Strange Irish Place Names

waxon-waxoff · 17-05-2008 5:23pm

"Me anus" in Co. Limerick
"Fairymount" in Co. Roscommon, Irelands gayest village

stevecrow74 · 17-05-2008 6:16pm

RATM wrote: »

Haha try ****ing in Austria for size

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing%2C_Austria

you think that is bad..
there's a mountain range in bavaria called Wan k

spa, co kerry
leap, co cork
riverstick, co cork
the halfway, co cork
fivemilebridge, co cork
sixmilebridge, co clare (they had to get the extra mile in)
newtownmountkennedy, co wicklow
newtowncunningham, co donegal
kilcar, co donegal
mountcharles, co donegal
kill, co kildare
killaloo, co derry
killashandra, co cavan
killnaboy, co clare
ballybogey, co antrim
dunnamaggan, co killkenny
molls gap, co kerry
glebe, co galway
ballyspittle, co cork
camp cross, co kerry
derrynagooley, co mayo
emo park, co laois
hugginstown, co killkenny
irishtown, co mayo
limerick junction, co tipperary
mace upper, co mayo
macroom, co cork
milford, co cork
nine mile house, co tipperaray
owning, co, killkenny
piltown, co kilkenny
prosperous, co kildare
tang, co westmeath
waterloo, co cork
yellow furze, co meath

EcoGirl · 17-05-2008 6:17pm

Man O'War and Bog O'The Ring - both up near Balbriggan/Naul in North County Dublin

djfitzerjnr · 18-05-2008 6:11pm

Creegh, co. clare, but its been changed to ''pee''!!! - http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=540556855&PhotoAlbumId=960038223&PhotoId=2855224450

and also, Cranny has been changed to ''fanny''!!

KBarry · 18-05-2008 6:47pm

stevecrow74 wrote: »

you think that is bad..
there's a mountain range in bavaria called Wan k

There is a village called Wan k too. I've had my photo taken at the sign there, along with thousands of other English speakers too probably. Wonder what the locals think.

thebman · 18-05-2008 7:04pm

FredsWebHead wrote: »

How about BlueBalls in Co. Offaly.....;)

Its Blueball not Blueballs.

luckat · 19-05-2008 1:15am

Coolfancy - Wicklow or Wexford, not sure which. And of course Fethard, my fine Fethard friends.

Hermy · 19-05-2008 11:18am

rossie1977 wrote: »

villages in westmeath called Crazy corner and Pass-if-you-Can, no joke :eek:

There is also a Passifyoucan - all one word - at the back of Dublin Airport.

Blisterman · 19-05-2008 11:44am

I always thought the following animal themed names were strange.

Dolphin's Barn
Leopardstown

squiggy · 19-05-2008 12:09pm

Horestown in County Wexford

Mark 00 · 19-05-2008 12:22pm

Knockalaughta ( Knock-al-ock-ta) Ballintubber, Co. Roscommon

Ride of a place!!!

tc20 · 19-05-2008 12:34pm

Meelick

&

Bohola

i think they are consecutive villages in Mayo, on the way to Westport...:D

kevmy · 19-05-2008 12:35pm

Sneem, Co. Kerry

All of Fermanagh
Belcoo, Tempo, Belleek, Drumskinny, Monea, Newtownbutler

neil_hosey · 19-05-2008 12:35pm

got a good laugh out of them..

thers a place in westmeath called gaybrook..

an possibly the funniest placve name i ever heard was on rte news about some CAB arrest of some ganster. The name of the place was

HackBalls Cross!

:pac:

Corruptedmorals · 19-05-2008 1:16pm

Blisterman wrote: »

Leopardstown

Nothing to do with leopards, it was originally Leperstown because there was a colony there.

Heisenberg. · 19-05-2008 1:22pm

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2-ShortDa5foot5 · 19-05-2008 1:26pm

RATM wrote: »

Right looking for the wonderful and weird on Irish place names, I'll kick it off but Im sure these are going to get topped....

Maam, Co. Galway

Moneygold, Co.Sligo

Lettermacaward, Co.Donegal

Kilmucridge, Co.Wexford

and the piece de resistance....

