Most isolated place in Ireland

dave 27

Is there a known spot or place in the island of Ireland thats known to be the furthest place from civilisation? not including islands, just the mainland..im thinking maybe somewhere in connemara or kerry??

somewhere in the middle of these mountain ranges?




it would be cool to know the exact point!

genericguy

listowel, there ain't no civilised people there.

Dravokivich

All of Cork in general I recon

dlofnep

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

There're plenty of ghost estates that are uninhabited miles from civilisation!

Pdfile

dlofnep wrote: »

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

fail.


on another note - Offaly. its a kip.

deman

Fanad lighthouse

Crann na Beatha

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dlofnep

dlofnep wrote: »

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

Yeah, if only they'd go back down the bog from whence they came and leave the native Dubs in peace, we might actually start to clean the place up

jd007

Roscommon.

snow ghost

I believe Erris in North Mayo may claim this title as it is I believe one of the most unihabited places in Western Europe.

Finny on the Mayo / Connemara border would also be fairly isolated.

Menengroth™

Laois, you'll never find somewhere further from civilization.

Cool Mo D

You'd really want to go to an island - there are plenty of uninhabited ones - but Tory island is probably the most remote inhabited place.

WindSock

Skellig Micheal. Well it would be if it werent for those pesky tourists.

Edit: Now that we have got the standard lolz 'your town is crap' out of the way, can we get to discussing the actual isolated places?

Hagar

Living in a cardboard box on a street where people hurry by carrying €3.50 semi-decaffe moccachinos must be the most isolated place in Ireland.

caseyann

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, if only they'd go back down the bog from whence they came and leave the native Dubs in peace, we might actually start to clean the place up

Still the old cant live with each other scenario lol Wonder will battle of the borders ever end :mad:

dave 27

when i say isolated, i dont mean isolated town or village, i mean isolated area being the furthest point in ireland from any house

Jesus Wept

Craggy Island

cafecolour

dave 27 wrote: »

somewhere in the middle of these mountain ranges?

The wicklow mountains actually seemed more isolated to me than Connemara national park, despite the density of the surrounding areas. Connemara is lovely, but that picture is basically the whole park. You've got letterfrack on one end with the one trail in the park up the mtn (which was paved with tourists when I went) and then you've basically got roads with tiny towns ringing those mountains.

I'd almost guest somewhere bog-deep in mayo.

snow ghost

dave 27 wrote: »

when i say isolated, i dont mean isolated town or village, i mean isolated area being the furthest point in ireland from any house

That woud be definitely be in the Erris region of North Mayo.

KingLoser

Mary Harney's snatch!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!


..I'll get my coat.

Elenxor

Iolar wrote: »

Clonaslee co.laois where men is men and sheep are afraid...very afraid

TULLAMORE.....

Where I'm afraid....very afraid.

WindSock

Trying to find a decent satellite image of Ireland at night but can't.

biko

Rockall, it's Irish goddammit!

rossie1977

well looking at this

or this

i would say you could narrow it down to west donegal, north west mayo, west galway or west kerry

highnc

KingLoser wrote: »

Mary Harney's snatch!!

OP said "isolated", not "neglected"!!!

enda1

Brandon Creek/Head

Ireland's longest stretch of unexploited coastline.

Pretty isolated I suppose.

Maybe some bogland area wins however (or the centre of a lake??)

Oisintarrant

Maybe if you found the biggest forestry in the country... no one lives in them, and some of them are huge! Other wise Id go with somewhere down near waterville kerry or bantry in Cork

kowloon

Magnus wrote: »

Rockall, it's Irish goddammit!

One of the proposals in your country your call is to challenge for ownership.

WindSock

kowloon wrote: »

One of the proposals in your country your call is to challenge for ownership.

Cool. We can claim ownership by putting a Monorail on it.

