Ultimate All-Ireland Landmark Tournament

ChannelNo5

GPO i guess. at least you can get a rub of Chu Chulainn's lucky foot! (Or maybe you cant anymore)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Guinness Storehouse - because I like Guinness, and there are always religious zealots hanging about outside the GPO and O'Connell Street is the most unappealing street in the whole city, in my opinion

HeidiHeidi

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Shocked at that one. Storehouse for me is down there with Temple Bar.

This!

breezy1985

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Shocked at that one. Storehouse for me is down there with Temple Bar.

I voted for Temple bar because nice old buildings and historical events are great but everyday life is important too.
The actor Joseph Gordon Levitt has a web site where he collects people s photos and is currently doing Ireland. Some beautiful pictures but I was a bit disappointed that all the submissions were beaches and cliffs and no one thought of the people when trying to portray Ireland

breezy1985

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Guinness Storehouse - because I like Guinness, and there are always religious zealots hanging about outside the GPO and O'Connell Street is the most unappealing street in the whole city, in my opinion

Storehouse for me too.
It's O'Connell St. more than the building or the history that gives me no joy when I pass by

HeidiHeidi

GPO for me - although as someone else pointed out, it's location has descended into kipsville, it's the better of the two (poor IMO) options.

ChannelNo5

breezy1985 wrote: »

I voted for Temple bar because nice old buildings and historical events are great but everyday life is important too.
The actor Joseph Gordon Levitt has a web site where he collects people s photos and is currently doing Ireland. Some beautiful pictures but I was a bit disappointed that all the submissions were beaches and cliffs and no one thought of the people when trying to portray Ireland

Completely get you breezy. im thinking of what its become now. i used to love that area when it just had all the trendy second hand clothes and dingy nik nak shops and little art galleries.

JohnGreenFan

GPO for me, although I do love a pint of Guinness.

ChannelNo5

I'm really surprised the customs house wasn't in there too

Kolido

GPO for the history.

Missed the last matches, would have voted Croker, darn.

Manzoor14

GPO, mainly for its immense place in Irish history.

Omackeral

5 minutes remaining

cdeb

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

I'm really surprised the customs house wasn't in there too

I think I nominated five for Dublin and had to cut the Customs House to keep to my limit.

But yeah, agree with you that it deserves a mention alright.

Omackeral

GPO advances and will represent Dublin

Omackeral

Enniskillen Castle



Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway to Heaven



Marble Arch Caves



Florence Court



Crom Estate



Devenish Island



Drumskinny Stone Circle

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Marble Arch Caves ; I love caves

JohnGreenFan

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail - no contest for me, climbed it last summer and the views were spectacular.

cdeb

Wow. Going to be honest here and say I knew nothing about Fermanagh, but they all look decent nominations.

I'll go with the Stairway to Heaven based purely off the photos (though it's kind of cheating for me to vote having admitted I'd never heard of any of them!)

ChannelNo5

Marble Arch caves. Looks quite cool.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

cdeb wrote: »

(though it's kind of cheating for me to vote having admitted I'd never heard of any of them!)

I haven't heard of most of the places I've voted for so far (aside from Dublin and Clare, I think)... It's just a tournament on boards, not a geography test... :pac:

Purgative

Stairway to Heaven - other sites that have come up, I've known or had some awareness of but wow this was straight out of the blue - one for my must see list.

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Devenish Island

Likely not to win but I think it's absolutely gorgeous

cdeb

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I haven't heard of most of the places I've voted for so far (aside from Dublin and Clare, I think)... It's just a tournament on boards, not a geography test... :pac:

Ah, I'd feel bad for any real Fermanagh people to be messing up their county vote.

But then I guess meeting someone from Fermanagh is about as likely as meeting someone from Leitrim, so maybe you're right

Electric Nitwit

I've been to Devenish and it is class, as is the boat trip there but vote Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway to Heaven as it's right near the top of my to-do list, looks amazing

Also Starring LeVar Burton

cdeb wrote: »

Ah, I'd feel bad for any real Fermanagh people to be messing up their county vote.

But then I guess meeting someone from Fermanagh is about as likely as meeting someone from Leitrim, so maybe you're right

You're a better person than I, because I'd say... F**k 'Em! :pac::pac::pac:

And that goes for every county, not just Fermanagh

cdeb

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

You're a better person than I, because I'd say... F**k 'Em! :pac::pac::pac:

And that goes for every county, not just Fermanagh

I swear to God - you mess with my Wicklow vote and...

Electric Nitwit

cdeb wrote: »

I swear to God - you mess with my Wicklow vote and...

I've already messed with Wicklow with my nomination :pac:

Marble Arch Caves


Stairway to Heaven looks like the work of an apprentice carpenter.

cdeb

cdeb wrote: »

But then I guess meeting someone from Fermanagh is about as likely as meeting someone from Leitrim, so maybe you're right

You never know where they are hiding......


My vote for marble arch caves, know them all well, this is my favourite

HeidiHeidi

Stairway to Heaven - I've wanted to do that for ages, had completely forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder!

cdeb

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've already messed with Wicklow with my nomination :pac:

You haven't nominated a...building? For the Garden County?

