Finally an end to the best county argument!

scientific1982 · 21-12-2010 04:41PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Donegal has fine, fine wimmen up there! Used to spend a lot of time as a kid up there in Bundoran too, it was like the Las Vegas for arcades before it became an all scummy, dodgy spot.

Though, you could say that about everywhere else :pac:

Bundoran, dodgy? You must lead a sheltered life.

KeithAFC · 21-12-2010 04:56PM

Antrim (Antrims glens, Giants Causeway) is the best place on the whole island.

Duggy747 · 21-12-2010 05:01PM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Bundoran, dodgy? You must lead a sheltered life.

I hear they give you Chinese burns on your arm and call you mean things. :pac:

scientific1982 · 21-12-2010 05:03PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

I hear they give you Chinese burns on your arm and call you mean things. :pac:

Jez. Things really have got bad up there.

tatabubbly · 21-12-2010 05:07PM

Oh donegal, were there's regular pub lock ins and mass emigration.. I love it!!

Duggy747 · 21-12-2010 05:08PM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Jez. Things really have got bad up there.

Yea, those name callings really make face-slashings, stabbings, group beatings with pipes, and putting a guy I worked with in intensive care seem really miniscule in comparison.

scientific1982 · 21-12-2010 05:16PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Yea, those name callings really make face-slashings, stabbings, group beatings with pipes, and putting a guy I worked with in intensive care seem really miniscule in comparison.

Eh.

danniemcq · 21-12-2010 05:18PM

tatabubbly wrote: »

Oh donegal, were there's regular pub lock ins

hang on are you trying to say that stumbling out of the pub when the sun is up in the morning after you've only went in for one wee drink at 9 the night before isn't happening everywhere else in the country? I've seen more sunrises like this than any other way!

muffler · 21-12-2010 05:41PM

danniemcq wrote: »

We also have Muff Diving Center and Muff Riding Center.

And guess who the boss is?

danniemcq · 21-12-2010 06:42PM

smashey?

tatabubbly · 21-12-2010 07:24PM

danniemcq wrote: »

hang on are you trying to say that stumbling out of the pub when the sun is up in the morning after you've only went in for one wee drink at 9 the night before isn't happening everywhere else in the country? I've seen more sunrises like this than any other way!

TBH the only other place i've ever heard it happen is in Galway and Mayo...

But i still love Donegal for it's lovely non-gritted roads and closeness to the border!! Oh oh and Rann na feirste...

Paracore · 21-12-2010 07:30PM

dizzywizlw wrote: »

So we're counting Donegal as an actual county now? Standards are slipping here lads :rolleyes:

Anecdotally I have been told that the North West Wasteland rival Dublin in teenage mothers and boy racer car crashes...Is this a positive?

Have you no bin dipping to be doing?

sollar · 21-12-2010 07:43PM

Part of the reson donegal was rated highly is the peace of mind.

Crime is low...you can walk the streets without fearing large groups of feral youths beating, robbing or stabbing you, you don't fear being mugged having your house burgled or car robbed etc. You aren't pestered by beggers every 10 yards. That sort of peace of mind in great.

muffler · 21-12-2010 08:13PM

danniemcq wrote: »

smashey?

Banned!

K-9 · 21-12-2010 08:37PM

Ninjedi wrote: »

I hate to say it but they're probably not trolling. The level of ignorance down the country about this is shocking - the amount of times I've gone to weddings (basically anywhere south of Cavan) and been asked did I have much trouble changing my sterling...you have to wonder really!

I'd say most of it is just jealousy - after all we're the only county that could in theory secede from this ****ehole republic and successfully make a go of it on our own :P

I'm not surprised at teenagers getting it wrong, some people are crap at geography, but grown adults? :eek:

Rocket19 · 21-12-2010 08:54PM

lol at Bray being voted the worst town.

Cos of my parents 'marital issues' :rolleyes: I live in Foxrock and Greystones. Both are considered really nice areas and relatively closeby.

I certainly wouldn't consider Bray that bad. I mean, yeah, some scumbags, but...the place isn't that bad.

Seriously, I've been to some places in the midlands where I'm like "i can't believe people actually live here". Ridiculous.

