Ultimate All-Ireland Landmark Tournament

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Ballycotton Lighthouse ; watched far too much Round The Twist as a kid and therefore think lighthouses are infinitely more interesting than they actually are

False Prophet

Clare should have been broken in half, not fair to competition to have a County with that much strength in depth

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Ballycotton Lighthouse

Going for this one, it's honestly phenomenal up close. Parents have a holiday home about 10 miles from Ballycotton and it's a gorgeous area. The Cliff Walks are amazing too

Sawduck

Spike Island I visited here last year and thought it was great, loved hearing about it's history too

Purgative

Spike Island

Blarney Castle.

Great place to visit.

Overall, slim pickings from the Republic.

cdeb

OK, well I'll go with Ballycotton seeing as my Cork nomination (Fastnet) slipped off the list! They're both lighthouses anyway, though Fastnet is a bit mentaller (albeit Ballycotton is supposed to be lovely in general alright)

Omackeral

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Omackeral

cdeb wrote: »

Fastnet as well, no?

Cork got more than 8 nominations. In that case, we split the matches into two preliminary bouts. The winners then play off.

ChannelNo5

Spike Island. Looks really interesting

cdeb

Omackeral wrote: »

Cork got more than 8 nominations. In that case, we split the matches into two preliminary bouts. The winners then play off.

Oh cool. That was probably in the rules somewhere, but you know, like I read the rules

Omackeral

Hold tight while I tot up the the poll. Just to reiterate, any county that got 8 or more nominations will be split in half. Each match is labeled either qualifier or preliminary. Don't worry, your nominations will show up!

Ailwee caves for me, in what is surely the group of death. Goes to show the richness of available attractions in Co. Clare.

I suspect the Cliffs will take this one but there are cliffs everywhere. Bears from 10,000 years ago are another matter, however, imagine being chased across the Burren by an Irish bear?

You could argue that the Burren encompasses the caves but as they're both separate entries, the caves win, hands down.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, typed this up then got distracted and only hit submit when it was too late

Omackeral

Ok so it was a tie between Ballycotton Lighthouse and Spike Island. Let's attempt to split them.

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Ballycotton Lighthouse ; watched far too much Round The Twist as a kid and therefore think lighthouses are infinitely more interesting than they actually are

Tedious enough but it counts :P 1-0

Necro wrote: »

Going for this one, it's honestly phenomenal up close. Parents have a holiday home about 10 miles from Ballycotton and it's a gorgeous area. The Cliff Walks are amazing too

Spot on. 2-0

Sawduck wrote: »

Spike Island I visited here last year and thought it was great, loved hearing about it's history too

Yep, checks out. 2-1

cdeb wrote: »

OK, well I'll go with Ballycotton seeing as my Cork nomination (Fastnet) slipped off the list! They're both lighthouses anyway, though Fastnet is a bit mentaller (albeit Ballycotton is supposed to be lovely in general alright)

Ha ha bang of consolation off this but it's still a reason. 3-1



Ok so it was a tie between Ballycotton Lighthouse and Spike Island. Let's attempt to split them.

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Ballycotton Lighthouse ; watched far too much Round The Twist as a kid and therefore think lighthouses are infinitely more interesting than they actually are

Tedious enough but it counts :P 1-0

Necro wrote: »

Going for this one, it's honestly phenomenal up close. Parents have a holiday home about 10 miles from Ballycotton and it's a gorgeous area. The Cliff Walks are amazing too

Spot on. 2-0

Sawduck wrote: »

Spike Island I visited here last year and thought it was great, loved hearing about it's history too

Yep, checks out. 2-1

cdeb wrote: »

OK, well I'll go with Ballycotton seeing as my Cork nomination (Fastnet) slipped off the list! They're both lighthouses anyway, though Fastnet is a bit mentaller (albeit Ballycotton is supposed to be lovely in general alright)

Ha ha bang of consolation off this but it's still a reason. 3-1

Purgative wrote: »

Spike Island

No reason given, 3-1.

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Spike Island. Looks really interesting

Fair enough. 3-2

Ballycotton advances to the County Cork Play-off

Omackeral

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral



Mizen Head



Charles Fort



Fastnet Lighthouse



Michael Collins House Museum



Cork City Gaol



Midleton Distillery Brewery

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Charles Fort

Stacked round but think I have to go for the fort. Have been there a couple of times on holidays and just love that part of the country.

ChannelNo5

Charles Fort. Looks deadly

cdeb

Huzzah!

I shall (somewhat embarrassedly) vote for my nomination, Fastnet.

6 miles out to see on a rock, hit by 150 foot waves and 120mph winds.

And yes, you can go there.

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Charles Fort ; looks bad-ass, definitely want to go check that out at some point

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Purgative

I like the fort but Mizen Head it just says the Atlantic is that way and it's wild.

Omackeral

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Omackeral

Charles Fort advances to the Cork Qualifying Play-off

Omackeral

Ballycotton Lighthouse



VS

Charles Fort

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Charles Fort ; everything about it just seems awesome

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Ballycotton Lighthouse

Sticking with this (though I think I nominated both)

There's actually another island beside the lighthouse that you can reach from the mainland if the tide is REALLY low.

I managed it one day and spent so much time there I nearly got cut off and would have had to swim for it

ChannelNo5

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Charles Fort ; everything about it just seems awesome

I second that emotion

cdeb

Ballycotton for me. Because it reminds me of Fastnet

Ballycotton Lighthouse

Tis a sorry state of affairs when a lighthouse is more imposing than a fort.

Purgative

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Charles Fort ; everything about it just seems awesome

And me. Love a good fort

Sawduck

Charles Fort - i have been wanting to visit this for over 10 years now, some day it will happen

Charles fort
Very impressive building

PhilOssophy

Is there anything to be said for the holy stone of Clonrichert?

Omackeral

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HeidiHeidi

Can anyone just randomly join in and vote in this?? I stumbled across it and have just caught up!

Ballycotton - because Fastnet got voted off (booooo) and lighthouses are awesome!

Omackeral

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Can anyone just randomly join in and vote in this??

Yes, absolutely! Welcome!

cdeb

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Can anyone just randomly join in and vote in this?? I stumbled across it and have just caught up!

Ballycotton - because Fastnet got voted off (booooo) and lighthouses are awesome!

Yes - you can vote. I like you!

Omackeral

Only one vote in this in the end but...

Charles Fort will represent Cork

HeidiHeidi

In fairness, Charles Fort is pretty cool as well!

Omackeral

Free Derry Corner



Derry City Walls



Bloody Sunday Memorial

Necro

Omackeral wrote:

Derry City Walls

These would be my favorite, nothing political either just a lovely sight on entering the city.

HeidiHeidi

Derry Walls

I've never been to Derry, but I've heard great things about waking the walls, so they get my vote

(And reminds me of Dubrovnik, back in happier times when we could go on holidays, remember that?? )

cdeb

The walls are a great walk with nice views, but the Free Derry Corner stands out more, so that gets my vote.

Apologies Mack, Scrabo Tower is in Down.

My fault.

ChannelNo5

Scrabo Tower. just because it looks cool.

Green&Red

Free Derry Corner

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Derry City Walls ; I love City Walls and Derry is the only completely walled city in Ireland, so easy vote

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

Apologies Mack, Scrabo Tower is in Down.

My fault.

No worries, amended!

Omackeral

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Scrabo Tower. just because it looks cool.

Can you go again ChannelNo5? Scrabo is actually in Co. Down!

Purgative

City Walls - there are bits and pieces in other places but that looks like a substantial chunk.