What county or town in Ireland produces the most ignorant and abrupt people?

#62 08-01-2011 07:45AM

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Jebus, imagine what Clones would be like if SF weren't keeping a tight lid on the inherent racism....

:eek: Only joking, Caoimhín, I swear.

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#63 08-01-2011 07:48AM

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Gucky wrote: »

My job takes me through the 32 counties in Ireland, and as such, I tend to build up a fairly good idea of how a persons personality will be, based soley on where they come from. (its not always spot on mind!)

I think that some towns, and indeed some whole counties produce more ignorant hures than others do.

So its time to name and shame Counties and towns you believe have ignorant, rude, and downright abrupt muck savages in it.

I go'll first, the county I would say has one of the most abrupt people would definitely be Monaghan! The folk there seem to always be rude, have a chip on their shoulders and be very abrupt and to the point, with a ' I'm a very important person' attitude all the time! (abrupt and honestly may be good things some time, but not when hurting someones feelings)

Now, the town I would like to name and shame will be Arklow, county Wicklow!
I have about 6 clients in Arklow, and for the size of the place, I find it more than a coincidince that each one of them 6 men have the worst attitudes on this earth!
they are never happy, whinge about every little thing they can think off, and again, have this attitude of 'I'm more important than the rest of your customers, so fcuk them, and get your hole to Arklow now!'

Sorry anyone I might have offended here, might be stereotypical of me, but merely my observations!

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#64 08-01-2011 10:50AM

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Gucky wrote: »

Actually you know what, I (kind of) take that back. One of the six isn't a bad auld spud I suppose!
Tell you what though, in fairness to all but one
They are all great payers!

I recon the sixth one is still a cnut though, you only backed down in case it was admiralofthefleet,didn't you.

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#65 08-01-2011 10:59AM

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Mayo is up there at the top.

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#66 08-01-2011 11:11AM

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Good and bad everywhere, though to make a generalisation I would find "moneyed" people, irrespective of where they come from, to be some of the most ignorant and rude I have met myself.

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#67 08-01-2011 12:26PM

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I'll have to name two places.

Dublin and Cobh.

While there are of course plenty of good,fine decent people in each,theres just something about these two places that get me something.

For Dublin its more so the attitude too the rest of the country,so ignorant it almost borderlines the american view on the whole country.

For Cobh..Ugh.For years I've defended there but no more,I honestly see its true picture.I've always heard the statment that Cobh is a lovely place except for its people.It seems to have a true island personality despite only being on an inland island with a 10 mete bump bridge connecting it to land.A common personality through out is one of ego,loud obnoxiousness that is very dismissive.I've seen people raising good arguments to be torn down by those who are ignorant.If you have any bit of ambition or hopes for education of a higher sorts other than that of a manual labor your are almost snobbed in certain circles.

again theres plenty of good people in cobh but my...so many are so obnoxious they don't even realize it,I've never come across

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#68 08-01-2011 12:50PM

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Dundalk, or anywhere in the North, I think its a legal requirement you have to be a joyless, cantankerous fcuker to live there.

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#69 08-01-2011 01:40PM

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esel wrote: »

Jebus, imagine what Clones would be like if SF weren't keeping a tight lid on the inherent racism.... :eek: Only joking, Caoimhín, I swear.

Apparently foul play has been ruled out of the death of the guy in Clones, still hasn't stopped some of the idiots on facebook making more comments about there "being one less litho in the town' etc etc.

I get all my news from my hometown on facebook, my dad is useless when I call him.

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#70 08-01-2011 01:44PM

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Leitrim.

I'm still pretty sure it's just an urban legend, because I have never met anyone who claims they're from there, but even if it did exist, the place would be full of ****. I just know it.

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#71 08-01-2011 01:44PM

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Being a musician means iv been to my fair share of towns, by far the worst place i have been to is roscrea.....****ing animals....

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#72 08-01-2011 01:49PM

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FatRat wrote: »

Actually according to some surveys they did Bray is the ****test town.

Then Tralee, funnily enough Kerry was the best county to live in though.
Me, living in Kerry, outside of Tralee, would have to agree

according to the Independant a few weeks ago, Donegal was voted best county to live in.
Personally, I felt pretty closed out when I lived in Waterford, although things are generally ok in the city, I found it difficult to get to know people.

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#73 08-01-2011 01:50PM

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Kilgarvan in Co.Kerry is a tiny village - entirely comprised of freaks

There's something in the water there

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#74 08-01-2011 01:50PM

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North_West_Art wrote: »

according to the Independant a few weeks ago, Donegal was voted best county to live in.
Personally, I felt pretty closed out when I lived in Waterford, although things are generally ok in the city, I found it difficult to get to know people.

