Where in Meath?

Ruu_Old

*does hand gesture* Gather round, gather round folk young and old. Share some info about your hometown. I hail from just outside lovely Oldcastle (An Seanchaislean or Auldceastle to the locals). We don't think we have much claim to fame, oh part of that RTE disaster of a show was filmed there recently (the name escapes me).

europerson

Ruu wrote:

*does hand gesture* Gather round, gather round folk young and old. Share some info about your hometown. I hail from just outside lovely Oldcastle (An Seanchaislean or Auldceastle to the locals). We don't think we have much claim to fame, oh part of that RTE disaster of a show was filmed there recently (the name escapes me).

It was called Trouble in Paradise. I can think of four Oldcastle claims to fame: the cairns at Loughcrew, Mullen's auction rooms, St. Oliver Plunkett and beds. Any others?

Ruu_Old

Respa Beds (my old workplace) best beds in the western world perhaps! I went to St. Ollies Post Primary as well. Alot of the land of Loughcrew belonged to Cromwell. There used to be a train station in town that served many other areas, talk about resurrecting it.

PeteK*

Is there a military station thingy there?

I might go there for a spin some day Lol. I've never been. Think it would take me an hour. O_o

Ruu_Old

Don't think so, might be Kells you are thinking of (with the an RDF base there).

admiralofthefleet

not from meath but used to spend every easter and june bank holiday in fordstown just outside athboy

Mr. Brightside

Wouldn't be a big fan of Athboy, Bucks is sooo bad! Its a one night a year thing (Blue Jeans) at max. Used to be better a few years ago but Trim and Navan have since vastly improved so now I try to avoid that place.

Archeron

I hail from just outside Trim. Well, actually, I hail from Dublin, but the wind blew me to Trim one day, so I decided to settle there.

Mmmm, castles.

redfacedbear

I'm from Ashbourne - site of the only major fighting outside Dublin during the 1916 Rising - when Thomas Ashe led his men in an attack on the RIC station and ambush on the RIC re-inforcements.

Also home to Johnny Logan, Brendan O'Carroll and Charlie Redmond!*




This was correct when I last lived in Ash 10 years ago - may not be uptodate

Atomic Pineapple

i'm from lobinstown, it does nothing

europerson

draffodx wrote:

i'm from lobinstown,

So am I.

it does nothing

The best thing about Lobinstown is its central, yet rural, location: Dundalk, Drogheda, Carrickmacross, Ardee and Navan are all within easy driving (or, in Ardee's case, cycling) distance. Add to that three pubs, several community organisations (political parties, Foróige, Lobinstown Development Association, Munitir na Tíre, etc.), two schools, a post office (a rarity in rural Ireland these days), a shop (admittedly not great), two churches (including one of the most architecturally important rural churches in Britain or Ireland), an unbelievable wealth of history from the Iron Age to the present day, major employers like Meade Potato Company, sport (Gaelic football, soccer, fishing, pitch and putt, etc.), and all the rest. Not too shabby for a place with such little population.

marco murphy

On the Proudstown/Kingscourt Road outside Navan.

brettmirl

Ashbourne here...but am only a 'blow-in' from Kilkenny.

brettmirl

Ashbourne here...but am only a 'blow-in' from Kilkenny.

singingstranger

Dunsany/Kiltale bit between Trim and Navan, formerly of Rathmolyon, Meath SHC winners 2006!

mickrourke

Kells - I coloured in the pages.......:)

marco murphy

Kells!?

Did'nt know they had IT in Kells haha

andrewie

Kells also.

mik_da_man

And I'm from a wonderful wee village called Carnaross.
About 4 miles north of Kells on the N3
It's got a pub, school, church and a shop.
Oh and A Holy Well and some High Crosses
Not a whole goes on there - but it's home (well not at the mo )

And it's near the Wonderful Kells, with such places as the Arches, Keltic and of course the VIBE (all watering holes)

Mik

folkface

redfacedbear wrote:

I'm from Ashbourne - site of the only major fighting outside Dublin during the 1916 Rising - when Thomas Ashe led his men in an attack on the RIC station and ambush on the RIC re-inforcements.

