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Best city in Ireland

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  • 11-04-2012 12:21pm
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    Galway K9
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    **** ya!


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    chuky_r_law
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭chuky_r_law


    google probably just picked up that you were from galway and so included it in its search


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    ciano1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭ciano1


    Naah. I'm in Tipp at the moment and it still comes up like that..


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    antoobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    chuky_r_law wrote: »
    google probably just picked up that you were from galway and so included it in its search

    Going through a UK based proxy for work (Dublin office), get same result.


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    skelliser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    hi Barry!!


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    Galway K9
    Registered Users Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Galway K9


    chuky_r_law wrote: »
    google probably just picked up that you were from galway and so included it in its search


    Im behind a proxy in Hungary.


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    dloob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,831 ✭✭✭dloob


    Someone needs to fix that Yahoo Answers that's coming up as the first result.
    Can't have that sort of misinformation going around.


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    ciano1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭ciano1


    Google doesn't lie!


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    chuky_r_law
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭chuky_r_law


    then it is really true...galway is the best city in ireland


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    bearclaire
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    chuky_r_law wrote: »
    then it is really true...galway is the best city in ireland

    Sure Is :)


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    Paddyfield
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    Today FM were broadcasting live from Sligo last week. The Sligwegians (or whatever the natives call themselves) were trying to convince the listeners that Sligo is a city. There are probably more people living in Salthill than Sligo.

    I often thought that Galway is just about a city. There are places in the UK that are bigger than Galway that are refereed to as towns. It made me wonder...what is the definition of a city? Is it size of population? History? Politics?

    It can't be anything to do with universities or cathedrals; otherwise Maynooth and Tuam would be cities. :rolleyes:


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    dloob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,831 ✭✭✭dloob


    Paddyfield wrote: »
    Today FM were broadcasting live from Sligo last week. The Sligwegians (or whatever the natives call themselves) were trying to convince the listeners that Sligo is a city. There are probably more people living in Salthill than Sligo.

    I often thought that Galway is just about a city. There are places in the UK that are bigger than Galway that are refereed to as towns. It made me wonder...what is the definition of a city? Is it size of population? History? Politics?

    It can't be anything to do with universities or cathedrals; otherwise Maynooth and Tuam would be cities. :rolleyes:

    It's Politics, legally speaking in Ireland it's what's listed as a city in the local government act.
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0037/sched5.html#sched5

    There is also an interesting page about it on wikipedia.
    It lists some of the places looking to get city status like Sligo and Tallaght.
    Looks like Galway wasn't offically a city until 1985 :eek:

    Also interesting from that entry is a James Hardiman's quote from his review of a 1651 map that Galway at the time "was universally acknowledged to be the most perfect city in the kingdom".
    So there you go even in 1651 Galway's superiority was acknowledged.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    West Ireland is Best Ireland.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    OP, I'm not sure that advertising what company you work for is such a crash-hot idea. I know it's not in text, and you posted during your lunch break, but even so. MS Paint can work wonders, BTW.


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    zero19
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Galway is awesome.


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    skinny90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭skinny90


    Paddyfield wrote: »
    Today FM were broadcasting live from Sligo last week. The Sligwegians (or whatever the natives call themselves) were trying to convince the listeners that Sligo is a city. There are probably more people living in Salthill than Sligo.

    I often thought that Galway is just about a city. There are places in the UK that are bigger than Galway that are refereed to as towns. It made me wonder...what is the definition of a city? Is it size of population? History? Politics?

    It can't be anything to do with universities or cathedrals; otherwise Maynooth and Tuam would be cities. :rolleyes:
    As a fellow "Sligwegian" living in galway i can assure you that sligo is NOT a city but a gateway town....its mad they where tryn to get city status during the boom times and have a city hall alot of signs will say city centre


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    saa
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    I think Galway is the nicest city ah I have nice memories of sitting in the sun near the Spanish Arch chatting away with two other groups of people who were doing the same thing, aye its friendly enough.


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