Worst town in county Galway?

Utopia Parkway

Tuam?
Ballinalsoe?
Loughrea?
Gort?

Which one is it or could we have a four way tie?:D

Msfc

Id say Ballinasloe,seems really depressing to pass through!! Although it is close to being a four way tie.

Im_No_Superman

Ballinasloe without a doubt, it seems to take absoluty ages to get drive through it for a relatively small town!

TEH REAL CDP

Tuam ftw

MargeS

Loughrea - for its expensive prices & tight knit community. So tight, that even the mention of competition sends the local cartels into a frenzy.

(BriarHill shopping centre - hurry up and open!!!)

galwayrush

No contest, Tuam:D

Kojak

Ballinalsoe wins, although Tuam is a close second.

kaizersoze

Msfc wrote:

Id say Ballinasloe,seems really depressing to pass through!!

It's even more depressing to watch people passing through.:D

Has to be Tuam.

Jamey

Dunmore.

Tuam, worst town? Ye're some buffs..

Shryke

Ballinalsoe, without a doubt. SO depressing. :eek:
Loughrea is a close second simply for being a hole. Nothing but a terrible knacker filled pit.



(Them smilies are versitile things! )




(And now I'm sick of them.)

Oman

For me its a tie between Loughrea and Athenry(suprising hard to spell). there both just so hard to go though with there narrow streets and nowwhere to park.

i live right by Ballinasloe and its not that bad. but it does smell and it does have a lot of shall we say shady characters

IronMan

Ballinasloe is a grim old town, I always feel a bit depressed driving through it. I used to hate Loughrea because of the traffic, but the by-pass has improved things. And i've had the opportunity to go out for a few drinkies there on occassion and found it to be a nice little spot, a bustling little town. Gort seems like a deliverance style place, albeit with a large Brazilian community.

galwayrush

IronMan wrote:

. Gort seems like a deliverance style place, albeit with a large Brazilian community.

Cuts down on the inbreeding.:D

thecivvie

Clifden tis a tourist dump

big b

My first impression of Ballinasloe - what a run-down looking dump.
Second impression - about 2 mins later, looking out the bus window to see about 8 lads kicking the living sh*t out of another lad lying on the ground. I'm pretty sure all the tourists on the bus were impressed. As was I.

Gort - another run-down little town, brightened a little by the Brazilians.

Loughrea - the by-pass is the best thing you can say about it.

Tuam - reputation for being pretty knacker-ish. Possibly only partly deserved, seems to be growing.

For me, Dunmore was the worst-looking, most depressing place in the county that I've passed through.

nonamemark

tcob1 wrote:

Clifden tis a tourist dump

Correction, Ireland is a tourist dump

seamunkey

I'll agree with MargeS comment, but Sandor's never!
There's nackers in every town, more so in Tuam!
Ballinasloe & Gort have nothing work while ....
& Loughrea has lake, bypass and lots of road works
Overall I'd say Loughrea is better - little suprised Athenry wasn't in there!!

Shryke

I'm close enough to Loughrea for it to take the brunt of my hate!
It looks alright on the surface- lake, plenty of pubs and a few decent businesses but then you actually go/live there...

Edit: I automatically assumed you weren't defending Ballinasloe, you're not are you?! :eek:

noonygomez

have to say Dunmore really depressed me when i was there, and that was for a christmas party in the season of merriment...

Ruaidhri

Sandor wrote:

I'm close enough to Loughrea for it to take the brunt of my hate!
It looks alright on the surface- lake, plenty of pubs and a few decent businesses but then you actually go/live there...

Agreed - It's simply the worst place on the planet. So bad a friend of mine nicknamed it 'cockrea'...

Oman

Ruaidhri wrote:

So bad a friend of mine nicknamed it 'cockrea'...

OMG thats bad

hiscan

noonygomez wrote:

have to say Dunmore really depressed me when i was there, and that was for a christmas party in the season of merriment...

was it in a pub if so which one?

fmess

Has to be Gort....

gufcfan

I nominate Carraroe. It's not actually a town AFAIK. It's a hole of a place though. No soul. You'd think that it has a lot going for it but it depressing to live in. It has a bank, a national school, secondary school, eurospar, council offices, a nightclub, 5 pubs, a DIY store, a major irish aerospace company based there, internet cafe.

Very depressing to live in...

sgthighway

Back in 1986; Carraroe was good enough for UEFA.

buckie

no competition really gort is the most pointless town in the country,
still have nightmares about the place springs and images and the local gort nackers

tman

"Grot"
I know a few people who grew up around there. That must've been so depressing...

Mars Bar

Okay I think I might know!
I lived in Gort(all my dad's family are from there) and I now live in Tuam and I can safely say Gort is WAAAYYYY worse than Tuam. Actually Tuam ain't bad at all if you are big into music, football or soccer. Gort, well...well yeah that's it, it hasn't got much.

gufcfan

sgthighway wrote: »

Back in 1986; Carraroe was good enough for UEFA.

That may be, but it does not change the fact that it was a field with a shed beside it.

chris_oc

I'd have to say Gort but I cant really say much comin from Oughterard!:rolleyes:
talk about "depression city"!!..(or village should probably say)

Pgibson

Any town in East Galway.

