Dublin

Mrbrianmolko

Im living over in the Uk now for a while and it has astonished me how much love the English have for Dublin. Most of them have been to Dublin and consider it some sort of paradise! Unfortunalty I can't say the same for the UK. Its actually crazy what a reputation Dulbin has, not just in the UK but in loads of European countires i've been to.

Then when you sit back and take a look at it from somewhere else, you actually realise what a deadly place it is (once you get over the house prices, inflation blah blah blah). It has character, charm and (this is what the English say) the best/funniest people you could ever meet on a night out.

So just thought i'd throw that into after hours to tell you people that Dublin isnt the craphole you all make it out to be!

darkman2

Mrbrianmolko wrote:

Im living over in the Uk now for a while and it has astonished me how much love the English have for Dublin. Most of them have been to Dublin and consider it some sort of paradise! Unfortunalty I can't say the same for the UK. Its actually crazy what a reputation Dulbin has, not just in the UK but in loads of European countires i've been to.

Then when you sit back and take a look at it from somewhere else, you actually realise what a deadly place it is (once you get over the house prices, inflation blah blah blah). It has character, charm and (this is what the English say) the best/funniest people you could ever meet on a night out.

So just thought i'd throw that into after hours to tell you people that Dublin isnt the craphole you all make it out to be!

Dont take this the wrong way but why do I think your telling fibs;)

Pighead

Good evening MrMolko, tell your UK buddies they ain't seen nothing yet. Over here in Ireland the natives consider Dublin to be merely the gateway to the paradise that is known as ..................................Dundalk. (Drogheda is the filthy gravel pathway leading up to paradise) Its got everything, pubs, shopping centres, squares and eh pubs.

Karoma

I'm sure it's a great place to visit(What you said in your post, and so many visitors), doesn't mean it's a nice place to live(What most of the moany posts say).

darkman2

Pighead wrote:

Good evening MrMolko, tell your UK buddies they ain't seen nothing yet. Over here in Ireland the natives consider Dublin to be merely the gateway to the paradise that is known as ..................................Dundalk. (Drogheda is the filthy gravel pathway leading up to paradise) Its got everything, pubs, shopping centres, squares and eh pubs.

Whats good about Dundalk is its been infiltrated by Dubs for the last 10 years:D Another good thing about Dundalk is the road out of it which is of a high standard funnily enough:D

Pighead

darkman2 wrote:

Whats good about Dundalk is its been infiltrated by Dubs for the last 10 years:D Another good thing about Dundalk is the road out of it which is of a high standard funnily enough:D

Listen pal, you obviously know jack shit about roads. The road out of Dundalk = the road into Dundalk, therefore your point is deemed moot. Dundalk may have a lot of pubs but unlike pubs in our capital ours are filled with mirth, knowledge and chicks with cracking tits.

Now Pigheads no Off Topicer so let me steer this juggernaut back on track. Mrmolko tell us your favourite Dublin related stag party puke related anectode?

darkman2

Pighead wrote:

Listen pal, you obviously know jack shit about roads. The road out of Dundalk = the road into Dundalk, therefore your point is deemed moot. Dundalk may have a lot of pubs but unlike pubs in our capital ours are filled with mirth, knowledge and chicks with cracking tits.

Now Pigheads no Off Topicer so let me steer this juggernaut back on track. Mrmolko tell us your favourite Dublin related stag party puke related anectode?

Dundalk - a pub, a church and a post office - exciting:D

Pighead

darkman2 wrote:

Dundalk - a pub, a church and a post office - exciting:D

Pigheads been around After Hours long enough to recognise a booby trap post like yours darkman2. Blatant attempt to get me to post off topic and thus be struck down hard with Karomas Banhammer. Not gonna work my friend. On topic posting is what Pighead does best.

So Mrmolko, why do you think that the UK loves Dublin so much when in all honesty its more or less exactly the same as any major UK city?
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darkman2 you fcuker, we've got an ice rink, dog track, horse racing track(almost) coffee shops, bookies, castles, football team, real women 2 KFC's a cinema and a fcuking bowling alley. In your face snobby mcsnobberson.:mad:

WindSock

Dublin=Paradise?

copacetic

Pighead wrote:

Listen pal, you obviously know jack shit about roads. The road out of Dundalk = the road into Dundalk, therefore your point is deemed moot. Dundalk may have a lot of pubs but unlike pubs in our capital ours are filled with mirth, knowledge and chicks with cracking tits.

Now Pigheads no Off Topicer so let me steer this juggernaut back on track. Mrmolko tell us your favourite Dublin related stag party puke related anectode?

Pighead is from Dundalk? :eek:

Sheesh, talk about finding out your heroes have feet of clay.

Kinetic^

Dundalk......I presume you're working in Dublin Pighead as I doubt they've got interweb up there!!!

darkman2

'Real women':rolleyes: There was The Corrs I suppose.:rolleyes: I will give you that. Nah im only messin with yeh - I actually do like Dundalk - Its really come on:)














Since the Dubs moved in:p

darkman2

BTW as for Drogheda being the

filthy gravel pathway

I think your being unfair there to filthy gravel pathways tbh.......

Pighead

darkman2 wrote:

'Real women':rolleyes: There was The Corrs I suppose.:rolleyes: I will give you that. Nah im only messin with yeh - I actually do like Dundalk - Its really come on:)














Since the Dubs moved in:p

Alright pal, Pigheads said enough already on the greatness and general utopian nature of Dundalk. Obviously you need one final shove to recognise that Dundalks sons are coated in magnificence.

Turn on RTE 1 right now. The man, the legend, Jinx Lennon, shall lead you to the path of realisation. Let the Noisemaker show you the error of your ways.

Mrmolko in case you're wondering who Jinx Lennon is Pighead will fill you in. He is Irelands True Poet. Check him out buddy.

cson

Ah yes the natives in Dublin.....they're a funny bunch them skobies, I always thought the welcoming brick to the face was a nice touch.

Red Hand

I always breath through a perfumed hanky when walking through Dub-land. Don't want "paradise" to infect me.:)

darkman2

Look, jealousy and begrudgery is natural toward Dublin because we get everything first and the scraps tend to go elsewhere.........:p

gary the great

Im the same. Was up in Liverpool at the weekend and there mad for Dublin to. I live down in london and everyone in work is always on at me about how much fun they had when they went there!

cson

darkman2 wrote:

Look, jealousy and begrudgery is natural toward Dublin because we get everything first and the scraps tend to go elsewhere.........:p

Hey, it still takes my pony and trap the same length of time to get to the market as it takes you to get 2km up the M-50 on a monday morning. Pfft with yer Luas an all...

darkman2

gary the great wrote:

Im the same. Was up in Liverpool at the weekend and there mad for Dublin to. I live down in london and everyone in work is always on at me about how much fun they had when they went there!

Thats strange, according to a poster above they would have gotten a brick in the face at the airport on arrival. This cant be true surely.....

Nevyn

El Piggo is from El passo that explains a lot.

cson

darkman2 wrote:

Thats strange, according to a poster above they would have gotten a brick in the face at the airport on arrival. This cant be true surely.....

Celtic must have been playing.

tallaght01

I agree with the OP. I've lived in London, The north of england, and Scotlnd. The English in particular have a great deal of fondness for all things Irish, by and large. Makes it totally cringeworthy when they find out that a sizeable portion of the Irish dislike the English. Particularly embarrassing with regard to international footie. They pretty much all support the Irish national team when they're watching them on TV, and I think they assume we support the English team when they play.
The very attitude that the OP talks about makes me cheer loudly for the English team in world cups/european cup competitions etc.

biko

There's a regional forum.

Tusky

I miss Dublin when I travel and it as a unique atmosphere on weekend nights. Im sure its a great place to visit.

Tar.Aldarion

More than a few days in Dublin always leads me to the conclusion that it is a horrible hole full of pricks with no manners, ah yes.
Nice to visit.

Caliden

biko wrote:

There's a regional forum.

There sure is....:rolleyes:

The English have obviously never been to Galway, it's far less sprawled out than Dublin so nights out there are amazing.

AlmightyCushion

Caliden wrote:

There sure is....:rolleyes:

The English have obviously never been to Galway, it's far less sprawled out than Dublin so nights out there are amazing.

Yeah I hate the way you have to get a bus if you want to go anywhere.

Jimoslimos

Pighead wrote:

Dundalk may have a lot of pubs but unlike pubs in our capital ours are filled with mirth, knowledge and chicks with cracking tits.

Yeah, all well and good until one of them decides to open her mouth. *shudders*

englander

Dundalk ? Cracking Tits......Mmmmm

English people might say anything you might like to hear.

I'm sure if I went up to someone normal in Ireland (ie not someone wearing a Celtic 'Down with Foreign sports' football shirt) with my best English accent and ask them what they thought of England - they wouldn't be rude about England to my face.

Some might (and have) but most would find something positive to say.

My English pals and family weren't that impressed with Dubbers when they came to visit me (general rudeness, dirt, beggers, traffic problems, cost etc).

I did get English people saying that it must be one non stop laugh living in Dublin/Ireland with the drink flowing and the craic mighty and the Irish are so laid back aren't they ? Thats when I find out they have never been over here !

I myself have now moved away from the pit of awfulness to an altogether more civilised area of Ireland (The Sunny South East - Although I may consider Dundalk for the future !)

The way Ireland is portrayed in the UK is a tourist boards wet dream. I would however like to know how many return visits there are by tourists. (small percentage I'd guess).

NZdubstar

well I reckon Dublin is great craic alright, there's nowhere else I have been where so many people are out at night looking to have a good time, and the vast majority are friendly and have a good attitude. It really makes cities in other countries look really dead. You should check out the nightlife down here, makes Dublin look like NYC.

nesf

Mrbrianmolko wrote:

So just thought i'd throw that into after hours to tell you people that Dublin isnt the craphole you all make it out to be!

You're confusing people visiting a place and people living in a place. Personally I've had great nights out in Dublin and enjoy heading up there for drinks with friends etc. But I'm not sure if I'd ever like to live there. It's too big, too expensive and I'd never be able to afford a house anywhere close to the city centre and the level of traffic etc would really put me off. Then, if my family grew up there and I was used to the place I imagine my opinions would be quite different.

watna

NZdubstar wrote:

. You should check out the nightlife down here, makes Dublin look like NYC.

Nooooooo! I'm moving to Wellington soon.... don't say that!

andrew

Am i the only person here who lives in Dublin and actually likes it....... ye bunch of moans!

The_B_Man

i live here too and it rocks!!

ps why do ppl say dublin is too big? its one of the smallest counties in the country!!!!!

Slutmonkey57b

NZdubstar wrote:

well I reckon Dublin is great craic alright, there's nowhere else I have been where so many people are out at night looking to have a good time, and the vast majority are friendly and have a good attitude. It really makes cities in other countries look really dead. You should check out the nightlife down here, makes Dublin look like NYC.

You should check out NYC - it makes Dublin look like a mindless agricultural violent ignorant sh!thole. Which is funny, because that's exactly what it is.

andrew

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

You should check out NYC - it makes Dublin look like a mindless agricultural violent ignorant sh!thole. Which is funny, because that's exactly what it is.

Ohhhhhh harsh! wow we're not talkin about Bhagdad!

Dyr

even with the euro/sterling conversion rates the beer prices in dublin arent as cheap as you get in engerland are they? And the brits always wind up going into kips like gogartys so i dunno how they enjoy themselves

On the other hand i've always really enjoyed gargling when im over with "them across the water"

an rud is annamh is iontach i guess

thelordofcheese

andrew wrote:

Am i the only person here who lives in Dublin and actually likes it....... ye bunch of moans!

yes, yes you are

andrew

Just making sure

CiaranC

thelordofcheese wrote:

yes, yes you are

No, no, he isnt.

nesf

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

You should check out NYC - it makes Dublin look like a mindless agricultural violent ignorant sh!thole. Which is funny, because that's exactly what it is.

Dublin has no where near as high a crime rate as NYC to be fair.

Ishmael

ps why do ppl say dublin is too big? its one of the smallest counties in the country!!!!!

User was probably talking about the size of the city not the county.

Dublin is ok to visit but as with most places, once you live there for a while, the ****ness becomes more obvious. The only thing that really keeps me in Dublin is the job. The moment i find a decent paying job down the country, i'll be gone like a fart in the wind.

jdivision

OP, most of them hang around Temple Bar and meet other English people, eat in international themed restaurants and drink in overpriced pubs and don't meet very many Irish people or for that matter Dubliners at all. You can't tell anything about a city by visiting a tourist trap. It's like saying Leicester Square defines London.

Piste

Why is everyone going on about Dundalk being so great? It has ATMs that don't give Tenners, and worst of all Jinx Lennon.


I ****ing hate Jinx Lennon.

eirebhoy

NZdubstar wrote:

well I reckon Dublin is great craic alright, there's nowhere else I have been where so many people are out at night looking to have a good time

I think that's the nail on the head.

Pighead

Piste wrote:

I ****ing hate Jinx Lennon.

This just in................................

Jinx Lennon ****ing hates you too!

Flukey

I had some friends over from England and Scotland last weekend. Some had been before and others were on a first visit. We had a great weekend, with a few nights out and myself and some other friends here, showing them some of the sights of Dublin and its surrounds. Dublin is not such a bad place to visit.

Fratton Fred

Ishmael wrote:

Dublin is ok to visit but as with most places, once you live there for a while, the ****ness becomes more obvious.

True to an extent. Just like this image the Irish have world wide of being down to earth, laid back and up for the craic, it's not till you live here that you realise there is an incredible amount of snobbery and materialism.

I like it though, Dublin has many faults, but we have a better quality of life here than we did in Berkshire.

CherieAmour

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

You should check out NYC - it makes Dublin look like a mindless agricultural violent ignorant sh!thole. Which is funny, because that's exactly what it is.

Christ!! It's not that bad! I've lived in Dublin all my life and I love living here.
When I hear people whinging about it that aren't from here but live in the city I ask myself (and them!) what the hell they're doing here if they hate it that much! If you're here for the work or whatever, appreciate the fact that it is offering you something you can't get at home. That at least has to be positive whatever you may think of the people/place.

Everyone is, of course, entitled to their opinion, but when working with an Australian girl who was living here for 3 months, I had to listen to her whinge, complain and moan about the city every minute of the day - I had a real pain in my face listening to her, because I'm proud of where I come from and though we all have our gripes, we don't go on about them all the time cos we can see the positives too and value them.

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Yeah I hate the way you have to get a bus if you want to go anywhere.

What are you doing? Going on a pub crawl from Ballyfermot to Ringsend??

Hrududu

I live in Dublin and love living here. I'm one of those people that moved here after college. I dont think its a big city at all. Its so walkable, well the centre is anyway. On a night out you can walk everywhere. Compare it to somewhere like London and it seems really small. I just think there is a great atmosphere in town at the weekend, both during the day and at night. But then every place will have people that dont like it.