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Silly Irish place names

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    #92
    deman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    Bloody Foreland in Donegal.


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    #93
    AdrianR
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭AdrianR


    Stoneybatter -Dublin
    Golden -Tipperary
    Drumshambo -not sure
    Horse & Jockey -Tipperary
    Leighlinbridge - Carlow (Pronounced Locklin Bridge! why not Laylin??).
    Scart - Tipperary

    Drumshambo - Leitrim, infamous for the massacur that occurred there :rolleyes: . If you think the anglacisation is unusual/odd the Irish means either Hill of the old cow or Back of the old cow can't remember which.
    Also in Leitrim:
    Mohill
    Drumsna
    Kiltubrid
    Annaduff
    Barnacoola
    Gowell
    Aughoo (Sunday worlds Paul Williams is from here)

    There's a village in Offally called Pulla
    the pub there is called the Pull inn could be pulla inn

    Nobody mentioned Boyle - Roscommon


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    #94
    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    stillorgan

    Still - organ..

    lol?


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    #95
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    There is actually a housing estate in Nobber called Muff Crescent. Nearly pissed myself laughing when I saw it.

    I'm from a town in Cavan called Shercock. We got some slagging when we were younger... :confused:


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    #96
    padraigmyers
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭padraigmyers


    PORNAPSTER wrote:
    I'm from a town in Cavan called Shercock. We got some slagging when we were younger... :confused:

    I'm from Cork, but I was up in a pub in Baileborough one night and the prize-winner in some draw was called out as Mr. X (forget the name) from Shercock, I burst out laughing, then realised nobody else was.....definetly a funny place name.


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    #97
    Miss Fluff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    Someone told me recently there is a housing estate in Nobber called Muff View

    :rolleyes:


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    #98
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    LOL. I can imagine. It was like that when I was introducing myself to people in college too. Still a great place though!


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    #99
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    Miss Fluff wrote:
    Someone told me recently there is a housing estate in Nobber called Muff View

    :rolleyes:
    They were right apart from the view bit... :)


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    #100
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    there's a place in cork called dunamore.(not sure of spelling)
    yes it sounds like a fairly normal place name yeah?

    well we used to tell this joke when we were kids that it was the last place that god made. he put down his shovel and said i'll dunamore!!


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    #101
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    ... and a tumbleweed rolls by... :p


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    #102
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    Femmy wrote:
    there's a place in cork called dunamore.(not sure of spelling)
    yes it sounds like a fairly normal place name yeah?

    well we used to tell this joke when we were kids that it was the last place that god made. he put down his shovel and said i'll dunamore!!
    And who says cork people dont have a sense of humor......:D


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    #103
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    panda100 wrote:
    And who says cork people dont have a sense of humor......:D


    i know!

    pfft..


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    #104
    smiling_time
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭smiling_time


    ned78 wrote:
    Bweeng, Curry, Tubbercurry, Tulsk, Gneeves, Nenagh!
    whats funny about Nenagh!


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    #105
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    "nenagh nenagh nenagh"...sound like something?..but yes i know..its not funny really.


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    #106
    gogul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭gogul


    ...but its as funny as hell. I was in bits for hours.

    http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html


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    #107
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    gogul wrote:
    ...but its as funny as hell. I was in bits for hours.

    http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

    Hehe that is quite funny even though I do feel like im about 12 for laughing at 'bumbum'...I parrticularly liked Little Dix Village, West Indies..I think my b*stard ex boyfriend might have come from there:D


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    #108
    LB6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LB6


    Ye missed

    Effin,

    Co. Limerick.


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    #109
    Fast_Mover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Fast_Mover


    femmy wrote:
    there's a place in cork called dunamore.(not sure of spelling)
    Correct spelling: Donoughmore. :)


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    #110
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    thanks FM (knowitall!:p )


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    #111
    Fast_Mover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Fast_Mover


    ..and your from Cork too..pfft!! Shame on you! you'l be getting a slap from Tar's hand for that!:D


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    #112
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    ahhhh..tars hand....ahhhhh.......


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    #113
    Fast_Mover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Fast_Mover


    That will teach you to know your place names now wont it!!:)


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    #114
    kc66
    Registered Users Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭kc66


    See this place:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:****ing%2C_Austria%2C_street_sign.jpg
    You will have to put in the letters for **** yourself!


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    #115
    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    There's a village (southeast somewhere - Wicklow I think), called "Jack's Hole".

    No, really.


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    #116
    blue banana
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭blue banana


    Effin, it's got the Effin Church and the Effin School.


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    #117
    squibs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 975 ✭✭✭squibs


    Theres a place on the Limerick to Cork road called Newtwopothouse

    This one's coming up a lot. So in case ye're interested in the origin which is actually quite interesting: http://www.mallowtown.com/content/longhist.asp?artno=1


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    #118
    Gosh
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Gosh


    Crinkle
    Killasser
    Camp
    Skull
    Knockalongy
    Dripsey
    Killedmond


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    #119
    mandz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭mandz


    In Westmeath there are two villages near each other one called Coole and one called -Streete!! Nothing much in streete really think it just about actually has a street


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    #120
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    Theres a place called Legeh (sounds like Leggit) in (I think) Longford
    and Batterstown in Meath
    Thats all I can think of I'm afraid :rolleyes:


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    #121
    Mr.D.Leprachaun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Mr.D.Leprachaun


    A tad late but a Monaghan one: Truagh. Looks like the Irish for pity but pronounced True.


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