Best nickname for places

MaxSteele

Deh Dalkin = Clondalkin

Probably the worst, unimaginative name you could give a place.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

A rough-ish part of Roscommon town dubbed 'Roscompton'

IceFjoem

A friend used refer to Stillorgan as "Lorcan's Gaf." Very confusing considering one of our local friends was also called Lorcan.

(Stillorgan - Stigh Lorcáin - Lorcan's housh)

frantic190

Walter Powerful Goalkeeper wrote: »

Think most of the ones I know of have already been mentioned here.

A couple more:

Blackbriggan or The Friggan

There's an estate in Finglas South called Berryfield; everyone knows it as Battlefield.

St. Mary's Secondary School in Glasnevin was always known as: The 'Hewers' on the hill.

Last but not least - there used to be a soccer pitch in Ballymun/Ballyscum in the middle of the flats that everyone knew as the San Siro.

Sluts on the slope!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

IceFjoem wrote: »

A friend used refer to Stillorgan as "Lorcan's Gaf." Very confusing considering one of our local friends was also called Lorcan.

(Stillorgan - Stigh Lorcáin - Lorcan's housh)

Aka Micky Marbh.

Julius Seizure

Ollchailin wrote: »

Not a nickname, but just a play on the name

There's a place in Kilkenny called Tullaroan, you wouldn't really ever pass though it unless you were going there specifically, so people sing the Toblerone tune about it

"Tullaroan, out on it's own"

OT, but hey, you pass through it on the way to the commons :rolleyes:

Gavlor

Mullinavat in south Kilkenny:

Mullinavegas

Julius Seizure

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

I have recently heard of Marks and Spencers being called Marks and Sparks, for some reason?

Might it be the confusion back at christmas time when they rebranded to MAgic and Sparkle?

PizzamanIRL

true-or-false wrote: »

When you come out of Bray dart station, theres an alley to the left with a high proportion of Asian owned shops, can't remember the real name of it but people used to call it Brayjing.

That's the best one on the thread.

Littlehorny

People in Cavan call Kilnaleck "Skintown" cause of the amount of pubs in such a small village.

banie01

Testicle Hill.
Woodcock hill overlooking Limerick city useta have 2 radar domes(Golf ball type) and we useta always call it testicle hill cos of the 2 balls!

The Royal Scam

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

there is a place in carlow called the bang up cross.... i wonder if any junkies hang about there

It's funny you should mention it . This place
http://www.dnedrugstaskforce.ie/respite-care.asp?id=4&cid=95

is no more than 2 minutes away.
Bang up cross is an old name and is overlooked by "Gallows Hill". It's where the hollywood actress Saoirse Ronan is from.

Fighting Cocks is still the best place name in Carlow

Skerries

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Might it be the confusion back at christmas time when they rebranded to MAgic and Sparkle?

it's always known it as Marks and Sparks all my life

ErnieBert

The Douiska area of Galway city is known as LA - Little Africa

laoch na mona

killmallock home of the pavies

robot7080

Dundrum => Unfundrum

Light Switch

laoch na mona wrote: »

killmallock home of the pavies

Errrm that'd be Rathkeale.

laoch na mona

Light Switch wrote: »

Errrm that'd be Rathkeale.

i always heard killmalack

Light Switch

laoch na mona wrote: »

i always heard killmalack

Never heard of it.
If your local, Go to Rathkeale during Christmas. spang New Hobbys and Transits. Audis/Mercs/BMWs, Range Rovers etc.... It's like being in a posh part of London with added Caravans!

Ruski

Tallastine

jased10s

bally gone backwards

Boombastic

Bally Bondi

ErnieBert

Mervue in Galway is Sh!tview

Balinasloe is Balinaslow

Ballyhaunis in Mayo is Ballyhappiness

eth0

Boomtownshandrum for any place with a glut of celtic tiger housing

JohnnyBananas

Bus Aras, Dublin.

“Bus up your Aras”

Sinfonia

DublinWriter wrote: »

or The Huey or The Train in the Drain.

