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The best product from your county?

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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Min wrote: »
    Kilkenny - St Nicholas/Santa Claus - buried near Jerpoint.
    The White house, designed and built by James Hoban who is from Callan.
    The direct ancestors of Walt Disney, George Clooney and the founders of Coca Cola come from Kilkenny, you get the very best of genetics in Kilkenny :D
    Walt Disney's ancestors were from Carlow,
    Genetics mo thóin, how come they all left??


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Truley wrote: »
    Trying to think of some Sligo things. Can think of a lot of famous people or literature/music but not any products unique to the County. Seaweed baths maybe?
    http://www.sligozone.net

    http://www.sligozone.net/AineChambers/index.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭saywhatyousee



    People who keep posting that link should be perma banned it conjures up horrible images in my mind that cant be washed away:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭jay-me


    People who keep posting that link should be perma banned it conjures up horrible images in my mind that cant be washed away:(

    What are ye on about???? I certaintly would if I was free and single..







    And it was on offer :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭cartell_best


    Countrystyle Luncheon Sausage - red lead at its best, Hillview ham all the way


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  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Countrystyle Luncheon Sausage - red lead at its best, Hillview ham all the way

    Whats the county though friend?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭cartell_best


    Whats the county though friend?

    Sorry deftleft )(still a bit locked from last night) Deise lad, Port Lairige (waterford) :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭The Scawgeen


    merengueca wrote: »
    Offaly - Turf

    Ah yes Class A black, brown and puck :D

    and the best peat briquettes in the world bar none, except maybe Tipperary briquettes ;)

    Glenisk Organic yogurt :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Ah yes Class A black, brown and puck :D

    and the best peat briquettes in the world bar none, except maybe Tipperary briquettes ;)

    Glenisk Organic yogurt :)

    Ah yes hard to beat Tipp peat, most of my teenage summers were spent harvesting turf around Templetuohy.:o:pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    Kilkenny

    Smithwick's and hurling for the main part. City is a good spot all the same.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Glenisk Organic yogurt :)

    Ohhh, good call for the Biffos
    Irish company making quality products


    Anyway, I have another

    The deise may have lost their crystal but Tipperary Crystal is still going strong :cool:
    Just right across the border in Carrick-on-Suir


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    From where I'm currently living (Mayo) - Kellys Pudding.
    Homeplace (Leitrim)- BOXTY. Nothing like a good feed of it after a night out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


    Cork

    The English Market and all the deliciousness inside it!!! Oh for the day I can afford to do ALL my shopping in there!


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 carnevore


    Monaghan

    Shorthand
    Bragan Water
    The word 'pure'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    The deise may have lost their crystal...

    Ehhh, you clearly haven't been here in a while...

    http://www.waterfordvisitorcentre.com/


  • Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭ShaneMc2012


    Dublin

    Companies:
    • Xtra-vision
    • Paddy Power
    • Jurys Inn
    • Superquinn
    • Butlers irish Chocolates
    • Tayto
    • C&C (Cantrell & Cochrane)
    • Fyffes
    • Guinness
    • Arnotts
    • Clerys
    • Guineys
    • Heatons
    • Easons
    • Abrakebabra
    • Bewleys
    • Eddie Rockets
    • O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars
    • Meteor Mobile Communications
    • NTL
    • Aer Lingus
    • City Jet
    • Ryanair
    • Bus Eireann
    • irish Ferries
    • The Irish Times
    • The Independent
    • RTE
    • TV3
    • Setanta Sports
    • Today FM
    • Radio Nova
    • FM104
    • Spin FM
    • Phantom

    Foreign but Dublin based:
    • Amazon
    • Ebay
    • Facebook
    • Google
    • Microsoft
    • Lufthansa Technik
    etc....



    Music:
    • U2
    • Aslan
    • Thin Lizzy
    • Damien Dempsey
    • The Frames
    • Sinead O'Connor
    • Paddy Casey
    • Samantha Mumba
    • Bell X1
    • The Script
    • The Coronas
    • The Hot House Flowers
    • Boyzone
    • Glen Hansard
    • The Dubliners
    • Bob Geldof
    etc......

    Writers:
    • Samuel Beckett
    • Brendan Behan
    • Maeve Binchy
    • Abraham "Bram" Stoker
    • Roddy Doyle
    • James Joyce
    • Sean O'Casey
    • James Plunkett
    • George Bernard Shaw
    • Jonathan Swift
    • Oscar Wilde
    • W.B. Yeats
    etc......

    Film:
    • Colin Farrell
    • Brenda Fricker
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Michael Gambon
    • Aidan Gillen
    • Gabriel Byrne
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Neil Jordan
    • Jim Sheridan
    etc.....

