Most grim places in Ireland

whitewave · 17-11-2014 11:32AM

My vote goes to Abbeyfeale. The place always just seems so miserable.

McGrath5 · 17-11-2014 11:33AM

I found Tullow to be quite desolate.

Pinch Flat · 17-11-2014 11:33AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

I worked out there for a while. Wholeheartedly agree. It has zero attraction as a destination. The odd bit of anti social behaviour, feral children and teenagers wandering around and menacing people on the Luas adds to the feeling of depression.

Liam28 · 17-11-2014 12:00PM

chasmcb wrote: »

Reminds me of this old gem (I think Rocky DeValera penned it):

Ballinasloe is no place to go
Strokestown is rather bad
Naas they say is quite a place
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!

I remember that ditty as a comment on the traffic tailback blackspots before all these places were bypassed:

'The place called Naas is a terrible place,
Ballinasloe is no place to go
Athlone is best left alone,
But f*ck me, Kinnegad!'

Could add Monasterevin, Kildare, Portlaoise, Arklow, Mountrath, Limerick, Enfield, Dunshaughlin, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Fermoy, Cashel to that list of places I am glad I never have to drive through again.

blue note · 17-11-2014 12:09PM

I'm surprised Mountmellick hasn't gotten a mention ...... in every post!

shruikan2553 · 17-11-2014 12:20PM

Parts of Dublin, parts of limerick, Sligo.

17-11-2014 12:36PM

Mallow.

GTDolanator · 17-11-2014 01:08PM

Tyson Mysterious Backhoe wrote: »

Stunning scenary ~ Donegal, but horrible people. Whenever I go there with work I look forward to seeing it again, but when I'm there I can't wait to gtfo again.

I would agree but only the people in the northwest region...bloody foreland gweedore that kneck,inbred scum.And my grandfther is from donegal town and ive met some of the nicest people there

MarkAnthony · 17-11-2014 01:09PM

Red Pepper wrote: »

Inside the M50.

Outside tbh.

anncoates · 17-11-2014 01:09PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

For me it would be large swathes of Dublin's Citywest. Particularly the estates near the business park. Featureless. Bands of feral children. Depressing.

That's West Tallaght, which is beside CityWest business park.

Surprised you didn't know that if you seem to be an expert on the area.

thelad95 · 17-11-2014 01:11PM

Adamstown

anncoates · 17-11-2014 01:12PM

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Bortis in Ossary - its like something from beyyond the thunderdome crossed with Outbreak

Actually, all the towns you used to pass on that route before it was bypassed: Moneygal, Borris, Toomevara etc.

costadeldole · 17-11-2014 01:26PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm not sure of the names of the estates, but anywhere from Hyde road in Limerick on the way to the Regional Hospital is like some kind of zoo or alien planet. Of course there are decent normal human beings living in those areas too, it's just that the types that I often encounter on the bus to and from the hospital is scarily scummy. I was on the bus to the hospital a few weeks ago and 2 of the scummiest druggie types I'd ever seen sat behind me. I spent the whole journey thinking 'please don't hurt me'.

I was going to post the same, but you beat me to it.
I think parts of Limerick city with their Georgian architecture are nice, and along the River Shannon. But contrast that with Hyde Road. The legacy of the McCarthy-Dundon's is a ghetto.
When one sees a 3 bedroom house for sale for 10,000 Euro on Daft.ie its very telling.

JupiterKid · 17-11-2014 01:29PM

Portadown
Athy
Tipperary Town
Ballymena
Longford town
Tuam

Davarus Walrus · 17-11-2014 01:31PM

Decided to take a detour into Rathkeale yesterday for a gawk on my way back from Kerry. A right kip. All boarded up buildings and closed shops. Every building had a protected by CCTV sign on it. Utterly grim.

suicide_circus · 17-11-2014 01:44PM

anncoates wrote: »

That's West Tallaght, which is beside CityWest business park.

Hit a nerve did I?

You don't need to be an expert in a place to express an opinion and in my opinion that area, what ever its called, is grim as fcuk.

