Ireland's worst county?

starflake

Hells Belle wrote: »

wtf is wrong with Waterford, nice beaches, mountains, scenery, shopping etc, people are friendly unless you are a jackeen who comes down for the weekend and takes the piss out of the locals who, on a Saturday night will probably slap you. And then proceed to spend the rest of the weekend in Tramore which really is a kip cause its full of jackeens and their spawn. (I actually like Dublin though)

The only problems I have are Kilkenny people coming down here for work (are there no jobs there!!!), gloat because they are all boggers born with hurleys in their hands (no bad feelings about last year....) and that we happen to be next door to them, they are everywhere. I like Wexico though, Wexicans are very friendly but a bit nuts - and they have cracking beaches, but on the other hand are awful drivers :eek: My €0.02 HB

I actually hate Waterford. Waterford city that is.

happyfriday

Hells Belle wrote: »

wtf is wrong with Waterford, nice beaches, mountains, scenery, shopping etc, people are friendly unless you are a jackeen who comes down for the weekend and takes the piss out of the locals who, on a Saturday night will probably slap you. And then proceed to spend the rest of the weekend in Tramore which really is a kip cause its full of jackeens and their spawn. (I actually like Dublin though)

The only problems I have are Kilkenny people coming down here for work (are there no jobs there!!!), gloat because they are all boggers born with hurleys in their hands (no bad feelings about last year....) and that we happen to be next door to them, they are everywhere. I like Wexico though, Wexicans are very friendly but a bit nuts - and they have cracking beaches, but on the other hand are awful drivers :eek: My €0.02 HB

As a native Wexican I agree with everything you say. Including Tramore and the scumbags that holiday there, Kilkenny and the non stop hurling references and the bad driving (I did do my driving test in Waterford, refuse to say if I passed or failed though!)!! Spot on!!!

Holsten

Limerick, no contest.

The place is just horrible.... horrible.

soccymonster

Holsten wrote: »

Limerick, no contest.

The place is just horrible.... horrible.

nah, tipperarys worse..

Rebelheart

Kalashnikov_Kid wrote: »

Meath: Not just inbred sheepshaggers, half of Finglas lives there too

I just took it for granted that everybody knew Meath is the greatest place on the planet. Granted, your average marginalised Dubliner has succeeded in getting in the door of the Fifth Province, but it must also be noted that that door closes firmly just north of Ratoath and Ashbourne. Beyond that remains your average cultured and sophisticated Meathman toiling away on the soil, conversing in the local pub and plotting revenge on their neighbouring parish down on the pitch. Places like Skreen would stare dead the average Dublin barbarian should they brave the terrain and end up in the Yankees, Fox's or Swans.

We are just the best.

PS: Meath land is far too good for sheep (Rural Lesson No. 1 for city dwellers).

demakinz

Rebelheart wrote: »

I just took it for granted that everybody knew Meath is the greatest place on the planet. Granted, your average marginalised Dubliner has succeeded in getting in the door of the Fifth Province, but it must also be noted that that door closes firmly just north of Ratoath and Ashbourne. Beyond that remains your average cultured and sophisticated Meathman toiling away on the soil, conversing in the local pub and plotting revenge on their neighbouring parish down on the pitch. Places like Skreen would stare dead the average Dublin barbarian should they brave the terrain and end up in the Yankees, Fox's or Swans.

We are just the best.

PS: Meath land is far too good for sheep (Rural Lesson No. 1 for city
dwellers).

you gotta love a county with a town called nobber.even if it is its only redeeming quality
and also donegal for muff.:D

Professey Chin

starflake wrote: »

Come on Sunday, we'll give you your answer!

But he didnt ask a question?

jebuz

rossie1977 wrote: »

i have seen most of the top brazilian/Argentinian players of the last 10 years play in person the likes of real ronaldo, ronaldinho, rivaldo and messi and by god some of the stuff colm copper pulled off last sunday was different class completely

OH YA! I mean I have been lucky enough to see the likes of Agassi, Sampras and Federer grace the courts of Wimbledon, but by god when Alex Higgins won the world championship in 1982....different class

Kalashnikov_Kid

Rebelheart wrote: »

I just took it for granted that everybody knew Meath is the greatest place on the planet. Granted, your average marginalised Dubliner has succeeded in getting in the door of the Fifth Province, but it must also be noted that that door closes firmly just north of Ratoath and Ashbourne. Beyond that remains your average cultured and sophisticated Meathman toiling away on the soil, conversing in the local pub and plotting revenge on their neighbouring parish down on the pitch. Places like Skreen would stare dead the average Dublin barbarian should they brave the terrain and end up in the Yankees, Fox's or Swans.

