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I saw those post on Fodor's you are talking about, the ATMs only taking the bank assigned #. I've used my debit cards in Ireland for the last 4 trips the last one 2005 and I always use my debit cards with the #'s changed. In fact, I don't have any debit cards with the assigned #. I don't want to steer you wrong, as I said it's been 2005 since I was in Irealnd. That last trip, I went to ATM's every other day as I was paying in cash as much as I could. I don't how we could find out if this (changing #'s is true). HELP, Michele!

Regards, Joan(yaya)

Ok, so between my husband and I we will have 3 different debit cards and 3-4 credit cards....I think we'll be fine.

Good to know about the small bills - we were recently in Anguilla, and their ATMs offer you a choice between American $ or Caribbean currency.  We asked for $100 American, and got one bill of $100 - we then got another $80 (small bills this time).

Thanks