Which Part of Ireland Has the Most Horrid People

donegaLroad

ClovenHoof wrote: »

As a Corkman I was going to instinctually post Dublin - but that would have been more reactionary than fair. I once stayed with some people in Cabra and everyone I met was very nice. So there are pockets of human decency in Dublin.

Thinking about it long and hard for me it is Donegal. Particularly once north of Ballyshannon. Everyone seems to be a cross between Eric Cartman, the Banjo Player from Deliverance coupled with the most obnoxious control freak you ever met.

They are also incredibly insular and will accept no wrongdoing of any kind takes place in their county. It is always someone else fault. If you want to murder someone in Donegal, the Guards won't investigate you unless you are from another county.

I think being reared on RTE 1 and RTE 2 has left you with a bit of a hump OP

Dots1982

I posted a topic close to this a couple of months ago and it was closed down within a couple of posts. It was asking who were the stupidiest county in ireland.

I would actually like to see average leaving cert results broken down by county over 20 years and see what county were the least intelligent on that, albeit flawed, basis.

Qualitymark

Dots1982 wrote: »

I would actually like to see average leaving cert results broken down by county over 20 years and see what county were the least intelligent on that, albeit flawed, basis.

Certainly flawed. Leaving Cert results don't have much to do with intelligence; they're largely a memory test.

Tim76

I'd say every county has its fair share of ****. Surprised to see Donegal coming up so much tho. Not too surprised at Cork & Dublin I might add

Dots1982

Qualitymark wrote: »

Certainly flawed. Leaving Cert results don't have much to do with intelligence; they're largely a memory test.

Is there a better measure considering there is no requirement for mandatory Mensa IQ tests?

Qualitymark

Dots1982 wrote: »

Is there a better measure considering there is no requirement for mandatory Mensa IQ tests?

Good question. Mensa tests are also largely tests of memory, with the addition of social class. (And I speak as a registered member of Densa here.)

I suppose you might look at the numbers graduating from various forms of third level; at entrepreneurship; at people who get their feet under the table of a nice secure public service job with increments, pensions and packages; at numbers of patents registered; at success in things like Young Scientist; at number, types and level of writers produced…

Knasher

The answer is, quite obviously, Dublin. It has the highest population compared against anywhere else in the country, about 5 times the population of Cork, so say that 10% of Dubliners were horrible, then in order for Cork to match that, 50% of Cork people would have to be horrible. Which seems unlikely, so therefore the answer must be Dublin.

Qualitymark

If you took the Houses of the Oireachtas and some of the civil service departments out of Dublin, would this sway the figures?

OldNotWIse

If people who are p.issed that Dublin is the Capital (even though Dublin people couldn't care less) were not allowed to vote, would that change things?

wp_rathead

Personal experience it be Castlebar and Athlone- met alota eejits from there

OldNotWIse

wprathead wrote: »

Personal experience it be Castlebar and Athlone- met alota eejits from there

I think I liked everyone I ever met from Athlone!

gormdubhgorm

This is an easy question to answer...... Leinster House!

columf

Cork because of the arrogance of allot of its denizens
Did you hear about the cork fella with anxiety issues? He taught he was only as good as everyone else

shadowcomplex

DeadHand wrote: »

I have to disagree here, I think you'll find that almost anywhere in the country. Anywhere I've ever drank anyway...

I posted my experiences, what you say may be true for you so you could say we are both right

ToddyDoody

greenbicycle wrote: »

I once worked in a job where I had to talk to people from all over the country, I talked to so many people that eventually i could almost tell what way the phone call was going to go based on the address that came up on my screen. of course there were lovely and horrible people every where but there were too distinct areas that without fail had people that were very awkward to deal with. In terms of people who just were not nice, had no manners and were out to gain whatever they could, ballincollig was by far the worst area. so, not all of cork, just the area of ballincollig

I guess it depends on the person. I have a friend from Ballincollig who I just happened to meet and get on with, and subsequently have been to.

I thought I met the rudest man on the planet in a shop in Cork but he failed to live up to my label from thereon in.

During my time in a call centre, a south Dublin woman would invariably take exception to my approach and proceed to roar down the phone.

MRnotlob606

Cork people with their stupid lilting accents.

Cantremember

Cork extreme is just laughably arrogant but Louth, Louth is the spiritual home of the trackie, the hoodie, the pyjama all day, lager swilling, buggy pushing, boy racer git. Jesus, go north of Bettystown and its like Middle Earth.

John Doe1

Balmed Out wrote: »

I dont believe that for a minute.
I doubt there is a person in Cork who thinks a) its a really big city, b) has 600000 people or c) thinks there are only 30000 people living in Co. Donegal. Since the actual population of Co. Cork is about 500,000 with Co. Donegal about 160000 I think its safe enough to assume you may be prone to exaggeration and maybe just making stuff up.

For the record having been to Donegal a few times and knowing (just as acquaintances) a few Donegal people I quite like them. There's always one though....

I wish i was making it up, i was embarrassed for her.

I was talking about the city population....

Ha well likewise my good man:p

To be fair, most of the people from west Cork i have met have been grand

SpaceTime

Whatever bit of it those people who post in the YouTube comments come from!

Sheldons Brain

Boards.ie

SpaceTime

columf wrote: »

Cork because of the arrogance of allot of its denizens
Did you hear about the cork fella with anxiety issues? He taught he was only as good as everyone else

I think you mean self-confidence issues.

NIMAN

This is a thinly veiled "aren't Donegal folk ar$eholes" thread.

braddun

where are you

statesaver

politics.ie

Littlekittylou

Dáil Eireann of course.

Particularly the bit SF sit in.

Graces7

circadian wrote: »

The only thing that can really kill you in Donegal is the roads.

I love Donegal but I'm apprehensive of Letterkenny and that's mostly because on a night out there's sometimes a few lads that want a bit of trouble from the city folk.


I had a horrible time dealing with people from Clonmel in recent years. Nice town but I can't figure if it was some sort of nordie hate or we just didn't 'get' one another.

As others have said, it doesn't matter where someone is from. If they're a tool then they're a tool regardless of anything else.

Have you lived in a deeply rural area in Donegal? I think it is the limited gene pool....and I disagree re there not being a similarity between locals. Valentia Island folk look to be the same here in Kerry.... inbred. Genetically modified!

Graces7

circadian wrote: »

The only thing that can really kill you in Donegal is the roads.

I love Donegal but I'm apprehensive of Letterkenny and that's mostly because on a night out there's sometimes a few lads that want a bit of trouble from the city folk.


I had a horrible time dealing with people from Clonmel in recent years. Nice town but I can't figure if it was some sort of nordie hate or we just didn't 'get' one another.

As others have said, it doesn't matter where someone is from. If they're a tool then they're a tool regardless of anything else.

Last six months I was there I had my very own Gardai to call on!

Graces7

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

With only a few exceptions, I've always found people from Norn Iron to be sour, dour and with a massive collective chip on their shoulders. They also get ultra defensive if you ever question their bleak and parochial worldview. Suggest that their much vaunted Ulster Fry isn't up to much as it doesn't have black pudding, but does have cheap soggy fried bread can also cause their unusually small mouths' to pucker up like a tomcat's arsehole.

That has filtered over the border into Donegal of course...not the fried bread,,

Sofiztikated

Tyrone.

All a bunch of ****.

lufties

Waterford is full of angry people
Cork full of themselves for some reason that baffles the mind
Limerick has a lot of aggressive heads

The J Stands for Jay

The_Captain wrote: »

I have heard someone from Cork say that the economy of Ireland is dependent on Cork. If Cork left the republic and formed its own state, it would be rich, while the other 25 counties would be reduced to poverty, on the basis that Cork is a MASSIVE business region and takes in far more tax than gets spent.
While most of them are grand, there are some absolute freaks who buy into the Cork Uber Alles thing in a big way

In my experience, a lot of Cork people's prosperity comes from not paying tax...

monkeysnapper

A guy I used to work with was from cork , a real nice guy but as arrogant as **** at same time , ....but then........I met another cork man' he was cool .

