Where should the next city in Ireland be?

John Doe1

So there are currently 11 cities in Ireland, 5 in the north and 6 in the south (although Kilkenny is not an administrative city and Belfast and Dublin are the only 'real' cities by world standards:P )

Based on population and not being strictly speaking a suburb, Bangor (58,000) and Drogheda (38,000) would be the next cities but what place do think deserves to be a city?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Drogheda! City on the Boyne. Every Drog has it's day. Who let the Drogs out? Who who who who who who... Etc

fleet_admiral

Sligo. The jewel of the northwest

wazky

Cork.

greenflash

Ireland just about has the population for two cities. Everything else from Cork down is a town no regardless of cathedrals, charters or whatever.

fleet_admiral

greenflash wrote: »

Ireland just about has the population for two cities. Everything else from Cork down is a town no regardless of cathedrals, charters or whatever.

Cark isnt a city, its just a big-ish town

jamesbere

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Cark isnt a city, its just a big-ish town

Blasphemy

diomed

Dun Laoghaire.

greenflash

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Cark isnt a city, its just a big-ish town

Thanks for backing me up on that.

(Dublin and Belfast are the only two real cities on the island)

John Doe1

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Sligo. The jewel of the northwest

Sligo people seem to think it is a city already, there is the Sligo City Hotel I believe, can anyone shed any light on that?

Harry Palmr

Sligo of course

Whatever happened to your 'wan' who would extol the virtues of that town?

Sir Arthur Daley

Put it on an island.

Sulla Felix

I think we should get in ahead of the pack and have one of those mega-cities like Lagos. An combination of intensive breeding and building works could see us there by 2025.

Super-Rush

I'd say its time to upgrade Dublin from shit hole to city.

nordydan

Downpatrick. Home of the patron saint.

And it has an ASDA

Sir Arthur Daley

wazky wrote: »

What about intensive in-breeding?, if that were the case alot of Irish towns and villages are very advanced.

Offaly springs to mind.

Calibos

Bray is the 9th largest urban area in Ireland after Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Dundalk and Swords.

For Forks Sake

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Sligo of course

Whatever happened to your 'wan' who would extol the virtues of that town?

We had her silenced. Say nathin.

Frosty McSnowballs

Super-Rush wrote: »

I'd say its time to upgrade Dublin from shit hole to city.

Says yer man that puts the 'low' in Carlow.

RobbingBandit

Tallaght, it could be moved offshore like L.A. in Escape from L.A., or underground, or we could just burn it to the ground, what was the question again?!

dundalkfc10

Dundalk!

Westernyelp

Tubbercurry obviously

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Dundalk!

Heh.

i r legend

greenflash wrote: »

Ireland just about has the population for two cities. Everything else from Cork down is a town no regardless of cathedrals, charters or whatever.

Ireland needs more regional centralisation tbh not to create more small cities. Cark wouldn't even count as a city as it is. We should be pushing to expand Cork,Limerick,Waterford and Galway as MAJOR regional population hubs and moving away from the backwards quasi rural towns that dot the landscape. Maybe a new one in the midlands? But they'd wreck it and have cowdung all over the lovely glass office buildings in a few days.

major bill

Wexford Town was always a decent spot

Wexford City has a ring to it

greenflash

i r legend wrote: »

Ireland needs more regional centralisation tbh not to create more small cities. Cark wouldn't even count as a city as it is. We should be pushing to expand Cork,Limerick,Waterford and Galway as MAJOR regional population hubs and moving away from the backwards quasi rural towns that dot the landscape. Maybe a new one in the midlands? But they'd wreck it and have crowding all over the lovely glass office buildings in a few days.

Is anyone actually able to read?

fleet_admiral

major bill wrote: »

Wexford Town was always a decent spot

Wexford City has a ring to it

One of the finest pubs in Ireland; Thomas Moore is there. Wexford is a cracking place

Christy Browne

There are no guidelines for cities, you can't say they're not "real" cities and these ones are

KeithM89

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Heh.

Says the man who nominated Chernobyl Drogheda.

i r legend

greenflash wrote: »

Isi anyone actually able to read?

Yeah yer mudder

John Doe1

Anyone remember the whole National Spatial Strategy Gateway City thing?

