Cork - what is the best thing about it?

darkman2

lo all! Down in Cork for first time a few weeks ago.:D Nice place, funny accents, very small, not a city - more a large town, good food, nice people, great pubs, nice weather (surprisingly).

Had a grand time. Definitely recommend it. Cork is definitely the second best place in Ireland:cool: (no offence to Galway)


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So what do you find great about Cork?

aoshea83

darkman2 wrote: »

lo all! Down in Cork for first time a few weeks ago.:D Nice place, funny accents, very small, not a city - more a large town, good food, nice people, great pubs, nice weather (surprisingly).

Had a grand time. Definitely recommend it. Cork is definitely the second best place in Ireland:cool: (no offence to Galway)


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So what do you find great about Cork?

FYP

aoshea83

The difference between rural and built up is only a matter of a 5 min drive, the city is easily accessed and exited

TimTom

It's close to Galway.

starch4ser

my dogs breath smells of dog food.

christmas2012

They have a great little mexican restaurant down there,worth checking out if youre in the middle of the city..

Oafley Jones

christmas2012 wrote: »

They have a great little mexican restaurant down there,worth checking out if youre in the middle of the city..

Where? ... because there's no way you're talking about Cafe Mexicana.

hoodwinked

Best thing about it is the way you can have everything here,

good variety of transport planes,trains,buses,bikes, horses!

you can walk from one end of the city to the other yet it still has almost everything the bigger cities have!

good variety of activities, beaches, parks, shopping centers, outdoor activity centers, cinemas, cycling, gigs...etc

darkman2

wow, musn't be all that much great. Not too many replys:eek: (Only 7, and one of them was telling us his breath smells like dog food)

Thought Corkonians would be over this thread like a rash to show off their city.

MultiUmm

For a very small city I love how open minded people mostly tend to be. There's a nice laid back feel to Cork, a sort of do what you want kind of attitude. On a sunny day it's great just to chill out around town, grab a coffee with friends and sit outside soaking up the sunshine.

Admittedly I haven't done that at all this summer because there haven't been any sunny enough days to do it. :rolleyes:

Also there's a good enough variety of stuff to do, if you have a hobby other than sports if you go looking for it, chances are you'll find an organisation/ group who share the same interest.

starch4ser

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Cherry_Cola

starch4ser wrote: »

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Nope, actually proprietor has the same number of letters so it's a tie.

goat2

it is next county to kerry

Outkast_IRE

Lennoxs, bandon rd.

refusetolose

hillbillies

murphym7

Its not Dublin.

Steba

There's a new natural aquarium in doughlas and glanmire that's worth taking a look at!

all_smilz

They have hillbillies in Ennis too I think!

OP....we live here so we know what its like, If we didnt like it we would go elsewhere.
Personally I find your post a bit condescending. I am not saying its the best place in the world but I dont think it needs your seal of approval either...

starch4ser

Could one of the mods close this abomination?

Damn you darkman, damn you. Why did you have to open this condescending thread?

p.s There's a hillbillies in Fairview as well. Ummm, i'm getting hungry now... might take a walk down

tricialou

darkman2 wrote: »

lo all! Down in Cork for first time a few weeks ago.:D Nice place, funny accents, very small, not a city - more a large town, good food, nice people, great pubs, nice weather (surprisingly).

Had a grand time. Definitely recommend it. Cork is definitely the second best place in Ireland:cool: (no offence to Galway)


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So what do you find great about Cork?

hhhhmmm... well the acce nt is funny but it can get annoying!! the drivers want to run you off the road in the city if you dont know where your going and have no prob roaring "mupet out the window!
on a good note
kinsale is one of if not the nicest town in ireland , west cork is allright too nice beaches and green fields, mizen head
Cork would be grand if there were no cork people there ha !

Chris.Buckley

tricialou wrote: »

the drivers want to run you off the road in the city if you dont know where your going and have no prob roaring "mupet out the window!

which is exactly the same as any city you'll ever come across..

