Irelands Town and cities tallest buildings.

Castlebar12

Just wondering about the tallest buildings in our towns and cities. I am talking proper buildings not Churches or Transmitters.
Some we know like the tallest building in Ireland is the obel tower belfast, The tallest in cork is the tallest in the republic, The Elysian. What is the tallest in other places like Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo? Maybe some locals know this. I know the tallest in Castlebar is The Royal Theatre at 24m. I ma sure there is probably taller in Galway.

whiskeyman

Castlebar12 wrote: »

I am talking proper buildings not Churches

Careful now

snubbleste

Are churches improper buildings?

Duff

Crowne Plaza in Dundalk is big by our standards.

whisky_galore

Castlebar12 wrote: »

proper buildings not Churches

So a church is just a pretend building?:pac:

MonopolyHat

The Irish don't do tall buildings. This is why our towns and cities are huge ugly messes of urban sprawl. Because the Irish refuse to live in apartments like the rest of the world, our towns consist of endless drab and dreary estates of semi-detached houses while the countryside has been polluted with bungalows. Many problems in our society can be traced back to this idiocy - poor public transport, poor broadband availability, long commutes and huge traffic jams etc.

The city centre should be for living, not just working. We need to preserve our scenic countryside and encourage families to move into city centre apartments. It will be much better for the environment in the long run. Ireland needs to start building high-rise fast.

goose2005

Limerick's is Riverpoint (59 m), 2 m higher than the Clarion Hotel.
Crowne Plaza in Dundalk is 58 m

snubbleste wrote: »

Are churches improper buildings?

Well, they tend not to use all that height. A lot of wasted space, and very hard to heat. Could build a loft in them and keep 100 students at €50 a week.

Hazys

snubbleste wrote: »

Are churches improper buildings?

I doubt he means it as a thinly veiled insult at religion more that churches generally just have one tower or steeple that is way higher than the rest of the building, so the entire building is not tall.

kneemos

Grain silos tend to be the tallest buildings in most areas.

Dyr

I was going to say in before the token bore who will bemoan irelands lack of planning permission for tall buildings unlike the shiney europeans etc etc but I was'nt quick enough off the mark

Balmed Out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland

You might find this interesting, I dont but you might.;)

goose2005

MonopolyHat wrote: »

The Irish don't do tall buildings. This is why our towns and cities are huge ugly messes of urban sprawl. Because the Irish refuse to live in apartments like the rest of the world, our towns consist of endless drab and dreary estates of semi-detached houses while the countryside has been polluted with bungalows. Many problems in our society can be traced back to this idiocy - poor public transport, poor broadband availability, long commutes and huge traffic jams etc.

The city centre should be for living, not just working. We need to preserve our scenic countryside and encourage families to move into city centre apartments. It will be much better for the environment in the long run. Ireland needs to start building high-rise fast.

But the Irish refuse to live in apartments because tenants have fewer rights and because the apts on offer are expensive, small and have poor local amenities. Add in things like Priory Hall and it's not surprising that a lot of middle Ireland believe that if you want a decent home with space to bring up kids, your only real option is to build it yourself.

Fratton Fred

The least densely populated country in Europe should be building more apartments?

Better and faster public transport more like.

131spanner

The website for the Clarion in Limerick says it's the tallest hotel in Ireland.

Linky.

MonopolyHat

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The least densely populated country in Europe should be building more apartments?
Better and faster public transport more like.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Ireland is the least densely populated country in Europe because we don't live in apartments in towns and cities. Public transport simply isn't viable in such low-density areas. You can't expect the government to fund a bus service down your little boreen just for you.

I realise that up until recently, Ireland was mainly an agriculturally-based economy, so it made sense that most people were rural dwelling in their cottage or bungalow. People were self-sufficient to a greater degree back then (they provided their own eggs, milk, break, meat, veg) so trips to the nearest big town were needed less frequently. The problem is that these days people want to live in their gaudy McMansion in the countryside but expect city-style amenities like creches, public transport, shopping centres, libraries etc.

freshpopcorn

131spanner wrote: »

The website for the Clarion in Limerick says it's the tallest hotel in Ireland.

Linky.

I came on here to post this.

