Interesting things you didn't know about Louth.

wazky

I recently discovered it was an actual place and not a myth.

Worksforyou

There's actually no loud people there.

Gongoozler

The word Louth contains the word out.

It's right there, and we never even noticed it before!

orangesoda

I recently read that a small part of it was in Ulster and the other bit was in the pale

Co. Louth is almost 13 and a half times larger in area than the nation of San Marino. And has nearly 4 times the population.

Legs.Eleven

I was born there and my mother's obstetrician/gynaecologist was infamously a little bit loo-la.


I embarrassingly have "Louth" printed on my passport as my place of birth for the rest of my life even though I only spent 2 days there.

Dub 4 life. Tru blu 4 eva.

CarrickMcJoe

There's a magic hill in Louth where if you stop on it, release handbrake, the car will roll uphill.

Tokarev

If we all get our spades and dig around Louth, they will float over to wales and become their problem.

Mickey H

In Louth, before dinner, it is customary for all people at the table to stand up and sing a verse of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

zetalambda

Louth people are the most backward people I have ever met. My brother is married to a Louth woman and her whole family are the biggest bunch of inbred hicks you could ever meet. Fuckin hate any occasion where her family are there.

Aidric

Mickey H wrote: »

In Louth, before dinner, it is customary for all people at the table to stand up and sing a verse of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

Thanks for the clarification. I was led to believe that it was customary to singe one of Gerry Adam's pubes and get high on republican values. Obviously the fella who told me had that extra pint of harp.

Lightbulb Sun

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

my mother's obstetrician/gynaecologist was infamously a little bit loo-la.

Woo! Welcome to the club! :pac:

Banjo String

zetalambda wrote: »

Louth people are the most backward people I have ever met. My brother is married to a Louth woman and her whole family are the biggest bunch of inbred hicks you could ever meet. Fuckin hate any occasion where her family are there.

I heard Nicaraguan folk are very stereotypical.

Balmed Out

Dublin forum that way

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biko

I've been out for nights there a few times. Good craic.

zetalambda

Banjo String wrote: »

I heard Nicaraguan folk are very stereotypical.

Nacaragua is where I'm from chicken.

CarrickMcJoe

zetalambda wrote: »

Nacaragua is where I'm from chicken.

Does that makes you a Nacar then

Lapin

1. It's possible to walk from one end of the county to the other in 27 minutes with the wind on your back.

2. If you have a Louth person in your house at night try this cool experement. Turn off the lights and watch them glow in the dark. It's because of their exposure to Sellafield. Try it, it really works. The kids will love it !

3. No matter what direction you walk in Louth, the wind is always blowing in your face.

wazky

Lapin wrote: »

1. It's possible to walk from one end of the county to the other in 27 minutes with the wind on your back.

2. If you have a Louth person in your house at night try this cool experement. Turn off the lights and watch them glow in the dark. It's because of their exposure to Sellafield. Try it, it really works. The kids will love it !

3. No matter what direction you walk in Louth, the wind is always blowing in your face.

So 3 kinda rules out 1 then?

Lapin

wazky wrote: »

So 3 kinda rules out 1 then?

Not if you walk backwards.

dd972

Isn't that where 'The Gaffer' comes from?


What he say goes apparently...




...in one ear and out the other. :pac:

Davarus Walrus

Recordings of men from Drogheda and Dundalk talking about League of Ireland football were used as a form of sensory torture in Guantanamo.

GoodisonPark

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

There's a magic hill in Louth where if you stop on it, release handbrake, the car will roll uphill.

The infamous "Longwomans Grave" in the Cooley mountains.
Was fascinated by this as a kid.
The "hill" is actually on a downslope from a mountain , so while it appears to go up , it actually goes down.

yeahimhere

That they can hold a grudge for a verrrrrrrry long time. (If you're from Meath that is)

Sunnyisland

I heard it can very noisy in loud...

dxhound2005

GoodisonPark wrote: »

The infamous "Longwomans Grave" in the Cooley mountains.
Was fascinated by this as a kid.
The "hill" is actually on a downslope from a mountain , so while it appears to go up , it actually goes down.

The hill is a couple of miles from the Long Woman's Grave. But it's only a 3 minute walk if you do it backwards with the wind in your front.

Santa Cruz

22% of Louth people have mastered English as their first language. That is 8% more than their neighbours in County Meath

Tail Docker

Louthy kip. I am slightly less prejudiced against it than against Meath, which spawned Cavan, Cavan being the Provisional wing of the Meath meanies association. Have to say though, Ardee, whichever county that godforsaken kip happens to have dropped into, is my least favorite part of Ireland. Hearing one of the locals just say hello is enough to have me reaching for a machete. Sizzlers - where Ardee gets its sausages, and possibly the most ludicrously culchie thing ever to come out of a persons gob.

