[chris2008x]

This thread is really stupid. All the towns in Tipperary have positives and negatives but that doesn't mean one town is better than the rest. I don't dislike a single area in Tipperary. I dislike the anti-social behaviours in these towns but its a small majority doing it. Stop bashing these towns as you are painting everybody with the same brush. Sure some of these town have high unemployment, crime, chavs/skangers, drug dealers, unmarried mothers (which isn't a big deal these days for us who stopped been Catholic) Goths, Emos, Murderers, and rapists etc but how can you judge a whole community by just a very small handful of people who lets say certainly won't win person of the year in the towns. Most of these towns have heritage and really interesting history, brilliant locally run businesses and top third level colleges, great music, arts. Can name hundreds more things that great about all Tipperary towns. Bash the terrible people who carry out all the unpleasant things not the whole communities.

What should really be criticized is the poor public transport between all towns in Tipperary. How a number of people in Nenagh were never even down the south of the county. Or people in Cahir/Carrick on Suir/Tipperary town finding it really difficult to go and support their county because there is no public transport to Thurles. (I am aware about the train line. Although the train service exists to Limerick Junction from Waterford, which then brings you to Thurles by changing trains on the mainline the timetable is really crap)

[Sar_Bear]

Someone is taking this a bit too seriously..

[Xenophile]

Originally Posted by Sar_Bear

Someone is taking this a bit too seriously..

I would not agree, I think it's great that people are passionate about their convictions especially when they are well motivated and coming from a good place. So well done to everybody who has put some positive effort into this thread. I deplore posters of glib one liners being thanked!

[grenache]

Yep. Judging from this thread, Tipp should definitely be split in two!

Most of the North Tipp folk i know have rarely ventured into southern territory, and vice versa for the South Tipp people im acquainted with.

Think we're all agreed though that Tipp Town wins this contest by some considerable distance!

[JabbaTheHut]

Originally Posted by grenache

Think we're all agreed though that Tipp Town wins this contest by some considerable distance!

For the best or worst though?

[dirtyden]

Originally Posted by OwaynOTT

Just been reading through the thread and cannot believe Roscre has only been mentioned three times and only in passing at that.

It's an absolute heckhole. There isn't even a decent pub anymore, only one restaurant if you don't like eating the greasy chinese food that's on offer and let's face the Italian is dyer as well. The food is okay but the service is at a snails pace.

Full of bookies with a load of particular people hanging around outside it and the bleedin' pens in them are devoid of ink.

Not one half decent cafe in it, The Rosewood is depressing.

The Tesco in it is a kip and the big one that they are building is only going to ruin the town. Half the shops are empty or they only open for couple of months. The range of shops is poor as well.

No bookshop and the selection in the library is lacking. It does have two video stores which is weird for its size.

The school, the only secondary school in it, is over crowded and the teachers are either lacking in skills are just don't care.

It looks scruffy all the time and the architecture is depressing.
The post office nearly closed.
The Central House pub on the main street has been closed for years and only recently got a lick of paint.

Anywhere you go in Ireland when you mention your from Roscrea you get a look that or they just ask 'where's that?'

The church/abbey grounds are amazing though.

Apart from that the town is pretty shabby alright.

[Ildere]

Originally Posted by toomevara

Nenagh? Are you quite mad!!!!! Born and bred there. living away, but everytyime I return home the slide toward every greater sh1tholery continues apace. A cesspit, which on Saturday night is the closest thing you'll get to a bad night in Baghdad without getting sand in your shoes..dear lord I'd rather spend a night in Kabul....dressed as a lady boy...wearing a 'feck Osama Bin Laden' T-shirt....carrying an american flag....

If user user name is the place you are from, then you should understand that there is a hatred from your place for Nayna and your opinion of nayna is infected with a GAA type of begrudgery.
But to be fair if Toome was the only place where a man could get a drink, I would gladly die of thirst rather than stop there.
That would mean I suppose that the feeling is mutual.

Its a peculiar thing though that the GAA divides communities both at parish and county level and the exact opposite is the case with Rugby.
All can unite to support Munster.

But anyway back to the topic, I always say when I pass through Tipp town that some day I would stop for a pint in the Maid of Erin but in the last 10 years I havent done that because the vibe I get tells me I'll be better off to keep going.
Its Tipp town for me.

[twistyj]

Originally Posted by Ildere

I would stop for a pint in the Maid of Erin but in the last 10 years I havent done that because the vibe I get tells me I'll be better off to keep going.
Its Tipp town for me.

