(International) Guess the Location (see rules post 1)

jmayo

Poland ?

Red Kev

Not Poland

retalivity

Albany area

Red Kev

No

Red Kev

Ok, I'll give a clue seeing as its up a day and a half.

In the background is a graveyard where an Irishman was buried who has been mentioned in songs written by both The Pogues and Christy Moore.

cabla

A guess at Pittsburgh?

Red Kev

Not Pittsburgh. Or the USA.

pappyodaniel

Goteberg?

Red Kev

No

jack01986

Huy in Belgium?

jmayo

Spain ?

Red Kev

Not Belgium or Spain.

jmayo

Red Kev wrote: »

Ok, I'll give a clue seeing as its up a day and a half.

In the background is a graveyard where an Irishman was buried who has been mentioned in songs written by both The Pogues and Christy Moore.

OK just to confirm it was actually song written by Christy Moore and not just one he recorded ?
BTW you said WAS ?
Are they now buried somewhere else ?

France ?

Red Kev

Yes, written by Christy. If you have a good knowledge of 20th century Irish and European history then you've probably heard of the person in question.

Not in France.

jmayo

Is it Dresden ?
Dresden - Loschwitz Bridge

Frank Ryan WAS buried there and is mentioned in songs by both Pogues and Christy Moore

Snakey boyyyy with the WAS.

I had thought it was Spain what with the whole International Brigade and Spanish civil war connection.
And of course one the names there was Frnak Ryan.

Red Kev

Well done, subtle clue with "was" is right.

The bridge is the Blaues Wunder (Blue Wonder), has an interesting history itself. The Germans tried to blow it up at the end of WW2 but the locals sabotaged the explosives, realising that the war was lost anyway and that it would only do long term damage. The US, British, Germans and Russians all tried to destroy it at some stage during the war. None of them succeeded. It also survived the floods of 2002 without any damage where a lot of newer bridges were badly damaged or totally destroyed.

BTW The Pogues song is "The sick bed of Cu Chulainn, Christy Moore's is "Viva La Quinte Brigade".

jmayo

Ok here goes.

Red Kev

The traffic lights look very French.

jack01986

Stade Mayol, Toulon?

Edit: Doesn't look like it from google maps anyway.

jmayo

Red Kev wrote: »

The traffic lights look very French.

I can neither confirm nor deny.

jack01986 wrote: »

Stade Mayol, Toulon?

Edit: Doesn't look like it from google maps anyway.

Nope not Toulon.

jack01986

Athens?

Godge

It's not the Nou Camp?

jmayo

jack01986 wrote: »

Athens?

No.

Godge wrote: »

It's not the Nou Camp?

You are right ..... it's not.

Godge

jmayo wrote: »

No.



You are right ..... it's not.

It's a similar looking stadium but I didn't recognise the surrounding area.

GBX

Iberostar Estadi, Mallorca?

jmayo

Godge wrote: »

It's a similar looking stadium but I didn't recognise the surrounding area.

What got me about Nou camp was how small it was from outside.

GBX wrote: »

Iberostar Estadi, Mallorca?

Nope.

K.Flyer

Estado Benito Villamarin

jmayo

K.Flyer wrote: »

Estado Benito Villamarin

Well done.
Have you been there by any chance ?

I was hoping I was going to get to use my clue about a Paddy that did great things there.

For anyone that doesn't know it is Real Betis ground in Seville.
They won one title in 1935 when managed by Paddy O’Connell who went on to manage Barca.
He was the guiy that got Barca out of Spain and playing football in North America during Spanish civil war.
Some say he kept the club alive with the money he raised on that tour.

K.Flyer

jmayo wrote: »

Well done.
Have you been there by any chance ?
[...]

No never been. Although the traffic lights looked very French, I had seen similar in Spains bigger cities, plus the buildings and palm trees made me think Spain.
I'm still out working, so anyone feel free to go.

Fred Swanson

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GBX

Marseille

Fred Swanson

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Yoghurt87

Lisbon?

Fred Swanson

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Red Kev

Paris. The cemetery where Oscar Wilde is buried. Pere Lachaise ?

Fred Swanson

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enda1

Nantes perhaps?

Fred Swanson

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GBX

Beauvais??
Ryanair fly there :pac:

Fred Swanson

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GBX

Cimetière parisien de Bagneux

Fred Swanson

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GBX

retalivity

GUadalajara?

GBX

No, not Guadalajara

V_Moth

Just to keep things going, I'll guess Osijek in eastern Croatia.

Fred Swanson

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Red Kev

USA ?

GBX

No to the above 3 answers