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05/09/2007, 3:22 PM
sligoman

Sure novelty bet

Check this. Sligo at 50-1 is supposed to be a sure bet, according to rumours around the town.
05/09/2007, 3:50 PM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Sligo at 50-1 is supposed to be a sure bet, according to rumours around the town.

Sure some of your lot have been calling it a city for ages, so they're hardly the best judges on these things

It won't be anybody, but if pushed to pick one I'd say Drogheda.

Sligo is tiny compared to most on that list
05/09/2007, 3:55 PM
passinginterest

I know Tallaght has been pushing for it for a long time and would surely have a legitimate claim at this stage.

The transport and infrastructure developments in the last five years out there have been phenomenal.

Plus as of yesterday I'm buying a house out there. :)
05/09/2007, 4:06 PM
Dodge

Hindered by the fact its in Dublin City.
05/09/2007, 4:50 PM
sligoman

Cathedral is one of the criteria for a city alright yes.
05/09/2007, 11:04 PM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Cathedral is one of the criteria for a city alright yes.

Not any more, in multi cultural Ireland...
05/09/2007, 11:20 PM
DmanDmythDledge

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Hindered by the fact its in Dublin City.

No, South Dublin. Not unheard of to have two cities so close to one another but Tallaght is just a leisureplex, shopping centre, hospital, IT and a load of houses.
05/09/2007, 11:21 PM
pineapple stu

Isn't everything with a postcode Dublin City? So Tallaght, Dublin 24, is Dublin City whereas Dean's Grange, Co Dublin isn't?
05/09/2007, 11:23 PM
DmanDmythDledge

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Isn't everything with a postcode Dublin City? So Tallaght, Dublin 24, is Dublin City whereas Dean's Grange, Co Dublin isn't?

I thought it was by county council- anything outside Dublin City Council wouldn't be city. Anything else would be "Greater Dublin" (couldn't think of a better way of putting it).
05/09/2007, 11:27 PM
holidaysong

I thought that there would be odds quoted on Dundalk.. Strange.
05/09/2007, 11:30 PM
gilberto_eire

i dont fancy waiting anything up to 8 yrs for a bet to come through.... could be 6 foot under by then, and your defo gonna lose the docket by then too :D

so what happens?, one day the goverment announce a ''new'' city?
05/09/2007, 11:34 PM
holidaysong

Plus there is inflation to consider!
05/09/2007, 11:38 PM
superfrank

Although I've no interest in betting whatsoever, this interests me.

Unfortunately, it's more likely that we'll become an inner suburb of Dublin by 2015 instead of our own city, unless we embark on some bizarre Cork-like proclamation of independence and start a revolution with our very own Garden Army (it has a nice ring to it actually) and convince ourselves we're the bees knees, etc..

Letterkenny or Tralee would be a good one, though I haven't much sense about betting.
05/09/2007, 11:39 PM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by superfrank

Unfortunately, it's more likely that we'll become an inner suburb of Dublin by 2005

Fixed that for you.
05/09/2007, 11:42 PM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Fixed that for you.

I said "inner". For the time being at least there are a few grassy knolls between here and Shankill.
06/09/2007, 12:12 AM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

I thought it was by county council- anything outside Dublin City Council wouldn't be city. Anything else would be "Greater Dublin" (couldn't think of a better way of putting it).

No Stu's right. Everything with a Dublin postcode is considered Dublin City.

Its only recently that SDCC and Fingal have branched out (and been given more power) but they're still considered Dublin City, even if Dublin City Council doesn't look after their roads etc
06/09/2007, 1:47 AM
Risteard

Kilkenny?
06/09/2007, 9:14 AM
First

Can't access the list . Is Ennis on it.
06/09/2007, 10:32 AM
gustavo

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Sure some of your lot have been calling it a city for ages, so they're hardly the best judges on these things

It won't be anybody, but if pushed to pick one I'd say Drogheda.

Sligo is tiny compared to most on that list

Apart from Tallaght
what others on that list is Sligo tiny compared with ?
06/09/2007, 11:18 AM
Dodge

Fair cop. Didn't realise Sligo had nearly 20,000 people in it. Thought it was arounf the 12k mark. Still a fair bit below Drogheda, Dundalk and Navan

PDF of the population by area
06/09/2007, 12:16 PM
GuisaSaigon

Does this mean Sligo fans will finally concede that Sligo is not a city?
06/09/2007, 12:43 PM
gustavo

I doubt many Rovers fans do consider it a city , I dont anyway
06/09/2007, 1:28 PM
sligoman

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Originally Posted by First

Can't access the list . Is Ennis on it.

No it's not. Can't imagine Ennis becoming a city?

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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

Does this mean Sligo fans will finally concede that Sligo is not a city?

Feck all people in Sligo call it a city, it's clearly a town in fairness.
06/09/2007, 1:42 PM
red bellied

Its only the muppets in the Town Hall that classify it as a city, beg your pardon I mean, City Hall. Also in Gateway status its referred to a city. Also I presume the other towns that are in included in the Gateway bracket. Definetely a town and can never see it been up graded to anything else.
13/09/2007, 6:03 PM
JC_GUFC

It could be in danger of being down graded to a "****ty" though!!! :p
13/09/2007, 6:08 PM
SligoBrewer

worth a tenner tho at 50-1
13/09/2007, 10:14 PM
JC_GUFC

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Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

worth a tenner tho at 50-1

To be fair it probably is a good bet! Athlone looks big to me too...

I think what a city officially needs is to be made it's own borough or something like that.

I think that's why Tallaght is the favourite in the market. And also there's a good chance that none of them be made cities.
13/09/2007, 10:38 PM
SligoBrewer

sligo has a borough council tho :confused:
13/09/2007, 10:57 PM
gilberto_eire

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Originally Posted by Risteard

Kilkenny?

city already!