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Liked your video and glad you enjoyed your trip. As an Irish person I believe we are a positive people who enjoy life because our surviving ancestors taught us to appreciate life, people and a decent civilisation.
We loved Ireland and would visit again in a heartbeat. Your comments about the friendliness are bang on. We felt very much at home there. Enjoyed your series immensely!
Thank you very much - for your kind, intelligent, and friendly analysis - yes, the openness, and friendliness in Ireland is worth so much. To smile and be welcoming costs nothing.
Delighted you can promote Ireland as a fantastic destination - the Irish suffer from the English - we live deep in our hearts and souls while the English tend to live from their head space ! Plus we have a unique townland system covering the whole country so we feel closer our environment and history as well our local Community ! We go by road names …not road numbers !!!
Love your channel Neil and Sarah. My wife and I are also retired nomads and in the midst of our first trip through South East Asia. Ireland and the Uk in general is our next trip planned. I grew up in Newfoundland, Canada, which is about as close to Ireland as you can find, outside of Ireland itself. It is also an island, and was originally populated by people moving over from Ireland for the fishing. Newfoundland is much the same mentality and mindset as Ireland I feel. The people there will literally invite you into their house for dinner, or offer to let you do your laundry if needed. They also are “behind” the rest of Canada and the brunt of many jokes. But anyone who visits Newfoundland never has a bad thing to say about it (aside from the weather perhaps). If you ever decide to come to Canada, make sure you stop in Newfoundland. All the best in your travels.
Loved this series and all the in depth insights, tips and stories. Thanks again for the great channel and making our travel planning and experiences so much better and easier as we continue to learn from you. We are excited to set sail in February back to Europe and will be starting off in France for year two of our world travel (that’s our dream too 😊). Happy New Year and Happy Travels - Mark and Annette
I’m from Dublin and have really enjoyed your videos. You have done an exceptional warm and honest job of describing our island. We, as Irish people being an island nation love to meet new people especially foreigners visiting. Being from the U.K it’ll be where are you from? What team do you support etc. Despite the bad history forced on us for hundreds of years by the ‘crown’ as it was, we really enjoy meeting British people as we also do visiting your island. It really humbles us to see British people taking an interest especially in our history and then realizing that they’re still welcome to share our tables. We have a natural longing to have fun, sing and laugh. You have witnessed that wherever you went on your trip. The old Lancashire accent changed in Liverpool when the influx of Irish immigrants arrived in 1845-1850 during our famine. It became the Scouser accent you know now. This accent wasn’t there previously. Is it a surprise that the top comedians in Britain have hugely been Scousers? Think about it. Being the nearest port to Dublin it’s crammed full with Irish surnames. Rooney, Keegan, Kane, Grealish, etc etc Anyway, please come back and visit again and again as we cherish everyone who takes the time to come. As you have said, my advice is don’t just come to Dublin Cork etc the views from west Cork to Donegal will knock your socks off. Slán. (Bye)
Thank you so much, it really means a lot. What a history you have had and needed to endure. It's a special island with incredible people. Interesting insight about Scouse and comedy. Really insightful. Thanks again and hope you keep watching as we move elsewhere in the world. All the best, Neil & Sarah
I traveled to Ireland last September for 12 days and I went all around the island. One sentence I absolutely fell in love with the beauty of the country and the wonderful Irish people! I am already planning another trip. The best country in the world! I am much enjoying your video.
I was brought up in London with Irish Parents and travelled all over Ireland and can relate to your experience. I could tell you stories that you would not believe about my travels.
We moved to Ireland in out late 60's and have never regretted our move! We live near Dublin City, and even although we are near a city we still love living here. The whole environment is more relaxed, the people are friendly, and our grandchildren love the Educate Together schools. The downside is that medical care can be expensive if you don't have insurance, but our GP's see us for a complete health check twice a year which keeps us fit! It used to be more expensive than the UK, but in the last two years, the UK has caught up with the prices here. On balance, we love living in the Emerald Isle!
My partner and I went to Ireland in March 2023 and LOVED IT so so much!! We absolutely will go back and spend much more time in the Western side (Donegal and Wild Atlantic way). Amazing landscapes and love love love the people!! Cheers!!
My wife and I spent five days in donegal in October. Fabulous! Go to Ardara for an afternoon. Pay a driver to take you to slieve league. Do a harbor boat tour in Donegal.
Good job you werent in ireland this last week, we had big freeze with snow bringing parts of country to standhill....bar culture is changing & alot have closed down, esp in rural areas. One of biggest downs is lack of public transport, which is expensive. Agree, you wont see Ireland in week or month, ive lived here all my like almost, & havent seen lots of it!!!
Love you channel! Always watch all you episodes and have learned a lot as we started preparing for our slow travel life two years ago. It was a great inspiration. We retired early and started traveling in August. Just curious, could you please post up you travel Itinerary for Ireland, the locations and days you spent in each location to help with our future planning!
