Most Hated County in Ireland

Rb · 13-01-2007 10:10AM

faceman wrote:

How about "the whole of northern ireland" as an option?

[runs and hides behind sofa\]

kidding!

Just don't specify whether you're protestant or catholic. That way, neither can come after you incase they're going after one of their own

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-01-2007 12:10PM

I'd vote for Dublin for the way they say "I'll have another Heino, bleedin' bleedin' bleedin', when's the next DORT? I'll stab ya, ya durty ratten Polski""

Mossy Monk · 13-01-2007 12:32PM

Dublin. never liked the place

Rb · 13-01-2007 12:35PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote:

I'd vote for Dublin for the way they say "I'll have another Heino, bleedin' bleedin' bleedin', when's the next DORT? I'll stab ya, ya durty ratten Polski""

Erm...yeah...

Plug · 13-01-2007 01:47PM

nesf wrote:

Correct someone's spelling or berate them for their fine country heritage again and you'll earn a ban ya Jackeen!

Im proud of you. *wipes tear from eye*

mikemac · 13-01-2007 01:47PM

My most hated county is Tipperary South Riding.
I'm from Tipperary North Riding

It's the whole northside/southside debate for people from outside the Pale

We had more than one county council long before Dublin did:p

cooker3 · 13-01-2007 01:52PM

Well I don't hate it but I have always wondered why Longford exists. Seriousley what has it ever achieved. If it got nuked tomorrow, would anyone notice?

Also, if I spoke with a Cork accent, I would be embarrassed to speak tbh

Feral Mutant · 13-01-2007 01:56PM

rb_ie wrote:

Just don't specify whether you're protestant or catholic. That way, neither can come after you incase they're going after one of their own

That won't stop them. Did you learn nothing from Captain Planet?

rediguana · 13-01-2007 02:00PM

Longford (shudder). Oh wait, that's the most DEPRESSING county.

Hated? Dublin isn't as bad as it used to be, now that the foreigners have diluted the heady mix of brashness and superiority.

Tipperary gets my vote. Its people could do with more subtlety and finesse.

Rb · 13-01-2007 02:09PM

Feral Mutant wrote:

That won't stop them. Did you learn nothing from Captain Planet?

Hrmm, you do have a point. If Captain Planet taught us anything, its that barring the intervention of a superhero, the Catholics and Protestants of Northern Ireland will nuke the place regardless.

Supercell · 13-01-2007 02:34PM

Most of Dublin, just because of the bloody traffic nightmare and the insane price of housing..
Mind you when I buy that house in Shrewsbury I'll have a Helipad - only way to move about Dublin these days:)

Other than that, I'd vote for Youghal in Cork, seriously, does anyone from outside the place understand a word these people are saying without a translater?

It ought to be a county or even a country in its own right and Youghal speak into a language of its own right imho.

nesf · 13-01-2007 03:44PM

cooker3 wrote:

Well I don't hate it but I have always wondered why Longford exists.

I thought it went the way of Pluto and now is known as a proto-county?

johnnyrotten · 13-01-2007 04:16PM

Plug wrote:

Dublin....think they own the fcuking country:rolleyes:

We Do!

the Shades · 13-01-2007 04:58PM

hmmm... it has to be Kildare, no good has ever come out of the place.

Angels · 13-01-2007 05:11PM

MMM this is such a hard decision for me to make ...................

DUBLIN

and yes im from Cork boi;)

Lemming · 13-01-2007 05:14PM

Cork hands down. On account of the chip on the shoulder that every cork person carries that would make Atlas himself shudder.

And that irritating "The real capital" mantra that goes through my nerves and removes me from the space-time continnum to a happy place where I am inflicting brutal and horrendously violent vengeance that is physically not possible on the pituitary f*cktard that said it.

Rb · 13-01-2007 05:19PM

Lemming wrote:

Cork hands down. On account of the chip on the shoulder that every cork person carries that would make Atlas himself shudder.

And that irritating "The real capital" mantra that goes through my nerves and removes me from the space-time continnum to a happy place where I am inflicting brutal and horrendously violent vengeance that is physically not possible on the pituitary f*cktard that said it.

Yeah I'd agree with that (except about Cork being the worst/most hated county). This "Real Capital" stuff is the biggest crock of shíte I've ever came across and its time Corkonians just faced the f*cking truth of the matter that Cork never was, and never will be the capital of this country. Maybe they could combine their efforts and saw the county off our Island and float it out to sea, then they could have their own government and all.

Pigman II · 13-01-2007 05:28PM

Figured Dublin would be in 1st purely down to the fact that it is the REAL capital, is the biggest city, is the place people around the world might have actually heard of.

However, glad to see Cork in 2nd. Almost everyone I meet from that place has some sort of chip on their shoulder coupled with unwarrented superiority complex in order to compensate for the former. Oh yeah, and the stupid accent too.

As for Culchies accusing Dubs of incorrectly presuming they are the be-all and end-all of the country I do find it ironic how many times I get this accusation levelled at me by culchies who actually LIVE AND WORK IN DUBLIN. If it isn't the be-all end-all then go get a job somewhere else.

nesf · 13-01-2007 05:32PM

The chips on my shoulders balance each other out. So there!

