Galway V Dublin

missy me · 30-01-2005 8:22pm #1

Well which do you prefer and why???????when it comes to the clubs,pubs,entertainment,atmosphere,size,people and anything else you can think of,which city comes out on top and why?????

D!ve^Bomb! · 30-01-2005 8:27pm

*sarcasm* good question *sarcasm*

seriously

impr0v · 30-01-2005 9:07pm

I have never been in galway without it raining, so therefore i'm obliged to go with option b.

Mr.Nice Guy · 30-01-2005 9:29pm

Galway v Dublin?Are you taking the p*ss?

Why not compare Roscommon to Las Vegas?

Dublin is the greatest city in Ireland,if not the earth!

wayfarer · 30-01-2005 9:31pm

Galway defo. Dublin is full of tossers

DEmeant0r · 30-01-2005 9:35pm

Can't compare the two, since I was never really in Dublin all that much. So I'll Galway, it's great except for the price of rent among other things.

Healio · 30-01-2005 9:35pm

Its very hard to beat Galway during Race Week.

Mossy Monk · 30-01-2005 10:07pm

not too fond of dublin

Galway for me

Only Human · 30-01-2005 10:35pm

Galway is just a little version of America! They all think they're so intelectual and smart just because they got donnie darko the first time they watched it and thaught it was amazing. There is only two catagories in Galway. Rockers or "moshers" as they might say and Hippies. Galway stinks. Up Dublin.

Blisterman · 30-01-2005 10:39pm

Dublin wins, just because Galway includes the evil place known as the Gaeltacht(sp?)

StupidLikeAFox · 30-01-2005 10:42pm

Ive never actually been in Galway, but from other people i generally get the impression that its a good bit better than dublin. Great night life and not as many scumbags lurking about. Better atmosphere all round, apparently

Blisterman · 30-01-2005 10:59pm

Well I should go sometime. I went before, but didn't go out anywhere.

po0k · 30-01-2005 11:03pm

I've lived in both, and I prefer Galway.

Amz · 30-01-2005 11:24pm

Galway's too small, you're always bumping into people you don't want to bump into.

I don't like that.

They both have good and bad points.

Dublin has far more ameneties and the public transport is advantagous.

In Galway you can pretty much walk anywhere in less than an hour.

po0k · 30-01-2005 11:33pm

Only Human wrote:

Galway is just a little version of America! They all think they're so intelectual and smart just because they got donnie darko the first time they watched it and thaught it was amazing. There is only two catagories in Galway. Rockers or "moshers" as they might say and Hippies. Galway stinks. Up Dublin.

Ironic.

You have got a major inferiority complex dude.

Blisterman, you're talking out of your arse re:Gaeltacht

Blisterman · 30-01-2005 11:44pm

I spent 3 weeks in that hellhole.

Amz · 30-01-2005 11:47pm

Blisterman wrote:

I spent 3 weeks in that hellhole.

And quite obviously you learned nothing.

There are Gaelteacht areas all over the country, not just in Galway.

Blisterman · 30-01-2005 11:51pm

Well, obviously I did. Thats why I hated it. Also the food was boring. potatoes every day. They're stuck in the famine days.
Also, I hate solitude, and don't really like the countryside. And the people in my house were assholes.

Amz · 30-01-2005 11:54pm

And how many of the people in your house were from Galway?

The bleedin' Gaelteacht is by no means an accurate example of all of Galway, don't be so narrow minded and stubbern. Living with a Bean an Tí and 10 or so complete strangers for a month isn't an accurate representation of life anywhere let alone life in Galway.

Go back there when you're 18 or older and you'll realise your mistake.

Blisterman · 30-01-2005 11:59pm

I didn't say I hate all of Galway, just that the Gaeltacht brings it down as a county, like Ballymun brings down Dublin.

simu · 31-01-2005 12:00am

Blisterman wrote:

Well, obviously I did. Thats why I hated it. Also the food was boring. potatoes every day. They're stuck in the famine days.
Also, I hate solitude, and don't really like the countryside. And the people in my house were assholes.

How unusual for a bean an tí not to spend a fortune on top-quality ingredients and not to hire a top chef for cooking. :eek:

And *hello*, we're talking about the city, not the country.

As for Galway V. Dublin, I like both but they're too different to do a real comparison.

Blisterman · 31-01-2005 12:03am

It's not that the food was cheap. i mean we had roast beef, and chicken, the problem was that it hardly changed.

But as I said, I will visit the city some time.

Karl Hungus · 31-01-2005 12:53am

Hard to compare the two really. Dublin has its advantages because of it's size, and as such they get all the big gigs in the country (could be a reason to hate it though) and the music shops up there have a tremendous advantages over those here in Galway. There's Bruxelles too. But in that said, Dublin is 98% hole, and the skanger ratio is through the roof. Galway has a completely different vibe altogether though, and I find it a much superior place to reside in, whereas Dublin is a nice place to visit.

31-01-2005 1:28am

Karl Hungus wrote:

Hard to compare the two really. Dublin has its advantages because of it's size, and as such they get all the big gigs in the country (could be a reason to hate it though) and the music shops up there have a tremendous advantages over those here in Galway. There's Bruxelles too. But in that said, Dublin is 98% hole, and the skanger ratio is through the roof. Galway has a completely different vibe altogether though, and I find it a much superior place to reside in, whereas Dublin is a nice place to visit.

who u calling a skanger im from dublin im not a skanger :mad: ,wh@t the f_u_c_k is a skanger any way

, u bogger's so caught u in the skanger buzz u dont realize u are the skanger

, pack of pussies wont even come to dublin , walking around s_h_i_t_t_i_n_g in ur pants , well i tell u something ye skanger u smell like s_h_i_t , where u from anyway skanger , that 2% buzz is out the window the 2% is the skanger's the rest of us is genuine dont paint us all with the same brush , u cant blame me from getting mad but u dont know me:cool:

po0k · 31-01-2005 1:32am

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is my closing argument in the campaign to ban the resuscitation of stillborn babies.

po0k · 31-01-2005 1:34am

Blisterman wrote:

I didn't say I hate all of Galway, just that the Gaeltacht brings it down as a county, like Ballymun brings down Dublin.

Hehehehe.
Yeah, good lad, you clearly have a valid opinion there, having had so much experience of a gaeltacht area.

And your youth is no excuse for such ignorance.

Karl Hungus · 31-01-2005 1:35am

<R@IDER> wrote:

u dont know me:cool:

Said like a true 13 year old Skanger who watches too much Ricky Lake.

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-01-2005 10:30am

what the **** is wrong with the gaeltacht

R@IDER - you sure sound like a skanger

Terrier · 31-01-2005 11:34am

Lived in Galway most of my life, great city and great nightlife, have to agree with earlier comments on the fact it is too small, you always meet people you don't want to. hardly no traffic jams, we have 1km of a bus lane, also a lot of effort is required to pull in Galway

living in Dublin for the past 6 months, you hardly ever meet anyone you know (which is a good thing), good selection of pubs and clubs, a bus service that works sometimes, as for the women they really could not be any easier...

Sleepy · 31-01-2005 11:39am

Lived in both and they both have their advantages.

Dublin Pros:
A semi-working public transport network
More big-name gigs
Croke Park
Better quality, cheaper hash
It rains less.

Dublin Cons:
Skangers, everywhere.
D4 heads, everywhere.
Traffic is unbearable
€5 pints
Can't cycle anywhere without some prick in a 4x4 trying to kill you
A barrage of racism every time you sit into a taxi.
It's colder.
Junkies

Galway Pros:
People are friendlier
Less scumbags (though a growing minority of 'G4' tossers)
You'll always meet someone you know when you walk down shop street yet the city's big enough to get lost in when you want to.
Cheaper Pints
Good Guinness is the norm, not a rare exception.
Traffic moves a lot better
Everywhere is within walking distance.
Cheaper rent.

Galway Cons:
It rains. A lot.
No public transport worth a damn.
Race Week: when every tosser in the country descends upon Galway.

I think Galway wins in a comparison of the two cities for me, though not by half as long a way as it would have if you asked me the same question last year.

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-01-2005 11:41am

Terrier wrote:

as for the women they really could not be any easier...

ooooh!! :eek: strike one

Terrier · 31-01-2005 11:47am

D!ve^Bomb! wrote:

ooooh!! :eek: strike one

I only speak the truth...

Blisterman · 31-01-2005 12:14pm

Does noone like Cork, or what?

Lump · 31-01-2005 12:20pm

Blisterman wrote:

Well, obviously I did. Thats why I hated it. Also the food was boring. potatoes every day. They're stuck in the famine days.
Also, I hate solitude, and don't really like the countryside. And the people in my house were assholes.

Ah, there was a famine, because all the potatoes rotted in the ground... Therefore, how was eating potatoes like been in the Famine days?

John

Sleepy · 31-01-2005 12:20pm

Blisterman wrote:

Does noone like Cork, or what?

No.

misswex · 31-01-2005 4:04pm

Definitely Galway!!

Nightlife is fantastic, excellent shopping and the majority of people are extremely friendly

the mavman · 31-01-2005 4:24pm

Galway a hands down winner due to it being by the sea. (irish sea doesnt count as its a dump) The only thing bringing it down is the amount of crusty,anti-war,free tibet,tree hugging scum and clueless stoners but i guess everywhere has its bad points

Blisterman · 31-01-2005 4:37pm

Well I meant in the days before the famine.

Lump · 31-01-2005 4:46pm

Blisterman wrote:

Well I meant in the days before the famine.

Sure you did, sure you did....

John

(Fool)

monument · 31-01-2005 5:07pm

the mavman wrote:

Galway a hands down winner due to it being by the sea.

What sea would Galway be beside?

Amz wrote:

Galway's too small, you're always bumping into people you don't want to bump into.

Tell me about it, it seams as if half of the people from my town live there - that cant be a good thing. Then again, I mannage to bump into someone from home most times I'm in Dublin too - just not as many of them.

Karl Hungus wrote:

Hard to compare the two really.

Possible strangely, but for me it's like comparing LA to San Francisco…

Part of me sides with SF / Galway - you can walk nearly anywhere and the so-called good vibe and feeling of community. On the other hand, there is always an appal to LA / Dublin - better public transport, and a more anonymous feeling.

The first two also having slightly worst weather then the latter two.

I’ve never actually stayed in any of them for more then a week, so that’s a view of an outsider from the sticks looking in.

Gonzorex · 31-01-2005 5:15pm

I'm very curious to know why Dubliners refer to anywhere outside Dublin (including Galway) as 'down the country'? (especially in reference to places on an equal or higher latitude). Surely it's some kind of unwarranted superiority complex?

Only Human · 31-01-2005 5:46pm

Gonzorex wrote:

I'm very curious to know why Dubliners refer to anywhere outside Dublin (including Galway) as 'down the country'? (especially in reference to places on an equal or higher latitude). Surely it's some kind of unwarranted superiority complex?

Actually, its just the ill-educated scumbags that spend their summer holidays in bray who think that!
I spend 2 months of the year in Roundstone, Connemara. Nice little Village with a couple of small local pubs. And I can honestly say I prefer that to Galway City.

Amz · 31-01-2005 6:24pm

Gonzorex wrote:

I'm very curious to know why Dubliners refer to anywhere outside Dublin (including Galway) as 'down the country'? (especially in reference to places on an equal or higher latitude). Surely it's some kind of unwarranted superiority complex?

It's not just Dubliners who say that!

Are you that insecure about where you're from that this bothers you?

mang87 · 31-01-2005 6:50pm

Dublin, mighty, might Dublin, of course, where else?

Well, Dublin's great, apart from all the alcoholics, drug abusers, tossers, ****, assholes, flacid boring dublin 4 people, skangers, knackers, crazy religious people, theives, skangers, stupid polititions, skangers, salesmen, and taximen. I know I just pigeon-holed maybe half the population of dublin, but the rest of us are a great bunch of lads, honest.

(I'm aware of the fact that most of the time Dublin-Type-Persons 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 and 11 I just mentioned come combined in many variations, but believe me, they can come as a seperate entity entirely, and also keep in mind that this post is purely antagonistic.

)

I live in dublin, I have broadband, so it suits me. On the other hand, my aunt lives in galway, it's cold, windy, rainy and full of hills and cows... hmmm, hard decision I guess, but Dublin wins by a hair.

Red Alert · 31-01-2005 6:50pm

Galway City = Cuba + Radisson => One hell of a weekend!

(1st year engineering trip - i feel sorry for anyone else in the afforementioned venues that nite!) :eek:

byte · 31-01-2005 8:25pm

Nightlife in Galway is great, as is the friendliness of people there. Dub is OK for shopping and gigging. If I was to move to either though, I'd choose Galway.

Fobia · 31-01-2005 8:46pm

Well now, what have we here?

I notice alot of people commenting on how Galway is better because it doesn't have as many "skangers" in it...I think it all goes down to what age you are.

In Dublin, it seems that you get alot of 16-25 year old "skangers" whereas, in Galway, you get alot of 14-18 year old "skangers", depending on whichever age group you fit into.

I'd probably pick Dublin myself, but that's assuming it has some good snooker/pool halls, the gigs attraction can be conquered by a bus ticket, the nightlife is big in both cities.....the people being friendly here talk is simply bullhorn so I'm gonna pick Dublin for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Sir, (a+bn)/n = x , hence God exists; reply!

Fobia.

Blackjack · 31-01-2005 9:10pm

Galway, by a considerable distance.

Don't get me wrong, I like Dublin, but there is a generally more agressive Air about the place, wheras Galway you're less likely to get any hassle in.

Galway is cheaper, you get better service in the Popular pubs and Clubs as generally the Bar staff aren't so far up their own arse as their Dublin Trendy bar Counterparts.

Plus it's a far more aesthetically pleasing City to Dublin.

Dublin does have better facilities and is better for a lot of stuff, but it really is getting to be an overpriced City.

Only Human · 31-01-2005 9:31pm

If you are going by stereotypes of the people then its down to a question of which do you prefer. Scumbags & ponces or Little suicudal attention seeking Rockers.

Gonzorex · 01-02-2005 10:10am

Amz wrote:

It's not just Dubliners who say that!

Are you that insecure about where you're from that this bothers you?

Well . . . as I said I'm more curious than bothered, I just don't understand this 'down the country' expression Dubliners use when referring to counties that are 'up' or 'accross' the country!. And who else apart from Dubliners say 'down the country'? (again a genuine question)

spongebob · 01-02-2005 10:49am

Blackjack wrote:

Dublin does have better facilities and is better for a lot of stuff, but it really is getting to be an overpriced City.

I spend so little time in Dublin for those reasons that I find it easier to compare Galway to London. Dublin is simply a skanky overpriced version of London with no functioning public transport, and loathsome customer service .

Most of what I ever needed from Dublin can be gotten cheaper on the hinterweb .

Galway V Dublin

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