If the pole shift does happen, will you have to change your name to South East Art?

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#75 08-01-2011 01:56PM

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If the pole shift does happen, will you have to change your name to South East Art?

yes, it would be ironic alright.. dont get me wrong, I have a few good friends in Waterford, I lived in Tramore at one stage and I thought it was great

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#76 08-01-2011 01:57PM

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Gucky wrote: »

My job takes me through the 32 counties in Ireland, and as such, I tend to build up a fairly good idea of how a persons personality will be, based soley on where they come from. (its not always spot on mind!)

I think that some towns, and indeed some whole counties produce more ignorant hures than others do.

So its time to name and shame Counties and towns you believe have ignorant, rude, and downright abrupt muck savages in it.

I go'll first, the county I would say has one of the most abrupt people would definitely be Monaghan! The folk there seem to always be rude, have a chip on their shoulders and be very abrupt and to the point, with a ' I'm a very important person' attitude all the time! (abrupt and honestly may be good things some time, but not when hurting someones feelings)

Now, the town I would like to name and shame will be Arklow, county Wicklow!
I have about 6 clients in Arklow, and for the size of the place, I find it more than a coincidince that each one of them 6 men have the worst attitudes on this earth!
they are never happy, whinge about every little thing they can think off, and again, have this attitude of 'I'm more important than the rest of your customers, so fcuk them, and get your hole to Arklow now!'

Sorry anyone I might have offended here, might be stereotypical of me, but merely my observations!

i dunno its a big geralisation to be honest but i did find Galway to be the strangest place to visit. the people there are so backward, its like a step back into the 19th century. i once went into an offlicence in galway with my mate. i walked out while he was paying for the drinks and while i was leaving the guy behind the counter asked me what i had got under my arm there? i was like nothing, wtf?
i went into elverys in galway, tried on a rugby shirt in the dressing room, left it back. the security guard checked the dressing room while i was leaving and made it so obvious. i was the only one in the shop.
such a weird place

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#77 08-01-2011 02:43PM

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Ever notice how there are never "Which towns have the nicest people" threads? Looking for badness in people - it's like an addiction for some...

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#78 08-01-2011 02:54PM

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Dudess wrote: »

Ever notice how there are never "Which towns have the nicest people" threads? Looking for badness in people - it's like an addiction for some...

Clones, great town

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#79 08-01-2011 03:15PM

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Cavan: filthy, ignorant hillbillies, puritanical papists.

Kerry: stupid but loveable.

Wicklow North: sports car driving country snobs (Greystones, Enniskerry)

Wicklow South: sheep shaggers.

Dublin North: criminals, drug dealers and factory workers, easy women, unmarried mothers, skinheads and all-round examples of human waste.

Dublin South: west Brits, snobs, rich, easy glamorous women.

Limerick: violent, racist scum of the earth, knife-wielding prostitutes.

Donegal: look down on all-others, aloof.

Cork: jealous of Dubliners.

Tipperary: beautiful pristine girls, hard to get into bed but worth it if you can because that County does not have two different Ridings for nothing!

Meath: Dublin wannabes.

Galway: sophisticated boggers could be mistaken for a South Dubliner.

Kildare: alcoholics.

Mayo: Depressing, defeatist, negative, misery-laden losers, emigrate as soon as the umbilical cord is cut.

Louth: IRA supporters, smugglers and bandits.

Waterford: decent honest hard-workers generally good folks prone to calling strikes

Clare: fiddle-playing charming simpletons and, more recently, neo-nazis.

Sligo: go-getters, strong sense of free enterprise, likes to make cash.

Kilkenny: harmless innocent alcoholics.

Carlow: who cares?

Offaly: mad for playing sports and having fun, generally liked.

Leitrim: Enigmatic reclusive weirdos.

Longford: Gombeen men.

Laois: the real boggers and proud of it.

Westmeath: Mysterious boggers, cryptic.

Wexford: selling their "home-grown" organic fruit (bought at supermarket that morning) at the side of the road in summer and ripping-off gullible Dubliners out for a drive in the country.

Roscommon and Monaghan are missing, but sure did anyone notice

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#80 08-01-2011 03:40PM

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all of donegal - people denying theyre british despite carrying sterling, shopping in asda and driving nordie reg volkswagens with towbars

cork city - brought up to think theyre better than dublin, spend the whole time failing to prove that

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#81 08-01-2011 03:47PM

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Eric Cartman wrote: »

all of donegal - people denying theyre british despite carrying sterling, shopping in asda and driving nordie reg volkswagens with towbars

Your geography teacher failed you mr cartman

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#82 08-01-2011 04:17PM

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Irish people are probably the most friendly and open people in the world. If you are friendly and engaging with anybody they will most likely do the same to you. You cant generalise based on location, even in the same family you can have siblings that are poles apart.