Edit: caught out by ninja edit

Paddyfield · 17-11-2014 01:44PM

Riamfada wrote: »

Sligo ... Was there once in the winter for a conference in the IT. It was so Soviet. Cold and desolate. A bit like 1984 meets Eraserhead. The locals were not anything better . Parked at lights and some unassuming old man waiting to cross the road shakes his fists and yells "**** off back to Dublin ya *****".

Won't be going back to Sligo town again.

There was once an advertising campaign to promote Sligo which read:
"Sligo is surprising" but was amended by a clever graffiti artist to

"Sligo is surprisingly shi+e"

Let me add to Sligo the wonderfully dull towns of Tuam and Tralee. They are truly wonderdull.

anncoates · 17-11-2014 01:46PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Hit a nerve did I?.

Aye, I'm weeping on my keyboard here.

anncoates · 17-11-2014 01:48PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Edit: caught out by ninja edit

I restored it as not to leave your post hanging.

blackbird98 · 17-11-2014 01:53PM

Dublin, followed by Limerick!!

NoCrackHaving · 17-11-2014 02:04PM

Portarlington.....

OrgasmicBaz · 17-11-2014 02:07PM

Darndale

ElKavo · 17-11-2014 02:11PM

The Swan, Co Laois.

AgileMyth · 17-11-2014 02:11PM

Riamfada wrote: »

Sligo ... Was there once in the winter for a conference in the IT. It was so Soviet. Cold and desolate. A bit like 1984 meets Eraserhead. The locals were not anything better . Parked at lights and some unassuming old man waiting to cross the road shakes his fists and yells "**** off back to Dublin ya *****".

Someone had to tell you.

We should put signs up for you thick dubs on the way in warning that it might be cold in winter.

harry Bailey esq · 17-11-2014 02:12PM

Balbriggan.It was a lovely town to live in once,but greedy developers,shoddy houses and apartments,and planning that's baffling have led to many social problems in the town.The area worst hit by this is generally referred to as 'new balbriggan' or 'legoland' plenty of houses boarded up around there which is odd to see because most of the developments are less than a decade old.The town is notable because it has about 40chippers/Indians/Chineses/pizza places,there are towns 4 times the size of balbriggan that have less fast food outlets,great for choice but fast food outlets give the place a shabby look.Somebody also mentioned travellers in an earlier post (somebody always does) but I won't give my opinion on them here,except to say that the travellers in balbriggan give other travellers a bad name.There are some nice areas of balbriggan of course,but the place is no longer the fine town it once was.

Ch1me · 17-11-2014 02:15PM

Screen in Co Wexford

the evasion_kid · 17-11-2014 02:17PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Balbriggan.It was a lovely town to live in once,but greedy developers,shoddy houses and apartments,and planning that's baffling have led to many social problems in the town.The area worst hit by this is generally referred to as 'new balbriggan' or 'legoland' plenty of houses boarded up around there which is odd to see because most of the developments are less than a decade old.The town is notable because it has about 40chippers/Indians/Chineses/pizza places,there are towns 4 times the size of balbriggan that have less fast food outlets,great for choice but fast food outlets give the place a shabby look.Somebody also mentioned travellers in an earlier post (somebody always does) but I won't give my opinion on them here,except to say that the travellers in balbriggan give other travellers a bad name.There are some nice areas of balbriggan of course,but the place is no longer the fine town it once was.

Utter kip....I felt safer in east st.louis

brinty · 17-11-2014 02:20PM

the whole county of kilkenny

J Mysterio · 17-11-2014 02:21PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Portadown
Athy
Tipperary Town
Ballymena
Longford town
Tuam

Tipp town? Jasus. It's not exactly modern but I always thought it had a certain charm to it. It remains for me a kind of old Irish town. I like all the independent businesses and quirks of it.

leinsterdude · 17-11-2014 02:21PM

Citywest shopping centre, my god the people you see there, everyone parks right in front of the KFC and off licence, poor security guards afraid to say anything, always feels like trouble about to begin.

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