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'No loud Americans' sign in County Kerry, Ireland, slammed by local residents
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'No loud Americans' sign in County Kerry, Ireland, slammed by local residents
A shopkeeper in an Irish village faced a backlash from members of his community, after he said he would not serve “loud Americans”.
Peter Fitzgerald of Waterville, County Kerry, posted a sign in Peter’s Place cafe which banned loud Americans, as well as travellers on coach and bus tours.
Northern Irish holidaymaker Maurice Campbell spotted the sign while on holiday, and posted a photo of it on Twitter. The tweet soon went viral, and made international headlines.
He told CNBC: "I thought it was out of order. It seemed nasty. 'It's in an area that's very dependent on tourism."
Now, his fellow villagers have hit back by saying they won’t let the sign compromise their valued relationship with Americans.
Waterville is part of the scenic Ring of Kerry, an unspoilt part of Ireland which attracts tens of thousands of tourists a year. Almost 1 million travellers from the US went to Ireland last year.
Albert Walsh, chairman of Waterville Business Association, told BBC News: "What we want to do is reflect the real attitude to America.
"There is a loud welcome in Waterville for all loud American visitors and friends.
"Ours would be the last place on the island that would be anti-American."
Louise Huggard, who runs the Butler Arms Hotel, said visitors always talk of the sincere warm welcome they feel at Waterville: "from Charlie Chaplin to Tiger Woods to the late Payne Stewart who was honorary captain of Waterville golf links,” she said.
“So, we have now decided as a village to be a bit louder about welcoming our visitors. Especially our American visitors.”
Mr Fitzgerald has not responded to a request for a comment on the sign.
Source:- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/no-loud-americans-sign-in-county-kerry-ireland-slammed-by-local-residents-9627337.html
What about loud Scots or English people then? as someone posted in the comments, there are loud people in most any country. I thought the Irish economy wasn't doing so well in recent years - he must be doing ok to be able to be so selective?.
Also, I laughed at the fact it was written in such large writing, he ran out of room to add the 's' in Americans and had to put it on another line and forgot to make it plural with 'bus/coach' - what; just one of each isn't allowed?
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But i could probably say the same thing for a few countries...
That's racist.
I've come across both types of Americans.
There'd be no point in pointing out the obvious so what insight do you refer to?
'That's racist' is a meme, I believe.
Was that not the best episode ever?
if it said no loud polish people ,would that be racist ?
Yes it was.Never tire of watching it.
No ..
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/magaluf-video-shows-british-girl-3802568
I've been told by a friend of mine that the owner of Pete's Place, Mr Peter Fitzgerald, is actually British! :eek:
Charming!.
I loved Phil Lynotts (Thin Lizzy) one liner.He was asked 'how does it feel to be Irish and black?'.He replied 'like a pint of Guinness'.:cool:
PS.I know he was born in West Bromich,but at least his mother was Irish,his father American.:)
People from the celtic nations are only British when they do something right.
Perhaps because he was British!
(Shrugs, and wanders towards horizon twirling cane).