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Roughest town in Ireland 2019

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    #152
    skooterblue2
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    davidk1394 wrote: »
    It’s a grand town. The other town your going to travel through which is Portlaw is worse

    Portlaw never got the memo, they closed the Tannery in the 1980's.


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    #153
    dxhound2005
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    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    Oh god, there goes my retirement plan of getting a little tiny bolthole somewhere out of the city now!

    There needs to be another thread about great places in this country, and I am sure there are many, including those mentioned above, if you don't venture out late at night!

    Suggestions welcome...

    No need for another thread, there are loads of them already. When you read the "Dundalk, most underrated town in Ireland" thread you will want to move there immediately.


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    #154
    Mad_maxx
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    LuasSimon wrote: »
    That could be any of a hundred towns in Ireland , what town has the highest percentage of travellers in it ... forget rathkeale as most of those travellers are abroad most of the year ... bunclody , enniscorthy must be high up that list

    You hardly think a hundred towns have a large traveller presence.

    Tuam, Longford, ballinasloe, tralee etc , are not typical


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    #155
    bodhrandude
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    Can we have a thread ban for people who keep mentioning Tipperary Town, its getting tiresome.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #156
    rainybillwill
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    castlebar

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/locals-afraid-walk-main-street-17762281


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    #157
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    No need for another thread, there are loads of them already. When you read the "Dundalk, most underrated town in Ireland" thread you will want to move there immediately.

    Actually Dundalk is one of the few towns mentioned here that actually is rough.


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    #158
    Jimmy McGill
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    LuasSimon wrote: »
    bunclody , enniscorthy must be high up that list

    Clonroche is high up there too


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    #159
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Dublin is the country's crime capital with a well-above-average number of offences per capita. It has the highest rates for robberies, theft, drug and fraud offences.

    Limerick has the highest crime levels for sex offences and criminal damage to property, while Waterford has the worst crime rate for assaults, weapons and explosives offences.

    If you are a connoisseur of crime you might need to do a tour!


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    #160
    ILoveYourVibes
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    The liberties are tough.


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    #161
    Deadlift kid
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    Salt Lake Stallion wrote:
    I've lived in both Athy and Carlow Town. Always felt much safer on nights out in Athy than Carlow. Carlow has far more troublemakers out around the town at night time, granted it has a much bigger population.


    Can vouch for this athy is a dump yes no doubt but Carlow is chaos ya could be killed in I was cut with a stanley knife in carlow yrs ago have a nice scar 12 stitches in the middle of the day for no reason mind

    lots and lots of vermin in carlow I know another guy who got hit with a horseshoe on a rope swung at him hit him under the chin ( stitches job ) by member of our own ethnic population don't go near or sit near that liberty tree fountain in middle of town its full of scummers


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    #162
    Beechwoodspark
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    As for the arklow story It could be exaggerated but I’ve heard it maybe 4/5 times over the years from diff ppl so seems to have gone into folklore there


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    #163
    retalivity
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    The liberties are tough.

    Its gentrifying thank fcuk.


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    #164
    Mr_Muffin
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    Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary (although some inhabitants like to think half of the town is in Waterford for some reason).


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    #165
    dxhound2005
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    Actually Dundalk is one of the few towns mentioned here that actually is rough.

    The others being...??


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    #166
    ILoveYourVibes
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Its gentrifying thank fcuk.


    Woo Hoo retro! ;)


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    #167
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Ballymun.


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    #168
    Stopitwillya
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    New Ross, Tipperary and Kilkenny are the 3 roughest towns I ever had the misfortune to be in.


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    #169
    Beanntraigheach
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    There’s a story about arklow seemingly a stag party from England (Coventry or someplace) showed up there and proceeded to get drunk and insult all around them

    The entire street took turns beating them out of the town from Alcos to shopkeepers to teachers to doctors and guards even local politicians everyone had a go !!
    They let them off with a batin'!? Nancy men.
    Folks down my way would have cooked 'em and eaten 'em!


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    #170
    skooterblue2
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Its gentrifying thank fcuk.

    I have been down there recently and no it is not.


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    #171
    Wanderer2010
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    Stopitwillya wrote: »
    New Ross, Tipperary and Kilkenny are the 3 roughest towns I ever had the misfortune to be in.

    Yeah New Rpss is fairly bad alright and that's only the daytime. I don't know about Kilkenny, I know its after getting a very bad name when scummers come down from Dublin/Carlow etc and cause trouble in the pubs for stag nights and 12 pubs etc. However, its an extremely popular city for tourists and the hotels, shops and pubs are always packed right out 12 months a year. Did you find KK bad on a stag night?


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    #172
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary (although some inhabitants like to think half of the town is in Waterford for some reason).

    Nope. And some of the town is in Waterford.

    There’s some remarkable group think in this thread.


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    #173
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    The others being...??

    Well nobody has mentioned drogheda for some reason. The statistics show Waterford is a rough spot.

    Tralee and Killarney might have a problem with public disorder as Kerry tops the list for that stat.

    Longford - which is part of the safest county in Ireland has been mentioned twice. Tipperary is the 6th safest county. Mentioned all the time.

    Little or no mention of Cork which is 4th highest rate of criminality. Louth is 4th but only Dundalk gets a mention.


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    #174
    freshpopcorn
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    Well nobody has mentioned drogheda for some reason. The statistics show Waterford is a rough spot.

    Drogheda is mentioned in the 5th post!


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    #175
    is_that_so
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    Well nobody has mentioned drogheda for some reason. The statistics show Waterford is a rough spot.

    Tralee and Killarney might have a problem with public disorder as Kerry tops the list for that stat.

    Longford - which is part of the safest county in Ireland has been mentioned twice. Tipperary is the 6th safest county. Mentioned all the time.

    Little or no mention of Cork which is 4th highest rate of criminality. Louth is 4th but only Dundalk gets a mention.
    It was mentioned. Apart from recent gang banger shenigans and occasional well-known local miscreants up to no good, not much to say. I still think it's an accent thing and that is rough!


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    #176
    fryup
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    Actually Dundalk is one of the few towns mentioned here that actually is rough.

    Provoville


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    #177
    road_high
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    Really don’t like Tralee- rough tense atmosphere in the town centre


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    #178
    dxhound2005
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    fryup wrote: »
    Provoville



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    #179
    Ian OB
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    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary (although some inhabitants like to think half of the town is in Waterford for some reason).


    The Waterford sector (Carrick Beg) is a lovely spot. North of the river would be a different story though


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    #180
    skooterblue2
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    Ian OB wrote: »
    The Waterford sector (Carrick Beg) is a lovely spot. North of the river would be a different story though

    Ahhh Treacy Park and there opposite the swimming pool used to be tough spots.


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    #181
    NaDeise92
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    Newbridge is awful rough town on a night out. Speaking to gardai it would definitely be the roughest in Kildare the last while.
    Athy is an horrible evil place also.


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