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How many counties have you been in?

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  • 09-08-2013 7:45pm
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    Pensivepuca
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    How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?


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    Pherekydes
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    35, 36 if you count Tipp N and S.


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    All except Leitrim,no plans to either.


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    wp_rathead
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    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?

    get to galway op

    think longford and cavan only 2 iv never been too, but it is possible i drove through them without knowing


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    RobGJ
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    Ye, there is actually a good chunk of the country I've never visited. Have been to Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Tipperary, Antrim, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Limerick and that's about it - obviously passed through a few others en route but ye, I've got to see more of this auld island..


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    Voltex
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    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?
    Co. Wexfords a great spot..ya cant beat a night out in Goery or doing a bit of crab fishing in Cahore and topping it off with the attractions of Court town!!


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    starlit
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    All of munster, most of connaght except sligo and leitrim, stayed or passed through others, most of leinster except louth, wicklow, wexford, carlow. None of ulster. Aprox 17 counties.


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    Pensivepuca
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    Galway has often been suggested to me before. Very curious about Wexford, never hear much about the place.


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    April O Neill
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    All except Leitrim,no plans to either.

    Parts of Leitrim are beautiful. Your loss.


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    Hedge11
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    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin.

    You must have flown to/from Dublin to avoid Louth & Meath?


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    April O Neill wrote: »
    Parts of Leitrim are beautiful. Your loss.

    I really don't understand why they're the butt of so many jokes. It's a lovely little county with a scenic short coastline. It would be in my top 5 destinations for a holiday or short break in Ireland.


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    callaway92
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    35, 36 if you count Tipp N and S.

    :confused::confused:

    In that case I'm counting Dublin N and S. Oh and also since Galway is so big I'm counting that as 2 too.

    Anyway, the whole Tipp North/South thing is no more as come the next elections, Tipp is voting as a whole. Same go for car registrations etc.


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    I've been to Tipperary but I've never been to me.


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    Pensivepuca
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    Hedge11 wrote: »
    You must have flown to/from Dublin to avoid Louth & Meath?

    Being to a county is different than driving through.


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    Hedge11
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    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    Being to a county is different than driving through.

    No it isn't.


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    [Deleted User]
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    26 at a count. Haven't been to Donegal or Derry yet, two places I'd really like to visit.


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    Pretty Polly
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    Does it count if you've driven through a county?


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    Pherekydes
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    callaway92 wrote: »
    :confused::confused:

    In that case I'm counting Dublin N and S. Oh and also since Galway is so big I'm counting that as 2 too.

    Have you counted Fingal, South Dublin or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown?


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Pretty Polly wrote: »
    Does it count if you've driven through a county?

    Yes.


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    Amirani
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    Pretty Polly wrote: »
    Does it count if you've driven through a county?

    Rule of thumb when interrailing on whether to say you've "been to" a country or just passed through is to have a beer and a shit in said country.


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    haveabanana
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    CJC999 wrote: »
    I've been to Tipperary but I've never been to me.

    I've been to Fairyhouse but I've never been to Meath....


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    Pensivepuca
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    Pretty Polly wrote: »
    Does it count if you've driven through a county?

    You can include places that you have driven through if you like. Personally I do not feel I have really been to a place and fully seen it just bombing through en route.


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    P.C.
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I really don't understand why they're the butt of so many jokes. It's a lovely little county with a scenic short coastline. It would be in my top 5 destinations for a holiday or short break in Ireland.



    Would be.
    Can't now that we sold it to the USA to help pay off some of Ireland's debt.


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    dee_mc
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    Have been to all and spent at least a day or two in most; Leitrim is a beautiful county and the locals in the areas I worked and stayed in were, on the whole, very friendly and welcoming people. I've never understood the negative thing many Irish people have about Leitrim! I would feel very much the same about Limerick which also has an undeservedly poor reputation. Ireland is a beautiful country with areas of natural beauty in most if not all counties, stop the county-bashing!!


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    c_man
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    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    You can include places that you have driven through if you like. Personally I do not feel I have really been to a place and fully seen it just bombing through en route.

    Sorry Westmeath :(


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Dublin
    Kildare
    Wicklow
    Meath
    Louth
    Kilkenny
    Wexford

    Waterford
    Cork
    Kerry
    Clare

    Galway
    Mayo
    Sligo

    Donegal
    Antrim
    Down

    17, just over half.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    Amirani
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    Pretty sure I've been to all 32. Fermanagh is the only one I'm not certain about, certainly never spent any extended amount of time there.


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    filmbuffboy
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    Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Westmeath, Cork, Limerick, Clare.

    I've obviously been in a few others when driving through the country, getting from A to B, but not sure if that counts?!


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    #29
    wazky
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    Just the one OP.


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    dd972
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    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Pretty sure I've been to all 32. Fermanagh is the only one I'm not certain about, certainly never spent any extended amount of time there.

    You mean you've been to the 26 Irish ones and the 6 others in the UK












    .....you know I'm only shoite-ing youse :p


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    [Deleted User]
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    For some reason I though Adare was in Tipperary, it is not. So I've never been there - 25 counties it is. Drove through it plenty of times but never been in it.


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