What are counties actually famous for?

[paul_oshea]

I always thought it was glencolmcille.

[ollie]

I always thought it was glencolmcille.

well it will prob be called that for 51 weeks of next year;)

[kingdom hoop]

Ok, here goes for the most cringe-inducing post in the history of this forum.....I'll just go for a quick run through, let's see what my brain can muster!

Ant-rim; not what you want your bird's lips to taste like:(
Ar-magh; my brothers and me think she's just the greatest
Car-low; boy racers are so cool!
Ca-van; ugh, possibly the ugliest prototype ever
Clare; luvely gurrel so she is
Cork....screw 'em:mad:
Derry; hmmm, how about I get a flan, you get a chalice, and we put em all together and see becomes of it
Donegal
Down....town, waiting for you tonight
Galway
Kerry - ah shur she's the love of me life
Kil-dare; no, truth please, unless Ealing Green is playing of course
Kilkenny; oooooh my god like, haven't they, like, killed him sooooo many times already?
Laois - where else better to keep your criminals on a tight rein?
Leitrim......med himself up and got back on the team, well done lee!
Lime-rick - no, lemon please Bob
Long-ford - stretched fiesta, party on!
Louth
Mayo....naysers
Meath....ing point for crusties
Monaghan
O-ffaly.....crap county
Ros-common....ly rues his birthplace
Sligo
Tipperary
Ty-rone....an up and beat the living sh!t out of his gammy ginger head
Water-ford - they'll need one with global warming eh
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow - must be time to say goodnight folks! ;)


I think Mayo may the best. Liked the Cork one as well. Mostly crap, brain not functioning at optimum level, but I gave a shot!

My head hurts even more now though. Damn you all

[Jerry The Saint]

mayo - i like it

Isn't that the local tourist board's slogan?

Come to think of it, all of them are!



dublin - sh1thole.
galway - great place for a **** up ( but no longer )
cork - loud people
kerry - arrogant people
cavan - definitely tight people
donegal - (ex)girlfriends ( thats 3! over 5/6 years )

:eek:

[sligoman]

25.Sligo - Sligo RTC (good times)It's Sligo I.T. ...get with the times old man:p

[Ash]

It's Sligo I.T. ...get with the times old man:p

I had my good times back in the days of the RTC ...
had 1 year there as an IT and wasnt that great :D

[kingdom hoop]

Right, more serious tone. I see Kerry got a hard time from a few people....clearly my personality has shone through in my posts then. :D 'Stoopid' and arrogant though?? :confused:

Come on Paul drop that inferiority complex of yours. Arrogant? WTF?Kerry people could hardly be less arrogant. Proud, yes, we like our county, but that never boils over into arrogance. To generalise, I'd say we're probably the most unassuming 'race' in the country. You must have missed Keith Duggan's Sideline Cut around the time of the All-Ireland Final. Basically, in a typically witty and amusing fashion, he said that despite the reams of titles we've won he still couldn't possibly bring himself to dislike Kerry people because of their warm, unassuming nature, never boastful when we win, and when we lose we graciously accept defeat. Interestingly, my dad's least favourite people are Roscommon people, I might just begin to take after him the way that rapscallion O'Shea is carrying on.

And just on that stoopid point (I don't think it was meant in the Kerryman joke fashion, sorry if I misconstrued BGR!) but I was going to bring it up anyway as I think it might be something a lot of people don't, or haven't here anyway, recognise Kerry as being famous for; namely that the county has produced a plethora of great writers and poets, north Kerry in particular is a bit of a literary hotbed. As for examples from the area all in the last few decades; John B. Keane, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Bryan McMahon, Brendan Kennelly, and John Moriarity (who was apparently Ireland's leading philosopher (maybe only though!) until his untimely death earlier this year, looking forward to reading his works sometime). Going back a bit you've the Blasketeers then as well. I think that maybe the story-telling culture lived on longer in Kerry and that it might have been a significant factor in fostering a love of, well, story telling.

I suppose golf courses would have to be thrown in there too, Ballybunion, Tralee, Waterville, Killarney, are all world-class courses, attracting thousands of yanks to our shores.

