Dublin as a capital?

dave3004

In a boozer here and have a drunken cork man who hates dubliners screaming at me telling me Cork is the real capital. He asked us all why Dublin is capital and what qualities it possesses to be a decent capital. Forgetting about the presidents house and that..... Is Dublin a good capital city?

WindSock

Buy him a glass of warm milk and tell him to stfu.

peterk675

Keep drinking, that cork fella will drop the argument after another few

kraggy

What the **** has Cork got to deem it the "real capital"?

Idiot.

UCDVet

Already done:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056128057

smcgiff

He's winding you up... And doing a good job of it too.

super_furry

Why would you listen to anything a Corkman says?

Fishooks13

Who gives a ****?

Sunnyisland

I hope he is drinking Guinness and not that muck from cork that they call stout anyway tell him to go home as there is heavy rain forecast down his way.

kraggy

realies wrote: »

I hope he is drinking Guinness and not that muck from cork that they call stout anyway tell him to go home as there is heavy rain forecast down his way.

The lad from Cork is talking through his hole but in fairness, Murphy's is nicer than Guinness.

Sunnyisland

kraggy wrote: »

The lad from Cork is talking through his hole but in fairness, Murphy's is nicer than Guinness.

Maybe, by the way kraggy did you move to seoul as a Korea move

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

you're in a pub at 11am?

jesus

kraggy

realies wrote: »

Maybe, by the way kraggy did you move to seoul as a Korea move

No, I came for the Koreander. I like curry.

Mr Benevolent

realies wrote: »

I hope he is drinking Guinness and not that muck from cork that they call stout anyway tell him to go home as there is heavy rain forecast down his way.

Guinness is unbelievable muck too.

Real Life

if dublin wasnt capital, id say cork shouldnt even be the second choice

the groutch

betcha he's one of those eejits that wasted their money on a Cork passport.

Gummy Panda

I'm surprised you can understand what he is saying

Mr Benevolent

A capital needs to have air and sea links to every major trading partner. It also needs a solid transport infrastructure, motorways linking it to even major city, most governmental and civil service offices and a reasonable population (>10% of the country's population). Essentially, it needs a central location.

Cork is too far south, fewer motorway links, not enough population, few government buildings, a poorer infrastructure and doesn't have nearly as many air and sea links as Dublin.

Cork would be a very poor choice for a capital.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I never could figure out where Cork people came up with that "real capital" stuff. Dublin is over 5 times the size of Cork population wise.

Overthrow

Some Cork people sure love playing the victim card.

ifeelill

peterk675 wrote: »

Keep drinking, that cork fella will drop the argument after another few

Either that or he'll just drop himself :pac:

ifeelill

Overthrow wrote: »

Some Cork people sure love playing the victim card.

Are you sure thats not people in forgotten county (Donegal)?

tolosenc

ifeelill wrote: »

Are you sure thats not people in forgotten county (Donegal)?

Never heard of it.

dttq

Will you get your spelling/ pronounciation right, its Cark, not "Cork".

Biggins

dave3004 wrote: »

In a boozer here and have a drunken cork man who hates dubliners screaming at me telling me Cork is the real capital. He asked us all why Dublin is capital and what qualities it possesses to be a decent capital. Forgetting about the presidents house and that..... Is Dublin a good capital city?

Just off the top of my head...

* Main port for people by boats to go to England and Europe.
* Main airport for people by air to go to England and Europe.
* Main shipping ports for goods (in and out) for the rest of Ireland.
* Main conjunction point of many industries (in Dublin and outside it) in Ireland, from everything high-tech down to manufacturing businesses.
* Main city that has within its limits, a greater number of third level education colleges and resources?
* Main city that still has the most government departments which run the country?
* Main city that from the foundation of the state, is the world focal point for attention in relevance to the rest of the state and in actual contribution to the founding of the Irish constitution and its effect on the state as it (its laws made there) reaches outwards across the country.
* Main city of many of our national charities and now of our most specialised and national hospitals?
* Highest population per area?
* Highest public consumer condensed zone in regards to homes/people per area?
* Highest condensed commercial zone in regard to number of shops per square mile?

I'm sure there is loads of others...

Cork should be the Capital?
Buy the man another drink - sounds like he needs it!

Fr_Dougal

Everyone knows that "Town" is the real capital. Dublin and Cork can both stfu, so they can.

keith16

Typical Cork nonsense. I bet he also has one of those stupid "peoples republic of cork" t-shirts with the star on it. Are they a communist or republican county?

And if they deem Cork as it's own state, why do they even care what the capital of Ireland is?

keithclancy

Confab wrote: »

A capital needs to have air and sea links to every major trading partner. It also needs a solid transport infrastructure, motorways linking it to even major city, most governmental and civil service offices and a reasonable population (>10% of the country's population). Essentially, it needs a central location.

