Is Ireland a Boring Country???

Manutd_4life

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there. They were over here in Ireland for a couple of weeks and it seems to me that this country can't match the level of awesomeness of some other countries. Yes we have pubs, shopping centres and sites of beautiful nature but nothing really more than that. Our beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

MRnotlob606

buy em a pack of lego, keep occupied for a couple of hours.

Last_Minute

I do think it would be a boring place to visit for more than a few days, depends on what you into really. You definitely don't come to Ireland for the theme parks anyway.

Manutd_4life

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

buy em a pack of lego, keep occupied for a couple of hours.

Or give it to them to scatter all over to the floor for me to come in and step on them to absoloutely wreck my feet

fleet_admiral

As long as Linda Martin continues to present Telly Bingo Ireland wont be boring

phasers

They should reopen Mosney, I loved Mosney as a kid. Is it still full of asylum seekers?

catallus

Boring is yesterday's news.

Fracking is where it's at.

Davarus Walrus

No. There is heaps to do. Boredom is the cheap comfort blanket of the dullard.

ColeTrain

Tayto Park is a world renowned theme park for potato enthusiasts.

Awesomeness is a ****e word.

Our beaches aren't horrible.



Just some things to consider...

We need something along the scale of Alton Towers,

Tayto park or Funtasia dont give me the same buzz


Travel to Kerry or Donegal, same bloody green countryside.

Chocolate Lions

Yes it's boring. There is very little denying it, if you remove yourself from the pub scene you quickly find it's a dull place, poor on activities and amenities and with dour weather most of the year. Still a nice place to live, but ya, boring.

castletownman

If one brings both the travel scrabble for when they're travelling, and the normal scrabble for when they arrive, then any holiday in Ireland is thoroughly enjoyable

SMJSF

ireland just doesn't have the weather or money for theme parks and the rest..... plus we don't have the foreign attraction level as Spain or florida.. so we don't bother, because we don't get that many people into ireland.

If I had the choice to visit here from another country, I wouldn't pick it because all there is is "traditional" activities... Walk the sugar loaf, visit gladalough, do the bus tour of "historic sites" and learn about the Normans and vikings.
No thanks. :-/

circadian

Beaches are what? I've been all over the world and few places have beaches that compare to what we have here. Weather, fair enough, but when the sun is shining there's nothing like chilling on on of our endless supply of beaches.

KERSPLAT!

Tayto Park will be huge in a couple of years. It started off like a petting zoo but has already grown from that and having seen the plans , a lot of the new things will be for teens/adults making it much better and not just somewhere to bring the kids for the day

TheBeardedLady

SMJSF wrote: »

If I had the choice to visit here from another country, I wouldn't pick it because all there is is "traditional" activities... Walk the sugar loaf, visit gladalough, do the bus tour of "historic sites" and learn about the Normans and vikings.
No thanks. :-/

Yeah that sounds like fecking torture alright.

bb1234567

SMJSF wrote: »

ireland just doesn't have the weather or money for theme parks and the rest..... plus we don't have the foreign attraction level as Spain or florida.. so we don't bother, because we don't get that many people into ireland.

If I had the choice to visit here from another country, I wouldn't pick it because all there is is "traditional" activities... Walk the sugar loaf, visit gladalough, do the bus tour of "historic sites" and learn about the Normans and vikings.
No thanks. :-/

Ireland does get a lot of tourists actually, 8 million in 2011 or something like that

SMJSF

bb1234567 wrote:

Ireland does get a lot of tourists actually, 8 million in 2011 or something like that

compare that to summer months in Spain :-/ Spain has sunny weather nearly all year round, we don't...

Manutd_4life

SMJSF wrote: »

If I had the choice to visit here from another country, I wouldn't pick it because all there is is "traditional" activities... Walk the sugar loaf, visit gladalough, do the bus tour of "historic sites" and learn about the Normans and vikings.
No thanks. :-/

Yep thats what I mean. Thats Ireland for ya.

fleet_admiral

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Tayto Park will be huge in a couple of years. It started off like a petting zoo but has already grown from that and having seen the plans , a lot of the new things will be for teens/adults making it much better and not just somewhere to bring the kids for the day

Its a decent size now but it will be great once the rollercoaster opens. It needs a few rides as well

Donkey Oaty

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Yep thats what I mean. Thats Ireland for ya.

This is Ireland for you. If you can't find something in that lot, it's you that is boring.

MonkeyTennis

Never in my entire life have I has the desire to look at an old house or castle.

Manutd_4life

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

This is Ireland for you. If you can't find something in that lot, it's you that is boring.

That website sums up my thoughts on this topic

fryup

Ireland is as boring or as exciting as YOU make it

InTheTrees

If you live in northern europe its easy to think that most peoples main criteria for a holiday is Hot weather, beaches etc.

But there's plenty of people living in countries where its hot in the summer, that also want to go on holiday and have no need for sunshine on their visit.

sheesh

country is great for outdoor activity and the last 2 summers were brilliant. send the teenagers to learn windsurfing or kayaking or rockclimbing.

bb1234567

SMJSF wrote: »

compare that to summer months in Spain :-/ Spain has sunny weather nearly all year round, we don't...

You know not everyone goes on holiday for hot weather. We ,along with many other europeans live in some of the least sunniest places on earth so many of us seek sun holidays. But when you think about it, almost all of africa, middle east asia, south america and even north america get ridiculously hot weather all summer long. I have friends from texas, malaysia and indonesia who love coming to ireland because its rainy and cold, a change from the punishing heat back home

Macavity.

