Poshest Irish island?

jamesbere · 12-06-2017 08:24AM

Bere island, we're all fierce posh down my way

harry Bailey esq · 12-06-2017 08:29AM

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Now all I can think about is The Wicker Man.

Now all I can think of is Britt ekland in wicker man.Sweet mother of God... No silicone or saline jobs back in 1973.

Rachiee · 12-06-2017 08:32AM

+1 for Lambay, its completely privately owned, invite only for a visit and has wallabies FFS! Wallabies in Ireland! How posh can you get!

andekwarhola · 12-06-2017 08:37AM

Persephone kindness wrote: »

the one haughey bought ??:)

One of the Blaskets. Innisvickillane(sp?). The family still own it, I think.

Wouldn't say it's too posh. Think there's little on it except a small cottage, nesting birds and an imported herd of deer.

P_1 · 12-06-2017 08:40AM

Jesus Wept wrote: »

Howth aint an Island, it's a peninsula.

It's not a peninsula either. It's a tombolo

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 08:44AM

andekwarhola wrote: »

One of the Blaskets. Innisvickillane(sp?). The family still own it, I think.

Wouldn't say it's too posh. Think there's little on it except a small cottage, nesting birds and an imported herd of deer.

Lol how are they allowed to still own that after what all that came out??

12-06-2017 08:49AM

jamesbere wrote: »

Bere island, we're all fierce posh down my way

How about this one, near Adrigole.

https://m.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/roancarrigmore-island-castletown-berehaven-cork-west/3676245

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 08:51AM

They all look dreary ...we need warm sunny ones.

namloc1980 · 12-06-2017 08:52AM

Fota Island. Those Giraffes are completely up their own arse.

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 08:53AM

I love this one

It's Richard Branson's island :P

https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/how-i-bought-necker-island

andekwarhola · 12-06-2017 08:54AM

Persephone kindness wrote: »

Lol how are they allowed to still own that after what all that came out??

Last I read about it, the family still owned it.

I've always wanted to see it for some reason but obviously I never will :pac:

12-06-2017 09:00AM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Last I read about it, the family still owned it.

I've always wanted to see it for some reason but obviously I never will :pac:

It's a bit bleak. I have been on a couple of Blaskets in addition to the Great Blasket, a couple have ruins eg. Inishnabro and Inishtooskert. Tearaght looks spectacular but only accessed by helicopter, would love to get out there.

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 09:12AM

I would have to go to a luxury warm island..

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 09:12AM

No rain!

Wibbs · 12-06-2017 09:37AM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Now all I can think of is Britt ekland in wicker man.Sweet mother of God... No silicone or saline jobs back in 1973.

Britt was a stunner alright. Sweet mother of God indeed. Her boobs are in the flic, but not her bum. She had a stunt arse.

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 09:40AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Britt was a stunner alright. Sweet mother of God indeed. Her boobs are in the flic, but not her bum. She had a stunt arse.

I loved that film ...apparently the stunt arse was because she would not let the director shoot from the waist down as she was pregnant but in the early stages and worried it would show as she was carrying low. (sorry if that is too much info)

Love this scene

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 09:43AM

It's so weird though ..it's a totally diff arse...mayeb she was worried about the media just going on about her bum....keep the mystery etc!

Keep em guessing!

12-06-2017 09:46AM

Always thought the scene a small bit...gratuitous. It almost overwhelms the film, as the first thing anyone says when you refer to the film is "Britt Ekland...that scene".

Ironically, it's one of the films where Ingrid Pitt kept all her clothes on...

Persephone kindness · 12-06-2017 09:48AM

Oh actually i am wrong she was just insecure about her body.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12767429.Ekland_reopens_controversy_of_the_mystery_rear/

Ubbquittious · 12-06-2017 09:50AM

Deleted User wrote: »

How about this one, near Adrigole.

https://m.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/roancarrigmore-island-castletown-berehaven-cork-west/3676245

Posh because you simply need a helicopter if you want to live on it.
I passed by very close to that one but landing was too dodgy despite the weather being not that bad. The jetty is quite exposed so if you went to Super Valu in Castletownbere for your shoppings by boat and conditions worsened while you were gone you could easily end up camping on the shore for the night.

Or you could throw yourself down on a couch in a forgotten corner of the Skipper's bar for the night

nikkibikki · 12-06-2017 10:10AM

Ubbquittious wrote:

So does

Ubbquittious wrote:

. It might not have the million dolla 'pad' but houses aint cheap there. A sizeable barge used to call there, courtesy of Irish water keeping the tanks topped up. Everyone there seems to be on holidays. Well-to-do teachers trying to pass the 3 months, people with holiday homes. Much of the banal everyday working life seems to be blisfully absent from this island.

Inisheer (Inis Oirr) is definitely not posh! A beautiful place. Very busy in summer. It's neighbouring island Inis Meain has a very posh establishment called Inis Meain Restaurant and Suites. Look it up. The rest of the island though is less posh than even Inis Oirr. But just as beautiful if not more so.

Persephone kindness wrote:

I wonder how they get supplies on islands ...in that film it's hard actually ..

I only know of the Aran Islands. The cargo boat comes out I think 3 times a week. Weather permitting. There's a supermarket near Inverin who will send out any shopping on the passenger ferry which goes twice a day. But that's also weather permitting. In very bad storms, they could be a few weeks without a boat service.

osarusan · 12-06-2017 10:19AM

King's Island, Limerick.

Lovely posh spot.

noaddedsugar · 12-06-2017 11:26AM

I grew up on an Irish island, my parents still live there. It's not posh though. Half the people there were alcoholics, most of them are dead now. There are about 20 people living there now including my parents who are the youngest there. I think they are waiting it out until everyone else dies and then they will have a private island by default.

Ubbquittious · 12-06-2017 11:46AM

nikkibikki wrote: »

Inisheer (Inis Oirr) is definitely not posh! A beautiful place. Very busy in summer. It's neighbouring island Inis Meain has a very posh establishment called Inis Meain Restaurant and Suites. Look it up. The rest of the island though is less posh than even Inis Oirr. But just as beautiful if not more so.

I only know of the Aran Islands. The cargo boat comes out I think 3 times a week. Weather permitting. There's a supermarket near Inverin who will send out any shopping on the passenger ferry which goes twice a day. But that's also weather permitting. In very bad storms, they could be a few weeks without a boat service.

I never knew there was a posh establishment on Inis Meain. Is it open long?

Inis Oirr is definitely posh. Last time I was there the Irish Water barge was making it's way in but he couldn't dock because ... there was a jetski occupying his parking spot.

Yep. A fecking jetski

One of very few I've seen since the recession started. If that's not posh I dunno what is

nikkibikki · 12-06-2017 11:50AM

Ubbquittious wrote:

I never knew there was a posh establishment on Inis Meain. Is it open long?

It's open at least 7 years.

Ubbquittious wrote:

Inis Oirr is definitely posh. Last time I was there the Irish Water barge was making it's way in but he couldn't dock because ... there was a jetski occupying his parking spot.

Lol that's something I never saw there but yes definitely a marker for poshness!

Widdershins · 12-06-2017 11:54AM

I don't care for big houses but that swimming pool is really inviting. I always think men with private Islands are probably villains.

Mmmm

harry Bailey esq · 12-06-2017 12:37PM

osarusan wrote: »

King's Island, Limerick.

Lovely posh spot.

Ah yes,a stroll through the leafy avenues of the Lee Estate of a crisp autumn evening is hard to beat. It's a magnet for the horsey set.

jamesbere · 12-06-2017 12:47PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How about this one, near Adrigole.

https://m.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/roancarrigmore-island-castletown-berehaven-cork-west/3676245

BER rating of G, I wonder why

Glenster · 12-06-2017 12:48PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Of the 500+ islands off the coast of Ireland some are obviously posher than others. Most don't have anyone living on them which makes them a bit harder to be posh. Although not impossible

Inish Turk Beg seems quite posh

So does Inisheer. It might not have the million dolla 'pad' but houses aint cheap there. A sizeable barge used to call there, courtesy of Irish water keeping the tanks topped up. Everyone there seems to be on holidays. Well-to-do teachers trying to pass the 3 months, people with holiday homes. Much of the banal everyday working life seems to be blisfully absent from this island.

Then there's Rathlin. Full of day trippers sitting on the terrace with their pints waiting for their meal to come out. But which is the poshest? Phone now to get your vote in early.. 1550 915 ...

All islands are full of boggers. While boggers, like sheep, might be able to tell other boggers apart, I cant.

ArchXStanton · 12-06-2017 02:05PM

fatknacker wrote: »

Lambay Island.

It's got names like Lord Revelstoke and Cecil connected to it.

Also wallabies.

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/private-isle-an-irishman-s-diary-about-lambay-island-1.2583426

Bit of a family dispute going on at the moment,as some of the family want to open it up for holiday vacations,local legend has it(I live 2km away) that the rolling stones used to party it up on the island and Mick Jagger was running around naked after the wallabies,I always thought it was bullsh!t until I read that the baring family owned a record label that put out the first stones EP

Poshest Irish island?

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