Hi Sarah and Neil. Yes, 2024 unfortunately was the worst summer that I have ever recalled, the temperatures never got up above 20C pretty much, which was honestly unfortunate , but I believe many parts of the UK were similar in 2024. As many of us who grew up with the war in the North (Troubles!!!) we were never far away from the sufferings of our brothers and sisters in NI. And our grandparents recall the Black & Tans etc, so to be relatively free from all those terrible times, we are thankful that we are not going through it like our forefathers did. We know it was not the ordinary British citizen who did us harm, but the elite - the Empire. Most of us have relatives and friends in the UK and visa versa, we are the same people. Sarah (what a beautiful classy elegant lady) and Neil, a gentleman, thank you both for coming to Ireland and can not wait for you to come back, God bless you both, love and hugs from Ireland xxxx 😘😘❤❤
Yes Kate, the history is horrific and terribly sad and much of it unneccesary. Thank you for welcoming us both to your wonderful country. All the best, Neil & Sarah
In Ireland, we have some of the best technology and medical companies from all over the world that have their European headquarters here as we have the best university graduates in the world. People want to work in Ireland as we have a great work-life balance that they appreciate. Next time, come to County Kildare. Lots and lots to do in Kildare and plenty of Airbnbs and lovely hotels. Holiday homes to rent along the Grand Canal in the village of Robertstown. Lovely walks along the canals and rivers all over the county. The film Braveheart was filmed on the Curragh just outside Kildare town. The Hill of Allen is a great walk up to the top as it had a tower built in 1857 by locals whose names are on the steps. On a clear day, you have an amazing view across to the Wicklow Mountains and the Bog of Allen, which is in the centre of Ireland. Lovely café, restaurants, and pubs. Tourist just pass through going to other countries, but we want them to stop and take a look around as there is so much more to Kildare than our main towns. Not far from Dublin Airport and City by car, bus, or train. Then you can visit other midlands counties from here.
Great series from beginning to end. The format was perfect to get a great insight of not only the wonderful country, but the people and culture too. 🙂.
Thank you so much. We were really nervous to change what we do so much. Not knowing whether people would avoid the series. Lovely to hear that the format has been enjoyed. All the best, Neil & Sarah
I am a numbers nerd, so I love the way you break down your actual spend on these trips it greatly helps me to plan for reality on what different vacations can cost and how to reduce some of the cost based on your experiences and Lessons Learned.
I loved this series! I feel like I know more about Ireland than before. I loved the tips, too. (Great price on the car and fuel) Can't wait to see where we are going next! 🚗
thanks for your wonderful video ..did ye get down to kerry..come back soon and come to kerry..there will be a hundred thousand welcomes waiting for ye...🙏🙏🙏🦶
Loved this series. Maybe because im Irish 😂 yes most of ireland is a very friendly place. We do have a lot of problems here, though, just like any other country. After visiting and living in a lot of countries in my life, i have a new appreciation for this beautiful country and its people. I think that because we've had so much darkness in our past, so much tragedy that we refust to feel downtrodden any more. We realise it costs nothing to have a smile or a friendly word for people. We love our storytelling about our mystical fairies and Leaprechauns. We love our craic agus ceol.i think some of this is what got us through our darkness. We now have a lot of Brits living in Ireland and loving it, as we have had lots of Irish emigrate to UK for many years. We are different peoples yet we are the same
Loved the series, thank you Sarah & Neil, it must take a lot of effort to put it all together. Interesting to hear you musing on why the Irish are the way they are, after such a traumatic history. I don't know the answer, but we are a country that has been trampled on, and so I think there's a long-lasting humility, for better or worse, in the Irish psyche. I love that, as you say, ireland is 10 - 15 years behind the UK, and I try to really appreciate our way of life, knowing it won't be around forever, with every new generation having more access to the world, and the speed of technology's advances. One tip I would give anyone travelling to Ireland, to keep the budget on food and drink down, is to make use of the delis in shops and petrol stations. They're a staple of Irish daily life for breakfasts and lunches. And will be cheaper than the equivalent in a cafe. You can get soup, sandwiches, tea and coffee, sausage rolls etc. And something, which I believe is unique to Ireland, the breakfast roll, which is basically the contents of a fry in a demi-baguette. Sheila and Michael sounded like real characters, how funny that he rang for another chat after you'd left! Haha. It sounded like a great experience at their bnb. Amazing that you came in only £70 overbudget. I think you did really well. Glad you soaked up so much history. It means a lot when people take an interest in our history, particularly people from the UK, because it seems that Britain and Ireland's shared past is often not covered in much depth in schools. Glad you enjoyed it and great to hear you're planning to return! Tá fáilte romhat ar ais arís. ☘️ You'll be very welcome back.
Delighted you had a great time and experience in my country I love my country and I cannot imagine living anywhere else I have travelled a lot myself in my life time but I always love to come home to Ireland I live in Co Meath which is about 40 mins from Dublin depending on traffic Co Meath is the Royal county its where all the kings of Ireland were based Trim castle is a must to visit and of course the Boyne river you have heard of the Battle of the Boyne a lot of history and places to visit in Meath proud Irish person all the best of luck on your future travels and a very happy 2025
I really enjoy your channel, us Irish are very laid back & friendly, it's in our DNA , we have an abundance of tenacity & love music & fun (Ceoil Agus Craic ) I've traveled a lot around the world , but there's somethig special when we rent an airbnb here in Ireland , because it's like going to stay with family . Good to hear you both enjoyed our little Island ..looking forward to your Feance trip ,we will be heading to Switzerland & France for 5 weeks this summer.
