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Tralee to seek city status.

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  • #32
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,621 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    beach_walker wrote: »
    Err, I really don't agree with his line of thinking.
    In fairness to Tommy, that would be the first time he has been accused of thinking...


  • #33
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Could be worse I suppose, Lisburn and Newry won their city status in a raffle: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1872287.stm


  • #34
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Are people from there really called Traleelians? Coz that is a brilliant word.


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Does it have a cathedral ?

    No, or at least not for the last 900 years when it was part of the Diocese of Ardfert with a Cathedral there, and now part of the Kerry Diocese with a Cathedral in Killarney.


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
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    God, I feckin hate Tralee. It's way too small to be considered a city. Don't think it has a cathedral, Killarney does though! They just want to steal our tourists from Killarney. They do have the IT though, which is quite good so I hear. That's it really.. I even consider Cork more of a large town than a city.


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  • #37
    Hitchens
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    Kilkenny folk have for centuries known how citizens must behave and it is in our DNA at this stage ....

    whereas Tralee .......well c'mon now :)


  • #38
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Galway is the only one true Irish city.

    All the rest were granted city status by the Brit Royal Charter.

    Galway the only one by an act of the Oireachtas.

    lol at all the butthurt townies annoyed by the idea of Tralee being a city.

    City is a meaningless term in Irish local governance.


  • #39
    Nodin
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's only right that the Kingdom has a city...

    It'll show that shower up in Dublin.


  • #40
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Tralee City ffs

    Tallaght is officially classed as a village


  • #41
    The flying mouse
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    When will we have the intercity train rolling to The city of Tralee.


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  • #42
    Hitchens
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Galway is the only one true Irish city.

    All the rest were granted city status by the Brit Royal Charter.

    Galway the only one by an act of the Oireachtas.

    lol at all the butthurt townies annoyed by the idea of Tralee being a city.

    City is a meaningless term in Irish local governance.
    just another QUANGOish entity then ;)


  • #43
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Menas wrote: »
    Isnt kilkenny a city by royal charter from the 1600s or something??
    At one stage Kilkenny was the capital of Ireland


  • #44
    skittles8710
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    lertsnim wrote: »
    This is what happens when an idiot is elected. But the people of Tralee will think he's great for trying to do something while he completely neglects other areas

    As a Tralee native most people I know think of McEllistrim as a bit simple. There are very few genuine cities in Ireland. ..Cork wouldn't classify as a city in Spain for example. I think it's Tom just blowing a bit of hot air tbh. Got the town I people's radars anyway!


  • #45
    bear1
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    Archeron wrote: »
    Are people from there really called Traleelians? Coz that is a brilliant word.

    Doubt it, I just made it up cause I hadn't a clue what to denote them as :)


  • #46
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Archeron wrote: »
    Are people from there really called Traleelians? Coz that is a brilliant word.

    Us Dublin buckos just call them kunts


  • #47
    12Phase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭12Phase


    There are currently 5 cities:

    Dublin
    Cork
    Limerick
    Galway
    Waterford

    Kilkenny isn't one, other than historically.

    Population of Tralee 23,693

    If it's based on population, Drogheda and Dundalk would be the most obvious places.

    Swords Co. Dublin and Ballncollig Co. Cork would also be way up the list of places.

    Tallaght would be WAY up that list, although at this stage it's basically a part of Dublin City anyway.


  • #48
    dm09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭dm09


    City of Compton


  • #49
    Hitchens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,142 ✭✭✭Hitchens


    12Phase wrote: »
    There are currently 5 cities:

    Dublin
    Cork
    Limerick
    Galway
    Waterford
    Belfast
    Derry

    Kilkenny isn't one, other than historically.

    Population of Tralee 23,693

    If it's based on population, Drogheda and Dundalk would be the most obvious places.

    Swords Co. Dublin and Ballncollig Co. Cork would also be way up the list of places.

    Tallaght would be WAY up that list, although at this stage it's basically a part of Dublin City anyway.
    fyp


  • #50
    ballyharpat
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    corkonion wrote: »
    I guess all the good folk from Tralee will start spending weekends in Killarney to get a break from the rat race of city life.

    They already do-but to get away from the rats, not the rat race.


  • #51
    Skylinehead
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    Hitchens wrote: »
    fyp

    Didn't fyp very well, you missed Newry, Armagh and Lisburn ;)


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  • #52
    Grab All Association
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    Few people know this but the small town of Cashel was once classed as a city from 1630s to the 1840s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI_zIzGvZiY these idiots think Nenagh is a city (apparently Alan Kelly when he was a senator promised to get city status for the town)


  • #53
    FishOnABike
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    The flying mouse wrote: »
    When will we have the intercity train rolling to The city of Tralee.
    We'd have to have the DART to Dingle (and Dustin as president) first!


  • #54
    The Randy Riverbeast
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    Hitchens wrote: »
    fyp

    If you are going to fyp at least give them the ability to count to numbers under 10.


  • #55
    pickarooney
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    skittles8710 wrote: »
    .Cork wouldn't classify as a city in Spain for example!

    New York isn't classified as a city in Spain either, what with it being in the USA and all.


  • #56
    mansize
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    What's the big deal about being a city???


  • #57
    Boskowski
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    It all matter of perspective. One might say Ireland has really only one City.


  • #58
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    One might say Jupiter has only one moon.


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
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    Why are there such a disproportionate number of complete and utter gobshítes in Kerry? The place really is an embarrassment.

    Absolutely thick idea from yet another waste-of-space Kerry troglodyte.


  • #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why are there such a disproportionate number of complete and utter gobshítes in Kerry? The place really is an embarrassment.

    Absolutely thick idea from yet another waste-of-space Kerry troglodyte.

    Ooooo, provocative!

    I'm here looking across at snow covered Reeks, Atlantic Ocean visible in another direction, thinking of a great weekend with family and friends in this wonderful part of the world...and now you've got me all twisted up and angry...


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  • #61
    thattequilagirl
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    At one stage Kilkenny was the capital of Ireland

    At one stage, the High King sat in Tuam. And it has a cathedral (two, actually, I believe) I'm starting a campaign.


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