Most grim places in Ireland

J Mysterio · 17-11-2014 02:22PM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

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.

Really is an absolute shìthole.

17-11-2014 02:23PM

I always think the area from Bunclody to Wexford or Carlow, bascily parts of rural Wicklow, Wexford and Carlow look very bleak and economically deprived although around mount Leinster is very scenic.

Cantona's Collars · 17-11-2014 02:24PM

Ch1me wrote: »

Screen in Co Wexford

There's nothing in Screen to make it grim,it's just a tiny village everyone passes through on the way to the beach.

Bridgetown - now that is grim.

harry Bailey esq · 17-11-2014 02:33PM

J Mysterio wrote: »

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.

That may be true,but ill tell you something for nothing,tipp town is a dangerous place if your a Dublin fella out on the pull on a Saturday night! If I had the choice again id sooner take my chances and go on the beer in a city like Kingston,
cape town or juarez

bodhrandude · 17-11-2014 02:39PM

Mullingar with its Joe Dolan statue.

leinsterdude · 17-11-2014 02:40PM

Longford town .... Very mixed folk

Joe Doe · 17-11-2014 02:42PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

My toilet.
And yes, I have told tourists not to go near it.

Busáras's toilets, and most of the tourists/business travelers have no choice but to avail of it at some stage, usually on way to airport etc.

Compare it to Belfast Europa or Ldn Victoria and the latter two are like the Ritz.

Tourism Ireland should investigate. Heard x3 visitors complain separately within 15 seconds the shocking state state. No soap, no driers, no doors etc...

the evasion_kid · 17-11-2014 02:56PM

Joe Doe wrote: »

Busáras's toilets, and most of the tourists/business travelers have no choice but to avail of it at some stage, usually on way to airport etc.

Compare it to Belfast Europa or Ldn Victoria and the latter two are like the Ritz.

Tourism Ireland should investigate. Heard x3 visitors complain separately within 15 seconds the shocking state state. No soap, no driers, no doors etc...

Blue fluorescent lights....never a good sign!

IrishCule · 17-11-2014 03:17PM

Definitely Portarlington. Having to get the train from there leaves me with nightmares.

Joe Doe · 17-11-2014 03:17PM

Think even the blue lights were busted....
Not sure but thought I glimpsed a sign on the wall apologising for the state of them, maybe it's an 'industrial dispute' matter...

BUBBLES1978 · 17-11-2014 03:39PM

o connell street, monasterevin, kildare town, bundoran,

AudreyHepburn · 17-11-2014 03:42PM

Tuam....full of 'settled' itinerants and their grotty, unkept houses! Woeful!

leinsterdude · 17-11-2014 04:04PM

BUBBLES1978 wrote: »

o connell street, monasterevin, kildare town, bundoran,

Monasterevin is not as bad as it was, improved a good bit.

DoYouEvenLift · 17-11-2014 04:07PM

Pretty much most parts of Laois and Offaly, there's a shopping centre in Laois that can send you into depression

Pumpkinseeds · 17-11-2014 04:09PM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

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.

It'll be very busy next month, probably the only month of the year that it is busy.:D

RDM_83 again · 17-11-2014 04:09PM

Ballymena, secterain sh^thole with the added attraction of being the location where the drug dealers ran out of Belfast ended up so used to have a serious heroin problem.
Also Antrim town.

Nidgeweasel · 17-11-2014 04:13PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

there's a shopping centre in Laois that can send you into depression

Shuttle bus is it?

fleet_admiral · 17-11-2014 04:14PM

Arklow and Dolphins Barn, South Dublin. Both absolute hell holes.

FixdePitchmark · 17-11-2014 04:25PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Arklow and Dolphins Barn, South Dublin. Both absolute hell holes.

Parts of Arklow are nice.

By the sea always adds something. Is a bit run down but.

Oops69 · 17-11-2014 04:31PM

The BLanchardstown centre and IKEA , hoardes of vacant lost people , I'd prefer to be on the boardwalk in Dublin city centre

Honey Monster · 17-11-2014 04:52PM

Has Tipperary town been mentioned yet?

If not,

Tipperary town.

iDave · 17-11-2014 05:00PM

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Ballymena, secterain sh^thole with the added attraction of being the location where the drug dealers ran out of Belfast ended up so used to have a serious heroin problem.
Also Antrim town.

In fairness I'd say a lot of places mentioned here in the Republic are nowhere near as bad as some of the sectarian dumps in the north.

the dark phantom · 17-11-2014 05:10PM

Honey Monster wrote: »

Has Tipperary town been mentioned yet?

If not,

Tipperary town.

Awful awful place. Lack of by-pass a serious problem..

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-11-2014 05:35PM

GTDolanator wrote: »

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

To be fair I'd know Ballyshannon & Bundoran best, the locals seem to take an exception to Dublin accents and military haircuts :cool:

Always ready to row, sometimes its just not worth the hassle.. But damn the female accents must be the sexiest in the country.

The Backwards Man · 17-11-2014 05:37PM

Tyson Mysterious Backhoe wrote: »

To be fair I'd know Ballyshannon & Bundoran best, the locals seem to take an exception to Dublin accents and military haircuts :cool:

Always ready to row, sometimes its just not worth the hassle.. But damn the female accents must be the sexiest in the country.

Bundoran isn't Donegal, it's a suburb of Belfast.

Laura Palmer · 17-11-2014 05:37PM

Limerick Junction. The sun never shines there.

eisenberg1 · 17-11-2014 05:41PM

Courtown, and Borris-in-Ossory

valoren · 17-11-2014 05:47PM

Trabolgan Holiday camp in Cork.

So grim you could chew on it.

joe stodge · 17-11-2014 05:52PM

Baillebouragh Co. Cavan, idiotic tribal population who only interests are "the thesco" and fighting outside the kebab shop on a Saturday night after "the dhisco".

Thargor · 17-11-2014 06:03PM

Whenever I have to take a Citylink commuter through all the little towns instead of the Express I get a real sinking depressive feeling, Kinnegad, Athlone etc, basically anything not beside the sea, by the time I get to Galway Im often pretty miserable after it.

Most grim places in Ireland

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