We are just the best.

PS: Meath land is far too good for sheep (Rural Lesson No. 1 for city dwellers).

Sorry I meat to say horsefcukers :pac:

siltirocker

Rebelheart wrote: »

Well Offaly, or rather Tullamore, is organising the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann once again this month. And 200,000 - 250,000 people are expected to attend again this year, including 11,000 musicians: http://comhaltas.ie/events/detail/fleadh_cheoil_na_heireann_2009/.

Louis Walsh or MCD have nothing to do with it and it is entirely voluntary so it will all probably just be given a footnote by journalists, who as a rule like that little bit extra from promoters when they cover an event.

I know i saw it in print but still i cant imagine the fleadh getting more than the U2 gigs, Vovlo Ocean Race, Galway Races and Oxegen in only a matter of 3 days. I just cant!

Actually the more i think about it, that must be horse ****! must be! I don't mean to be a prick but i refuse to believe that!

demakinz

siltirocker wrote: »

I know i saw it in print but still i cant imagine the fleadh getting more than the U2 gigs, Vovlo Ocean Race, Galway Races and Oxegen in only a matter of 3 days. I just cant!

Actually the more i think about it, that must be horse ****! must be! I don't mean to be a prick but i refuse to believe that!

http://www.fleadh2008.com/

http://www.offalyexpress.ie/fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann/Fleadh-fever-hits-Tullamore.4409015.jp

Rebelheart

siltirocker wrote: »

I know i saw it in print but still i cant imagine the fleadh getting more than the U2 gigs, Vovlo Ocean Race, Galway Races and Oxegen in only a matter of 3 days. I just cant!

Actually the more i think about it, that must be horse ****! must be! I don't mean to be a prick but i refuse to believe that!

1. http://tinyurl.com/n9r6qz

2. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0825/1219615122778.html

3. http://www.offalyexpress.ie/fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann/Tullamore39s-Fleadhtrick.4430988.jp

4. http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0555/D.0555.200210170004.html

5. http://www.irishnews.com/searchlog.asp?reason=denied_empty&script_name=/pageacc.asp&path_info=/pageacc.asp&tser1=ser&par=ben&sid=533326

6. http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=SEN20081204.XML&Dail=30&Ex=All&Page=3

annabellee77

this is the worst, most pointless thread ever.

Annoyed with myself for opening it.:mad:

scorpioishere

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Tipperary is about 30 years behind the rest of the country.

Totally agree with you:D

rossie1977

siltirocker wrote: »

I know i saw it in print but still i cant imagine the fleadh getting more than the U2 gigs, Vovlo Ocean Race, Galway Races and Oxegen in only a matter of 3 days. I just cant!

Actually the more i think about it, that must be horse ****! must be! I don't mean to be a prick but i refuse to believe that!

oxygen is held in a small field, u2 attracted 240,000 over 3 nights to a stadium, galway races is just a race track and that attracts 220,000, tullamore is a decent sized town, its a much bigger area that the other things you mentioned for one so its not hard to believe it could attract upwards of 200,000 people, the new years eve celebration behind the brandenburg gate in berlin attracts 1 million+ in one night and that isn't a huge area either (stretches about 1km or so down), i was there last year

jebuz wrote:

OH YA! I mean I have been lucky enough to see the likes of Agassi, Sampras and Federer grace the courts of Wimbledon, but by god when Alex Higgins won the world championship in 1982....different class

did sampras and federer not put you to sleep and their charisma off the charts sport is meant to be entertainment, alex higgins knew that, watching pete sampras play was like watching paint dry at times

Expresso Bongo

jebuz wrote: »

OH YA! I mean I have been lucky enough to see the likes of Agassi, Sampras and Federer grace the courts of Wimbledon, but by god when Alex Higgins won the world championship in 1982....different class

I have seen some of the worlds best F1 drivers of the past 10-20 years drive in person the likes of Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton, Senna and by god some of the stuff my nephew did at the under-8's pitch-n-putt tournament last Sunday was different class completely.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

rossie1977 wrote: »

oxygen is held in a small field, u2 attracted 240,000 over 3 nights to a stadium, galway races is just a race track and that attracts 220,000, tullamore is a decent sized town, its a much bigger area that the other things you mentioned for one so its not hard to believe it could attract upwards of 200,000 people



did sampras and federer not put you to sleep and their charisma off the charts sport is meant to be entertainment, alex higgins knew that, watching pete sampras play was like watching paint dry at times

Not old enough to remember McEnroe?

siltirocker

Fleadh Cheoil 200,000 - 250,000 WTF?