Cork would be grand if there were no cork people there ha !

what's that supposed to mean? you can't come onto a specifically marked Cork City forum and slag cork people. granted, there are some unsavory characters, but no more than anywhere else. In my opinion, you'll find some of the nicest people in cork, it's a far more welcoming city than many of the others.

Could one of the mods close this abomination?

Agreed, this thread is just attracting ignorant people bashing on Cork, and they don't even realize it.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Op is a troll

BOHtox

The road out of it:pac:

starch4ser

BOHtox wrote: »

The road out of it:pac:

Good one. Very original. I'm literally falling about the place laughing. :cool:

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Op is a troll

OP used to be a mod. Might explain why the thread is still open.

evilivor

starch4ser wrote: »

p.s There's a hillbillies in Fairview as well. Ummm, i'm getting hungry now... might take a walk down

Is that one endorsed by royalty?

Cork Lass

tricialou wrote: »

hhhhmmm... well the acce nt is funny but it can get annoying!! the drivers want to run you off the road in the city if you dont know where your going and have no prob roaring "mupet out the window!
on a good note
kinsale is one of if not the nicest town in ireland , west cork is allright too nice beaches and green fields, mizen head
Cork would be grand if there were no cork people there ha !

I find it strange that someone who dislikes Corkonians bothers to browse through the Cork City forum. As for your spelling and grammar.....:eek:

darkman2

What is wrong with someone from Dublin asking someone from Cork what they think is the best thing about Cork?


If someone asked me what the best thing was about Dublin and they were from Cork it wouldn't bother me, not one teeny weeny little bit. :cool:

christmas2012

Best thing about cork is the english market where you can get lovely chocolates and cherries etc..

darkman2

tricialou wrote: »

kinsale is one of if not the nicest town in ireland

Allow me to give this a

Sephiroth_dude

the regional park........................when It's not flooded

gimmick

The fact that in all the cities in the world, Cork had/had one of the most important house music scenes ever. Take a bow to Sir Henrys.

The City is close to the coast. We have every facility we could ever want

We have West Cork.

Our accent is like a song (or so I am told by fordiners).

We are law obiding people who would never give bad advice about driving.

Milly33

Cork was once great, then the littls ****ty teenagers, and people who stab others all the time came along and wait ohh the council fecking thiungs up.,

Mind you I want to restore my faith in cork, going to go do all those museums and tours see if tis actually intersting..I went to the Gaol and becuase it ws free it was good but if i had to pay i would be wondering why...I was more intersted in getting into next door

gimmick

To be fair, little ratboys and girls are popping up everywhere, not just here. Sad but true.

grenache

I think Patrick St is the finest main throughfare in the country. Really beautiful buildings and they did a fine job in renovating it. Much more appealing than the main streets of other cities.

Contrast this in Cork...



with this in Limerick...



It would be even better again if they could fully pedestrianise it, but i know that probably is a non-runner due to the needs of delivery vans.

One of my last trips out with my late Mum was to bring her on a little spin to see the the rejuvenated Patrick Street, 'tis very nice in fairness.

applehunter

The curry sauce in our chippers.

Majesticzebras

As a blow-in, which l am eternally bound to be.......allegedly!!! May I add my two cents worth......am from Galway, which (I'm sorry to all concerned), but it is a fact...those living in the city of Galway have easier access to beaches than in Cork. Drove for an eternity to get to Rocky Bay....???
Granted West Cork is beautiful, as is west Connemara- both are very similar.
HOWEVER.....Having lived in both, Galway is waaaayy more chilled and relaxed than Cork...completely different vibe, as we don't have a Northside/Southside divide.
Asforesaid....two cents worth...

