Londonderry

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 14-12-2016 12:18AM #1

I had cause to visit Londonderry once and found the history and the intact walls fascinating. However, the natives appeared as inbred scavengers. It's as if the entire place has been used as a sink estate.

Who is to blame for this?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 14-12-2016 12:19AM

This is the worst attempt at trolling in the whole of 2016.

deco nate · 14-12-2016 12:20AM

Never heard of it, but I've been up north to derry a few times. Twas grand.. .

Ferrari3600 · 14-12-2016 12:20AM

Is Roger Mellie Peter Hitchens or perhaps AA Gill has risen from the dead.

Jayop · 14-12-2016 12:20AM

I think the official name is Derry-Londonderry

me_irl · 14-12-2016 12:21AM

Ah, the 007 of counties.

14-12-2016 12:22AM

The first six letters are silent OP, according to Dara O' Brien... or LondonDara, as he's known in some places.

judeboy101 · 14-12-2016 12:22AM

Hugh Mungus wrote: »

This is the worst attempt at trolling in the whole of 2016.

You obviously haven't paid attention to the winner of the US presidential elections twitter account.

14-12-2016 12:22AM

Jayop wrote: »

I think the official name is Derry-Londonderry

Derry-Londonderry-Doire-Stroke City

The Backwards Man · 14-12-2016 12:43AM

The Maiden City, finest city in the whole of Ireland.
Or the UK if that's what floats your boat.

darkpagandeath · 14-12-2016 12:51AM

Never really got this. Any idea how many Liverpools and such like are around the world. New England in the USA they seem to have not a care.

RayM · 14-12-2016 12:53AM

I like referring to it as 'Londonderry', just to see if people are petty enough to correct me.

hairyprincess · 14-12-2016 12:53AM

Hard to beat for the shopping

darkpagandeath · 14-12-2016 12:54AM

RayM wrote: »

I like referring to it as 'Londonderry', just to see if people are petty enough to correct me.

I hear some of the lads in the MU jerseys get fierce up tight about it.

Skommando · 14-12-2016 12:56AM

There majority of Derry is Catholic, and therefore pretty neglected and badly treated by those in power over the years, to their own determent.
For good reason, the Civil rights movement was at its strongest there, until eventually hijacked by the provos.

Richard Hillman · 14-12-2016 12:57AM

Derry-Londonderry is a dive. Excessively run down with nobody from police or the council wanting to enter large parts of the City.

The Backwards Man · 14-12-2016 01:00AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Derry-Londonderry is a dive. Excessively run down with nobody from police or the council wanting to enter large parts of the City.

Bollocks

osarusan · 14-12-2016 01:09AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Bollocks

Brandywell area is not safe on match nights. A few supporters' club busses have had a window or two smashed in.

darkpagandeath · 14-12-2016 01:11AM

osarusan wrote: »

Brandywell area is not safe on match nights. A few supporters' club busses have had a window or two smashed in.

Would that not be true of Scotland though in some areas when Celtic and rangers play.

boardsuser1 · 14-12-2016 01:13AM

osarusan wrote: »

Brandywell area is not safe on match nights. A few supporters' club busses have had a window or two smashed in.

You've obviously never been to Dundalk's home games.

J Mysterio · 14-12-2016 01:17AM

RayM wrote: »

I like referring to it as 'Londonderry', just to see if people are petty enough to correct me.

It's not petty to be correct

Skommando · 14-12-2016 01:18AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Derry-Londonderry is a dive. Excessively run down with nobody from police or the council wanting to enter large parts of the City.

what planet do you people make these stories up on ?

For a small Island, you really have no clue what happens a few hours up the road do you ?

Derry was European city of Culture in 2013, hosts the tall ships race every year, and has hosted Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann recently as well.

biko · 14-12-2016 01:19AM

I had cause to visit Londondublin once and found the history and the intact walls fascinating.
However, the natives appeared as inbred scavengers.

Skommando · 14-12-2016 01:20AM

biko wrote: »

However, the natives appeared as inbred scavengers.

I'm afraid that opinion reveals you to be exactly what you are accusing others of.

schizo1014 · 14-12-2016 01:21AM

RayM wrote: »

I like referring to it as 'Londonderry', just to see if people are petty enough to correct me.

That's fairly petty in itself

J Mysterio · 14-12-2016 01:23AM

biko wrote: »

I had cause to visit Londondublin once and found the history and the intact walls fascinating.
However, the natives appeared as inbred scavengers.

You should take the Dort to Queenstown.

biko · 14-12-2016 01:24AM

Skommando wrote: »

I'm afraid that opinion reveals you to be exactly what you are accusing others of.

I just repeated what OP said

road_high · 14-12-2016 01:24AM

Visited Derry on a very wet miserable September day a few years ago and to be honest I was actually taken aback about how deprived it and the people appeared. There was definitely a very working class element, id say there must be a huge proportion on disability. Struggled to find anywhere nice lunch for lunch (it was raining). Eventually had pizza on plastic trays in the shopping centre. TBH I said my own little city of Kilkenny was streets ahead in terms of being a nice place to visit.
It's full of bookies, pawn shops, pound shops - not a great combination.
I'd love to go back though as I feel missed a lot of it or something.

Richard Hillman · 14-12-2016 01:25AM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Would that not be true of Scotland though in some areas when Celtic and rangers play.

And they are kips too.

The Brandywell area of Derry-Londonderry is notoriously bad for attacking any group of fans. And it's not Derry fans, it's the locals that don't take kindly to outsiders.

The PSNI can not protect people going into the area because they won't go in at night and the place is completely run down because nobody from the council go in either

Skommando · 14-12-2016 01:26AM

biko wrote: »

I just repeated what OP said

Are you not capable of an independent opinion ?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-12-2016 01:27AM

Reads like a Gerald of Wales diary entry.

Londonderry

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