I didnt even know it existed(and now feel like a dumbass). Even with the facts in my face i still find it hard to believe.

**** this, , , im going up that weekend!:D

Long Onion

Expresso Bongo wrote: »

I have seen some of the worlds best F1 drivers of the past 10-20 years drive in person the likes of Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton, Senna and by god some of the stuff my nephew did at the under-8's pitch-n-putt tournament last Sunday was different class completely.

Hoi, those things are completley unrelated - Senna was from a different era:D

demakinz

siltirocker wrote: »

Fleadh Cheoil 200,000 - 250,000 WTF?

I didnt even know it existed(and now feel like a dumbass). Even with the facts in my face i still find it hard to believe.

**** this, , , im going up that weekend!:D

how could you resist "the worlds biggest session"

siltirocker

rossie1977 wrote: »

oxygen is held in a small field

A small field that is probably bigger than Tullamore town centre.

JupiterKid

Rebelheart wrote: »

I just took it for granted that everybody knew Meath is the greatest place on the planet. Granted, your average marginalised Dubliner has succeeded in getting in the door of the Fifth Province, but it must also be noted that that door closes firmly just north of Ratoath and Ashbourne. Beyond that remains your average cultured and sophisticated Meathman toiling away on the soil, conversing in the local pub and plotting revenge on their neighbouring parish down on the pitch. Places like Skreen would stare dead the average Dublin barbarian should they brave the terrain and end up in the Yankees, Fox's or Swans.

You've gotta be kidding? I actually quite like Meath, it's got Newgrange, the Boyne Valley etc. but Dubs are settled ALL OVER the county and even have an entire part of the county town Navan - Johnstown - to themselves. Meath is now a satellite of Dublin, face it.

I always link Meath and Kildare together - they're sister counties IMO - stud farms, rolling good agri land that looks like a big park in places, commuter towns etc. Except Meath is much better at GAA than the Lillywhites...:D

Hells Belle

starflake wrote: »

I actually hate Waterford. Waterford city that is.

At least its a real city :pac:

From Kilkenny perchance?

Kradock

soccymonster wrote: »

For someone that has moved from limerick to clare, id have to nominate clare for this one.
All they do is play their fiddles and milk their cows while cutting the turf out in bogland.

Do you need the bus fare to go back into Limerick, I'll give it to you .
On second thoughts , I may have been a little harsh , I don't know if you have been moved to Clare as part of the relocation and renovation plan that is going on in those beautiful areas of Moyross and Southill where the only things being fiddled and milked are the system.

barleybooley

Is this not essentially the same thread? I think my disdain for Leitrim is worth mentioning again.

garrincha62

Meath needs more of a mention here...

Navan - built on the meeting of the Boyne and the Blackwater and giving blow-ins more drowning options after they've encountered the locals. Only good thing about the place since they got rid of their main tourist attraction, the maze in Navan shopping centre.

Kells - Like a cowpat on a well tended garden.

Duleek - There is a reason they built that incinerator there!!

Dunshauglin - Full of country skangers with cars and notions.

Ashbourne - Twinned with Hell.

Athboy - Yet to properly enter the 20th Century in terms of basic sanitary norms and incest laws.

Julianstown - That Julian has a lot to answer for. The spiritual home of all Julians. I've never met a Julian that is not a prick, this is why.

Laytown - A normal Summers day might include some stabbings in your local supermarket and they actually write racist slogans on your clothes with permanent marker if they sniff you out as being a 'no-tail'. Then they burn you.

Ratoath - Semi-retirement home for Dublin criminals. When that lot breed with the locals it will have catastrophic results for neighbouring counties and future generations.

Meath side of Drogheda - A constant source of shame and degradation for Drogheda dwellers especially when Meath win GAA games and the muck savages leave their farms and congregate in the nearest urban area. They may be decent at GAA, but they are filthy degenerates in terms of style, application and well, just in general.

Trim - Grim though they have got electricity now and I hear the wheel even made an appearance at a 'Trade Fair' there.

