The most over rated Counties/Cities /Towns of Ireland?

seachto7 · 14-06-2017 05:12PM

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Longford town, an absolute hell-hole.

I doubt it was ever rated to begin with. The misery of this county spills over into Mullingar, another hellhole full of fast food joints.

14-06-2017 05:39PM

People saying Galway have issues, no better place in the world.

fergiesfolly · 14-06-2017 05:39PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Beat me to it. I was there in the 90s on a school tour and actually enjoyed it. Got the chance to go back 2 years ago and was so disappointed. Nothing to do, clogged with traffic and Eyre Square was full of drunks at 6pm in the evening. We had our then 3 year old with us and felt very uneasy walking around the town with the amount or drinking and arseholery. We went for the weekend and ended up driving out to Salthill for a whole day just to avoid the city. Wont be going back in a hurry.

Unfortunately, a lot of the drinking and arseholery is caused by the very people who come to Galway to enjoy the craic.

Ipso · 14-06-2017 05:41PM

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Longford town, an absolute hell-hole.

Was it ever rated in the first place?

draiochtanois · 14-06-2017 05:45PM

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Electric Sheep · 14-06-2017 05:54PM

Galway. Spent one night there last year and have no desire to repeat the experience.

tastyt · 14-06-2017 06:08PM

If your not on the piss a lot of irish places have little to them.......Kilkenny, Westport, Galway

wakka12 · 14-06-2017 06:24PM

Galway is lovely but people act as if the sun shines out its ass
I like it dont get me wrong, but the praise of it can go overboard

touts · 14-06-2017 06:32PM

Killarney. The area it is in is nice but the town itself is a rip off. Hotels, food, tours etc are very poor value for money. From the moment you set foot into the town it feels like everyone there is trying to work out how to empty your wallet. You can get a week in Spain for the price of long weekend in Killarney. If you want to visit the Ring of Kerry your better off going 15km out the road and stay in Kenmare.

please helpThank YOU · 14-06-2017 06:38PM

Galway is very cool and looks down on the rest of Ireland like the D4 Dublin hopefuls. Now I was reading some where the want to be the like the D4 Dublin hopefuls . And have the G4 like the Dublin D4 very sad state of affairs. and very off `(Off-putting) as a visitors.

lawred2 · 14-06-2017 07:02PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

No it's not.

Food is overpriced.
The view is nothing spectacular.
Parking is cack.
And it's got too many lardy men in Helly Hansen jackets that know jack about the sea, who talk in what they think is a posh accent.

Can't please everybody..

But a few gin & tonics on a summer day sitting on the wall looking out to Kinsale harbour is a pretty good way to spend an afternoon..

Obviously if you're preoccupied with other things then...

lawred2 · 14-06-2017 07:08PM

And a hot port in the dead of winter by candlelight is rather special too

Murrisk · 14-06-2017 08:13PM

Mercy Ambitious Klutz wrote: »

People saying Galway have issues, no better place in the world.

Well, obviously not everyone thinks so.

Mutant z · 14-06-2017 08:18PM

I say its entirely subjective to each person, some people may think Dublin or Cork are overrated, while others would love them, its all a matter of ones own opinion.

ToddyDoody · 14-06-2017 08:47PM

Whatever about being over-rated, which is neither here nor there in many ways, the amount of money you can save by not doing things in Dublin is staggering.

jobbridge4life · 14-06-2017 08:52PM

Mercy Ambitious Klutz wrote: »

People saying Galway have issues, no better place in the world.

I've literally never been in Galway when it didn't piss from the heavens.

Galway is without doubt the most overrated city in Ireland. It's like four streets and few pubs playing trad and that is pretty much it. Not to mention the fact that the hinterland is repulsive thanks to endless one-off housing.

lawred2 · 14-06-2017 09:04PM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

I've literally never been in Galway when it didn't piss from the heavens.

Galway is without doubt the most overrated city in Ireland. It's like four streets and few pubs playing trad and that is pretty much it. Not to mention the fact that the hinterland is repulsive thanks to endless one-off housing.

I've never got the fascination myself

Electric Sheep · 14-06-2017 09:06PM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

I've literally never been in Galway when it didn't piss from the heavens.

Galway is without doubt the most overrated city in Ireland. It's like four streets and few pubs playing trad and that is pretty much it. Not to mention the fact that the hinterland is repulsive thanks to endless one-off housing.

The one time I was there, it was lashing rain, gale force winds and about 40 degrees - in May.

Mantis Toboggan · 14-06-2017 09:53PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Whatever about being over-rated, which is neither here nor there in many ways, the amount of money you can save by not doing things in Dublin is staggering.

Like what?

ben.schlomo · 14-06-2017 10:42PM

Electric Sheep wrote: »

The one time I was there, it was lashing rain, gale force winds and about 40 degrees - in May.

None of that sounds like bullsh1t at all.

Ubbquittious · 14-06-2017 10:49PM

Blarney.

A sleepy mundane Cork commuter satellite town with lots of boring modern estate houses painted the same ghastly shade of yellow. In the middle you have a shop that sells some quirky things at a steep markup and a whole pile of supposed Irish souvenirs made in China or Eastern Europe. People flock to this place from all over and there's fuck all there

topper75 · 15-06-2017 11:36AM

Mercy Ambitious Klutz wrote: »

People saying Galway have issues, no better place in the world.

You are the guy incessantly playing the bongo drum on Shop St., aren't you?

touts wrote: »

Killarney. The area it is in is nice but the town itself is a rip off.

Would be great if there was a fast ring road to get you out the Muckross road to the scenery.

lawred2 wrote: »

C

But a few gin & tonics on a summer day sitting on the wall looking out to Kinsale harbour is a pretty good way to spend an afternoon..

Obviously if you're preoccupied with other things then...

You can drink gin and look at bobbing boats in literally hundreds of locations around Ireland. But Kinsale is cast as magic in your mind and I suppose there is little to be gained in anyone trying to unburden you of the illusion.

CHealy · 15-06-2017 11:38AM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Blarney.

A sleepy mundane Cork commuter satellite town with lots of boring modern estate houses painted the same ghastly shade of yellow. In the middle you have a shop that sells some quirky things at a steep markup and a whole pile of supposed Irish souvenirs made in China or Eastern Europe. People flock to this place from all over and there's fuck all there

People come for the castle and the surrounding grounds though no? Iv never heard of anyone going to Blarney to see the town itself. Its full of Norries with notions now anyway.

I like Kinsale but as someone mentioned its just that bit too close to the city to fully enjoy it, this weekend is supposed to be a scorcher I bet you from early Saturday morning there will be a mass evacuation from the city to Kinsale and places like Fountainstown and Crosshaven, might aswell be walking down Patrick Street.

draiochtanois · 15-06-2017 11:56AM

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Stonedpilot · 15-06-2017 04:47PM

Most over rated?.Kilkenny by a mile
Tourists flock there, and frankly nowt to do there but drink and go to the castle, some nice churches mind but thats it. Desperately over rated county amazed it gets so much tourism.

Go up the road to Waterford and much nicer county, beaches, Comeragh Mountains, nice coast, overall much nicer, cheaper too.

lawred2 · 15-06-2017 04:53PM

topper75 wrote: »

You can drink gin and look at bobbing boats in literally hundreds of locations around Ireland.

And I would enjoy spending my afternoons there too

topper75 wrote: »

I suppose there is little to be gained in anyone trying to unburden you of the illusion.

sigh - no because even were you to 'unburden' me - what would you be gaining?

Jamsiek · 15-06-2017 10:50PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Most over rated?.Kilkenny by a mile
Tourists flock there, and frankly nowt to do there but drink and go to the castle, some nice churches mind but thats it. Desperately over rated county amazed it gets so much tourism.

Go up the road to Waterford and much nicer county, beaches, Comeragh Mountains, nice coast, overall much nicer, cheaper too.

Agreed, stag and hen parties from Dublin on a Saturday night and the place is dead for the rest of the week.
Also day trippers on tour buses from Dublin, spending a couple of hours before leaving again.
Nice place but you would get bored there very quickly

15-06-2017 11:02PM

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Because it's full of ****ty houses and ****ty hotels, no proper accommodation. Remember trying to watch a ManUtd game and no pub had sky sports apart from a few dodgy boxes which didn't work.

Houses everywhere, no planning laws obviously in place. It's a lovely spot, keem beach, keel etc I'd love to knock the whole place and re do it.

Hardly unique to Achill. Here's Gweedore in Donegal:

The amount of dispersed development across wide areas of rural Ireland is ridiculous.

grenache · 16-06-2017 02:02AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hardly unique to Achill. Here's Gweedore in Donegal:

The amount of dispersed development across wide areas of rural Ireland is ridiculous.

It's called keeping rural Ireland alive.

Stephen15 · 16-06-2017 02:03AM

Galway the whole cc is basically just Temple Bar

The most over rated Counties/Cities /Towns of Ireland?

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