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Which Part of Ireland Has the Most Horrid People

ClovenHoof

As a Corkman I was going to instinctually post Dublin - but that would have been more reactionary than fair. I once stayed with some people in Cabra and everyone I met was very nice. So there are pockets of human decency in Dublin.

Thinking about it long and hard for me it is Donegal. Particularly once north of Ballyshannon. Everyone seems to be a cross between Eric Cartman, the Banjo Player from Deliverance coupled with the most obnoxious control freak you ever met.

They are also incredibly insular and will accept no wrongdoing of any kind takes place in their county. It is always someone else fault. If you want to murder someone in Donegal, the Guards won't investigate you unless you are from another county.

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NotCominBack

Aineoil wrote: »

Italians are brutally honest! I love them for that, most of the time:D

The place which gave us the mafia, and Mario Balotelli?

PixelTrawler

Roscommon... Horrid sound people

John Doe1

ClovenHoof wrote: »

As a Corkman I was going to instinctually post Dublin - but that would have been more reactionary than fair. I once stayed with some people in Cabra and everyone I met was very nice. So there are pockets of human decency in Dublin.

Thinking about it long and hard for me it is Donegal. Particularly once north of Ballyshannon. Everyone seems to be a cross between Eric Cartman, the Banjo Player from Deliverance coupled with the most obnoxious control freak you ever met.

They are also incredibly insular and will accept no wrongdoing of any kind takes place in their county. It is always someone else fault. If you want to murder someone in Donegal, the Guards won't investigate you unless you are from another county.

As a Donegal man living in Cork at the moment, I thank you for your kind words:p

I have met some very nice Cork people but I have also met some of the most obnoxious, arrogant and dour people on Thor's green earth. And this is coming from someone who has actually lived in the county they are criticising....

As an example of the mindset of a Cork person, I overheard a work colleague tell someone who phoned in that when asking what Cork is like "Cork is a really big city and has around 600,000 people and Donegal only has 30,000 people." (Actual pop-Cork 120,000, Donegal, 160,000)

Also the whole rebel thing is cringey as ****:p

the evasion_kid

Leitrim....had a few altercations with its folk in my time!

Betty Bloggs

Surprised with so many Donegal responses, I know a good few Donegal people, and have always found them lovely. I love the accent, and always found them to be really friendly and warm, great craic - always joking about, extremely chatty and very decent/fair people really. Well the one's I've met have been anyways!:)
Can't think of anywhere that has "horrid" people as a majority.
As has been said there are pricks everywhere but I think most people are generally nice.

John Doe1

the evasion_kid wrote: »

Leitrim....had a few altercations with its folk in my time!

I'm not saying you are lying but im pretty sure they dont exist:p

Clankatron

jungle_hostage wrote: »

what an incredibly boring view

I agree, but I grew up years ago so that's all I've got now. Sorry.

Wompa1

Not all of the people but Galway city has been getting a bad vibe around it for the last 5 years or so. But it might be down to the fact it's such a heavy student population and there's a change in that younger age group compared to the ones that went through before them...also, a lot of feckless lay abouts around it...

Graces7

Betty Bloggs wrote: »

Surprised with so many Donegal responses, I know a good few Donegal people, and have always found them lovely. I love the accent, and always found them to be really friendly and warm, great craic - always joking about, extremely chatty and very decent/fair people really. Well the one's I've met have been anyways!:)
Can't think of anywhere that has "horrid" people as a majority.
As has been said there are pricks everywhere but I think most people are generally nice.

I lived nine years in Donegal and shudder at the memories. Hard and dour and inhospitable folk ..... lucky to get away with my life ...

6781

Donegal people.

[Deleted User]

Graces7 wrote: »

I lived nine years in Donegal and shudder at the memories. Hard and dour and inhospitable folk ..... lucky to get away with my life ...

The only thing that can really kill you in Donegal is the roads.

I love Donegal but I'm apprehensive of Letterkenny and that's mostly because on a night out there's sometimes a few lads that want a bit of trouble from the city folk.

I had a horrible time dealing with people from Clonmel in recent years. Nice town but I can't figure if it was some sort of nordie hate or we just didn't 'get' one another.

As others have said, it doesn't matter where someone is from. If they're a tool then they're a tool regardless of anything else.

Citroen2cv

aaronc182 wrote: »

westmeath!

Dublin!

Grab All Association

Council estates in a lot of counties.

Btw I live in a private estate next door to a council estate. Scumbags smash all our windows

iDave

Some of the lifeforms that infest Dublin city are beyond horrid.

godwin

I can't say for sure which part, but it looks like the majority of them congregate on boards.ie

Balmed Out

John Doe1 wrote: »

As a Donegal man living in Cork at the moment, I thank you for your kind words:p

I have met some very nice Cork people but I have also met some of the most obnoxious, arrogant and dour people on Thor's green earth. And this is coming from someone who has actually lived in the county they are criticising....