Also home to Johnny Logan, Brendan O'Carroll and Charlie Redmond!*




This was correct when I last lived in Ash 10 years ago - may not be uptodate

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

I also think you can now class Ashbourne as Dublin.
Their is an awful lot of Dubchies living there.
(Cross between Dubs and Culchies)
You can bring the the Dubs outa Dublin but.............



PS - does Brendan O Carroll's daughter go out in Ashbourne? She's a fine bit of stuff.

stephanie3

im live near oldcastle, good spot, lots of summer festivals and stuff, famous for a good few things, especially furniture and St. Oliver, the Cairns,

Ruu_Old

stephanie3 wrote:

im live near oldcastle, good spot, lots of summer festivals and stuff, famous for a good few things, especially furniture and St. Oliver, the Cairns,

Are you going to Le Cheile this year?

mickrourke

Poblachtach wrote:

Kells!?

Did'nt know they had IT in Kells haha

Oh yes, Kells was the centre of learning for Ireland ages ago,
but you wouldn't know that being from Navan now would you?, bet you can't even spell Navan backwards

Dear Oh dear, now where's my Latin text book.....

europerson

folkface wrote:

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

Nope. Bourne, the man who founded the village (as it was then), named it after his favourite tree and himself.

- bo -

Navan unfortunately, though I dont sped much time out Navan so its not all bad...

stephanie3

yeah I'll be around for le cheile anyway, whether or not I buy a ticket for the gigs is another thing, might just stay in pub.
There's a good comedy line up this year though, neil delamare, carl spain etc etc

PinkSniff

Hi,

I live in East Meath about 6 miles outside Ashbourne in a rural place........and Folkface.....just to let you know....you can't say Ashbourne is in Dublin. It clearly is in Contae na Mi and thats the way it is always goin' to be...so there

Meathwoman and proud of it!!

Meathlass

From Kilberry, a few miles north of Navan. Unfortunately don't live there any more but try and get back at least once a month to see friends and family and go to matches

Ronan H

I live in Ratoath, moved there just 3 years ago. Im from a wee village near Slane called Lobinstown originally, certainly no claims to fame from that place other than the party when i left... ... ...

I envisage that i will stay in Ratoath for the foreseeable future, tis a fantastic place to live, despite the huge population it still has a village feel to it which i like a lot, and the postman is friendly, although id say hes demented delivering packages to my house, especially when im not there! Hehee...

Head

jazoo

Live in ratoath but im a blow in from dublin so that makes me a dubchie i love it here as they say in dublin its bleedin deadly

decob

ashbourne born and bred...

folkface wrote:

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

the river is actually called the Broadmeadow

I also think you can now class Ashbourne as Dublin.
Their is an awful lot of Dubchies living there.

you can in your arse class it as dublin... if they want to live in dublin, let em move back to dublin... or ratoath, which ever is easier. Also it's Dulchie not dubchie. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dulchie

Ronan H

decob wrote:

you can in your arse class it as dublin... if they want to live in dublin, let em move back to dublin... or ratoath, which ever is easier.

Ratoath isnt Dublin either surely?

Ronan

decob

Head wrote:

Ratoath isnt Dublin either surely?

Ronan

i know it's not, more a joking observation that it's like 90% made up of dubs who have moved out there.

Judge2112

I sleep in Kells (Between Carlanstown & Oristown), but I live in a cubicle near the Millennium Bridge.


That's how it feels anyway....

Ronan H

decob wrote:

i know it's not, more a joking observation that it's like 90% made up of dubs who have moved out there.

Thats true, it seems to be the place to be these days...

Head

folkface

I feel sorry for people who live in Ashbourne. Especially the True Meath folk.

They've lost so much of their village down through the years. :mad:
The last time i visited it was full of foreign nationals and dulchies queuing up out side Lidl and Aldi, to get cheap groceries, so they can still afford to pay for their over priced mortgaged apartments and townhouses.

What has Ashbourne got to offer anymore? A by-pass
Its lost so much of its character. But thats urban sprawl for ya.

europerson

folkface wrote:

I feel sorry for people who live in Ashbourne. Especially the True Meath folk.

They've lost so much of their village down through the years.

Its lost so much of its character. But thats urban sprawl for ya.

