Your least favourite thing about Meath.

Archeron

Just to counter the happier thread about your favourite thing

So what is it about this fine county that bugs you?
For myself, first and foremost, it would be infrastructure. Without going into boring details (thats in another thread up here already), I do feel that the roads, signs, bridges etc are all in a horrible state of repair across the county. In typical famine or feast style, while we have no regional roads worth driving on, we seem to have motorways crossing the landscape at every corner. Is there no happy medium?
I was amused to note that there is a small section of foothpath being built on the main street in Trim (measuring about 20 x 20 foot) facing the courthouse. I watched them mixing sand for that about 4 months ago, and when I drove by the other day, they were still laying blocks. Now THATS council money well spent.....and it only took 4 people to do it too.
So what annoys you about Meath that you would like to see improved?

mickrourke

Least favourite things, er, well the roads have been well documented as rubbish (traffic jams into Dun Shauglin), erm, Nobber, er Tommy Tiernan, Lord Wellington (just because of the 'just because you were born in a barn doesn't make you a horse' comment), Moynalty Steam Threshing and being from Meath means that when you go out on the tear (is that Meath Slang?) even in a major city, New York, London, wherever, you always, always come home covered in muck

Ruu_Old

Hector, ta me anseo, ta me ansin! Don't bother coming back! Too many houses stacked ontop of each other and it is still not enough, even in little Oldcastle.

2qk4u

Worst thing about Meath = too many Knackers..

Archeron

Ruu wrote: »

Hector, ta me anseo, ta me ansin! Don't bother coming back! Too many houses stacked ontop of each other and it is still not enough, even in little Oldcastle.

Oh God, Hector. I forgot about him. Definitely the most annoying person from Meath imo.

LET YOURSELF GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (no, feck off!)

DMC

mickrourke wrote: »

Moynalty Steam Threshing

Intriguing! Need to know more about what makes "the Threshing" get a vote of no confidence.

My least favourite thing will be the 400kV power line and pylons, if they get the go ahead.

Archeron

DMC wrote: »

Intriguing! Need to know more about what makes "the Threshing" get a vote of no confidence.

My least favourite thing will be the 400kV power line and pylons, if they get the go ahead.

I havent heard much about that. I have seen the signs in Dunderry, and lately in Trim with pictures of pylons digging holes, which I must admit confused me a bit.
What is the issue that people are concerned by?

DMC

Archeron wrote: »

I havent heard much about that. I have seen the signs in Dunderry, and lately in Trim with pictures of pylons digging holes, which I must admit confused me a bit.
What is the issue that people are concerned by?

The effects of electromagnetic radiation would have on kids. I certainly wouldn't like to live under one, but I could end up living close to one. "the pylons digging holes" is to indicate that the campaign understands the need for extra power in the region, but put it underground. The M3 is being dug at present. I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread here about it, considering the amount of publicity this has got on local radio, newspapers and all the public meetings around the routes of the proposed pylons.

www.pylonpressure.ie has all the info, and Eirgrid has all the maps.

mickrourke

DMC wrote: »

Intriguing! Need to know more about what makes "the Threshing" get a vote of no confidence.

It's a crappy festival, think on at the bank holiday weekend in August and it is basically a fairyhouse market with very little of the Steam powered hay threshing going on. I spent many crap days there when i was knee high to a grass hopper.

Atomic Pineapple

every county has to suffer from them awfull steam thrashings every year anyway so its not just a meath thing.

Tommy Tiernan and Hector are really annoying people and I wish they would go away, neither of them were ever even funny.

Irishbee

OK...so it's gotta be trucks and more trucks...all driving through Kells...I HATE IT...and every other place in Meath I'm sure. Then it's yummy mummies and their huge cars...on mobile phones...parking badly...and in any thinkable spot (that the average person wouldn't dare to even think about).

2nd.....narrow mind eejits!!!!

Irishbee

mickrourke wrote: »

It's a crappy festival, think on at the bank holiday weekend in August and it is basically a fairyhouse market with very little of the Steam powered hay threshing going on. I spent many crap days there when i was knee high to a grass hopper.

