Most isolated place in Ireland

dave 27 · 26-02-2010 12:43PM #1

Is there a known spot or place in the island of Ireland thats known to be the furthest place from civilisation? not including islands, just the mainland..im thinking maybe somewhere in connemara or kerry??

somewhere in the middle of these mountain ranges?

it would be cool to know the exact point!

genericguy · 26-02-2010 12:45PM

listowel, there ain't no civilised people there.

Dravokivich · 26-02-2010 12:47PM

All of Cork in general I recon

dlofnep · 26-02-2010 12:50PM

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

26-02-2010 01:09PM

There're plenty of ghost estates that are uninhabited miles from civilisation!

Pdfile · 26-02-2010 01:13PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

fail.

on another note - Offaly. its a kip.

deman · 26-02-2010 01:16PM

Fanad lighthouse

Crann na Beatha · 26-02-2010 01:17PM

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26-02-2010 01:19PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Dublin.

Still half-evolved, man-ape creatures there - that haven't quite yet mastered communication. Although, they do seem to have mastered the arts of barter and fire - so they are progressing as a species.

Yeah, if only they'd go back down the bog from whence they came and leave the native Dubs in peace, we might actually start to clean the place up

jd007 · 26-02-2010 01:20PM

Roscommon.

snow ghost · 26-02-2010 01:20PM

I believe Erris in North Mayo may claim this title as it is I believe one of the most unihabited places in Western Europe.

Finny on the Mayo / Connemara border would also be fairly isolated.

Menengroth™ · 26-02-2010 01:26PM

Laois, you'll never find somewhere further from civilization.

Cool Mo D · 26-02-2010 01:26PM

You'd really want to go to an island - there are plenty of uninhabited ones - but Tory island is probably the most remote inhabited place.

WindSock · 26-02-2010 01:28PM

Skellig Micheal. Well it would be if it werent for those pesky tourists.

Edit: Now that we have got the standard lolz 'your town is crap' out of the way, can we get to discussing the actual isolated places?

Hagar · 26-02-2010 01:29PM

Living in a cardboard box on a street where people hurry by carrying €3.50 semi-decaffe moccachinos must be the most isolated place in Ireland.

caseyann · 26-02-2010 01:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, if only they'd go back down the bog from whence they came and leave the native Dubs in peace, we might actually start to clean the place up

Still the old cant live with each other scenario lol

Wonder will battle of the borders ever end :mad:

dave 27 · 26-02-2010 01:37PM

when i say isolated, i dont mean isolated town or village, i mean isolated area being the furthest point in ireland from any house

Jesus Wept · 26-02-2010 01:37PM

Craggy Island

cafecolour · 26-02-2010 01:49PM

dave 27 wrote: »

somewhere in the middle of these mountain ranges?

The wicklow mountains actually seemed more isolated to me than Connemara national park, despite the density of the surrounding areas. Connemara is lovely, but that picture is basically the whole park. You've got letterfrack on one end with the one trail in the park up the mtn (which was paved with tourists when I went) and then you've basically got roads with tiny towns ringing those mountains.

I'd almost guest somewhere bog-deep in mayo.

snow ghost · 26-02-2010 02:03PM

dave 27 wrote: »

when i say isolated, i dont mean isolated town or village, i mean isolated area being the furthest point in ireland from any house

That woud be definitely be in the Erris region of North Mayo.

KingLoser · 26-02-2010 02:16PM

Mary Harney's snatch!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

..I'll get my coat.

Elenxor · 26-02-2010 02:19PM

Iolar wrote: »

Clonaslee co.laois where men is men and sheep are afraid...very afraid

TULLAMORE.....

Where I'm afraid....very afraid.

WindSock · 26-02-2010 02:30PM

Trying to find a decent satellite image of Ireland at night but can't.

biko · 26-02-2010 02:32PM

Rockall, it's Irish goddammit!

rossie1977 · 26-02-2010 02:42PM

well looking at this

or this

i would say you could narrow it down to west donegal, north west mayo, west galway or west kerry

highnc · 26-02-2010 03:12PM

KingLoser wrote: »

Mary Harney's snatch!!

OP said "isolated", not "neglected"!!!

enda1 · 26-02-2010 03:57PM

Brandon Creek/Head

Ireland's longest stretch of unexploited coastline.

Pretty isolated I suppose.

Maybe some bogland area wins however (or the centre of a lake??)

Oisintarrant · 26-02-2010 04:36PM

Maybe if you found the biggest forestry in the country... no one lives in them, and some of them are huge! Other wise Id go with somewhere down near waterville kerry or bantry in Cork

kowloon · 26-02-2010 04:49PM

Magnus wrote: »

Rockall, it's Irish goddammit!

One of the proposals in your country your call is to challenge for ownership.

WindSock · 26-02-2010 04:53PM

kowloon wrote: »

One of the proposals in your country your call is to challenge for ownership.

Cool. We can claim ownership by putting a Monorail on it.

26-02-2010 04:57PM

The Dáil?

Most isolated place in Ireland

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