Nobber - Is actually full of knobs as the name suggests

Expresso Bongo

^^ so many places I had never heard of before (and will probably never visit.)

garrincha62

Expresso Bongo wrote: »

^^ so many places I had never heard of before (and will probably never visit.)

Don't visit them, they are right ****holes. Use your life for more enjoyable purposes.

starflake

Hells Belle wrote: »

At least its a real city :pac:

From Kilkenny perchance?

Yes I'm from county Kilkenny, not the city. Haven't lived in Kilkenny in years. My OH is from Waterford. I just don't like Waterford city at all. I find it completely uninteresting. The only thing to do there is drink really. It's nothing personal it's just a boring place

Four-Percent

Kradock wrote: »

Do you need the bus fare to go back into Limerick, I'll give it to you .
On second thoughts , I may have been a little harsh , I don't know if you have been moved to Clare as part of the relocation and renovation plan that is going on in those beautiful areas of Moyross and Southill where the only things being fiddled and milked are the system.

Damn right, Clare is great. It's really beautiful and there is (surprisingly :pac:) lots to do there...

CCCP^

mike65 wrote: »

Laois is hard to love it must be said.

inter-city train and road

Have to say, I think your totally wrong. Laois has some of the best land in Ireland, some really beautiful places there like the Slieve Blooms, Glenbarrow and Ballyfin, Emo Court, Stradbally and the Windy Gap, Timahoe, Abbeyleix, the Rock of Dunamaise.

I grew up in Laois, and while I'll say it is far from perfect, it is FAR from the worst county in Ireland.

genericguy

donegal is the worst county in ireland.

Constant fooking chip on their shoulder, "we're better than everyone else, for no reason at all", they do nothing but sneer at developed counties because they have more infrastructure than a church and twelve pubs per hundred people.

Although if my day was as boring as a donegal person's I'd be fairly miserable aswell -

Wake up. Bowl of wheat. Go to work. Dig holes. Leave work. Go to pub. Drink pint. Go home. Eat cabbage. Say prayers. Bed.

/rant

RandolphEsq

Can we include counties on the mainland?

If so then I've never liked Yorkshire

K4t

Wexford, because of Enniscorthy.....hehehehahahahohohohoho

DB10

charlesanto wrote: »

Well the worst county i ever had the misfortune of staying is Cavan.

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned

Completely off the mark. One of the best counties IMO.

There is some counties I have never been like Carlow so can't comment.
Leitrim must be the most quiet and boring county out there although some people go for that.

IceICEbaby

soccymonster wrote: »

For someone that has moved from limerick to clare, id have to nominate clare for this one.
All they do is play their fiddles and milk their cows while cutting the turf out in bogland.

Oh no way! Clare's deadly! I'm just back from a weekend there and the sessions were unbelievable! The people are (in general) really nice aswel.

There are WAY worse places to be...( *ahem* Cavan/Offaly/Laois/Roscommon/Longford)

admiralofthefleet

leitrim, if it exists. ive only heard urban myths

D.U.M.B

Dublin

Rebelheart

siltirocker wrote: »

Fleadh Cheoil 200,000 - 250,000 WTF?

I didnt even know it existed(and now feel like a dumbass). Even with the facts in my face i still find it hard to believe.

**** this, , , im going up that weekend!:D

Possibly a bad move, unless you are feeling a bit flaithiúil with your money: accommodation is ridiculously expensive from the date the fleadh holder is announced the year before. Camping might be an option, though. There is definitely at least one large officially-sanctioned campsite where places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Only €25 per day as well.

Try this: http://www.fleadh2009.com/stay

Rebelheart

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Can we include counties on the mainland?

If so then I've never liked Yorkshire

Hello, Steven G. Ellis. Just thought I'd drop you a line to say Yorkshire is actually on an island. But let's not allow the facts get in the way of the "mainland" "British Isles" brigade.

Try France, a real country on a real mainland. There you will find the origin of the English 'county' in the French comté, which itself is from the Latin Comitatus. After that you can proceed to the 'condado' of Spain or the 'grafschaft' of Germany for more feudal origins.

How very European our "mainland" advocates really are as they sit on their island and try to pretend that they are the centre of the world and everything, including counties, originated there.

DB10

Whats not to like about Cavan?

Shacklebolt

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Right first time. Place is like the seventeenth century. Remember the Mayo Echo Lough Lannagh article?