Therefore, this article is invalid. Including its 'proof' about Donegal. Although I've never been there

danniemcq · 21-12-2010 09:48PM

Rocket19 wrote: »

Therefore, this article is invalid. Including its 'proof' about Donegal. Although I've never been there

you should come up, you don't even need a passport

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 22-12-2010 12:57AM

I was born and raised in Dublin, lived here all my life, and I can honestly say I'd give my left arm to live in Donegal.

Sure there are probably some nice spots to live in Dublin, some happy medium between scumbags and Fade Street, but I've yet to discover it.

The only problem I have with Donegal is some parts of it are overrun with Nordies in the summer. No offence Nordies, but you're very loud and kind of annoying. Still, it's a small price to pay for Marble Hill, Port Salon, a run through "The Gap" and of course McElhinneys. Well, one of those may be a lie.

As for the towns, Bray's a hole, but it's not as big a hole as some of the midlands towns. They said on the radio the other day that people should avoid the midlands unless it was a necessity. It may have been because of the weather but I think it's sound advice year round

murf313 · 22-12-2010 01:11AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

No offence Nordies, but you're very loud and kind of annoying.

Says the bleedin dub......:rolleyes:

K-9 · 22-12-2010 01:22AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I was born and raised in Dublin, lived here all my life, and I can honestly say I'd give my left arm to live in Donegal.

Sure there are probably some nice spots to live in Dublin, some happy medium between scumbags and Fade Street, but I've yet to discover it.

The only problem I have with Donegal is some parts of it are overrun with Nordies in the summer. No offence Nordies, but you're very loud and kind of annoying. Still, it's a small price to pay for Marble Hill, Port Salon, a run through "The Gap" and of course McElhinneys. Well, one of those may be a lie.

As for the towns, Bray's a hole, but it's not as big a hole as some of the midlands towns. They said on the radio the other day that people should avoid the midlands unless it was a necessity. It may have been because of the weather but I think it's sound advice year round

Every county has their bad points, Letterkenny on a Saturday night isn't great either and it isn't just Northies causing that!

Overall it's a beautiful county, serene atm with all the snow. Bungalow blitz ruined many beautiful spots but where didn't in the bubble!

The beaches are stunning all over the county from Rossnowlagh (ignoring Bundoran) in the South to Silver Strand in Inishowen:

Beaches in Donegal

Beaches in Donegal , Ireland Page 1

Some fantastic places away from everybody and the rat race:

Poisoned Glen & Dunlewy Lake - welovedonegal Donegal Ireland

Only place that comes close to that is Connemarra and Kylemore Abbey.

Slieve League is stunning too:

Slieve League | Touring Ireland in 2011 | Ireland 2011

As for unemployment, those views cost you nothing!

Cakes. · 22-12-2010 01:23AM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Paddy_simth is not gonna like this thread...:)

He got banned until Christmas :pac:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 22-12-2010 01:28AM

tatabubbly wrote: »

TBH the only other place i've ever heard it happen is in Galway and Mayo...

But i still love Donegal for it's lovely non-gritted roads and closeness to the border!! Oh oh and Rann na feirste...

Sure once you cross the Shannon its bandit country

CarnTorres · 22-12-2010 01:34AM

K-9 wrote: »

Silver Strand in Inishowen

Maybe I'm wrong but I have never heard of a silver strand in the peninsula. Only silver strand I know is in glencolmcille

Aldito · 22-12-2010 01:56AM

Ninjedi wrote: »

the amount of times I've gone to weddings (basically anywhere south of Cavan) and been asked did I have much trouble changing my sterling...you have to wonder really!

Is that because NI pounds are different to English pounds?

K-9 · 22-12-2010 02:04AM

CarnTorres wrote: »

Maybe I'm wrong but I have never heard of a silver strand in the peninsula. Only silver strand I know is in glencolmcille

It's in the links. Only been to a few beaches in Inishowen, it's up by Culdaff I think, probably a colloquial term for it.

People forget how big Donegal is.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 22-12-2010 03:44AM

Dublin is the rest county in Ireland. All you inbred stinking boggers will never understand true civilisation.
You only have baths to store your turf, you all make me sick. We need a wall around the m50 imo