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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954 View Post
    Turns out they are named after Bernardo O'Higgins, the man who essentially won Chile their Independence from Spanish Empire and was the first leader of Independent Chile.

    His father was Ambrosio O'Higgins, who was Governor of Chile in the late 1700's, was in fact, born and raised in the townland of Ballynary in County Sligo.
    There is a plaque by the river in Sligo about them. The started the banking system over there as well.

    Definite potential for a friendly with them, would be great to see it.
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    He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magicme View Post
    He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.
    huzzah. Now you can concentrate on the finer things in life. Wine and embarrasing him when he bring mates back from college.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magicme View Post
    He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.
    Well done magicme. Where is he going to college? It's hardly University of Monaghan?
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    Woah- It's hard enough to believe a Monaghan person would get into college, let's not go mental.
    Life without Finn Harps makes no sense.

    Although in fairness life with Finn Harps rarely makes any either.

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    You can take away some of the Donegal heat if you want. Annoyance that is rain in warm weather.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954 View Post
    You can take away some of the Donegal heat if you want. Annoyance that is rain in warm weather.
    You just couldn't make this stuff up

    http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

    TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

    Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paddyfield View Post
    You just couldn't make this stuff up

    http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

    TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

    Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.
    I've met Dessie. Did a course with him. Nice chap despite his Blaney leanings.

    I would say though that he has a point (kinda) as the perception of Donegal is that the weather is rotten ALL the time.
    However people don't go to Donegal cos they assume it's a pain in the ass to get to. It's not. Though it could be better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paddyfield View Post
    You just couldn't make this stuff up

    http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

    TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

    Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.
    Funnily enough, I remember hearing on local radio here that businesses in Belgium (iirc) were taking legal action against their national weather forecasters due to inaccurate weather forecasts that had affected tourism and therefore, their businesses... Crazy stuff! (I'll see if I can find it online)

    Here: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/17/158109...ther-forecasts
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    My family used to go on holiday to Donegal every year for a few weeks, loved it! The first time I can really clearly remember was a two week spell in the summer of 1995, absolute scorcher, I don't think there was a cloud for 14 days. That's permanently affected my impression of the north-west, and now I always feel vaguely let-down and disappointed if it's cloudy or rainy at all!
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    Cork, on the other hand...
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    I think the guy has a point- I've been home a lot more than usual this summer and can honestly say that it has been a vastly better summer in Donegal than it has in Galway. There have been a lot of weekends where it was woeful in Galway but very nice indeed in Buncrana.

    On the other hand the reason weather forecasts are wrong is because is spectacularly difficult to do accurately over anything but short timescales and there isn't any real way of getting away from that.
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    Seems to be a way of getting cheap advertising to be honest.

    On the other hand, maybe local authorities should be allowed to pay Met Éireann for a better forecast. That'd be fun.

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    This reminds me of the drought the south of England had earlier this year. People were ringing up giving out the weather forecasters complaining that it was raining but the reservoirs were still empty. As if it was their fault!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr A View Post
    I think the guy has a point- I've been home a lot more than usual this summer and can honestly say that it has been a vastly better summer in Donegal than it has in Galway. There have been a lot of weekends where it was woeful in Galway but very nice indeed in Buncrana.

    On the other hand the reason weather forecasts are wrong is because is spectacularly difficult to do accurately over anything but short timescales and there isn't any real way of getting away from that.
    It's always woeful in Galway.
    I've never been to Galway where it hasn't rained.

    Not to exaggerate and get the mayor of Galway onto me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BonnieShels View Post
    It's always woeful in Galway.
    I've never been to Galway where it hasn't rained.

    Not to exaggerate and get the mayor of Galway onto me.
    Funny, when my girlfriend lived in Galway it always ****ed the rain when I visited. Yet she claimed the weather was always better in Galway than it was in Letterkenny.

    Been unexpectedly burnt raw on a couple of occasions this summer. Climbed mount Errigal a couple of weeks back and it must have been one of the hottest days of my life.

    On the contrary, I've noticed a massive increase in tourists up here this summer. So I don't get Dessie Larkins point. I've always figured he was a bit of a stirrer, but a smart one in a way that attracts plenty of attention on Letterkenny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954 View Post
    Funny, when my girlfriend lived in Galway it always ****ed the rain when I visited. Yet she claimed the weather was always better in Galway than it was in Letterkenny.
    Does she announce Salthill's attendances too?
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