Funny place names [Archive] - Page 2

Ash

22/08/2007, 11:46 AM

It is Sarah we are talking about so draw ur own conclusions!!! :p

Far be it for me to draw conclusions about a nurse :p
See ye on Friday :D

Magicme

22/08/2007, 12:00 PM

Yeah and u know ur welcome to stay at my gaff if urself, Yid, Rover & Ray want to. U mite get to meet Sarah's boyfriend too!

pineapple stu

22/08/2007, 11:34 PM

Was wondering about that. Does it actually count as being a place, or just a general term for the area around the hotel?
No, it's a proper place alright - old enough (pictures in the hotel of the "village" a hundred years ago, and it has a proper Irish name too ("An Marcach" - the rider). Strange one though, 'cos it seems to consist of the hotel, a tyre company and a shop. I think it was historically an important meeting point after the Thurles races. It may at this stage incorporate some houses which have strayed too far from Moycarkey and Twomileborris.

Always have a laugh at "Newbuildings" in Derry. Pike of Rushall is in Laois, and Turnpike is the village before Horse and Jockey.

stann

23/08/2007, 1:15 AM

Moycarkey

Not a bad shout in it's own right. :D

There's a place up the Comeragh mountains, into South Tipp I think, called Powers the Pot. Always made me laugh.

paul_oshea

23/08/2007, 8:59 AM

Gaylord, Michigan.

If anyone can tell me what famous person came from there without googling ill be impressed!!!

Is that where you live OSO? Is it your town?!

First

23/08/2007, 9:40 AM

paul_oshea

23/08/2007, 9:46 AM

Someone to do with the Catholic Church. Am I on the right track
Its the smallest cathoic parish in America, I came across this in a quiz sometime back. Its the name Gaylord and priests that stuck in my mind.
As for whos from there I don't know?

StrangeIrish answers your last question. Claude shannon. We wouldnt be doing any of this if not for him!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon

I didnt know that, that may be true, but what i was refering to

Paddyfield

23/08/2007, 7:42 PM

My in laws live in Muff. The first petrol station is famous.... Top Muff....

Is there a sub aqua club in Muff?

:D:D:D

paul_oshea

23/08/2007, 8:05 PM

no but theres a scuba diving club.

strangeirish

23/08/2007, 9:56 PM

Gaylord, Michigan.
If anyone can tell me what famous person came from there without googling ill be impressed!!!
Is that where you live OSO? Is it your town?!
Not me brother.

Someone to do with the Catholic Church. Am I on the right track
Its the smallest cathoic parish in America, I came across this in a quiz sometime back. Its the name Gaylord and priests that stuck in my mind.
As for whos from there I don't know?

StrangeIrish answers your last question. Claude shannon. We wouldnt be doing any of this if not for him!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon
I didnt know that, that may be true, but what i was refering to
Don't make me break out the monkey magic on you again:D

Is there a sub aqua club in Muff?

Well now, what do we have here....:D

Thunderblaster

23/08/2007, 10:07 PM

What about the village in Austria called F*cking?:eek::D:p

dcfcsteve

24/08/2007, 1:26 AM

Always have a laugh at "Newbuildings" in Derry.

Nothing funny about Newbuildings unfortunately - bitter wee place. Great location to get your windows stoned if you're on your way back from a City game (usually with the Police watching and doing nothing to stop it...)

The genius who named it must have put his creative skills to work a few years later when naming the new bridge over the Foyle, errr - 'The New Bridge'...... ! :)

OneRedArmy

24/08/2007, 9:55 AM

Nothing funny about Newbuildings unfortunately - bitter wee place. Great location to get your windows stoned if you're on your way back from a City game (usually with the Police watching and doing nothing to stop it...)Steve AFAIK that has happened very rarely in the last 15 years.

Certainly was a problem in the early days.

passinginterest

24/08/2007, 10:22 AM

Tom Haggard in Wexford.

Never thought about that being a funny one. I guess that's because most of my Mam's side of the family live there.

Other funny ones in Wexford: Horetown, Kilmore, B@stardstown (already got a mention I know) and one that's not funny but got on TV3 news yesterday, Cleariestown, no sorry Cleriestown, no wait that's not it it's Clerestown, ah bugger we'll just spell it different on every signpost sure no one will ever notice... :D

Magicme

24/08/2007, 10:34 AM

despite being in Dundalk am sure this is a school quite a few of you would love to go to: http://www.louthvec.ie/go/schools-and-colleges/bush-post-primary/ (school)

dcfcsteve

24/08/2007, 10:40 AM

Steve AFAIK that has happened very rarely in the last 15 years.

Certainly was a problem in the early days.

Has definitely happened a couple of times in recent years as well ORA - as I remember it being in the news.

