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They also have very good eye sight.

It doesn't compare well to other towns in Kerry but compared to other towns in Ireland it's pretty good.

I like the Rose of Tralee also.

Most towns don't have 3rd level colleges or get that amount of tourists.

It's got a LOI team now also.

The Kerry team play their league games there also which brings a bit of energy.

Lots of tourists use Tralee as a base to explore Kerry.

I've heard Kilarney is unsafe for women after dark now. Good documentary about it here https://tameside.directory/video/tr-plantation-2-rise-of-the-celts/

How come you left out your own home town from your ridiculous list.You told us you are also from a **** town,and now let me name it Tullamore.

I used to fish there a lot years ago, I don't anymore, some of the people I came across need to be put into a mental institution.

Interesting article that I don't remember seeing before, a couple of factual errors aside (my Old Lad worked shifts from when we arrived in 1970 and 3 cycle shift was the norm in many factories) it gives a fair reflection of the town. The Kincora Apartments were built by SFADCo for single people working in the estate, AFAIR they lived 2 to a room, I thought Aeroflot were in what is now Ballycasey Court, it was known as the Russian Village for years. It seems a common problem among many places that there's not much for teenagers unless they're into sport. When I was in my early and mid teens there were youth clubs around, not sure what's there now.

Thank you for posting.

It’s been shât on by Fingal County Council over the years but it’s not without its charm. There’s a beautiful coastline walk from Balbriggan to Gormanstown. There’s also more than just two restaurants. There’s The Brick Room near the station and the Thai restaurant near the cinema, although there’s also two good Indian Restaurants, two Japanese restaurants, a decent American themed restaurant called Harvey’s as well as Deli Burger if you fancy a fish n’ chips. Molly’s cafe in the centre of town is great place to relax with a coffee and scone also.

Skerries is okay but it’s also full of soulless housing estates. I think the vast majority of the population there commute to Dublin City every day because the Dublin to Drogheda train practically empties when it gets to Skerries. That train station is a total pain in the hole with its one single solitary bridge that can’t cope with the amount of people that use it at once.

It does have a rough reputation but I've never met anyone from Shannon who wasn't sound.

It has a crematorium now also so that brings in lots of visitors😀

I lived in Dublin a couple of times for work and college over the decades, in nice and good parts too, but my overwhelming take from is it's simply too frustratingly sprawly and car dominated. It's like a load of joined up towns and getting across town is way more hassle than it's worth.

I was living in Kilkenny and I had arranged to meet a friend at Dublin airport, he was travelling from Terenure. We were both travelling by bus between the rush hours and I was still quicker getting there.

My take was regardless of living in a good or bad neighbourhood the city took more than it gave.

Galway does seem awful, but when I lived in Kilkenny I could get by very easily without a car. I never needed a car or bus to go socialise or shop there. (edit to add, I could cycle to work on seperated cycle lanes too) I lived in one lovely quiet estate with a nice garden and green space and yet I could walk into town by the river paths without being near any vehicles.

Plus as per my example previously it is as well connected to Dublin airport by bus as many parts of Dublin.

I moved there for work after living in Dublin and I just remember feeling how much easier it was in everyway for quality of life. I'd agree with an earlier poster who mentioned Ballyragget, the smell off the Glanbia factory would linger over the town.