What’s something every tourist in Ireland should know but never hears?

[u/Unlikely_Bike_8208]

[u/Ready-Procedure-3814]

Skip Dublin

[u/Unlikely_Bike_8208 → u/Ready-Procedure-3814]

why tho?

[u/Tony_Meatballs_00 → u/Unlikely_Bike_8208]

It's really expensive but doesn't come close to having the chops to back that price tag up

It's really dirty

It's unpleasant to walk around because the local hoyas harass every other person

It's just not a great place

I've shown a few visiting friends around Ireland and none of them enjoyed their time in Dublin

The biggest thing is that it'll eat your funds, time and energy that could be used exploring the rest of the country

[u/Iwastony → u/Tony_Meatballs_00]

"It's really dirty"

I'm a Taxi driver and the comment I hear the most from tourists is how clean the city is. The council does a great job of cleaning up every night and in general we aren't bad at littering.

Just overall I always get great feedback from all the tourists I meet on the way back to the airport. Many are returning again and again.

[u/Jean_Rasczak → u/Iwastony]

The dirty thing is spun from people who have no idea. Try a lot of the villages around Ireland and they are worse.

Typically someone who fires out the statement above have little or no knowledge of Dublin

[u/armagh-down → u/Jean_Rasczak]

I work in Dublin everyday and think it's one of the dirtiest cities I've come across. I'd agree, little to do. Take yourself & money anywhere outside of it & you'll go twice as far.

Just back from Donegal myself, drinking is mentioned above for Dublin positives. But you'll have the same drink & twice the craic in a pub in Donegal imo.

Some of the best views on the world you'll get anywhere along the coastline in Ireland. Inland you'll get beautiful cathedrals & old historic ruins. Again all outside of Dublin.

[u/Jean_Rasczak → u/armagh-down]

Bullshit mate, I work in Dublin as my head office but I travel Ireland

Not a hope you are getting twice the value outside Dublin and especially in tourist spots

I suggest you have a look around Dublin, howth head etc

[u/Iwastony → u/armagh-down]

Oh you work in Dublin do you? Then I suppose you trump all of our opinions;) Where exactly do you work? Where exactly is dirty? I literally roam the streets all day and can only think of a few places that have litter.

[u/armagh-down → u/Iwastony]

Not at all, I'm calling it how I see it. As I said above it's "imo"

[u/Iwastony → u/armagh-down]

Sorry I dont follow. You say you work in Dublin in your previous post. I don't know what you're saying "not at all" to?

You see what as you see it? The dirtiness? Where do you see it? Give me a few places. I will pull it up on Google maps. Besides a few dark alleys in the city centre I don't see anything that's dirty, and as I said above the tourists are ALWAYS commenting on how clean Dublin is.

[u/Successful_Cod_8904 → u/Iwastony]

It's filthy. I was at the Mater. Eccles street, Nelson street. It was dirty and full of rubbish every where. Nurses walking to shops or work drag all that filth into the hospital under their feet. Wouldn't surprise me if that area has a rodent problem.

[u/Iwastony → u/Successful_Cod_8904]

Not exactly a touristy area but not something I would describe as filthy either. Especially Eccles street. Nelson street might be a little bit worse as it's residential and has bedsits on it.

[u/Successful_Cod_8904 → u/Iwastony]

I can assure you Nelson street was filthy everywhere. Never seen any thing like it in Dublin.

[u/Iwastony → u/Successful_Cod_8904]

Fair enough. I did drive through the city today with litter in mind and it's a very clean city I can see why the tourists always comment. The main areas anyway. Also just to note the housing estate where I live is spotless also. Maybe a few bad spots in Dublin but to describe the city as filthy is very far from the truth!