Rb · 13-01-2007 05:34PM

Oh, I'd also question how many of the people who voted Dublin actually have been through or spent some decent amount of time here, and not just came up to Croke park for the day to watch the bogball, got píssed off with the traffic jams on the Northside of the Liffey (which they themselves create), then get píssed off with standing at a bar around croke park for an hour waiting for service because the place is packed with their neighbours/relatives/a good chunk of their county and the fact that we have Gardaí doing random stop points so they can't have a few pints and drive home drunk like back in the arse of nowhere where they insisted on coming from in the first place and consequently deciding Dublin was the worst place in Ireland.

Bateman · 13-01-2007 05:37PM

In the absence of Louth, I'm going for Cork.

Wishbone Ash · 13-01-2007 05:38PM

Pigman II wrote:

it is the REAL capital, is the biggest city

I thought the thread was about the "most hated county" not city.

What about us good people of County Dublin? We consider ourselves as totally seperate from the city. Many of my friends would be "muckers" and I used to be one.

Are Dublin farmers considered to be "culchies"?

BTW Why is Meath not in the poll? I've rarely heard a good word about it!

nesf · 13-01-2007 05:38PM

rb_ie wrote:

Oh, I'd also question how many of the people who voted Dublin actually have been through or spent some decent amount of time here, and not just came up to Croke park for the day to watch the bogball, got píssed off with the traffic jams on the Northside of the Liffey (which they themselves create), then get píssed off with standing at a bar around croke park for an hour waiting for service because the place is packed with their neighbours/relatives/a good chunk of their county and the fact that we have Gardaí doing random stop points so they can't have a few pints and drive home drunk like back in the arse of nowhere where they insisted on coming from in the first place and consequently deciding Dublin was the worst place in Ireland.

Personally I dislike the city because I find it overcrowded whenever I'm up there. It's purely a comfort thing, it's the same basis for why I prefer Edinburgh to London, if you know what I mean. You either love or hate the crowds. I have friends in Dublin who could never deal with the quietness/emptiness of the countryside, and that's an equally valid viewpoint imho.

Plus, regarding this poll, most people will just put down Dublin because it's so easy to get a rise out of yee....

Rb · 13-01-2007 05:40PM

I wouldn't worry about Dublin being currently ahead in the poll either, its the weekend, Dubliners go out, go shopping, socialise etc. come tomorrow morning when all the muckers are back ploughing their fields and digging bogs and leave the one computer the whole town shares alone, the Dubliners will log on from their office jobs and happily click another county

Or at least I hope thats what happens....

Wishbone Ash · 13-01-2007 05:42PM

rb_ie wrote:

digging bogs

In January?

thelordofcheese · 13-01-2007 05:50PM

With Sligo not being on the list, i have to vote for dublin. Never liked it.

Rb · 13-01-2007 05:50PM

nesf wrote:

Personally I dislike the city because I find it overcrowded whenever I'm up there. It's purely a comfort thing, it's the same basis for why I prefer Edinburgh to London, if you know what I mean. You either love or hate the crowds. I have friends in Dublin who could never deal with the quietness/emptiness of the countryside, and that's an equally valid viewpoint imho.

Plus, regarding this poll, most people will just put down Dublin because it's so easy to get a rise out of yee....

Oh I can totally understand why some wouldn't like the city, I couldn't personally live in the inner city myself as its still quite loud at night, but am quite happily situated out in the suburbs.

Daytime in the inner city is absolute bedlam, but as would be with any major city in Europe/the world. Theres school kids whos schools are in town wandering about, countless amounts of college students floating about, tourists, etc etc. and its worse come the weekend when everyones off work, but its come to be a sight that I enjoy seeing now. Its a good sign that the city is doing well, all the businesses getting vast amounts of customers and as a result more competition between rival firms here trying to get the most of these customers it can which leads to lower prices (but still quite high due to the costs associated with running a business here) and better quality etc.

Not only that but from wandering around you see many different cultures integrating into society in the city which is great, and makes a big change from the somewhat racist past of the country.

Not to forget, we get more of the hot polish/other foreign women here than any other county in the country

I know its too busy for some people and can completely understand, but it can hardly be voted the worst city in Ireland/most hated simply because its doing extremely well?!

Supercell · 13-01-2007 05:51PM

rb_ie wrote:

I wouldn't worry about Dublin being currently ahead in the poll either, its the weekend, Dubliners go out, go shopping, socialise etc. come tomorrow morning when all the muckers are back ploughing their fields and digging bogs and leave the one computer the whole town shares alone, the Dubliners will log on from their office jobs and happily click another county

Or at least I hope thats what happens....

Hmm.. rb_ie raises some valid points

Fast_Mover · 13-01-2007 05:51PM

Valid points..ha!
rb_ie is clearly an uneducated fool. And having such a sterotypical view of country people is actually very funny as I can bet my life that at the end of the day they'll go futher then him in life..

Rb · 13-01-2007 05:51PM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

In January?

Dunno, not a bog digger myself so wouldn't know.

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