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Are some parts of Ireland just a bit odd?

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  • 27-05-2019 1:30am
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    Exhibit A: Donegal. The county that brought us Peter Casey, Mickey Joe Harte, and loves to say No in referendums. The Trolling County.

    In fact, you could probably apply this to all of the North-West and Mayo, but Donegal is its epicentre.

    In my own home county, Tipperary, a small village in the south part of the county called Ballingarry is also known for being odd. A hilly terrain (hills and mountains being the natural habitat of the eccentric), one half of the village seems to be alcoholic, the other half plain mad. My Granny used to tell us stories of child cannibalism there long ago. I once passed through and enquired about where to buy petrol. A dwarfish old lady with a mostly-bald head peered in my car window and said "The town is closed". Odd place.

    This is probably only a rural phenomenon, but what parts of the country are regarded as being a bit strange? And why?


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    Your Face
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    Parts of east Galway have a Deliverance vibe.


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    SmartinMartin
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    Parts of every country in the world are a bit odd. What a stupid thread.


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    [Deleted User]
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    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Parts of every country in the world are a bit odd. What a stupid thread.
    How's life in Ballingarry anyway?


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    freshpopcorn
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Exhibit A: Donegal. The county that brought us Peter Casey, Mickey Joe Harte, and loves to say No in referendums. The Trolling County.

    In fact, you could probably apply this to all of the North-West and Mayo, but Donegal is its epicentre.

    I always thought Donegal said no to referendums mainly because Sinn Fein had a big presences there and they told them to vote NO.
    They may also be a tad more conservative because they are a lot of rural areas.


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    SmartinMartin
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    I don't know where that is, so in all fairness I can't answer. Doesn't change the stupidity level of the thread.


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    mattser
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    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Parts of every country in the world are a bit odd. What a stupid thread.

    Indeed. A lot of stupid threads. People with far too much time talking rubbish.


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    Tombom1
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Parts of east Galway have a Deliverance vibe.

    Where ? Unless your referencing travellers what you said is just not true there's been significant enough migration through/in East Galway historically. Id be looking at remote parts of cork/Kerry.. do some research there


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    dd973
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    I can never understand why the Beara peninsula seems arbitrarily divided between Cork and Kerry, it would geographically make more sense if it was all Cork.


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    Kilkenny.

    I love the country. I am not one of those Dubliners. I love west meath (particularly mullingar) and meath. I love cork. I like Kildare I LOVE wicklow.

    But MAN Kilkenny....so weird.


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    kowloon
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    mattser wrote: »
    Indeed. A lot of stupid threads. People with far too much time talking rubbish.

    You're reading and commenting on the thread, so you're one of us! :D


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    Ireland is odd in general.


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    Some parts up the Dublin mountains are very very weird ...Hell fire /sally gap area.


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    Zirconia
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    I once passed through and enquired about where to buy petrol. A dwarfish old lady with a mostly-bald head peered in my car window and said "The town is closed".

    It's a local town for local people - there's nothing for you here!


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    I wonder what these people think of Dublin?


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    kowloon
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    Zirconia wrote: »
    It's a local town for local people - there's nothing for you here!

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    Ubbquittious
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Exhibit A: Donegal. The county that brought us Peter Casey, Mickey Joe Harte, and loves to say No in referendums. The Trolling County.

    In fact, you could probably apply this to all of the North-West and Mayo, but Donegal is its epicentre.

    In my own home county, Tipperary, a small village in the south part of the county called Ballingarry is also known for being odd. A hilly terrain (hills and mountains being the natural habitat of the eccentric), one half of the village seems to be alcoholic, the other half plain mad. My Granny used to tell us stories of child cannibalism there long ago. I once passed through and enquired about where to buy petrol. A dwarfish old lady with a mostly-bald head peered in my car window and said "The town is closed". Odd place.

    This is probably only a rural phenomenon, but what parts of the country are regarded as being a bit strange? And why?


    I wouldn't take much notice of that sort of thing really. I have been to places in other countries and Norn Iron where I have felt a sudden need to get the feck out of there. But in Ireland it is grand. Donegal and places have a bit of madness about them and I like it. Must mean I'm odd myself


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    sligojoek
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    How's life in Ballingarry anyway?

    Which Ballingarry?


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    Neon_Lights
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    Leitrim and Longford are full of weirdo's in my experience, followed closely by cavan people


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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
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    Offaly people tend to be a bit cracked and I say that as the son of an Offaly woman. There's a bit of wild-eyed madness about the people of North Roscommon too.

    Donegal is definitely the county that tends to go against the grain on most things. I reckon they do it on purpose.


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    Charles Babbage
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I always thought Donegal said no to referendums mainly because Sinn Fein had a big presences there and they told them to vote NO.
    They may also be a tad more conservative because they are a lot of rural areas.


    There is a tradition of No in Ulster.


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    whisky_galore
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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

    Donegal is definitely the county that tends to go against the grain on most things. I reckon they do it on purpose.

    They vote 'agin' everything because they feel sidelined and ignored by Dublin-centric government.


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    Wanderer78
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    All parts of the globe are odd, we re just an odd bunch of fcukers


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    whisky_galore
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    Rathkeale is a strange spot.
    Basically a resort for travellers who refuse to engage with all the normal life of any other village, be it tidy towns, community groups or GAA.
    Big houses with high gates, some occupied for only part of the year, various closed down businesses, not unduly untidy or derelict but a definite air of weirdness about it.
    Tumbleweed central outside of holiday time.


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    Eire Go Brach
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    Why be normal?
    Normal is boring.


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    Peatys
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    ?

    Anywhere off the motor ways really


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    Force Carrier
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    Dublin 5.


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    Mad_maxx
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Parts of east Galway have a Deliverance vibe.

    Clannish beyond belief


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    kippy
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    This country is odd, although I'd suggest tis the same in a lot of Wester states.

    Tbh I don't mind people voting one way or another. That's what its there for. But for more than half the electorate not engage with the process of elections is odd as fxuk if you ask me. Something that has been fought so hard for.


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    Cryptopagan
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I always thought Donegal said no to referendums mainly because Sinn Fein had a big presences there and they told them to vote NO.
    They may also be a tad more conservative because they are a lot of rural areas.

    The referendum in which Donegal notoriously voted “no” was Repeal the 8th, which Sinn Fein supported (there are 5 seats in the Dail representing Donegal, and only 1 is SF; FF are the dominant party). The electorate there is more conservative, probably because the younger generation have to leave to find work, so it votes the way the rest of Ireland would if everyone under 55 stayed at home.


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    Autosport
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Kilkenny.

    I love the country. I am not one of those Dubliners. I love west meath (particularly mullingar) and meath. I love cork. I like Kildare I LOVE wicklow.

    But MAN Kilkenny....so weird.

    We don't like your vibes either :P


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