Ultimate All-Ireland Landmark Tournament

cdeb

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've already messed with Wicklow with my nomination :pac:

You haven't nominated a...building? For the Garden County?

(I feel dirty saying that...:))

Kolido

The caves please, not familar with the others though they all look good.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

cdeb wrote: »

I swear to God - you mess with my Wicklow vote and...

Well I'm likely to be familiar with many of the Wicklow choices as its only down the road from Dublin and probably would've taken it very seriously, but now that you've told me not to mess with it I'm afraid I'll likely have to...

Electric Nitwit

cdeb wrote: »

You haven't nominated a...building? For the Garden County?

(I feel dirty saying that...:))

Nope, definitely counts as a garden...

Sawduck

Stairway to Heaven even though I never heard of it until now

Omackeral

Hold tight, it's a draw. Tie-breaker incoming.

Electric Nitwit

Omackeral wrote: »

Hold tight, it's a draw. Tie-breaker incoming.

I love a Macker tie-break

Omackeral

Sawduck wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven even though I never heard of it until now

Unfortunately came after the expiration time so is void.

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Marble Arch Caves ; I love caves

Doesn't overtly describe the landmark so best I can award is 0.5

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail - no contest for me, climbed it last summer and the views were spectacular.

Describes the views after personally experiencing them. 1 - 0.5 to Cuilcagh

cdeb wrote: »

Wow. Going to be honest here and say I knew nothing about Fermanagh, but they all look decent nominations.

I'll go with the Stairway to Heaven based purely off the photos (though it's kind of cheating for me to vote having admitted I'd never heard of any of them!)

Again, not elaborating on what they liked in particular. Another .5 is all I can give. 1.5 - 0.5 to Cuilcagh

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Marble Arch caves. Looks quite cool.

Nothing too concrete. 0.5 awarded. 1.5 - 1 to Cuilcagh

Purgative wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven - other sites that have come up, I've known or had some awareness of but wow this was straight out of the blue - one for my must see list.

.5 but I do appreciate the eagerness. 2 - 1 to Cuilcagh

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've been to Devenish and it is class, as is the boat trip there but vote Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway to Heaven as it's right near the top of my to-do list, looks amazing

Another 0.5 to Cuilcagh Stairway here. 2.5 - 1

Deleted User wrote: »

Marble Arch Caves


Stairway to Heaven looks like the work of an apprentice carpenter.

Doesn't really address the Caves. 0.5 awarded. 2.5 - 1.5 to Cuilcagh

bubblypop wrote: »

You never know where they are hiding......


My vote for marble arch caves, know them all well, this is my favourite

1 full point awarded on foot of the poster's experience of the caves. All square here. 2.5 - 2.5

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Stairway to Heaven - I've wanted to do that for ages, had completely forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder!

0.5 here. I can fully recommend the trip! 3 - 2.5

Kolido wrote: »

The caves please, not familar with the others though they all look good.

Can only award a .5 here in the interest of fairess. That levels us up again. 3-3.

At this juncture I'm going to select the best reason given which is JohnGreenFan's

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail - no contest for me, climbed it last summer and the views were spectacular.

Cuilcagh Mountain Trail aka Stairway To Heaven advances and will represent Fermanagh

Poor Fermanagh.

The worst representative through thus far.

Omackeral

The photos don't do it justice. It's a wonderful trek and wildly popular.

Omackeral

County Galway will be up later this evening, followed by Kerry. Both are heavily stacked and will require preliminary bouts. See you all then.

HeidiHeidi

Omackeral wrote: »

County Galway will be up later this evening, followed by Kerry. Both are heavily stacked and will require preliminary bouts. See you all then.

Time-ish??


Perfect timing for me, have to head out now, but will be in this evening.


We'll have weeks of entertainment out of this at the rate it's going!

JohnGreenFan

Deleted User wrote: »

Poor Fermanagh.

The worst representative through thus far.

For shame. One of the highlights of my summer. Definitely well worth the trip to Fermanagh just for it.

Electric Nitwit

Forgot this beaut for Dublin...



I'm up here now, looking over Dublin the Poolbeg chimneys should definitely have won!

cdeb

There's a random one; the old lead mines. Would have thought that was a little bit too obscure for a Dublin nomination myself!

Electric Nitwit

cdeb wrote: »

There's a random one; the old lead mines. Would have thought that was a little bit too obscure for a Dublin nomination myself!

One of my favourite places. Although I only came up to see the Poolbeg Chimneys after this morning

Omackeral

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

We'll have weeks of entertainment out of this at the rate it's going!

Well you'll enjoy the announcement I have after this is all said and done so. That's all I'll say!

Galway match is in the works and will be up shortly.

ChannelNo5

Omackeral wrote: »

Well you'll enjoy the announcement I have after this is all said and done so. That's all I'll say!

Ooh Intriguing !! I'm hooked! Getting nothing done in work

cdeb

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

One of my favourite places. Although I only came up to see the Poolbeg Chimneys after this morning

Sometimes the more obscure ones are best alright - great view out over the sea, and rarely that many people up there. Looks like you got a nice day for it as well.

I'd certainly plump for that over the Guinness Experience anyway.

Omackeral

Quay Street



Spanish Arch and Medieval Walls



National University of Ireland Galway



Oranmore Castle

ChannelNo5

Ooh love Quay street but i think I'll go for National University of Ireland Galway on this one

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Oranmore Castle

Best out of these imo. Spanish Arch a close second. But I like the setting for Oranmore Castle, have a mate who lives there and we take a spin out to it if I'm down and the weather is good (which is almost never in Galway but that's a different issue)

breezy1985

Necro wrote: »

Best out of these imo. Spanish Arch a close second. But I like the setting for Oranmore Castle, have a mate who lives there and we take a spin out to it if I'm down and the weather is good (which is almost never in Galway but that's a different issue)

I never got the love for Spanish Arch. Am I missing something because all I saw was 2 dank little tunnels.

Anyway I'll go for Quay Street as to be honest I don't know much about the other 2

Omackeral

5 minutes remaining

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Quay Street ; pre-covid I'd often head out to Galway City for a break of a few days, and always loved the cosiness of Quay Street

Omackeral

Quay Street wins and advances to the Galway Qualifying Play-off

Purgative

Quay Street - its a really happy buzzy (pre covid) stroll down there.


OOps

Omackeral

That prelim was admittedly a bit of a dud but the next one will be a lot more inspiring imo.

Purgative

Omackeral wrote: »

That prelim was admittedly a bit of a dud but the next one will be a lot more inspiring imo.

You've set the bar now

cdeb

Yeah, it's like city v county almost

Connemara and Dún Aenghus surely on the way?