As an Irish man living in the south east of Ireland I highly advise you to visit here. There is so much to see and experience. You will need four or five days. Also you are only thirty miles from Michael.
Hi Sarah and Neil, I have watched this series of you travelling around Ireland, and I have to say I really enjoyed every minute of it. I found myself waiting for the next episode to upload every week. Both of you are a lovely couple and I loved your chemistry and the way you presented this travel series. I’m an Irish man and I live in County Roscommon and I feel soo happy that a wonderful couple like you enjoyed your time in Ireland. I will follow you both going forward. I think you said you were travelling to France next. Keep up the travelling and stay being yourselves. You both have a lovely warm way of presenting your travels, and I loved it. Best of luck with your future journeys. Ollie Brennan 👍
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it and hearing about your perspective on visiting Ireland. We are Americans with many Irish ancestors. My lifelong dream came true in 2014, when my husband, two grown children and I finally got to visit Ireland. We stayed three weeks (with a short side trip to London). I mainly wanted to go to the counties and villages where some of our ancestors lived. We did not want to do the typical touristy sites but to visit ancient places, etc. My son did get to climb Croagh Patrick, and we did get to one of the Aran Islands. It was a fantastic experience, especially seeing it through my children's eyes. I kept telling my family that the ancestors were calling us back, so we returned in 2019 and spent 9 days. We saw almost as much in those 9 days than before. We did two full day tours with Viator while staying in Dublin (unforgettable two days!). We finally got to see Benbullben and stayed in a B&B at right next to it. We were Blessed to visit Our Lady of Knock and so many other places. Lately, I keep telling my husband that I can hear the ancestors calling us back again and want so much to return. Thank you for this video. I will get onto your page now and watch your other Ireland videos. For a future video, please tell us your travel advice and how you both saved money along the way. Oh, I would love to visit Northern Scotland someday. Have you ever been up there and know some money saving advice for Scotland. It seems expensive for tourists. Thanks again.
Great piece. FYI if you have a UK passport you do not need to worry about the '90/180' days spent in the EU. The Common Travel Area agreement dating back to the Anglo Irish treaty of 1922 means that if you are a UK resident with a UK passport you have the same residency rights in Ireland as an Irish citizen in Ireland.
Also, UK citizens have the same voting rights as Irish citizens if you reside here with one exception. You can't vote for our President. And that's only fair, as Irish people who live in the UK cannot vote for your King, or Queen 😂
I really enjoyed this! Ireland is a beautiful country and would love to visit again. Thanks for taking us along! I would love to see how you budget for the year.
I’ve totally enjoyed the series. Sarah has been as funny as a circus! 😂 We are heading back to Ireland in July as we did the Wild Atlantic Way for 4 weeks in 2022 and totally agree that 1 month is not long enough. Neil, I thought you mentioned early in the series that you would talk about the car hire place. We would love to know who you used ( if you would recommend them) as the price seemed very good. Keep doing the ah la natural style of filming it’s enjoyable and different from the rest. Slainte!
The Irish are so lovely and friendly because you are so lovely and friendly. I love your relaxed style, keep doing a format that you enjoy, authenticity wins every time. Hope you get to spend more time in Kerry, they don't call it the Kingdom for nothing 💚.
Probably ‘Budget’ discussion first! 40 tips later, as would be great too! Would also be interested in knowing about ?previous video on ‘living practicalities’ in Spain. Thankyou for your Fab Touring Countryside!
Hi Neil and Sarah We really enjoyed this series, you two did a great job to get back within your budget by the end of the series 😊. As the series progressed, we felt you both become more comfortable with your new format. We liked your old videos and found ourselves liking the new format more each week. We really appreciate your tips, and we can't wait until June this year to try them out in the UK and Ireland when we finally get there. As for 40 tips video, or the budget video, we are greedy and would like both, 👌 but if we had to pick one, it would probably be the budget video. Basically, because we are always reviewing our budget and our expectations, so it's nice to see how we compare. Plus it seems that around every 6 months, full-time travel costs are changing rapidly. By other travellers doing their costs and budgets, it helps us decide where we go next. For example, we did a review on costs for Türkiye 12 months ago, and now we are here. It's hard to believe the inflation, Wow? Safe travels, all the best Michael and Nat
Another great video. Going forward, i would like to see a 4 video series on this type of subject. Bring on how you budget. Keep it up both of you. looking forward to your next video.
Great series guys and you did REALLY well to only break the budget by a tiny bit! As for my choice, I’d love to see a vid about how you work out your annual travel budget. Really looking forward to your year ahead! 😊
The reason we aren’t in Schengen is because of our long standing common travel area with the UK, which goes back to our independence and pre dates us joining the EEC (as it was then) in 1973.
I really enjoyed this series, especially showing the parts “off the beaten path”. I look forward to your travels around France, and I hope you use a similar format. Budgets are important (except for those who are independently wealthy), and I like your final breakdown explaining the costs. I also hope you show us around Spain as well. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I am always excited to see a new 2GR video post to YT! Be well, and continued safe travels! ✈️🌍
Ah brilliant end to the trip,I'm from Dundalk and was dying to find out more about your Nan,where she lived and all that,glad you enjoyed Ireland as much as you did😊
The answer to your question "how can we be this happy considering all we've been thru"...... it's because all we've been thru we can be this happy...knowing that we're not going thru it now and happy with what we have.....
