The best (and worst) Irish counties

Alan Jebus

Worst
Antrim

Best
Dublin

What are your best and worst counties?

Ten of Swords

Best
Dublin

Worst
All other counties, especially Donegal!

Lux23

I think Dublin is the worst* and the best at the same time.

*Only because of all the culchies that visit.

Ubbquittious

Best Donegal
Worst Dublin

thecomedian

Best Galway
Worst Dublin

igCorcaigh

Best: Galway, Cork, Clare, Kerry

Worst: Dublin, Roscommon, Laoise

jcorr

Every few days there are threads like this. I wonder will this place clear up when the kids go back to school....

super_furry

Best: Where I'm from

Worst: Where you're from

Worse than worst: Cork.

Graces7

Mayo is tops.. It was when I first arrived in Ireland nearly 2 decades ago and I have since lived in several other counties and happy to be back home in West Mayo.. West and North Mayo are wonderful..

Thomas_IV

Alan Jebus wrote: »

Worst
Antrim

Best
Dublin

What are your best and worst counties?

Best: Cork

Worst: The whole of the six counties that form NI.

EPAndlee

The worst has and always will be Offaly

dilallio

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Best: Galway, Cork, Clare, Kerry

But which of these is the bestest???

road_high

Best- Mayo, Wicklow, Galway

Worst- Limerick- just find it very dull and grim really especially West Limerick. Parts of Tipperary are similar but better scenery.

Amirani

Anyone who lists one of the counties with a decent amount of coast is as the worst wrong.

Worst county has gotta be a midlands county, and it's probably Longford or Offaly. Very few redeeming features.

Best is subjective enough. For me it's Dublin, Cork or Kerry.

Vita nova

Lux23 wrote: »

I think Dublin is the worst* and the best at the same time.

*Only because of all the culchies that visit.

Dublin would also be a whole lot better without ignorant prejudiced Dubliners who refers to others as "culchies".

Rhys Essien

Cork is without doubt the best.Huge beautiful county.You could live and go on holidays there it is that big.It has everything.Good job opportunities.Prices relatively ok.All the rich and famous pick Cork for a reason when choosing to live in Ireland.


I don't know if it's the worst but I feel sorry for people living in Dublin.Overcrowded,overpriced etc.

Mutant z

I suspect there's going to be a bias towards whichever county you happen to be from so its pointless even asking something like this in fairness.

Skylinehead

Leitrim, we have the best coast. The very best.

Yer Da sells Avon

Dublin is both the best (if you can afford to live there) and the worst (if you can just about afford to live there, but are being crippled by stupid rental prices).

The_Kew_Tour

Kerry is most beautiful county in Ireland and I'm from Cork. Cork is getting little overcrowded but still decent and not far away from anything.

Carlow and Longford for worst. A earthquake would do both a favour

LirW

Best: Wexford
Worst: Waterford

Lux23

Vita nova wrote: »

Dublin would also be a whole lot better without ignorant, prejudiced Dubliners who refers to others as "culchies".

My apologies, I know you prefer to be called bogtrotters.

Campogna

Best: Derry
Worst: Derry

J. Smith

All the counties are the best. All the counties are the worst. Nothing means anything.

road_high

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Kerry is most beautiful county in Ireland and I'm from Cork. Cork is getting little overcrowded but still decent and not far away from anything.

Carlow and Longford for worst. A earthquake would do both a favour

Carlow? Seriously? Lovely county, beautiful rolling countryside and the breadbasket of Ireland. It gets a bad rap as its not a tourist hot spot and is overshadowed by Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford next door.

road_high

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Cork is without doubt the best.Huge beautiful county.You could live and go on holidays there it is that big.It has everything.Good job opportunities.Prices relatively ok.All the rich and famous pick Cork for a reason when choosing to live in Ireland.


I don't know if it's the worst but I feel sorry for people living in Dublin.Overcrowded,overpriced etc.

Parts of co Cork are very drab. I'm thinking north Cork in particular and some of the towns are woeful. The likes of Youghal, Mallow and Mitchelstown are not far above kips.
Best parts are of course around the city and onto west cork but much of it isn't the utopia you describe.

murpho999

Outcome of this thread will be:

Best: Dublin
Worst Dublin.

the-island-man

I am from Galway. I think the best are:

Kerry
Wicklow
West Clare, West Mayo and Connemara are beautiful.
I have heard Fermanagh around Lough Erne is lovely but never been there.

Worst County:

Derry

greendom

Vita nova wrote: »

Dublin would also be a whole lot better without ignorant prejudiced Dubliners who refers to others as "culchies".

Ahh, I thought he meant it was the culchies that improved the place.

jacksie66

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Sycamore Tree

Best = Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork.

Worst = Dublin

biko

Tbh the competition is only about "best", we all already agree on "worst"