MonopolyHat

goose2005 wrote: »

But the Irish refuse to live in apartments because tenants have fewer rights and because the apts on offer are expensive, small and have poor local amenities. Add in things like Priory Hall and it's not surprising that a lot of middle Ireland believe that if you want a decent home with space to bring up kids, your only real option is to build it yourself.

Agreed. The public need to lobby their politicians to legislate for more rights for renters. We simply need to emulate what our European neighbours do. The old Celtic Tiger mantra that "renting is dead money" doesn't wash anymore. Even England preserves its countryside better than we do. Last time I visited Connemara I was shocked to see the landscape scarred by offensive faux-mansions all over the place. Planning laws are a joke around here, easily by-passed with a few brown envelopes.

131spanner

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I came on here to post this.

Great minds think alike! at 57 metres you'd think there are taller hotels, but nope

mrsbyrne

Our tallect building would be the Cathedral bell tower. The water tower is a close second.

castletownman

mrsbyrne wrote: »

Our tallect building would be the Cathedral bell tower. The water tower is a close second.

Animaniacs?

Badly Drunk Boy

Balmed Out wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland

You might find this interesting, I dont but you might.;)

131spanner wrote: »

Great minds think alike! at 57 metres you'd think there are taller hotels, but nope

According to the link above, the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk is 58 metres high.

(But I don't find that particularly interesting.)

JohnMearsheimer

I thought Ireland's tallest building (not a church etc) was the Elysian in Cork. Looks to be 71 metres. I think Cork also has Ireland's longest building.

elefant

MonopolyHat wrote: »

Ireland is the least densely populated country in Europe because we don't live in apartments in towns and cities.

How does that work? Surely the same amount of people would be living in the same space on the island regardless of whether they're in houses or apartments?

kneemos

MonopolyHat wrote: »

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Ireland is the least densely populated country in Europe because we don't live in apartments in towns and cities. Public transport simply isn't viable in such low-density areas. You can't expect the government to fund a bus service down your little boreen just for you.

I realise that up until recently, Ireland was mainly an agriculturally-based economy, so it made sense that most people were rural dwelling in their cottage or bungalow. People were self-sufficient to a greater degree back then (they provided their own eggs,

milk, break, meat, veg) so trips to the nearest big town were needed less frequently. The problem is that these days people want to live in their gaudy McMansion in the countryside but expect city-style amenities like creches, public transport, shopping centres, libraries etc.

The low population density is due to the famine I always thought.
Ireland still is a mainly agricultural based economy.
I doubt very much rural dwellers expect to have city like amenities.
Just about every part of your post is barmy.

131spanner

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

According to the link above, the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk is 58 metres high.

(But I don't find that particularly interesting.)

The Clarion has been living a lie the whole time.

blackwhite

elefant wrote: »

How does that work? Surely the same amount of people would be living in the same space on the island regardless of whether they're in houses or apartments?

Move everyone into apartment buildings and they'll have lot of sex and increase the population???

thecatspjs

I wish we'd build taller buildings because they look cool.

Fratton Fred

MonopolyHat wrote: »

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Ireland is the least densely populated country in Europe because we don't live in apartments in towns and cities. Public transport simply isn't viable in such low-density areas. You can't expect the government to fund a bus service down your little boreen just for you.

I realise that up until recently, Ireland was mainly an agriculturally-based economy, so it made sense that most people were rural dwelling in their cottage or bungalow. People were self-sufficient to a greater degree back then (they provided their own eggs, milk, break, meat, veg) so trips to the nearest big town were needed less frequently. The problem is that these days people want to live in their gaudy McMansion in the countryside but expect city-style amenities like creches, public transport, shopping centres, libraries etc.

Ireland is sparsely populated because for decades it saw minimal immigration and high levels of emigration.

Building houses does not equal gaudy mansions, it is a case of building sensible developments and providing decent communication options to encourage companies to set up outside of Dublin, or for people in the larger towns to be able to reasonably commute.

The UK built loads of high rise homes for families after the war in a great social housing experiment.

It failed miserably.

Castlebar12

mrsbyrne wrote: »

Our tallect building would be the Cathedral bell tower. The water tower is a close second.

where??