why does people say that UK and Ireland are enemy??

Question

is it true??
why??

sorry cause the vocabulary, i'm Spanish
xD

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Answer 1

the irish will say "look at what the english did to us fro 800 years"

you need to research the history to understand why ireland holds a grudge again england.

Answer 2

Never mind your vocabulary, I can understand your question.
Your question cant be answered in a few words
Just one little point I would like to make, the UK is made up of England Wales Scotland and a little part of Ireland that the English stole from the Irish people, a little dot on the map of Ireland in the North.
The rest of Ireland is Irish not the UK, eventually all of Ireland will be reunited, this is only a part of the problem .
So really Scotland, Wales and Ireland have all had problems over being exploited by England, the UK is slowly falling apart, England has not only exploited folk in its own country, it has been a systematic ongoing thing for many many years over many parts of the world.
'Enemies' may be a bit strong, but there is certainly a great deal of dislike for the English, from all over the world. And by association the UK.
I cant speak for others of course and I may be in a minority, I am Scottish, I want nothing to do with England, I dont want to be part of this UK, many folk in Wales and Ireland may feel the same, some may not, so we cant really generalise can we?
Having troops walking the streets of Ireland well after the 'troubles ' have been over is'nt helping a lot.

Answer 3

It WAS true, Ireland and England were enemies for a long time, but not any more. A lot of English live in Ireland, and a lot of Irish live in England.

What happened was an Irish King named Dermot Mc Murrough had a wife who left him for another Irish king, and he was so annoyed that he asked the then king of England to provide him with some soldiers to help him teach that other Irish king a lesson. The king of England (I forget which Henry it was) had to get back on the good side of the Christian church because he had ordered the execution of Bishop Thomas a Beckett, so he took up this opportunity to reconquer a slightly Pagan (although officially Christian) Ireland and bring it back to the church. English forces arrived in 1169. It took them until 1590 to finally conquer the Irish though, in the Battle of the Boyne. But when Ireland was divided in 1922, and the south became a Republic, some were happy to keep it this way (because of Protestants living mainly in the Northern British part, but there were also some in the Republic also) and some weren't, and then it got very messy in the late 1960s and early 1970s .... but they have been sorting out their differences and have started working together and respecting each others' cultures.

It's a long and complicated story, but English visitors are very welcome in Ireland, as are pretty much everyone else. Just don't overstay your welcome! ;-)

Answer 4

In the past Ireland was treated as a kind of colony by the English ( British ) ruling classes and it took an uprising and subsequent civil war for Ireland to turn into Eire.
With a seperate and mostly loyalist (ie British and prostestant) state of Northen Ireland being formed it meant there was some distrust and animosity between the two countries.The subsequent "troubles"-acts of terrorism or freedom fighters defying tyranny depending on which side you were on and the age old Catholic / Protestant divisions
have all made this a tragic episode in these islands history.

Answer 5

we arent enemies with the uk, i personally dont hold grudges against people for nationality, however you will always find those annoying self righteous idiots who think theyre better than everyone.

i think some people here have history in the family of uncles etc fighting the british and feel the need to stay loyal to relatives who may have died in action in the north or in the famine (food was often sold etc to the uk from ireland while the irish were starving)or something also many people from both countries arent happy with the goings on in northern ireland. however i dont really know as i am only fifteen and live in the east so am not directly affected by the north.

Answer 6

The Irish (not all but some) dislike the British for historical purposes. Ireland was a part of the UK for centuries and the Irish people were not treated well during that time. They were forced to leave their culture and their language (which fortunately survives). So there's a longstanding grudge, however I'm not quite up to snuff on current grudges.

Answer 7

"cuz ireland can whoop up on stupid UK"

ha ha best argument yet. Theres a lot of mutual resentment between us Anglo Saxons and the Irish for historical reasons. Invasions, plunderings of resources and the Northern Ireland issue don't put us Brits in a favourable light. I don't think theres a lot of hatred on the Brit side now, but possibly there are still a few Irish who hold the Ol' Grudge true.

Answer 8

In response to budding author. Soldiers DO NOT roam the street of Northern Ireland and havent for over a decade! I should know I live there and Im a soldier

Answer 9

I don't think the two countries are enemies with each other. Irish people might still resent what England did to them, but they wouldn't just automatically see Brits as their natural enemies. People who say that are ****-stirrers.

Answer 10

ireland are really pissed at england and make speeches about it.

england is sort of looking the other way, coz ireland is sort of like when a girl you sleep with and dont call back makes a fool out of both of you in a public place. and just wont shut up no matter what