The Worst Of Irish Towns

Leif Johnson

The worst cities, towns and villages in Ireland. Know any? I'll start. Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. What a pathetic excuse for a town. It only has one street going up and down. Should be bombed. Simple as.

Red Kev

Edgeworthstown, Co Longford

Elphin, Co Roscommon

Kinnegad also has feck all going for it since the motorway went by it.

smash

Arklow. If you don't roll up your windows and turn off your aircon as you drive thorough it, the depression might seep in and you'll end up just driving into the sea to end your misery.

JCX BXC

Longford

90% of towns around the Midwest are absolute sh*tholes.

Rathkeale, Shannon, Limerick, Ennis, Newport, Abbyfeale, Kilrush, Gort, Sixmilebridge, Tipperary town, Tulla, Newcastle West are the ones that spring to mind immediately.

The Master

Red Kev wrote: »

Kinnegad also has feck all going for it since the motorway went by it.

"They say that Naas is a terrible place
And Mullingar is equally bad
Navan town really gets me down
But fuck me...Kinnegad"

Corvo

New Ross, Co. Wexford.

Just carpet bomb it and be done. Might even improve it.

New Ross

Shannon, Co Clare. Where concrete goes to die.

The bleakest sump-pit of human life in all of Ireland.

bodhrandude

Shannon

Any time I have been travelling to festivals up in Meath and West Meath from Galway I always dread getting stuck in Mullingar, Mullingar's focal point either being Macdonalds, Super Valu or the Joe Dolan statue.

Henlars67

Manorhamilton CO Leitrim. Lived there for 2 years.

It's like it's caught in a timewarp and has a permanent dark cloud hanging over it.

Some nice people there, but a horrible horrible place.

I still have to pass through it on occasion, and I do so as quickly as I possibly can.

Leif Johnson

Mullingar

Drogheda also gets a mention. The place just feels so soulless nowadays and the last time I went up there there was dog **** on the street !

ballinasloex

Navan

Tuam!

Henlars67

Knock is another one. It's always raining there.

Thankfully it's now been by-passed.

helimachoptor

Ennis

Passed through the Drog yesterday, such a dump

Matt_Trakker

Another vote for New Ross

Valetta

Termenfeckin.

I spent a week there one day.

Tarzana2

Dunmore, Co. Galway.

Zamboni

Tullow

the evasion_kid

Balbriggan

Tarzana2

smash wrote: »

Arklow. If you don't roll up your windows and turn off your aircon as you drive thorough it, the depression might seep in and you'll end up just driving into the sea to end your misery.

At least it's by the sea, always a plus.

Aongus Von Bismarck

The Master wrote: »

"They say that Naas is a terrible place
And Mullingar is equally bad
Navan town really gets me down
But fuck me...Kinnegad"

I used to have to get the bus from Dublin to Galway when I was in university. I once had a minor existential crisis passing through Kinnegad. Let's not forget Moate either. A wretched place.

Sar Bear

Tipp Town... What an utter hole.

Tarzana2

Henlars67 wrote: »

Knock is another one. It's always raining there.

Thankfully it's now been by-passed.

The weight of Catholic oppression hanging over the place.

The Backwards Man

Irish towns ain't that bad.

You'd think they were Siberian mining towns or Bangladeshi slums going by the well travelled folk around here.

man98

Third vote for New Ross. Arklow. Waterford. Tullow. All shockingly shiite. Enniscorthy too?

Dozer Dave

Another town bashing thread wonderful.

The Backwards Man

New Ross

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Irish towns ain't that bad.

You'd think they were Siberian mining towns or Bangladeshi slums going by the well travelled folk around here.

Good old Bangladesh.

There's always someone along to remind us things are worse in Bangladesh, no matter how irrelevant Bangladesh is to the question.

orlyice

New Ross

Kilcormac in offaly is dire. Thank god its only a small town but it's fair depressing .

Also Shannon, what a dump, lacks a soul. Only good thing it has is the airport!

Aglomerado

Henlars67 wrote: »

Knock is another one. It's always raining there.

Thankfully it's now been by-passed.

Rotten kip of a place.

Borris in Ossory is another dump. (The Dublin-Limerick bus used to stop in the hotel there, felt like purgatory).

anncoates

Carnacalla wrote: »

Rathkeale, Shannon, Limerick, Ennis, Newport, Abbyfeale, Kilrush, Gort, Sixmilebridge, Tipperary town, Tulla, Newcastle West are the ones that spring to mind immediately.

Ennis is quite nice, I think.

robclay26

New Ross

Shannon is so depressing! Hated it.

Kilcock is another **** hole! Was quite ok as a kid , but the boom ruined it. Lots of empty retail units

razorblunt

Charleville. It's all yours Limerick.