Cork is too far south, fewer motorway links, not enough population, few government buildings, a poorer infrastructure and doesn't have nearly as many air and sea links as Dublin.

Cork would be a very poor choice for a capital.

Sounds like Rotterdam and that place is a crap hole

In fairness every time someone asks me where to go when visiting Ireland i say "anywhere but Dublin"

sfwcork

dttq wrote: »

Will you get your spelling/ pronounciation right, its Cark, not "Cork".

I hope your not a comedian by trade

Galway should be the capital. Just sayin'.

LivelineDipso

Belfast would be a better capital than Cork when you think about it.

Logically if you were to find an Irish city to replace Dublin as the capital, Cork would be down the list of locations.

Sunnyisland

As Waterford is the oldest city why was that not the capitol city, It has/had ports etc etc

sfwcork

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Belfast would be a better capital than Cork when you think about it.

Logically if you were to find an Irish city to replace Dublin as the capital, Cork would be down the list of locations.

Think you might have hurt your head when thinking.Not to sure if your aware but belast is in nothern ireland and is under english rule

Your geography teacher should be asked to hand theyre wages back from teaching you

Czarcasm

sfwcork wrote: »

Think you might have hurt your head when thinking.Not to sure if your aware but belast is in nothern ireland and is under english rule

Your geography english teacher should be asked to hand theyre wages back from teaching you

The irony is strong with this one.

LiffeyValleyB

New York, now there's a capital... (Yes I'm being ironic or something along those lines...)

Ando's Saggy Bottom

Cork people are the Scousers of Ireland. Stupid annoying accent. Sports teams that have seen better days. Always moaning and feeling sorry for themselves with an over inflated sense of the greatness of their rather mediocre city. A laughing stock to the rest of us.

Doc Ruby

I'd pay to watch a Dubbelinner and a Corkonian having a shouting match, one would sound like he's got a mouthful of marbles and the other's had a few shots of helium.

Anyway obviously Galway is the only place worthy of being the capital, the main reason being no silly accents.

sfwcork

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Cork people are the Scousers of Ireland. Stupid annoying accent. Sports teams that have seen better days. Always moaning and feeling sorry for themselves with an over inflated sense of the greatness of their rather mediocre city. A laughing stock to the rest of us.

And what sports team would they be then?

cruiser178

Deleted User wrote: »

Galway should be the capital. Just sayin'.

Galway is an over crouded cattle mart at best. limerick is where its at

dttq

Doc Ruby wrote: »

I'd pay to watch a Dubbelinner and a Corkonian having a shouting match, one would sound like he's got a mouthful of marbles and the other's had a few shots of helium.

Anyway obviously Galway is the only place worthy of being the capital, the main reason being no silly accents.

Galway doesn't need to be capital, it's already the hipster capital of Ireland which in itself makes it annoying. Have never been to a place with as many knobs in all my life.

sfwcork

cruiser178 wrote: »

Galway is an over crouded cattle mart at best. limerick is where its at

Limerick is a sh!thole at best.knick knack paddy whacks everywhere.take out the 2 collages and all you have left is caravans and dogs

Czarcasm

sfwcork wrote: »

And what sports team would they be then?

Well being scousers they'd have to be Liverpool surely- a team that come good once in a while and then never shut up about it!

sfwcork

Czarcasm wrote: »

Well being scousers they'd have to be Liverpool surely- a team that come good once in a while and then never shut up about it!

Cork sports team i asked

Rhys Essien

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Cork people are the Scousers of Ireland. Stupid annoying accent. Sports teams that have seen better days. Always moaning and feeling sorry for themselves with an over inflated sense of the greatness of their rather mediocre city. A laughing stock to the rest of us.

Good God,What a serious childish post?

super_furry

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Anyway obviously Galway is the only place worthy of being the capital, the main reason being no silly accents.

Too many crusties and hippies I'm afraid. Man.

inmyday

My city is better than your city.

Lets argue over this issue!

Madam_X

People who genuinely (as opposed to just jokingly) dislike Cork people en masse are thick as a doorstep sandwich.

Dublin should obviously be capital.

spitfireIRL

To be fair, they're all sh!tholes

dttq

inmyday wrote: »

My city is better than your city.

Lets argue over this issue!

It can ever be a my city is better than your town, or my town is better than your city. Cork is a glorified town and Galway is a glorified village.

cruiser178

Madam_X wrote: »

People who genuinely (as opposed to just jokingly) dislike Cork people en masse are thick as a doorstep sandwich.

I dont mind cork people, i think every house should have one

Micky Dolenz

I'm having a pint of the black stuff in Dublin at the moment. I'm not from here. Whatever about being a good capital, Dublin is a town I enjoy more the more I come here. Some craic to be had in fairness.