Count yourself lucky that you were part and parcel of such wonderful memories when you were knee high to a grasshopper. Some ppl have never even had the opportunity to attend a hay threshing and all the goings on....and I'm being honest here...ME!!!!! Sad....promising myself to attend the very next one I set my eyes on!

Archeron

Heh. I've been promising myself I'd go to the pig roasting festival for years, and I still havent made it.

DMC

mickrourke wrote: »

It's a crappy festival, think on at the bank holiday weekend in August and it is basically a fairyhouse market with very little of the Steam powered hay threshing going on. I spent many crap days there when i was knee high to a grass hopper.

Its almost always the 2nd Sunday in August, never the BH weekend. I would agree that its not to everyones taste. Of the thousands that do go to it, I'm sure there are more than a few people who don't like it. There are bound to be people who don't enjoy it.

_that_said, I'm a local and I enjoy it. I do recommend to Archeron the pig being roasted on the spit, as opposed to what English footballers get up to....

sofireland

Was at one years ago, i enjoyed it,
The roast pig was delicious, the year i went there were a g ood few antique retro cars, including a DeLorean, and an Aston Martin from early bond films.

cue

The hill of tara. Forget the m3 debate. As an attraction its dull. Probably it has some interest historically and Midsummer is always good for a crowd wandering about but tbh it leaves me cold. I have been in banking establishments with more spirit about them. Its a big field with a view of more fields. Yes, it has some mounds and circular lumps. Whoop-de-doo if you are four and you like rolling down sheep dung hills. Nice coffee though.

Access

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH! Where do i start! - what my least fav things about meath is.....

Navan town council laying new roads and then letting Eircom/NTL dig them up one month later to lay more cables.

People who constantly run red lights at the fire station and flower hill - YE KNOW WHO YE ARE!

Horsey people... who drive landcruisers and pejeros who have airbrushed pictures of horses on their spare wheel covers!

:mad::mad::mad:

EdgarAllenPoo

Lack of a decent bus service to Dublin (or even let's say from Dunshaughlin to Ratoath or Ashbourne).

I know they've recently brought in a new route but those buses like the regular 109 are few and far between.

tubos

Worst thing about Meath is the Post service. I lived in Ashbourne and whenever a parcel would arrive for me I'd have to collect it from Dushaughlin, on a Saturday between 9.30 and 10.30 :mad:

Darren R

tubos wrote: »

Worst thing about Meath is the Post service. I lived in Ashbourne and whenever a parcel would arrive for me I'd have to collect it from Dushaughlin, on a Saturday between 9.30 and 10.30 :mad:

Have to agree with you on that one.Got some really cool new years decorations sent from the States...........They arrived today

EdgarAllenPoo

We used to have a similar problem. For about a year we would only get post once a week.
Because the sorting office is spitting distance from my house I used to go and collect the post rather than wait for it to be deilivered, one day I asked one of the guys there what the story was and he said someone had retired, hadn't been replaced and the only time we would get post is when someone wanted the overtime.

That has improved over the last few months though.

Gonzo

Bad infrastructure - roads are in a state, really bad signage everywhere.
Dirt - Streets are filthy in many villages and towns.
Lack of Public Transport - Meath is one of the worst served countys in Ireland and being right next to Dublin this is a disgrace.
Navan Accent - I cant stand it
Dunshaughlin - why is it impossible to get a decent restaurant in it/near it??
Knackers - far to many of them

AckwelFoley

Graham the wife beater...

I cheered when he got punched in the head by the Aussies in the International rules

redstar

Roads are worse than 3rd world. Once saw a documentary about a poor village in Nigeria. The road and footpath were in much better state than those around Trim and Navan.

Crap drivers; Tailgating regardless of weather or visibilty, speeding, overtaking at dangerous bends, especially on secondary roads. This is just BAD DRIVING, not skillful or 'cool'.

No Navan rail link. Rubbish planning means somewhere like Kilcock has a service but Navan hasn't.

EdgarAllenPoo

Gonzo wrote: »

Dunshaughlin - why is it impossible to get a decent restaurant in it/near it??