Newtownpothouse, Mallow, Co.Cork

like what were they smoking down there....?!
Is the translation something like Baile Nua Teach na Spliffini?!

It's called NewTWOpothouse, even better!

2-ShortDa5foot5 · 19-05-2008 1:31pm

Fagg*t Hill, in Cork :pac:

Jigsaw · 19-05-2008 1:32pm

Borris-in-Ossory

Co Laois I think. Who was Borris and what was he doing in Ossory?

2-ShortDa5foot5 · 19-05-2008 1:48pm

Stepaside in Dublin.

There's actually a hairdressers in Cork named this! What kind of a placename is this?! :pac:

Rashers · 12-06-2008 2:14pm

Poppintree in Dublin.

Aurora Borealis · 12-06-2008 2:17pm

Gowel in Co. Mayo

:D

Always giggle at Sneem and Tubbercurry (Supermacs anyone?!) as well...

luap_42 · 01-09-2008 10:41pm

rainbowtrout wrote: »

ya there's another village in Sligo near to Tubbercurry called Curry.

believe it or not Curry had a sign just off the road for a swimming pool.

There's a couple of mountain peaks just south of Killarney called The Paps, only a Kerryman could come up with that one. Or Lixnaw or Poulnahaha...

The best one though is: Lyracrumpane

Overflow · 14-12-2008 1:52am

Coolboy
Coolafancy
Carnew

All in Wexford me thinks.

Mahou · 14-12-2008 2:42am

Knock, so crap they had to invent mad fairystories.

absorbentmind · 14-12-2008 2:57am

Wait for it............Gaggin in Co.Cork

g.quagmire · 14-12-2008 3:18am

Always thought Reenascreena and Union hall in Co. Cork were weird.

Stones85 · 14-12-2008 3:29am

Meenagrubby - Co.Donegal

Meenawanya - Co.Donegal

Bundooorrran - Donegal

Hacksballscross - Armagh some spelling like that

Gortahork - Donegal

Dungloe - Donegal

Pettigo - Donegal

Glencolmcille -Donegal

Bogside- Derry, it is weird:p

Leitrim

Castleblaney

Blarney

Tuam

Craigavon

Lurgan

Portadown

Claregalway

Gort

now that I think of it most Irish place name are weird, I feel sorry for foreigners.

Overflow · 14-12-2008 3:32am

Stones85 wrote: »

Meenagrubby - Co.Donegal

Meenawanya - Co.Donegal

Bundooorrran - Donegal

Hacksballscross - Armagh some spelling like that

Gortahork - Donegal

Dungloe - Donegal

Pettigo - Donegal

Glencolmcille -Donegal

Bogside- Derry, it is weird:p

Leitrim

Castleblaney

Blarney

Tuam

Craigavon

Lurgan

Portadown

Claregalway

Gort

now that I think of it most Irish place name are weird, I feel sorry for foreigners.

and that was just off the top of your head.

Stones85 · 14-12-2008 3:44am

Overflow wrote: »

and that was just off the top of your head.

Ah it took a minute or two...

bedjy · 30-08-2009 10:57pm

Adam wrote: »

Kilcock.
Ballsbridge.

i live in kilcock

it leads to a lot of slaggings:mad:

MayoForSam · 31-08-2009 12:08am

Oola, Co Limerick.

Heard a story once about two pretty dim US lady tourists who were looking for this place. They stopped a local farmer and asked him "Excuse me sir, can you give me directions to Zero Zero L.A.?".

Come to think of it, I myself live in L.A. Valley (Lavally, Co. Galway).

grenache · 31-08-2009 12:09am

tc20 wrote: »

Meelick

&

Bohola

i think they are consecutive villages in Mayo, on the way to Westport...:D

There's a Meelick in Clare too, just outside Limerick City.

MayoForSam wrote: »

Oola, Co Limerick.

APPLES APPLES APPLES APPLES APPLES AAAPPPLES!!!!!!!!

RATM wrote: »

Newtownpothouse, Co.Cork

Its Newtwopothouse, which is even weirder still.

Another few....