Black Swan

The Dáil?

gurramok

Out by Malin Head in Dongeal is quite isolated. Surrounded by mountains and sea and dirt track roads to cut you off from civilisation!

admiralofthefleet

terry's bedroom

Black Swan

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

terry's bedroom

Just the opposite of Tar's bedroom

byhookorbycrook

The Black Valley in Kerry - the last place in Irleand to get electricity.

wishwashwoo

Darndale nobody from outside there would ever go there so it's far away

a5y

Deepest cave in Ireland here, Co. Fermanagh.

Sorry did I interrupt the usual ingenius slagging and hilarious banter?

...Good.

America! :pac:

ladysarastro

Is it for a body you want to bury???

Wanderer2010

There are parts of West Clare that are very isolated, particularly Fanore, a popular summer spot but during winter I wouldnt say there a sound from the place, very bleak. Also, the drive in the Burren just before you get to Poulenabrone Dolmen is particularly quiet and unnerving. I went there during the summer. Granted it was sunday morning at 10am but it was peak tourist month (July) and it was a lovely morning but I passed two cars at the most and the silence of the Region was almost deafening, very isolated spot..

3ndahalfof6

Ballygobackwards, mudcabindrive is a close second.

John_Rambo

Hagar wrote: »

Living in a cardboard box on a street where people hurry by carrying €3.50 semi-decaffe moccachinos must be the most isolated place in Ireland.

I don't know what street you were living in a cardboard box, but glad you seem to have sorted yourself. Lots and lots of act of kindness are visited on the homeless where I am from, very often your coffee drinking people buy food or tea for them, I have also witnessed restaurant staff feeding the homeless on the sly. Most die from drug overdose, very few from lack of food or warmth.

I find the bigger peaks are the most isolated parts.

bijapos

If you go to the area around Slieve Carr in Mayo you are about 10km in each direction from the nearest house. I would think this is hard to beat. This is in the Ballycroy National Park between Bangor Ennis and Newport. I've walked the path from Bangor to Newport and for two days you see no sign whatsoever of civilisation, strange thing to do in Ireland.

You'd be very surprised as well as to how isolated some people live in Ireland.

questionmark?

A recruitment consultants office:pac:

probably somewhere in the whest hard to pinpoint really.

Pottler

dave 27 wrote: »

Is there a known spot or place in the island of Ireland thats known to be the furthest place from civilisation? not including islands, just the mainland..im thinking maybe somewhere in connemara or kerry??

somewhere in the middle of these mountain ranges?




it would be cool to know the exact point!

"Aahr Jim lad, I buried me treasure in the farthest point from civilisation - ye'll never find it I tell ye, Never. Look all ye want, even ask on After Hours, never will it be found."

The answers easy, it's Clonmel. Feckin furthest place from Civilisation I've ever been anyway.

JeffK88

Don't Know if anybody else has mentioned Rockall out in the atlantic. Hundreds of Km of anywhere. Just got to plop a tricolour on it is all

dxhound2005

JeffK88 wrote: »

Don't Know if anybody else has mentioned Rockall out in the atlantic. Hundreds of Km of anywhere. Just got to plop a tricolour on it is all

The Op said not to include islands.

Is there a known spot or place in the island of Ireland thats known to be the furthest place from civilisation? not including islands, just the mainland..im thinking maybe somewhere in connemara or kerry??

Reenascreena

The Beara Peninsula in Cork / Kerry - the western part is 50 miles west of Bantry, nearest "major" town, an hour's drive; 100 miles west of Cork city, two hours; 250 miles from Dublin, five hours - an hour to get to a minor hospital, two hours to a major hospital etc..
Mitchelstown in North Cork is roughly the halfway point between west Beara and Dublin.

enda1

North coast of the Dingle peninsula maybe?

Its the longest section of coastline without a road on Ireland.

Probably not the furthest point from civilisation in a straight line, but could take the longest to get to it.
For example around where it says Loughaconeera on that map.


Some parts of West Donegal look really remote too.

Sh1tbag OToole

Someone just built a one-off house on the most isolated spot in Ireland. We're all DOOMED and no tourist will ever again visit

enda1

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Someone just built a one-off house on the most isolated spot in Ireland. We're all DOOMED and no tourist will ever again visit

If you're talking about on my link then I think that's a sheep crush and dipping area.