Most grim places in Ireland

suicide_circus

What are the areas, towns, cities, estates which you can't get out of quick enough?

Places which assault your senses with their architecture, aroma and ambiance. Places that would benefit more from a bulldozer than a lick of paint. Places that you would never send a tourist under any circumstances.

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

Egginacup

Moate


FCUKING KIP

Balmed Out

Every city has estates with a lot of homes boarded up etc.

Sclosages

Edgeworthstown

Duggy747

My toilet.

And yes, I have told tourists not to go near it.

nelly17

Ballymount - Industrial Greyness & Guys in Hiaces scouring skips with the constant roar of the M50 and Naas road in the background

iDave

Tallaght

Lapin

Going from recent experience (ie the last 45 minutes), it would have to be the M50 for me. Especially the bit from the airport to the M4.

I said

Anywhere in Laois is a kip

Red Pepper

Inside the M50.

fryup

jobstown in tallaght

joan burton can vouch for that

The_Pretender

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Athy!

Riamfada

Sligo ... Was there once in the winter for a conference in the IT. It was so Soviet. Cold and desolate. A bit like 1984 meets Eraserhead. The locals were not anything better . Parked at lights and some unassuming old man waiting to cross the road shakes his fists and yells "**** off back to Dublin ya *****".

Won't be going back to Sligo town again.

Leilak

donaghmede

arybvtcw0eolkf

Stunning scenary ~ Donegal, but horrible people. Whenever I go there with work I look forward to seeing it again, but when I'm there I can't wait to gtfo again.

Lapin

Any predictions on how quickly this will escalate into this weeks Dublin v Rest of the country flare up.

chasmcb

Reminds me of this old gem (I think Rocky DeValera penned it):

Ballinasloe is no place to go
Strokestown is rather bad
Naas they say is quite a place
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!

nullzero

suicide_circus wrote: »

What are the areas, towns, cities, estates which you can't get out of quick enough?

Places which assault your senses with their architecture, aroma and ambiance. Places that would benefit more from a bulldozer than a lick of paint. Places that you would never send a tourist under any circumstances.

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

Citywest is a pleasant place, the Estates on fortunestown lane next to it aren't the nicest places in the world, usually reported in the media along with descriptions of violent crime. Citywest itself has a shopping centre a Luas line and a new Park that's currently under construction. All of which will be/have been vandalized by the feral youths you mentioned.

Red Pepper

Tyson Mysterious Backhoe wrote: »

Stunning scenary ~ Donegal, but horrible people. Whenever I go there with work I look forward to seeing it again, but when I'm there I can't wait to gtfo again.

Out of curiousity, whats wrong with the people?

nullzero

Lapin wrote: »

Any predictions on how quickly this will escalate into this weeks Dublin v Rest of the country flare up.

No but I can recommend a cream to deal with the flare up.

razorblunt

Charleville, North Cork.
Should just hand it over to Limerick and be done with it!

The Backwards Man

Red Pepper wrote: »

Out of curiousity, whats wrong with the people?

We have no time for bullsh1tters

auldgranny

New Ross

Duff

Any town in the midlands/the midlands in general.

BunkMoreland

Any town with lots of travellers.

Nidgeweasel

Tyson Mysterious Backhoe wrote: »

Stunning scenary ~ Donegal, but horrible people. Whenever I go there with work I look forward to seeing it again, but when I'm there I can't wait to gtfo again.

I'd take a look in the mirror if I was you. Horrible people my arse.

My two penneth- granard. Dump.

fryup

chasmcb wrote: »

Reminds me of this old gem (I think Rocky DeValera penned it):

Ballinasloe is no place to go
Strokestown is rather bad
Naas they say is quite a place
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!

whats the name of that song??

Iranoutofideas

Bortis in Ossary - its like something from beyyond the thunderdome crossed with Outbreak

Hoop66

chasmcb wrote: »

Reminds me of this old gem (I think Rocky DeValera penned it):

Ballinasloe is no place to go
Strokestown is rather bad
Naas they say is quite a place
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!

Brilliant, I'll be singing it loudly the next time I'm there.

Pumpkinseeds

I'm not sure of the names of the estates, but anywhere from Hyde road in Limerick on the way to the Regional Hospital is like some kind of zoo or alien planet. Of course there are decent normal human beings living in those areas too, it's just that the types that I often encounter on the bus to and from the hospital is scarily scummy. I was on the bus to the hospital a few weeks ago and 2 of the scummiest druggie types I'd ever seen sat behind me. I spent the whole journey thinking 'please don't hurt me'.

