Cavan Mean People Or Not?

GrizzlyMan · 21-08-2009 9:20am #1

Im a cavan man, but dont live there anymore, but I thought I would put up this Post to see what people thought of the whole 'People from Cavan Are Mean' personally I disagree, and anywere else I go in the country I find I always get the slagging - Mean Cavan people!!

cournioni · 21-08-2009 4:24pm

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

Im a cavan man, but dont live there anymore, but I thought I would put up this Post to see what people thought of the whole 'People from Cavan Are Mean' personally I disagree, and anywere else I go in the country I find I always get the slagging - Mean Cavan people!!

Its just a stereotype that some knob from Cork came up with, and being from Cork he obviously didn't know too many Cavan people. I wouldn't read into it all that much. Cavan people are no meaner than anywhere else in the country.

Just smile about it and slag them back.

loveroflight · 25-08-2009 11:28am

I moved to Cavan some years back. Found Cavan people to be really generous. Loved living there. At the time, the general economy seemed to work on lower prices in Cavan e.g. call outs, mechanics, painters were much cheaper so it must have been quite a shock when cavan people move to Dublin and face Dublin prices.

GrizzlyMan · 26-08-2009 9:36am

baac wrote: »

removed at users request - PORNAPSTER

Alot of men in there early 20's are just immature and were probably just showing off to their mates (no excuse) doesnt matter were they are from, and they were abviously a group of idiots which you get in all towns! But hope that doesnt give you the impression that were all like that:o

Nedermeyer · 27-08-2009 11:25am

I have a very strong opinion on this topic....if you'd like to hear it, just send me a ten euro postal order. PM me and I will give you my address.

Yours,

True Cavan Man.

Gadjodilo · 29-08-2009 11:52am

Nedermeyer wrote: »

I have a very strong opinion on this topic....if you'd like to hear it, just send me a ten euro postal order. PM me and I will give you my address.

Yours,

True Cavan Man.

Don't mind him. I'll do it for five.

bubbles747 · 31-08-2009 2:57pm

i think a few miserable mean men give the rest a bad name:rolleyes:

Farls · 31-08-2009 3:56pm

baac wrote: »

deleted at users request - PORNAPSTER

But were they may-in?

muincav · 01-09-2009 12:02pm

Dont know why the MODS havent closed this thread yet?
Its like asking if all Kerry people are stupid!
The person who started this thread needs to have a look at themself in the mirror and then ask stupid questions!:mad:
Come on mods.....

GrizzlyMan · 01-09-2009 1:43pm

muincav wrote: »

Its like asking if all Kerry people are stupid!
:mad:
Come on mods.....

or Like asking are 'Cootehill people a bit touchy':D

lanarkdavy · 10-09-2009 2:48am

As the fella says, in Cavan, there are no chairs in the kitchen, everybody stands around the table to eat; and they eat out of the drawers, so that if anyone comes in, they can just close the drawers and walk away from the table.

Take from that what you will about them being mean.

aDeener · 04-10-2009 12:27am

PORNAPSTER wrote: »

Its just a stereotype that some knob from Cork came up with, and being from Cork he obviously didn't know too many Cavan people. I wouldn't read into it all that much. Cavan people are no meaner than anywhere else in the country.

Just smile about it and slag them back.

:rolleyes:

err, meanest tighest hoors i ever come across in my life.
college is full of them, and i have experienced plenty of them at football matches too - forever scrounging for change for the bus/taxi, not to mention robbing drinks in nightclubs

steve french · 04-10-2009 12:31am

5 euro's for a long neck bulmer's at a regulars funeral in the meadow view
you tell me if they are

cournioni · 25-11-2009 10:05am

aDeener wrote: »

:rolleyes:

err, meanest tighest hoors i ever come across in my life.
college is full of them, and i have experienced plenty of them at football matches too - forever scrounging for change for the bus/taxi, not to mention robbing drinks in nightclubs

I wasn't getting at people from Cork. I was saying that he is from Cork, nearly 300km away from Cavan. It would be slightly more believable if it had been someone from Meath or Monaghan that came up with it, but they didn't, they just latched onto the joke and used it as a stick to bait Cavan people with. Any rival county would do the same... And yes, the man that came up with the joke is a knob.

_Kaiser_ · 28-12-2009 12:01pm

Personally I'd have to disagree with the stereotype. Having lived in Co Cavan for nearly 2 years now I find the people very friendly, generous and the more relaxed lifestyle (and cheaper prices) is always nice

Meath people wouldn't quite be the same though - especially on the roads.. never give ya an inch!

mink_man · 29-12-2009 7:31pm

thye are

Nedermeyer · 08-01-2010 5:40pm

Gadjodilo wrote: »

Don't mind him. I'll do it for five.

