Places in Ireland that look like other countries

George White

Are there any places in Ireland that remind you or in your eyes look like other countries?

Ush1

Tallaght, reminds me of the surface of Mars.

Crooked Jack

There's a load of places in Down, Antrim and Derry that remind me of Westeros and Essos

Sunnyisland

The terrain of the West coast of Ireland reminds me of the south west of portugal,except for the difference in weather.

George White

Tallaght is like Mars.
Especially the Square the glas pyramid.
And the little huts built around it.
I's like Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles brought to life.

shamrock55

Glengarriff in west cork looks like it doesnt belong to ireland at all with all the flowers and trees that grow there that you dont get anywhere else in the country

castletownman

Roscommon is the Montana of Ireland.

Sparse, vast, backward and pointless



:pac:

RayM

On a sunny day, the DART line between Dalkey and Killiney doesn't really feel like Ireland.

And then you get to Bray and, oh shit, you're in Ireland alright.

biko

Moyross looks like Compton

Running Balance

biko wrote: »

Moyross looks like Compton

is Compton that bad??

Deathwish4

The Lidl in Kilkenny looks just like the Lidl in Beneccasim, Spain.

George White

Apparently, Dublin looks like Savannah, Georgia.
http://thechive.com/2014/08/05/us-cities-that-resemble-foreign-countries-23-photos/
The picture chosen is vaguely reminiscent of Nassau Street, vaguely

kowloon

Some parts of Belfast look like Volgograd in the early 1940s.

Mint Sauce

realies wrote: »

The terrain of the West coast of Ireland reminds me of the south west of portugal,except for the difference in weather.

Especially some of the cliffs at its south west tip.

efb

The shape of Meath always reminds me of France

The Backwards Man

The beaches of Donegal remind me of the beaches in Tahiti, the Bahamas and the Seychelles. Only ours are better.

Reputable Rog

biko wrote: »

Moyross looks like Compton

Silly attempt at humour, Compton is a medium size quite diverse city with a strong commercial and employment base.
Moyross is a peripheral housing estate lacking in amenities, it is not very tasteful to make humour of the plight of the residents of Moyross.
On an aside I take it you haven't explored your own town in too much detail.

Omackeral

Jobstown looks like 1981

Jotunheim

The Jervis Centre is more English than England. Temple Bar looks like any English drinking district full of pissed up yokes thinking they're being original by wearing pink stetsons and t-shirts with *hilarious* names.

Firefox11

I understand that parts of Northern Ireland look like that game of thrones land.

Boom_Bap

Finglas looks like the Wild West at times. Most times.

Calibos

RayM wrote: »

On a sunny day, the DART line between Dalkey and Killiney doesn't really feel like Ireland.

And then you get to Bray and, oh shit, you're in Ireland alright.

I was going to castigate you for using this as an opportunity to knock Bray.....but then I remembered that we have always seemed to put our worst foot forward when it comes to the sights people see when they enter the town on the train. Used to be the fact that the train line passed through the municipal dump at the edge of Bray (Golf links there now). Now its 'only' the grotty factory at the harbour and the derelict rubbish and graffiti strewn cash&carry warehouse opposite the front door of the train station that lets us down. :rolleyes:

I always defend Bray as its a great town that for various reasons is underinvested in and has an undeserved reputation but that doesn't mean I'm/we're blind to the problems the town actually does have

keeponhurling

Omackeral wrote: »

Jobstown looks like 1981

Sorry, but the official name is "the ironically named Jobstown"

Mesrine65

Bunclody looks like Chernobyl.

There are a few villages in NI that would not be out of place in surrey in the UK.