I've noticed that too, even the chinese take aways are both complete and utter muck, that's why I go for Tsangs in clonee they have a restaurant and takeaway and do the very best curry known to man. There's also a nice steakhouse in Ratoath (can't think of the name though).

Has anyone noticed this supposed improved bus service (109) that we're supposed to have since the sart of January. Seems the exact same to me just more expensive.

Kate253

cue wrote: »

The hill of tara. Forget the m3 debate. As an attraction its dull. Probably it has some interest historically and Midsummer is always good for a crowd wandering about but tbh it leaves me cold. I have been in banking establishments with more spirit about them. Its a big field with a view of more fields. Yes, it has some mounds and circular lumps. Whoop-de-doo if you are four and you like rolling down sheep dung hills. Nice coffee though.

ah, now don't begrudge the poor 4 y.olds. my nieces and nephews have craic unlimited doing that very same thing and it gets me off my lazy ass running after them....not to be knocked!

Kate253

but apart from agreeing with pretty much all of the above, the lack of decent films in navan drives me MAD! why oh why do we always have to go into Dublin for the good ones :mad:

Archeron

redstar wrote: »

Roads are worse than 3rd world. Once saw a documentary about a poor village in Nigeria. The road and footpath were in much better state than those around Trim and Navan.

Crap drivers; Tailgating regardless of weather or visibilty, speeding, overtaking at dangerous bends, especially on secondary roads. This is just BAD DRIVING, not skillful or 'cool'.

No Navan rail link. Rubbish planning means somewhere like Kilcock has a service but Navan hasn't.

Indeed. I enjoyed 4 punctures in total last week. Its not even the cost of repairing them thats most annoying, its being stuck with a flat in Dunderry at 10 o clock at night in the bloody freezing cold. My hands went so numb I couldnt feel them for nearly an hour after I changed the wheel.
Punctures because of pot holes are becoming a weekly thing now, its a flipping disgrace and so incredibly annoying.

Just The One

The fact that there is only one restaurant in Dunshaughlin

Black velvit

Just The One wrote: »

The fact that there is only one restaurant in Dunshaughlin

Which, Golden Phenox?? tiz good tho:D
What about Fidelmas??? biggest breakfast i ever seen, be doin well to finish a medium one, great for a bit of soakage after a night on the rip in the Vortex:D:D

Solberg2005

The fact that alot of the small villages in meath have grown in size with the amount of houses being built which in turn brings down some of the dirt from dublin. Longwood for example has being ruined with all the new houses and negativity that comes with it

Just The One

Black velvit wrote: »

Which, Golden Phenox?? tiz good tho:D
What about Fidelmas??? biggest breakfast i ever seen, be doin well to finish a medium one, great for a bit of soakage after a night on the rip in the Vortex:D:D

Golden Phoenix can be a bit hit and miss. You would hardly call Fidelma's a restaurant - more of a cafe.

I am looking for a restaurant that you can go to at night.

Gonzo

yeah Dunshaughlin needs a good proper restaurant and some good takeaways.

There has never been a good restaurant in Dunshaughlin ever. Its so bad not even the Takeaways are good. There are 2 macaris neither are great but the one beside the pet shop has the rudest service I hav ever come across. The Golden phoeonix is ok at times but the portions are very small compared to other chinese's so I generally avoid it and go to Ratoath. The chinese beside Maddens Stores is awfull and sometimes I wonder about whats in the food and general hygene. The pizza place also just a takeaway is very hit and miss. Sometimes the base of the pizza are slightly soggy which is awfull. Ive had more poor pizza's than good from there.

The revamped Sibin started off good for pub grub but has gone downhill alot over past 6 months - the place is generally empty and with no fast turnover of food I would suspect the food isnt too great in there now. Last time I went in we wanted some food, we were the only 2 people in the place and this was 8pm on a thursday evening, the staff were not interested in giving us menu's so we left and ordered food from Ratoath.

