The Crapness of your Hometown

mikemac1 · 02-05-2012 5:59pm

Be thankful none of you are from Tipp Town

Even the county of Tipperary is ashamed of that town
We'd transfer it to Limerick if we could

Tipp forum ran a thread of worst town in the county and Tipp Town won by a mile.
So bad Primetime Investigates sent a film crew down to use it as an example of people living in fear in housing estates

cocoshovel · 02-05-2012 6:27pm

I think Waterford is 100 times nicer than most other cities/large towns in this country. Sure we have a high unemployment rate at the moment but the city centre itself is nice and has a great buzz around times like christmass. Looks a lot nicer than other places in this country and it seems like we have a much lower crime rate. I think it must be the abandoned docks that gives everyone a bad impression of them place, because everyone seems to despise the place for some reason. Yet when I visit Dublin/Limerick/Cork/Tipperary/other counties they come across as worse. Maybe a lot of people view their home town like I do, but I for one am very critical of bad things in this country and for me to say good about somewhere is odd.

Kamjana · 02-05-2012 6:30pm

Not my town but Carlow is a shithole, followed closely by Tramore.

mikemac1 · 02-05-2012 6:36pm

Was in Waterford City only once

That big hotel up on the cliffs.
Actually that might be Kilkenny I don't realy know
But do something with it, either knock it or develop it as it's rotting away up there

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I see the locals have declared it is a five star

Agricola · 02-05-2012 6:37pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Was in Waterford City only once

That big hotel up on the cliffs.
Actually that might be Kilkenny I don't realy know
But do something with it, either knock it or develop it as it's rotting away up there

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Yeah the old Jury's Hotel on the way into Waterford.

cocoshovel · 02-05-2012 6:50pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Was in Waterford City only once

That big hotel up on the cliffs.
Actually that might be Kilkenny I don't realy know
But do something with it, either knock it or develop it as it's rotting away up there

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I see the locals have declared it is a five star

We want it gone, but no such luck in getting that to happen. Was a nice place back when it was open. However, we have covered it with a big white sheet thing. So at least its now just a big white block. :pac:

Eggy Baby! · 02-05-2012 7:17pm

A better question would who's hometown is the best?

The guy's who doesn't live in Navan...

thebuzz · 02-05-2012 7:28pm

Manorhamilton is the most depressing of all Irish towns.

Ghandee · 02-05-2012 7:37pm

My home town was mucking fagic OP.

Couldn't bring myself to slag it off in any way! In fact, I've been getting home sick lately :mad:

neil_hosey · 02-05-2012 7:37pm

not one bogger slating dublin!! :eek:

wtf is going on in AH!

cocoshovel · 02-05-2012 8:00pm

neil_hosey wrote: »

not one bogger slating dublin!! :eek:

wtf is going on in AH!

Well the point of the thread is to talk about your own home town. So why dont you get started and tell us about Dublin.

John_Rambo · 02-05-2012 8:27pm

cocoshovel wrote: »

So why dont you get started and tell us about Dublin.

Most Dubliner's know Dublin isn't crap.

jaffacakesyum · 02-05-2012 8:30pm

I'm from Dublin, so no crapness here :pac:

Defiler Of The Coffin · 02-05-2012 8:35pm

Castletown. The annual Donkey Derby is the only joy in our lives.

Johnny Bitte · 02-05-2012 8:45pm

Love returning to my little village in the middle of nowhere after a week in the Dublin.

Ya can hear the grass grow I tells ya!!

xflyer · 02-05-2012 8:56pm

neil_hosey wrote: »

not one bogger slating dublin!! :eek:

wtf is going on in AH!

Shocking eh? Not really, most people who slag Dublin either never much time there and when they do can't cope with it or have had to move to Dublin because they're desperate to get away from their crappy hometown.

But Dublin is big enough that you can't slag it all at once. But you can slag off areas like Darndale or Crumlin or wherever. But bad as any area is you can always feck off into town to get away from it. If you live in the village of Ballymacbackofbeyond in County Somewhere you can't escape.

However I liked where I grew up in Dublin.

JupiterKid · 02-05-2012 9:15pm

I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

Tipperary Town (tops the list)
Longford
Tuam
Athy
Dundalk
Bray
Dunmanway
Bundoran
Ballina
New Ross

But my top 10 towns would be the following:

Kilkenny (it's really a town, so get over it cats!:D)
Maynooth
Clonakilty
Cahir
Wexford
Kenmare
Westport
Carrick On Shannon
Trim
Clifden

cocoshovel · 02-05-2012 9:23pm

JupiterKid wrote: »

I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

Tipperary Town (tops the list)
Longford
Tuam
Athy
Dundalk
Bray
Dunmanway
Bundoran
Ballina
New Ross

But my top 10 towns would be the following:

Kilkenny (it's really a town, so get over it cats!:D)
Maynooth
Clonakilty
Cahir
Wexford
Kenmare
Westport
Carrick On Shannon
Trim
Clifden

Kilkenny is my true home town I guess. Its a nice town alright but I just find it a bit boring. Theres not much there really.

goodie2shoes · 02-05-2012 10:08pm

an ex of mine was from Kiltimach in Co. Mayo.

i visited there once at her insistence, and it was the most depressing weekend of my life. i literally lost the will to live (as have many of the locals there over the years might i add).

