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irish communitys in europe

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  • 23-11-2010 9:57am
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    funkt
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭


    ive been planing to travel for a while now and would like to start closer to home maby work my way around europe,the only problem is i only speak of the english
    so i was wondering if thare are irish/english speaking communitys in mainland europe

    thanks for any help:)


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    mikedragon32
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    This is probably better suited to the Living Abroad forum http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=213

    In short, there are large ex-pat communities around the Cote d'Azure in France and along the various Costas in Spain.

    In Nice, for example, I know a good few people who conduct most of their day to day work in English as they are dealing primarily with English/Irish clients in their respective fields of expertise. This site is also quite helpful if you're planning to move overseas: http://riviera.angloinfo.com/


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    munchkin_utd
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    leaving crazy celtic hearted Britanny aside, if you look up where there is a GAA club on the continent, then there is normally a healthy irish community in that city.

    The largest clusters of emmigrants though would be Paris and Brussels, with a right clatter in Holland (being a small country they can meet up quite easily!!)

    In Germany I can give you numbers cos germans love their statistics!!
    Theres 900+ in Munich, about 400 in Düsseldorf and the same in frankfurt, 300in Cologne but hidden amongst the sprawl of Berlin 1800+ Irish!!


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    Ponster
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    You man not be interested in GAA but this site gives you an idea as to where the biggest Irish communities are.

    http://www.europe.gaa.ie/europeangaaclubs.html


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    funkt
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭funkt


    thanks for all the replys lads been a great help and ive found what im looking for:D


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