Originally Posted by
Tinker
I enjoyed visiting Dublin and found the people welcoming and pleasant.
The downside was the occasional anti-British 'history'. So, for example, much of the commentary by the drivers of the double-decker city tours (I did this a second time with an American friend) was a mish-mash of victim-mentality half-truths and nonsense.
And once a city-centre taxi driver knows or thinks you're British, or worse, English, you can be in for an ear-wigging, especially if your route takes you near monuments to modern Irish history.