Your favorite Irish county

Kermit.de.frog · 29-11-2020 05:09PM #1

What's your favorite county in Ireland and why? (Including the occupied 6 in Munster but let's try and keep it civil)

Mine is Leitrim. Yes, it's the smallest and no one knows why it exists as a county but I find coming across someone from Leitrim exceedingly rare.

But when I have they've always been lovely. Genuine all round very nice people

Plus it has great scenery!

I'd highly recommend Carrick-on-Shannon for a visit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Leitrim

The population of Leitrim in 1841 was 155,000 : o

fluke · 29-11-2020 05:14PM

Galway. Always have had a soft spot for Galway. Why? I went to few trips to the Aran Islands and Galway city, and always enjoyed it.

If I could wave a magic wand I'd move there.

EmmetSpiceland · 29-11-2020 05:15PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Mine is Leitrim. Yes, it's the smallest

It’s not the smallest.

Smee_Again · 29-11-2020 05:16PM

Leitrim isn’t the smallest, that honour goes to Louth.

Galway is my favourite, both for the scenery and having the best town/city in Ireland in Galway.

artanevilla · 29-11-2020 05:17PM

I don't judge places on arbitrary lines drawn by the Brits.

barney shamrock · 29-11-2020 05:19PM

I spend a lot of time in Donegal with my job, love it up there.
Nice people, great scenery and clean crisp air.

29-11-2020 05:20PM

Limerick or Cork by a long long way over any of the other 24.

Ubbquittious · 29-11-2020 05:37PM

Donegal. Lovely and wild up there

Airyfairy12 · 29-11-2020 05:44PM

Louth is the smallest county, not Leitrim. I used to live in Leitrim.
Cork county and Donegal are beautiful, also love Mayo and Kerry.

dobman88 · 29-11-2020 05:45PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What's your favorite county in Ireland and why? (Including the occupied 6 in Munster

Think you need a Geography lesson

Purple Mountain · 29-11-2020 05:47PM

Cork. I love the people and I just love the coastline, especially west Cork down around Skibbereen and Roscarbery.
UCC has fabulous architecture too and the English Market is just so charming.

Kermit.de.frog · 29-11-2020 05:47PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It’s not the smallest.

Pedant.

Smallest population.

29-11-2020 05:48PM

Kerry.

Sligo quite underrated.

French Toast · 29-11-2020 05:50PM

Kerry. Love being down around Killarney in find weather.

Badly Drunk Boy · 29-11-2020 05:58PM

I like Cork too, and Wicklow.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Pedant.

Smallest population.

In fairness, you were asking about the counties and not the people of the each county, so one would assume you meant the size.

Samuel T. Cogley · 29-11-2020 05:59PM

Dublin.

Pkiernan · 29-11-2020 06:01PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Limerick or Cork by a long long way over any of the other 24.

Thinky veiled Unionist propaganda... ;-)

Ubbquittious · 29-11-2020 06:08PM

Pkiernan wrote: »

Thinky veiled Unionist propaganda... ;-)

Blast it with piss

IamtheWalrus · 29-11-2020 06:17PM

Can’t see beyond Monaghan tbh, for its natural beauty, stoney soil and stop off from Dublin-Letterkenny.

McGinniesta · 29-11-2020 06:30PM

artanevilla wrote: »

I don't judge places on arbitrary lines drawn by the Brits.

Yes you do.

Which one is your favourite?

ChikiChiki · 29-11-2020 07:15PM

Mayo, spent my the best parts of my childhood there and the happiest days. Wonderful scenery and great easy going fun people. Everytime I cross the border it fills me with all the joy from the memories.

Hopefully, when I get the funds together to build my forever home there it will be.