Do you like Cork?

Hotale.com

I think it's great.

shedweller

Yera yea boy i think is great like!

Sh1tbag OToole

Cant bate it bai

wazky

There's a reason we put it all the way down there.

Yester

Yes tis a fine place.

Pherekydes

I prefer screw tops. Much easier to open.

smcgiff

Spam. Reported.

orangesoda

Munster is the enemy of the north

WoollyRedHat

Didn't we have this thread already? Put a cork in it already.

Give us a nice limerick instead.

Hotale.com

smcgiff wrote: »

Spam. Reported.

Ehm, what? Me?

toastedpickles

I lived there once......I hated every minute of it so I moved home


and that's the end of that chapter....

Karl Stein

Cork City is unremarkable. Cork County is remarkable.

razorblunt

FFS another Cork thread.
We're great and well take all your women with our whimsical accents, get over it djaknowwhatimeanlike?



But seriously, yes, we're great, city center turning into a kip and ghost town airport aside obviously.

Graces7

lived in west ish cork 2 years and avoided cork city...hated the place so migrated to the kingdom....would never ever go back...apart from craft fairs at macroom...oh and am off to goleen for easter craft fair tomorrow.

Micky Dolenz

I'm not from Cork but lived there for 2 years when I was a student. Great place, lovely people.

One day I ran out of petrol in a "rough" part of town. I stopped outside someone's gate. A woman arrived out, I expected dogs abuse but she inquired about my plight. she then told me to wait a second. She arrived back with a can full of petrol, her husband used for the lawnmower. She called a neighbour around to use his car to jump start mine, the battery died trying to restart.

I have a lot more stories about the soundness of Cork people. Loved it there. Good times.

happypants

Love Cork! Had the best summer of my life there two years ago, many, many fond memories that will always stay with me.

Stavros Murphy

Pherekydes wrote: »

I prefer screw tops. Much easier to open.

Even some of the good stuff has screw tops these days. Corks are over-rated.

I wonder did they name that place down south "Cork" cos it's jammed up the ar5ehole of ireland?

Apiarist

Sure, what's not to love about the real Capital [of Culture ]?

Gran Hermano

What is it with Cork people and threads looking for reassurance?

Reminds me of my neighbour's dog which has separation anxiety, it whimpers away
scratching their door looking for attention and comfort.

bitemybanger

Keeps the wine from spoiling.

Hotale.com

Gran Hermano wrote: »

What is it with Cork people and threads looking for reassurance?

Reminds me of my neighbour's dog which has separation anxiety, it whimpers away
scratching their door looking for attention and comfort.

To be honest, I don't even know why we love Cork. Must be instinct or something.

Gran Hermano

Hotale.com wrote: »

To be honest, I don't even know why we love Cork. Must be instinct or something.

Ignorance is bliss?

Hotale.com

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Ignorance is bliss?

Cork is bliss.

Fr_Dougal

2 out of 10

bnt

Only been there once, and someone threw an egg at me from a car. I think I would like Cork if it wasn't for the people who occupy the place.

Pretzill

It's a bit of a subjective question - a bit like asking do you like cheese? Cheddar yes Charleville meh.

But seriously Cork has some lovely places - West Cork particularly - Fermoy unsettles me though -

Lia_lia

I live and work in Cork City. And my boyfriend is also from Cork. It's ok. Nice city I guess!

I'm from Kerry myself (Killarney) and do miss the place a lot. Even though it's not too far away! Miss the national park/places to go walking the most...was quite spoilt growing up there.

Menas

I am not getting the need for We love Cork threads, deffo some confidence issues there.

I am off to start an I love Dundrum thread.

Molester Stallone

Gran Hermano wrote: »

What is it with Cork people and threads looking for reassurance?

Reminds me of my neighbour's dog which has separation anxiety, it whimpers away
scratching their door looking for attention and comfort.

Is he a Cork dog? Does be go "Woof, woof bai!"..........I'll get my coat

DEFTLEFTHAND

Good hurlers and footballers, part of the "Holy Trinity" of Hurling along with Tipperary and KK.

efb

cock or cork?

Partial to a bit of both...

Seaneh

Live in Dublin, Dublin is a kipp. Quite like Cork, nice wee city, it's no Galway though, Galway is the kitties titties.

smcgiff

Hotale.com wrote: »

Ehm, what? Me?

Apologies

Rory Gallagher

Seaneh wrote: »

Live in Dublin, Dublin is a kipp. Quite like Cork, nice wee city, it's no Galway though, Galway is the kitties titties.

Galway is the worst place in the country,****ing headwrecking hipsters occupy the place and it's romanticised despite being ****ing boring.