As an example of the mindset of a Cork person, I overheard a work colleague tell someone who phoned in that when asking what Cork is like "Cork is a really big city and has around 600,000 people and Donegal only has 30,000 people." (Actual pop-Cork 120,000, Donegal, 160,000)

Also the whole rebel thing is cringey as ****:p

I dont believe that for a minute.
I doubt there is a person in Cork who thinks a) its a really big city, b) has 600000 people or c) thinks there are only 30000 people living in Co. Donegal. Since the actual population of Co. Cork is about 500,000 with Co. Donegal about 160000 I think its safe enough to assume you may be prone to exaggeration and maybe just making stuff up.

For the record having been to Donegal a few times and knowing (just as acquaintances) a few Donegal people I quite like them. There's always one though....

AudreyHepburn

There are bad apples everywhere tbh, I don't think singling out one place or another is accurate or fair.

That said I'm a Dub myself and there are some parts of this city I wouldn't walk into without a gun and bullet-proof vest.

Balmed Out

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

There are bad apples everywhere tbh, I don't think singling out one place or another is accurate or fair.

That said I'm a Dub myself and there are some parts of this city I wouldn't walk into without a gun and bullet-proof vest.

Is there a city in the world that doesn't have some very dodgy areas though?

This thread is silly and I think says more about the people giving out about places then the places themselves. Any time I've had friends from abroad visit they always go on about how friendly and helpful people are no matter where in the country we've gone.

Hitchens

I've met people from every county on this little island, and apart from the accent there is no difference whatsoever

greenbicycle

I once worked in a job where I had to talk to people from all over the country, I talked to so many people that eventually i could almost tell what way the phone call was going to go based on the address that came up on my screen. of course there were lovely and horrible people every where but there were too distinct areas that without fail had people that were very awkward to deal with. In terms of people who just were not nice, had no manners and were out to gain whatever they could, ballincollig was by far the worst area. so, not all of cork, just the area of ballincollig.
the second is not an area in ireland but a nationality living in Ireland and that was people from Nigeria, they are nice people generally but they are hard to deal with because each emotion they experienced effected them 100 times more than anyone else. when they are happy they are really really happy but on the other side when they are angry they are furious, it was overwhelming at times no matter what emotion you encountered!

Fratton Fred

Although it is fair to say that everywhere has good and bad people, Cavan does seem to have more than its fair share of the latter.

The_Captain

Balmed Out wrote: »

I dont believe that for a minute.
I doubt there is a person in Cork who thinks a) its a really big city, b) has 600000 people or c) thinks there are only 30000 people living in Co. Donegal. Since the actual population of Co. Cork is about 500,000 with Co. Donegal about 160000 I think its safe enough to assume you may be prone to exaggeration and maybe just making stuff up.

For the record having been to Donegal a few times and knowing (just as acquaintances) a few Donegal people I quite like them. There's always one though....

I have heard someone from Cork say that the economy of Ireland is dependent on Cork. If Cork left the republic and formed its own state, it would be rich, while the other 25 counties would be reduced to poverty, on the basis that Cork is a MASSIVE business region and takes in far more tax than gets spent.
While most of them are grand, there are some absolute freaks who buy into the Cork Uber Alles thing in a big way

Balmed Out

The_Captain wrote: »

I have heard someone from Cork say that the economy of Ireland is dependent on Cork. If Cork left the republic and formed its own state, it would be rich, while the other 25 counties would be reduced to poverty, on the basis that Cork is a MASSIVE business region and takes in far more tax than gets spent.
While most of them are grand, there are some absolute freaks who buy into the Cork Uber Alles thing in a big way

I'm sure that again is an exaggeration and do you not hear Dubliner's say the same thing? In Cork the proc thing is a joke and not taken seriously, I only ever hear it mentioned when im outside of Cork.

bobbysands81

Macavity. wrote: »

Not necessarily horrid, but for arrogance probably Cork people.

Cork people in Cork are sound folk.

Cork people in Dublin are completely different, because they're insecure in Dublin the arrogance and chip on their shoulder comes to the fore.

Davarus Walrus

With only a few exceptions, I've always found people from Norn Iron to be sour, dour and with a massive collective chip on their shoulders. They also get ultra defensive if you ever question their bleak and parochial worldview. Suggest that their much vaunted Ulster Fry isn't up to much as it doesn't have black pudding, but does have cheap soggy fried bread can also cause their unusually small mouths' to pucker up like a tomcat's arsehole.

ShowMeTheCash

Anywhere south of Donegal, I generally find the IQ gets lower the lower I go and the women get hairier!

By the time I get to Cork it's like a scene from Planet of the apes, cannot understand a word they say boyo!

Gazzmonkey

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Anywhere south of Donegal, I generally find the IQ gets lower the lower I go and the women get hairier!

By the time I get to Cork it' like a scene from Planet of the apes, cannot understand a word they say boyo!

Your not serious ??

ShowMeTheCash

Gazzmonkey wrote: »

Your not serious ??

Course I am, you have Monkey in your handle, get your hands off me you damn dirty ape!

[Deleted User]

There is black pudding in an Ulster fry, white pudding is the omission generally.

Also, you sound like you have a chip on your shoulder about them ones with a collective chip.

Just sayin'

OldNotWIse

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I was going to say Dublin my self OP, but after reading that I think Cork.

Ah in fairness, there are probably "pockets of decency" in Cork.

Actually, no there aren't.