Is Ireland a Boring Country???

thrashmetalfan

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

London, you are joking right?

my brother lives in London I stay there for free. I love the city lots of hustle and bustle lots to look at. a thriving metropolis. its great.

GerB40

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Water sports are fairly decent. Dont have a huge choice due to numbers though

Dirty fecker...

Shakespeare's Sister

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

London, you are joking right?

There's tons to do in London.

DEFTLEFTHAND

ErnieBert wrote: »

It's us Irish folk that make this little blip on the map so awesome.

I was in Berlin recently and befriended some well travelled locals who have been to Ireland. They believe we are on a different level to all other Europeans. They see us as industrious, smart, brazen and energetic combined with laid backness.

In other words, we are un German.

Probably blowing smoke up your arse.

sh1tstirrer

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

There's tons to do in London.

I could think of better places to be.

anncoates

Pity you weren't Irish_4life.

If you're not, just leave.

Nobody cares.

thrashmetalfan

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I could think of better places to be.

have you been to London ****stirrer? its not all bad when you discount the aggressive begging, complete and utter indifference to your plight by passers by when you are in trouble, the early closing times and the fact that when you are staying in a house in London their kitchens and bathrooms are no bigger than a matchbox!!

Cienciano

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there. They were over here in Ireland for a couple of weeks and it seems to me that this country can't match the level of awesomeness of some other countries. Yes we have pubs, shopping centres and sites of beautiful nature but nothing really more than that. Our beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

If you think an entire country is boring and all the activities are boring, it's actually you that's the boring one.

sh1tstirrer

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

have you been to London ****stirrer? its not all bad when you discount the aggressive begging, complete and utter indifference to your plight by passers by when you are in trouble, the early closing times and the fact that when you are staying in a house in London their kitchens and bathrooms are no bigger than a matchbox!!

I have indeed.

Wulfie

Manutd_4life wrote: »

I had a couple of relatives from abroad over from a country and place where there is just some much different and fun things to do. I really had great holidays over there. They were over here in Ireland for a couple of weeks and it seems to me that this country can't match the level of awesomeness of some other countries. Yes we have pubs, shopping centres and sites of beautiful nature but nothing really more than that. Our beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

Go live in that magical wonderland, with an F of course .

thrashmetalfan

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I have indeed.

well its up to you mate. if you don't like it you don't like it but at least you tried it. I do think its a great place though. to each their own!

Manach

Perhaps the OP can try to find entertainment in the urban centres on a w/e night. Plenty of surrealistic theatre to jolt anyone's jaded senses, laid out, free.

beano345

Yawn,yawn,yawn

sh1tstirrer

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

well its up to you mate. if you don't like it you don't like it but at least you tried it. I do think its a great place though. to each their own!

Exactly the same could be said about rural Ireland

sh1tstirrer

beano345 wrote: »

Yawn,yawn,yawn

What's the matter? Never left Dubland did you

thrashmetalfan

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Exactly the same could be said about rural Ireland

well I live in rural Ireland so I try it everyday. it can be good in the summer months when there is lots of outside work to be done but in the winter and early spring it gets dark and depressing. pubs are shutting down, post offices and garda stations closing too. not much bang for your buck in my opinion. unless you get a thrill out of paying bills and property tax.

thrashmetalfan

beano345 wrote: »

Yawn,yawn,yawn

someone needs their bed!:)

beano345

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

What's the matter? Never left Dubland did you

Oh plenty,now I'm stuck in the village of the damned in SE Ireland for my sins

sh1tstirrer

beano345 wrote: »

Oh plenty,now I'm stuck in the village of the damned in SE Ireland for my sins

Where's that?

beano345

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Where's that?

Carlow :pac:

thrashmetalfan

beano345 wrote: »

Carlow :pac:

Oooh Carlow. sounds exotic! is it nice? are you enjoying yourself there??

Packrat

Deleted User wrote: »

We need something along the scale of Alton Towers,

Tayto park or Funtasia dont give me the same buzz


Travel to Kerry or Donegal, same bloody green countryside.

Obviously you've never travelled between Kerry and Donegal, - it's one of the things the tourists ALWAYS remark on: How much the landscapes and seascapes change in such a small country.
Visit the outback in Australia or the Midwest in the US: it might educate you on boring landscapes.

On the OP, it's all been said already, there is a reason you're bored with your life, my advice is to change your life, cos 10 million tourists to this country along with most of the inhabitants disagree with you.
My problem every day this summer was helping my guests choose what not to do because of lack of time. Every last one of them I met (bar three miserable b1tches) could and would have stayed double the time here if their annual leave would have allowed.
I had the best day out of the whole year today on the Beara peninsula with 8 Americans. We saw goats, a stag, 10 different breeds of sheep and cows, lakes, mountains, Dunboy, the copper mines, ate chocolate in Bonane, ate crab sandwiches for lunch in McCarthys Bar, drank porter (not me) in Kilmacillogue, visited a mussel farm, haggled with hawkers in the fair in Castletownbere, walked the top of the Healy pass, browsed the little shops in Kenmare, and all the while took in the breathtaking seascapes of Beara.

Bored my hole....

beano345

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

Oooh Carlow. sounds exotic! is it nice? are you enjoying yourself there??

I wouldn't change it for the world,I've been to the streets of Paris,Toronto,Sydney,Milan but give me tullow st any day of the week....gritty.....rotten to the core!

thrashmetalfan

beano345 wrote: »

I wouldn't change it for the world,I've been to the streets of Paris,Toronto,Sydney,Milan but give me tullow st any day of the week....gritty.....rotten to the core!

I will have to visit. you can be my tour guide.

thrashmetalfan

Packrat wrote: »

Obviously you've never travelled between Kerry and Donegal, - it's one of the things the tourists ALWAYS remark on: How much the landscapes and seascapes change in such a small country.
Visit the outback in Australia or the Midwest in the US: it might educate you on boring landscapes.

On the OP, it's all been said already, there is a reason you're bored with your life, my advice is to change your life, cos 10 million tourists to this country along with most of the inhabitants disagree with you.
My problem every day this summer was helping my guests choose what not to do because of lack of time. Every last one of them I met (bar three miserable b1tches) could and would have stayed double the time here if their annual leave would have allowed.
I had the best day out of the whole year today on the Beara peninsula with 8 Americans. We saw goats, a stag, 10 different breeds of sheep and cows, lakes, mountains, Dunboy, the copper mines, ate chocolate in Bonane, ate crab sandwiches for lunch in McCarthys Bar, drank porter (not me) in Kilmacillogue, visited a mussel farm, haggled with hawkers in the fair in Castletownbere, walked the top of the Healy pass, browsed the little shops in Kenmare, and all the while took in the breathtaking seascapes of Beara.

Bored my hole....

I had a great time too today. I saw a cat, a dog, a squashed hedgehog in the middle of the road. I saw different shaped fields and an assortment of trees. I walked all the way in to the village to buy bread and milk then I turned and walked all the way home again. I stood at the kitchen window and saw a tractor going by pulling a trailer. just the other day two workmen arrived to install brand new cast iron gates at my next door neighbours house. an assortment of birds flew over my house and I watched in awe and wonder as I saw a vast amount of dead leaves accumulate on the ground in the back garden.

bore my hole? anything to break the monotony!!:pac:

miss tickle

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

I had a great time too today. I saw a cat, a dog, a squashed hedgehog in the middle of the road. I saw different shaped fields and an assortment of trees. I walked all the way in to the village to buy bread and milk then I turned and walked all the way home again. I stood at the kitchen window and saw a tractor going by pulling a trailer. just the other day two workmen arrived to install brand new cast iron gates at my next door neighbours house. an assortment of birds flew over my house and I watched in awe and wonder as I saw a vast amount of dead leaves accumulate on the ground in the back garden.

bore my hole? anything to break the monotony!!:pac:

Shouldn't this be turned into the next cecilia ahern book?

thrashmetalfan

miss tickle wrote: »

Shouldn't this be turned into the next cecilia ahern book?

I pretty much have written out the main gist of the story so to speak! Cecilia take it away!

Tarzana

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Our beaches are bloody brutal

Ireland has a LOT of world class beaches. We just don't really get the weather to enjoy them as much.

Chucken

Tarzana wrote: »

Ireland has a LOT of world class beaches. We just don't really get the weather to enjoy them as much.

I've established that the OP is about 15 so I doubt he would care.
Cos its all sooooooooooooo boringggggggggggggggg.

Kermit.de.frog

Well Tayto park roller coaster finished next year

http://www.trbimg.com/img-53a2158a/turbine/la-trb-top-15-world-2015-20140618-pg-012/750/750x422

Other than that not much ground breaking excitement on offer.

Tarzana

OK, was this thread a marketing maneuver by Tayto Park? Because I really want to go there now. :pac:

Vandango

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

London, you are joking right?

Seriously? I think it's you that must be joking.:rolleyes:

creolebelle

Theme parks? Ekkk.
Give me a country with castles and a natural born culture instead of a manufactured one that only exists to encourage mindless spending.
The irish country is so incredibly beautiful.
http://favim.com/orig/201102/26/Favim.com-2788.jpg
^how could you get bored with this

Ive never been to ireland but I plan to visit in the spring with some friends and I can't wait.

creolebelle

Tarzana wrote: »

Ireland has a LOT of world class beaches. We just don't really get the weather to enjoy them as much.

Well with global warming you will
#beingpositive

Boring is what you make it - and it will only be as boring as you let it be. I am never bored here.

Having said that I travel often to Germany with my girlfriend as part of her work brings her there. And whenever we are there - there is always some small town or some such that has basically closed down to have a fest of music and beer on the streets - with vendors of everything from steak and sausage - to a kind of potatoe patty covered in apple sauce - to all kinds of things done with cheese - and crepes with nutella - brass or rock music - dancing - and all sorts of stuff. Something I just can not imagine happening here save for the occasional shutting down of the dockland area for a music event or some such.

So while I would not say Ireland is boring - as there is excitement there to find if you take the effort to look - it is certainly not up there in the top echelons of countries that facilitate that search and make it easier to find things to engage in. But as I say - I am never bored here.

Novella

I don't think Ireland is a boring country at all. My boyfriend is American and we once spent a month traveling around the country together. Even for me, someone who grew up and at that time had lived in Ireland for her entire life, it was a wonderful trip. He absolutely loved it.

People say the weather is a deterrent etc. but my boyfriend adored the weather. We live in California now and it was over 30 degrees today. Personally I like the constant sunshine but I can understand why someone who is used to that would like the climate in Ireland. The grass is always greener...

We went to Glendalough, Newgrange, Blarney Castle, Bunratty Castle. We took a boat ride to one of the Aran Islands and went on a horse drawn carriage all around there. He drank a pint of Guinness in a teeny tiny pub and the barman tried to teach him some Irish.

We saw the Cliff's of Moher. Went to the Burren. We stayed in Lahinch and ate fish and chips by the sea. I drove him around the West and he couldn't get enough of the green fields and stone walls.

We drive up North and saw the Giant's Causeway. It rained all day but it was still magnificent. Back in Dublin, we went to Howth and Dun Laoghaire. Together we walked around the city centre, visited St Stephen's Green.

A while ago, we were lying in bed one night and he said to me, "Hey, remember that day in Knife?" He was talking about Swords! I laughed so much it hurt. I remember him trying to read directions to me in the car and for the first few days, I didn't tell him that the words written after the English place name was the Irish translation, it was too adorable hearing his pronunciations.

Ireland is filled with beauty and interest and for me, holds precious memories. I can't wait until the next time I see it.

Yeah_Right

People defending Irish beaches are delusional. Some of them may look nice on the 3 days each year that its sunny but even then its too cold and windy to enjoy them.

Then again, no one comes to Ireland to go to the beach. I was an immigrant to Ireland. Can't say I ever found it boring. But I might have had a different opinion if I was living out in the country.

circadian

Yeah_Right wrote: »

People defending Irish beaches are delusional. Some of them may look nice on the 3 days each year that its sunny but even then its too cold and windy to enjoy them.

Have you visited many beaches in Ireland? A walk on a misty beach is pretty refreshing, it doesn't have to be sunny to enjoy it. People swim on Christmas day up in Lisfannon!

http://curiousireland.ie/voted-2nd-most-beautiful-beach-in-the-world-ballymastocker-bay-portsalon-donegal/

If you have an interest in wildlife Irelands beaches are home to a wealth of unique flora and fauna.

Yeah_Right

circadian wrote: »

Have you visited many beaches in Ireland? A walk on a misty beach is pretty refreshing, it doesn't have to be sunny to enjoy it. People swim on Christmas day up in Lisfannon!

http://curiousireland.ie/voted-2nd-most-beautiful-beach-in-the-world-ballymastocker-bay-portsalon-donegal/

If you have an interest in wildlife Irelands beaches are home to a wealth of unique flora and fauna.

Yes I have. Quite a few of them and I simply wasn't impressed. I wouldn't call them world class as some other posters have. I have even done the Xmas day swim at a couple of them.

TheBeardedLady

I think some people think "nice beach = hot enough to lie down on to get a tan and cool off in the water" irrespective of its appearance.

I don't live in Ireland but I grew up by the sea in Dublin. There's nothing I miss more than going for long walks down the beach everyday to clear the cobwebs out. I can't think of anything more relaxing than walking down the length of a beautiful beach, even in Irish weather, then getting a pint along the way and looking out at the view. The beaches in Ireland are ideal for doing just that; they're stunning, even in Dublin.

I'm assuming very rural Ireland probably isn't the most exciting place on earth but I think it's funny that some posters on Boards think Ireland is the only country on the planet with countryside and that it differs from anywhere else.

The Backwards Man

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Yes I have. Quite a few of them and I simply wasn't impressed. I wouldn't call them world class as some other posters have. I have even done the Xmas day swim at a couple of them.

The beaches ARE world class. The fact that it's too cold to arse about on a plastic banana or too wet to squeeze like sardines beside thousands of others on a sewage infested sandbox is irrelevant.

sh1tstirrer

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

I had a great time too today. I saw a cat, a dog, a squashed hedgehog in the middle of the road. I saw different shaped fields and an assortment of trees. I walked all the way in to the village to buy bread and milk then I turned and walked all the way home again. I stood at the kitchen window and saw a tractor going by pulling a trailer. just the other day two workmen arrived to install brand new cast iron gates at my next door neighbours house. an assortment of birds flew over my house and I watched in awe and wonder as I saw a vast amount of dead leaves accumulate on the ground in the back garden.

bore my hole? anything to break the monotony!!:pac:

You seem to be your own worst enemy

sh1tstirrer

Tarzana wrote: »

Ireland has a LOT of world class beaches. We just don't really get the weather to enjoy them as much.

You would want a good kick up the arse saying that after the best summer in years

sh1tstirrer

Yeah_Right wrote: »

People defending Irish beaches are delusional. Some of them may look nice on the 3 days each year that its sunny but even then its too cold and windy to enjoy them.

Then again, no one comes to Ireland to go to the beach. I was an immigrant to Ireland. Can't say I ever found it boring. But I might have had a different opinion if I was living out in the country.

So you have a problem with the weather, don't take it out on the beach just because you can't toast in the sun every day like in Spain

John_Rambo

Manutd_4life wrote: »

IOur beaches are bloody brutal, we really have no fun place for teenagers to go and spend a day at such as a big theme park with sky high roller-coasters and food squares. The countries weather is terrible compared to others. The list goes on but to me it just seems that this country needs more investment in the area of landmarks, must see sites to visit, entertainment places and tourism in general.

Looser post I'm afraid.

Whilst you were online whinging and moaning I was on a beach. There were dozens of adults and teenagers out kitesurfing, an extreme sport, some of them were doing things that make a rollercoaster look like Driving Miss Daisy. They were at it until there was a stunning sunset over Dublin city. There was also a football team training and some beach volleyball going on.

I'd imagine there was similar things going on all over the country in parks, on cliffs, mountains, beaches, sports halls, pitches, courts.... As you say yourself. The list goes on.

gugleguy

The weather can change so fast. Take this morning in Dublin. I did'nt bring any rain gear. But I did'nt take it the wrong way. All good clean fun!

circadian

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Yes I have. Quite a few of them and I simply wasn't impressed. I wouldn't call them world class as some other posters have. I have even done the Xmas day swim at a couple of them.

Just out of interest, have you been on any beach that you would consider world class? Where was it? What made it world class?

I'm genuinely curious.

FTA69

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

have you been to London ****stirrer? its not all bad when you discount the aggressive begging

In fairness, visible homelessness and vagrancy in Ireland is far worse than in London and aggressive begging in Dublin is much more pronounced than London. You can't stand still for two seconds in Dublin without being badgered for money or fags. I can't remember the last time I was subject to "aggressive begging" in London and I've been here years.

complete and utter indifference to your plight by passers by when you are in trouble

There is an element of that which I've seen but I also think that for a big city Londoners are actually very helpful. Anytime I've seen someone fall over or in distress, people have always flocked to help them and I've never seen anyone stuck for directions etc.

the early closing times

The only places nightspots shut early is in central London which is crap for socialising anyway; places like Angel, Brixton and Camden have rafts of pubs and clubs which stay open til 5am odd.

and the fact that when you are staying in a house in London their kitchens and bathrooms are no bigger than a matchbox!!

No argument there!

Electric Sheep

circadian wrote: »

Have you visited many beaches in Ireland? A walk on a misty beach is pretty refreshing, it doesn't have to be sunny to enjoy it. People swim on Christmas day up in Lisfannon!

http://curiousireland.ie/voted-2nd-most-beautiful-beach-in-the-world-ballymastocker-bay-portsalon-donegal/

If you have an interest in wildlife Irelands beaches are home to a wealth of unique flora and fauna.

There is a unique amount of rubbish on a lot of them too.

ElWalrus

circadian wrote: »

Just out of interest, have you been on any beach that you would consider world class? Where was it? What made it world class?

I'm genuinely curious.

Dog's bay near Roundstone in Connemara.
http://outdoorswimming.ie/Co/Galway/dogs%20bay.html

or Castlegregory in Kerry (see pic). Two of my favorite. Pictures say it all really.