Ballybofey, Co Donegal !
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Ballybofey, Co Donegal !
ah man.. i hate sligo personally.
its a soulless kip which is getting worse.
our main street is pedestrian where most people if any are on it still walk on the footpaths..:o
Callan, Co. Kilkenny is another one of those Marie Celeste towns I'd say.
...that's because we copped on ages ago that the entire cinema concept is a quaint hangover from the early 20th century. Unlike our Corkonian neighbours who keep at least one of these massive human pettrie dishes slap bang in the middle of a prime thoroughfare. You're simply matter of factually wrong on the other criticisms....Quote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
Oh Christ yeah ...we need MORE festivals, more I say, damn those who say less. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
You really shouldnt be afraid to get out of the car and acually see for yourself before making yourself out to be a bit silly with your 'facts' if you dont like the place just say, no need to make up lies.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
Mountrath and Tipp town get my vote.
Was in Belfast on Sunday/Monday and have to say it's an awful dump.
Visited Bobby Sands grave on Sunday and this was the Highlight.
The City Centre is completely devoid of soul or atmosphere.
sorry to any of the Belfast Lads on here if I'm being over critical but I just couldn't wait to get out of it
Dundalk without a shadow of a doubt. Athlone not the Mae West either. Bray I suppose as well.
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Originally Posted by dortie
Trust ya Dortie to make a complete tool of yourself and do exactly as I asked you people not to do. Refrain from personal bias. Somebody will find you a dictionary and explain.
Tisk tisk, sorry for not playing by the rulesQuote:
Originally Posted by Harpsbear
:rolleyes:
no bias whatsoever....its a kip !
No need for the dictionary friend.
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Originally Posted by Monkfish
Tipp Town?! Have to disagree. There's the Cup and Saucer, an excellent spot for walking, with a superb view across to the Galtees, which aren't that far away. There's a par 3 golf course on the hill, a football pitch (of sorts...) and bits of cardboard to go scooting down the hill on. There's some World War II remnants and a public handball court. There's a cinema now, the Marian Hall for the bit of bingo of a Friday or Sunday night or cards of a Monday, the farmer's market, which will help you spot the jackeens a mile away (the ones who can't take the smell). There's a nice open area down beyond L&N (Londis I think it is now), some grand shops and pubs and chippers. There's a football team (not a bad one either) and a rugby team. I remember one time a Mini car rally around the square there just beside the Post Office - great craic so it was. Town has its own Paddy's Day Parade an all!
What more do you want?! :)
Sligo - lived there a few years but met some sound folk but mainly tossers
Buttevant/Charleville- now the bane of my life every Friday.
Shannon- Dead as a dodo
Mallow- Depressing ****hole but has 1 or 2 characters
Can't believe I forgot this..
Drogheda.. what a soulless commuter belt kip
Of course it is. There are far worse towns in Ireland.In fact its a pretty ordinary town. Not too spectacular.Just ordinary. There are so many worse towns. So yes it was your own personal bias. Perhaps its as far in life as you have so managed to venture because but you and I know it there are worse towns.Quote:
Originally Posted by dortie
Harpsbear, dortie has an opinion. He expressed it, no need to attack him for it.
The general rule of thumb is that most inland towns are kips and most costal towns are okay.
My Dad is from Tuam and he reckons it is the best town in Ireland...to leave. Sligo town is dull enough but there are some wonderful places just outside Sligo like Rosses Point and Strandhill which are uniquely beautiful.
Shannon would still be a cattle farm had they decided to build an airport elsewhere. Clifden is in the middle of the most photographed scenery in Ireland but the town itself is not so easy on the eye.
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Originally Posted by Block G Raptor
i have been up to belfast a few times and i think its a great spot, some beautiful buildings in the city centre area queens university being one of note, very good nightlife, very friendly people and some very very attractive women
I'm somewhat relieved that the worst Dungarvan has to offer is that at chucking out time it can get a bit rowdy. I normally just avoid the square at that time. Actually it's rarer that I'm around town on a Saturday night. Still it's more loud mouth drunkenness than anything else (usually). We don't hit the headlines as often as the town folk just over (or on) the Tipperary border. So I nominate Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel.
I'm suprised nobody has mentioned Portlaoise. Although I think Athy is the worst town in Ireland, Portlaoise is a close second. Bagenalstown in Carlow and Castlecomer in Kilkenny are other towns high up on my list.
When in a previous life you spent time spraying planes, trust me spotting them is not a good idea. As for the escape, some of the people I grew up with still haven't figured out that you can use these metal birds to escape.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
Reminds me when we played football in Newmarket-on- fergus (home) yearrrrrs ago , the flight path to the airport is directly over the pitch, and as a plane was making its approach to land the 11 players on the opposition used to stop playing and look up. It was funny to watch the awe that this induced on these young fellows. As Smellyfeet has said with a population of 10K+ there is sweet fanny adams to do. Of course there is always the 4 pubs . Shannon is like the town in Willy Wonkas chocolate factory and if corporate America ever up roots it will be like Lionel Ritches vote Clonmellon. It really is a bad bad place to live. Sadly it looks like I will be here for a few more years. Thank God for those metal birds.
