there is genuine loathing between the two
it's a bit confusing. It's where my family live now.

My maternal grandmother was Cork (Skibareen area) and maternal grandfather was Kerry, and their relatives never accepted it. How weird is that?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 22:15, 1 reply)

Erm...
...not that weird at all, actually. Ireland is a very small place and lest we forget the Civil War is still in living memory.
My great grandmother (a Catholic from West Cork) married a Prod, he had to convert, there was war in both families.
So marrying a Kerryman would be enough to cause comment alright.
I'm a Cork woman married to a Tipperary man, sigh, the comments never stop. :-)
(Mediumsizedbear is trying to be littler., Sat 6 Mar 2010, 22:22, closed)

I guess
But it wasn't as though they were divided by religion or by affiliation. Just a bit of land.

Cork married to Tipperary man?! Shocking!
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 22:51, closed)