Prettiest village in the country?

ronnie085 · 23-07-2017 10:04PM

Just reading this thread got me to reminiscing, visited lots of the places mentioned a couple of years ago camping around Ireland, better than any sun holiday, ran out of time at doolin, would it be child abuse to bring an 8 month old camping and carry on the lap of Ireland?? ðŸ˜‰

LirW · 23-07-2017 10:06PM

Aughrim in Wicklow and I have a thing for Lucan village too.

MyStubbleItches · 23-07-2017 10:17PM

ronnie085 wrote: »

Glandore, Cork, sitting having a pint overlooking the bay in the sunshine, could be south France/ Italy

Glandore always strikes me as where the townie wealthy folk think is deep west cork, 3 minutes further on in union hall is proper west cork. Glandore isn't a place I could describe as pretty, mobbed in summertime, closed down in winter. Give me union hall any day of the week

23-07-2017 10:20PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

Kenmare, Co. Kerry would get my vote.

Great spot...but not a village. Kenmare is pretty much the second biggest town on the Ring of Kerry after Killarney, suspect its population is 2k plus.

MyStubbleItches · 23-07-2017 10:21PM

jamesbere wrote: »

Eyeries by a country mile, probably a bit of bias from me as it's down my neck of the woods. But it's a fantastic place.

As much as I agree that eyeries is stunning, allihies trumps it for me. The drive in from either side would take your breath away. Pity there are holiday homes there but at least it doesn't get tour busses. Cresting the hill on the south through the gap with the cow and calf out to sea ahead of you - stunning.

red ears · 23-07-2017 10:23PM

Pics or GTFO

MyStubbleItches · 23-07-2017 10:24PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Great spot...but not a village. Kenmare is pretty much the second biggest town on the Ring of Kerry after Killarney, suspect its population is 2k plus.

Yep, Kenmare is lovely but most definitely not a village. Yet another place I like but wouldn't dream of visiting in summer. Like Dingle, a much more enjoyable place in winter.

cantdecide · 23-07-2017 10:26PM

Lismore, Co. Waterford with the castle and the short jaunt out to the Vee. Lovely Sunday drive.

MyStubbleItches · 23-07-2017 10:27PM

Holycross as my alternative. Very pretty spot.

AmberGold · 23-07-2017 10:48PM

Mightn't win the top prize but with the coastline, castle, marina, vast selection of bars and restaurants Malahide has to be up there.

For Forks Sake · 23-07-2017 11:13PM

AmberGold wrote: »

Mightn't win the top prize but with the coastline, castle, marina, vast selection of bars and restaurants Malahide has to be up there.

Population of over 15k. Hardly a village by any stretch but a very nice place nonetheless.

My vote would be Adare in Co. Limerick. Now, if they could do something about the busloads of tourists clogging the place up it would be perfect.

smurgen · 23-07-2017 11:13PM

Good thread.I'd have said Glandore for me. I'm from Cork city and used to go there in the summer as kids.Diving off the pier for hours and fresh prawns on brown bread after in the pub there.it was excellent.

Pat Mustard · 23-07-2017 11:32PM

Kevwoody wrote: »

Kenmare, Co. Kerry would get my vote.

Kanturk is well off the beaten track. Maybe not the absolute prettiest but very nice at the same time:

Widdershins · 23-07-2017 11:56PM

Some of the tiny villages of Clare are lovely, but not well known tourist spots. Killaloe is very overrated, as is Adare, Co.Limerick, which is full of thatched cottages, but the feel of Adare doesn't appeal to me. Kinvara, Co.Galway is also nice.

24-07-2017 12:11AM

LirW wrote: »

Aughrim in Wicklow and I have a thing for Lucan village too.

Both gorgeous. Passed through Lucan a few days ago on the way to a fantastic architectural salvage granite/stone yard in Newcastle (also a lovely, hugely historic area of west Dublin) and Lucan was, at that moment, the most stunning village in Dublin. The Tidy Towns people there really have their act together. Noticed that the Italian ambassador's residence is there also - and sure enough his home was Patrick Sarsfield's home in the 1690s.

Chapelizod in Dublin, also on the Liffey, and with a little pedestrian gate by an old church into the Phoenix Park, is also stunning. Hugely underrated but its time will come. The drive on the old road along the Liffey from Chapelizod through the Strawberry Beds and into Lucan is one of the nicest in Dublin.

cravings · 24-07-2017 12:11AM

i second borris in co carlow.

Mr_Muffin · 24-07-2017 12:29AM

Dunmore East in Waterford a real gem

Neady83 · 24-07-2017 09:53AM

I can't decide between Allihies and Eyeries. A friend and I were cycling in that neck of the woods on a very dark and moody day back in May. We made a wrong turn and ended up travelling through Allihies and Eyeries, they look so pretty from a distance, I love the bright colours especially when set against a dark sky.

Ush1 · 24-07-2017 09:59AM

Baltimore, Co. Cork.

Ann_Landers · 24-07-2017 10:01AM

Cong, Co. Mayo
Doolin, Co. Clare

Ubbquittious · 24-07-2017 10:35AM

Garrykennedy

24-07-2017 10:42AM

Ann_Landers wrote: »

Cong, Co. Mayo
Doolin, Co. Clare

Doolin was a stunning traditional settlement until the mid/late 1990s when I used to go there for the music and Inis Oirr. Somebody from Clare County Council should be up on environmental crimes for what has been permitted to be built there since. It's a free for all with every gombeen given permission to destroy the built heritage. No vision. No sense of, or respect for, the vernacular architecture.

The Backwards Man · 24-07-2017 11:24AM

You can keep your Southern Oirish villages, we like our villages practical, with marts and A.I stations, and grocery shops that sell barbed wire and billhooks.

Ann_Landers · 24-07-2017 11:24AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Doolin was a stunning traditional settlement until the mid/late 1990s when I used to go there for the music and Inis Oirr. Somebody from Clare County Council should be up on environmental crimes for what has been permitted to be built there since. It's a free for all with every gombeen given permission to destroy the built heritage. No vision. No sense of, or respect for, the vernacular architecture.

I went there for the first time in 2012. Loved it then, love it now.

A lot of the architecture in older town and villages is quite uninspiring to me. Rows of nondescript townhouses. No thanks. The best architecture in Ireland is British-influenced.

Arsemageddon · 24-07-2017 12:49PM

chosen1 wrote: »

Ardagh in Co. Longford is definitely a contender

https://goo.gl/maps/pgFnGZVsSQw

I second this, a very unique looking village and not destroyed by celtic tiger era muck.

24-07-2017 12:50PM

Greystones, Enniskerry, Howth

pickarooney · 24-07-2017 12:57PM

road_high wrote: »

Love Dunmore east, it's stunning. Also Kilmore Quay Co Wexford not a million miles away, is very nice.
Borris Co Carlow is one too that gets a bit overlooked.

Borris? Jasis, that's setting the bar fairly low.

Kevwoody · 24-07-2017 01:10PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You can keep your Southern Oirish villages, we like our villages practical, with marts and A.I stations, and grocery shops that sell barbed wire and billhooks.

In that case I change my mind to Muff. Can't beat a bit of pretty Muff.

Stonedpilot · 24-07-2017 05:06PM

Doolin-Clare
mullaghmore-Sligo
Leenane-Galway

All beautiful quaint places. Love going to them.

Pat Mustard · 24-07-2017 05:08PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You can keep your Southern Oirish villages, we like our villages practical, with marts and A.I stations, and grocery shops that sell barbed wire and billhooks.

Back to Mordor with you!

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