Towns where everyone behaves on nights out

veryangryman

Been to Maynooth a few times and the behaviour seems to be exemplory at weekends. You can be out till 2,3,4 in the morning. Everyone queues orderly, nobody roars in the streets, never a loud argument. You'd nearly forgive the mad prices for entertainment over it.

Anywhere else (town with 10K + people) where you wouldnt worry walking home? I dont see many other examples in my experience.

Wanderer78

…coolock seems to be a happening place at the moment, might be worth a shot….

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058360410/towns-where-everyone-behaves-on-nights-out

Why so angry about it?

Ubbquittious

Pyongyang?

z80CPU

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399680#Comment_122399680

"Cool Rock" as described when the local cinema was promoting "The Flintstones" movie

Hungry Burger

Like everywhere depends on the night in question. Some nights be grand, others pandemonium…

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058360410/towns-where-everyone-behaves-on-nights-out

That's because the students have gone home for the weekend. Go out during rag week and you'll see a different side of Maynooth. Is there a nightclub in the town? There wasn't when I was out a few years back.

TBH, towns which are older and wealthier are quieter, and all the better if there's no clubs. That said, the last time I was in a club I noticed the age profile was closer to my own age than the usual early 20s crowd I was expecting, seems younger people are going elsewhere.

Mister Vain

Maynooth is a good spot alright, Ive never seen any trouble there. Its the 3rd wealthiest town in Ireland. Most other towns in Kildare are dives. You'd see some carnage in Naas and Newbridge.

cj maxx

Monaghan is a nice town during food festivals

Thelonious Monk

I know you all think dublin is the 7th circle of hell, but you never see revellers on nights out getting in fights these days at night and when the pubs close etc., seemed to be far more common in 90s.

The buzz around drury st and south william street is great these days, absolutely thronged and no trouble.

Feisar

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BrianD3

Any town with a large proportion of third level students has a relatively happy vibe. There might be some loudness and drunkenness from students but it's usually good natured.

Contrast that with towns that don't have a third level institution, what sort of individuals are out at weekend. Angry "lifers" who never left the place, dog rough and poorly educated people, scumbags. If the town has a significant number of members of a certain ethnic minority, that's another factor. If the town is also near the "Baaw-da", even worse.

cj maxx

"Baaw-da" what’s that , the border ?

Mister Vain

Any small town or rural area where the main source of nightlife is a pokey nightclub stuck to the side of a hotel is generally rough.

BingCrosbee

Mullingar is a lovely quiet spot and you’d never see trouble or hear roaring and shouting.

Luna84

Crossmaglen was a great spot for british army soldiers to have a quiet one at the weekend back in the day.

suvigirl

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Monaghan is a great town for going out

Charlo30

You can never get in the soup in Roscommon Town. Fact. Period.

Mannesmann

I guess Westport, Carlow, Kilkenny?

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400879#Comment_122400879

Is that because all of the Rossies that took the soup back in the day?

John_Rambo

I started visiting various rural towns during the 90's and was very surprised at the general rowdiness after a night out. Fights, drunken feats of strength, vandalism, punch ups, bravado noise making (kicking metal shutters very effective), obvious reckless (sometimes drunk) driving with burn outs and donuts, kicking mirrors off cars… and general rowdiness in comparison to Cork and Dublin City centres at go home time. I think a lot of it is just juvenile bravado and noise. At the end of it, there's no knives or guns produced. (the drunk driving is a more serious matter)

It's not unusual though, I've seen the same thing in rural America and Australia that you don't see in the cities. Harmless enough, lots of noise but no real harm.

Hippodrome Song Owl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400923#Comment_122400923

The roughest nights out I ever experienced were Carlow and Abbeyfeale. Particularly Carlow - brawls were the norm.

I'd agree re Maynooth - even during rag week! No nightclub these days means it's more civilised than ever.

pgj2015

Tir na nOg.

orourkeda1

Coolock. Good sesh.

castletownman

I'd say Gorey, recall a couple of rows occuring when I first started to go out, but very laid-back now.

Annual fair on this weekend and not one report of any issues.

dragonkin

leixlip and maynooth are like being at church on a night out. Not my thing as I often feel you need to keep the noise down even sitting at the bar

Hippodrome Song Owl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122409988#Comment_122409988

These days maybe, but my god that is not what Leixlip was like in the days of the Hitchin Post and Rockafellas!

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400424#Comment_122400424

Yes, in the accent of Cavan/Monaghan/Louth

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122409975#Comment_122409975

wealthy enough town overall - a lot of shops last time I was there a few years ago and decent shops, not just pound stores and vape shops- as opposed to bordered up shopfronts like you see in other places - so a good sign that the town has quality economic activity

BlueSkyDreams

Ranelagh & Upper Baggot St/Ballsbridge. Both places always busy, late bars and good atmopshere. Never any trouble.

Common theme appears to be wealth.

Lewis_Benson

Very hard to find these days

Thankfully I live in the sticks, the local pub is as laid back as can be, no rowdiness.

Mister Vain

Young people don't drink as much these days and there are far less nightclubs now, so some towns are a bit more civilised. Even Maynooth would have had its fair share of carnage back in the Celtic tiger days.

OscarMIlde

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Yeah, there always seemed to be at least one brawl outside/inside either Sammy's or Highway 66. Lived in Maynooth for nine years and never witnessed anything and actually cannot recall any fights from when I was young either. D