Why do the Irish hate the English?

It's obvious that Irish and English people don't attack each other on the street... They are both civilized countries, and they leave aside past conflicts, now it's more important to cooperate so both nations do well. I don't live in any of the to country, so I can't possibly know exactly how they feel, that is why I apologized if I'm mistaking. I'm just telling how things transpire to my country through the media or movies. I'm sure the Irish nationalists have a pain in their soul when they see the North Ireland border on the map.

im irish, i dont particarlly hate the english, but i dont exactely go out of my way to be nice either, what they did to us years ago back in the 1900s is disgusting, when i think of that a rush of hatred just comes up in me, i never went through it im 17, but its our grandparents and others i think that keep that hatred still alive today as a few in my family still outright hate d english and have no shame in saying it to us so some of that hatred rubs off on us,(altough i think just about all ROI ppl hate the queen of england and her stupid"royal family" they should just die as far as im concerned

17 and you can't see past it ! what a waste of your time. I had family killed by ira and I could hate, maybe I could go to kilburn and kill the irish there ? what a stupid stupid little boy (or girl) you must be.

You might think that the country is a 'pig dog' (whatever that might be) but as an English person living in an Irish speaking rural community, your attitude is exactly the same as so many people living round here. My son goes to school here, speaks Irish here, we are good people yet we have to live with all the pricks who tar English people with the same brush because of what happened years ago. If you all have a problem with the country, keep it to yourselves and let us, and all the many other English people living here, get on with our lives and we'll do the same with you lot. You all seem to forget how good England was to the many Irish men who came over in the 60's to get work because your own country couldn't give them and their families what they needed.

@englandinireland I only hate the British who hate irish but if they don't hate us then ill get along with them but I'll never forgive England for what they done to us irish

I think it is right to remember. I am english and proud of it....not about what we have done in our past along with many other countries. the usa wiped out more people with 2 atom bombs but that was ok ? china and russia killed millions of thier own and other peoples......germany and japan ! are none of those hated ? should I hate the irish as they gave tacid approval to natzi germany during the war when memebers of my family were being killed in the blitz....we were fighting for freedom (or maybe you think it was another english plot to take over the world !) I have irish ancestry and they chose to live amongst the english as do many other irish people and perfectly happily. Not everyone chose to leave due to the troubles or famine, and where are lots of these expats who crave thier heritage ? have they gone back to the motherland ? would it be ok for me to hate italians becase of the romans ? of course not. I appreciate history is more current but the famine was back in 1845 I think AND we have several new genertaions who appear to be looking for offence. I think you can only go on be angry and hateful for so long and then it just works against you and no one else.

oh yes.... I forgot to add a comment about the catholics being persecuted and churches burned etc., in ireland. you need to look around europe at the time, catholics across the continent were murdering protestants across the continent (look at the massacre in paris and the expulsion of the hugonots) are they holding a grudge and bombing paris ! tolerance was not the order of the day back then, BUT IT SHOULD BE NOW. european history is filled with horrors on all sides....not just yours.

religion is the last of the reasons, nationality is the first issue

A lot of IRA members were both Catholic and Protestant so Religion was never a issue, the British goverment preferred to portray it that way.

In regard to george85 describing himself as an IRA supporter, I would take issue with his knowledge of some of the atrocities done in their name. The IRA have indiscriminately blown up,crucified and murdered thousands of people,English and Irish, so your comment could equated to saying you're a supporter of AL-Qaueda or any other terrorist group. The ends do not justify the means. Going back to the supposed Irish hate of the English, if every country held a grudge towards others who had committed atrocities against them then the world would be an even more violent place than it is already.Get over it! The British government has apologised for acts committed over the last few centuries,what else can the English do? Having a chip on your shoulders is never an attractive quality.

george85. why do you call yourself an irish american ? I have never heared anyone say they were an english american ! you can be irish or american unless you have dual nationality. maybe you could arrange for texas to be given back to mexico who seeded it to the states after a defeat......no I didn't think yo would be interested. ulster is not occupied you moron, it is part of the uk for as long as the majority want it, this is agreed with the republic so who are you to get invlolved in our domestic affairs.....sort out your own problems, you have plenty. next time good ole usa needs us we should say stuff you.

@marddyy1 Have you ever heard of African American? Same idea!!! Us Irish Americans are allowed to feel the ill feelings of the horrific atrocities brought on by the British. This is after all our motherland. We have every right to complain about the British occupation as this effects our ancestors and current lineage in Ireland. We are a very proud people and will certainly stick up for own.