I need to go out today and see if I can find another to give some clarity on this . Ay e I'll Suss out a female and check her out .

The J Stands for Jay

ClovenHoof wrote: »

If you want to murder someone in Donegal, the Guards won't investigate you unless you are from another county.

Nope, nothing like this in the news about Cork.

Steve F

pilatus wrote: »

People are all different, they cannot be judged because of where they are from, unfortunately they still are judged . Every County will have their share of as$holes and every County will have their share of saints. I have found people in general are decent and it's just bad luck if you bump into someone nasty .

Also if you bump into a decent person having a bad day because of relationship problems , financial problems or whatever it may be, well you may misjudge them by your experience of meeting them on an off day , when in fact no one is perfect and we all have off days. Hardly an accurate representation .

Surely this ^^^ has to be one of the most balanced opinions ever expressed on AH.Away with you,there is no place for your sort here

Gazzmonkey

Jaysus... this threads still going :pac:

I wasn't aware that so many bitter, narrow minded, spiteful people existed on boards. Also surprised that Donegal is so heavily feared by the other counties, I often wondered why people in pubs shat themselves when they learned where I was from... now I know :cool:

I was accused of been in the RA several times too, what's up with that!!

dinorebel

Gazzmonkey wrote: »

Jaysus... this threads still going :pac:

I wasn't aware that so many bitter, narrow minded, spiteful people existed on boards. Also surprised that Donegal is so heavily feared by the other counties, I often wondered why people in pubs shat themselves when they learned where I was from... now I know :cool:

I was accused of been in the RA several times too, what's up with that!!

I'm English and live in Donegal more than once I was accused of being an undercover SAS man.

The Backwards Man

dinorebel wrote: »

I'm English and live in Donegal more than once I was accused of being an undercover SAS man.

Yeah, because no one here has ever heard an English accent ever.

dinorebel

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yeah, because no one here has ever heard an English accent ever.

In Burtonport they haven't:D

The Backwards Man

dinorebel wrote: »

In Burtonport they haven't:D

A man from Burtonport went to work in Coventry and he had to get the landlady of the digs to throw a bucket of water against his bedroom window every night so he could get to sleep.

dinorebel

The Backwards Man wrote: »

A man from Burtonport went to work in Coventry and he had to get the landlady of the digs to throw a bucket of water against his bedroom window every night so he could get to sleep.

I was on a bus back from a night in Gweedore and a mates cousin who had a real cockney accent but who's parents were from the port had a go at me thinking I was taking the p*ss out of his accent.

who the fug

niallo27 wrote: »

The problem with cork people is that they genuinely think cork is the centre of the universe. Cork gaa fans are the worst.

Our National past time is shooting fish in a barrel

pragmatic1

Graces7 wrote: »

Have you lived in a deeply rural area in Donegal? I think it is the limited gene pool....and I disagree re there not being a similarity between locals. Valentia Island folk look to be the same here in Kerry.... inbred. Genetically modified!

Actually Donegal would have a fairly wide gene pool in comparison to most other counties due to high levels of emigration.

frippy

how would the gene pool be widened by people leaving?

Davarus Walrus

I might be biased, but I've always found Athenry to be a real outpost of pure, belligerent thickness.

pragmatic1

frippy wrote: »

how would the gene pool be widened by people leaving?

Because they generally come back to raise their families at home.

Nidgeweasel

ClovenHoof wrote: »

They are also incredibly insular and will accept no wrongdoing of any kind takes place in their county. It is always someone else fault. If you want to murder someone in Donegal, the Guards won't investigate you unless you are from another county.

Really? Jaysus that's mad hi.

Fuhrer

Dail Eireann?

Davarus Walrus

Fuhrer wrote: »

Dail Eireann?

Some of the most decent and hard working people in Ireland work in the Dail. Ambitious, yes: lazy, no.

Fuhrer

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Some of the most decent and hard working people in Ireland work in the Dail. Ambitious, yes: lazy, no.

They're all horrid.

smurgen

Dublin,horrible *****.literally think they're better than the rest of the Irish.have a bunch of about twenty of them at work and they don't mingle with the rest of us and travel home every weekend.