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i'm not comparing - don't feel the need to. They're completely different types of countryside. Midlands is a nice alternative. Plenty of Anglers and boatsmen will agree with that.
Next time you're up in longford you should hang around for a day and just have a look around Lanesboro, Newtowncashel, Aughnacliffe.
p.s. the bogs helped me bankroll college and the first sight of them from the train means ii'm nearly home... so don;t even go there :cool:
Yeah Conor, but go for a stroll up Cairn Hill and take in the views. Besides the midlands are far hotter temperature wise than anywhere on the coast. :)
Besides you can keep the tourists, if it means suffering the healy-rae's....
Sure they'd be no bias from the Tourist books, particular Failte Ireland ones :rolleyes: People hardly want to fish, or travel on a boat through desolate countryside, as you seem to think it is. Being off the tourist trail doesn't mean there isn't amazing scenery, just that it (disgracefully and thankfully depending which hat I have on :confused: ) hasn't been exploited to it's full potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
The likes of Longford and Mullingar are far more "real" Ireland, than the plastic picture postcard rubbish in the tourist spots of Kerry.
btw Are you sure about the 50% less paid for houses? I certainly wouldn't think so, or Kerry is as expensive as Dublin
if i'm defending the midlands on the wrong basis then on what basis are you against it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
Midlands has better roads, is central to more places, it has the scenery (you may just not have seen it cos it's not being shoved down your neck by An Bord Faulty), it has the pubs, it has the golf courses, the restaurants, the walking trails, the accommodation... etc etc etc
It has everything up to a comparable level to the coast/south/wherever. If more effort was put into displaying this then maybe second homes and exasperating demand on services would not be such a problem in tourist areas in ireland - given the fact we only promote one type of them
Not in terms of Football, but it certainly is in terms of electoral areas, and that's the only North Kerry/South Kerry divide i'm aware of ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
offaly isn't the midlands just like west kerry isn't north kerryQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
The guesthouses are there alright. Admittedly i havent tried booking them but maybe if you've been having probs then you're being a little too picky... a luxury nobody booking in killarney can afford i can tell you.
Anyway what would you be booking guesthouses for with all the longford contacts you have here ;)
I'd wager you haven't walked those Kerry ones either. And if you have you've been lucky. Glasson, the Hodson Bay, a new one planned for Carriglas Manor and the Sieve Russell out the road... we don't do too bad either. I'm not fighting against you on this but it's like Macy was trying to get at - its not a complete sh!thole you know. I honestly think you just need to see some of it.Quote:
And then you started talking to a Munsterman about golf courses. You ever hear of Killarney? Ballybunion? Waterville? Fota? The Old Head of Kinsale? Lee Valley? Now admittedly I haven't walked Ferbane Golf Course myself, or putted a ball on the greens of Clara... :D
Southern Arrogance ... yawn... :rolleyes:
Is it really? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
Madness, I never knew that, always assumed it was North :o
All posts hereby retracted, North Kerry is ugly, back in my box.
broke down in Togher once....some nice locals offered to help me push my car to the local garage...when I got there, my leather jacket had mysteriously vanished from the passenger seat along with some CD's and a briefcase.Very nice people living down there. Always found Cork City a bit of a hole to be honest, but the surrounding areas, particularly West Cork, to be quite good.
Waaaherfurd is another dive. Nothing good comin out of that hole at all.Galway and Limerick are the best two social cities in Ireland,(please hold off on the stab city jokes lads...they're quite old and mostly concern two families) but for pure craic, I believe West Clare tops the lot on a long summers day...A day on the beach at Kilkee or Quilty, then up to Miltown Malbay, Lisdoonvarna or Doolin for a mighty trad session and loads of pints...nice touristy type ladies around too I might add..
Surely you're to blame for putting temptation in their way?Quote:
Originally Posted by joeSoap
Just like you don't walk through parts of Limerick with your wallet sticking out of your back pocket.
I don't think you walk anywhere with your wallet hanging out of your arse pocket, if you do, you deserve it.When your car breaks down at a reasonably busy roundabout, you don't expect an influx of 14 year old thieving scumbags to steal from your car when they're supposed to be 'helping' you....although maybe you should these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
As sad truth of urban life these days I'm afraid.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeSoap
At least you weren't mugged for your belongings though.
Those other things can be replaced.
Certainly, and I will never, ever move there ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
Ah, it aint so bad... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by davros
Would HATE to live in:
Leitrim... :eek:!!-The most backwards place i'v ever seen...
