Most miserable and grim towns and villages in Ireland

fleet_admiral · 20-04-2020 11:26PM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

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

There is, in the same county. Arklow is an awful dump

maestroamado · 20-04-2020 11:27PM

howareyakid wrote: »

A lot of rural towns and villages appear to be stuck in a time warp. Plenty I could name but I don’t want to single out particular places. With more people choosing to live in cities and with not many social opportunities for young people apart from the GAA, it’s hard to see how the situation will improve for many towns and villages.

I have had this debate in the area i live as i wanted to develop a community centre.
There is no interest in any other sport in Ireland only gaa. I had this conversation with people with young families and i was told how great it was they providing.
I agreed great organization and added "but it's the only game in town"
It's that way as that's what we want....

FloatingVoter · 20-04-2020 11:33PM

Newcastle West is pretty ****. Not because it's just empty - because they believe they're NYC at the same time. And stop marrying your cousins.

Better Than Christ · 20-04-2020 11:41PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If you judge anywhere from just a train station and a main Street in a large town then you've problems. I'd love to know what you think of Blackrock Village and dart station too or even Greystones too on a busy evening...🙄

There are plenty of nice big houses, etc, but to be fair, the main street is an important part of any town. And Bray's main street (along with its surrounding roads) is quite the shithole, and has been for a long time now.

Blackrock and Greystones seem fine, by the way. Way too much traffic and on-street parking, but no sign of the kind of neglect that seems to have plagued Bray in recent years.

shaveAbullock · 20-04-2020 11:48PM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

There are plenty of nice big houses, etc, but to be fair, the main street is an important part of any town. And Bray's main street (along with its surrounding roads) is quite the shithole, and has been for a long time now.

I think you need some perspective and look outside the pale.

That said Bray has so much potential but falls very short of it.

FloatingVoter · 20-04-2020 11:54PM

shaveAbullock wrote: »

I think you need some perspective and look outside the pale.

That said Bray has so much potential but falls very short of it.

Complwtely off-topic, but shave a bullock ?. Are you on medication ?:cool::D

Better Than Christ · 20-04-2020 11:54PM

shaveAbullock wrote: »

I think you need some perspective and look outside the pale.

That said Bray has so much potential but falls very short of it.

I've lived outside 'the pale', and I can understand why towns in the midlands can end up grim and neglected, especially after a recession. Bray has no such excuse.

maestroamado · 21-04-2020 12:01AM

ShamNNspace wrote: »

I don't know why Irish in general don't want to live in towns? All those floors over shops and pubs left empty. Lovely little townhouses just boarded up.. Why cant derelict shops be repurposed as living spaces?too many gaudy neon signs I'd ban em.. I wonder were the authorities overzealous in applying rules from Brussels? 8 butchers in a small galway town when I was growing up now only 1 barely surviving. 3 bakerys now all gone.. Newsagents all gone.. The town Cross taken down an moved to a church where no-one can admire it. A dirty black high rise carpark like a prison on the way into the town. It's our own fault we let it happen

I agree with this post completely as i think terrace houses have real character. I have being thinking of re-locating to a town from rural for the last few years but i cannot decide where to go, i did not get too much encouragement here.
I notice the houses going south on the left hand side of Crusheen in Clare, whoever designed knew what they at, Terraced modern houses all different design and it works, well i think it works.
Another town i used to like is Carrick on Shannon but parties and some shoddy apartment and shopping centre have taken from it...

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:03AM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Complwtely off-topic, but shave a bullock ?. Are you on medication ?:cool::D

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:05AM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

I've lived outside 'the pale', and I can understand why towns in the midlands can end up grim and neglected, especially after a recession. Bray has no such excuse.

I understand and did say that Bray falls short of its potential.
But to claim it's the worst town in Ireland?

nc6000 · 21-04-2020 12:08AM

I watched a repeat of John Creedon's Atlas of Ireland the other day. He had a good quote in it about someone who walked through everyone town in Ireland but ran through Ballaghaderreen.

Thedogsbolix · 21-04-2020 12:10AM

Clones

Kurtzman · 21-04-2020 12:10AM

Donegal town.

