Counties you like/feel are import and counties you dislike/think arent important

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 10:39PM #1

So this is something I've always been curious of.
What counties do you believe are nice places to live, that contribute a lot to the country be it tourism, industry, or whatever.

What counties do you have a bad impression of, and would never even like to live in.

Basically, rank Irelands counties into Love/meh/hate.

I made a quick little map for mine.
http://i.imgur.com/iMfPZtv.jpg

Green = I like this county, believe it has some or a lot of positive things about it and wouldnt mind living in it.

Orange = Meh, I have mixed feelings, or dont have any opinion about this county.

Red = I would hate to live in this county. I dont have many positive views of it.

Now, this is entirely your own opinion, and is only supposed to be a bit of craic. If you think x county is horrible because the people there are unsaviory, then thats fine, just dont turn it into a huge debate if possible :pac: (I'm asking for a lot of restraint arent I?)

Here's the template http://i.imgur.com/L9nhKSr.jpg
if you want to colour in yours. Just use MS paint or something, then re-upload it to imgur. Use whatever rating scale you want to, or just do it like me.

vicwatson · 08-08-2013 10:43PM

Wha'?

Lifes too short

castletownman · 08-08-2013 10:46PM

It's only Cark and all that matters like boi

KeithM89 · 08-08-2013 10:47PM

My go.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 10:47PM

Keith wrote: »

My go.

5/5 bretty good

Reamer Fanny · 08-08-2013 10:48PM

Keith wrote: »

My go.

Ah the infamous cock and balls

Red Nissan · 08-08-2013 10:50PM

I would hate to live in Cork it's and absolute aresole of a place.

Connemara, now, there is a place to live. And they have oil off the coast so they'll be rich, rich I tell ye, rich so go and destroy their life for a while, why don't ye.

Amirani · 08-08-2013 10:51PM

Poor Monaghan gets sent back to the Brits in the OP's map.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 10:54PM

NiallSparky wrote: »

Poor Monaghan gets sent back to the Brits in the OP's map.

ah shur, it can stay there. RED COUNTY! :mad:

Seannew1 · 08-08-2013 10:59PM

What are the odds when everyone thinks of the 32 counties, the last one which is remembered is Leitrim??

Red Nissan · 08-08-2013 11:05PM

Maps, there be MAPS, tooooo complicated, and templates!!! AGHHHHHHHH

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 08-08-2013 11:05PM

http://imgur.com/PeAjAAp

I haven't actually painted any counties red, as I don't think there is any county in Ireland that I'd hate the idea of living in. I've left Counties Kerry and Donegal green as I've lived in both and quite like them. Roscommon gets the green as I'm from there and the surrounding counties get green because they are close by and are all places I'd consider living some day in order to be near to my family.

I have a feeling that counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford will get a lot of red votes (Sheep shaggers, boring, nothing there etc etc) but I can hand on heart say, having lived in many different parts of Ireland, that where I grew up in Roscommon was a great place to live and I hope to get back there some day.

Dublin gets the vote aswell just because I wouldn't mind living there, just for a year, same with Belfast which is why Antrim is green.

Chucken · 08-08-2013 11:06PM

justryan wrote: »

Ah the infamous cock and balls

Its near Horse and Jockey.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:07PM

deccurley wrote: »

http://imgur.com/PeAjAAp

I haven't actually painted any counties red, as I don't think there is any county in Ireland that I'd hate the idea of living in. I've left Counties Kerry and Donegal green as I've lived in both and quite like them. Roscommon gets the green as I'm from there and the surrounding counties get green because they are close by and are all places I'd consider living some day in order to be near to my family.

I have a feeling that counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford will get a lot of red votes (Sheep shaggers, boring, nothing there etc etc) but I can hand on heart say, having lived in many different parts of Ireland, that where I grew up in Roscommon was a great place to live and I hope to get back there some day.

Dublin gets the vote aswell just because I wouldn't mind living there, just for a year.

Yeah, I'll admit I gacve roscommon and a lot of the midlands red simpyl because I would hate to live somewhere so isolated as that. It seems like theres absolutely nothing there to do or see.
No cities, not many colleges, no transport hubs, and in general I view it as the "bogger" part of Ireland.

Thats a term I NEVER use. I'm not from dublin and I hate when dubliners call the rest of the country boggers, but I guess thats the easiest way of explaining how I feel about it.

keith16 · 08-08-2013 11:08PM

Seannew1 wrote: »

What are the odds when everyone thinks of the 32 counties, the last one which is remembered is Leitrim??

