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Tralee to seek city status.

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  • #62
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,621 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Tralee City ffs

    Tallaght is officially classed as a village
    It's all to do with mentality;)
    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.
    'Sup, babes, stood up in Coppers again?:pac:


  • #63
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


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

    We could reinstate the Republic of Connacht while we're at it.


  • #64
    beach_walker
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    thattequilagirl wrote: »
    At one stage, the High King sat in Tuam. And it has a cathedral (two, actually, I believe) I'm starting a campaign.

    Ah don't start them up. You know the Tuam heads regular bring this up? Like seriously...


  • #65
    Paramite Pie
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    We could reinstate the Republic of Connacht while we're at it.

    Yes please. Although Castlebar will not be the capital, ya hear?

    It's gotta be Tuam :/
    skittles8710 wrote: »
    There are very few genuine cities in Ireland. ..Cork wouldn't classify as a city in Spain for example.

    I've been to cities the size of Cork in the US and cities roughly the size of Galway in Belgium. Why is Spain the benchmark?


  • #66
    irelandrover
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    Paramite Pie wrote: »
    Yes please. Although Castlebar will not be the capital, ya hear?

    It's gotta be Tuam :/



    I've been to cities the size of Cork in the US and cities roughly the size of Galway in Belgium. Why is Spain the benchmark?

    There is a city in the Netherlands with only 40 inhabitants.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staverden

    Maybe we should use that as a benchmark


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  • #67
    Hitchens
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    thattequilagirl wrote: »
    At one stage, the High King sat in Tuam. And it has a cathedral (two, actually, I believe) I'm starting a campaign.

    was he passing through and stopped for a crap? :D


  • #68
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    The Healy-Raes are having the Dail and Croke Park moved to Tralee.

    Fact.


  • #69
    irishguitarlad
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    Paramite Pie wrote: »
    Yes please. Although Castlebar will not be the capital, ya hear?

    It's gotta be Tuam :/



    I've been to cities the size of Cork in the US and cities roughly the size of Galway in Belgium. Why is Spain the benchmark?

    Also cordoba and granada are classed as cities and they have about the same population as cork


  • #70
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    They want to call that a city?

    They must be off their tralee


  • #71
    Jester252
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    Tralee is far from a city, they would have a better chance getting classed as a landfill


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  • #72
    bear1
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    Bambi wrote: »
    They want to call that a city?

    They must be off their tralee

    Get your coat and don't fooping come back!


  • #73
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    bear1 wrote: »
    Get your coat and don't fooping come back!

    I'm tralee sorry that remark, no need for that sort of kerry on.


  • #74
    CrabRevolution
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    It's funny the way people say Irish cities wouldn't be called cities in other countries. If anything other countries have even more arbitrary requirements than us to qualify as a city. You've cities in the USA the size of small towns here.

    The UK seems to be terrible for it too. The North has as many "cities" as the republic despite having a much smaller population. Add on to that the raft of towns around the UK upgraded to cities for EII's jubilee in 2002. At least here city status doesn't depend on whether a single specific person lives long enough.


  • #75
    Red Kev
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    Hitchens wrote: »
    fyp

    Derry and Belfast are in the UK and are subject to their rules on local government.

    We're talking about the Republic of Ireland here.


  • #76
    Hitchens
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    Red Kev wrote: »
    Derry and Belfast are in the UK and are subject to their rules on local government.

    We're talking about the Republic of Ireland here.
    chucky or law ;)


  • #77
    sabat
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    valoren wrote: »
    New York, London, Tokyo et al. They are Cities.

    Tralee. You're a glorified village. Delusions of grandeur indeed.

    I know I'm being pedantic but Tralee has over 3 times the population of The City of London.
    The City of London is a city and county within London...

    The City has a resident population of about 7,000

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London





  • #78
    munsterlegend
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    I'm just surprised it isn't Kilgarvan that's seeking it.

    Imagine the make up of kilgarvan city council.


  • #79
    SEPT 23 1989
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    City of Westminster is a city within a city


  • #80
    purplepanda
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    sabat wrote: »
    I know I'm being pedantic but Tralee has over 3 times the population of The City of London.



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London






    There's actually three cities in London, & Croydon was bidding to be the fourth a while back! :pac:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smallest_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom

    UK list of small cites :confused:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smallest_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom


  • #81
    feargale
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    jonon9 wrote: »
    Aren't cities classed by population not by having a fancy church in it.

    Historically any place with a cathedral was regarded as a city, e.g. Clogher or Lismore.
    The smallest "city" in Ireland with a royal charter is Cashel. Maybe it should have been named in the same breath as Kilkenny in the Act.
    Personally I would think Mr. McEllistrum's ambition to make Tralee a city has the same chance of success as that of an emission of flatulated gas surviving a whirlwind.


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  • #82
    Dempsey
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    Bangor, Armagh & Newry are cities, let that sink in for a minute...


  • #83
    Cienciano
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    mansize wrote: »
    What's the big deal about being a city???

    The cows start to shít gold apparently.


  • #84
    Joe prim
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    Nodin wrote: »
    It'll show that shower up in Dublin.

    "Above' in Dublin, it's always "above" in Dublin, roysh?


  • #85
    12Phase
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    Tralee and Killarney are both too small to have full scale city councils. That just wouldn't make any sense and 'city status' isn't really meaningful in any other context.

    What could be done though is a rationalisation and restoration of the concept of town councils.

    I think it was absolutely insane to remove town councils as they do provide a focus for towns. Our problem was that town councils had not been modernised and were like a snapshot of Ireland in 1921. Many very large towns had none while very small ones had full councils.

    We need some kind of restructure of local government that allows for town councils and mayors. Ireland's almost unique in not having that structure and it does prevent towns from developing properly as they lack a platform for putting together local plans.

    In many ways we end up doing things with voluntary organisations like the Tidy Towns Committee that should really be functions of a town/village council.

    I can see why Tralee needs some kind of proper status but it absolutely does not need a full blown City Council.


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