What is your favourite part of Ireland?

J Mysterio · 17-11-2014 07:29AM

South Kerry is stunning, the most beautiful probably.

Stars in rural, coastal Kerry at night would blow your mind.

The Aran Islands in the summer.

Wicklow is gorgeous, in Autumn particularly.

Waterford, around Dunmore East and Passage West.

Limerick.

Matta Harri · 17-11-2014 09:02AM

I'd say Westport or letterkenny. Great pubs all year round, stunning scenery snd beaches, lovely restaurants and friendly people.

tallus · 17-11-2014 09:45AM

Glendalough.

roadsmart · 17-11-2014 09:55AM

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah you VISIT occasionally and spend money there! Try trading at the market there and you will see the real Kenmare and friendly it aint! No real shops except LIDL either and far from the really glorious Kerry compared to Killarney.

I now NEVER go near the place! Yukk!!

I think you missed the point of the thread, which was to mention places you LIKE in our fair country, not to piss on opinions which may differ from your rather dour offering. As it happens I have a farm there for the last 20 years and am quite familiar with the area.

firestarter51 · 17-11-2014 10:06AM

Achill Island
Went for a two day stay a couple of years ago, been back several times, great scenic drives and walks
Lomg drive from cork for me but well worth it
Main hotel does a deal on groupon all the time 2 nights b + b for something silly like €89 for two people
F**k it I might go again now lol

suicide_circus · 17-11-2014 10:08AM

Lough Dan

iDave · 17-11-2014 10:26AM

The beautiful county of Meath.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-11-2014 10:33AM

For the craic & great pubs I go to Limerick city over anywhere else.. I've always had a great time there, no scumbag junkies littering the place like this kip up here in Dublin ~ I love Limerick.

Balmed Out · 17-11-2014 10:38AM

Cities: Cork, Limerick or Derry
Towns: Clonakilty, Westport, Dungarvan
Scenery: Mizen head, Dingle peninsula (both v similar), Wicklow, Donegal

jamesbondings · 17-11-2014 10:39AM

I cant get past the beauty of Donegal.

My favorite part of Donegal, Killybegs..... they have amazing beaches and small piers its just unreal. id move there in a heartbeat if it had work!

bigSuzi12 · 17-11-2014 10:41AM

Beara

topper75 · 17-11-2014 10:57AM

Mike Thundering Banner wrote: »

For the craic & great pubs I go to Limerick city over anywhere else.. I've always had a great time there, no scumbag junkies littering the place like this kip up here in Dublin ~ I love Limerick.

Yes Limerick as a whole is vastly underrated. Easy get things done as not choked like Galway or Cork city centres. People don't bother you putting on airs.

Depends where in either city you want to characterise the place. Limerick could be feeding swans in the sunset on O'Callaghan's Strand followed by a pint in the Curraghgower or it could be loose horses grazing on a rubbish-strewn 'green' area in a sink estate.

But Dublin as a whole is not a kip by any means. I don't think this anyway going out to Bull Island, wandering in the Phoenix Park, looking out over the bay on Vico Road, or walking around Grafton St. area in the Christmas buildup.

md23040 · 17-11-2014 11:18AM

The best part of Ireland to me is flying back there. You travel over sun-scorched, brown-earth southern Europe then into the heavily urbanised north in particular England. Then on traveling over a bit more sea you spot this rugged coastline with loads of green fields that’s sparsely populated by comparison, and its sheer beauty gets me every time.

A bartender in Spain once summed it up for me, and on knowing where I was from said, you’re so lucky the only green we see here is in a salad.

Mal-Adjusted · 17-11-2014 11:19AM

My favorite part of Ireland is probably the east Clare area along Lough Derg, from Mountshannon down to Killaloe. Some stunning scenery, ancient woodlands and absolutely steeped in history. Just across the Shannon in Ballina there's a mountain where you can look over the entire lake (more or less) and it really is breath-taking.

A close runner-up would be an area in Cork i went to with work last week. This beautiful peninsula just south of Kinsale. It may have been called Old Head? it was a fantastic little place.

For cities, it has to be Galway. It really doesn't feel like any other Irish city, almost like somewhere on the continent.

And to the people bitching about Dublin. I just spent the weekend there, it's a lovely place, I don't really get the hate.

podgemonster · 17-11-2014 12:34PM

West Cork. The rugged harsh coastline, dotted with Sandy and stoney beaches and seaside towns and village. The hidden harbours where old boats moor for most of the year. The windy narrow roads that connect them. The cold chill of the Atlantic that will wake you better than any espresso. The casual good natured friendliness and banter that exist between two strangers as they meet. The abundance of fresh seafood and beef.

