Silliest Place Names in Ireland

foxy farmer

Gaggin
between Bandon and Clonakilty.

Irish Stones

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Not really silly but there's a Boston in Co.Galway and a Long Island in Co.Cork.

That Boston is in co. Clare, between Gort and Corofin.
It's just a bunch of houses over a stretch of a mile at the edge of the Burren National Park.

Fluorosilisic Frank

Crazy Corner, Co.Westmeath

skittles8710

Oldtwopothouse/Newtwopothouse Co. Cork are my faves

Can't be bothered going through the full 11 pages to see if this one has been mentioned, but I challenge anyone to come up with a better one than Meanus Co. Limerick.

The closer you get to it the more likely you are to se the letters "me" blacked out by spray paint, a joke that's seemingly every bit as hilarious today as it was when teenagers first discovered spray paint all those decades ago.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Hospital. What an utterly stupid name for a place that doesn't even have a hospital.

Ballinamuck in Longford.

Ballydehobb which I used to think was a made up name until a few years ago.

Sneem. Say no more.

Irish Stones

Schull, co. Cork.

jimgoose

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Hospital. What an utterly stupid name for a place that doesn't even have a hospital...

The name goes back about 800 years, to the Knights Hospitaller.

Dramatik

Borris-in-Ossory. Co. Laois

Muckanaghederdauhaulia. Co. Galway

Meathlass

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Hospital. What an utterly stupid name for a place that doesn't even have a hospital. .

The Knights Hospitaller were based there hence the name

Korat

I met a tourist looking for At Henry in Galway. Not being from there I shrugged and said I hadn't heard of it. I was feeling pretty embarrassed a couple minutes later when I realised...

baaba maal

FWIW
Fox and Geese and the Red Cow were names of pubs on the Naas Road in the 1800s. One of them is familiar to many still!
"Borris" comes from Burgage (an administrative unit in the middle ages), so Borris on Ossory is the Burgage in the Diocese of Ossory.

Ok-
St. Leger's Bottoms on the Curragh
Gotham, Boston and Jerusalem (all Kildare Townlands)
Don't think I saw Nobber, Co. Meath listed (An Obair- the Work)
Ringsend (far out, maaaan)
Kilmacow, Kilkenny

Irish Stones

Man of War, co. Dublin

DellyBelly

Killkenny - South Park had to use that one..ha ha ha

foxy farmer

Stoneybatter

HeidiHeidi

A road rather than a placename - but Misery Hill in Dublin.

ollaetta

There's a place in Tyrone called Stranagalwilly with two townlands, Balix Upper and Balix Lower. No way could you give that address out, you'd have to move house!

darlenmol

Tagoat, Co. Wexford

Mozzeltoff

Seen a sign post in Tralee for a place called Rathass. Got a bit of a giggle from it :pac:

harry Bailey esq

I'm cheating here as its not in Ireland,but in England there is a town called cockermouth

skittles8710

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

Seen a sign post in Tralee for a place called Rathass. Got a bit of a giggle from it :pac:

Actually from that area and never even saw the comical value..til now. mozzeltoff Mozzeltof!!

Shannon757

In Caherconlish , Co.Limerick there is a place called hundredacres East.

Das Reich

For me as I am Brazilian it would be Toomevara in County Tipperary, the name sounds exactly like "take cock" in Portuguese.

bodhrandude

Irish Stones wrote: »

Man of War, co. Dublin

'Death to False Metal.'

The Slobs

Horeswood Co. Wexford !

harry Bailey esq

bodhrandude wrote: »

'Death to False Metal.'

Great spot all the same, many a happy session i had out the man o war

thelad95

Poulacapple, Co Tipperary

Oughterard, Co Galway

Kilcock, Co Kildare (church of cock? )

Chorcai

WTF leave Termonfeckin alone

LordSutch

Tub of curry

mfceiling

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I'm cheating here as its not in Ireland,but in England there is a town called cockermouth

The poor woman doing the sign language nearly collapsed when she had to read that out on the news.

JupiterKid

Muff, Donegal
Boho, Fermanagh
Oilgate, Wexford
Ballydehob, Cork
Hospital, Limerick

PARlance

Lahardane, Co. Mayo
(La-hard-on)

darragh_haven

Step aside, co. Dublin
chapel lizord, co Dublin
ownass, I think in Laois

Vernonymous

Effin in Co Limerick.

Irish Stones

darragh_haven wrote: »

chapel lizord, co Dublin

Isn't that Chapelizod?

Irish Stones

JupiterKid wrote: »

Boho, Fermanagh

Bohola, co. Mayo

bodhrandude

Liss Ard, was at a festival there, a beautiful part of the country in Co Cork wouldn't it be handier calling it Lizard.

aquascrotum

Not sure if this counts but a town in Co. Armagh called Tandragee often goes by locals as 'the Gee'.

Not funny to us lot as that word doesn't have the same meaning as it does down south but a couple of Dubs up here for work broke their balls at it. Were even more delighted to hear that the main club in the town was called The Spot...

stoneill

Tonlegee road in Raheny - always called tongue the gee road.