(I feel dirty saying that...:))

Also Starring LeVar Burton

cdeb wrote: »

I swear to God - you mess with my Wicklow vote and...

Well I'm likely to be familiar with many of the Wicklow choices as its only down the road from Dublin and probably would've taken it very seriously, but now that you've told me not to mess with it I'm afraid I'll likely have to...

Kolido

The caves please, not familar with the others though they all look good.

Electric Nitwit

cdeb wrote: »

You haven't nominated a...building? For the Garden County?

(I feel dirty saying that...:))

Nope, definitely counts as a garden...

Sawduck

Stairway to Heaven even though I never heard of it until now

Omackeral

Hold tight, it's a draw. Tie-breaker incoming.

Electric Nitwit

Omackeral wrote: »

Hold tight, it's a draw. Tie-breaker incoming.

I love a Macker tie-break

Omackeral

Sawduck wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven even though I never heard of it until now

Unfortunately came after the expiration time so is void.

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Marble Arch Caves ; I love caves

Doesn't overtly describe the landmark so best I can award is 0.5

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail - no contest for me, climbed it last summer and the views were spectacular.

Describes the views after personally experiencing them. 1 - 0.5 to Cuilcagh

cdeb wrote: »

Wow. Going to be honest here and say I knew nothing about Fermanagh, but they all look decent nominations.

I'll go with the Stairway to Heaven based purely off the photos (though it's kind of cheating for me to vote having admitted I'd never heard of any of them!)

Again, not elaborating on what they liked in particular. Another .5 is all I can give. 1.5 - 0.5 to Cuilcagh

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Marble Arch caves. Looks quite cool.

Nothing too concrete. 0.5 awarded. 1.5 - 1 to Cuilcagh

Purgative wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven - other sites that have come up, I've known or had some awareness of but wow this was straight out of the blue - one for my must see list.

.5 but I do appreciate the eagerness. 2 - 1 to Cuilcagh

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've been to Devenish and it is class, as is the boat trip there but vote Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway to Heaven as it's right near the top of my to-do list, looks amazing

Another 0.5 to Cuilcagh Stairway here. 2.5 - 1

Deleted User wrote: »

Marble Arch Caves


Stairway to Heaven looks like the work of an apprentice carpenter.

Doesn't really address the Caves. 0.5 awarded. 2.5 - 1.5 to Cuilcagh

bubblypop wrote: »

You never know where they are hiding......


My vote for marble arch caves, know them all well, this is my favourite

1 full point awarded on foot of the poster's experience of the caves. All square here. 2.5 - 2.5

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven - I've wanted to do that for ages, had completely forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder!

0.5 here. I can fully recommend the trip! 3 - 2.5

Kolido wrote: »

The caves please, not familar with the others though they all look good.

Can only award a .5 here in the interest of fairess. That levels us up again. 3-3.

At this juncture I'm going to select the best reason given which is JohnGreenFan's

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail - no contest for me, climbed it last summer and the views were spectacular.

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway To Heaven advances and will represent Fermanagh

Poor Fermanagh.

The worst representative through thus far.

Omackeral

The photos don't do it justice. It's a wonderful trek and wildly popular.

Omackeral

County Galway will be up later this evening, followed by Kerry. Both are heavily stacked and will require preliminary bouts. See you all then.

HeidiHeidi

Omackeral wrote: »

County Galway will be up later this evening, followed by Kerry. Both are heavily stacked and will require preliminary bouts. See you all then.

Time-ish??


Perfect timing for me, have to head out now, but will be in this evening.


We'll have weeks of entertainment out of this at the rate it's going!

JohnGreenFan

Deleted User wrote: »

Poor Fermanagh.

The worst representative through thus far.

For shame. One of the highlights of my summer. Definitely well worth the trip to Fermanagh just for it.

Electric Nitwit

Forgot this beaut for Dublin...



I'm up here now, looking over Dublin the Poolbeg chimneys should definitely have won!

cdeb

There's a random one; the old lead mines. Would have thought that was a little bit too obscure for a Dublin nomination myself!

Electric Nitwit

cdeb wrote: »

There's a random one; the old lead mines. Would have thought that was a little bit too obscure for a Dublin nomination myself!

One of my favourite places. Although I only came up to see the Poolbeg Chimneys after this morning

Omackeral

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

We'll have weeks of entertainment out of this at the rate it's going!

Well you'll enjoy the announcement I have after this is all said and done so. That's all I'll say!

Galway match is in the works and will be up shortly.

ChannelNo5

Omackeral wrote: »

Well you'll enjoy the announcement I have after this is all said and done so. That's all I'll say!

Ooh Intriguing !! I'm hooked! Getting nothing done in work

cdeb

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

One of my favourite places. Although I only came up to see the Poolbeg Chimneys after this morning

Sometimes the more obscure ones are best alright - great view out over the sea, and rarely that many people up there. Looks like you got a nice day for it as well.

I'd certainly plump for that over the Guinness Experience anyway.

Omackeral

Quay Street



Spanish Arch and Medieval Walls



National University of Ireland Galway



Oranmore Castle