Most boring town in Roscommon

rusty999 · 17-02-2009 11:44pm #1

Lets have a vote for the Crappest town in Roscommon -sorry I mean the most boring town in Roscommon.
My personal vote goes to ballaghaderreen-it must not have changed in about 40 years

Any bids??:P

Ronan|Raven · 19-02-2009 12:37am

It should be given back to Mayo!

rusty999 · 19-02-2009 12:52am

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

It should be given back to Mayo!

Well years ago they did give it back!!

But they sent half of it back again !!!

LOL

Ronan|Raven · 24-02-2009 11:27am

Then mayo ones are cute hoors

I nominate Castlerea.

rusty999 · 24-02-2009 1:41pm

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Then mayo ones are cute hoors I nominate Castlerea.

They r cute hoors all right LOL

Castlerea cud not be as boring as balla

Theres a film being made about ballaghaderreen --its gonna be called:
Boring In Balla

In my opinion · 25-02-2009 12:35am

rusty999 wrote: »

Lets have a vote for the Crappest town in Roscommon -sorry I mean the most boring town in Roscommon.
My personal vote goes to ballaghaderreen-it must not have changed in about 40 years

Any bids??:P

What about Boyle?? Strokestown?? Ballaghaderreen is a good town.

rusty999 · 25-02-2009 1:15am

In my opinion wrote: »

What about Boyle?? Strokestown?? Ballaghaderreen is a good town.

Well, in my opinion Boyle is a good little town--forward thinking and modern--kinda modern anyway

Strokestown---Hmmmm I wud give it 2nd place

Balla--40 yrs behind the times and so are most of the occupants

and the uniformed thugs there are c.....s
only my own opinion so all opinions welcome:cool:

In my opinion · 25-02-2009 7:35pm

rusty999 wrote: »

Well, in my opinion Boyle is a good little town--forward thinking and modern--kinda modern anyway

Strokestown---Hmmmm I wud give it 2nd place

Balla--40 yrs behind the times and so are most of the occupants

and the uniformed thugs there are c.....s
only my own opinion so all opinions welcome:cool:

Make a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman Commision or tell the DJ when you appear before him but do not rate a town by the way the Polis deal with you.

Why do you feel its stuck in 1969??

rusty999 · 25-02-2009 8:48pm

In my opinion wrote: »

Make a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman Commision or tell the DJ when you appear before him but do not rate a town by the way the Polis deal with you.

Why do you feel its stuck in 1969??

Ah no!! I would never Rate any town by how them fellows do their job just they seem to be a law unto themselves up there--thankfully i don't have much dealings with them but the word is out around there about one in particular who feels he is above the law--I believe his superiors are already aware of him.

I just feel the place has not changed at all in years. there was no hotel until recently and when it did open the locals were extremely critical of it especially the restaurant. And all they know around there is country music:eek:
:eek:

25-02-2009 9:38pm

Well it isn't Strokestown.....knackers brawling is endlessly entertaining.

stantheman8 · 25-02-2009 11:59pm

Has to be Elphin ...most boring town is about all that lip of a spot could win

PogMoThoin · 27-02-2009 9:25am

stantheman8 wrote: »

Has to be Elphin ...most boring town is about all that lip of a spot could win

I have to agree, It was absolute torture years ago when the Bus Eireann bus went through Elphin, to pick up nobody..............and nobody got off either. I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy

rusty999 · 27-02-2009 11:37am

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Ballaghaderreen is known as a one- horse town
They usta be 2 horses there years ago but the mayo feckers took one of them
Then they took half the town as well , so really its only half a town

rusty999 · 27-02-2009 11:46am

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I have to agree, It was absolute torture years ago when the Bus Eireann bus went through Elphin, to pick up nobody..............and nobody got off either. I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy

LOL

I think parts of ballaghaderreen is definitely made of Plywood as well
And just like in blazing saddles it has its own Saloon,whore-house,blacksmith for the horse, lots of hay, bullet holes in the walls, a sheriff who thinks he is above the law--they call him the pup up there--and loads of drunken cowboys!!

28-02-2009 9:09am

stantheman8 wrote: »

Has to be Elphin ...most boring town is about all that lip of a spot could win

Don't know about boring, but it's certainly the poorest town I've come across.

A couple of years ago I was doing field service for an IT company, one of the calls was in Elphin, I saw more red number plates that day than I'd seen the previous year.

Syferus · 01-03-2009 1:24pm

rusty999 wrote: »

Lets have a vote for the Crappest town in Roscommon -sorry I mean the most boring town in Roscommon.
My personal vote goes to ballaghaderreen-it must not have changed in about 40 years

Any bids??:P

Oh sht, you insulted Ballaghadereen.