I suppose there's loads of touristy kinda things as well. Highest mountain(s). Killarney. Ring of Kerry. Blaskets are pretty famous. And don't forget Inishvickallaun!! Surfing/beaches. Valentia being the site of the first transatlantic telegraph line. That big rock in the middle of the ocean some crazy monks decided to live on. And who could forget Fungi!

If you're looking for a bit of controversy Padjoe, then we have the babies, the philandering bishop, and loads of nationalist history to delve into. Oh yeah, and of course the people are incredibly arrogant. :rolleyes:

[strangeirish]

Did ya hear the one about the Kerryman on Foot.ie....?:D
How about the old song by Chris De Burgh, Don't pay the Kerryman:D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7ukCJifew)

[kingdom hoop]

Did ya hear the one about the Kerryman on Foot.ie....?

:D Go on, what is it?


Oh wait.....:o



damnit, haven't slept in a day, mental acuity for jokes at despairing nadir:( that tune just dramatically perked spirits though, cheers!

[Donegalred]

Antrim - H & W
Armagh - buck mad birds
Carlow - great men for sugar
Cavan - mean, mean , mean
Clare - Want to go on the beer? go to here...lahinch
Cork - Shocker of an accent
Derry - The brandywell
Donegal - We're different up here
Down - Downpatrick
Galway - Let yourself go....at the races
Kerry - GAA
Kildare - Dublin
Kilkenny - Iomaniocht
Laois - Queen's country?
Leitrim - Mental spot for a night out....actually
Limerick - Munster
Longford - For being in longford
Louth - Even worse accent than cork's
Mayo - Chokers
Meath - Tommy tiernan
Monaghan - Clones
Offaly - Bord na Mona
Roscommon - Rednecks
Sligo - The rovers
Tipperary - The piggery
Tyrone - Omagh
Waterford - Crystal
Westmeath - Glasson the village of the roses
Wexford - Vinegar hill
Wicklow - Glendalough

[Thunderblaster]

1.Antrim - Ian Paisley
2.Armagh - Drumcree
3.Carlow - Rastafarian colours
4.Cavan - Potholes and poor signposts
5.Clare - Shannon airport
6.Cork - The langer from Togher
7.Derry - Foyleside Shopping Centre
8.Donegal - Barnesmore Gap
9.Down - World's oldest underpass in Banbridge
10. Dublin - Best city in Ireland
11. Fermanagh - Enniskillen
12.Galway - Arty-farty city
13.Kerry - Bogball
14.Kildare - Horseracing
15.Kilkenny - 19th June 2005
16.Laois - Portlaoise Prison
17.Leitrim - Glencar Waterfall
18.Limerick - Kennedy Cup
19.Longford - Luigis
20.Louth - Puking up on Dundalk station platform
21.Mayo - Westport United football club
22.Meath - Comeback kings
23.Monaghan - Monaghan bus station
24.Offaly - Tullamore church fire
25.Roscommon - Douglas Hyde
26.Sligo - Ben Bulben
27.Tipperary - Tipp town bottleneck
28.Tyrone - Start of the M1 motorway to Belfast
29.Waterford - Dungarvan
30.Westmeath - Feerick's bar
31.Wexford - Most thundery county in Ireland
32.Wicklow - Glendalough

[Block G Raptor]

Right, more serious tone. I see Kerry got a hard time from a few people....clearly my personality has shone through in my posts then. :D 'Stoopid' and arrogant though?? :confused:



Sorry kingdom no offense intended, was thinking more of the old kerryman jokes:D

[kingdom hoop]

Sorry kingdom no offense intended, was thinking more of the old kerryman jokes:D

Cool, none taken, joke is really on the people who think they're true to life. :)


Is there smoke without fire though? I wonder how the trend originated....probably not the most worldly-wise of people alright.** But to counter that, if it makes any sense, I don't think we'd be naive, or easily duped into something at the same. Anyone have an inkling on origin? Of course it could also be that people knew we'd take it on the chin and have a laugh along and a quick retort, unlike, say, Roscommon people. No complaints with Kerrymen being the the local equivalent of the world's Irishmen though I must say. Has to be a positive thing, must mean Kerrymen are the best in the world, and I'm the best Kerryman, so my suspicions have been confirmed, I'm the best man in the world. Sweet! :p



**Despite being an intrepid traveller to far-flung destinations I too tend to be a little bit of a head-in-the-clouds type at times. Very curious indeed.