Duagh (pronounced Dooaaah), Co Kerry

Lyracrompane, Co Kerry

Sneem, Co Kerry

Pike of Rushall, Co Laois

Glenamaddy, Co Galway

Coagh (pronounced Coke), Co Tyrone

Dunamaggin, Co Kilkenny

Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan

Termonfeckin, Co Louth

Reamer Fanny · 31-08-2009 12:12am

ffrench roundabout near ballybrit in galway, a roundabout so good they decided to spell it wrong

martyboy48 · 31-08-2009 12:49am

justryan wrote: »

ffrench roundabout near ballybrit in galway, a roundabout so good they decided to spell it wrong

Spelt correctly... Refer to city of the tribes...

Hyperbullet · 31-08-2009 1:04am

Kilmore: thats in Wexford I think

Boston: Co. Clare

Feakle: also in Clare

Kalashnikov_Kid · 31-08-2009 1:09am

Hackballscross, Co. Louth

Splott (a roughish suburb of Cardiff)

And there's a little village in Surrey called Compton - I crack up everytime I pass it!

wexican · 31-08-2009 1:11am

Bastardstown in South Wexford

Camolin in North Wexford

Oulart in North Wexford

Buffer's Alley in North Wexford

tatabubbly · 31-08-2009 1:14am

Aminah Aggressive Meteorologist wrote: »

Burnfoot, Donegal

Defo.... crolly is another one..

Sam Kade · 31-08-2009 1:22am

stevecrow74 wrote: »

you think that is bad..
there's a mountain range in bavaria called Wan k

spa, co kerry
leap, co cork
riverstick, co cork
the halfway, co cork
fivemilebridge, co cork
sixmilebridge, co clare (they had to get the extra mile in)
newtownmountkennedy, co wicklow
newtowncunningham, co donegal
kilcar, co donegal
mountcharles, co donegal
kill, co kildare
killaloo, co derry
killashandra, co cavan
killnaboy, co clare
ballybogey, co antrim
dunnamaggan, co killkenny
molls gap, co kerry
glebe, co galway
ballyspittle, co cork
camp cross, co kerry
derrynagooley, co mayo
emo park, co laois
hugginstown, co killkenny
irishtown, co mayo
limerick junction, co tipperary
mace upper, co mayo
macroom, co cork
milford, co cork
nine mile house, co tipperaray
owning, co, killkenny
piltown, co kilkenny
prosperous, co kildare
tang, co westmeath
waterloo, co cork
yellow furze, co meath

It's Ballinspittle. Wasn't there a thread like this here before?

Reamer Fanny · 31-08-2009 1:58am

atmospheric road, dalkey co.dublin

grenache · 31-08-2009 2:09am

wexican wrote: »

Bastardstown in South Wexford

We have our winner!

Is that an actual village or just a townland?

muffy · 31-08-2009 2:19am

Lispopple, Co Dublin

Its wonderful trying to spell my address to people over the phone.

Poxyshamrock · 31-08-2009 3:33am

Windy Arbour always makes me think of a Pirate.

Arggh, Windy 'arbour!

In All Fairness · 31-08-2009 4:17am

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Windy Arbour always makes me think of a Pirate.

Arggh, Windy 'arbour!

Ryan's Arbour House. I live near there.;)

I'd have to say , although I'm sure they've been out already:

Strokestown.......Durrty

Fox & Geese.......Purrfect.

Kalashnikov_Kid · 31-08-2009 4:29am

And who could forget those Austrian fuckers

http://www.fundistraction.com/2007/05/town-called-****ing-in-austria.html

Pygmalion · 31-08-2009 6:12am

I live within walking distance of Bastardstown, it's near Kilmore.

There's also a Badger hill in Wexford somewhere.

kelle · 31-08-2009 6:34am

Nothing could beat where I used to socialise in London - Elephant and Castle.

There's Moneymore in co. Donegal (it should be changed to Money no more)
Trim in Co. Meath

Pygmalion wrote: »

There's also a Badger hill in Wexford somewhere.

And there's a Vinegar hill there too.

PhysiologyRocks · 31-08-2009 8:29pm

Ballyhooley (I just like how it sounds)

Passage (Speaks for itself)

Ringaskiddy (A skiddy ring, or when you walk around a child)

Dripsey (Right next to Dropsy)

herisson · 31-08-2009 8:56pm

theres Moon in Kildare i think and Raphoe in Donegal

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