Which country's people are most like ourselves?

purplepanda

I think the Welsh are very similar to South east Ireland people, certainly South & West Wales at least, from Pembroke to Cardiff / Glamorgan. I would say SE Ireland has a different atmosphere to many other parts of Ireland anyway, WX. KK, WD, WW counties.

Who was it that said the Welsh were the Irish that can't swim? 😆

I've not traveled around North Wales as much so I can't comment on that region.

We are quite like Guernsey people, in our curiosity, friendliness-nosiness, sharing life stories. Practically every Guernsey person has some kind of Irish connection, an in-law Irish relative etc. There’s a new direct flight there from Dublin and I’m guessing it is fairly well filled.

Newfoundland in Canada is extremely Irish in character.

Cornwall has a definite Irish flavour, the Celtic vibe, and has Irish St Ciaran as it’s patron saint. Over there, with the P-Celtic language, he comes St Piran.

Northumbria has some Irish character, nice casual chatty vibe, lots of redheads.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119065719#Comment_119065719

Irish people think of Billy Connolly when they think of the Scots when the reality is closer to former British Pm Gordon Brown

The Isles of Barra & South Uist, indeed the Protestant isles of Lewis, North Uist etc are very like (maybe former) remote rural Ireland in character. I’ve visited all those isles, ceilis are a regular thing, and Gaedhelic is spoken as well as English,