[osarusan]

I suppose golf courses would have to be thrown in there too........attracting thousands of yanks to our shores.


We rest our case on the stupidity issue.

[sonofstan]

First county to elect a Sinn Feinner to the Dail,

Think a few might have done that in 1919/ 1921/ 1923?

[Magicme]

Good way to stir sh!t Dodge :D


4.Cavan - Clones so many memories both bad and good.


Clones is actually in Monaghan Mr Heggy! Dont you dare try give our once county town to that shower!

Oh and sonofstan I really meant in recent years.

[sligoman]

Is Monaghan famous for anything? Apart from Magicme of course:p. Also Carlow, Clare and Tipperary? Can't think of anything, apart from Pat Shortt for the latter.

[beautifulrock]

Clones is actually in Monaghan Mr Heggy! Dont you dare try give our once county town to that shower!

Oh and sonofstan I really meant in recent years.

How about 1957 then from the county that you reckon nothing happens in. Ok Monaghan - no education :)

[bennocelt]

Sligo-Aine, Westlife, Yeats, lovely scenery too;), oh and Rovers of course:D.

surely to god you are not proud of Westlife, are you?

Antrim - Too many Oranges up there!
Armagh - South Armagh/snipers/ira
Carlow - nothing
Cavan - greddy and tight, pig farmers
Clare - Lisdoonvarna, trad music
Cork - the real capital, rebels. roy keane
Derry - free derry
Donegal - danield on donnell, there are all a bit slow up there
Down - decent footballers
Dublin - jackeens, skangers, full of themselves, dirty dirty dublin
Galway - cool, great bars/music/the galway races
Kerry - kerryman jokes, fcuking fools, jackie healy rae, having useless festivals
Kildare - dublin but richer, horse stud farms
Kilkenny - hurling, castle
Laois - portlaoise
Leitrim - empty, one trafficlight
Limerick - stab city, richard harris
Longford - immigrant central
Louth - mad, rough
Mayo - knock, simple
Meath - navan, funny, strange accents, vicious at ga
Monaghan - the border
Offaly - biffos
Roscommon - nothing much
Sligo - sligo town
Tipperary - hurling, always amaze me how they vote for corrupt politicans
Tyrone - ga
Waterford - down south
Westmeath - no show like a joe (dolan) show
Wexford - in the corner
Wicklow - rathdrum, mountains

[sligoman]

surely to god you are not proud of Westlife, are you?I didn't say I was but sure why not anyway? Sure jealousy will get ya nowhere:p

Another thing Sligo is famous for is surfing, Strandhill is very popular. I know of one fella who came over from Germany and thought Sligo was a place in Strandhill:D

[holidaysong]

Louth:

Famous for - Brown bull of Cooley, Cúchulainn, The Corrs, Cromwell burning down Drogheda, Oliver Plunkett's head.

Actually known for - Maxi, smuggling, IRA, Dundalk FC and err.. Stan.

[ollie]

Is Monaghan famous for anything? Apart from Magicme of course:p. Also Carlow, Clare and Tipperary? Can't think of anything, apart from Pat Shortt for the latter.

From the top of my head heres a few things:

Clare: Trad music, Bunratty castle, Lisdoonvarna, cliffs of moher, hurling, ger loughnane, ennis, shannon airport, The burren, Aillwee Caves, Craggaunowen

Tipp: Rock of Cashel, Semple Stadium, GAA was founded in Thurles, Bulmers, Denis Leamy, holy cross abbey, numerous ancient castles around the county, glens of aherlow, Eddie Moroney, Mitchelstown caves.


Looking back, numerous school tours took in a lot of those places.


As for Carlow......em.....pass!

[holidaysong]

As for Carlow......em.....pass!

Worst GAA jersey ever.

[BohsPartisan]

Meath -

Formerly the 5th province of Ireland
Hill of Tara where the High resided(ala the royal county)
Tommy Tiernan/Hector/Dylan Moran
Pierce Brosnan(navan man himself)
Francis Beaufort(invented the beaufort windscale)
Best land in the country
Boyne Valley
Great GAA Teams

Newgrange/Knowth/Dowth

[Paddyfield]

As for Carlow......em.....pass!

