Countywise

[holidaysong]

Nonesense. At the very least Nationalists are catholics aware of what county they're from - we have the GAA up north as well you know....

The rest of the population don't live on the moon either, and with the odd idiot exception would know what county they're from. Even in England - where there is no sense of county pride outside of Yorkshire and possibly Lancashire and Northumberland, and where counties get changed every so often for administrative purposes - people still know what county their home town is in.

Ridiculous statement...

Of course nationalists know what county they are from and it is pretty obvious that GAA is up the north but I am not talking about nationalists in particular.

It is not a ridiculous statement if it is true. I was in Coleraine visiting a friend last November and met three people that lived there but thought it was in County Antrim All three were Unionists and couldn't care less what county they lived in as long as they remained British.

[Cosmo]

Gerrit, bottom line is that if a merger between craptown and drogheda happened it wouldn't be supported by either set of supporters and it would probably get worse crowds than craptown are currently getting

[dcfcsteve]

Of course nationalists know what county they are from and it is pretty obvious that GAA is up the north but I am not talking about nationalists in particular.

It is not a ridiculous statement if it is true. I was in Coleraine visiting a friend last November and met three people that lived there but thought it was in County Antrim All three were Unionists and couldn't care less what county they lived in as long as they remained British.

To be fair Holidaysong, I don't think you can draw a consensus view on the basis of 3 numpty's from Coleraine. Coleraine is quite close to the border with Antrim which could've confused them, and they may well also have been ripping the p!sh out of you and/or looking to avoid getting into the whole Derry/Londonderry debate.

The population of towns like Derry, Armagh, Downpatrick and Antrim are under no doubt what county they're in due primarily to the name of their town. People in towns slap-bang in the middle of counties like Omagh and Enniskillen would also be under no doubt, due to the lack of contention over what county they're in. Any GAA follower in the north will be very clear on what county they live in, as would the majority of IL soccer fans due to the presence of the County Antrim Shield (which includes the biggest clubs by-far in the north). Most of the parliamentary constituencies outside of Belfast are named after counties (e.g. East Londonderry, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, North Antrim). I could go on.....

So to be fair claiming that 3 village idiots from Coleraine is conclusive proof that the nordies don't even know where they live is frankly insane....

[holidaysong]

To be fair Holidaysong, I don't think you can draw a consensus view on the basis of 3 numpty's from Coleraine. Coleraine is quite close to the border with Antrim which could've confused them, and they may well also have been ripping the p!sh out of you and/or looking to avoid getting into the whole Derry/Londonderry debate.

I don't think they were ripping the p!sh, I just think they might have been a bit thick. These 3 people were about 50% of the locals I talked to (I was in University of Ulster so most people I was with weren't from Coleraine) so yes it is very possible I happened to find the three village idiots. Point taken.

The population of towns like Derry, Armagh, Downpatrick and Antrim are under no doubt what county they're in due primarily to the name of their town. People in towns slap-bang in the middle of counties like Omagh and Enniskillen would also be under no doubt, due to the lack of contention over what county they're in. Any GAA follower in the north will be very clear on what county they live in, as would the majority of IL soccer fans due to the presence of the County Antrim Shield (which includes the biggest clubs by-far in the north). Most of the parliamentary constituencies outside of Belfast are named after counties (e.g. East Londonderry, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, North Antrim). I could go on.....

I know and accept all of those examples and was never doubting them. But when 50% of Coleraine locals I talked to didn't know that they were in Co. Derry it got me wondering what these people were on... I do agree that the vast majority of Northerners know exactly where they live especially nationalists.