Very low. This is because Leitrim is usually first in a list of long counties to be mocked. This time the OP has cleverly expressed their thoughts by colouring in which is a bit more novel than saying "duurrrr Leitrim crap, no traffic lights and called Leitrim" I suppose.

Amirani · 08-08-2013 11:08PM

Seannew1 wrote: »

What are the odds when everyone thinks of the 32 counties, the last one which is remembered is Leitrim??

1/32

doolox · 08-08-2013 11:10PM

Louth and Limerick = definite negative.
Waterford, Cork, Wicklow, Wexford = definite positive.

Rasheed · 08-08-2013 11:18PM

There's no county I would flat out refuse to live in. I've travelled Ireland a good bit, each have their good and bad points. Wasn't crazy on Waterford now but didn't see an awful lot of it to be one way or the other.

podmu80 · 08-08-2013 11:18PM

is the country not a bit to small for this? every county/city/town has positives and negatives. to label an entire county a ****hole or "arsehole of a place" like a previous post is ignorant beyond belief. As for no traffic lights in Leitrim, surely that's a positive!

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:21PM

One thing I always find is, that so many people say they hate Waterford. When really, its one of Irelands hidden gems.
If you take time to see the city, its actually quite beautiful. With the huge river suir flowing through the middle of it, and nestled in between 2 gigantic cliffs its very unique and has a lot of viking history to it.

I know its an eyesore to many, but even the giant abadoned north quay docks and hotels are iconic to me.

Also, Waterford county has a beautiful coast on par with the west coast. Lovely cliffs and beaches (not just tramore) for miles, and the esturary at dunmore is lovely too. But most people not from Waterford dont get to see this unfortunately.

I guess thats another point of this thread. You can dispell any misconceptions about a specific county you like/grew up in.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 08-08-2013 11:24PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Yeah, I'll admit I gacve roscommon and a lot of the midlands red simpyl because I would hate to live somewhere so isolated as that. It seems like theres absolutely nothing there to do or see.
No cities, not many colleges, no transport hubs, and in general I view it as the "bogger" part of Ireland.

Thats a term I NEVER use. I'm not from dublin and I hate when dubliners call the rest of the country boggers, but I guess thats the easiest way of explaining how I feel about it.

Fair enough, you should visit the midlands though sometime, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised. As for transport hubs, Athlone is probably the most accessable urban centre in the country after Dublin.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:27PM

deccurley wrote: »

Fair enough, you should visit the midlands though sometime, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised. As for transport hubs, Athlone is probably the most accessable urban centre in the country after Dublin.

Not sure if you quoated the right message but whatever.
I dont know, I guess I've heard so many stories from people who went to Athlone IT telling me its such a dreary town, I have this image of a dull small town where its constantly drizzling rain and overcast there.

Duggy747 · 08-08-2013 11:30PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

I guess thats another point of this thread. You can dispell any misconceptions about a specific county you like/grew up in.

You came full circle with your thread in that post.

Anyone from a county (for myself, it's Roscommon) will point out what they like about it and what those who criticise it don't see.

There's a lot of things in the midlands that get's swept under the usual "bogger" jibes around here.

Yellow121 · 08-08-2013 11:34PM

I see what the green, red and orange represent in the OP's map but what does the white represent?

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:35PM

Yellow121 wrote: »

I see what the green, red and orange represent in the OP's map but what does the white represent?

Couldnt be arsed. I have no experience with the North.

Yellow121 · 08-08-2013 11:36PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Couldnt be arsed. I have no experience with the North.

Oh, the white represents partitionism.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:37PM

Yellow121 wrote: »

Oh, the white represents partitionism.

Whatever floats your boat.

Yellow121 · 08-08-2013 11:38PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Whatever floats your boat.

I have no where to float my boat.

shrewdness · 08-08-2013 11:39PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Couldnt be arsed. I have no experience with the North.

Clearly no experience with geography either, given that you think there's 7 counties in the north.

seven_eleven · 08-08-2013 11:45PM

shrewdness wrote: »

Clearly no experience with geography either, given that you think there's 7 counties in the north.

I'm quite good at international geography I'll have you know.

Why wont anybody fill out the template?

I like coloured data

keith16 · 08-08-2013 11:53PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Why wont anybody fill out the template?

Because it is a pointless exercise that even a child woud feel patronised doing.

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