If looking for an old grave...the parish records can often help because they write down births marriages and deaths in the village church and where they were buried.. it's a useful place to start if you know the area and the names and some dates.
Love this style of video! Keep doing it. We are super interested in the costs (planning for our future ideas and when we might retire) and really impressed at your budget details. One quick question, do you purchase travel insurance?
Firstly thank you for coming and staying a whole month in our beautiful country, really glad you both enjoyed it. As you said about London , it is not the UK the same goes for Dublin and Temple bar, they are not Ireland. The Ireland you both saw was the real Ireland.As an Irishman I love to see TH-camrs come here and do videos especially people from abroad.Fantastic videos I loved watching them really hope to see you both back again sometime, safe traveling Tommy
My offer on why we're known as friendly and good humoured etc is the local nature of community in each area going back centuries... You may have noticed that in each area you will find lots of the people have the same group of surnames that you won't find except maybe the odd one a couple of towns or counties away... In the hard times people had to support each other to survive and we're almost all related to each other and when they as tenants of landlords finally got own their bit of land mainly early last century... when landlords were more or less ended...areas became places of small farmers who owned their own land and more often than not their family had been in the area centuries and family still farms the same land today.. so local communities in Ireland are almost just large families who have all been in their areas for centuries... And those who left and went to Dublin early in the 20th century kept their close connections with the villages and townlands they grew up in and would have brought their children there in the summer to help with the hay making..or bringing the turf home from the bog etc in the days before machinery took over... And everyone came home if they could for a funeral..they still do.. And until the 1990s there were almost no foreigners living in Ireland so if you asked someone in Dublin where are from back then... You meant what county were they from and not what country. So while Ireland is a big island it was also parochial. We all had a very shared history though plenty of rivalry between counties in sport! 😊
The past is the past, there’s no still living responsible. Although when it comes to Anglo-Irish relations, I can get behind the English soccer team .. to a point. Reaching a final? I’d be delighted. But winning? Ah, no, that’d be a bit too much 😅
Good Luck with your Application for an Irish Passport, this will help greatly what with heading across Europe and even Further afield ... this should go seamlessly for you...
We now live in Ireland. Have lived in Scotland, England, Middle East, Europe. Ireland is no different from any other country . People are no different from any other country. It is a beautiful country but so is Scotland and England. Well worth a visit but so is France, Italy etc. Ireland is a very modern country not a wilderness. Enjoy your stay but remember Irish people are modern Europeans.
Love the new format and the numbers. Please do use it in France. You really got Ireland! And I am sure, as was said previously, that your warmth and good cheer was clear and therefore reflected back to the both of you. The Irish are welcoming, generous and fun-loving, as are you!
Our outlook is forgive, but don't forget. As in, we welcome all nation's , but we don't forget our history. Millions of Irish people settled in the UK and the USA, and most had a good life. We don't blame people for the sins of their ancestors. Another saying here is, if you didn't laugh, you'd cry. We try to look on the bright side 😊. Ps in May, June, July, and August, Ireland is jammers, and the prices double 😅 I'm delighted to see folks divert off the tourist trail and see the real Ireland.
If you go to the area your granny was from go to the local church and talk to a priest he should be able to look up your granny's parents death certificate
I will not lie. I love you guys but Neil's hangup with numbers drives me crazy. What is a budget? I am 65, worked 41 years for the same US corporation. Not college educated and have more money than I can spend. My point is you only live once. No one is promised tomorrow. Live for today. I had Prostate Cancer and surgery this past year. Had to cancel a whole month in Italy. Hawaii in 3 weeks and a month in Ireland/Scotland and Liverpool (huge Beatles fans) in August. So far 30 countries on 5 continents. Trying to catch up with you guys. Keep up the good work.
Haha Darrell, this is Neil typing and it drives me crazy too 😂 Absolutely, live for now. Keep on going Darrell and hopefully we'll bump into you somewhere around the world. All the best, Neil & Sarah
I’ve absolutely loved this series, please do more like it! My wife and I love driving holidays but do the crazy way 😂 We did Eire in 10 days and saw lots of it, but certainly not all.
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Liked your video and glad you enjoyed your trip. As an Irish person I believe we are a positive people who enjoy life because our surviving ancestors taught us to appreciate life, people and a decent civilisation.
Haven’t been to Ireland for years you’ve brought back happy memories 👍
Nice to hear about your Nanna. Lovely part of the story
Great advice here for anyone wanting to visit ireland , glad you had a positive experience in Ireland. Really enjoy your videos.
We loved Ireland and would visit again in a heartbeat. Your comments about the friendliness are bang on. We felt very much at home there. Enjoyed your series immensely!
Thank you very much - for your kind, intelligent, and friendly analysis - yes, the openness, and friendliness in Ireland is worth so much. To smile and be welcoming costs nothing.
Delighted you can promote Ireland as a fantastic destination - the Irish suffer from the English - we live deep in our hearts and souls while the English tend to live from their head space ! Plus we have a unique townland system covering the whole country so we feel closer our environment and history as well our local
Community ! We go by road names …not road numbers !!!
Love your channel Neil and Sarah. My wife and I are also retired nomads and in the midst of our first trip through South East Asia.