**** Galway.Atleast Cork was the home of Rory Gallagher and not some **** song about a Galway girl.

Seaneh

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

Galway is the worst place in the country,****ing headwrecking hipsters occupy the place and it's romanticised despite being ****ing boring.

**** Galway.Atleast Cork was the home of Rory Gallagher and not some **** song about a Galway girl.

The butthurt is strong in this one.

I think you will find that the "home of Rory Gallagher" is Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.

Rory Gallagher

The thickness is strong in this one.

I think you will find he was born in Ballyshannon, but raised in Cork.He even referred to Cork as his hometown.

Seaneh

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

The thickness is strong in this one.

I think you will find he was born in Ballyshannon, but raised in Cork.He even referred to Cork as his hometown.

Oh that must be why cork has that famous Rory Gallagher festival every year... oh wait...

orangesoda

Rory Gallagher? the one that used to play for Fermanagh?

Rory Gallagher

Sweet Jesus.

Just because Ballyshannon has the festival and statue does not make Cork any less his hometown.
Rory clearly stated that he regarded Cork as his home as he was raised there,learned guitar there and went school there.
He didn't even rank Ballyshannon as some sort of second home, Oh no that honor went to Belfast.

smurgen

From Cork and very proud of the city.have lived in Switzerland and London for a few years and had a new appreciation for the place when I moved back.i don't like living in big cities because of commuting or small town because I find them boring so Cork is the perfect size.some nice restaurants and pubs.city centre has gone rough in places.of all the places I've visited or lived in I'd say cork has nearly the most sense of character,be it for better or worse .

Sir Arthur Daley

We need to establish what Rory Gallagher we are talking about, i presume its not the Rory who works in supermacs?

Rory Gallagher

smurgen wrote: »

From Cork and very proud of the city.have lived in Switzerland and London for a few years and had a new appreciation for the place when I moved back.i don't like living in big cities because of commuting or small town because I find them boring so Cork is the perfect size.some nice restaurants and pubs.city centre has gone rough in places.of all the places I've visited or lived in I'd say cork has nearly the most sense of character,be it for better or worse .

Yeah I like Cork.
Dublin is nice aswell though,It is a small city.
Waterford is grand.
Galway,Derry and KK are awful

Rory Gallagher

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

We need to establish what Rory Gallagher we are talking about, i presume its not the Rory who works in supermacs?

Seaneh

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

Sweet Jesus.

Just because Ballyshannon has the festival and statue does not make Cork any less his hometown.
Rory clearly stated that he regarded Cork as his home as he was raised there,learned guitar there and went school there.
He didn't even rank Ballyshannon as some sort of second home, Oh no that honor went to Belfast.

Yup, everyone thinks of Cork when you mention Rory Gallagher, no one would ever think of Ballyshannon, no way.

Rory Gallagher

Seaneh wrote: »

Yup, everyone thinks of Cork when you mention Rory Gallagher, no one would ever think of Ballyshannon, no way.

Of course whatever 'people' think determins his hometown.
besides Rory is famous for his guitar which was bought in Cork, He was only born in Ballyshannon he moved within a few month of being born(tthis from ghost blues docu)

Sir Arthur Daley

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

besides Rory is famous for his guitar which was bought in Cork

There is 2 guitars in that video, which one was the one bought in cork?

Rory Gallagher

The stratocaster.

He bought the resonator in America.

orangesoda

Ó Gallchobhair were a clan of Tir Conaill, Donegal have a claim to all of them, even the Manchester Oasis twosome

Sir Arthur Daley

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

He bought the resonator in America.

Why did he go all the way to america for the resonator? did the guitar shop in cork not have any?

smurgen

Rory Gallagher wrote: »

Yeah I like Cork.
Dublin is nice aswell though,It is a small city.
Waterford is grand.
Galway,Derry and KK are awful

Galway is overrated. I think limerick is a nice place and was surprised to like it because people speak of it like it's a right ghetto.Dublin is a grand place too.got plenty of guff there for me strong accent there but shur I won't hold that against the place.

Rory Gallagher

orangesoda wrote: »

Ó Gallchobhair were a clan of Tir Conaill, Donegal have a claim to all of them, even the Manchester Oasis twosome

Do not allow these individuals when we speak in relation to Rory Gallagher.
Saying Rory Gallagher was from Donegal is like saying Phil Lynott was from London.

Why did he go all the way to america for the resonator? did the guitar shop in cork not have any?

Yeah I'm sure he travalled all the way to the U.S just to get a resonator, Besides it's next to impossible to get one that's any good in Ireland.