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Silliest Place Names in Ireland

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    #122
    hollster2
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    Lollipops23 wrote: »
    Newtownmountkennedy ftw.

    Although I'm from Swords which, since I moved abroad, I've realized sounds like something out of Game of Thrones.

    I grew up here lol


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    #123
    Al_Coholic
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    Shercock


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    #124
    Grayson
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    I notice my home country of Westmeath is getting a lot of mentions. I think I should add in one more

    the town of Street in Co. Westmeath.

    The feckers always beat us in the Draughts finals in the Community games.


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    #125
    hollster2
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    Not Ireland but I know a woman that lives in England a place called Cockermouth :D


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    #126
    the dark phantom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭the dark phantom


    Windgap
    ******t Hill


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    #127
    Shurimgreat
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    Ok I'm going to cheat a little here.

    http://www.dailyedge.ie/funny-place-names-ireland-998203-Jul2013/

    Some pearls in there.


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    #128
    hollster2
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    Shurimgreat wrote: »
    Ok I'm going to cheat a little here.

    http://www.dailyedge.ie/funny-place-names-ireland-998203-Jul2013/

    Some pearls in there.
    ;D:D hilarious


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    #129
    bonzodog2
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    There's a townland just outside Galway City, on the road to Tuam, called Two Mile Ditch


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    #130
    retalivity
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    Few mentions of Tobercurry, none for Curry a few miles up the road.


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    #131
    harry Bailey esq
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    pollyannawins wrote: »
    the absurd 'fox and geese'

    Not a million miles away from kill o' the grange...
    Another one I like is bastardstown,Co Wexford


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    #132
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Sallynoggin (Dublin)

    Halfway (Cork) Halfway to were???

    Bruff (Limerick)

    Convoy (Donegal)


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    #133
    coconnellz
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    ramor inn + cockhill in Cavan


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    #134
    Conor Bourke
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    Twomileborris. Wut?!

    Also, Oola in Limerick always made me smile when I used to drive through it.


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    #135
    ceret
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭ceret


    There's a Rapepark townland in Co. Clare, and Bastardstown in Co. Wexford


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    #136
    jimgoose
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    Alaskimo-cake wrote: »
    Twomileborris. Wut?!

    Also, Oola in Limerick always made me smile when I used to drive through it.

    I grew up near there. Local legend tells of an American tourist wandering around years ago looking for "Zero-Zero L.A.". As the fella said, if it ain't true, it ought to be. :pac:


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    #137
    signostic
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    New Twopothouse, in Cork I think...


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    #138
    foxy farmer
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    Ovens.
    West of Cork city. Once proposed as a site for a crematorium back in the 90s.
    Oatencake
    In Midleton.
    Reenascreena. Near Clonakilty. Reminds me of irish phase from national school- Rí rá agus ruailla buailla.


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    #139
    Irish Stones
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭Irish Stones


    Hlafway, Sixmilebridge, Rush, Manger, Punchestown, and all the others you said before (I have arrived late!).
    In England I saw Westward Ho! exactly like it's written, with the exclamation mark.
    In co. Louth I also saw the Kilcurry and Kilcurly signposts at the same junction, a hasty glance at the signs, a wrong turn and you are somewhere else.


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    #140
    jmayo
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    seventeen sheep wrote: »
    There's a place in Offally called Blueball. Seriously.

    Also one that makes me smile is Bunnyconnollan in Sligo ... Makes me think of bunny rabbits!

    I think you might be thinking of Bonniconlon (pronounced almost as you spelt it) which is actually in Mayo, alebit near County Sligo.

    As a kid I also thought when people mentioned having a curry it was sometype of food one got in Curry the village in Sligo.

    These would be the days before all the new fangled foreign foods like non spaghetti varieties and Indian takeaways became the norm in Ireland.
    The same days when there were two types of rice, the type you had for dinner and the type you had for dessert.

    I am not allowed discuss …



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    #141
    Egginacup
    Site Banned Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Egginacup


    here's a great street to live on:

    https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Wanker+Rd,+Clearville,+PA+15535,+USA/@39.925627,-78.347358,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89ca49025c247773:0x433dab0d108bf3c8


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    #142
    GerryAdams10
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    Ballybogey in Antrim


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    #143
    Wacker The Attacker
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    oulart the balagh


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    #144
    bodhrandude
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    Theres a region I remember in Leitrim called Glack, I quite like that one myself.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #145
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    elperello wrote: »
    Effin

    It's in County Limerick

    Best effin cheese ever.


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    #146
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Chucken wrote: »
    Has to be said.

    Muff.

    Sorry I disagree, it's not a silly place name. For some reason, it's a place name that naturally intrigues me. 'Muff' certainly sounds like a place I'd like to be.


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    #147
    con___manx1
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    Killcock killmichael


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    #148
    wextipp
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭wextipp


    Killahurler in Wicklow


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    #149
    Tearin It Up
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 449 ✭✭Tearin It Up


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


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    #150
    The_Valeyard
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    Mogeely, Co. Cork.

    Not sure why, just makes me laugh.


    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny

    Keep picturing the leader of the Klingon Empire.


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    #151
    [Deleted User]
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    Interesting...

    Oilgate - Co. Wexford

    Golden - Co. Tipperary

    Bullaun - Co. Galway


    Outright WTF silly...

    Staholmog - Co. Meath


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