GoldFour4

I actually love the Louth/Dundalk accent, true story.

dgt

It's always misty/drizzling in Drogheda.

Every so often, a mysterious container of mysterious fluid will appear within a 5 mile radius of the border and disappear again.

Every crossroads in Louth has mysterious black circles in them..... Perhaps an unknown traffic signal to anyone else in the country?

Tail Docker

dgt wrote: »

It's always misty/drizzling in Drogheda.

Every so often, a mysterious container of mysterious fluid will appear within a 5 mile radius of the border and disappear again.

Every crossroads in Louth has mysterious black circles in them..... Perhaps an unknown traffic signal to anyone else in the country?

Donut know what you are talking about.

dgt

Tail Docker wrote: »

Donut know what you are talking about.

This could end up going round in circles if we don't get a grip.....

c-note

More people live within 60km of Drogheda than live within 60km of Dublin.

Ireland is formed from 2 land masses, one from south of the equator and one from north, which smashed together a long long time ago. the point of impact is between clogherhead and annagassin and runs south to limerick. the impact created mountains in clogherhead which at the time were taller than the alps are today

Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland and the 2nd largest town in Louth.

The only man to win 2 all ireland titles in one day was from louth,
football in 1957, followed by all ireland accordian player that evening!

dgt

c-note wrote: »

Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland and the 2nd largest town in Louth.

I see the Louth logic has struck again! :pac:

Tail Docker

c-note wrote: »

Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland and the 2nd largest town in Louth.

Sounds legit.

dxhound2005

dgt wrote: »

I see the Louth logic has struck again! :pac:

Half of Draaawda is in Meath.

Tail Docker

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Half of Draaawda is in Meath.

They love their borders up that way. Is there much intra Louth-meath smuggling?

randy hickey

Louth has some of the best placenames in the country.

Termonfeckin.

Faughart.

Hackballscross.


It is also the heart of Ireland's (heavy) fuel oil refining industry.

Mint Aero

That they have THE worst accent in Ireland. A horrible inbred mix of Dublin, Derry, Wicklow and Donegal.

Lightbulb Sun

Mint Aero wrote: »

That they have THE worst accent in Ireland. A horrible inbred mix of Dublin, Derry, Wicklow and Donegal.

There isn't one Louth accent. For example, there's a more standard Dundalk accent and then other people in Dundalk who have a slight or strong northern influence in their accent.

ScumLord

c-note wrote: »

More people live within 60km of Drogheda than live within 60km of Dublin.

Really?

Mint Aero

Mint Aero wrote: »

That they have THE worst accent in Ireland. A horrible inbred mix of Dublin, Derry, Wicklow and Donegal.

About as out-bred as possible on this island. Well done though.

fleet_admiral

listening to a drogheda accent can cause permanent hearing loss. fact

Shane.C

Louth is the same size as the Barony of Erris, in Mayo!

Lapin

ScumLord wrote: »

Really?

It's true.

A 60km catchment of Drogheda is greater than Dublin's as it includes Dublin itself and large towns further north like Dundalk and Newry.

Naas has the largest catchment area in the country as it includes Dublin, all of Kildare, the heavily populated parts of counties Meath and Wicklow as well as larger towns like Portlaoise, Tullamore, Carlow, Mullingar and even Drogheda within a 60km of the town.

The presence of the Irish Sea to the east, and Wicklow mountains to the south of Dublin create large population voids within a 60km radius of the capital.

calanus

They are unable to say the word Purple normally

ardle1

zetalambda wrote: »

Louth people are the most backward people I have ever met. My brother is married to a Louth woman and her whole family are the biggest bunch of inbred hicks you could ever meet. Fuckin hate any occasion where her family are there.

Yeah who give a sh!t... I bet she's fcukin GORGEOUS like all the Louth ladies.. ok ok I'm biassed, but being from Dundalk and visiting a few Countries here and there and living in London for a few years, I have to say 'Dundalk' women are tops, when it comes to good looks and down-right GORGEOUS-NESS :cool:

Santa Cruz

Tail Docker wrote: »

They love their borders up that way. Is there much intra Louth-meath smuggling?

Only in the Meath to Louth direction with smuggling of women. This is due to Louth mens love of anal sex which as everyone knows Meath women have brought to a perfection in application with little or no Government financial support. This of course explains Meath womens accents especially those in the Meath Louth border regions

Frank Lee Midere

I am neutral on Louth and have nothing funny or demeaning to say.

Tail Docker

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

I am neutral on Louth and have nothing funny or demeaning to say.

Try, it's fairly easy. Barn door comes to mind.

CarrickMcJoe

Tokarev wrote: »

If we all get our spades and dig around Louth, they will float over to wales and become their problem.

What, your spades?