I so mad.

dennistuam · 02-03-2009 12:56am

deffo elphin ,i had friends playing at fleah ceol there recently they all said it was like ireland in 1970s it seems marietta biscuits with butter is luxury there

any town with out rail link is boring

rusty999 · 02-03-2009 1:01am

dennistuam wrote: »

deffo elphin ,i had friends playing at fleah ceol there recently they all said it was like ireland in 1970s it seems marietta biscuits with butter is luxury there

any town with out rail link is boring

They wouldn't have got any butter in Ballaghaderreen !!:D

Dinkie · 02-03-2009 2:30am

+1 for Elphin....

or may be the Roscommon side of lanesborough - give the whole lot to longford

rusty999 · 02-03-2009 9:33am

Dinkie wrote: »

+1 for Elphin....

or may be the Roscommon side of lanesborough - give the whole lot to longford

But Elphin does not have whats known as the B specials??? in uniform!!
And u know what B stands for hee hee
not all bad--but a couple of Bs in ballaghaderreen
one is called the PUP and theres a spot prize for the first poster who tells me what that stands for????????????

The 1st prize is a week in: ballaghaderreen
2nd prize is 2 weeks in:
ballaghaderreen

Eireann · 10-03-2009 8:23pm

ah i love ballagh! Was there on sunday... And it snowed. Castlerea has barely changed since i was a child, it still looks the same. What about the rossie side of athlone?! That should definatly be given back!

rusty999 · 11-03-2009 12:52am

Eireann wrote: »

ah i love ballagh! Was there on sunday... And it snowed. Castlerea has barely changed since i was a child, it still looks the same. What about the rossie side of athlone?! That should definatly be given back!

Yea , but it snows every week in ballaghaderreen --even in August!!

Eireann · 11-03-2009 10:33am

haha

gucci · 01-04-2009 5:46pm

rusty999 wrote: »

But Elphin does not have whats known as the B specials??? in uniform!!
And u know what B stands for hee hee
not all bad--but a couple of Bs in ballaghaderreen
one is called the PUP and theres a spot prize for the first poster who tells me what that stands for????????????

Nobody is on the same drugs as you here, your obviously too used to sniffing the contraband slurry from Elphin Mart

rusty999 · 01-04-2009 6:29pm

gucci wrote: »

Nobody is on the same drugs as you here, your obviously too used to sniffing the contraband slurry from Elphin Mart

If you could read then you wud see I am not from Elphin
And only losers do drugs!! You should know!!

bassy · 01-04-2009 6:37pm

the award must go to castlerea,balla is not a bad little town.oh the fiddlers elbow:):)

rusty999 · 01-04-2009 8:28pm

bassy wrote: »

the award must go to castlerea,balla is not a bad little town.oh the fiddlers elbow:):)

Ahh Castlerea. Spent a month there one night!!!:cool:

bohsboy · 11-04-2009 1:27am

Castlerea...hands down.

The staring locals, the nosey begrudging shop assistants and the empty pubs.

Class A dive.

In my opinion · 11-04-2009 11:03am

bohsboy wrote: »

Castlerea...hands down.

The staring locals, the nosey begrudging shop assistants and the empty pubs.

Class A dive.

In fairness most pubs were empty yesterday!!:D

rusty999 · 17-04-2009 10:40pm

bohsboy wrote: »

Castlerea...hands down.

The staring locals, the nosey begrudging shop assistants and the empty pubs.

Class A dive.

Still think we have a winner in Boring Old Ballaghaderreen

Still in the 70s I'm afraid

1870 i mean !!

quickylicky · 08-09-2009 2:24pm

Excuse me ye shower of hill billys ... i am currently situated n elphin nd it is a fantastic town so piss off bk 2 ur village!!!!!!!il hav u know tat it is very lively jus cos ye're probally a shower of stuck up f**kers!!:D:D:D:D

rusty999 · 08-09-2009 3:53pm

quickylicky wrote: »

Excuse me ye shower of hill billys ... i am currently situated n elphin nd it is a fantastic town so piss off bk 2 ur village!!!!!!!il hav u know tat it is very lively jus cos ye're probally a shower of stuck up f**kers!!:D:D:D:D

Ahh, Don't let them get to ya Quicky. Elphin is prob all right compared to Balla. At least the folks in Elphin live in the 21st century but when the balla crowd go out for a night they are like monkeys just been released from the zoo and they go wild!!
De never got over the fact its only a one horse town and looks like something from the wild West--try it on market day and you will see what i mean..:eek::eek:

quickylicky · 09-09-2009 9:48am

rusty999 wrote: »

Ahh, Don't let them get to ya Quicky. Elphin is prob all right compared to Balla. At least the folks in Elphin live in the 21st century but when the balla crowd go out for a night they are like monkeys just been released from the zoo and they go wild!!
De never got over the fact its only a one horse town and looks like something from the wild West--try it on market day and you will see what i mean..:eek::eek:

:psounds to me like you have "Balla" of to a T.... Ghost town comes to mind:p

biko · 09-09-2009 10:27am

quickylicky wrote: »

Excuse me ye shower of hill billys ... i am currently situated n elphin nd it is a fantastic town so piss off bk 2 ur village!!!!!!!il hav u know tat it is very lively jus cos ye're probally a shower of stuck up f**kers!!:D:D:D:D

No text speak please. Use only actual English words

quickylicky · 09-09-2009 11:23am

Magnus wrote: »

No text speak please. Use only actual English words

biko · 09-09-2009 7:36pm

The grammar police are probably going to arrest me for that sentence

JupiterKid · 22-09-2009 12:41am

You mean there are actually towns in Roscommon? Surely not!!

rusty999 · 22-09-2009 8:47am

JupiterKid wrote: »

You mean there are actually towns in Roscommon? Surely not!!

