDEERmada. Emphasis tends to be on the first syllable in Irish names. The anglicised version of MacDiarmada is McDermott.
The weird soda-pop was a surprise. Somehow I’ve never encountered these? I guess that’s what you get when you only drink sparkling water….? Here’s a fun little bit - the cost of water here in ireland is zero. The cost of water when we left NY ten years ago? $320.00 PER MONTH. It mo’ bettah here. Sean MacDiarmada ? A mighty man indeed. We live in the schoolhouse where he was educated- outside of Kiltyclogher. Long story…but should you have the chance, call in to the Heritage Center and arrange for a tour of his cottage. It’s the last remaining original house of a signatory - and is a brilliant place to begin to understand much of Irish history, Stop by the school - I will put the kettle on.
Just to clarify that Property Tax is based on the value of a property. This means that people living in urban areas tend to pay more than those further afield and, of course, Dubliners pay most-very dependent on where you live (posh or not??).
Yes, due to the lower cost of housing in this part of Ireland, nine times the price for a comparable house with the same land area in Essex, the LPT is very low. In Essex we would pay over €3000.
@ Because of where I live in Dublin and the value of the house I pay €405 but my poor cousin, whose family just happened to live for generations in an area that became ‘gentrified’ and who still lives in the old family home, has to pay over €1,000 and he lives only three miles from me in a similar house. I think the tax should be means tested rather than based on a valuation, but I suppose it’s not as bad as in the UK where, if I’m right, you pay a fixed rate according to the Council area where you live regardless of the value of your property or your income. I’m open to correction on that!
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Go h-íontach! Excellent. Good luck with learning Irish, the main thing to remember is that most of us Irish people struggle with it too and we are (mostly) easygoing about pronunciation and grammar because , apart from the few "Gaelinazis", we understand the difficulties and want to encourage you in your endeavours.
Another great video Graham, and thanks for the shout out, much appreciated.
One other thing-MacDiarmada is pronounced MacDEERmada. Emphasis tends to be on the first syllable in Irish names. The anglicised version of MacDiarmada is McDermott.
The weird soda-pop was a surprise. Somehow I’ve never encountered these?
I guess that’s what you get when you only drink sparkling water….?
Here’s a fun little bit - the cost of water here in ireland is zero.
The cost of water when we left NY ten years ago?
$320.00 PER MONTH.
It mo’ bettah here.
Sean MacDiarmada ?
A mighty man indeed. We live in the schoolhouse where he was educated- outside of Kiltyclogher. Long story…but should you have the chance, call in to the Heritage Center and arrange for a tour of his cottage. It’s the last remaining original house of a signatory - and is a brilliant place to begin to understand much of Irish history,
Stop by the school - I will put the kettle on.
Thank you. We will try.
Just to clarify that Property Tax is based on the value of a property. This means that people living in urban areas tend to pay more than those further afield and, of course, Dubliners pay most-very dependent on where you live (posh or not??).
Yes, due to the lower cost of housing in this part of Ireland, nine times the price for a comparable house with the same land area in Essex, the LPT is very low. In Essex we would pay over €3000.
@ Because of where I live in Dublin and the value of the house I pay €405 but my poor cousin, whose family just happened to live for generations in an area that became ‘gentrified’ and who still lives in the old family home, has to pay over €1,000 and he lives only three miles from me in a similar house. I think the tax should be means tested rather than based on a valuation, but I suppose it’s not as bad as in the UK where, if I’m right, you pay a fixed rate according to the Council area where you live regardless of the value of your property or your income. I’m open to correction on that!