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I thought Cork was the biggest town in the country!Drogheda is actually the biggest town in the country.
Typical Corkie
Anyway, this is encouraging news. Maybe the great and the good who make decisions on these things (e.g. Morning Ireland still droning on about ManU) might get the message that Irish football is not the complete mess they like to think it is.
Not to mention that it clashed with a full-round of fixtures so most of the supporters of other Premier Division teams weren't even part of that figure.
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Technically, isn't Dún Laoghaire bigger (it's not in Dublin City)? I think some sources quote Tallaght as being the biggest as well.Drogheda is actually the biggest town in the country.
Typical Corkie
This is getting silly.Drogheda is officialy the biggest TOWN in rep of Ireland.Fact.It was in the last census.Who cares .We won something.YIPEE !
Why's Dún Laoghaire not a town? Though your last part makes sense!This is getting silly.Drogheda is officialy the biggest TOWN in rep of Ireland.Fact.It was in the last census.Who cares .We won something.YIPEE !
I wasn't having a pop at Drogs town as i haven't got my copy of the last census in the post yet.
55k is impressive fiugure for TG4 Longford v Waterford as not exactly the most attractive game that week & TG4 wouldn't get huge figures anyway.
Will be interesting to see what happens with club sponsorship deals in recent years - i doubt Nissan though they'd get Cork City on live tv 16 times this season.
With good figures for live tv i wonder will RTE think of doing weekly highlights show as we all know highlights look better than live full 90 minutes.
Equally irrellavant, did I see Dundalk City win the Ladies Cup?
Dundalk City won the Ladies Cup alright.
P.S. - Tallaght and Dun Laoghaire don't count by the way because they do not have town councils. Dundalk and Drogheda do.
Last edited by holidaysong; 07/12/2005 at 5:36 PM.
Those figures are fantastic. An awful lot of people turned in to watch it who were neutrals. Its a big shout of confidence for the league.
Brilliant. At the last count UCD (about 27,000 during the day) is catching up. When the medical school moves to Belfield I'll look forward to supporting UCD City.Dundalk City won the Ladies Cup alright.
Seriously though, does 32,000 qualify you as a city?
Since you ask ...
Dun Laoghaire isn't a town because if it was then we would have our own town council, and virtual culchies from places like Dundrum and Stepaside wouldn't be able to shaft us with the worst planning in all of Ireland.
Glad I got that off my chest!
Well put, there definately seems to be a marked increase in the level of interest taken in the EL during the season just gone. I even know a few barstoolers that took a passing interest this year, lets hope we can sustain the momentum. Increased professionalism, the success of the so-called provincal clubs, the exciting league finish and perhaps even the perception that the Premiership in over nearly before a ball has been kicked have all been contributing factors. There is a viable domestic product there if this years relative success is built on by the EL and all clubs. Competitiveness is very important so that we do not end up in the same position as in Scotland, albeit Hearts have made a bit of a burst this season but there is little change.
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Interesting... I stand corrected so!
The most recent census reports are available online - volume 1 table 5 shows Drogheda to have just passed out Dundalk in terms of town population, though Dundalk's rural population makes it far bigger overall.
You become a city I think by charter? Don't know how you go about this, but there's certainly no clear cut population barrier.
Though the ladies team in called Dundalk City we are not a city... I don't know why they are called that..
Because you lot where getting ahead of yourselves a few years ago and thought you were gonna become a city.And Drogheda is bigger than Dundalk and my dad would batter your dad and my car goes faster than yours etc etc etc etc.
We had this city debate thing a few months back.
Basically - different countries have different ways of anointing City status. In Ireland and Britain City-status is granted. I'm not sure who grants them in Ireland, but in Britain it's via a Royal Charter.
There's plenty of urban myths about various supposed requirements to become a city - certain size of population, a University, a cathedral etc. All are ******. It's basically down to being anointed a City by the authority that has that legal power.
The size thing isn't an urban myth. It's EU related. It's why Kilkenny was threatened with losing status.
As for Dun Laoghaire it was technically a borough, then it became part of a 'county' remarkably similar in size and shape. In previous censi it has been noted as a town (I'm talking before the last two, on which I have no info).
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AFAIK the Queen gave all the Citys their status in Ireland which may explain why not been a city granted for long time. What did Kilkenny do to please the Queen to get its status?
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