The Maid is one of the better pubs in Tipp, you should stop there, Quinnos just up from that is the one you should have the "vibe" about. In the Maid, Mike the owner and the clientele are very welcoming and it is probably the most lively pub in town. Also yes the Gaa is clannish but we are Irish and clannish by our history, and i agree that Toomevara is on a high horse with it but i assure you most towns in TS are not like that. When Dutch teams Ajax, Feyernoord and FC Utrecht meet they kick seven kinds out of eachother and they are only so far apart. Everyone may unite for Munster but they all usually fall within the same tax bracket.

[callaway92]

Originally Posted by Ildere

If user user name is the place you are from, then you should understand that there is a hatred from your place for Nayna and your opinion of nayna is infected with a GAA type of begrudgery.
But to be fair if Toome was the only place where a man could get a drink, I would gladly die of thirst rather than stop there.
That would mean I suppose that the feeling is mutual.

Its a peculiar thing though that the GAA divides communities both at parish and county level and the exact opposite is the case with Rugby.
All can unite to support Munster.

But anyway back to the topic, I always say when I pass through Tipp town that some day I would stop for a pint in the Maid of Erin but in the last 10 years I havent done that because the vibe I get tells me I'll be better off to keep going.
Its Tipp town for me.

All of this North Tipp chat is making me queazy

[Ildere]

Originally Posted by twistyj

The Maid is one of the better pubs in Tipp, you should stop there, Quinnos just up from that is the one you should have the "vibe" about. In the Maid, Mike the owner and the clientele are very welcoming and it is probably the most lively pub in town. Also yes the Gaa is clannish but we are Irish and clannish by our history, and i agree that Toomevara is on a high horse with it but i assure you most towns in TS are not like that. When Dutch teams Ajax, Feyernoord and FC Utrecht meet they kick seven kinds out of eachother and they are only so far apart. Everyone may unite for Munster but they all usually fall within the same tax bracket.

Thanks for that and I will call to The Maid.
I get what you say about the tax bracket But in some towns, and Nenagh is one, that does not apply and from my knowledge the same could be said of most of the Limerick clubs with one or two only exceptions filling your description.

[Ildere]

Originally Posted by callaway92

All of this North Tipp chat is making me queazy

Big Phil is bringing us together.

[tinyk68]

I have a foot in both camps. My mother was from north tipp, my dad a Clonmel man. I grew up in Clonmel and think it's a great town. There are rough areas like there are everywhere but it has lots going for it too. I love the setting at the foot of the Comeragh mountains and when I'm away from home the mountains are what I miss the most.

In north tipp I think Dromineer is lovely although it's a village rather than a town. In fact Lough Derg is the best thing about north tipp. The town are so-so.

[BanshaMan]

In defence of Tipperary Town:

Tipp Town has a Sports Complex that is the envy of every town in the county.

Tipp Town has an entertainment centre that outranks most towns and some cities in Munster - The Excel Centre in Tipperary Town.

Are we overlooking the good points and highlighting the bad points to isolate Tipp Town as the worst town in Tipperary?

On another idea........ Is it healthy for any Tipperary person to look around for the WORST in our society? Would it not benefit us more to look for the best around us?

From a personal point of view, I believe that Tipperary North and South has been sold down the river by sharper operators than Lowry. Bigger and better parliamentarians (liars in everyday dialect) have scooped the pot and left us with nothing.

How can we grow Tipperary in the future?

[Vizzy]

Great post and can be applied to any town in Tipp or elsewhere.
Why do we continue to constantly knock everything that is good about our town/sportsmen/lifestyle/countryside etc. ?

[callaway92]

Originally Posted by BanshaMan

In defence of Tipperary Town:

Tipp Town has a Sports Complex that is the envy of every town in the county.

Tipp Town has an entertainment centre that outranks most towns and some cities in Munster - The Excel Centre in Tipperary Town.

Are we overlooking the good points and highlighting the bad points to isolate Tipp Town as the worst town in Tipperary?

On another idea........ Is it healthy for any Tipperary person to look around for the WORST in our society? Would it not benefit us more to look for the best around us?

From a personal point of view, I believe that Tipperary North and South has been sold down the river by sharper operators than Lowry. Bigger and better parliamentarians (liars in everyday dialect) have scooped the pot and left us with nothing.

How can we grow Tipperary in the future?

No...It is just THAT bad I'm afraid.