Future Irish cities.

Mutant z · 22-06-2017 9:59pm #1

Is there any current towns that could one day become cities, the most obvious would be quite large towns such as Dundalk and Drogheda, or midlands towns such as Athlone, Portlaoise and Tullamore, then you have western towns such as Sligo, Ennis and Tralee, which are all decent sized towns, I know places such as Tallaght and Swords have been suggested but they are really just suburbs of Dublin, and hence not likely to become cities, what to you think, will any of those towns or others be upgraded to city status.

Mint Sauce · 22-06-2017 10:02pm

Sligo already thinks of it self as a city, with its city core road signs. Although ask most of us from there, and we are still yet to find it.

Omackeral · 22-06-2017 10:03pm

Maybe Kilkenny?

dreamers75 · 22-06-2017 10:03pm

A city should have an international airport imo

So that narrows it down.

zweton · 22-06-2017 10:05pm

Shannon has great potential:)

Never wrestle with pigs · 22-06-2017 10:05pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Maybe Kilkenny?

That is a city.
I'd say portlaoise is getting there.

Stephen15 · 22-06-2017 10:06pm

Tralee was actually looking for city status there recently. I don't how this went down nationally now.

Mutant z · 22-06-2017 10:07pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Maybe Kilkenny?

Isn't Kilkenny referred to as a city or has it lost that status I'm not certain.

Jayop · 22-06-2017 10:07pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

A city should have an international airport imo

So that narrows it down.

Knock?? :eek:

Ipso · 22-06-2017 10:08pm

Atlohin!

Gorgeousgeorge · 22-06-2017 10:08pm

Tullamore must be on its way to being one

AMKC · 22-06-2017 10:11pm

Mullingar maybe.

Omackeral · 22-06-2017 10:12pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Maybe Kilkenny?

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

That is a city
.

Got one in 4 mins :P

osarusan · 22-06-2017 10:17pm

The midlands could do with a proper city, somewhere like Athlone, Roscommon, or Tullamore.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 22-06-2017 10:18pm

Castlebar

Gunmonkey · 22-06-2017 10:20pm

Gorgeousgeorge wrote: »

Tullamore must be on its way to being one

Hah.

Not a hope, doesn't even have a decent 3rd level institution.

Would say Athlone has the best chance to become a city in the midlands, if Kilkenny isn't one that's another.

Which are the recognized cities in Ireland? Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, is Waterford one?

Charlie19 · 22-06-2017 10:24pm

I've always dreamed that a new government might do something with Leitrim.....

Could turn ito into something like Amsterdam.

It all ready has water, just needs a some cafés and.......