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Irish places with ironic names??

  • 11-02-2021 01:26AM
    #1
    BiggJim
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 149 ✭✭


    I'll go first.. Jobstown


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  • #2
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,628 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Dolphins Barn.

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #3
    French Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Hollywood, Wicklah.

    Hollywood11.jpg


  • #4
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    I always thought it amusing that a little townland beside the fastest stretch of road in Ireland at one time, Ginnybawn Hill outside Tyrrellspass, is called....


    Torque....


  • #5
    I Was VB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭I Was VB


    Cock island.


  • #6
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    I suppose the King of em all.....

    Prosperous.

    Shudder....


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  • #7
    BiggJim
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    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I suppose the King of em all.....

    Prosperous.

    Shudder....

    Is it disgusting too?


  • #8
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Cock island.

    Ironic, not iconic...


  • #9
    Leg End Reject
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    Muff

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #10
    snowstorm445
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭snowstorm445


    Inch in Kerry, the beach is 3 miles long...


  • #11
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    BiggJim wrote: »
    Is it disgusting too?

    Only a spin will cure your thirst for knowledge.


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    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I suppose the King of em all.....

    Prosperous.

    Shudder....
    When you say its name, you have to elongate the first vowel. Praawwwwwwsperous.


  • #13
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Hack-Balls-Cross

    never heard of anyone gettin their balls hacked there,

    but then again its near bandit country, so who knows


  • #14
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Louth.

    They're usually pretty quiet people. Well, the ones that dont live in Dundalk.


  • #15
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Hospital, Limerick. Doesn't have one.

    Fairview, Dublin. No view at all.

    Cork: keeps flooding, doesn't float.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
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    I worked in an office in "Central Park" business park in Sandyford.

    It was neither Central, nor a Park.


  • #17
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,094 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Birr. Been there in the middle of a heatwave.
    Portlaoise. Inland town with no docking port or distillery.

    This too shall pass.



  • #18
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Mayobridge.

    It's in Down.


  • #19
    afro man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    Some crackers in Wexford

    Bastardstown,
    Fannystown


  • #20
    afro man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Muff

    A local area near Muff called Grainne’s Gap


  • #21
    RandRuns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭RandRuns


    Limerick Junction


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  • #22
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Actually, there's one that was deliberately given an ironic name.

    The tiny village of Boston in north Co. Clare was so named in ironic reference to the metropolis of Boston in the US.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_County_Clare


  • #23
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Cock island.
    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Muff
    fryup wrote: »
    Hack-Balls-Cross
    afro man wrote: »
    Bastardstown,
    Fannystown

    But none of these are ironic.

    In fact, it's one of the ironies of any thread that calls for ironic examples that lots of people will post stuff that is not ironic at all.

    It's like raaaaaaaiiiiiinnnnnn, on your wedding daaaaaaaaay! etc.


  • #24
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Curry, Co Sligo.

    Not a Chinese or Indian restaurant in sight.


  • #25
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,631 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    sligojoek wrote: »
    Curry, Co Sligo.

    Not a Chinese or Indian restaurant in sight.

    Tubbercurry does though. Sells curry in tubs as well.


  • #26
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    retalivity wrote: »
    Tubbercurry does though. Sells curry in tubs as well.

    Bag of chips with a tub o' curry sauce.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Down is UP North


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
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    Kill, County Kildare.

    You go on one murder spree !!!!


  • #29
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Skyrimaddict wrote: »
    Kill, County Kildare.

    You go on one murder spree !!!!
    Damnit - was just about to nominate Kill Lane for the exact same reason.

    I grew up within five minutes of South Park, Abbey Road and Springfield (Park), and never once saw any famous cartoon characters or musicians. Abbey Road doesn't even have a zebra crossing.


  • #30
    EmmetSpiceland
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    There’s a ‘Mountain View Road’ in Ranelagh. Not sure if it’s “ironic” or just false advertising.

    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be” - A. Dumbledore

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
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    Not Ironic but funny,


    Hulk Street in Clifden, Galway- Its a tiny puny street


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