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sligoman
19/08/2007, 8:37 PM
Obviously Muff is one but that's an old one really. On my way to Waterford the other day we passed through a place called "Granny" and I also saw a sign for "Kilmacow":D

Anymore?
Poor Student
19/08/2007, 8:46 PM
Hackballscross.

Newtownmountkennedy for its lack of spaces?
KevB76
19/08/2007, 11:27 PM
The Limerick lads are particularly amused by Kilheffernan
Anto McC
19/08/2007, 11:38 PM
"Horseleap" always brings a smile to my face.
holidaysong
19/08/2007, 11:44 PM
I've always found Nobber in Co. Meath and Termonfeckin in Co. Louth quite amusing. :)
strangeirish
19/08/2007, 11:45 PM
Raphoe, Co. Donegal.
Ballydehob in Cork
Monkfish
19/08/2007, 11:53 PM
Ballyhooly, Co Cork, has to be a party town!:)
strangeirish
20/08/2007, 12:05 AM
Stillorgan. Maybe they should consider twinning with Big Bone Kentucky. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bone,_Kentucky)
It's claim to fame is Big Bone Lick State Park, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bone_Lick) which includes the communities of Beaver Lick and Rabbit Hash!

I'm not making this up!
Dodge
20/08/2007, 12:38 AM
I've always liked the tiny town of Inch
sligoman
20/08/2007, 12:44 AM
Tubbercurry in Sligo has amused some people I think.
SkStu
20/08/2007, 4:06 AM
a few towns in Saskatchewan that make me laugh

Kandahar, Seamen, Elbow and Climax.

In fact i think Canada is a haven for funny place names. Also in this province are Moose Jaw and Uranium City.
the 12 th man
20/08/2007, 6:46 AM
Moone (Co. Kildare)
Ash
20/08/2007, 7:32 AM
Tubbercurry in Sligo has amused some people I think.

Many a drunken Thursday night going into the 4 Lights asking for a
Big 4 Special and a large Tubbercurry.

I've friends from around there but I can never remember if they're from
the Tubber side of Curry, or the Curry side of Tubber :confused:

I always though Stoneybatter and Stepaside were funny enough.

Effin in Limerick. I was at a wedding in Adare a few months ago and
the mass was said by an Effin priest!

Place outside Melbourne called PooWong which made me giggle.
Pauro 76
20/08/2007, 8:19 AM
My home village Killashee isnt funny. Until some wag adds a 'P' at the end.
Cockfosters in London i always find funny when said on the tube.
Stoneybatter when said in a knacker Dub accent is always fun too.
Ballsbridge and Killala are great for amusement too.
paul_oshea
20/08/2007, 8:54 AM
Nobber.

the girlfriend is from Muff ( well quigleys point, but might as well be ). I still get grreat delight from that.
Sunny Jim
20/08/2007, 9:08 AM
Bast@rdstown, Co. Wexford. More here: http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=15651
Pauro 76
20/08/2007, 9:40 AM
Bast@rdstown, Co. Wexford. More here: http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=15651

Ha ha! great stuff! Ringaskiddy quite funny too.
citizenerased
20/08/2007, 10:22 AM
an estate called 'Muff cesent' in Nobber co.meath...
Pauro 76
20/08/2007, 11:25 AM
Staines outside London is quite funny.
Even funnier if you mention that Cockfosters and Staines should be twin towns.
GuisaSaigon
20/08/2007, 11:52 AM
Beaverlick http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=beaverlick&ie=UTF8&filter=0&sll=39.774769,-95.712891&sspn=36.001903,58.798828&z=13&ll=38.888093,-84.699268&spn=0.071619,0.114841&om=1
Wan King Path, Hong Kong. http://www.rudebritain.co.uk/images/wankingpath.jpg
lofty9
20/08/2007, 3:23 PM
My in laws live in Muff. The first petrol station is famous.... Top Muff....
monutdfc
20/08/2007, 3:32 PM
Is it true that Stoneybatter, with its amount of pubs, gave rise to the phrase 'on the batter'; or just an urban myth?

Already mentioned, but Termonfeckin and Hackballscross are my personal favourites.
inexile
20/08/2007, 3:40 PM
ballyloobey, co tipp always makes me giggle
galwayhoop
20/08/2007, 3:53 PM
Beaverlick http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=beaverlick&ie=UTF8&filter=0&sll=39.774769,-95.712891&sspn=36.001903,58.798828&z=13&ll=38.888093,-84.699268&spn=0.071619,0.114841&om=1


and of course our own local spot of amusement.....











the Black Box on the .......




















Dyke Road!!!!

Classic (http://www.purcellconstruction.ie/Itemdetail.asp?ItemID=59&item=03833)
pineapple stu
20/08/2007, 5:16 PM
The most stolen place name sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing,_Austria). Even got its own redirect!

W@nk and Hell are in Germany.

List of funny place names on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_with_English_meanings) - includes Kilkenny! Some of them - in paricular Anus Muncher, Ontario - appear to be puerile insertions though.

Kill Lane and Kill Avenue are roads very near me - never found them funny until someone pointed it out recently. There's also Kill Of The Grange - smoeone painted over the sign with reflective paint one time, so that at night, when your headlights shone, it read "Kill The Gran".