Ireland and the Uk in general is our next trip planned.
I grew up in Newfoundland, Canada, which is about as close to Ireland as you can find, outside of Ireland itself. It is also an island, and was originally populated by people moving over from Ireland for the fishing. Newfoundland is much the same mentality and mindset as Ireland I feel. The people there will literally invite you into their house for dinner, or offer to let you do your laundry if needed. They also are “behind” the rest of Canada and the brunt of many jokes. But anyone who visits Newfoundland never has a bad thing to say about it (aside from the weather perhaps). If you ever decide to come to Canada, make sure you stop in Newfoundland. All the best in your travels.
Loved this series and all the in depth insights, tips and stories. Thanks again for the great channel and making our travel planning and experiences so much better and easier as we continue to learn from you. We are excited to set sail in February back to Europe and will be starting off in France for year two of our world travel (that’s our dream too 😊). Happy New Year and Happy Travels - Mark and Annette
I’m from Dublin and have really enjoyed your videos. You have done an exceptional warm and honest job of describing our island. We, as Irish people being an island nation love to meet new people especially foreigners visiting.
Being from the U.K it’ll be where are you from? What team do you support etc. Despite the bad history forced on us for hundreds of years by the ‘crown’ as it was, we really enjoy meeting British people as we also do visiting your island.
It really humbles us to see British people taking an interest especially in our history and then realizing that they’re still welcome to share our tables.
We have a natural longing to have fun, sing and laugh. You have witnessed that wherever you went on your trip.
The old Lancashire accent changed in Liverpool when the influx of Irish immigrants arrived in 1845-1850 during our famine.
It became the Scouser accent you know now. This accent wasn’t there previously.
Is it a surprise that the top comedians in Britain have hugely been Scousers? Think about it.
Being the nearest port to Dublin it’s crammed full with Irish surnames. Rooney, Keegan, Kane, Grealish, etc etc
Anyway, please come back and visit again and again as we cherish everyone who takes the time to come.
As you have said, my advice is don’t just come to Dublin Cork etc the views from west Cork to Donegal will knock your socks off.
Slán. (Bye)
Thank you so much, it really means a lot. What a history you have had and needed to endure. It's a special island with incredible people.
Interesting insight about Scouse and comedy. Really insightful.
Thanks again and hope you keep watching as we move elsewhere in the world.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
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@@tomakafrankconlon3207that’s very disrespectful. Obviously you are not a true Irish person
I traveled to Ireland last September for 12 days and I went all around the island. One sentence I absolutely fell in love with the beauty of the country and the wonderful Irish people! I am already planning another trip. The best country in the world!
I am much enjoying your video.
I was brought up in London with Irish Parents and travelled all over Ireland and can relate to your experience. I could tell you stories that you would not believe about my travels.
We moved to Ireland in out late 60's and have never regretted our move! We live near Dublin City, and even although we are near a city we still love living here. The whole environment is more relaxed, the people are friendly, and our grandchildren love the Educate Together schools. The downside is that medical care can be expensive if you don't have insurance, but our GP's see us for a complete health check twice a year which keeps us fit! It used to be more expensive than the UK, but in the last two years, the UK has caught up with the prices here. On balance, we love living in the Emerald Isle!
Well folks glad im glad you enjoyed your trip. If your back give us a shout,our door is always open ❤
My partner and I went to Ireland in March 2023 and LOVED IT so so much!! We absolutely will go back and spend much more time in the Western side (Donegal and Wild Atlantic way). Amazing landscapes and love love love the people!! Cheers!!
My wife and I spent five days in donegal in October. Fabulous! Go to Ardara for an afternoon. Pay a driver to take you to slieve league. Do a harbor boat tour in Donegal.
Good job you werent in ireland this last week, we had big freeze with snow bringing parts of country to standhill....bar culture is changing & alot have closed down, esp in rural areas. One of biggest downs is lack of public transport, which is expensive. Agree, you wont see Ireland in week or month, ive lived here all my like almost, & havent seen lots of it!!!
Love you channel! Always watch all you episodes and have learned a lot as we started preparing for our slow travel life two years ago. It was a great inspiration. We retired early and started traveling in August. Just curious, could you please post up you travel Itinerary for Ireland, the locations and days you spent in each location to help with our future planning!
Hi Sarah and Neil.
Yes, 2024 unfortunately was the worst summer that I have ever recalled, the temperatures never got up above 20C pretty much, which was honestly unfortunate , but I believe many parts of the UK were similar in 2024.
As many of us who grew up with the war in the North (Troubles!!!) we were never far away from the sufferings of our brothers and sisters in NI. And our grandparents recall the Black & Tans etc, so to be relatively free from all those terrible times, we are thankful that we are not going through it like our forefathers did. We know it was not the ordinary British citizen who did us harm, but the elite - the Empire. Most of us have relatives and friends in the UK and visa versa, we are the same people.
Sarah (what a beautiful classy elegant lady) and Neil, a gentleman, thank you both for coming to Ireland and can not wait for you to come back, God bless you both, love and hugs from Ireland xxxx 😘😘❤❤
Yes Kate, the history is horrific and terribly sad and much of it unneccesary. Thank you for welcoming us both to your wonderful country.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoamTravels It was, and always will be, our pleasure, come again soon, please. God bless you both xx
A great video, indeed!