Monte Carlow? :D

[Lionel Ritchie]

Is Monaghan famous for anything? Apart from Magicme of course:p. Also Carlow, Clare and Tipperary? Can't think of anything, apart from Pat Shortt for the latter.

Monaghan is famous for plenty ...and at the moment I'm thinking it's ability to recreate a little piece of Antartica shouldn't be overlooked. Not in a bad way either. This morning was not the first utterly beautiful christmas morning I've witnessed here. I mean picture postcard beautiful. Sharp frost, deepest Irish blue skies and cold enough to freeze the nads off a polar bear.

Can I just commend Ollie on a post that didn't once seek to highlight the bad in any place either ...being stumped about Carlow aside (I'm stumped too). I'm not saying we should talk like a Bord Failte ad -but I think we do that too often in this country -seek to enhance our own neck of the woods by looking down the nose at other places to create counterpoint or some such. Maybe being from Limerick makes me that bit more tuned into it but it goes on a lot.

Clare, by the way, has so much going for it that's notable I'm not sure where to start. The Burren, Ailwee, Fanore, Kilkee, perriwinkles, dilisk and a pint of stout in any of the locals, Spanish Point, Lahinch, Lisdoonvarna, Miltown Malbay and the Willy Clancy festival, Ballyheigue, Enistymon, Carrigaholt, the cliffs of Moher, The Stunning/The Walls (commonly thought of as a "Galway Band" -but from Clare, the fishing at Dunlicky ...that's just the west coast! The siege of Ennis, Scattery Island and St. Senans seven churches (count 'em SEVEN! on an uninhabited island! ...to paraphrase Quint in 'Jaws' he was either very clever or very dumb), the Killimer ferry, the view from gallows hill (Ennis-Limerick-Nenagh on a good day with the estuary marking it out), the lakelands taking in Killaloe, Scariff and Mountshannon. Great little county.

[mypost]

Offaly - Bord na Mona

Imo, Offaly is the most boring, dull, uneventful county in Ireland. At least Leitrim has a coastline.

[bennocelt]

Imo, Offaly is the most boring, dull, uneventful county in Ireland. At least Leitrim has a coastline.

Hvae you seen the new Tommie Tiernan DVd, has a good rant about Offaly, very funny and so very true:)
Also calls Athlone a hole of a place!
that man is always spot on with his observations!

[Raheny Red]

Longford: for the unfortunate and disgusting atrocity at Abbeylara.

[Paddyfield]

Imo, Offaly is the most boring, dull, uneventful county in Ireland. At least Leitrim has a coastline.

I had my stag party in Tullamore in 2001. The nightclub in the Bridge Hotel is massive; I reckon it holds more than 2000. In fact, my username on foot.ie is inspired by a great Chinese restaurant called The Paddy Field in Tullamore [no, my real name isn't Paddy!].

A mate of mine who lived in Athlone often got a taxi to Tullamore instead of downtown Athlone for a night on the sauce.

Ex Athlone Town and Galway United defender Kevin Williamson is from Tullamore. I think he went on to join the Mighty Mons. Also, ex Galway United, Shamrock Rovers and Waterford United striker Stephen Grant is from Offaly before he quit to take up modelling:D

[BohsPartisan]

1.Antrim - Bushmills
2.Armagh - Confusing GAA colours
3.Carlow - Braun
4.Cavan - Bad Cola
5.Clare - Holes
6.Cork - Buoyancy
7.Derry - The Tavern
8.Donegal - Bundoran
9.Down - Shopping trips
10. Dublin - Bohemian FC, James, Joyce, Guinness, Dodgy politicians
11. Fermanagh - Lakes
12.Galway - Spaniards
13.Kerry - Iceland
14.Kildare - The Japanese Gardens
15.Kilkenny - Bohs winning the league in 2001.
16.Laois - Stopping on the way to somewhere
17.Leitrim - Rain
18.Limerick - Soviets
19.Longford - The Lion's Den
20.Louth - The worst accent in Ireland
21.Mayo - Shedding body hair and not understanding sarcasm
22.Meath - Ancient Astronomy
23.Monaghan - The Oasis
24.Offaly - Soup and Sandwiches on the way to Kerry
25.Roscommon - Nothing
26.Sligo - Soothsayers
27.Tipperary - Butter
28.Tyrone - Ulster American Folk Park
29.Waterford - Tramore amusements
30.Westmeath - Squinting windows
31.Wexford - Being Over-rated
32.Wicklow - Beautiful Women