I know 2 people who had slight food poisoning/upset stomachs from eating in Peters, the food tasted grand but they were sick afterwards on 2 seperate occassions so I generally give that a miss as well. Also theres a cold feeling in Peters, stuff not very friendly and the decor is just completely out of place for Dunshaughlin.

And thats it for Dunshauglin, there is nowhere else to eat. Not one of these places come anywhere near a proper restaurant. Dunshaughlin has been like this all the time. If one wants to have a nice meal you have to go to Ratoath to Ryans for a steak or Labuca in Ratoath/Ashbourne for a good pizza or Italian meal. For general good meals the nearest places are The Stationhouse in Kilmessin (very expensive) and The Snailbox (north of Ashbourne). Nearest quality chinese for a meal is Golden Phoenix in Navan.

dkane

Worst thing about Meath in my opinion is public transport.
Bus service from Trim to Dublin is a joke. Buses not showing up/late/going past without stopping/argent f*ckers driving them, not to mention the price.

Archeron

dkane wrote: »

Worst thing about Meath in my opinion is public transport.
Bus service from Trim to Dublin is a joke. Buses not showing up/late/going past without stopping/argent f*ckers driving them, not to mention the price.

I had an experience recently where I commuted into Dublin for nearly a week, and getting home from Busaras was an absolute joke. I posted in the commuting and transport forum, and some people seemed to not really believe that it was as bad as I had indicated. Glad to hear that I'm not the only one that finds the buses pretty bad.

Just The One

Gonzo wrote: »

yeah Dunshaughlin needs a good proper restaurant and some good takeaways.

There has never been a good restaurant in Dunshaughlin ever. Its so bad not even the Takeaways are good. There are 2 macaris neither are great but the one beside the pet shop has the rudest service I hav ever come across. The Golden phoeonix is ok at times but the portions are very small compared to other chinese's so I generally avoid it and go to Ratoath. The chinese beside Maddens Stores is awfull and sometimes I wonder about whats in the food and general hygene. The pizza place also just a takeaway is very hit and miss. Sometimes the base of the pizza are slightly soggy which is awfull. Ive had more poor pizza's than good from there.

The revamped Sibin started off good for pub grub but has gone downhill alot over past 6 months - the place is generally empty and with no fast turnover of food I would suspect the food isnt too great in there now. Last time I went in we wanted some food, we were the only 2 people in the place and this was 8pm on a thursday evening, the staff were not interested in giving us menu's so we left and ordered food from Ratoath.

I know 2 people who had slight food poisoning/upset stomachs from eating in Peters, the food tasted grand but they were sick afterwards on 2 seperate occassions so I generally give that a miss as well. Also theres a cold feeling in Peters, stuff not very friendly and the decor is just completely out of place for Dunshaughlin.

And thats it for Dunshauglin, there is nowhere else to eat. Not one of these places come anywhere near a proper restaurant. Dunshaughlin has been like this all the time. If one wants to have a nice meal you have to go to Ratoath to Ryans for a steak or Labuca in Ratoath/Ashbourne for a good pizza or Italian meal. For general good meals the nearest places are The Stationhouse in Kilmessin (very expensive) and The Snailbox (north of Ashbourne). Nearest quality chinese for a meal is Golden Phoenix in Navan.

Have to agree with your reviews. Macaris are ignorant feckers (both chippers and pizzeria).

EdgarAllenPoo

I may be alone in this but I thought the pizza in Katy's in Ratoath was grand stuff especially when compared to the muck from the pizzeria in Dunshaughlin.

upmeath

Worst thing about Meath... Probably the 50 square mile no-go-zone at its core. Navan, I believe it's called Sorry if we've any Nyaaaavan heads on boards, hi.

bitemybanger

upmeath wrote: »

Worst thing about Meath... Probably the 50 square mile no-go-zone at its core. Navan, I believe it's called Sorry if we've any Nyaaaavan heads on boards, hi.