40 travel tips would be great.
In Ireland, we have some of the best technology and medical companies from all over the world that have their European headquarters here as we have the best university graduates in the world. People want to work in Ireland as we have a great work-life balance that they appreciate. Next time, come to County Kildare. Lots and lots to do in Kildare and plenty of Airbnbs and lovely hotels. Holiday homes to rent along the Grand Canal in the village of Robertstown. Lovely walks along the canals and rivers all over the county. The film Braveheart was filmed on the Curragh just outside Kildare town. The Hill of Allen is a great walk up to the top as it had a tower built in 1857 by locals whose names are on the steps. On a clear day, you have an amazing view across to the Wicklow Mountains and the Bog of Allen, which is in the centre of Ireland. Lovely café, restaurants, and pubs. Tourist just pass through going to other countries, but we want them to stop and take a look around as there is so much more to Kildare than our main towns. Not far from Dublin Airport and City by car, bus, or train. Then you can visit other midlands counties from here.
Delighted you had a lovely time in Ireland
Greetings from Kilkenny 😊❤
Great series from beginning to end. The format was perfect to get a great insight of not only the wonderful country, but the people and culture too. 🙂.
Thank you so much. We were really nervous to change what we do so much. Not knowing whether people would avoid the series. Lovely to hear that the format has been enjoyed.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
I am a numbers nerd, so I love the way you break down your actual spend on these trips it greatly helps me to plan for reality on what different vacations can cost and how to reduce some of the cost based on your experiences and Lessons Learned.
I loved this series! I feel like I know more about Ireland than before. I loved the tips, too. (Great price on the car and fuel) Can't wait to see where we are going next! 🚗
thanks for your wonderful video ..did ye get down to kerry..come back soon and come to kerry..there will be a hundred thousand welcomes waiting for ye...🙏🙏🙏🦶
Loved this series. Maybe because im Irish 😂 yes most of ireland is a very friendly place. We do have a lot of problems here, though, just like any other country. After visiting and living in a lot of countries in my life, i have a new appreciation for this beautiful country and its people. I think that because we've had so much darkness in our past, so much tragedy that we refust to feel downtrodden any more. We realise it costs nothing to have a smile or a friendly word for people. We love our storytelling about our mystical fairies and Leaprechauns. We love our craic agus ceol.i think some of this is what got us through our darkness. We now have a lot of Brits living in Ireland and loving it, as we have had lots of Irish emigrate to UK for many years. We are different peoples yet we are the same
Looks like a very lovely trip. I have said this before to you, but my grandmother was from Kilkenny.❤
And Kilkenny is absolutely wonderful. Thank you for being involved in it Rebecca.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
Loved the series, thank you Sarah & Neil, it must take a lot of effort to put it all together.
Interesting to hear you musing on why the Irish are the way they are, after such a traumatic history. I don't know the answer, but we are a country that has been trampled on, and so I think there's a long-lasting humility, for better or worse, in the Irish psyche.
I love that, as you say, ireland is 10 - 15 years behind the UK, and I try to really appreciate our way of life, knowing it won't be around forever, with every new generation having more access to the world, and the speed of technology's advances.
One tip I would give anyone travelling to Ireland, to keep the budget on food and drink down, is to make use of the delis in shops and petrol stations. They're a staple of Irish daily life for breakfasts and lunches. And will be cheaper than the equivalent in a cafe. You can get soup, sandwiches, tea and coffee, sausage rolls etc. And something, which I believe is unique to Ireland, the breakfast roll, which is basically the contents of a fry in a demi-baguette.
Sheila and Michael sounded like real characters, how funny that he rang for another chat after you'd left! Haha. It sounded like a great experience at their bnb.
Amazing that you came in only £70 overbudget. I think you did really well.
Glad you soaked up so much history. It means a lot when people take an interest in our history, particularly people from the UK, because it seems that Britain and Ireland's shared past is often not covered in much depth in schools.
Glad you enjoyed it and great to hear you're planning to return! Tá fáilte romhat ar ais arís. ☘️ You'll be very welcome back.
Delighted you had a great time and experience in my country I love my country and I cannot imagine living anywhere else I have travelled a lot myself in my life time but I always love to come home to Ireland I live in Co Meath which is about 40 mins from Dublin depending on traffic Co Meath is the Royal county its where all the kings of Ireland were based Trim castle is a must to visit and of course the Boyne river you have heard of the Battle of the Boyne a lot of history and places to visit in Meath proud Irish person all the best of luck on your future travels and a very happy 2025
I really enjoy your channel, us Irish are very laid back & friendly, it's in our DNA , we have an abundance of tenacity & love music & fun (Ceoil Agus Craic ) I've traveled a lot around the world , but there's somethig special when we rent an airbnb here in Ireland , because it's like going to stay with family . Good to hear you both enjoyed our little Island ..looking forward to your Feance trip ,we will be heading to Switzerland & France for 5 weeks this summer.
As an Irish man living in the south east of Ireland I highly advise you to visit here. There is so much to see and experience. You will need four or five days. Also you are only thirty miles from Michael.
Brilliant series and please keep doing them.