    Sports:
    • Damien Duff
    • Robbie Keane
    • Stephen Carr
    • Ronnie Whelan
    • Ronnie Delaney
    • Bernard Dunne
    • Eamonn Coghlan
    • Ken Doherty
    • Niall Quinn
    • Kevin Moran
    • Liam Brady
    • Frank Stapleton
    • Johnny Giles
    • Steve Collins
    • Brian O'Driscoll
    • Pádraig Harrington
    • Paul McGinley
    • Stephen Roche
    • Michelle Smith
    • Jim Stynes (RIP)
    etc.....

    Buildings:
    • Dail Eireann
    • The Four Courts
    • The Seanad
    • The Custom House
    • City Hall
    • The Point Depot
    • The RDS
    • The Spire
    • Dublin Airport
    • Baldonnel Military Aerodrome
    • Weston Executice Airport
    • Central Bank
    • Guinness Brewery
    • National Museum of Ireland
    • National Library of Ireland
    • Natural History Museum
    • National Gallery of Ireland
    • olympia Theatre
    • National Concert Hall
    • Gaiety Theatre
    • National Conference Centre
    • Grand Canal Theatre
    • Vickers Street
    • Croke Park
    • Lansdowne Road
    • The National Aquatic Centre
    • The IFSC
    • Christ Church Cathedral
    • The GPO
    • Dublin Castle
    • Trinity College
    • The Luas lightrail network
    • The Dart urban rail network
    etc.....

    Events:
    • 1916 Rising
    • GAA All Ireland Finals
    • Special olympics
    • Dublin Marathon
    • Skerries 100
    etc....

    :P

    Ye still produced Jedward.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Taking credit for Google and Facebook? lol


    And Jonathan Rhys Meyers is from Cork


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Dublin

    Companies:
    • Guineys
    • Heatons
    • Abrakebabra
    • Eddie Rockets

    Loads to be proud of there all right... :rolleyes:


    • NTL
    • Ryanair

    LOL, NTL are British... and Ryanair was started up by a Tipp man with its first flights out of Waterford!


    Foreign but Dublin based:
    • Amazon
    • Ebay
    • Facebook
    • Google
    • Microsoft
    • Lufthansa Technik

    Dublin "based", eh? I'm sure the citizens of Redmond, Washington would have noticed Microsoft going missing.

    Hehe, sure on that basis, Cork can claim Apple for the "real capital"! :pac:

    I think you've missed the whole point of the thread, TBH...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,523 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Schwiiing wrote: »
    Galway

    Grainne Seoiges Vagina

    is that mass market yet?

    Dublin - emigrants


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭Caiseoipe19


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    I'm noticing a lack of contributions from Mayo

    Have ye nothing to contribute?

    Let the West awake

    Mayo- Louis Walsh and Enda Kenny...that's why we're quiet...:o


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Worlds supply of botox is manufactured in Mayo

    That's a claim to fame :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Dublin

    Companies:
    • Xtra-vision
    • Paddy Power
    • Jurys Inn
    • Superquinn
    • Butlers irish Chocolates
    • Tayto
    • C&C (Cantrell & Cochrane)
    • Fyffes
    • Guinness
    • Arnotts
    • Clerys
    • Guineys
    • Heatons
    • Easons
    • Abrakebabra
    • Bewleys
    • Eddie Rockets
    • O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars
    • Meteor Mobile Communications
    • NTL
    • Aer Lingus
    • City Jet
    • Ryanair
    • Bus Eireann
    • irish Ferries
    • The Irish Times
    • The Independent
    • RTE
    • TV3
    • Setanta Sports
    • Today FM
    • Radio Nova
    • FM104
    • Spin FM
    • Phantom

    Foreign but Dublin based:
    • Amazon
    • Ebay
    • Facebook
    • Google
    • Microsoft
    • Lufthansa Technik
    etc....



    Music:
    • U2
    • Aslan
    • Thin Lizzy
    • Damien Dempsey
    • The Frames
    • Sinead O'Connor
    • Paddy Casey
    • Samantha Mumba
    • Bell X1
    • The Script
    • The Coronas
    • The Hot House Flowers
    • Boyzone
    • Glen Hansard
    • The Dubliners
    • Bob Geldof
    etc......

    Writers:
    • Samuel Beckett
    • Brendan Behan
    • Maeve Binchy
    • Abraham "Bram" Stoker
    • Roddy Doyle
    • James Joyce
    • Sean O'Casey
    • James Plunkett
    • George Bernard Shaw
    • Jonathan Swift
    • Oscar Wilde
    • W.B. Yeats
    etc......

    Film:
    • Colin Farrell
    • Brenda Fricker
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Michael Gambon
    • Aidan Gillen
    • Gabriel Byrne
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Neil Jordan
    • Jim Sheridan
    etc.....