Dont be silly;)
Whats bad about Navan that you wouldnt get in any other decent sized town in Meath:rolleyes:
Ashbounre IMO is by far the worst and i will give reasons, Full of wannabe gangstas, no nice pubs, one nice restraunt,a few too many wierdos.
If your out for a night with a couple of friends you cant help but to end up in a fight, never have i been offered more drugs then in Ashbourne, never seen so many pregnant teens or teens with kids.

upmeath

bitemybanger, TBH I don't consider Ashbourne or any of the other satellite "communities" to be "towns". Dunshaughlin has a bit of character, but it's still just a wee shraidbhaile, not a town. Ashbourne, Ratoath, they're not towns. They're suburbs beyond the green belt.
There are three towns in Meath - Kells, Navan and Trim. These are towns because they have town charters and councils. Each has evolved over time rather than exploding in the last 10 years (although Navan leans towards the "shadow towns" in that sense, and it's gone like any town in the British Midlands with the same soulless high streets. The shops are predominantly chains or franchises). I'd shoot myself if I saw Trim going that way.

bitemybanger

Haha, i knew you were from Trim, This is just typical Trim-Navan rivilary. anyone from navan(locals) hate Trim and vice versa, me personaly, am nutral

wilson10

Coming home from Dublin to Drogheda on the N2 last evening, about 7.30 myself & the wife, feeling very peckish, hadn't really eaten all day. I thought why not try Ashbourne, hadn't been in it for years.

On the main street saw the Hunter's Moon, landmark pub, sign up "Food served all day". I thought with all the development over recent years that this pub in particular must have done very well and developed with the town. How wrong was I, what a kip.

I know Monday night is a bad night to look for food, but we drove around and ended up in McDonalds, at least you know what sort of crap to expect.

I'll be sticking to the bypass in future

me_right_one

My least fav thing is the NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAvn accent. Whenever a navanman hears I'm from Meath, they say "really, all your life?". Happens every time. Newsflash for navanmen - Not everybody in Meath speaks like they're from Carrickmacross.

washiskin

The pollution of pyjamas - I mean total scobies wearing them out in public to leave the kids to school, go to the shop, walk the baby etc.

Have some f*cking self respect, will ya? :mad:

chewed

Least favourite things

Navan shopping centre
No decent jobs in Meath
No rail service to Navan
Not enough decent restaurants
Fat girls in Meath jerseys
Tolls on motorways
Ugly housing estates
The fact that Fianna Fail keep getting elected
Too many trucks on back roads
Too many Dublin scum bags
Litter everywhere

chewed

Archeron wrote: »

I had an experience recently where I commuted into Dublin for nearly a week, and getting home from Busaras was an absolute joke. I posted in the commuting and transport forum, and some people seemed to not really believe that it was as bad as I had indicated. Glad to hear that I'm not the only one that finds the buses pretty bad.

I'm not sure what all the issues are with the buses!! I've been getting the Trim to Dublin bus for over a year now and find it very reliable. There were only 2 occasions I can remember when my bus didn't turn up. They always leave on time in the mornings and evenings for me.

PauloMN

The water. Any harder and it would come out in lumps.

NufcNavan

Shyte transport.

Lack of railway

Lack of jobs

Lack of anyone inside the Pale giving a shyte about things that we should simply not accept.

Kells.

casandra

Council employing guy at entrance to Bettystown beach demanding €2 ENTRANCE CHARGE --- drove people away !. Beach polluted with signposts, no toilet facilities --- NO PRIDE

casandra

I hate the way Meath County Council are " MANAGING" Bettystown beach --- By Signpost !!!!!!. From the beach entrance 42 upright steel posts buried in concrete are visable and spoil the view of a beautiful natural ammenity, and in Summer have the cheek to drive people away from Bettystown by having a man taking 2e cash as an ENTRANCE charge --- most intimadating !!!!!!

Atomic Pineapple

casandra wrote: »

I hate the way Meath County Council are " MANAGING" Bettystown beach --- By Signpost !!!!!!. From the beach entrance 42 upright steel posts buried in concrete are visable and spoil the view of a beautiful natural ammenity, and in Summer have the cheek to drive people away from Bettystown by having a man taking 2e cash as an ENTRANCE charge --- most intimadating !!!!!!

Would you rather people were allowed on without any sort of guidance or management and spoiled it by continually leaving their rubbish instead?