Small town Ireland.

siniman · 16-04-2011 02:52AM #1

i know this should probably be in the offaly forum - but i dont think this experience is unique to tullamore

how hard is it for non local people to meet friends on local towns such as tullamore - have just been talking to taki driver who insists all he dates are from outside the town - and it is not that big - and have been having some difficutly myslelf meeting and greeting locals - am notlooking for immediate friendshilp - but some bit of craic........ i guess ah is not the forum for this......but i meant to ask is this unique to tullamore or typical of small town .. have lived in dublin for 5 years - no hassle meeting people but here it is hard..

saywhatyousee · 16-04-2011 02:58AM

[QUOTE=siniman;71725971 tullamore

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I stoped reading after i seen that name

wonderfulname · 16-04-2011 03:02AM

Find a sport and you're sorted. Rugby or hurling would be a preference, or join the hunt.

starbelgrade · 16-04-2011 03:12AM

Tullamore.

Now, I'm not racist, but that place is full of jews.

Storminateacup · 16-04-2011 03:23AM

I'll be your friend OP.

AnonoBoy · 16-04-2011 03:26AM

Tullamore is a local town for local people.

Get back to Massachusetts Pinko!

Super-Rush · 16-04-2011 03:45AM

I could fix the thread title for you op if you want.

TeddyTedson · 16-04-2011 03:49AM

Poor OP

hondasam · 16-04-2011 03:51AM

Op you could go to mass, meet lots of people there.

Super-Rush · 16-04-2011 03:59AM

Ok i've changed the title so the thread can continue. To live happily in small town Ireland as a stranger you need to embrace the following three things.

GAA.
Mass.
Politics.

TeddyTedson · 16-04-2011 04:00AM

super-rush wrote: »

Ok i've changed the title so the thread can continue. To live happily in small town Ireland as a stranger you need to embrace the following three things.

GAA.
Mass.
Politics.

and the local pub:)

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 16-04-2011 04:02AM

talk to them and say something funny. job done.

Oh_Noes · 16-04-2011 04:03AM

I've seen this thread in several other forums. Not sure if all from the same person but the content is more or less the same.

Your job is the best way you're going to meet people in a place like Tullamore. Failing that, a voluntary job kind of thing.

It's a rural Irish town where everyone knows each other and have done all their lives so local people already have their circles of friends and contacts. It isn't unique to Tullamore; yes it is typical of this type of town.

It's not really a situation where you can join clubs and stuff to meet like minded individuals. That's more of a bigger city thing with a high population. Clubs in Tullamore/Athlone/Mullingar tend to be made up of the small number of middle class in the areas. So they're a closed shop even for most locals.

If you have a car, then meet people on the net from the general area with similar interests. A friend of mine (lives in Athlone, isn't Irish) is very into paintballing/airsoft (whatever the kids are calling it these days) and goes around to different parts of the country with a group from Tullamore. I think he hooked up with them on the net.

If you had friends in Dublin then why not just keep in contact with them? It won't take you any longer to travel up the motorway to Dublin from Tullamore than it would take you travel from one part of Dublin to another.

Sharpshooter · 16-04-2011 04:10AM

siniman wrote: »

i know this should probably be in the offaly forum.

You might get some good replies here,OP.

super-rush wrote: »

I could fix the thread title for you op if you want.

super-rush wrote: »

Ok i've changed the title so the thread can continue.
GAA.
Mass.
Politics.

How offaly good of you.:pac:

TeddyTedson · 16-04-2011 04:12AM

The OP shouldn't have to be Athlone...

OPENROAD · 16-04-2011 04:13AM

super-rush wrote: »

To live happily in small town Ireland as a stranger you need to embrace the following three things.

GAA.
Mass.
Politics.

That is me stuffed then

jimpump · 16-04-2011 04:17AM

more chance of making friends in Mozambique....just go back to dublin if the boggers are wreckin yer head! LOL

Rds1989 · 16-04-2011 04:26AM

I suggest you go up to the hardest man in the village, knock him out and therefore become the dominant male and friends will follow after probably

TeddyTedson · 16-04-2011 04:28AM

Just play it cool OP,

seafood dunleavy · 16-04-2011 05:04AM

Hang around by the Joe Dolan statue in Mullingar.You're bound to meet someone taking a photo.

Yakult · 16-04-2011 05:18AM

I hear ya op. i've been living in a small town the past 20 years and Im now struggling to make new friends. Many of my friends have left for Oz so its like starting for scratch. But I have interest in sports, playing music and motorsports so Im working those interests into meeting new people. Dont be afraid to make the first move, you would be surprised how friendly people can be and just build on that.

Orando Broom · 16-04-2011 09:11AM

Storminateacup wrote: »

I'll be your friend OP.

Don't listen to him OP!!! He's only after yout Ki-Ora.

philstar · 16-04-2011 09:54AM

convert to catholism and join the GAA

otherwise you can feck off!!

Radharc na Sleibhte · 16-04-2011 09:55AM

siniman wrote: »

have just been talking to taki driver who...

Have they taki's in Tullamore now?
That's mad.

On a serious note, i agree with above, join clubs, put yourself out there. Mix it up, let it hang.

cml387 · 16-04-2011 09:55AM

Not a good Sunday for starting going to mass,it's the long gospel this weekend.

Just saying like.

Radharc na Sleibhte · 16-04-2011 09:57AM

cml387 wrote: »

Not a good Sunday for starting going to mass,it's the long gospel this weekend.

Just saying like.

Aw deadly, "Mass, The Extended Cut".
Love it.

philstar · 16-04-2011 10:07AM

MikeySligo wrote: »

Have they taki's in Tullamore now?
That's mad.

On a serious note, i agree with above, join clubs, put yourself out there. Mix it up, let it hang.

but, you'd be arrested for indecent exposure

Captain Darling · 16-04-2011 10:28AM

We dont like your type around here OP.

<_<

>_>

*spits*

mikemac · 16-04-2011 10:30AM

Unless you own land in the parish and can trace back your family to famine times, then you OP are a blow-in

And a blow-in is a grave insult in rural Ireland.

Feck off back to your city, not welcome :mad:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 16-04-2011 10:35AM

The importance of GAA to rural areas and small towns is widely exaggerated. Majority of people in my part of the country don't really care about it all that much, and soccer is at least as popular.

mikemac · 16-04-2011 10:45AM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Majority of people in my part of the country don't really care about it all that much,

We saw that in 2004. Mayo fans scrambling and begging for tickets for the All Ireland Final, got a walloping from Kerry and a lot of the Mayo fans left the stadium well before the game was over.

Small town Ireland.

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