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Melissa5


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Michele and travellers...let's see..I have my three-prong plugs for Republic of Ireland. I think I have (and need?) 2-prong plugs for Northern Ireland? No? Yes?

I don't have a converter yet. Not bringing a hair dryer as luckily most of my b&bs have answered my e-mail stating they do have hair dryers, towels, and small face cloths.

But we will need to charge up our 2 cell phones...getting SIM cards for them in Ireland. Do you know if cell phone chargers bought in the USA usually need a converter for Ireland?

What about Ipods, which my daughters want to bring to play music? Do they need a converter?

In Italy I recall not using a converter, just the little 2-prong plug thingies...we didn't set anything on fire...

Thanks for putting up with zillions of questions everybody. Leaving in a coupla days so you will be rid of me for 2 weeks (unless I get near a computer in Ireland and start my trip report early! )

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Melissa,


The ipod has a converter built into the standard ipod charger.  I checked with apple because I was concerned about the same thing.  So, no worry of a meltdown.  You can also buy a car adaptor if you'd rather charge on the go and not worry about the wall stuff. 


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The prong thingies are the same for UK and Ireland ... three thingies.


If your mobile phone charger has a built in converter, it will be very obvious. It's a block, usually somewhere in the middle of the cord and will list a voltage range from aprox 110-240. If it has that, you don't need a converter. If it doesn't, you need one. Ours needed one.


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Thanks everyone for the good info for Melissa!


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Thanks, everybody. I didn't buy my converter yet. Running out of time. The countdown begins...She's going...going...almost gone.

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