It's a major problem, all right. The infrastructure in Ashbourne has struggled to cope. There was an interesting discussion of this on David McWilliams' televeision series The Pope's Children. Ashbourne actually has no character any more, besides that of a generic Dublin suburb. It fails even to have the feel of a Dublin village or town (like Swords or Dún Laoghaire). The town has no identity any more. Whilst other towns in the north-east have developed at a more steady pace, Ashbourne has grown from a very small town to a huge urban area in a short space of time, and this is how the feel of the town being a distinct place has been lost. I've experienced myself the problems with the burgeoning population, having been the victim of anti-social behaviour in the town. Another problem too, no doubt, is the hegemony of native Meath people over new people living there, leaving many new inhabitants feeling detached from the historic roots of the town and removed from any sense of identification with the locality. To many, Ashbourne is just a place to sleep. To a lesser extent, the same development is affecting Navan, where the native-newcomer divide is even more pronounced.

Ronan H

folkface wrote:

The last time i visited it was full of foreign nationals and dulchies queuing up out side Lidl and Aldi, to get cheap groceries, so they can still afford to pay for their over priced mortgaged apartments and townhouses.

I think people will understand the point you are trying to get across, however the manner in which you worded it could be misconstrued as being insulting by some...

Also, in terms of people queueing outside Aldi and Lidl to get cheap stuff so they can afford to pay for huge mortgages, its hardly much different than anywhere else in the country is it?

Head

folkface

europerson wrote:

It's a major problem, all right. The infrastructure in Ashbourne has struggled to cope. There was an interesting discussion of this on David McWilliams' televeision series The Pope's Children. Ashbourne actually has no character any more, besides that of a generic Dublin suburb. It fails even to have the feel of a Dublin village or town (like Swords or Dún Laoghaire). The town has no identity any more. Whilst other towns in the north-east have developed at a more steady pace, Ashbourne has grown from a very small town to a huge urban area in a short space of time, and this is how the feel of the town being a distinct place has been lost. I've experienced myself the problems with the burgeoning population, having been the victim of anti-social behaviour in the town. Another problem too, no doubt, is the hegemony of native Meath people over new people living there, leaving many new inhabitants feeling detached from the historic roots of the town and removed from any sense of identification with the locality. To many, Ashbourne is just a place to sleep. To a lesser extent, the same development is affecting Navan, where the native-newcomer divide is even more pronounced.

Excellent post Europerson. My taughts exactly.

PinkSniff

From all of the above, I don't care how many Dubs are living in Meath...I couldn't blame them - it is after all a great county to live in!! They have to realise that just because a large number of Dubs live in certain parts of Meath - these areas eg Ashbourne dont become Dublin ie NOT OK to call it Dublin....... Up Meath for the game tomorrow!!;)

decob

PinkSniff wrote:

From all of the above, I don't care how many Dubs are living in Meath...I couldn't blame them - it is after all a great county to live in!! They have to realise that just because a large number of Dubs live in certain parts of Meath - these areas eg Ashbourne dont become Dublin ie NOT OK to call it Dublin.......

spot on.. the local credit union sent a letter to my sister recently addressed.. "ashbourne, co dublin". needless to say she wasn't impressed.

PinkSniff

spot on.. the local credit union sent a letter to my sister recently addressed.. "ashbourne, co dublin". needless to say she wasn't impressed



Silly people.......did they miss the Geography lessons at school???:o

mise_me_fein

Ashbourne and Ratoath have more in common with Swords and Lucan than with Slane and Oldcastle.

I suppose when it stabilizes in about 10 years it might have more of a Dunboyne feel to it.

Loomis

Ruu wrote:

*does hand gesture* Gather round, gather round folk young and old. Share some info about your hometown. I hail from just outside lovely Oldcastle (An Seanchaislean or Auldceastle to the locals). We don't think we have much claim to fame, oh part of that RTE disaster of a show was filmed there recently (the name escapes me).

My condolences

Kells - full of country tools trying to be Dublin scangers with their tracksuits, jewelry and boy racer cars. Full of Dublin scangers who followed us down in a mass exodus. Pubs, pubs and more pubs. Sooner it's by-passed the better.
Meow

Ronan H

Mr. Anderson wrote:

Kells - full of country tools trying to be Dublin scangers with their tracksuits, jewelry and boy racer cars. Full of Dublin scangers who followed us down in a mass exodus. Pubs, pubs and more pubs. Sooner it's by-passed the better.

