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Guess the Village/Town/City Thread 3 (read post 1)

Penn · 2014-01-08 15:01:58

Continue from https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057120161 Guidelines for posting 1. Post a screen shot of a village, town or city on the Island of Ireland; 2. Picture should contain at least one public point of reference. i.e. Church, shop, pub, river, cliff, mountain; 3. Where the pic is proving too…

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Continue from https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057120161

Guidelines for posting

1. Post a screen shot of a village, town or city on the Island of Ireland;
2. Picture should contain at least one public point of reference. i.e. Church, shop, pub, river, cliff, mountain;
3. Where the pic is proving too difficult a further more obvious pic of the village, town or city should be posted;
4. Correct guesser gets to post next, unless they waive their go on thread;
5. Correct guesser should wait for confirmation from the poster that they are actually correct before posting, unless the poster hasn't come back to the thread for a few hours;
6. If the correct guesser hasn't posted a pic in 24 hrs it's open to the community to post a new pic;
7. 1 guess per post and no successive posting;
8. OP doesn't confirm/deny the county for the first 30 guesses;
9. keep it light-hearted and fun.

Here is how to post a pic
1. Find a place on Google Streetview
2. Ctrl+PrntScrn
3. Open MS Paint or something
4. Paste
5. Scribble over any indentifying features
6. Save the file on your computer
7. Add it as an attachment to your post
8. Follow the link in your own post, and Copy it
9. Edit your post, and click on the little mountains & sun icon with the yellow sky
10. Paste in your link, and Save your edited post.

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#2 18-05-2018 9:24pm

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#3 18-05-2018 9:55pm

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#4 18-05-2018 10:02pm

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No

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#5 21-05-2018 9:10pm

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I feckin' know this. Argggghhhh!

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#6 21-05-2018 9:14pm

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byhookorbycrook wrote: »

I feckin' know this. Argggghhhh!

Ha ha

Don't be angry

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#7 21-05-2018 10:08pm

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It may have featured on this thread, or previous iteration, before :pac:

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#8 21-05-2018 11:56pm

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Killoscully by any chance?

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#9 22-05-2018 4:53am

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Killumney?

"Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."
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#10 22-05-2018 5:58am

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No

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#11 22-05-2018 11:16pm

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To keep it moving. Province not guessed yet

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#12 23-05-2018 7:09am

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blackwhite wrote: »

To keep it moving. Province not guessed yet

Pretty sure I know this... It's in Connaught and it's an angry village?

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#13 23-05-2018 7:21am

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rabwaygal wrote: »

Pretty sure I know this... It's in Connaught and it's an angry village?

Got it

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#14 23-05-2018 7:31am

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C'mon guys spill the beans!

"Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."
Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.

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#15 23-05-2018 7:34am

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Cross in Co. Mayo

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#16 23-05-2018 7:52am

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Ok... My go... This will probably be figured out fairly fast. I think it might have been up before

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#17 23-05-2018 8:33am

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rabwaygal wrote: »

Ok... My go... This will probably be figured out fairly fast. I think it might have been up before

https://imgur.com/gallery/lHs6TN4

https://imgur.com/gallery/lHs6TN4
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Ballina/Killaloe

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

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#18 23-05-2018 8:47am

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h3000 wrote: »

Ballina/Killaloe

Nope. Not there

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#19 23-05-2018 8:55am

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Fairly sure that it has featured here before.

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#20 23-05-2018 12:42pm

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"Lets build a bridge over the Shannon."
"Okay, what will we call it."
"Shannonbridge."
"Genius."

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#21 23-05-2018 4:32pm

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#22 23-05-2018 7:08pm

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I don't know but the parish priest should sue the building contractor. That's an awful way to leave a church,

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#23 23-05-2018 7:14pm

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feargale wrote: »

I don't know but the parish priest should sue the building contractor. That's an awful way to leave a church,

The plan was to let in a lot of natural light.

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#24 23-05-2018 8:14pm

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Ted_YNWA wrote: »

The plan was to let in a lot of natural light.

I suspect Dermot Bannon was involved so.

It has a Waterford coast look about it.
Fennor?

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#25 24-05-2018 10:42am

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josip wrote: »

I suspect Dermot Bannon was involved so.

It has a Waterford coast look about it.
Fennor?

Inncorrect.

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#26 24-05-2018 11:13am

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It looks like someplace on the Galway/Roscommon border I'm sure the pub used to be called Top link's.

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#27 24-05-2018 7:42pm

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I don't know what it used to be called but that's not what the sign says and apparently it is currently closed.

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#28 25-05-2018 6:24am

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Moylough?

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#29 25-05-2018 10:18am

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Incorrect.

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#30 27-05-2018 5:04pm

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Clue time?

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#31 27-05-2018 8:24pm

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C'mon, c'mon, give us a clue.

You'd never do in a game of "I spy with my little eye."

"Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."
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#32 27-05-2018 8:33pm

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Rows Grower wrote: »

C'mon, c'mon, give us a clue.

You'd never do in a game of "I spy with my little eye."

I still reckon it's on the N63 in Galway!

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#33 01-06-2018 6:11pm

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Sorry lads. Completely forgot. It’s not Galway, but correct province.

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#34 01-06-2018 9:06pm

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artanevilla wrote: »

Sorry lads. Completely forgot. It’s not Galway, but correct province.

Have a word with yourself please.

"Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."
Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.

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#35 01-06-2018 9:20pm

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It is not on the N63, but the N63 has tarmac in the county.

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#36 01-06-2018 9:30pm

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Rows Grower wrote: »

Have a word with yourself please.

You've to make guesses for replies in 'I spy'.

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#37 02-06-2018 1:01am

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Dysart?

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#38 02-06-2018 11:31am

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Incorrect but close.

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#39 02-06-2018 6:52pm

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Rahara.

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#40 02-06-2018 9:10pm

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Even closer. So close, in fact, that it is the correct answer.

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#41 02-06-2018 9:15pm

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Blackand white gets the credit, though, so if s/he wants to post, that's fair.

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#42 04-06-2018 8:53pm

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Anyone want to go?

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#43 04-06-2018 9:58pm

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Apologies - been offline the last few days. Will throw one up in next few min

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#44 04-06-2018 10:04pm

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#45 05-06-2018 7:37pm

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Knocknagree?

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#46 05-06-2018 8:57pm

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Nope

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#47 06-06-2018 4:58pm

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Clue to keep it moving.

The picture contains an N road

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#48 06-06-2018 5:12pm

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Milltown Co. Galway.

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#49 06-06-2018 5:42pm

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No

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#50 08-06-2018 8:08am

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Location is further north than any guesses so far.

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#51 11-06-2018 12:11pm

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Ballinaleck Co. Westmeath

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