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**** Towns and Villages of Ireland

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  • #62
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    greenspurs wrote: »
    Most places in Tipperary .... :D

    but especially Carrick on Suir.

    Carrick? A town for a man or a dog


  • #63
    Postgrad10
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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    Athlone is an easy target in these kind of threads because most people from outside the midlands consider the region to be a depressing kip (mainly, it seems, due to the lack of mountains or a coast). Also, because Athlone is a garrison town, it has a rough reputation.

    It's all bollocks if you ask me. I've lived in Galway, Donegal and Kerry and in my opinion, Athlone is as good a place to live as any. Most of the conveniences and necessities of a city are to be found in the town, there's good shopping, great restaurants and vibrant nightlife for a town of its size. It isn't overly expensive to live here and there are fantastic transport links if to other parts of the country. I remember a woman I worked with in Kerry coming up for the Community Games when they were hosted in Athlone and she was extremely surprised at how much was in the place.

    It may have those things you listed but I really am shocked at how filthy the area is. I was there recently and was baffled at how the council can allow it to to be portrayed in that light to tourists. Such a brilliant tourist amenity but so disappointing.


  • #64
    TheRiverman
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    Ballinasloe looks fairly depressing.

    It is.The Celtic Tiger didn't even **** on a road or street in it during the "boom".


  • #65
    bodhrandude
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Athlone?

    It's not that bad. Not wonderful but not that bad.

    You might aswell include every town outside of the cities then if you're including Athlone. (Yup, I'm originally from Athlone) :D

    I'm curious... any towns you'd consider to be good? :pac:

    It wasn't as bad as the other ones but on the odd night up there, found it as dull as fcuk.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #66
    skooterblue2
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Athlone?

    It's not that bad. Not wonderful but not that bad.

    You might aswell include every town outside of the cities then if you're including Athlone. (Yup, I'm originally from Athlone) :D

    I'm curious... any towns you'd consider to be good? :pac:

    Any town with good employment prospects, access to decent third level education and a low crime rate.


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  • #67
    The Pheasant2
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    Feakle. Even the name brings **** to mind.


  • #68
    corner of hells
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    Three Bullets , it's in Leitrim or Cavan.

    A local saying , is "keep the last bullet for yourself ".


  • #69
    Fiery mutant
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    Ger Roe wrote: »
    I am living in Newtownmountkennedy myself, but once heard it described thusly :

    " If Wicklow is The Garden of Ireland, then Newtownmountkennedy is that dark and dank place down behind the shed where the disused garden furniture is dumped"

    I thought the description was quite poetic ;)

    I grew up a few miles from Newtown, and when I was young, that description yo gave would have been a compliment. In fairness, it has improved greatly over the last few years.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



  • #70
    seachto7
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    Shannon town. Longford town. Granard. Ballymahon. Tipp town. Clonmel. Buttevant. Charleville. Newcastle West. Gort. Rathkeale.


  • #71
    Ginger83
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    Clonmellon in Westmeath......depressing looking.


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  • #72
    Try_harder
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    Everywhere is a shytehole - we get it!


  • #73
    skooterblue2
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    I on the other hand is very much liking Navan!!!


  • #74
    Jennehy
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    Tralee in Kerry is one kip. High crime, anti social behavior. Huge social housing and social housing crisis.


  • #75
    whisky_galore
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    I don't know why Buttevant gets so much hate, it looks quite neat (with the exception when that dratted horse fair is on..) now that the road works are done.
    It's a glorified village, don't be expecting a multiplex or an opera house.


  • #76
    Church on Tuesday
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    Didn't like Youghal the one time I was there, fairly charmless place.

    And as mentioned earlier, Ballaghadereen. I had the pleasure of going to school there. I was glad when I finished.

    Just a very dysfunctional town.


  • #77
    DickSwiveller Returns
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    Athy is the worst place on earth. Worse than Mogadishu, Nairobi and Baghdad put together.


  • #78
    harry Bailey esq
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    Drimoleague, Cork hasn't been mentioned yet I notice. Nor has Rathnew Co Wicklow. Odd that. The former is just a kip, the latter is a dangerous kip. As someone who makes regular contributions to the 'worst pubs you've drank in' thread, my word should carry some weight when I say avoid going for a pint in Rathnew, in any pub. Now I'm pretty deft at ducking from a swinging pool cue and I can fire a barstool as good as the next man, but f*ck me, Rathnew...
    Avoid Avoid Avoid.


  • #79
    Jayferg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Jayferg


    Delvin, Granard, Edgeworthstown, Longford, Kilbeggan, Rotchfortbridge, Kinnegad, Delvin, Ballinrobe, Boyle, Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Portaerlington, Glenamaddy, Tuam, Ballinasloe


  • #80
    Galwayguy35
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    Jayferg wrote: »
    Delvin, Granard, Edgeworthstown, Longford, Kilbeggan, Rotchfortbridge, Kinnegad, Delvin, Ballinrobe, Boyle, Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Portaerlington, Glenamaddy, Tuam, Ballinasloe

    Tuam has improved a bit in the last few years, it's definitely not the sh1thole it was years ago.


  • #81
    fancy pigeon
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    Must update the map later...!


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  • #82
    DickSwiveller Returns
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    Anywhere in South Kildare


  • #83
    jcorr
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    YupLimerick wrote: »
    wakka12 wrote: »
    Unfortunately there are hundreds of towns and villages across the country with no redeemable features and are all equally soul destroying

    There really are. The amount of places that are too small to be considered villages (like Newtwopothouse in Cork)

    Newpothouse sounds like a happening shpot


  • #84
    YupLimerick
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    Passed through Wicklow Town a few days ago. Jesus. Somehow worse than Tipp Town. Glad I didn't get of the car.


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