Strange or Unusual Placenames

Sir Osis of Liver.

What are your favourite placenames?

Mine are
Hackballscross,Co Louth
and
Ballycuntybollocks,Co Laois.

Any other interesting ones?

kingcobra

Muff would be my favourite one, they've a great diving club too!

IM0

birr

somewhere in midlands

hju6

Hospital , Co Limerick

Weevil

Ballsbridge!

Real Life

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

What are your favourite placenames?

Mine are
Hackballscross,Co Louth
and
Ballycuntybollocks,Co Laois.

Any other interesting ones?

were allowed make up ones?

The Backwards Man

kingcobra wrote: »

Muff would be my favourite one, they've a great diving club too!

Shame it doesn't actually exist. Should be in the scam thread.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Termonfeckin, Louth.

Galwayguy35

Cock Hill

It's in Donegal

Tipperary animal lover

Poulmucka(pigs hole) Tipperary

Cody Pomeray

Jew Town, in Cork city.

Nemanja91

Fag gots Hill, Co. Cork.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Real Life wrote: »

were allowed make up ones?

Ye midlands folk are always too sensitive about that one.

bluugirl

I know someone from Horse and Jockey, Tipperary.

Vito Corleone

Real Life wrote: »

were allowed make up ones?

Please do not insult my home town Ballycuntybollocks like that again.

gammygils

Where Stillorgan meets Ringsend!!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Muff, Donegal.

Nobber, Meath.

Killbrittain, Cork.

kingcobra

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Shame it doesn't actually exist. Should be in the scam thread.

That's news to me :pac:



Actually Tubbercurry in Sligo is quite a strange one too.

marketty

Nobber is probably the most famous one in Meath, but I prefer Curly hole

dmc17

Newtwopothouse in Cork

The Backwards Man

kingcobra wrote: »

That's news to me :pac:



Actually Tubbercurry in Sligo is quite a strange one too.

Yeah, it's one of those internet myths that has skyrocketed. Whoever is running that site has nothing to do with Muff, or diving either probably.

dodderangler

http://www.worldirish.com/story/23756-the-two-breasts-7-irish-place-names-with-the-strangest-english-translations

Some good ones

bonzodog2

Kilmacow, Co Kilkenny

Staff Infection

marketty wrote: »

Nobber is probably the most famous one in Meath, but I prefer Curly hole

It is the placename that keeps on giving, Nobber has an estate called "Muff Crescent"

Pherekydes

Cock lane in central London. Dildo, near St John's, NF. Dated a girl who lived in Cock lane!

Funfair

sixmilebridge in Tipp or fourmilewater in Waterford

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember Trey Parker from South Park commenting on Kilkenny in an interview. :pac:

cml387

Batterjohn Big, Co. Meath
Modeligo, Co. Waterford
Fews Co. Waterford

Rubberlegs

As a 70's child, I love Slade, Co. Wexford..:)

Sir Osis of Liver.

I could be wrong but isnt there a place called Fannybatter on the northside.

marketty

Staff Infection wrote: »

It is the placename that keeps on giving, Nobber has an estate called "Muff Crescent"

Indeed it has. Imagine giving that to someone as your address, it sounds as made up as 123 fake street

Real Life

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

I could be wrong but isnt there a place called Fannybatter on the northside.

are you thinking of stoneybatter?

5live

Twomileschool near Killarney, co Kerry

Poulacapall(horses hole) near Mullinohone, co tipp

Aheoil(pronounced ah he ol) co cork, not sure of the spelling. For those of a more mature age it was part of the Tourdahennybeg triangle:D

looder

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Poulmucka(pigs hole) Tipperary

Original home of Waterford & Ballygunner hurler, Andy Maloney.

Fr_Dougal

Ballycuntybollocks, it's on the Laois/Offaly boarder.

looder

Funfair wrote: »

sixmilebridge in Tipp or fourmilewater in Waterford

Fourmillwater is closer to Tipp than Sixmilebridge. Sixmilebridge is Clare.

Tipp has Twomileborris though & Ninemilehouse as well as Ballylooby

padd b1975

Shrataggle, County Mayo.

dixiedan

Are we confined to Irish placenames? If not, here's an unusual one

Sir Osis of Liver.

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Ballycuntybollocks, it's on the Laois/Offaly boarder.

Thank you Father,I stand to be corrected.

Sofaspud

I lived around the corner from Fanny Street in a student area of Cardiff, apparently there's a really long waiting list for number 69.

Sunhill

Nobber [irish: An Obair] = The work -- Site of public works, perhaps?

Ahiohill, Co Cork (also mentioned above) [Irish: Achadh Eo Choill] = The field of the yew wood. 'Eo Choill' also appears on its own in another Cork name = Youghal

'Ahiohill' is pronounced A-HE-O-HILL

Sir Osis of Liver.

Sofaspud wrote: »

I lived around the corner from Fanny Street in a student area of Cardiff, apparently there's a really long waiting list for number 69.

That takes some licking.

Rhys Essien

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

That takes some licking.

Funny enough,there is a Ballylickey in West Cork.

suicide_circus

Here's a good few:

http://thejetpacker.com/69-towns-and-cities-with-funny-dirty-names/

My personal favorites from the list are:

Boysack in Scotland and Sexmoan in the Philippines

fuerte1976

Lyreacrompane Down here in Kerra

Also

Knocknagoshal

& Asdee

budgie412

Jacks hole,wicklow

mewe

A friend who's in the states at the min posted a pic on facebook earlier of a sign for a village in pennsylvania called intercourse! No joke

elperello

America, Co. Roscommon.

feargale

Effin, Co. Limerick. Story goes that years ago the public address at Knock refused a request to announce that " the Effin bus will leave at seven o'clock."

Sir Osis of Liver.

Lord Berkleys Knob,Scotland.

mikeoh

Bruree co limerick...and ironically it is home to an alcoholic rehab centre ......Nicker co limerick aswell