Sligo
Louth
The North
Wouldn't mind to live in:
Galway
(some parts of)Kerry
Wexford
But the best place in Ireland-without a doubt-HAS to be Cork city!!!
....nah you've got us wrong. We just hate outsiders...especially dubs. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Magoo
anti-social??..jaysus there aint many pubs in newbridge that aren't packed out the door every weekend.
Heaven for me...NEWBRIDGE (currently living in kildare town thanks to anti-social dublin commuters pushing up house prices in my home town) or anywhere in County Clare
Hell ... Anywhere in Laois or Offaly or Dublin City Centre.
Don't mean to patronise but i think you're confusing anti-social with unsociable. I doubt the commuting dubs are being anti-social by commuting up and down every day - depends on your outlook i suppose.
It's like I said I don't mean to offend Kildare people here but yis are not teh friendliest bunch of people ever. First time I walked to work here a crowd of people walking past me on the bridge all dropped the shoulder going past (including the ... ahem ... ladies). That can happen anywhere i know but on my first day here?
In reference to the pubs, the fooking most annoying thing about the pubs here is the dopey looking cokheads that are the bouncers (2 or 3 on every door of every pub). Swift's, Johnson's, Coffey's all okay (havent been in white water (correct name?) yet. Time is an alright nightclub in Naas as well.
If it wasnt for Wyeth taking in a lot of non-dub outsiders, Newbridge would be an ever bigger kip. It's a small town with an big attitude and it stinks. Speaking of which that Kildare Chilling factory really makes kildare town stink as well.
BTW i'm neither a dub nor do i work in Wyeth
Love
Anywhere where I can walk/public transport to work
Dublin along the coast with good public transport, especially Southside.
Have lived in Blackrock and Clontarf in the past, much preferred Blackrock though.
Great place to live, friendly folk, very easy to get into town with Dart and loads of busses but you have everything you need out around there anyway.
Rathmines etc also nice
Where I live now in Cork. 15 minute walk to town
Kerry/Galway Gaeltach. Nice places, great people but near enough to towns as not to be cut off from all society.
Hate
Anywhere where I have to drive a long distance/time to work. i.e. over half an hour.
Most parts of Kerry (Sorry Conor)
Tipp
Midlands
just spent a few days in Kilkee.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeSoap
it looks like salems lot after the vampires and david soul had left it.
broken footpaths,pot holed roads,unpainted walls,houses,i know most of it is owned by absentee landlords but jeez...
i agree that Galway is the best social city but my fav place would be ballina for the fishing and craic during mardi gras.
ya cant beat the midlands for the variety of tourist attractions,amenities,and general infrastructure and most importantly were not discriminative re race or nationality--- we rip off everybody. :)
Yea but if you say it to him in Irish he'll offer you the knife and a pint of HarpQuote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
[QUOTE=Magoo]Don't mean to patronise but i think you're confusing anti-social with unsociable. I doubt the commuting dubs are being anti-social by commuting up and down every day - depends on your outlook i suppose.
It's like I said I don't mean to offend Kildare people here but yis are not teh friendliest bunch of people ever.
Whooo there Magoo my man, I don't come from Kildare, I grew up in a large city in the south east of Sassana where there's Irish, Greek's, Italian's, black people, Asian's, eastern europian's and cockney w**nker's as Macy call's them :D,But my mother was brought up in North Kildare so it's my spirtual home, so when i'm back fixing up my retirement home or just on holiday with the folk's, i'm from outside the place but i've never had any prob's with the attitude to blow in's.
Can't speak about Newbridge cause i'm only down there these day's for County game's, but yer more then welcome to drop by my hood in down town Baile nua for a cup of tea if yer heading toward's the N4 to Longford.
BTW was in Longford last week, the girlfriend's father come's from the town, great town to go on a romantic pub crawl, (the Anvil bar bit of a mistake though) and alway's had a good time in Longford.
Anyway favourite place in Ireland would have to be Rynvile, Connamara.
Magoo,
After visiting virtually every part of this little island I couldn't generalise and say any particular county's inhabitants are any less friendly than another.
I think its a bit rich saying you dont mean to offend any kildare people on this board and then say we are all anti social, unfriendly and have high opinion of ourselves? Thanks for calling my 2 home towns kips by the way. I'm sure Longford is teeming with meccas of fine living too.
I'm not going to get into an arguement about Newbridge. You hate it. I love it ...fair enough .
Anyway back to what Conor said...Lets all pick on Offaly! Are there any members on this board from The Kings County or is it The Queens County or is that Laois?...one in the same anyway ;)