One persons example of rude treatment in a shop etc means nothing to the next person. Your clothes, haircut etc will cause different reactions from different people. When i go to the petrol station wearing a shirt or jumper the person at the till just says please and thanks, but if i go in wearing a hoodie and unshaven he calls me mate or bud.

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#83 08-01-2011 04:33PM

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waxon-waxoff wrote: »

Irish people are probably the most friendly and open people in the world. If you are friendly and engaging with anybody they will most likely do the same to you. You cant generalise based on location, even in the same family you can have siblings that are poles apart.

One persons example of rude treatment in a shop etc means nothing to the next person. Your clothes, haircut etc will cause different reactions from different people..

thats what gets me about ireland. its a very judgemental place to live in and especially if your from a small town.

waxon-waxoff wrote: »

When i go to the petrol station wearing a shirt or jumper the person at the till just says please and thanks, but if i go in wearing a hoodie and unshaven he calls me mate or bud.

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#84 08-01-2011 04:36PM

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cujimmy wrote: »

Cavan: filthy, ignorant hillbillies, puritanical papists.

Kerry: stupid but loveable.

Wicklow North: sports car driving country snobs (Greystones, Enniskerry)

Wicklow South: sheep shaggers.

Dublin North: criminals, drug dealers and factory workers, easy women, unmarried mothers, skinheads and all-round examples of human waste.

Dublin South: west Brits, snobs, rich, easy glamorous women.

Limerick: violent, racist scum of the earth, knife-wielding prostitutes.

Donegal: look down on all-others, aloof.

Cork: jealous of Dubliners.

Tipperary: beautiful pristine girls, hard to get into bed but worth it if you can because that County does not have two different Ridings for nothing!

Meath: Dublin wannabes.

Galway: sophisticated boggers could be mistaken for a South Dubliner.

Kildare: alcoholics.

Mayo: Depressing, defeatist, negative, misery-laden losers, emigrate as soon as the umbilical cord is cut.

Louth: IRA supporters, smugglers and bandits.

Waterford: decent honest hard-workers generally good folks prone to calling strikes

Clare: fiddle-playing charming simpletons and, more recently, neo-nazis.

Sligo: go-getters, strong sense of free enterprise, likes to make cash.

Kilkenny: harmless innocent alcoholics.

Carlow: who cares?

Offaly: mad for playing sports and having fun, generally liked.

Leitrim: Enigmatic reclusive weirdos.

Longford: Gombeen men.

Laois: the real boggers and proud of it.

Westmeath: Mysterious boggers, cryptic.

Wexford: selling their "home-grown" organic fruit (bought at supermarket that morning) at the side of the road in summer and ripping-off gullible Dubliners out for a drive in the country.

Roscommon and Monaghan are missing, but sure did anyone notice

POST OF THE WEEK. lol

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#85 08-01-2011 05:08PM

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I think most of the country is relatively the same

but there is something in the water in Tipperary (nuclear waste perhaps?)

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#86 08-01-2011 05:30PM

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Seriously - does Leitrim actually exist?

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#87 08-01-2011 05:49PM

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#88 09-01-2011 01:35AM

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All of Dublin

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#89 09-01-2011 01:37AM

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Gucky wrote: »

Now, the town I would like to name and shame will be Arklow, county Wicklow!
I have about 6 clients in Arklow, and for the size of the place, I find it more than a coincidince that each one of them 6 men have the worst attitudes on this earth!
they are never happy, whinge about every little thing they can think off, and again, have this attitude of 'I'm more important than the rest of your customers, so fcuk them, and get your hole to Arklow now!'

I'm from Arklow originally and, hand on heart, I'd say this is a coincidence. The place is a complete and utter shithole, so I don't speak from nostalgia, but the people tend to be salt of the earth.

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#90 09-01-2011 01:42AM

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In fairness whereever you go, in the world, at least 90% of the people you meet are going to be sound.
Some people just like to focus on the negatives to satisfy their own preconceptions

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#91 09-01-2011 01:43AM

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af_thefragile wrote: »

Dunno Dublin? Many rich stuck up people. But due to the large population, there's also a large variety of people from good to bad...

Also which town has most number of scumbags? Its probably that one...

You've obviously never been to Louth...

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