Hi Sarah and Neil, I have watched this series of you travelling around Ireland, and I have to say I really enjoyed every minute of it. I found myself waiting for the next episode to upload every week. Both of you are a lovely couple and I loved your chemistry and the way you presented this travel series. I’m an Irish man and I live in County Roscommon and I feel soo happy that a wonderful couple like you enjoyed your time in Ireland. I will follow you both going forward. I think you said you were travelling to France next. Keep up the travelling and stay being yourselves. You both have a lovely warm way of presenting your travels, and I loved it. Best of luck with your future journeys. Ollie Brennan 👍
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it and hearing about your perspective on visiting Ireland. We are Americans with many Irish ancestors. My lifelong dream came true in 2014, when my husband, two grown children and I finally got to visit Ireland. We stayed three weeks (with a short side trip to London). I mainly wanted to go to the counties and villages where some of our ancestors lived. We did not want to do the typical touristy sites but to visit ancient places, etc. My son did get to climb Croagh Patrick, and we did get to one of the Aran Islands. It was a fantastic experience, especially seeing it through my children's eyes. I kept telling my family that the ancestors were calling us back, so we returned in 2019 and spent 9 days. We saw almost as much in those 9 days than before. We did two full day tours with Viator while staying in Dublin (unforgettable two days!). We finally got to see Benbullben and stayed in a B&B at right next to it. We were Blessed to visit Our Lady of Knock and so many other places. Lately, I keep telling my husband that I can hear the ancestors calling us back again and want so much to return. Thank you for this video. I will get onto your page now and watch your other Ireland videos. For a future video, please tell us your travel advice and how you both saved money along the way. Oh, I would love to visit Northern Scotland someday. Have you ever been up there and know some money saving advice for Scotland. It seems expensive for tourists. Thanks again.
BTW -- Neil is a very good name. It was my Daddy's name (Cornelius).
Great piece. FYI if you have a UK passport you do not need to worry about the '90/180' days spent in the EU. The Common Travel Area agreement dating back to the Anglo Irish treaty of 1922 means that if you are a UK resident with a UK passport you have the same residency rights in Ireland as an Irish citizen in Ireland.
Also, UK citizens have the same voting rights as Irish citizens if you reside here with one exception. You can't vote for our President. And that's only fair, as Irish people who live in the UK cannot vote for your King, or Queen 😂
I really enjoyed this! Ireland is a beautiful country and would love to visit again. Thanks for taking us along! I would love to see how you budget for the year.
You're brilliant. Ireland loves you. Be sure to come back . ❤❤❤
Ahh that is absolutely lovely to hear Pauline! Hope you continue to follow us as we move on around the world.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
I’ve totally enjoyed the series. Sarah has been as funny as a circus! 😂
We are heading back to Ireland in July as we did the Wild Atlantic Way for 4 weeks in 2022 and totally agree that 1 month is not long enough.
Neil, I thought you mentioned early in the series that you would talk about the car hire place. We would love to know who you used ( if you would recommend them) as the price seemed very good.
Keep doing the ah la natural style of filming it’s enjoyable and different from the rest. Slainte!
The Irish are so lovely and friendly because you are so lovely and friendly. I love your relaxed style, keep doing a format that you enjoy, authenticity wins every time. Hope you get to spend more time in Kerry, they don't call it the Kingdom for nothing 💚.
Probably ‘Budget’ discussion first! 40 tips later, as would be great too! Would also be interested in knowing about ?previous video on ‘living practicalities’ in Spain. Thankyou for your Fab Touring Countryside!
Hi Neil and Sarah
We really enjoyed this series, you two did a great job to get back within your budget by the end of the series 😊.
As the series progressed, we felt you both become more comfortable with your new format. We liked your old videos and found ourselves liking the new format more each week.
We really appreciate your tips, and we can't wait until June this year to try them out in the UK and Ireland when we finally get there.
As for 40 tips video, or the budget video, we are greedy and would like both, 👌 but if we had to pick one, it would probably be the budget video. Basically, because we are always reviewing our budget and our expectations, so it's nice to see how we compare. Plus it seems that around every 6 months, full-time travel costs are changing rapidly. By other travellers doing their costs and budgets, it helps us decide where we go next. For example, we did a review on costs for Türkiye 12 months ago, and now we are here. It's hard to believe the inflation, Wow?
Safe travels, all the best
Michael and Nat
I would like to see the budget video as the next one! Thanks for your overview of Ireland.
Great tips guys. That Rob fella sounds like a smart guy 😂😂
Ah he's ok. ;-)
Hope you are enjoying Spain you two!
Great series. Loved it. From your ask, it would be great to hear how you budget and plan.
Another great video. Going forward, i would like to see a 4 video series on this type of subject. Bring on how you budget. Keep it up both of you. looking forward to your next video.
Great series guys and you did REALLY well to only break the budget by a tiny bit!
As for my choice, I’d love to see a vid about how you work out your annual travel budget. Really looking forward to your year ahead! 😊
To answer your question about the happy Irisy
It's the Leprechauns
Loved the Ireland series... The information on costs was also fantastic
The reason we aren’t in Schengen is because of our long standing common travel area with the UK, which goes back to our independence and pre dates us joining the EEC (as it was then) in 1973.