I alluded to this already in a previous post, and i gotta say it again. Theres a lot of generalisations being made that are insulting and unfair to poeple from different places in the country... Particularly the above post.

I think they are very insulting comments, im not offended myself, but i dont see the need to be labelling people like that, it started out as an innocuous information gathering thread but is developing into an insulting geography lesson.

Why cant people from Kells just be people from Kells? Why do you feel the need to call them names just because they are from the country? Similarly with the "skangers" from Dublin that you referred to, are there no people from Kells that wear tracksuits, jewellery and drive boy racer cars?

I dont think i would like to live in Kells if it means im going to be classified like that, because i do wear tracksuits from time to time, and the odd piece of jewellery...my car is simple though, so maybe i will be exempt :rolleyes:.

Perhaps you meant it in a joking manner but it doesnt come across that way...

Tool Head

Loomis

Head wrote:

I alluded to this already in a previous post, and i gotta say it again. Theres a lot of generalisations being made that are insulting and unfair to poeple from different places in the country... Particularly the above post.

I think they are very insulting comments, im not offended myself, but i dont see the need to be labelling people like that, it started out as an innocuous information gathering thread but is developing into an insulting geography lesson.

Why cant people from Kells just be people from Kells? Why do you feel the need to call them names just because they are from the country? Similarly with the "skangers" from Dublin that you referred to, are there no people from Kells that wear tracksuits, jewellery and drive boy racer cars?

I dont think i would like to live in Kells if it means im going to be classified like that, because i do wear tracksuits from time to time, and the odd piece of jewellery...my car is simple though, so maybe i will be exempt :rolleyes:.

Perhaps you meant it in a joking manner but it doesnt come across that way...

Tool Head

Eh yeah, I said so in my post...the wannabe Dublin tools.
And ye you need to remove the stick. It wasn't an attack. Every single town in the country has them; groups of tossers who congregate at corners and outside shops.
Relax

marco murphy

Especially Kells. Polluted with Boy Racers.

Tazdedub

Ratoath, although a lovely place to live, is also plagued by these boy racers. In spite of that I do like Ratoath, especially the village feel to the place.

When I do go into Ashbourne, I always get the impression that there is a cloud of dust hanging over the place, that just makes it look grey. Maybe its from the developments going on. Ashbourne is also plagued with the boy raceers and the skangers hanging around.

mik_da_man

Every Town/Village has some of the so called "Boy Racers".
Get over it - it's a fact of life and if young lads/girls are not allowed have a nice car and go meet with a few mates than this country is going seriously down hill.

I am from near Kells and have lived in many different Towns/Counties and Countries and I will be surprised if anyone can find a place with a population over 250 where the young people don't hang around together with cars.

I think it's unfair to say anywhere is Polluted with "boy racers" Kells certainly is not.

And before you ask - Yes I do Wear a tracksuit from time to time and Yes I do take care of my car

<rant over>

Mik

europerson

mik_da_man wrote:

Every Town/Village has some of the so called "Boy Racers".
Get over it - it's a fact of life and if young lads/girls are not allowed have a nice car and go meet with a few mates than this country is going seriously down hill.

No-one's saying that it's wrong to have a nice car or to meet one's friends. What is wrong, however, is that people have to put up with the noise and visual disutility of dodgy cars with dodgy cold air intakes, dodgy silencers, dodgy licence plates, dodgy tinted glass, etc. with their drivers unnecessarily driving in circles around towns either during the day or late at night, whilst unnecessarily hooting their horns at others at the same racket. There is nothing more annoying and unwarranted than it. Now that's how a country goes downhill.

marco murphy

europerson wrote:

No-one's saying that it's wrong to have a nice car or to meet one's friends. What is wrong, however, is that people have to put up with the noise and visual disutility of dodgy cars with dodgy cold air intakes, dodgy silencers, dodgy licence plates, dodgy tinted glass, etc. with their drivers unnecessarily driving in circles around towns either during the day or late at night, whilst unnecessarily hooting their horns at others at the same racket. There is nothing more annoying and unwarranted than it. Now that's how a country goes downhill.

As well as water gun drive bys :rolleyes: