Best town in Ireland??

marissa

I know the best/worst counties have been done but its an interesting topic..

mines a tie between:

carrickmacross, monaghan - nightlife and people, especially accents

crossmolina, mayo - again craic and warm friendly people

salthill:what a ledge of a place

galway: love eyre's square

imprezza

I vote for Galway I love the walking streets it reminds me of crete when its sunny, and Salthill is great too.

Mossy Monk

i really like Cork City

padi89

Westport in Mayo.I think its a beautiful well kept town.

Huggles

Galway City ftw.

tman

TheGooner wrote:

Galway City ftw.

qft

Paul Tergat

Westport

TheVan

Best - Ranelagh in Dublin (where I'm living at the moment!), Galway

Worst (and just my own personal opinion) - Tuam, Mullingar and Ennis

junkyard

Cork, when they're no scumbags around, Kenmare in Co. Kerry is one of my favourites.:)

Amazotheamazing

Hard to know, I've always liked Kilkenny and Dingle. Not overly gone on Galway, lived there for a few years and it gets very small after a while.

Nalz

Galway, Wexford or Kilkenny for night life, Carlow isn't bad either.

Setun

Kilcoole is easily the best. Glenroe, like.

arbeitsscheuer

Best - Rathmines. Lot of good memories.

Worst - Waterville, Co. Kerry. Dead as a doornail, and I spent far too many childhood summers there. Hated it.

Pythia

Clonakilty is lovely.

Heyes

Killorglan in co kerry, people are legends.

then rathmines/ ranalgh in dublin

whassupp2

Roscommon. Not too big, not too small

BendiBus

marissa wrote:

carrickmacross, monaghan - nightlife and people, especially accents

:eek:

I grew up in Carrick. Irelands answer to Hazzard County. Couldn't wait to get out of the place. The accent is freaking hilarious though

Sandymount would be my favourite. Followed by Ranelagh.

Karl Hungus

Galway wtf tbh cba.

Creamy Goodness

best rathmines - just looks like such a lovely place.

worst bray - you gotta like drive through it with windows up and doors locked :P. well it's not that bad but you get my drift.

Wishbone Ash

marissa wrote:

carrickmacross, monaghan - nightlife and people, especially accents

It's the only town I know that seems to have a very friendly Garda full time directing traffic on the main street, even when there's no traffic to direct.


Re nightlife - is the Oasis still going? I frequented it a few times in the 1980s.

Plug

I like Clonmel as most of my cusoins live there. Tho Dublin city is clearly the best city.

DeLaBass

galway, what a great place to be, especially in the summer

Chrissie

Wishbone Ash wrote:

It's the only town I know that seems to have a very friendly Garda full time directing traffic on the main street, even when there's no traffic to direct.


Re nightlife - is the Oasis still going? I frequented it a few times in the 1980s.

Ah, leave that poor garda alone.
He got injured in duty some years back which left him 'not the full shilling'.
I think it's lovely that the guards kept him employed, he seems to love directing the traffic!!!

BTW:- Carrick is a complete sh!thole, & most of the people there are complete knackers.
Nightlife is lousy, & no, the Oasis is no longer, thank God!!!

xzanti

I'd have to go with Galway... Have they finished tearing Eyre Square apart yet??

Batterstown in Meath is very pretty too... Very well kept, dunno about nightlife though

Black Swan

I would guess that it depends on what is meant by "best?" For the arts? Galway has a reputation that goes beyond Ireland.

djmarkus

Portrush.

AOR

Dundalk ftw

Joliegood

Greystones is a fab place to live.

Sleepy

Galway. Why does anyone even feel the need to question such an undisputable fact?

JP Mulvano

AOR wrote:

Dundalk ftw

you're joking......right!! Turned into a clone of every other town you find around Ireland. Retail park x 3....what a joke!!

Who said Kenmare that's a top place alright!!

r3nu4l

Cahir in Co. Tipperary. Cahir Castle, Swiss Cottage, great pubs!

biko

Galway & Belfast

Vegeta

Killaloe county Clare, was once the capital of Ireland

mysterious

Tralee, Kilkenny, Dingle and Limerick(as Limerick has hidden gems on its side streets like Denmark street, Catherine street, Mallow street, Perry Square, Georges quay, Mary street and Cornmarket/milk Market etc) Most stranger's would be unfamilar with these and coming onto Waterford these days and edit: Killaloe/Ballina has to be one of the prettiest landmark towns in Ireland.


hate Kilarney it's fake. Athlone, Mullingar, Potloaise,Tullamore, and Bray. Iused to Like Galway now I hate it. Everytime I go there i just see sprawling ugly buildings going up, supermacs the tacky hotels on the beach front, and the over rated partness. Galway is defanetely not like what it used to be, just a piss up, most people who spend time there realise Galway town itself is very small and just plain.

muppetkiller

Galway without a doubt ...I agree with the previous poster about how Galway had gone down hill. BUt it's really picked up again and is back to it's best.

Eyre square is finished again and with the Arts festival , Races , Project 06, Film Festival , not to mention QUAY st every Friday and Saturday night ...
It's simply brilliant.

Terry

i've worked in towns all over the country and i found the best one to be listowel. really nice place and nice people too.
i don't think i would ever move out of Leixlip though.
it's not the greatest place on earth, but it's home and i have great neighbours. everybody needs good neighbours.

Vegeta

julep wrote:

i've worked in towns all over the country and i found the best one to be listowel. really nice place and nice people too.
i don't think i would ever move out of Leixlip though.
it's not the greatest place on earth, but it's home and i have great neighbours. everybody needs good neighbours.

listowel is a very nice place yeah.

Leixlip, ah man my gf lived there when she was on work experience in Intel. I have fond memories of the chinese there and renting dvds. It is close to the city but not too close and having to get the 66 in to town made me suicidal

Juicebox

Doolin Co.Clare

Siogfinsceal

Love naas, galway & ennis

Hate boyle, kildare town

inode

Galway and Derry

Summerjones

Maynooth is a lovely little town. Except when the students wreck it.

r3nu4l

Summerjones wrote:

Maynooth is a lovely little town. Except when the students wreck it.

Hah! I lived in Maynooth as a student and worker for seven years and I can tell you that I saw lots of local kids wrecking the place only to see it later blamed on students by the residents :rolleyes:

OK, some students are idiots and do some damage but nothing compared to what I've seen being done by the local scumbags in Maynooth. Read the Liffey Champion and see how many students end up in Kilcock court compared to Maynooth locals!! Interesting reading.

Summerjones

r3nu4l wrote:

Hah! I lived in Maynooth as a student and worker for seven years and I can tell you that I saw lots of local kids wrecking the place only to see it later blamed on students by the residents :rolleyes:

OK, some students are idiots and do some damage but nothing compared to what I've seen being done by the local scumbags in Maynooth. Read the Liffey Champion and see how many students end up in Kilcock court compared to Maynooth locals!! Interesting reading.

Yes, student friends of mine have ended up there more than once...but it was their own fault. I have to agree the scumbags (and there isn't many to be fair) in Maynooth have made down by the train station not a nice place to be, especially at night. Nothing to do and all the time in the world to do it.

Mrs. MacGyver

I like Cork City,
Castletownberehaven, for the nice pubs, restraunts and the quiet life!
Bandon, the nightlife, shopping, architecture and history.

Raiser

Kinsale is a very nice little town, great location by the sea, compact but with a bit of life and lots of decent pubs and restaurants......

LadyJ

G-G-G-Galway ftw!

Definitely not Enniscorthy imo.

Nightwish

I love Kenmare and Dunmore East, the latter has gotten a bit too cluttered with holiday homes though.

Collie D

Howth, spent the day out there yesterday. It's great to have such a beautiful little town so close to city

Pighead

Mullacrew is magic.

Crania

I must I really like Wexford town, beautiful buildings, lots of grens areas, good few shops, great accent, its right besdie the sea so it also has great scenery and its in close proximity to a weatlh of lovely beaches.

Wexford ftw!!

jimmycrackcorm

Termonfeckin - I just love the name!