4.50 . Final offer !

jim-mcdee · 28-01-2015 2:38pm

Never believed much in the stereotype, until I worked with a few cavan men. Sound enough men, and more than willing to accept help, but when you need help, they are nowhere to be seen. Same thing in the canteen. Always eating the cake others bring in, never being in any themselves. Emotionally barren too, never open up, tight with the wallet and tight with the head.

Bummer1234 · 28-01-2015 3:04pm

Jasus Jim, How far did you have to look back and get that..Its over 4 years old!

jim-mcdee · 28-01-2015 3:08pm

That's not long....in the greater scheme of things. Only 4 times around the sun

_Brian · 30-01-2015 11:05am

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

Im a cavan man, but dont live there anymore, but I thought I would put up this Post to see what people thought of the whole 'People from Cavan Are Mean' personally I disagree, and anywere else I go in the country I find I always get the slagging - Mean Cavan people!!

Traditional incomes in Cavan have always been low and so I'd say there has always been a need for being economical with money.. I wouldn't see it as mean though..

Farming in general is poor as the majority of the land is poor and farm sizes small. Cavan in general has been repeatedly failed by successive governments regarding bringing industry to the region, the IDA closed their offices and moved out..

Dickie10 · 23-04-2015 2:51pm

funny enough i worked with cavan people as well and found them very strange emotionally! never have a chat about personal life and seem like they have a chip on their shoulders espically with regard to meath people, yet they adore dubs! some very sound but a huge percentage of the houses we worked in had utter wakners of homeowners in cavan compared to meath.

first thing when i met them id say "hello, how are you ?" it was a scary thing but id say over 75% would just look at you and walk by you!
it got that bad that i made a point of saying hello or nice morniing when i would meet them, most either walked by me or grunted! tried ti then on jobs outside cavan, say meath or westmeath, totally different response just like "a how r ya". could never understand this. i wasnt the boss but an apprentice, would people generally ignore the apprentice?

Lemlin · 27-04-2015 12:12pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

funny enough i worked with cavan people as well and found them very strange emotionally! never have a chat about personal life and seem like they have a chip on their shoulders espically with regard to meath people, yet they adore dubs! some very sound but a huge percentage of the houses we worked in had utter wakners of homeowners in cavan compared to meath.

first thing when i met them id say "hello, how are you ?" it was a scary thing but id say over 75% would just look at you and walk by you!
it got that bad that i made a point of saying hello or nice morniing when i would meet them, most either walked by me or grunted! tried ti then on jobs outside cavan, say meath or westmeath, totally different response just like "a how r ya". could never understand this. i wasnt the boss but an apprentice, would people generally ignore the apprentice?

If you worked on houses in Cavan during the boom, chances are it wasn't Cavan people living in them

Nekarsulm · 28-04-2015 11:35pm

Lemlin wrote: »

If you worked on houses in Cavan during the boom, chances are it wasn't Cavan people living in them

Correct!
Only Central Europeans and Taxi drivers from Dublin moved to Cavan during the boom years.

The Polish, Lithuanians and Latvians came to work, the Dubs had just sold their old Mums 2 up, 2 down on the South Circular road for 450k and bought a 5 bed in BJD or Virginia and blew the rest on holidays and drink.
Now they can't afford to move back and are bitter and twisted.....

Dickie10 · 29-04-2015 12:14pm

i hope you people are not as caught up in the love in with the dubs as ye used to be, pre celtic tiger. sometimes i think ye just did it to annoy the meath people!

mossy50 · 30-04-2015 12:36pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

funny enough i worked with cavan people as well and found them very strange emotionally! never have a chat about personal life and seem like they have a chip on their shoulders espically with regard to meath people, yet they adore dubs! some very sound but a huge percentage of the houses we worked in had utter wakners of homeowners in cavan compared to meath.

first thing when i met them id say "hello, how are you ?" it was a scary thing but id say over 75% would just look at you and walk by you!
it got that bad that i made a point of saying hello or nice morniing when i would meet them, most either walked by me or grunted! tried ti then on jobs outside cavan, say meath or westmeath, totally different response just like "a how r ya". could never understand this. i wasnt the boss but an apprentice, would people generally ignore the apprentice?

shure christ almighty no one likes the DUBS there to full of themselves