[tetsujin1979]

18.Limerick - Soviets
You are definitely going to have to elaborate on that one

[osarusan]

You are definitely going to have to elaborate on that one

http://www.limericksoviet.com/

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

The Limerick Soviet of 1919 (http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/talks/limerick.html)

[kingdom hoop]

Kerry - kerryman jokes, fcuking fools, jackie healy rae, having useless festivals


Maybe more accurately described as fcuking animals?! ;)



Spanish Point, Lahinch, Lisdoonvarna, Miltown Malbay and the Willy Clancy festival, Ballyheigue, Enistymon, Carrigaholt, the cliffs of Moher

Kerry (she honestly informs me) lays claim to Ballyheigue. And the beautiful rock pools, big waves, and sand castles that go with it, of course. :)

[mypost]

I had my stag party in Tullamore in 2001. The nightclub in the Bridge Hotel is massive; I reckon it holds more than 2000. In fact, my username on foot.ie is inspired by a great Chinese restaurant called The Paddy Field in Tullamore [no, my real name isn't Paddy!].

A mate of mine who lived in Athlone often got a taxi to Tullamore instead of downtown Athlone for a night on the sauce.

Ex Athlone Town and Galway United defender Kevin Williamson is from Tullamore. I think he went on to join the Mighty Mons. Also, ex Galway United, Shamrock Rovers and Waterford United striker Stephen Grant is from Offaly before he quit to take up modelling:D

Not exactly noteworthy is it?

The only thing I have ever seen in Co. Offaly, is farms, and also where the railway line splits Ireland's Southbound/Westbound train network at Portarlington.

Scraping bottom of barrel I know, but it was a struggle to even scrape it. :D

[osarusan]

You can't spell Offaly without spelling 'offal'. Don't forget that.

[CollegeTillIDie]

You can't spell Offaly without spelling 'offal'. Don't forget that.

osarusan

It took guts to say that :D

[Bottle of Tonic]

Longford -

ehm. Bogland. Albert Reynolds (even though he's technically a Rossie), Luigi's chips, Pat the Baker (even though he's brown bread), Longford Town FC


Pa Donoghue and Junior Doyle will be disappointed not to make the list!

[CollegeTillIDie]

Pa Donoghue and Junior Doyle will be disappointed not to make the list!

What? No Zac Hackett? :confused:

[Lionel Ritchie]

Maybe more accurately described as fcuking animals?! ;)



Kerry (she honestly informs me) lays claim to Ballyheigue. And the beautiful rock pools, big waves, and sand castles that go with it, of course. :)

Apologies Kingdom. I meant Ballyvaughan. Banna Strand in Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry is spectacular alright.

[Den Perry]

i hope somebody from Donegal has not got the cheek to be insulting to Tipp....

[Thunderblaster]

Not exactly noteworthy is it?

The only thing I have ever seen in Co. Offaly, is farms, and also where the railway line splits Ireland's Southbound/Westbound train network at Portarlington.

Scraping bottom of barrel I know, but it was a struggle to even scrape it. :D

Portarlington is in County Laois.

[Paddyfield]

Portarlington is in County Laois.

Hmmmmm. Most people will know what a BIFFO is but what about a
BUFFALO?


Big
Ugly
F**ker
From
Around
Laois
Offaly

[Ash]

Portarlington is in County Laois.

The Port side is on the Offaly side of the bridge.

[Green Tribe]

I see people have been missing Fermanagh off their lists :rolleyes::eek:

[sligoman]

I see people have been missing Fermanagh off their lists :rolleyes::eek:That's showing ya how bad it is so!:D Enniskillen is the only good thing there.

[Green Tribe]

That's showing ya how bad it is so!:D Enniskillen is the only good thing there.

Now now. There's more to it than Enniskillen :D

[Ash]

Now now. There's more to it than Enniskillen :D

Theres also the big airport there ;)

[Green Tribe]

Theres also the big airport there ;)

ha ha true, St Angelo International:D