Uncharming and ugly.

West- Galway towns are heaven by comparison.

Tuam should be bulldozed.
A 12 lane bypass should go right through the middle of it.


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Mars Bar

Hmm, obviously someone who doesn't know their way out of west Galway...

Pgibson

mars bar wrote: »

Hmm, obviously someone who doesn't know their way out of west Galway...

In charming, spotless and beautiful Alesund in Norway actually.

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Norway/South/More_og_Romsdal/Alesund/photo952777.htm

(A bit like Connemara:

http://www.igoweb.org/~wms/personal/photos/2001/ire1-clifden/clifden2-med.jpg )

I know my way out of East Galway certainly!

Yuk.
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Mars Bar

Gotta give it to ya, that place in Norway looks STUNNING!

Sherifu

Ballinalsoe, honourable mention to Tuam.

s_carnage

1) Dunmore
2) Ballinasloe
3) Tuam

Pgibson

thecivvie wrote: »

Clifden tis a tourist dump

Of course it is!

Its the prettiest town in the West of Ireland.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegkelly/574316290/


(Cant IMAGINE any tourist deliberately visiting any East Galway dump.)

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Earlc

Pgibson wrote: »

Any town in East Galway.

Uncharming and ugly.

West- Galway towns are heaven by comparison.

Tuam should be bulldozed.
A 12 lane bypass should go right through the middle of it.


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Uncharming......

What school did you go to in West Galway?

Numbnut

Pgibson

Earlc wrote: »

Uncharming......

What school did you go to in West Galway?

Numbnut

The Tuam School of Charm and Grace .

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Calluna

I often thought you could just live in Gort and never leave (maybe lots don't) - they have shops that sell everything....you'd never be short of a handle for a yard brush, etc, etc. You can tell all I do is drive through and laugh at the shops there!
Loughrea just kills me - nothing there.
Growing up living somewhere between Tuam and Ballinasloe I have more of a fondness for them and there's more going on than you would think. So my voting is:
1. Gort, 2. Loughrea, 3. Tuam, 4. Ballinasloe
However if villages are included I nominate Ahascragh....wicked in terms of dilapidated buildings - the town the celtic tiger forgot.

ScumLord

Dunmore is a ****hole, but Tuam is a bigger version of Dunmore making it Irelands (technically) biggest ****hole.

Mars Bar

Calluna wrote: »

I often thought you could just live in Gort and never leave (maybe lots don't) They have everything....you'd never be short of a handle for a yard brush, etc, etc. You can tell all I do is drive through and laugh at the shops there!
Loughrea just kills me - nothing there.
Growing up living somewhere between Tuam and Ballinasloe I have more of a fondness for them and there's more going on than you would think. So my voting is:
1. Gort, 2. Loughrea, 3. Tuam, 4. Ballinasloe
However if villages are included I nominate Ahascragh....wicked in terms of dilapidated buildings - the town the celtic tiger forgot.

We lived in Gort but we left to go to Tuam...

Couldn't ever imagine living in Gort again but I will always come back to Tuam. I love the place...

Captain Darling

Loughrea is a sh1thole.

Adam Mitchel

Loughrea. Worst town.
Full of cartels so you get ripped off if you stop to shop there.
Avoid !!!

I absolutely hate both Loughrea and Ballinasloe, such dumps! I live in between them so I've seen both loads. But I live in Portumna, which probably isn't much better than either, but it's not too bad!

lunitic99

Calluna wrote: »

I often thought you could just live in Gort and never leave (maybe lots don't) - they have shops that sell everything....you'd never be short of a handle for a yard brush, etc, etc. You can tell all I do is drive through and laugh at the shops there!
Loughrea just kills me - nothing there.
Growing up living somewhere between Tuam and Ballinasloe I have more of a fondness for them and there's more going on than you would think. So my voting is:
1. Gort, 2. Loughrea, 3. Tuam, 4. Ballinasloe
However if villages are included I nominate Ahascragh....wicked in terms of dilapidated buildings - the town the celtic tiger forgot.

ya ahascragh is a ****hole full a dirty scumbags nd so is tuam and ballinasloe

afkasurfjunkie

Ballinasloe - the last four letters say it all, and spell it wrong obviously.

RichCRX

places are only depressing if you make them be...everyplace has a bit of crack...ya just need to find it!

smokin

I dont understand how you can class a town as good or bad? What do you mean, the appearance, the people, facilities, setting, or is it just not exciting enough for young ppl? I live in a small village and after living in big cities I appreciate it, so everywhere has plus/minus.

ScumLord

smokin wrote: »

I dont understand how you can class a town as good or bad? What do you mean, the appearance, the people, facilities, setting, or is it just not exciting enough for young ppl? I live in a small village and after living in big cities I appreciate it, so everywhere has plus/minus.

Get with the program your home town has to be referred to as a ****hole but still the best ****hole in the country.

jd007

smokin wrote: »

I dont understand how you can class a town as good or bad? What do you mean, the appearance, the people, facilities, setting, or is it just not exciting enough for young ppl? I live in a small village and after living in big cities I appreciate it, so everywhere has plus/minus.

Mayo is another hole of a place! :pac: