Most miserable and grim towns and villages in Ireland

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 20-04-2020 12:30PM

Chinasea wrote: »

If they just planted some trees it would make a huge difference. That's why most of them look so bleak and desolate.

This x1000.

Many of our towns and villages are just bland concrete with very little greenery. You see it as well in some of our bigger cities like Cork. Very little trees being planted.

Mad_maxx · 20-04-2020 12:31PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Youghal mentioned a lot. Not sure about it being the biggest kip in Ireland. It is probably the biggest underachiever though.
Has great potential - great beach, lot of history with some fine buildings.

The quays area could do with a total revamp and I reckon it would make the place way better. Few bars and restaurants and shops with outdoor sitting and tastefully done there would get people in.

What's the story? Have to got no local TD to get stuff done?

Youghal is a better example of a place who,s glory days are long behind it than almost anywhere else

pity as its a very scenic setting

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 20-04-2020 12:33PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Youghal is a better example of a place who,s glory days are long behind it than almost anywhere else

pity as its a very scenic setting

Complete lack of investment and care from the local authority.

Some bizarre planning approvals down there too, like near the Quality Hotel. Some new pool development next to it. Such an eyesore.

Mad_maxx · 20-04-2020 12:41PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Galway has its share of kips too.
Dunmore is mid 20th century grim, while Kilcolgan must be the least picturesque village in Ireland.

no county relies more on its city or largest town than galway

if you exclude galway city , the county of galway neither has money - real opportunities or charm in terms of its towns

Mad_maxx · 20-04-2020 12:43PM

Seamai wrote: »

Mountmellick
Tipperary
Tralee
Kilgarvan
Ballybunion
Carrick on Suir
Bundoran

mountmellick is indeed a pug ugly town , even the right turn you take for portlaoise from the tullamore side is slightly unnerving

Mad_maxx · 20-04-2020 12:44PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

The village of Killimor between Portumna and Loughrea in Galway.

Knock

Edenderry

Dundalk

woodford in galway looks the same as it did in 1973 , awful dive of a village

Mad_maxx · 20-04-2020 12:59PM

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Castlerea 1000% the town should be flattened with a bulldozer.

Surprised I haven't seen Edgworthstown on the list, if you want to see a town stuck in a time warp, Edgerwortstown is it. Rooskey and Dromod are another two hellholes. They have shop fronts that look like they haven't been touched since the 1930's.

boyle is a bigger dive than castlerea , at least castlerea has a prison and a very big mart in terms of providing employment

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2020 01:15PM

Chinasea wrote: »

If they just planted some trees it would make a huge difference. That's why most of them look so bleak and desolate.

Unfortunately jamming as many cars into main streets in towns seems to be priority over public space and trees. Trees make anywhere look nice.

Squeeonline · 20-04-2020 01:17PM

This thread is a great way to guess where people grew up and have family in, or currently live in.

Casey78 · 20-04-2020 01:20PM

Ballymun

ShamNNspace · 20-04-2020 01:23PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

not run down , just never awake , place people sleep in , they work , shop and party in galway

you never experience anything exciting or dangerous in athenry

That oul battle in 1316 knocked the stuffin out of them I'd say

FarmerBrowne · 20-04-2020 01:42PM

Dunmore in County Galway, it maybe home to the incredible dynasty of Donnellan footballers but it looks a place time forgot.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 20-04-2020 01:58PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Unfortunately jamming as many cars into main streets in towns seems to be priority over public space and trees. Trees make anywhere look nice.

That's exactly it. Our small towns and villages main streets are filled with cars parked on either side, many also mounting the already narrow footpaths.

It wrecks the look of the place and allows little space for public Realm improvements like seating, trees, flowers etc

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2020 02:01PM

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

That's exactly it. Our small towns and villages main streets are filled with cars parked on either side, many also mounting the already narrow footpaths.

It wrecks the look of the place and allows little space for public Realm improvements like seating, trees, flowers etc

Yes but I have come to the conclusion that that's what most people in Ireland want. Plus most people live so far from the towns and villages that they have to drive there. I suppose the solution would be car parks outside the town and pedestrianising the centre, like you have in France etc.

ItAintMeBabe · 20-04-2020 02:05PM

The whole of Tipperary, total kip.

Agree with Shannon, had so much potential but it’s just a town that’s completely dead and looks absolutely grim.

Casey78 · 20-04-2020 02:17PM

Darndale

the dark phantom · 20-04-2020 03:02PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Yes but I have come to the conclusion that that's what most people in Ireland want. Plus most people live so far from the towns and villages that they have to drive there. I suppose the solution would be car parks outside the town and pedestrianising the centre, like you have in France etc.

There is a town in north Tipp and the locals are furious because the evil council controlled by them up in Dublin want to improve the town by removing street car parking spaces and begorrah plant trees.

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2020 03:08PM

the dark phantom wrote: »

There is a town in north Tipp and the locals are furious because the evil council controlled by them up in Dublin want to improve the town by removing street car parking spaces and begorrah plant trees.

This is why we can't have nice things

cml387 · 20-04-2020 03:08PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

mountmellick is indeed a pug ugly town , even the right turn you take for portlaoise from the tullamore side is slightly unnerving

As someone who drove from the south to Mullingar for years, there is a way around Mountmellick which I always took because I couldn't bear to go through it ever again.

PsychoPete · 20-04-2020 03:12PM

Wouldnt normally be in that side of the country but a months ago I drove through Tipperary Town for the first time in years. Truly awful kip of a town

Sober Crappy Chemis · 20-04-2020 03:21PM

PsychoPete wrote: »

Wouldnt normally be in that side of the country but a months ago I drove through Tipperary Town for the first time in years. Truly awful kip of a town

Tipp town makes Finglas look like Bel Air.

20-04-2020 03:36PM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

If there's a bigger shithole than Bray, I've yet to visit it.

Harsh. It's a fantastic middle class place with a few undertones of lower class scattered around but this is way off as a statement. There's houses in Bray selling for millions. It's got diversity and like everywhere, depends on where you're located. Sounds like you spent the day in Fassaroe...

Agree the town itself and main street is struggling post recession but so is every town since the last recession. They are due a Stella Cinema and a new shopping centre and if done right, I'm totally confident can replicate the success of the sea front.

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2020 03:39PM

I like Bray, it's not perfect but at least it's interesting and unique. What's the story with that creaky old hotel at the foot of the head? Is it listed I wonder? It's such a weird relic, still has old blinds in some of the windows.

Casey78 · 20-04-2020 03:42PM

Blanchardstown

gourcuff · 20-04-2020 03:45PM

gorey definitely, gets infested with the costa del sol 'boozed up brits abroad' type of irish every summer which absolutely ruins it.. and the beaches on the east coast are terrible and usually negatively impacted by a nearby wasterwater treatment plant malfunctioning

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 20-04-2020 04:50PM

the dark phantom wrote: »

There is a town in north Tipp and the locals are furious because the evil council controlled by them up in Dublin want to improve the town by removing street car parking spaces and begorrah plant trees.

What town is that?

chopperbyrne · 20-04-2020 05:18PM

I live in Bunclody.

It's a ****hole.

The answer is Arklow though. Sister in law used to be a social worker there. Grim doesn't even begin to describe the place.

Hulk Hands · 20-04-2020 05:19PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Athenty is another kip along with Headford.

Headford is fairly desolate alright but Athenry? It's a heritage town with a lovely castle, abbey, arch etc. It has redeeming features compared to some of the right kips around rural Ireland like Strokestown or Tipp town. Athenry's close to Galway city too and house prices there are high, albeit slightly too far from the city if I was looking

iamstop · 20-04-2020 06:19PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtSdJaPCSI

pgj2015 · 20-04-2020 06:19PM

Did someone just say Dromod was a kip? lol its a lovely village.

Most miserable and grim towns and villages in Ireland

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