Nickname of Dublin??

Hank_Jones

I was talking to people about GAA recently and the subject of nicknames came up,
with them stating the nicknames for Louth and Meath as the wee county and the royal county respectively.

They then turned to me and asked me if I knew what the nickname of Dublin was...

I've been to many a Dublin game, but for the life of me couldn't think of the nickname for our county, or if there even was one.

Anyone?

CCCP

The big smoke

its what a lot of country folk call Dublin.

And you have to say it like this

da big SHMOKE as they say in Roscommon

unknown13

The Metro County, I think one of the broadcasters use it when talking about Dublin GAA, don't know if it is RTE or TV3

humberklog

The pale.

arybvtcw0eolkf

CCCP wrote: »

The big smoke

its what a lot of country folk call Dublin.

And you have to say it like this

da big SHMOKE as they say in Roscommon

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humberklog wrote: »

The pale.

= These two.

shakin

I thought they were the sky blues?


although i think "overrated" would be more approaapriate

mikemac

I heard their nickname was "over-hyped this year and every year"


Ah no but you've heard of Jackeen.

Not an offensive term realy.
As is my understanding goes back to people of South Dublin welcoming a British Royal visit with Union Jacks everywhere

To be pedantic, I think Union Jack is a navy term and a Union flag is what you have on land.

Anyway, Jackeen is a nickname.

humberklog wrote: »

The pale.

The pale applies to many counties, not just Dublin.
And in terms of size, Dublin is quite a small county

Mr Benevolent

Litterland.
Junkietown.
The Least Cosmopolitan Capital in Europe.
Black 'Dank' Pool.
The AntiTourist Capital of Europe (I was in town today and every tourist looked bored).
Stuck in the Sixtiesville.
Wino Conventionland.
Beggarsville.

CCCP

feelingstressed wrote: »

I heard their nickname was "over-hyped this year and every year"


Ah no but you've heard of Jackeen.

Not an offensive term realy.
As is my understanding goes back to people of South Dublin welcoming a British Royal visit with Union Jacks everywhere

To be pedantic, I think Union Jack is a navy term and a Union flag is what you have on land.

Anyway, Jackeen is a nickname.




The pale applies to many counties, not just Dublin.
And in terms of size, Dublin is quite a small county

Thought Jackeen was for a dub, but not for the county, anyways your right about the origin of the term. My names jim, and in roscommon they used to call me Jimeen as Im a dub :P

humberklog

feelingstressed wrote: »

The pale applies to many counties, not just Dublin.
And in terms of size, Dublin is quite a small county

Well it did take in a larger swathe of land than just Dublin but in the course of time Dublin has taken on the name The Pale.
I'd be surprised if someone in Kells thought of their town as being The Pale.

CCCP

Ive heard dublin been refferred to as the pale many times outside dublin. Although historically it was a bigger area, the name stuck for Dublin.

Nevyn

The pale would take in parts of kildare and meath too,
sure there's enough hassle over for who ashbourne players should line for as it is.

"The Castles" was the only term I ever heard used, coming from the 3 castles on the country flag proper.

mikemac

humberklog wrote: »

Well it did take in a larger swathe of land than just Dublin but in the course of time Dublin has taken on the name The Pale.
I'd be surprised if someone in Kells thought of their town as being The Pale.

Kells is most definitly in the pale.
As is Louth, Meath (yes, Kells is in Meath), Queens County Laois, Kildare and Wicklow.

Realy, it isn't a slur.
Dublin is a small county and the pale extended far beyond it

humberklog

feelingstressed wrote: »

Kells is most definitly in the pale.
As is Louth, Meath (yes, Kells is in Meath), Queens County Laois, Kildare and Wicklow.

Realy, it isn't a slur.
Dublin is a small county and the pale extended far beyond it

I know. But in the few hundred years since it's importance dwindled so it would appear it's terms of reference to the general masses. No?

kumate_champ07

seriously?

'The Dubs'

'boys in blue' would be another one

g5fd6ow0hseima

Pram Springs

mikemac

humberklog wrote: »

I know. But in the few hundred years since it's importance dwindled so it would appear it's terms of reference to the general masses. No?

No, Dublin is not the Pale, I do agree on the few hundreds years part.
Pale is Louth, Laois, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin, not just one county

An Citeog

The Dubs and the Jacks would probably be two of the most commonly used nicknames. They're referred to as the Metropolitans in a lot of media reports aswell, which would probably be their more "official" nickname.

The Hill Billy

The Jacks/Jackeens
The Dubs/Dubliners
The Liffeysiders
The Pale
The Metropolitans

All names commonly used to describe the Dublin GAA teams as we don't have a 'county name'.

The Dubs is what us Laois GAH folk would call them

CCCP

Yeah dubs is the obvious one, how did I miss that!

BeerNut

feelingstressed wrote: »

As is my understanding goes back to people of South Dublin welcoming a British Royal visit with Union Jacks everywhere

CCCP wrote: »

Thought Jackeen was for a dub, but not for the county, anyways your right about the origin of the term.

Maybe not the thread for it, but I'm not convinced by this origin story. I've never seen anyone say which royal visit it relates to, for instance.

mp3kid

feelingstressed wrote: »

As is my understanding goes back to people of South Dublin welcoming a British Royal visit with Union Jacks everywhere

Just South Dublin ?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Confab wrote: »

Litterland.
Junkietown.
The Least Cosmopolitan Capital in Europe.
Black 'Dank' Pool.
The AntiTourist Capital of Europe (I was in town today and every tourist looked bored).
Stuck in the Sixtiesville.
Wino Conventionland.
Beggarsville.

In lieu of an infraction for trolling & acting the sack.

Riskymove

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_county_nicknames
I see someone may have already seen this list...but here is the full one