Or the Jerry Lee. Or the Big Purple Worm.

banie01 wrote: »

Testicle Hill.
Woodcock hill overlooking Limerick city useta have 2 radar domes(Golf ball type) and we useta always call it testicle hill cos of the 2 balls!

I love how the nickname is tamer than the real name

JohnnyBananas

MaxSteele wrote: »

Deh Dalkin = Clondalkin

Probably the worst, unimaginative name you could give a place.

Clondalkin = Gundalkin.

9959

CosmicPoison wrote: »

CiaranMT wrote: »

Dúnchaoin, Dingle Peninsula - "Most beautiful place in the world"..

Its beautiful! :O I was there last Summer

Second only to picturesque Kilmuckridge, 'a thing of beauty is a joy forever', a bit unwieldy for a nickname, so let's just call it 'paradise'.

By the way, I believe that fans of Rangers refer to Parkhead as the 'San Giro'.

JohnnyBananas

nmblade wrote: »

Borris in Ossory - Borris in Misery.

Borris in Ossory - Borris in Austerity

For Forks Sake

There's a statue of W.B Yeats outside the Ulster Bank in Sligo thats known locally as The **** at the Bank. Here he is;http://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//thumb/4/45/Yeats_Statue.jpg/300px-Yeats_Statue.jpg

Rasheed

There's a new council estate in Roscommon that is mainly single mothers, it's known as 'Pram Springs'.

JohnnyBananas

Courtown (Co.Wexford) = Dublin-On-Sea

gobnaitolunacy

The Flying Bottle - aka The Holyhill Inn (Cork)

harry Bailey esq

balgeria-balbriggan because of the large Nigerian community.Drogheda=scumheda.

stefan idiot jones

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

The Flying Bottle - aka The Holyhill Inn (Cork)

The Wildfowler in Swansea is known as " The Flying Chair". Or to locals " The Chair".

stefan idiot jones

The people of Burnley call Blackburn simply " Bast@rd".

admiralofthefleet

For Forks Sake wrote: »

There's a statue of W.B Yeats outside the Ulster Bank in Sligo thats known locally as The **** at the Bank. Here he is;http://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//thumb/4/45/Yeats_Statue.jpg/300px-Yeats_Statue.jpg

i wonder is the cigarette i placed between his fingers last may still there

Brian2208

I've heard people from Athlone refer to Meath as East-Westmeath

There's a small trailer park outside a suburb just north of Boston. It's populated by what appear to be over 85's.

It's known locally as Jurassic Park.

joe stodge

I used to live in a newgrove estate in north Dublin known as "sin city" because of all the single mothers.

stefan idiot jones

The area between Glasgow and Livingstone is affectionately known as "Buckfast Alley".

andymann

Ballinasloe in Galway was called " the sunny south east " by other galway folk. Because of the mental hospital there, lads would say
"Ah Mick's gone for a holiday in the sunny south east!"

SparkySpitfire

true-or-false wrote: »

When you come out of Bray dart station, theres an alley to the left with a high proportion of Asian owned shops, can't remember the real name of it but people used to call it Brayjing.

Brayjing is the general area there but the alley you're referring to is the Albert Walk, otherwise known as the Albert Wok.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Clinton and Midtown West is known as Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan NYC. The name apparently was given to it by the NYPD in the 1930s, it was described by an officer as the hottest place in hell.

That area has been home to the Irish Mob since the mid 1800s, some of you might of heard of the infamous 'Westies' they controlled that area for years after they took out the Irish mob leader Mickey Spillane in the late 70s. To this day a version of the group operate in the area, The Westies most famously were the first Irish/American group to make an alliance with a Mafia family, The Gambinos. In November 2012 the NYPD arrested both Gambino and Westies members on racketeering charges, showing that the alliance still exists.

thee glitz

There's that old Jewtown in Cork.

JohnnyBananas

Bunclody, Co. Wexford, with its 10% Polish population.
BUNCLODSKI

JohnnyBananas

Courtown, Co Wexford.

Dublin-On-Sea.

harry Bailey esq

Drogheda-scumheda

chosen1

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

Courtown, Co Wexford.

Dublin-On-Sea.

Eh, isn't Dublin actually on sea too?

fastrac

Hollyheeney, Cork