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:12AM

Listing towns is meaningless. A number of places have been listed that I would not like to live in but without context it's pointless just to name them.

Better Than Christ · 21-04-2020 12:13AM

shaveAbullock wrote: »

I understand and did say that Bray falls short of its potential.
But to claim it's the worst town in Ireland?

I'd be inclined to cut a lot of the other grim towns some slack because they don't have the sea, the mountains and the capital city on their doorstep.

addaword · 21-04-2020 12:14AM

Kurtzman wrote: »

Donegal town.

Donegal town is not bad. To me Bundoran is worse, with its slot machines and what not.

cbreeze · 21-04-2020 12:17AM

Bangor: a main street with four or five charity shops does not speak of prosperity
Skerries: nice views but God in heaven it must be the dog dirt capital of Ireland - you are in danger of running into lamp posts while you keep your eyes on the ground trying to avoid the crud!

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:18AM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

I'd be inclined to cut a lot of the other grim towns some slack because they don't have the sea, the mountains and the capital city on their doorstep.

Good point. But even doing that would it make Bray the worst town to live in?

Kurtzman · 21-04-2020 12:25AM

shaveAbullock wrote: »

Good point. But even doing that would it make Bray the worst town to live in?

Surely drogheda is the worst spot at the minute?

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:26AM

Kurtzman wrote: »

Surely drogheda is the worst spot at the minute?

I think that would depend on the standard of living of the average citizen in that town. Something I do not have the authority to speak about.

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 21-04-2020 12:37AM

Tipp town ,
just burn the f*ck down already ...

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 12:37AM

Kurtzman wrote: »

Just do some research on drogheda and you will know what I mean. I give you the authority.

It's difficult to find accounts of day to day life from residents. If you are one could you go into detail?

FloatingVoter · 21-04-2020 12:54AM

Kurtzman wrote: »

Surely drogheda is the worst spot at the minute?

Dundalk would want the title. And fight every last Drogheda man for it.

touts · 21-04-2020 12:58AM

Tipperary Town. Covid-19 made no difference to the place as everything was shut already.

smelly sock · 21-04-2020 01:02AM

Google Carnew.

21-04-2020 01:12AM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

There are plenty of nice big houses, etc, but to be fair, the main street is an important part of any town. And Bray's main street (along with its surrounding roads) is quite the shithole, and has been for a long time now.

Blackrock and Greystones seem fine, by the way. Way too much traffic and on-street parking, but no sign of the kind of neglect that seems to have plagued Bray in recent years.

Starting to think you haven't been to Bray before. Genuinely. There's of course a few neglected areas but they're out of the way and don't cause any hassle you'd expect in a town of it's size. You need to get off the main street and drive around the whole place and you'll start to realise the diversity.

Do you think Ballybrack and Killiney are the same place? What about Whitechurch and Rathfarnham? Clontarf and Raheny? Bray is about the size of many South Dublin suburbs lumped into one. You need to give it a break and appreciate how in most parts, it's now a very desirable place to live with Dart access to the city and surrounded by mountains and sea etc. What do you think of Shankill main street??

shaveAbullock · 21-04-2020 01:20AM

smelly sock wrote: »

Google Carnew.

I did, it's not a town. Please stop wasting peoples time.

smelly sock · 21-04-2020 01:22AM

shaveAbullock wrote: »

I did, it's not a town. Please stop wasting peoples time.

Ye it is. Please stop talking ****e.

wakka12 · 21-04-2020 01:26AM

onrail wrote: »

There’s a tendency here to be harsh on ourselves, but having lived and travelled New Zealand and UK for the last 10 years, we are absolutely blessed if we think Arklow or Fethard are as bad as it gets.

You wouldn’t believe the state of the ****holes in NZ once you get away from the tourist hotspots.

Thats surprising about NZ, I dont know anything about the place, what would be an example of a ****ty town in NZ that is somewhat representative and not just the worst example

Your Face · 21-04-2020 01:32AM

Eyrecourt in Galway.
Not at all a kip but a weird oppressive feel to the place.

Most miserable and grim towns and villages in Ireland

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