Where should the next city in Ireland be?

Cienciano

Nowhere.
"Drogheda City". Jesus wept.

For Forks Sake

John Doe1 wrote: »

Anyone remember the whole National Spatial Strategy Gateway City thing?

Letterkenny, Sligo, Dundalk and 3 midlands towns joined together were meant to made into cities by with a population of nearly 100,000 for each by 2020, its not going well :P

Ze breeding program will continue unabated.

Tail Docker

greenflash wrote: »

Thanks for backing me up on that.

(Dublin and Belfast are the only two real cities on the island)

Ah, feck it, I got bored lining stuff through.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

KeithM89 wrote: »

Says the man who nominated Chernobyl Drogheda.

Here's a file photo of the dundalk town service bus on signing-on day:



City status? Ya reckon?

Vincent Vega

Seamróg city.
I like giraffes.

Fr_Dougal

Would be better off trying to bring our existing ****ty cities up to actual city standard before making new ones, Waterford is as ****ty as Detroit and as for Kilkenny, the place is like an industrial ghost town with one street of pubs.

Duff

I'm all for Dundalk being turned into a city although, 'C'mon the city' hasn't got the same ring to it..

A Greedy Algorithm

Waterford or Kilkenny.

Mr. G

Ennis

Bigger than Kilkenny by population. A lot of the largest urban centres are too close to other cities, e.g. Swords, Drogheda etc. I think over the next few years the population of Ennis will rise. My conspiracy theories never fail.

byte

John Doe1 wrote: »

Sligo people seem to think it is a city already, there is the Sligo City Hotel I believe, can anyone shed any light on that?

I can confirm there being a Sligo City Hotel alright, for a gang of us stayed there weekend before last for a stag... and to be fair, it was a good hotel and great night!

From what I remember anyway

kerry4sam

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Cark isnt a city, its just a big-ish town

greenflash wrote: »

Thanks for backing me up on that.

(Dublin and Belfast are the only two real cities on the island)

I'd agree with you on Cork, but you're forgetting the City we have here in Kerry though:

Currow City: It covers all of 3,376 Hectares if you don't mind! They have their own 5-aside soccer team (see here) ; and , and you can't argue with this guy: look at this!

Now, their is some more geography for you on another City in Ireland
kerry4sam

Oops69

Anything that's artificially' made' into a city or a Newtown always turns out to be a ****hole ,eg , Canberra , Brasilia, Milton Keynes , Shannon , just let nature take its course planners!

Lady Chatterton

Mr. G wrote: »

Ennis

Bigger than Kilkenny by population. A lot of the largest urban centres are too close to other cities, e.g. Swords, Drogheda etc. I think over the next few years the population of Ennis will rise. My conspiracy theories never fail.

I want Ennis to remain a town, Mr. G - anyways the streets are so narrow you can shake hands with people on the other side of the road. It's not called 'the friendliest town in Ireland' for nothing

Tedddy

There is no need for more there is enough as there is. We don't need more, we need bigger cities for more efficient services instead of small towns and one off housing.

Richard Hillman

Cork just seems to be a load of housing estates and large town in the middle. The same with Galway. I think Tallaght is as much of a City than those 2.

ardle1

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Here's a file photo of the dundalk town service bus on signing-on day:



City status? Ya reckon?

AHHHHHHHH HA HA HA,
it's really a picture of the Drogheda supporters club trying to get away when they seen the Dundalk supporters coming their way lol lol :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Joe Doe

Simply frack and flatten the midlands, then build a huge Dubai type city like a phoenix from the dust. also extend cork/kerry out towards the gulf stream for better surfing.

I Heart Internet

Can we get a list of the 11 cities? And what is meant by Kilkenny not being an "administrative city"?

I've heard lots of different theories over the years as to what makes a city - charter, has a cathedral, population....

Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Galway
Waterford
Kilkenny

Belfast
Derry
Armagh
Lisburn
Newry

(I had to check the last 3 on Wikipedia)

Next city should be Sligo...maybe. Or maybe Athlone - sort the Midlands out.

Wichita Lineman

Athmullamore City could be formed by joining Athlone, Mullingar and Tullamore together.

I Heart Internet

^The Midlands Conurbation

Duiske

A Greedy Algorithm wrote: »

Waterford or Kilkenny.

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And yea, Waterford..

Citroen2cv

The midlands needs a city, athlone tullamore or mullingar. Would be central for everyone in the island.

pickarooney

Population size is largely irrelevant. 12 of the US' state capital cities are smaller than Waterford.

Mal-Adjusted

If the state were ever planning to designate a new city, just from looking at the map, i'd imagine it's be somewhere in the northwest, probably Sligo. (FYI, a few of these areas were "regional gateways" Sligo decided to throw the word "city" on it themselves) Places like Ennis and Drogheda/Dundalk are too close to existing cities anyway

HalloweenJack

Calibos wrote: »

Bray is the 9th largest urban area in Ireland after Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Dundalk and Swords.

It has nothing that would make it a city. It's not even a real town, more a massive housing estate with a few shops in it.

And I say that as a Brayhead.

AlanS181824

Carlow?

....:rolleyes:

listermint

Tallaght - 75,000 +

uch

Dún Laoghaire, we've always had our own council anyway

WesternZulu

Donegal just to stop then whining about being the 'forgotten' county.

John Doe1

WesternZulu wrote: »

Donegal just to stop then whining about being the 'forgotten' county.

The whole county or the town? :P

Well Donegal has like the 7th largest populaton in the state and gets way less investment from governement that it should (it was one of the wealthier counties before partition and now its languishing way behind). Also apparently some people in government dont even know its in this state.:rolleyes:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/county-donegal-wiped-off-crisis-hq-maps-28530969.html

Also if people are suggesting Sligo as a city, Letterkenny with a larger population could also be a city