TIP!
if you ever have the misfortune to visit this bog-hole, under no circumstnces must you criticise the place. such is the local's sense of insecurity that you may need a military escort to escape.:eek:

ihsb · 02-05-2012 11:25pm

Coventry is the worst place in the world. Ever.

02-05-2012 11:32pm

ihsb wrote: »

Coventry is the worst place in the world. Ever.

Deffo, why do i keep getting sent there?

ihsb · 02-05-2012 11:49pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Deffo, why do i keep getting sent there?

As if I haven't heard that one before.

Pottler · 03-05-2012 12:08am

Jupiter Kid named the name - Athy. Not from there but in fairness, what a feckin kip. Last time I drove through, a lad about 40 rode across in front of my car on a kids BMX, and he was the classiest person I could see. Hole.

Herb Powell · 03-05-2012 12:29am

Aquila wrote: »

And for each of those ill give you a Borris in Ossary,Mountrath,Mountmellick and Portarlington:pac:

Oh god, Mountmellick is the shiittest place I have ever been in. I would seriously hate to be from the midlands, it's just depressing as ****

ArtSmart · 03-05-2012 12:31am

JupiterKid wrote: »

I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

Tipperary Town (tops the list)
Longford
Tuam
Athy
Dundalk
Bray
Dunmanway
Bundoran
Ballina
New Ross

Portlaoise
Drogheda
Carlow

Reckon that's them all - towns that is, (not fuking villages people)

added to

tallaghtmick · 03-05-2012 12:31am

Im from a boards insult favourite........

ArtSmart · 03-05-2012 12:33am

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Im from a boards insult favourite........

The land of Mick?

shure aren't we all?

TheFullDuck · 03-05-2012 12:34am

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Im from a boards insult favourite........

*Looks at username*

Navan is it?

charlemont · 03-05-2012 12:46am

Tipperary Town, My son lives near it and the reason he works so hard at school and ctye is because he already knows he is emigrating out of it, I told him if he gets slack in school he will be there forever and he doesn't want that.

He lived in an estate for a while but when he went downstairs to watch telly one morning he discovered people sitting there drinking, They had just kicked the door in during the night and made themselves at home..

A ****ing rotten place...

Must say though Clonmel has the strangest people of any town, Nice town but woeful mentality there.

ArtSmart · 03-05-2012 12:48am

charlemont wrote: »

Tipperary Town, My son lives near it and the reason he works so hard at school and ctye is because he already knows he is emigrating out of it, I told him if he gets slack in school he will be there forever and he doesn't want that.

He lived in an estate for a while but when he went downstairs to watch telly one morning he discovered people sitting there drinking, They had just kicked the door in during the night and made themselves at home..

A ****ing rotten place...

Must say though Clonmel has the strangest people of any town, Nice town but woeful mentality there.

lol

classic.

ricero · 03-05-2012 12:49am

i honestly believe i live in the best place in Ireland. the dun laoghaire area. beside the sea so can go to the beach, can get boat to england no bother,loads of recreational areas and of course easy access to dublin city and airport

ArtSmart · 03-05-2012 12:49am

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Im from a boards insult favourite........

anyway, you're a Dub.

just accept it.

ArtSmart · 03-05-2012 12:51am

ricero wrote: »

i honestly believe i live in the best place in Ireland. the dun laoghaire area. beside the sea so can go to the beach, can get boat to england no bother,loads of recreational areas and of course easy access to dublin city and airport

ah yes, back to the mainland when things get a bit stroppy, what?

Jammy Donut · 03-05-2012 12:58am

Not from there but Castletownbare....

ricero · 03-05-2012 12:59am

ArtSmart wrote: »

ah yes, back to the mainland when things get a bit stroppy, what?

its handy when going over to the football

Mance Rayder · 03-05-2012 1:02am

Eggy Baby! wrote: »

Navan, my hometown, is admittedly very crap.

Sometimes I walk through it and I believe Navan is a post-Soviet town. Grey buildings, it's raining all the time, overgrown gardens, roads filled with potholes, dilapidated apartments, rusting Celtic Tiger monuments, semi-complete building sites everywhere, rubbish scattered all over the place....

What about you guys? Feel free to speak of the crapness of your hometowns (I'm not exaggerating about mine ).

Having been to some of the former Soviet union countries I can say that Navan is much much uglier. I really mean that.

kissthesky · 03-05-2012 1:21am

JupiterKid wrote: »

Navan is not that bad. It has a lot of problems that towns that grew too fast during the celtic tiger/property bubble era have, but the Boyne and Blackwater river valleys are quite scenic, it's now bypassed and the town centre has a bit of character.

