Guess the Village/Town/City Thread 3 (read post 1)

lassykk

Guill wrote: »

The Maharees in Kerry?

No, sorry

Rows Grower

Castlegregory?

Three More Big Sleeps

blackwhite wrote: »

The bunting gave a starting point for google

But... but... my tired old eyes thought the bunting was yellow and purple and so I spent waaaay too much time farting around in WX. Excellent catch, BW.

niley

6 consonants and 5 vowels. That was refreshing.

lassykk

Rows Grower wrote: »

Castlegregory?

Nope afraid not!

lassykk

niley wrote: »

6 consonants and 5 vowels. That was refreshing.

How, just how, I picked the most remote spot I could find from said 11 letter location as I camped in the field beside that caravan park as a teenager

I genuinely don't know how anyone works these out unless you've been there (like I did with Mahon Bridge)

Do people go through a lot of Google Streetview images or have you got encyclopedic knowledge of every road in Ireland? I'm genuinely impressed how quickly these are gotten

niley

lassykk wrote: »

How, just how, I picked the most remote spot I could find from said 11 letter location as I camped in the field beside that caravan park as a teenager

I genuinely don't know how anyone works these out unless you've been there (like I did with Mahon Bridge)

Do people go through a lot of Google Streetview images or have you got encyclopedic knowledge of every road in Ireland? I'm genuinely impressed how quickly these are gotten

On this occasion... because I drove to and from said 11 letter location quite often. I lived in that county for 10 years & friends lived in that place. It's the mountains in the background that pop out along with the angle of viewing them. The rest is just Googling.

lassykk

niley wrote: »

On this occasion... because I drove to and from said 11 letter location quite often. I lived in that county for 10 years & friends lived in that place. It's the mountains in the background that pop out along with the angle of viewing them. The rest is just Googling.

That's an amazing memory you have though. I camped there a few times and barely recognised when I googled mapped it!

Fair dues to your googling skills. I'm always in awe at how quickly you and others in here work them out. I tried to Google the monument I put up and couldn't get anywhere!

niley

https://streamable.com/iustda

Click play on the video above (If it works). Something as distinct as a monument could be found in seconds. This is why I've said in the past it's hard to find a location that meets the criteria, but is not easily searchable. A caravan park is good, it's not distinct enough to be searched for. My new favorite is buildings surrounded by scaffolding (thanks TMBS!), there's not much hope of searching those. Monuments are a different story.

P.S. I'm in no way saying that's how anyone finds locations. I just do that search on my own locations first to try make it google-proof.

lassykk

niley wrote: »

https://streamable.com/iustda

Click play on the video above (If it works). Something as distinct as a monument could be found in seconds. This is why I've said in the past it's hard to find a location that meets the criteria, but is not easily searchable. A caravan park is good, it's not distinct enough to be searched for. My new favorite is buildings surrounded by scaffolding (thanks TMBS!), there's not much hope of searching those. Monuments are a different story.

P.S. I'm in no way saying that's how anyone finds locations. I just do that search on my own locations first to try make it google-proof.

Wow, thank you for sharing that. I've been genuinely stumped so many times by people finding such obscure places!

Three More Big Sleeps

niley wrote: »

6 consonants and 5 vowels. That was refreshing.

(Vid is fine, Niley. I feel under-equipped with a lowly tablet )

Sigh. So, has Niley/Sean Lock/Jon Richardson cracked it, Lassy?

lassykk

Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »

(Vid is fine, Niley. I feel under-eqipped with a lowly tablet )

Sigh. So, has Niley/Sean Lock/Jon Richardson cracked it, Lassy?

I think so based on their cryptic answer. I had to type out the place to check it added up but I should never have doubted it.

Given that it's not openly out there feel free to guess until Niley throws up a new one

Three More Big Sleeps

lassykk wrote: »

...feel free to guess until Niley throws up a new one

Hmmmm. Given the compass direction, lay of the land, and the likelihood of caravan parks being coastal, I'd hazard it's east coast?

lassykk

Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »

Hmmmm. Given the compass direction, lay of the land, and the likelihood of caravan parks being coastal, I'd hazard it's east coast?

Afraid not, until Niley replies I'll start giving clues to narrow it down

Co Kerry is the first rather large clue

chooseusername

Ballyheigue

lassykk

chooseusername wrote: »

Ballyhaigue

That's the one

chooseusername

Ok;

Purple Mountain

It should be very hard except for I have cousins around those parts.
That's Poulmucka, near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

chooseusername

Purple Mountain wrote: »

It should be very hard except for I have cousins around those parts.
That's Poulmucka, near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Well done Purple,
I had hoped it would take a bit longer,
but at least you beat Niley to it!
(or did you?)

niley

chooseusername wrote: »

Well done Purple,
I had hoped it would take a bit longer,
but at least you beat Niley to it!
(or did you?)

Yes, 100%!

Purple Mountain

Try this one, peeps.

Ryath

Geashill!
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2356764,-7.3222162,3a,75y,317.16h,89.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJl4NVeNFultjVL5Vwo6XjA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DJl4NVeNFultjVL5Vwo6XjA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D85.18315%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Purple Mountain

That was quicker than my previous guess by 3 minutes

Ryath, take the floor.

niley

Ryath wrote: »

Geashill!
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2356764,-7.3222162,3a,75y,317.16h,89.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJl4NVeNFultjVL5Vwo6XjA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DJl4NVeNFultjVL5Vwo6XjA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D85.18315%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

It's a popular choice for this forum...
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111904125&postcount=1063

Purple Mountain

niley wrote: »

It's a popular choice for this forum...
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111904125&postcount=1063

Oh I see

Ryath

I pass it fairly regularly, Hamillton's is always a place I think I must drop into someday. Looks like a decent spot for a pint.

Hopefully you can't find the clue with google lens Niley!

niley

Ryath wrote: »

Hopefully you can't find the clue with google lens Niley!

If I did, I wouldn't play the round. I'm self-policing that way I enjoy the search, and you'll only hear from me if it took me effort to find the place

Ryath

Do I need to post a clue yet? I'll just say for the moment the structure on the right is distinctive.

Ficheall

Looks like a handball alley?

Ryath

Ficheall wrote: »

Looks like a handball alley?

Correct