DellyBelly

On another note I find a lot of Northern Ireland reminds me of the Republic of Ireland. Although the speed signs are in mph and not kmh

riffmongous

keeponhurling wrote: »

Sorry, but the official name is "the ironically named Jobstown"

I thought it referred to Job from the bible, having to live there was one of his tests

Ush1

George White wrote: »

Apparently, Dublin looks like Savannah, Georgia.
http://thechive.com/2014/08/05/us-cities-that-resemble-foreign-countries-23-photos/
The picture chosen is vaguely reminiscent of Nassau Street, vaguely

Does in it's hole resemble Dublin. Even in that picture we don't have those fire escape type balconies in Dublin.

murpho999

Calibos wrote: »

I was going to castigate you for using this as an opportunity to knock Bray.....but then I remembered that we have always seemed to put our worst foot forward when it comes to the sights people see when they enter the town on the train. Used to be the fact that the train line passed through the municipal dump at the edge of Bray (Golf links there now). Now its 'only' the grotty factory at the harbour and the derelict rubbish and graffiti strewn cash&carry warehouse opposite the front door of the train station that lets us down. :rolleyes:

I always defend Bray as its a great town that for various reasons is underinvested in and has an undeserved reputation but that doesn't mean I'm/we're blind to the problems the town actually does have

Yes, and don't forget the seafront is like the Las Vegas Strip with all the casinos there.

ArnoldJRimmer

murpho999 wrote: »

Yes, and don't forget the seafront is like the Las Vegas Strip with all the casinos there.

Now come on, everyone knows the main st in Bundoran is basically the Strip with Donegal weather

Dunford

Conemara and Galicia

murpho999

Whenever I drive through the Wicklow Mountains I feel like I'm William Wallace in Scotland. Looks the exact same.

MrWalsh

Looking out over Killiney Hill, one could be in Sorrento.

Calibos

murpho999 wrote: »

Whenever I drive through the Wicklow Mountains I feel like I'm William Wallace in Scotland. Looks the exact same.

Strange. I feel like I am in Scandinavia surrounded by Vikings

Witchie

My home county looks like Iraq

MadsL

Parts of Route 1 in California reminded me very much of the Whest.

http://keyholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Central-Coast-Drive-on-way-to-Hearst-Castle.jpg

quickbeam

Monaghan looks like Iraq

George White

Aren't there parts of Eastern Europe that look like Wicklow?

HIB

Baseball caps, tracksuits 'n' hoodies
Stripes black, white and grey
Sometimes I'm wonderin' when I walk up town
Am I wanderin' in East L.A?

thisonetaken

The Wicklow mountains are like Tuscany. The countryside in the midlands on a good day is like Provence. Dublin city is like some bleak communist hellhole.

George White

Sometimes I'm think in Canada when I'm in Dublin.
I've mistaken innumerable D4 chicks and asked them, "Are you Canadian?"

Capt'n Midnight

riffmongous wrote: »

I thought it referred to Job from the bible, having to live there was one of his tests

http://www.thebricktestament.com/job/index.html

George White

mariaalice wrote: »

There are a few villages in NI that would not be out of place in surrey in the UK.

Northern Ireland and parts of Northern England, Warrington, parts of Greater Manchester, and bits of Yorkshire do look very similar to each ther.
And the latter has been used to portray the former in various films and TV - Harry's Game, '71, Resurrection Man.

nc19

Parts of finglas remind me of the favellas in Brazil

RichardCeann

Portland, Maine and Galway city. Both similar sized cities with an artistic liberal feel, college towns with thriving bar and restaurant scenes. They also have similar surroundings, beautiful coastlines, lakes, greenery and mountains.

Witchie

quickbeam wrote: »

Monaghan looks like Iraq

So I said 2 posts before ya!

fleet_admiral

Dolphins Barn, south Dublin looks like Bagdad, only Bagdad is more picturesque

Chickentown

Waterford city looks like Detroit

For Forks Sake

Portarlington looks like something from Soviet-era Yugoslavia.

Sheep Lover

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Bunclody looks like Chernobyl.

People in Chernobyl take in kids from Bunclody every year as part of a respite program.

efb

quickbeam wrote: »

Monaghan looks like Iraq

A pair of boobs?