Tipperary town, on the other hand...

is utterly utterly depressing. its just the pits. Was born and bred a few miles from the town and thank christ I lived in London for a good few years b4 comin back in the last few years. used to dread comin home for holidays, loved catching up with friends and family but then a feeling of hopelessness just set in again. Now its just closed shops and a few pubs hanging on for dear life. I remember back in the 80's when American tourists used to visit the town. I often tried to put myself in their shoes and say to myself ' right I'm after travelling from Boston/New York wherever to famous Tipperary Town, wtf!!?? '

AskMyChocolate · 03-05-2012 1:23am

Most of the kips seem to have been mentioned already, however,unless things have changed in recent years, Lanesborough in Longford, would grace any list of complete sh1tholes.

mikemac1 · 03-05-2012 1:32am

I think Tipp Town has won this thread
Or lost this thread, whatever way you wish to look at it

Truly the worst town in Ireland

Mance Rayder · 03-05-2012 1:33am

Dublin 17.

kissthesky · 03-05-2012 1:35am

cocoshovel wrote: »

I think Waterford is 100 times nicer than most other cities/large towns in this country. Sure we have a high unemployment rate at the moment but the city centre itself is nice and has a great buzz around times like christmass. Looks a lot nicer than other places in this country and it seems like we have a much lower crime rate. I think it must be the abandoned docks that gives everyone a bad impression of them place, because everyone seems to despise the place for some reason. Yet when I visit Dublin/Limerick/Cork/Tipperary/other counties they come across as worse. Maybe a lot of people view their home town like I do, but I for one am very critical of bad things in this country and for me to say good about somewhere is odd.

I'm from Tipperary and was a student in the good old Waterford RTC ( now I'm feeling old etc ). Spent my first year in digs in Ballybeg with a lovely family. ( Graduated in 1991 ). have great memories of TH Doolans, The Auld Stand and The Bridge/Breens. used to have the odd pint in the bikers pub opposite Geoffs and had great craic there. One of the most underrated places in Ireland if you ask me. have always told English people who were thinking of moving to Ireland to consider it because they would always think of Dublin first and then Cork or Galway. Love the place.

IrishAm · 03-05-2012 1:35am

Tallaght.

A bomb would cause millions of euro worth of improvements.

IrishAm · 03-05-2012 1:37am

kissthesky wrote: »

I'm from Tipperary

Tipperary town was one of the most surreal places I have ever been.

Does anyone actually work there(except for the barstaff)?

charlemont · 03-05-2012 1:41am

IrishAm wrote: »

Tipperary town was one of the most surreal places I have ever been.

Does anyone actually work there(except for the barstaff)?

Anyone who has a job or career there tends to live in the surrounding rural areas.

Can't understand how anyone who lives there pays their road tax...

kissthesky · 03-05-2012 2:03am

Tipp town - insular,inward looking,parochial,suspicous,passive aggressive,gossipy,materialistic,greedy,grubby,inverted snobbery,violent,oppressive
I cant help these adjectives comin to mind when I think of the town

charlemont · 03-05-2012 2:05am

kissthesky wrote: »

Tipp town - insular,inward looking,parochial,suspicous,passive aggressive,gossipy,materialistic,greedy,grubby,inverted snobbery,violent,oppressive
I cant help these adjectives comin to mind when I think of the town

I wholeheartily agree, Throw Clonmel in too though..

hattoncracker · 03-05-2012 2:10am

Monaghan.. The mentality is awful, there's nothing there, begrudging, backward, gossiping bible-bashers with a 3 screen cinema, and very little prospects of getting out unless youre Lucky enough to have a job .
If I never had to visit that place again it would b too soon, but family occasions always beckon.

JupiterKid · 03-05-2012 2:16am

I hate to put places down but let's be honest here. Tipperary town makes the hillbilly cast of the film Deliverance look like chic and intelligent sophisticates.:cool:

It's not just the run down look of the town - quite a few Irish towns are shabby and insular. There's something else about it that is sinister and menacing. A place best driven through with the car buttons down and as quickly as possible. I'm amazed that it hasn't been bypassed yet by a road because it seems like it's been bypassed by the last 30 years of this country's history.

charlemont · 03-05-2012 2:18am

JupiterKid wrote: »

I hate to put places down but let's be honest here. Tipperary town makes the hillbilly cast of the film Deliverance look like chic and intelligent sophisticates.:cool:

It's not just the run down look of the town - quite a few Irish towns are shabby. There's something else about it that is sinister and menacing. A place best driven through with the car buttons down and as quickly as possible. I'm amazed that it hasn't been bypassed yet by a road because it seems like it's been bypassed by the last 30 years of this country's history.

The sexual habits of the natives are something else too.
Back in the mid 90's I was amazed to find out that were several AID's sufferers there and lots of incest stories too.

Wompa1 · 03-05-2012 2:19am

Spent my very early childhood in beautiful Westport Co Mayo and then moved to Headford, Co Galway...Have barely been there since I got out of there when I turned 18. I lived 25 minutes away from there for 6 years and only went back twice a year...really hate the place

The Crapness of your Hometown

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