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19/08/2007, 8:37 PM
sligoman

Funny place names

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

Hackballscross.

Newtownmountkennedy for its lack of spaces?
19/08/2007, 11:27 PM
KevB76

The Limerick lads are particularly amused by Kilheffernan
19/08/2007, 11:38 PM
Anto McC

"Horseleap" always brings a smile to my face.
19/08/2007, 11:44 PM
holidaysong

I've always found Nobber in Co. Meath and Termonfeckin in Co. Louth quite amusing. :)
19/08/2007, 11:45 PM
strangeirish

Raphoe, Co. Donegal.
Ballydehob in Cork
19/08/2007, 11:53 PM
Monkfish

Ballyhooly, Co Cork, has to be a party town!:)
20/08/2007, 12:05 AM
strangeirish

Stillorgan. Maybe they should consider twinning with Big Bone Kentucky.
It's claim to fame is Big Bone Lick State Park, which includes the communities of Beaver Lick and Rabbit Hash!

I'm not making this up!
20/08/2007, 12:38 AM
Dodge

I've always liked the tiny town of Inch
20/08/2007, 12:44 AM
sligoman

Tubbercurry in Sligo has amused some people I think.
20/08/2007, 4:06 AM
SkStu

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.
20/08/2007, 6:46 AM
the 12 th man

Moone (Co. Kildare)
20/08/2007, 7:32 AM
Ash

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

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.
20/08/2007, 8:19 AM
Pauro 76

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.
20/08/2007, 8:54 AM
paul_oshea

Nobber.

the girlfriend is from Muff ( well quigleys point, but might as well be ). I still get grreat delight from that.
20/08/2007, 9:08 AM
Sunny Jim

Bast@rdstown, Co. Wexford. More here: http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthrea...hybrid&t=15651
20/08/2007, 9:40 AM
Pauro 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunny Jim

Bast@rdstown, Co. Wexford. More here: http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthrea...hybrid&t=15651

Ha ha! great stuff! Ringaskiddy quite funny too.
20/08/2007, 10:22 AM
citizenerased

an estate called 'Muff cesent' in Nobber co.meath...
20/08/2007, 11:25 AM
Pauro 76

Staines outside London is quite funny.
Even funnier if you mention that Cockfosters and Staines should be twin towns.
20/08/2007, 11:52 AM
GuisaSaigon

Beaverlick http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.114841&om=1
Wan King Path, Hong Kong. http://www.rudebritain.co.uk/images/wankingpath.jpg
20/08/2007, 3:23 PM
lofty9

My in laws live in Muff. The first petrol station is famous.... Top Muff....
20/08/2007, 3:32 PM
monutdfc

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.
20/08/2007, 3:40 PM
inexile

ballyloobey, co tipp always makes me giggle
20/08/2007, 3:53 PM
galwayhoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

Beaverlick http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.114841&om=1

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

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

Dyke Road!!!!

Classic
20/08/2007, 5:16 PM
pineapple stu

The most stolen place name sign. Even got its own redirect!

W@nk and Hell are in Germany.

List of funny place names on Wikipedia - 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!
20/08/2007, 5:22 PM
pete

Quote:

Originally Posted by lofty9

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
20/08/2007, 5:38 PM
Torn-Ado

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

I've always liked the tiny town of Inch

Where inch is a mile.
20/08/2007, 6:54 PM
Aberdonian Stu

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

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.
20/08/2007, 7:11 PM
Block G Raptor

Don't know if killkenny counts but i know american touristy southpark fan type people think it hilarious:rolleyes:
20/08/2007, 7:27 PM
BohsPartisan

Gay Head (Marthas Vineyard).
Bald Knob (NY State)
Londonderry (Chile)
20/08/2007, 7:41 PM
Paddyfield

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..."
20/08/2007, 8:32 PM
SolitudeRed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

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!
20/08/2007, 8:36 PM
A face

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Hackballscross.

I was with a girl from there, and she threw the javelin. I got some slagging from my mates at the time :p
20/08/2007, 8:44 PM
SkStu

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolitudeRed

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 ****.
20/08/2007, 9:31 PM
the 12 th man

Gobblers Knob :eek:--(USA) home of Punxatawny Jim from Grounhog Day
20/08/2007, 9:51 PM
KevB76

I go through Meanus on my way to work every day
20/08/2007, 11:04 PM
SligoBrewer

ardnakip

co leitrim
20/08/2007, 11:25 PM
galwayhoop

just to ruin the thread
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21/08/2007, 7:57 AM
Ash

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolitudeRed

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!
21/08/2007, 8:42 AM
MojoPin

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.....

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