Letterkenny, Sligo, Dundalk and 3 midlands towns joined together were meant to made into cities by with a population of nearly 100,000 for each by 2020, its not going well :P

Cienciano

Nowhere.
"Drogheda City". Jesus wept.

For Forks Sake

John Doe1 wrote: »

Anyone remember the whole National Spatial Strategy Gateway City thing?

Letterkenny, Sligo, Dundalk and 3 midlands towns joined together were meant to made into cities by with a population of nearly 100,000 for each by 2020, its not going well :P

Ze breeding program will continue unabated.

Tail Docker

greenflash wrote: »

Thanks for backing me up on that.

(Dublin and Belfast are the only two real cities on the island)

Ah, feck it, I got bored lining stuff through.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

KeithM89 wrote: »

Says the man who nominated Chernobyl Drogheda.

Here's a file photo of the dundalk town service bus on signing-on day:



City status? Ya reckon?

Vincent Vega

Seamróg city.
I like giraffes.

Fr_Dougal

Would be better off trying to bring our existing ****ty cities up to actual city standard before making new ones, Waterford is as ****ty as Detroit and as for Kilkenny, the place is like an industrial ghost town with one street of pubs.

Duff

I'm all for Dundalk being turned into a city although, 'C'mon the city' hasn't got the same ring to it..

A Greedy Algorithm

Waterford or Kilkenny.

Mr. G

Ennis

Bigger than Kilkenny by population. A lot of the largest urban centres are too close to other cities, e.g. Swords, Drogheda etc. I think over the next few years the population of Ennis will rise. My conspiracy theories never fail.

byte

John Doe1 wrote: »

Sligo people seem to think it is a city already, there is the Sligo City Hotel I believe, can anyone shed any light on that?

I can confirm there being a Sligo City Hotel alright, for a gang of us stayed there weekend before last for a stag... and to be fair, it was a good hotel and great night!

From what I remember anyway

kerry4sam

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Cark isnt a city, its just a big-ish town

greenflash wrote: »

Thanks for backing me up on that.

(Dublin and Belfast are the only two real cities on the island)

I'd agree with you on Cork, but you're forgetting the City we have here in Kerry though:

Currow City: It covers all of 3,376 Hectares if you don't mind! They have their own 5-aside soccer team (see here) ; and , and you can't argue with this guy: look at this!

Now, their is some more geography for you on another City in Ireland
kerry4sam

Oops69

Anything that's artificially' made' into a city or a Newtown always turns out to be a ****hole ,eg , Canberra , Brasilia, Milton Keynes , Shannon , just let nature take its course planners!

Lady Chatterton

Mr. G wrote: »

Ennis

Bigger than Kilkenny by population. A lot of the largest urban centres are too close to other cities, e.g. Swords, Drogheda etc. I think over the next few years the population of Ennis will rise. My conspiracy theories never fail.

I want Ennis to remain a town, Mr. G - anyways the streets are so narrow you can shake hands with people on the other side of the road. It's not called 'the friendliest town in Ireland' for nothing

Tedddy

There is no need for more there is enough as there is. We don't need more, we need bigger cities for more efficient services instead of small towns and one off housing.

Richard Hillman

Cork just seems to be a load of housing estates and large town in the middle. The same with Galway. I think Tallaght is as much of a City than those 2.

ardle1

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Here's a file photo of the dundalk town service bus on signing-on day:



City status? Ya reckon?

AHHHHHHHH HA HA HA,
it's really a picture of the Drogheda supporters club trying to get away when they seen the Dundalk supporters coming their way lol lol :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Joe Doe

Simply frack and flatten the midlands, then build a huge Dubai type city like a phoenix from the dust. also extend cork/kerry out towards the gulf stream for better surfing.

I Heart Internet

Can we get a list of the 11 cities? And what is meant by Kilkenny not being an "administrative city"?

I've heard lots of different theories over the years as to what makes a city - charter, has a cathedral, population....

Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Galway
Waterford
Kilkenny

Belfast
Derry
Armagh
Lisburn
Newry

(I had to check the last 3 on Wikipedia)

Next city should be Sligo...maybe. Or maybe Athlone - sort the Midlands out.

Wichita Lineman

Athmullamore City could be formed by joining Athlone, Mullingar and Tullamore together.

I Heart Internet

^The Midlands Conurbation