County town of Donegal

Iano2K8

So like living in Letterkenny my friend always thought because it is the biggest town it is also the county town....But its really lifford aint it???

Karoma

Iano2K8 wrote:

So like living in Letterkenny my friend always thought because it is the biggest town it is also the county town....But its really lifford aint it???

Like yuhhuh, fer sher.
A map or like a Wikipedia could have like told him/you this?

Iano2K8

Well actually any maps i looked at didnt help... because letterkenny is so big it is seems to always be shown on them...

Karoma

Oh, now with added poll. Muff FT...Waitaminute! you have no muff! (I don't care if it's not big enough. Insert another 20 muff-related puns.) ¬_¬

Any decent map will have a different symbol for the county town. Meh.

muffler

Karoma wrote: »

Oh, now with added poll. Muff FT...Waitaminute! you have no muff! (I don't care if it's not big enough. Insert another 20 muff-related puns.) ¬_¬

Any decent map will have a different symbol for the county town. Meh.

Well a person from Muff is known as a muffler (boards.ie excepted). Thanks for the plug Karoma

Ah this poll might be a bit of fun - long time since we had a vote on anything here.

djdeclan

muffler wrote: »

Well a person from Muff is known as a muffler (boards.ie excepted). Thanks for the plug Karoma

Ah this poll might be a bit of fun - long time since we had a vote on anything here.

Man im from muff and I've never been called a Muffler.... Where did that one originate?

muffler

djdeclan wrote: »

Man im from muff and I've never been called a Muffler.... Where did that one originate?

Thats because there is only the one muffler - and thats me







ever been called a diver?

guinnessdrinker

Just voted for Lifford, they have a nice wee library there too, at least they used to!

smashey

:mad:

I'm from Lifford.

Lifford alway has, and always will be the County Town.

That's like saying "Oh, oh, New York should be capital of the USA because it's sooooo much bigger than Washington DC."

smashey

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Just voted for Lifford, they have a nice wee library there too, at least they used to!

The Library is back in the Courthouse.

I must say, I like the humour of the poll...

Raphoe???

deman

smashey wrote: »

:mad:

Lifford alway has, and always will be the County Town.

+1

Lifford without a doubt.

And I can't even see people in Letterkenny would want to be. Can you imagine all the farmers driving their tractors into Letterkenny to get their tractors taxed?

At least in Lifford, you can park (unless you want to buy a lotto ticket on Saturday evening!)

Mint Sauce

always thought lifford was the county town due to certain goverment buildings or centre of goverment for the county

muffler

smashey wrote: »

I must say, I like the humour of the poll...

Raphoe???

The highest town in Donegal and second highest in Ireland I believe.

Senna

So would this be the capital of Donegal???

when i was small I remember being told Lifford was the 'county town' of Donegal and with my young years, i couldn't work out how it wouldn't naturally be the biggest town, i.e. Letterkenny.
I voted Lifford, why change now?

muffler wrote: »

The highest town in Donegal and second highest in Ireland I believe.

I knew the drug use was bad there, but second highest in Ireland:eek:

il gatto

Wicklow town is the county seat of County Wicklow, despite Bray having a population over three times the size. And even though it bears the county name, that's no guarantee of county town-ness. Leitrim is not the county seat of Leitrim and Kildare is not the county seat of Kildare. And of course, Donegal is not the county seat of Donegal. And neither is Letterkenny. So the moral of the story is....... Lifford ftw.

smashey

deman wrote: »

+1

Lifford without a doubt.

I like you.

deman wrote:

And I can't even see people in Letterkenny would want to be. Can you imagine all the farmers driving their tractors into Letterkenny to get their tractors taxed?

They don't have to tax their vehicles in Lifford anymore. They can do it in Letterkenny, Carndonagh, Milford, Dungloe and Donegal Town as well.

deman wrote:

At least in Lifford, you can park (unless you want to buy a lotto ticket on Saturday evening!)

Try getting parked anywhere on a Friday afternoon. :eek:

Damien Blake

Just made a wee mistake - I'm after voting for Letterkenny but it was a total mistake/force of habit thing.

Not even I would claim that Letterkenny is the County Town (or would go looking for it). We're as likely to get Finn Harps & McElhinneys out of Ballybofey as we are to get the County Town status away from Lifford!

It makes Donegal cosmpolitan, like Canada, USA, Australia etc!

muffler

I think the actual term used for Lifford is "The Administrative Capital" which would probably apply to every town around the country which houses the headquarters of its Council.




And I don't believe for one minute that young Mr Blake "accidentally" voted for Letterkenny

sesswhat

Damien Blake wrote: »

We're as likely to get Finn Harps & McElhinneys out of Ballybofey as we are to get the County Town status away from Lifford!

Lifford of course. It's also handy having it for a postcode when ordering something from the UK (L1FF ORD).

As for McElhinneys shop, it has been out of Ballybofey before.;)

danniemcq

is raphoe still the smallest city in europe?

Karoma

I'm a muffler and so's my wife.

Raphoe's not a city...

muffler

Karoma wrote: »

I'm a muffler and so's my wife.

Raphoe's not a city...

2 imps - ossible and osters

Im the real muffler - check my profile if you dont believe me



Oh and I did attend the highest school in Ireland

deman

muffler wrote: »

Oh and I did attend the highest school in Ireland

Which is higher? The Tech or the Royal?

Oh, and Raphoe IS a city. It's known as a cathedral city. So not only does Raphoe have a cathedral but it's got two. Does this make it a city twice over?

smashey

deman wrote: »

Which is higher? The Tech or the Royal?

Oh, and Raphoe IS a city. It's known as a cathedral city. So not only does Raphoe have a cathedral but it's got two. Does this make it a city twice over?

The tech would be higher up. Or "Deele College" as it's now known.

By the way, it's great to see common sense on the poll.

deman

smashey wrote: »

The tech would be higher up. Or "Deele College" as it's now known.

Been gone too long, I guess. Hard to keep track of things.

muffler

Odd thing is that Lifford (despite being the capital town) never had a secondary school

smashey

muffler wrote: »

Odd thing is that Lifford (despite being the capital town) never had a secondary school

Prior?

muffler

smashey wrote: »

Prior?

Yeah it was there till 71 but sadly hadnt an open door to the locals. So that is why i wouldnt term it as a secondary school.

deman

muffler wrote: »

Yeah it was there till 71 but sadly hadnt an open door to the locals. So that is why i wouldnt term it as a secondary school.

My dad was local and that's where he went.

muffler

deman wrote: »

My dad was local and that's where he went.

From my recollection of the prior school I dont think it catered for students of all religions (I am open to correction on this) but thats a different topic.

irish1967

Being a Liffordian I voted for the old home town. Being the only town in the county with a Greyhound Track it has to be !!:)

muffler

irish1967 wrote: »

Being a Liffordian I voted for the old home town. Being the only town in the county with a Greyhound Track it has to be !!:)

Yeah - there are some fast bitches in Lifford