Slightly off topic, but the post box in Dean's Grange was once edited so "Dublin Only" and "All Other Places" became "In Only" and "All Her Places". Childish, I know, but still got a laugh out of it!
pete
20/08/2007, 5:22 PM
My in laws live in Muff. The first petrol station is famous.... Top Muff....

There is a house in south Dublin (Clonskeagh i think) called Muff House & its just a residential house. :p
Torn-Ado
20/08/2007, 5:38 PM
I've always liked the tiny town of Inch

Where inch is a mile.
Aberdonian Stu
20/08/2007, 6:54 PM
Kill Lane and Kill Avenue are roads very near me - never found them funny until someone pointed it out recently. There's also Kill Of The Grange - smoeone painted over the sign with reflective paint one time, so that at night, when your headlights shone, it read "Kill The Gran".


I live on Kill Avenue and whenever I give my address over the phone for something the person on the other end is stunned by the spelling.
Block G Raptor
20/08/2007, 7:11 PM
Don't know if killkenny counts but i know american touristy southpark fan type people think it hilarious:rolleyes:
BohsPartisan
20/08/2007, 7:27 PM
Gay Head (Marthas Vineyard).
Bald Knob (NY State)
Londonderry (Chile)
Paddyfield
20/08/2007, 7:41 PM
Kilcock must have the tourists pi$$ing themselves.


Also, when giving directions to Terryland Park, you got to be careful. Afterall, it is near the Blackbox Theatre on the Dyke Road.

Locals might say "ya go up the Dyke past the Blackbox..."
SolitudeRed
20/08/2007, 8:32 PM
Kilcock must have the tourists pi$$ing themselves.


Also, when giving directions to Terryland Park, you got to be careful. Afterall, it is near the Blackbox Theatre on the Dyke Road.

Locals might say "ya go up the Dyke past the Blackbox..."

Ahh the black box I had to a classics exam in there and it was bloody roasting cos it was June. Also isn't the black box where the local knacker population meet to 'show off' there souped up s**t box cars!

Remember seeing a place called Crazy Corner on a road map of Ireland I think it was in West Meath!
A face
20/08/2007, 8:36 PM
Hackballscross.

I was with a girl from there, and she threw the javelin. I got some slagging from my mates at the time :p
SkStu
20/08/2007, 8:44 PM
Ahh the black box I had to a classics exam in there and it was bloody roasting cos it was June.

try doin an exam there at christmas - freezin my bollicks off! Hate the place. Went to see the Frames there too - **** gig. Outspan is a ****.
the 12 th man
20/08/2007, 9:31 PM
Gobblers Knob :eek:--(USA) home of Punxatawny Jim from Grounhog Day
KevB76
20/08/2007, 9:51 PM
I go through Meanus on my way to work every day
SligoBrewer
20/08/2007, 11:04 PM
ardnakip

co leitrim
galwayhoop
20/08/2007, 11:25 PM
just to ruin the thread
link (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Number=330888)
Ash
21/08/2007, 7:57 AM
Remember seeing a place called Crazy Corner on a road map of Ireland I think it
was in West Meath!

Yep, its just outside Mullingar town on the Delvin Road.
My brother just bought a house near it. Id never heard of it
before last week, but he assures me that it is fairly crazy!
MojoPin
21/08/2007, 8:42 AM
there a housing estate in cobh called the wharf.... try getting a cab at 6 in the moring from there whilst drunk.. 7 dwarf there please.....
First
21/08/2007, 5:02 PM
Remember seeing a place called Crazy Corner on a road map of Ireland I think it was in West Meath!

No thats just the NRA trying to be hip and trendy man
Pauro 76
21/08/2007, 6:57 PM
Not so much funny as unusual. Dolphins Barn and Coach and Horses in Tipp...
pineapple stu
21/08/2007, 7:01 PM
Horse and Jockey, not Coach and Horses.
BohsPartisan
21/08/2007, 10:34 PM
Shag Harbour in Nova Scotia (Going there in a few weeks! ;) )
Tom Haggard in Wexford.
Termonfeckin Co. Louth
brendy_éire
22/08/2007, 1:12 AM
Horse and Jockey, not Coach and Horses.

Was wondering about that. Does it actually count as being a place, or just a general term for the area around the hotel?
OneRedArmy
22/08/2007, 9:14 AM
Is there somewhere called Twopothouse on the Cork to Limerick Rd?

Vague memory of laughing my hole off on the way down to a game a few years back.
Magicme
22/08/2007, 10:03 AM
just to ruin the thread
link (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Number=330888)

Funny you should mention that as a mate of mine has christened the stadium at Lissywoolen ****S (The Wonderful Athlone Town Stadium) :D
Ash
22/08/2007, 10:21 AM
Funny you should mention that as a mate of mine has christened the stadium at Lissywoolen ****S (The Wonderful Athlone Town Stadium) :D

I just read that a bit too quickly and thought you said your mate
had "christened" the stadium :eek:
dcfc_1928
22/08/2007, 10:33 AM
Yeah - its near Mallow. I was at a wedding down there earlier this year.

I think its actually New Twopothouse - so I wonder where Old Twopothouse is?

:D


Is there somewhere called Twopothouse on the Cork to Limerick Rd?

Vague memory of laughing my hole off on the way down to a game a few years back.
Magicme
22/08/2007, 10:34 AM
It is Sarah we are talking about so draw ur own conclusions!!! :p:D