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Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
Noticed that , it always makes me laugh, even mothers screaming at their kids to get off the street.:)
The funniest thing about Sligo town is the fact the 'Town Bypass' road goes smack bang through the middle of the town, good to see someone in Sligo Co Co has a sense of humour at least!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
Koh
To be fair its only cos the idiots at the CC havent laid the road out like a pedestrian road yetQuote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
I also noticed the pedestrian thing in Sligo, it is funny, and agree about the unusual location of the bypass, but all in all, quite like the place. Also have a fondness for the cities of Cork and Limerick. But seen as we are being asked for negatives, my list of of 10 to avoid would be Tuam, Ballymote, Tubbercurry, Bundoran, Thurles, Moate (as it has been renamed), Manorhamilton, Charleville, Newcastle West and Shannon. God help the locals.
Agree with the first one certainly. Carrick is real bandit country! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by noby
Clonmel had the Fleadh Ceoil a couple of years, and that was great craic, but it's gone very edgy in recent times.
does it define the irish psyche, that the worst town in ireland has far more posts and views than the best towns in ireland, given the threads their relative time dif in creation?
Not at all.
A more obvious interpretation is that there are far, far more terrible towns than nice ones! :D
It's just international human nature. People are much more interested and motivated in slaggin off and saying bad things about places they don't like, as opposed to heralding the places they do like.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
It's why papers the world over sell more when they're exposing dirt on people/companies/places than when they're saying something good about them !
Channel 4 in England tonight has the Top 10 Best and Worst Places to live in thing. I bet you you'll hear more chat about the worst than the best places afterwards...! Likewise, I doubt a book called 'Great Towns' would sell as many copies as the 'Crap Towns' one has.
Whats the difference between human nature and international human nature? :confused:Quote:
It's just international human nature. People are much more interested and motivated in slaggin off and saying bad things about places they don't like, as opposed to heralding the places they do like.
Just about all the commuter towns in Kildare/Meath/wherever.
Dundalk
Bundoran
Nenagh
Nothing, he was just pointing out it doesn't define the irish psyche
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Originally Posted by Harpsbear
Rest assured i have have travelled, partied and even worked in more countries (not counties) than you have.
Longford comes a close 2nd to Ballybofey btw.
Dare I say it but I think Dundalk is a nice enough town. Pity about the inhabitants though!;)
Well as slot machine hell holes go it's up there with Tramore :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Are you advocating a Neutron bomb perchance? :D At least El Paso has the ice hockey stadium, the all weather race track and Oriel Park, not forgetting the RED DIESEL, going for it. And it can be bypassed in two directions if all of the above doesn't tickle your fancyQuote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
Ballybofey at least, has Finn Harps and I have always found the locals very hospitable .
An Eircom League club is a beacon of civilization in my book :D
Few sessions in Dundalk myself, always enjoyed it, decent folk there too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
Bundoran, great for a 2 day **** up and recovery session playing the slots, not to mention the wee women who wear a glove on their hand to ensure their partners/husbands/sons or daughters dont see the dirt on their hands, as they are obviously deadly gambling addicts. House repossessions gallore.Quote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
to be fair. the road should never have been closed in the first place until an eastern by pass was built firstQuote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Bundoran
Athlone
Tuam
All 3 are sh!tholes!
One requires a passport and a plane........ :DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I didn't want you thinking I was only talking about Oireland. Should've said 'universal' instead.....
Unlike a lot of other city centres, Belfast city centre isn't very lively - although that is changing.
Most of the livelier places were traditionally further out of the city centre - mainly because people wouldn't travel into the city centre at night because of the bombings and shootings.
The amount of city centre bars which have opened over the last few years has been phenomenal, and there are a couple of really good spots now.
But for the size of the city, I agree, at the moment it still does lack a bit of atmosphere.
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Originally Posted by Block G Raptor
Derry city centre is only marginally better though - and that's probably just because it's smaller, so the pub areas are right on the edge of the commercial centre (Waterloo Street).Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfc_1928
Derry is eerily quiet at night in the hours between shops closing (6pm) and people going drinking (9pm) (e.g. Waterloo Place, Shipquay St, The Diamond, most of Strand Rd). Problem is that almost no-one lives in the City Centre, and there's few proper restaurants located there either (they're up the Strand Rd or wherever). The most depressing sight I aways see when I'm back home is walking through a spookily quiet Waterloo Place at about 7pm, with only the large piles of litter swirling in the wind for company.... :eek:
Just like Belfast, I suspect that's also due to the Troubles. Seems people avoided large town centres for about 3 years. Hopefully it'll change in Derry as well, though I'm not convinced we'll see the extent of change that Belfast is going through.
Carrick on suir or Clones, both kips.