Interesting things you didn't know about Louth.

wazky · 02-05-2014 11:29PM #1

I recently discovered it was an actual place and not a myth.

Worksforyou · 02-05-2014 11:30PM

There's actually no loud people there.

Gongoozler · 02-05-2014 11:31PM

The word Louth contains the word out.

It's right there, and we never even noticed it before!

orangesoda · 02-05-2014 11:37PM

I recently read that a small part of it was in Ulster and the other bit was in the pale

02-05-2014 11:39PM

Co. Louth is almost 13 and a half times larger in area than the nation of San Marino. And has nearly 4 times the population.

Legs.Eleven · 02-05-2014 11:44PM

I was born there and my mother's obstetrician/gynaecologist was infamously a little bit loo-la.

I embarrassingly have "Louth" printed on my passport as my place of birth for the rest of my life even though I only spent 2 days there.

Dub 4 life. Tru blu 4 eva.

CarrickMcJoe · 02-05-2014 11:44PM

There's a magic hill in Louth where if you stop on it, release handbrake, the car will roll uphill.

Tokarev · 02-05-2014 11:48PM

If we all get our spades and dig around Louth, they will float over to wales and become their problem.

Mickey H · 02-05-2014 11:51PM

In Louth, before dinner, it is customary for all people at the table to stand up and sing a verse of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

zetalambda · 03-05-2014 12:08AM

Louth people are the most backward people I have ever met. My brother is married to a Louth woman and her whole family are the biggest bunch of inbred hicks you could ever meet. Fuckin hate any occasion where her family are there.

Aidric · 03-05-2014 12:13AM

Mickey H wrote: »

In Louth, before dinner, it is customary for all people at the table to stand up and sing a verse of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills".

Thanks for the clarification. I was led to believe that it was customary to singe one of Gerry Adam's pubes and get high on republican values. Obviously the fella who told me had that extra pint of harp.

Lightbulb Sun · 03-05-2014 12:17AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

my mother's obstetrician/gynaecologist was infamously a little bit loo-la.

Woo! Welcome to the club! :pac:

Banjo String · 03-05-2014 12:18AM

zetalambda wrote: »

Louth people are the most backward people I have ever met. My brother is married to a Louth woman and her whole family are the biggest bunch of inbred hicks you could ever meet. Fuckin hate any occasion where her family are there.

I heard Nicaraguan folk are very stereotypical.

Balmed Out · 03-05-2014 12:19AM

Dublin forum that way

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biko · 03-05-2014 12:46AM

I've been out for nights there a few times. Good craic.

zetalambda · 03-05-2014 01:57AM

Banjo String wrote: »

I heard Nicaraguan folk are very stereotypical.

Nacaragua is where I'm from chicken.

CarrickMcJoe · 05-05-2014 12:53PM

zetalambda wrote: »

Nacaragua is where I'm from chicken.

Does that makes you a Nacar then

Lapin · 05-05-2014 01:24PM

1. It's possible to walk from one end of the county to the other in 27 minutes with the wind on your back.

2. If you have a Louth person in your house at night try this cool experement. Turn off the lights and watch them glow in the dark. It's because of their exposure to Sellafield. Try it, it really works. The kids will love it !

3. No matter what direction you walk in Louth, the wind is always blowing in your face.

wazky · 05-05-2014 01:25PM

Lapin wrote: »

1. It's possible to walk from one end of the county to the other in 27 minutes with the wind on your back.

2. If you have a Louth person in your house at night try this cool experement. Turn off the lights and watch them glow in the dark. It's because of their exposure to Sellafield. Try it, it really works. The kids will love it !

3. No matter what direction you walk in Louth, the wind is always blowing in your face.

So 3 kinda rules out 1 then?

Lapin · 05-05-2014 01:39PM

wazky wrote: »

So 3 kinda rules out 1 then?

Not if you walk backwards.

dd972 · 05-05-2014 02:48PM

Isn't that where 'The Gaffer' comes from?

What he say goes apparently...

...in one ear and out the other. :pac:

Davarus Walrus · 05-05-2014 02:53PM

Recordings of men from Drogheda and Dundalk talking about League of Ireland football were used as a form of sensory torture in Guantanamo.

GoodisonPark · 05-05-2014 03:03PM

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

There's a magic hill in Louth where if you stop on it, release handbrake, the car will roll uphill.

The infamous "Longwomans Grave" in the Cooley mountains.
Was fascinated by this as a kid.
The "hill" is actually on a downslope from a mountain , so while it appears to go up , it actually goes down.

yeahimhere · 05-05-2014 07:32PM

That they can hold a grudge for a verrrrrrrry long time. (If you're from Meath that is)

Sunnyisland · 05-05-2014 07:35PM

I heard it can very noisy in loud...

dxhound2005 · 05-05-2014 07:37PM

GoodisonPark wrote: »

The infamous "Longwomans Grave" in the Cooley mountains.
Was fascinated by this as a kid.
The "hill" is actually on a downslope from a mountain , so while it appears to go up , it actually goes down.

The hill is a couple of miles from the Long Woman's Grave. But it's only a 3 minute walk if you do it backwards with the wind in your front.

Santa Cruz · 05-05-2014 07:42PM

22% of Louth people have mastered English as their first language. That is 8% more than their neighbours in County Meath

Tail Docker · 05-05-2014 11:50PM

Louthy kip. I am slightly less prejudiced against it than against Meath, which spawned Cavan, Cavan being the Provisional wing of the Meath meanies association. Have to say though, Ardee, whichever county that godforsaken kip happens to have dropped into, is my least favorite part of Ireland. Hearing one of the locals just say hello is enough to have me reaching for a machete. Sizzlers - where Ardee gets its sausages, and possibly the most ludicrously culchie thing ever to come out of a persons gob.

GoldFour4 · 05-05-2014 11:53PM

I actually love the Louth/Dundalk accent, true story.

dgt · 05-05-2014 11:59PM

It's always misty/drizzling in Drogheda.

Every so often, a mysterious container of mysterious fluid will appear within a 5 mile radius of the border and disappear again.

Every crossroads in Louth has mysterious black circles in them..... Perhaps an unknown traffic signal to anyone else in the country?

Tail Docker · 06-05-2014 12:00AM

dgt wrote: »

It's always misty/drizzling in Drogheda.

Every so often, a mysterious container of mysterious fluid will appear within a 5 mile radius of the border and disappear again.

Every crossroads in Louth has mysterious black circles in them..... Perhaps an unknown traffic signal to anyone else in the country?

Donut know what you are talking about.

Interesting things you didn't know about Louth.

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