Uncle Ben

Arklow

ballinasloex wrote: »

Tuam!

Says someone from Ballinasloe in their name .
Gotta laugh!!

anncoates

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Irish towns ain't that bad.

You'd think they were Siberian mining towns or Bangladeshi slums going by the well travelled folk around here.

The frequent, arbitrary designation of soul (or lack of it) is also curious.

JCX BXC

Longford

anncoates wrote: »

Ennis is quite nice, I think.

Quite a lot of social problems for a town of its size. A lot of robberies and vandalism. Nothing in Ennis. It has a larger population than Kilkenny and has no proper shopping centre and therefore a limited selection of Shops.

Its other Clare counterpart Shannon is worse though.

anncoates

Carnacalla wrote: »

Quite a lot of social problems for a town of its size. A lot of robberies and vandalism. Nothing in Ennis. It has a larger population than Kilkenny and has no proper shopping centre and therefore a limited selection of Shops.

Its other Clare counterpart Shannon is worse though.

Sorry, you're right. I hate it.



Am I doing this right?

Tarzana2

anncoates wrote: »

Ennis is quite nice, I think.

No, you have to say everywhere is horrible, that's how the thread works. Duh.

harry Bailey esq

Mullingar

Leif Johnson wrote: »

Drogheda also gets a mention. The place just feels so soulless nowadays and the last time I went up there there was dog **** on the street !

Drogheda has actually done quite an impressive job of cleaning itself up lately to be fair.Balbriggan is dodgy,dodgy,dodgy,and this is from someone who was born and raised in the north inner city.Minor honours for Tipp town,Ennis and Tralee.
If you want really grim however,you must set your compass north and visit delightful little places like ballymena,Coleraine,Larne or portadown to mention but a few.

JCX BXC

Longford

Dozer Dave wrote: »

Another town bashing thread wonderful.

I have created -"The best of Irish towns" to counter this.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

Dublin! Pure sh1thole, full of fcuking skobies and junkies!

DragonKhan

Moate

Red Kev wrote: »

Edgeworthstown, Co Longford

Granard is miles worse!

fricatus

Dr. Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Dublin! Pure sh1thole, full of fcuking skobies and junkies!

I was wondering how long it would take for our fine capital to be mentioned!

anncoates

Dr. Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Dublin! Pure sh1thole, full of fcuking skobies and junkies!

They're there to keep the mullah population down. Like the gradated introduction of predators to an overfull ecosystem. :pac:

DragonKhan

Moate

Carnacalla wrote: »

Quite a lot of social problems for a town of its size. A lot of robberies and vandalism. Nothing in Ennis. It has a larger population than Kilkenny and has no proper shopping centre and therefore a limited selection of Shops.

Its other Clare counterpart Shannon is worse though.

There's something really nice about Ennis IMO. No big shopping centre is no bad thing - it has a proper older style town feel to it and has some good tourist attractions too

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

fricatus wrote: »

I was wondering how long it would take for our fine capital to be mentioned!

anncoates wrote: »

They're there to keep the mullah population down. Like the gradated introduction of predators to an overfull ecosystem. :pac:

I had to get my retaliation in first.

Rothko

Drogheda

Corvo wrote: »

New Ross, Co. Wexford.

Just carpet bomb it and be done. Might even improve it.

Another vote for New Ross here. Can't even stand passing through it.

Badabing

Wellington bridge Wexford

harry Bailey esq

Mullingar

Carnacalla wrote: »

I have created -"The best of Irish towns" to counter this.

While simultaneously attending a funeral,and complaining about the heat :pac:

Tarzana2

Coming from a small, nondescript Irish town, I think we all just need to accept that most towns in Ireland are small and nondescript.

Architecturally they tend to be boring to downright uggo, and the boomy boom times didn't help much in that regard. Every town has some nice old buildings but just not enough of them, dammit! Nothing wrong with new builds either if they are beautiful and/or interesting.

At least we don't see as much dyed concrete here as in the UK. Dyed concerete... no, just no. But the prevalent prefabricated town outskirts are really depressing an give my eyes numerous owies. I hate that this what greets us entering most towns today.

towelly

Dublin

imitation

Henlars67 wrote: »

Manorhamilton CO Leitrim. Lived there for 2 years.

It's like it's caught in a timewarp and has a permanent dark cloud hanging over it.

Some nice people there, but a horrible horrible place.

I still have to pass through it on occasion, and I do so as quickly as I possibly can.

There was always some little fecker from manorhamilton winning something or having a birthday on the Den !

To Elland Back

Dr. Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Dublin! Pure sh1thole, full of fcuking skobies and junkies!

It's a City, you're lost here