I really enjoyed this series, especially showing the parts “off the beaten path”. I look forward to your travels around France, and I hope you use a similar format. Budgets are important (except for those who are independently wealthy), and I like your final breakdown explaining the costs. I also hope you show us around Spain as well. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I am always excited to see a new 2GR video post to YT! Be well, and continued safe travels! ✈️🌍
Ah brilliant end to the trip,I'm from Dundalk and was dying to find out more about your Nan,where she lived and all that,glad you enjoyed Ireland as much as you did😊
Ireland is an unbelievable country, and the people are second to none. ❤ 🇮🇪
The answer to your question "how can we be this happy considering all we've been thru"...... it's because all we've been thru we can be this happy...knowing that we're not going thru it now and happy with what we have.....
That’s all for sure, but, it’s little more than their own pleasantness being reflected back at them.
I total agree with your comments on Ireland!
If looking for an old grave...the parish records can often help because they write down births marriages and deaths in the village church and where they were buried.. it's a useful place to start if you know the area and the names and some dates.
Love this style of video! Keep doing it. We are super interested in the costs (planning for our future ideas and when we might retire) and really impressed at your budget details. One quick question, do you purchase travel insurance?
Thanks
Wow! Thanks extremely generous of you! Appreciate and hope you enjoyed the series.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Very honest opinions
Loved this video, thanks Sarah and Neil.
Firstly thank you for coming and staying a whole month in our beautiful country, really glad you both enjoyed it. As you said about London , it is not the UK the same goes for Dublin and Temple bar, they are not Ireland. The Ireland you both saw was the real Ireland.As an Irishman I love to see TH-camrs come here and do videos especially people from abroad.Fantastic videos I loved watching them really hope to see you both back again sometime, safe traveling
Tommy
Wonderful, Epic series guys.
My offer on why we're known as friendly and good humoured etc is the local nature of community in each area going back centuries...
You may have noticed that in each area you will find lots of the people have the same group of surnames that you won't find except maybe the odd one a couple of towns or counties away...
In the hard times people had to support each other to survive and we're almost all related to each other and when they as tenants of landlords finally got own their bit of land mainly early last century... when landlords were more or less ended...areas became places of small farmers who owned their own land and more often than not their family had been in the area centuries and family still farms the same land today.. so local communities in Ireland are almost just large families who have all been in their areas for centuries...
And those who left and went to Dublin early in the 20th century kept their close connections with the villages and townlands they grew up in and would have brought their children there in the summer to help with the hay making..or bringing the turf home from the bog etc in the days before machinery took over... And everyone came home if they could for a funeral..they still do..
And until the 1990s there were almost no foreigners living in Ireland so if you asked someone in Dublin where are from back then... You meant what county were they from and not what country. So while Ireland is a big island it was also parochial. We all had a very shared history though plenty of rivalry between counties in sport! 😊
The past is the past, there’s no still living responsible. Although when it comes to Anglo-Irish relations, I can get behind the English soccer team .. to a point. Reaching a final? I’d be delighted. But winning? Ah, no, that’d be a bit too much 😅
Good Luck with your Application for an Irish Passport, this will help greatly what with heading across Europe and even Further afield ... this should go seamlessly for you...
If you talk to the locals they might know some of your relation in Ireland
We now live in Ireland. Have lived in Scotland, England, Middle East, Europe. Ireland is no different from any other country . People are no different from any other country. It is a beautiful country but so is Scotland and England. Well worth a visit but so is France, Italy etc. Ireland is a very modern country not a wilderness. Enjoy your stay but remember Irish people are modern Europeans.
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Love the new format and the numbers. Please do use it in France. You really got Ireland! And I am sure, as was said previously, that your warmth and good cheer was clear and therefore reflected back to the both of you. The Irish are welcoming, generous and fun-loving, as are you!
Our outlook is forgive, but don't forget. As in, we welcome all nation's , but we don't forget our history. Millions of Irish people settled in the UK and the USA, and most had a good life. We don't blame people for the sins of their ancestors. Another saying here is, if you didn't laugh, you'd cry. We try to look on the bright side 😊. Ps in May, June, July, and August, Ireland is jammers, and the prices double 😅 I'm delighted to see folks divert off the tourist trail and see the real Ireland.
Alcohol is the answer to your question. Next time waterford the oldest city in the country just outside thomastown
If you go to the area your granny was from go to the local church and talk to a priest he should be able to look up your granny's parents death certificate
I will not lie. I love you guys but Neil's hangup with numbers drives me crazy. What is a budget? I am 65, worked 41 years for the same US corporation. Not college educated and have more money than I can spend. My point is you only live once. No one is promised tomorrow. Live for today. I had Prostate Cancer and surgery this past year. Had to cancel a whole month in Italy. Hawaii in 3 weeks and a month in Ireland/Scotland and Liverpool (huge Beatles fans) in August. So far 30 countries on 5 continents. Trying to catch up with you guys. Keep up the good work.
Haha Darrell, this is Neil typing and it drives me crazy too 😂
Absolutely, live for now. Keep on going Darrell and hopefully we'll bump into you somewhere around the world.
All the best,
Neil & Sarah
Not everyone is as lucky as you... Not everyone has USD to go splash around the world
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I’ve absolutely loved this series, please do more like it! My wife and I love driving holidays but do the crazy way 😂 We did Eire in 10 days and saw lots of it, but certainly not all.
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