Ireland

At a Glance

Ireland is a green Atlantic island with a culture built on storytelling, music, and a deeply social relationship with language that makes it one of the most naturally welcoming places in the English-speaking world. The landscape of cliffs, bogs, stone walls, and castle ruins has an ancient, weather-beaten quality, and the towns and villages have a genuine warmth of pub culture and conversation. Those who connect with Celtic tradition, literature, and the particular Irish way of talking about everything will find it hard to leave.

• More US tech company European HQs than any other country.
• One of the most expensive countries in the EU for daily life.
• English became dominant only in the 19th century — Irish was the majority language before.