    Sports:
    • Damien Duff
    • Robbie Keane
    • Stephen Carr
    • Ronnie Whelan
    • Ronnie Delaney
    • Bernard Dunne
    • Eamonn Coghlan
    • Ken Doherty
    • Niall Quinn
    • Kevin Moran
    • Liam Brady
    • Frank Stapleton
    • Johnny Giles
    • Steve Collins
    • Brian O'Driscoll
    • Pádraig Harrington
    • Paul McGinley
    • Stephen Roche
    • Michelle Smith
    • Jim Stynes (RIP)
    etc.....

    Buildings:
    • Dail Eireann
    • The Four Courts
    • The Seanad
    • The Custom House
    • City Hall
    • The Point Depot
    • The RDS
    • The Spire
    • Dublin Airport
    • Baldonnel Military Aerodrome
    • Weston Executice Airport
    • Central Bank
    • Guinness Brewery
    • National Museum of Ireland
    • National Library of Ireland
    • Natural History Museum
    • National Gallery of Ireland
    • olympia Theatre
    • National Concert Hall
    • Gaiety Theatre
    • National Conference Centre
    • Grand Canal Theatre
    • Vickers Street
    • Croke Park
    • Lansdowne Road
    • The National Aquatic Centre
    • The IFSC
    • Christ Church Cathedral
    • The GPO
    • Dublin Castle
    • Trinity College
    • The Luas lightrail network
    • The Dart urban rail network
    etc.....

    Events:
    • 1916 Rising
    • GAA All Ireland Finals
    • Special olympics
    • Dublin Marathon
    • Skerries 100
    etc....

    :P

    yeah but APART FROM THAT, what did the Dubs ever do for us...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,352 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    ft9 wrote: »
    Kilkenny
    Hurlers


    really??.. they must have gone missing the last day in cork so:P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    Waterford

    Waterford Crystal
    Flahavans Oats


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    corktina wrote: »
    yeah but APART FROM THAT, what did the Dubs ever do for us...

    Brought peace?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    MONAGHAN

    Monaghan United FC
    Carrickmacross Lace
    Patrick Kavanagh
    Barry McGuigan
    Tommy Bowe
    Ardal O'Hanlon
    Catriona Balfe
    Charlene McKenna
    Aoibhiann McGinity

    Just a few of my favourite things about Monaghan.

    That said, only for Monaghan United I would be gone from here in a flash.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Brought peace?

    OK so peace, and sanitation, but APART FROM THAT, what did the Dubs ever do for us......OK, roads, so,....


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    We've crystal here in Tipp as well although granted the Deise variety is better. Guess they have to beat us in something.:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    offaly1 wrote: »
    Tullamore DEW..... :) not made here anymore, but plans are afoot for it too be manufactured in tullamore in the future!:D. There won't be a sober person in tullamore when this starts:p

    They're thin enough on the ground already, it has to be said.:)

    The best product I'm familiar with from Laois is home-grown weed. Smoking some now. Warp fifteen, Scotty, and don't spare the engines!:D:D:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭View Profile


    And Jonathan Rhys Meyers is from Cork[/QUOTE]

    Born in Dubin.
    . and Ryanair was started up by a Tipp man with its first flights out of Waterford!

    With their HQ in Dublin.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub



    Born in Dubin.

    'Born in Drimnagh, he moved to Cork at one year old'...yeah, proper Dub he is


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Da butter and da bainne!:D:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭dirtyden


    ladypip wrote: »
    Shoot i meant to quote dirtyden there sorry!

    Go on I will give Dublin Tayto then.


  • Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Mammanabammana


    Kildare...priests.






    Oh wait...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Offaly.
    Turf.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭Jen Pigs Fly


    Kildare - Horses :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭Reindeer


    Dublin


    Foreign but Dublin or Netherlands based:
    • U2
    • Amazon
    • Ebay
    • Facebook
    • Google
    • Microsoft
    • Lufthansa Technik
    etc....



    :P

    We'll just make a slight correction there...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Organic Yougrt, Whiskey and Liquer, and alco obese gombeen taoiseach!
    And Pac Orange :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Oh and Toothpaste! LA Whietning!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    Cork, my semen.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,908 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Wexford

    Me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Min wrote: »
    Kilkenny - Glanbia, tourism - most popular inland destination in Ireland and hurling

    Haha, who did ye have to beat to that prestigious title? Offaly?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Donegal

    Football Special, It is the brew of the gods

    Donegal Catch

    Daniel O Donnell Brand Buttplugs (c)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭losthorizon


    Cork - Barrys Tea


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Galway - Rag week


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    Dublin - Guinness and various whiskeys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭3rdDegree


    I'm actually from Kilkenny (just beside the Tipp border), but anyway:

    Tipperary
    An odd smell.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Tipperary - cider

    Lindin Village and Devils Bit
    Been keeping knacker drinkers happy for years


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,601 ✭✭✭MidnightQueen


    Cork - Barrys Tea. :D


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