Francie Barrett

Portadown, bitter hell hole.

whitewave

My vote goes to Abbeyfeale. The place always just seems so miserable.

McGrath5

I found Tullow to be quite desolate.

Pinch Flat

suicide_circus wrote: »

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

I worked out there for a while. Wholeheartedly agree. It has zero attraction as a destination. The odd bit of anti social behaviour, feral children and teenagers wandering around and menacing people on the Luas adds to the feeling of depression.

Liam28

chasmcb wrote: »

Reminds me of this old gem (I think Rocky DeValera penned it):

Ballinasloe is no place to go
Strokestown is rather bad
Naas they say is quite a place
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!

I remember that ditty as a comment on the traffic tailback blackspots before all these places were bypassed:

'The place called Naas is a terrible place,
Ballinasloe is no place to go
Athlone is best left alone,
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!'

Could add Monasterevin, Kildare, Portlaoise, Arklow, Mountrath, Limerick, Enfield, Dunshaughlin, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Fermoy, Cashel to that list of places I am glad I never have to drive through again.

blue note

I'm surprised Mountmellick hasn't gotten a mention ...... in every post!

shruikan2553

Parts of Dublin, parts of limerick, Sligo.

MetzgerMeister

Mallow.

GTDolanator

Tyson Mysterious Backhoe wrote: »

Stunning scenary ~ Donegal, but horrible people. Whenever I go there with work I look forward to seeing it again, but when I'm there I can't wait to gtfo again.

I would agree but only the people in the northwest region...bloody foreland gweedore that kneck,inbred scum.And my grandfther is from donegal town and ive met some of the nicest people there

MarkAnthony

Red Pepper wrote: »

Inside the M50.

Outside tbh.

anncoates

suicide_circus wrote: »

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

That's West Tallaght, which is beside CityWest business park.

Surprised you didn't know that if you seem to be an expert on the area.

thelad95

Adamstown

anncoates

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Bortis in Ossary - its like something from beyyond the thunderdome crossed with Outbreak

Actually, all the towns you used to pass on that route before it was bypassed: Moneygal, Borris, Toomevara etc.

costadeldole

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm not sure of the names of the estates, but anywhere from Hyde road in Limerick on the way to the Regional Hospital is like some kind of zoo or alien planet. Of course there are decent normal human beings living in those areas too, it's just that the types that I often encounter on the bus to and from the hospital is scarily scummy. I was on the bus to the hospital a few weeks ago and 2 of the scummiest druggie types I'd ever seen sat behind me. I spent the whole journey thinking 'please don't hurt me'.

I was going to post the same, but you beat me to it.
I think parts of Limerick city with their Georgian architecture are nice, and along the River Shannon. But contrast that with Hyde Road. The legacy of the McCarthy-Dundon's is a ghetto.
When one sees a 3 bedroom house for sale for 10,000 Euro on Daft.ie its very telling.

JupiterKid

Portadown
Athy
Tipperary Town
Ballymena
Longford town
Tuam

Davarus Walrus

Decided to take a detour into Rathkeale yesterday for a gawk on my way back from Kerry. A right kip. All boarded up buildings and closed shops. Every building had a protected by CCTV sign on it. Utterly grim.

suicide_circus

anncoates wrote: »

That's West Tallaght, which is beside CityWest business park.

Hit a nerve did I?

You don't need to be an expert in a place to express an opinion and in my opinion that area, what ever its called, is grim as fcuk.

Edit: caught out by ninja edit

Paddyfield

Riamfada wrote: »

Sligo ... Was there once in the winter for a conference in the IT. It was so Soviet. Cold and desolate. A bit like 1984 meets Eraserhead. The locals were not anything better . Parked at lights and some unassuming old man waiting to cross the road shakes his fists and yells "**** off back to Dublin ya *****".

Won't be going back to Sligo town again.

There was once an advertising campaign to promote Sligo which read:
"Sligo is surprising" but was amended by a clever graffiti artist to

"Sligo is surprisingly shi+e"

Let me add to Sligo the wonderfully dull towns of Tuam and Tralee. They are truly wonderdull.

anncoates

suicide_circus wrote: »

Hit a nerve did I?.

Aye, I'm weeping on my keyboard here.

anncoates

suicide_circus wrote: »

Edit: caught out by ninja edit

I restored it as not to leave your post hanging.

blackbird98

Dublin, followed by Limerick!!