The asshole that ran that freesheet rag (its now out of business) created controversy for the sake of it. His views are about as representive of the average Mayo person as the 'Irish Catholic' is of the average Irish person.

demakinz

DB10 wrote: »

Whats not to like about Cavan?

cavan!

mods should ad a poll and end this skutter!

im sill voting for longford

DB10

Aye Longford is a kip. The Granard gypsies make sure of that.

soccymonster

Kradock wrote: »

Do you need the bus fare to go back into Limerick, I'll give it to you .
On second thoughts , I may have been a little harsh , I don't know if you have been moved to Clare as part of the relocation and renovation plan that is going on in those beautiful areas of Moyross and Southill where the only things being fiddled and milked are the system.

ah no you're grand. I can pay for my own bus fare, thanks for asking. Im not from moyross by the way. You generalise too much.
Ennis is an alright town but alot of the rest of clare is all...farms..! Every parish is either called a bog or a home for the culchies.
Maybe living here has just blinded me of its beauty?? *meh*

RandolphEsq

Rebelheart wrote: »

Hello, Steven G. Ellis. Just thought I'd drop you a line to say Yorkshire is actually on an island. But let's not allow the facts get in the way of the "mainland" "British Isles" brigade.

Try France, a real country on a real mainland. There you will find the origin of the English 'county' in the French comté, which itself is from the Latin Comitatus. After that you can proceed to the 'condado' of Spain or the 'grafschaft' of Germany for more feudal origins.

How very European our "mainland" advocates really are as they sit on their island and try to pretend that they are the centre of the world and everything, including counties, originated there.

Rather than travel back in time, I shall stay in the present. And I'm still not a fan of our Yorkshire brothers and sisters

Four-Percent

Rebelheart wrote: »

Hello, Steven G. Ellis. Just thought I'd drop you a line to say Yorkshire is actually on an island. But let's not allow the facts get in the way of the "mainland" "British Isles" brigade.

Try France, a real country on a real mainland. There you will find the origin of the English 'county' in the French comté, which itself is from the Latin Comitatus. After that you can proceed to the 'condado' of Spain or the 'grafschaft' of Germany for more feudal origins.

How very European our "mainland" advocates really are as they sit on their island and try to pretend that they are the centre of the world and everything, including counties, originated there.

Hello, Rebelheart.Just thought I'd drop you a line to say that he a certain Randolph was taking the mickey and you fell for it hook,line and sinker

Kalashnikov_Kid

garrincha62 wrote: »

Meath needs more of a mention here...

Navan - built on the meeting of the Boyne and the Blackwater and giving blow-ins more drowning options after they've encountered the locals. Only good thing about the place since they got rid of their main tourist attraction, the maze in Navan shopping centre.

Kells - Like a cowpat on a well tended garden.

Duleek - There is a reason they built that incinerator there!!

Dunshauglin - Full of country skangers with cars and notions.

Ashbourne - Twinned with Hell.

Athboy - Yet to properly enter the 20th Century in terms of basic sanitary norms and incest laws.

Julianstown - That Julian has a lot to answer for. The spiritual home of all Julians. I've never met a Julian that is not a prick, this is why.

Laytown - A normal Summers day might include some stabbings in your local supermarket and they actually write racist slogans on your clothes with permanent marker if they sniff you out as being a 'no-tail'. Then they burn you.

Ratoath - Semi-retirement home for Dublin criminals. When that lot breed with the locals it will have catastrophic results for neighbouring counties and future generations.

Meath side of Drogheda - A constant source of shame and degradation for Drogheda dwellers especially when Meath win GAA games and the muck savages leave their farms and congregate in the nearest urban area. They may be decent at GAA, but they are filthy degenerates in terms of style, application and well, just in general.

Trim - Grim though they have got electricity now and I hear the wheel even made an appearance at a 'Trade Fair' there.

Nobber - Is actually full of knobs as the name suggests

You forgot a few!!

Enfield, Kilcock, Kinnegad - Why bypass them when you had a perfect opportunity to eradicate these 1 horse towns from the map. Although there would be a worldwide shortage of Toyota saloons and a severe danger that Fine Gael may never get elected again ever...but I think it would have still been worth it!

Bettystown where all the pretentious wannabe D4 horsefcukers hang out!

Knee Grow Plz

Cavan, then Navan.

admiralofthefleet

Knee Grow Plz wrote: »

Cavan, then Navan.

navan's a county now?