If you live rurally and the weather is particularly bad it can be boring alright.

sh1tstirrer

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there. They were over here in Ireland for a couple of weeks and it seems to me that this country can't match the level of awesomeness of some other countries. Yes we have pubs, shopping centres and sites of beautiful nature but nothing really more than that. Our beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

Anyone that complains of boredom only have themselves to blame

Dayum

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there. They were over here in Ireland for a couple of weeks and it seems to me that this country can't match the level of awesomeness of some other countries. Yes we have pubs, shopping centres and sites of beautiful nature but nothing really more than that. Our beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

Who the **** comes to Ireland for our beaches?!

People come here for a piss up.

No child would find Amsterdam particularly amusing either. Same way as a sex-obsessed plant enthusiast would find no interest hanging with Micky Mouse in Orlando.

c_man

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there.

Which country?

SkyBlueClouds

I would say the pace of life is much slower here. Ireland is a beautiful country with lots of amazing landscapes and scenery, without the amazing hot weather to boot. Depends what you are after in a holiday, some people will love it, some won't, personally I think it's down to the individual - this place can be as boring or exciting as you want it to be depending on your attitude twords it.

JONJO THE MISER

Ireland is one of the least boring countries in the world, we have great social interaction and life in this country.
If you want boring, Canada is your place.

ballyharpat

Killarney is a brilliant place to live, great mountain biking, great national park with all sorts of wildlife, walkways for rollerblading and prams/buggies. Lakes/rivers for fishing. Mountains to climb, lots of hiking, great lakes and seaviews, scenic drives, great road-biking, great food and plenty of restaurants. lots of social activities like badminton, mens clubs, IFA Macra na feirme, running clubs, cycling clubs, tag rugby....theme parks etc cost a lot of money and even if you lived next to one, you wouldn't go there every week......What exactly are you looking for?

thrashmetalfan

Ireland is kinda crap when the weather is bad and you are stuck in a rural area with bugger all to do (apart from turf hay and silage of course). I always remember spending the summer months bored to tears when I was at school. stuck in the midlands miles away from anywhere good.

rosedream

Macavity. wrote: »

If you live rurally and the weather is particularly bad it can be boring alright.

+1 from experience.
Not just boring, but seriously can drive you cracked living rurally.

MadsL

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ireland is one of the least boring countries in the world, we have great social interaction and life in this country.
If you want boring, Canada is your place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjeCXsVJ6U

Looks awful...

sh1tstirrer

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

Ireland is kinda crap when the weather is bad and you are stuck in a rural area with bugger all to do (apart from turf hay and silage of course). I always remember spending the summer months bored to tears when I was at school. stuck in the midlands miles away from anywhere good.

Where are these good places you mention where nobody ever gets bored?

sh1tstirrer

MadsL wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjeCXsVJ6U

Looks awful...

Don't mind him he sounds like a pub man

sh1tstirrer

rosedream wrote: »

+1 from experience.
Not just boring, but seriously can drive you cracked living rurally.

Some people aren't cut out for country living.

whupdedo

SMJSF wrote: »

compare that to summer Spain :-/ Spain has sunny weather nearly all year round, we don't...

Compare what exactly, that Ireland more than doubles its population in tourists every year compared to Spain, population 42 million,tourism chiefs are saying tourists coming to Ireland this year could hit ten million, their must an some attraction to the place

Paramite Pie

If your an outdoorsy person there's a lot to do in any country, including Ireland.

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Never in my entire life have I has the desire to look at an old house or castle.

Really? I've visited quite a few in other countries.:D

Cowering beside a pool in a generic resort as far away from the locals as possible in what could be any other resort in any other hot country isn't really traveling. I like to out and see things, get lost, learn the history, climb their mountains, try something new etc...

So many people I know just go on the same holiday every year... I don't get it??

The Backwards Man

Come to me for week all who are bored, I'll give yiz something to be bored about.

whupdedo

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Come to me for week all who are bored, I'll give yiz something to be bored about.

Onlly if we can go to the bog yaaaaaaaaaaaaay :pac:

The Backwards Man

whupdedo wrote: »

Onlly if we can go to the bog yaaaaaaaaaaaaay :pac:

But one of the countless wondrous beauties this area has to offer.

ErnieBert

It's us Irish folk that make this little blip on the map so awesome.

I was in Berlin recently and befriended some well travelled locals who have been to Ireland. They believe we are on a different level to all other Europeans. They see us as industrious, smart, brazen and energetic combined with laid backness.

In other words, we are un German.

sh1tstirrer

Paramite Pie wrote: »

If your an outdoorsy person there's a lot to do in any country, including Ireland.



Really? I've visited quite a few in other countries.:D

Cowering beside a pool in a generic resort as far away from the locals as possible in what could be any other resort in any other hot country isn't really traveling. I like to out and see things, get lost, learn the history, climb their mountains, try something new etc...

So many people I know just go on the same holiday every year... I don't get it??

I completely agree with you too many people think going to Spain every year just to toast their arses in the sun is the ultimate holiday. I know a couple that spent every spare minute they have in the pub, when they go on a foreign holiday guess where they spend most of their time :rolleyes:

thrashmetalfan

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Where are these good places you mention where nobody ever gets bored?

London New York and various major cities in mainland Europe.

sh1tstirrer

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

London New York and various major cities in mainland Europe.

London, you are joking right?

thrashmetalfan

of course I was bored off my tits when I was a teenager growing up in rural Ireland. I lifted 15 skips of turf all by myself this summer and got burnt to bits and I had a great time. lift turf get burnt go to pub drink beer. simples.

shruikan2553

Water sports are fairly decent. Dont have a huge choice due to numbers though