Might even have been as recently as after the Cup Final last year

Magicme

24/08/2007, 10:45 AM

Just found this site with a list of rude place names in UK. http://gmaninc.blogspot.com/2005/08/100-rudest-place-names-in-britain.html00

And finally found where I am gonna feel right at home, Titty Ho, Northamptonshire!

Dodge

24/08/2007, 10:46 AM

Might even have been as recently as after the Cup Final last year

That was the Newbuildings pats supporters club...

the 12 th man

24/08/2007, 11:31 AM

Glassamucky -Dublin
Keetmanshoop -Namibia

dcfcsteve

24/08/2007, 1:11 PM

That was the Newbuildings pats supporters club...Nah. Time and again they tried to get ahead of our buses, but we just kept whizzing past them and on to the final destination.

Much like the Final itself.... :D
Just found this site with a list of rude place names in UK. http://gmaninc.blogspot.com/2005/08/100-rudest-place-names-in-britain.html00

And finally found where I am gonna feel right at home, Titty Ho, Northamptonshire!Can't get that link to work MM ?

Magicme

24/08/2007, 4:55 PM

oh sorry

dcfcsteve

24/08/2007, 11:15 PM

oh sorry

Do you have a link to that English site that would work ? I quite fancy the idea of tracking down some whackily named towns in England

DmanDmythDledge

25/08/2007, 12:07 AM

Do you have a link to that English site that would work ? I quite fancy the idea of tracking down some whackily named towns in England
All you had to do was google it!:p

Here you go- http://gmaninc.blogspot.com/2005/08/100-rudest-place-names-in-britain.html

pineapple stu

25/08/2007, 1:40 AM

Gaylord, Michigan.

If anyone can tell me what famous person came from there without googling ill be impressed!!!
Do you honestly think anyone would google "gaylord"?!:eek:

What about the village in Austria called F*cking?
Mentioned ages ago!;)

dcfcsteve

25/08/2007, 1:02 PM

All you had to do was google it!:p

Here you go- http://gmaninc.blogspot.com/2005/08/100-rudest-place-names-in-britain.html

Well excuse me ! I thought searching on the Blogspot site alone for it was enough ingenuity, thank you.... :D

Some corkers in there - though a lot just refer to streets, lanes and 'passages' (snigger..)

They've put Muff down as Northern Ireland, the swines ! I've added a post to correct it - the first on there in 2 years ! Let's breathe life back into the rudest names site.... :)

Schumi

25/08/2007, 2:09 PM

Some corkers in there - though a lot just refer to streets, lanes and 'passages' (snigger..)That reminds me. There's a 'Milkmaid's Passage' in some park in London. :D

pineapple stu

25/08/2007, 2:10 PM

Not a place name, but in the underground in Stuttgart, there was a newsagents called "Yorma's"

Thunderblaster

25/08/2007, 3:34 PM

There was a barn in Guilford, Connecticut called Insulting Manor. :eek::D

Try pronouncing this Anglesey village not far from Holyhead: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch!!:eek:

pineapple stu

25/08/2007, 3:41 PM

That's an interesting one - it's Llanfair (or Llanfair PG), but it got expanded about 100 years ago just to make it the longest place name in Britain. A complete tourist sop of a name.

Ugley in England is mentioned in that link. Remember seeing on Countdown one time that they have a Women's Institute. :p

BohsPartisan

26/08/2007, 11:30 AM

Never thought about that being a funny one. I guess that's because most of my Mam's side of the family live there.
I was in a pub there a couple of weeks ago. Can't remember the name of it. If you're coming from Kilmore you turn right off the main road and its on the left. All wooden inside with loads of antiques.

and one that's not funny but got on TV3 news yesterday, Cleariestown, no sorry Cleriestown, no wait that's not it it's Clerestown, ah bugger we'll just spell it different on every signpost sure no one will ever notice... :D
Muireantown is spelled Muirntown on some signposts.

passinginterest

26/08/2007, 11:43 AM

Muireantown is spelled Muirntown on some signposts.

That's funny because I'd have thought it was Murrintown. There's loads of places with various spellings around those parts, Tacumshane is another one.

humpmeister7

27/08/2007, 10:36 AM

You got Dickeyville (Wisconsin, USA)

pineapple stu

27/08/2007, 9:43 PM

Just back from Clara - passed by a sign for Horseleap.

Ash

28/08/2007, 7:56 AM

Horseleap.

Dont blink or you'll miss it ;)

Magicme

28/08/2007, 6:31 PM

Was in Enniskillen today and passed 2 places that always make me chuckle. Clitana and Lackaboy.

I also like Boho in Fermanagh. How do they know about the women who follow a Dublin football club anyway?

paul_oshea

28/08/2007, 7:46 PM

I also like Boho in Fermanagh. How do they know about the women who follow a Dublin football club anyway?

good one, it took me a while to get that.

i hope its only a chuckle Magicme!