Majesticzebras

Majesticzebras wrote: »

..................am from Galway, which (I'm sorry to all concerned), but it is a fact...those living in the city of Galway have easier access to beaches than in Cork........................................ Galway is waaaayy more chilled and relaxed than Cork...completely different vibe, as we don't have a Northside/Southside divide.
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Worked in Galway for a year up to Mar 2010, I'd agree with you 100%, a wonderful spot

grenache

Majesticzebras wrote: »

As a blow-in, which l am eternally bound to be.......allegedly!!! May I add my two cents worth......am from Galway, which (I'm sorry to all concerned), but it is a fact...those living in the city of Galway have easier access to beaches than in Cork. Drove for an eternity to get to Rocky Bay....???
Granted West Cork is beautiful, as is west Connemara- both are very similar.
HOWEVER.....Having lived in both, Galway is waaaayy more chilled and relaxed than Cork...completely different vibe, as we don't have a Northside/Southside divide.
Asforesaid....two cents worth...

I'm also a blow-in. For me, Galway is great, but has too many hippies and tourists, it's too 'party central', there never seems to be any normal down time. It doesn't have the buzz of a city, more that of a big town. Not knocking it, it's a lovely place to visit, and no sounder people will you meet. But to live in, i'd choose Cork for the above reasons.

Majesticzebras

grenache wrote: »

I'm also a blow-in. For me, Galway is great, but has too many hippies and tourists, it's too 'party central', there never seems to be any normal down time. It doesn't have the buzz of a city, more that of a big town. Not knocking it, it's a lovely place to visit, and no sounder people will you meet. But to live in, i'd choose Cork for the above reasons.

Great point. Never considered it from the 'blow-in' point of view! Welcome to my world buddy!
Cork grand, do find the 'my granny,mother,me,my daughter went there and so will all that follow' a bit hairy.....

Just lonely for Galway after the Ocean Race ...ah the sea, the sea.....not near me in Cork girl!:rolleyes:

monkeysnapper

I bought my dog from cork ' aaagghh he,s lovely ' bought my other dog from kerry ' shes lovely also'

Show Time

Atlantis was just off the Cork coast so when it sank into the sea the survivors made their way here and we are the descendants of that great race of super beings.

Cú Giobach

darkman2 wrote: »

So what do you find great about Cork?

One thing I love about the city are the hills, they give a feeling of space. In a flat city all you see is the street you are on but hills give a wider perspective and feeling of openness and freshness, not to mention some of the views from the tops of the hills, especially with early morning fog rolling through the valleys, classy.

Ronan cork

It's not too big, it's not too small, it's just right!

Leonard Hofstadter

I think it's the people and the accent that make Cork so special. Nothing beats the 'pure Cork' people for 'the accent, boy' and Cork peoples' turn of phrase. Every time I come back to Cork it's the first thing that hits me, and it's only when you're back that you realise how much you miss that accent and turn of phrase.

I love the way people call each other 'boy' and 'gurl', and there are other turns of phrase you'll only ever hear in Cork.

The insistance of everyone in Cork of calling things by their old name is also highly amusing, Cork people still talk about 'the number 2 bus' even though it's been called the '202' since November last year!

And then there's 'da Colosseum', I mean how long has it been called Leisureplex, like?

The one thing that lets Cork down though is the whole clubbishness of it, people are friends with the same ones they went to school with all their lives. Galway is totally different, people are so much more outward looking up there, although it doesn't feel like a city the way Cork does. On the other hand, I love the way Salthill is basically part of the city - you have to go miles out in Cork to get to a beach.

Satts

You can travel the whole world over, but you can't beat the talent walking down Patrick street on a sunny day.

Leonard Hofstadter

Satts wrote: »

You can travel the whole world over, but you can't beat the talent walking down Patrick street on a sunny day.

Surely you mean Pana not Patrick Street :pac:?

Lyaiera

captainspeed wrote: »

On the other hand, I love the way Salthill is basically part of the city - you have to go miles out in Cork to get to a beach.

Nah, you just have to get the bus to Fountna.

tricialou

Cork Lass wrote: »

I find it strange that someone who dislikes Corkonians bothers to browse through the Cork City forum. As for your spelling and grammar.....:eek:

I live in Cork and my boyfriend is from Cork !! I was joking - everyplace has its downfalls - !! and if my spelling and grammar is so bad best get on to UCC Cork cos they gave me 1.1. in my thesis !!!!