Random pubs in the back of beyond. The bustling towns with the wedged supermarkets and quirky reinvented shops in which everyone knows each other and your spend more time chatting at the till than you do paying for stuff. You can't walk round a corner without chatting to an old friend or relation. Coffee shops are as loud as pubs.

The summer festivals, concerts, regattas, threashing which are just an occasion for kids to run riot on closed streets as the pubs spill out onto the road. The forts and castles that predate entire nations and stone circles that predate the Pyramids.

Paradise.

cml387 · 17-11-2014 01:16PM

Waterford coast. Mountains and empty beaches.

MadYaker · 17-11-2014 01:27PM

Galway or west Clare

JupiterKid · 17-11-2014 08:31PM

Connemara - without a shadow of a doubt.

Shrap · 17-11-2014 09:34PM

For a county full of diverse landscape I can't find one to beat Clare. Somebody said East Clare before, for the lake and the ancient woodland - then you go up and over to West Clare, travelling over rolling hills with beautiful upland blanket bogs, on into the Burren - unique karstic landscape with the largest variety of flowers in Ireland, rolling on down to the sea with platform pavements full of rock pools - all that, and masses of historical sites. Can't be bet, in my book.

tayto lover · 17-11-2014 09:44PM

The beautiful and friendly Cooley Peninsula especially a pint and a sandwich in O'Hare's Pub in Carlingford after descending from the lovely Slieve Foye. It is great to follow a wee white ball around Greenore Golf Club and witness the beautiful scenery up Carlingford Lough with the Mournes on one side and the Cooleys on the other. Heaven.

Cienciano · 17-11-2014 10:03PM

There's no rural part I don't like. I also like all the cities. Can't speak for Limerick, only drove through it twice. But there's not many small towns in Ireland I wouldn't want to spend a night.
Obvious answers of Donegal and Kerry, amazing places if you get there on a nice day. Achill Island isn't bad either. Lough Corrib too

smurgen · 17-11-2014 10:26PM

Dingle is one of my favourite places on earth.spent a week there with four lads over the summer. Weather was top.golfing , chartered a boat for fishing and pinting every evening. Staying I a hotel right by the sea and had a dunk in the water every morning to shake the cobwebs off.love glandore and Baltimore as well in west cork.great seafood and pubs down there.

thegreatgonzo · 17-11-2014 10:29PM

Dandy Dandridge wrote: »

Up the Adaghvoyle road from Brannons corner into Killeavy and on back left onto the Forkhill road through Drumintee. Away left at the Three Steps and on away over Finnegans road as far as Finnegans cross. Away on to the right and on down Foughillotra as far as John The Boys. On right and away over Carrickbroad passed John Farrolls and back over the Ballynamadda road again to take you back to Drumintee chapel. This is just a tiny wee corner of the hidden jewel of Ireland. South Armagh.

Never been there but you make it sound like a poem:)

jungle_hostage · 18-11-2014 12:05AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Connemara - without a shadow of a doubt.

donegal has everything connemara has only with countless beautiful beaches

donegal is head and shoulders above anywhere else and i include kerry

jungle_hostage · 18-11-2014 12:08AM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

My favorite part of Ireland is probably the east Clare area along Lough Derg, from Mountshannon down to Killaloe. Some stunning scenery, ancient woodlands and absolutely steeped in history. Just across the Shannon in Ballina there's a mountain where you can look over the entire lake (more or less) and it really is breath-taking.

A close runner-up would be an area in Cork i went to with work last week. This beautiful peninsula just south of Kinsale. It may have been called Old Head? it was a fantastic little place.

For cities, it has to be Galway. It really doesn't feel like any other Irish city, almost like somewhere on the continent.

And to the people bitching about Dublin. I just spent the weekend there, it's a lovely place, I don't really get the hate.

galway city is vastly over rated and absurdly expensive

Dandy Dandridge · 18-11-2014 12:16AM

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

Never been there but you make it sound like a poem:)

Thank you tgg. A truly special place with fine fine people. A weeks walking holiday would be ideal there.

Schwiiing · 18-11-2014 12:17AM

jungle_hostage wrote: »

galway city is vastly over rated and absurdly expensive

I've been through Galway city many times and thankfully never been acosted by junkies, beggars and antisocial behviour in broad daylight like you would be in Dublin.

Mal-Adjusted · 18-11-2014 01:24AM

jungle_hostage wrote: »

galway city is vastly over rated and absurdly expensive

It's hard to qualify what you're saying. Galway has a great reputation, especially for summer festivals, culture events and nightlife, and i'm sure most people would agree it's well earned. Galway is certainly no more or less expensive than other Irish cities, so i don't have a clue what you're on about there.

Ave Sodalis · 18-11-2014 01:31AM

I have to say home in Donegal. There's something about looking out at this view just about every evening, as the sun sets

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And
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downonthefarm · 18-11-2014 01:31AM

Stephens green on a warm spring day

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