AHHHH!!!! I think you might have something there Jupiter Kid--its probably more of a village

Although I have seen more life in villages in outer mongolia than I have ever seen in Balla

idunno78 · 24-09-2009 12:33am

ballinlough.....

dec25532 · 24-09-2009 9:03pm

Ballinlough is bad but Elphin gets top prize for being stuck in a time best forgotten. You could film The Quiet Man there and not have to change the appearance of any part of the long and miserable street where people park in the middle of the road, never use indicators and pull out as if they had the only car in the world. Never saw a young person yet in this town in all the times I passed through it. And why would there.

Sativa_soul · 25-09-2009 1:19am

dec25532 wrote: »

Ballinlough is bad but Elphin gets top prize for being stuck in a time best forgotten. You could film The Quiet Man there and not have to change the appearance of any part of the long and miserable street where people park in the middle of the road, never use indicators and pull out as if they had the only car in the world. Never saw a young person yet in this town in all the times I passed through it. And why would there.

Hilarious!! and totally true!! I live near (but not in! thankfully!) aul Elphin - lol and its beyond true what you said - the middle of the street parking - the total lack of indicators & of course the lack of anyone under the age of 60 it appears (what's up with that?!?!)

and also

"I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy"

This was said previously - and also hilariously correct!! It is a virtual town!:D:D

quickylicky · 25-09-2009 9:21am

Sativa_soul wrote: »

Hilarious!! and totally true!! I live near (but not in! thankfully!) aul Elphin - lol and its beyond true what you said - the middle of the street parking - the total lack of indicators & of course the lack of anyone under the age of 60 it appears (what's up with that?!?!)

and also

"I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy"

This was said previously - and also hilariously correct!! It is a virtual town!:D:D

Well i live in Elphin and Im a young person and theres plenty of young people in the town and actually quite a good night life.And you have little to be worrying you if parking on the "middle of the road" bothers you so much. How exactly does it effect you when you dont actually live there.

dec25532 · 25-09-2009 7:14pm

quickylicky wrote: »

Well i live in Elphin and Im a young person and theres plenty of young people in the town and actually quite a good night life.And you have little to be worrying you if parking on the "middle of the road" bothers you so much. How exactly does it effect you when you dont actually live there.:confused:

Ahem, it is kinda awkward when one is driving through it (preferably at high speed)

quickylicky · 26-09-2009 10:03pm

dec25532 wrote: »

Ahem, it is kinda awkward when one is driving through it (preferably at high speed)

Well ya know what to do, dont come into the town!:D

dec25532 · 26-09-2009 10:16pm

quickylicky wrote: »

Well ya know what to do, dont come into the town!:D

With an attitude like that, it's no wonder Elphin is a hellhole!

quickylicky · 28-09-2009 8:44am

i was simply stating the fact we dont need people who think bad of our community in it. Anyone else is more than welcome!:D

JupiterKid · 29-09-2009 4:35am

So when is Elphin getting bypassed?:D What's its population anyway? Can it even be properly classified as a town?

IMO there's only two true towns in Roscommon - Roscommon town and Boyle. Although it does also have the western suburbs of Athlone and Carrick On Shannon.:cool:

quickylicky · 05-10-2009 8:46am

Boyle?:eek:Obviously you havent seen the forum for the town that is the most unfriendly town in co roscommon, il give you a guess as to who won?

rusty999 · 05-10-2009 8:59am

and also

"I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy"

This was said previously - and also hilariously correct!! It is a virtual town!:D:D[/QUOTE]

NO NO NO!!!!!! Ballaghaderreen reserves the right to be named Number One "VIRTUAL TOWN" in the west !! Theres loads of plywood on the shop windows ,and Virtual pubs as well. Ya know the ones--nobody drinks there but its still called a pub..... And the smell of the pigs down around that big building at the end of the town;)
And the smell of the goats on market day
And as for parking ---well why bother-you wouldnt wanna stay anyway with all the smells around. Its the original Wild West Town that refuses to change in 40 years!!!

quickylicky · 05-10-2009 10:29am

rusty999 wrote: »

and also

"I've a feeling nobody actually lives there, its a virtual town..........maybe like the one on Blazing Saddles, You know the one they made of plywood, a decoy"

This was said previously - and also hilariously correct!! It is a virtual town!:D:D

I have to agree, for example i remember when the shop opened there and of course all the locals were saying how great it was this shop. so i decided id take a trip down. it was the weirdest shop ever they had like two things of every product obviously not expecting many people and then what tops it all... they had no salt:eek: like what sort of shop has no salt:eek: and they kept the mustard behind the biscuits!!

Certi Layla!! · 05-10-2009 11:32am

:DI went out in elphin one night randomly. Well i tell you something they certainly no how to party. they play music until like 6 oclock in the morning and the bar never shuts, best night ever in a small town.il diffently be goin back, maybe the young people only go out at night time:D:D:D

Most boring town in Roscommon

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