Ultimate All-Ireland Landmark Tournament

False Prophet

Aillwee Caves because its a cave that people may not be as familiar with as the cliffs

davetherave

Tough one this round. Would be happy with any of them to go forward except Fr Teds House.

The Caves and Bunratty Folk Park were a day out when we used to go down to my Grannys in Tipp as a young lad. Have to go with the Cliffs of Moher

Purgative

Cliffs - they're all good but Cliffs really have something.


The Burren a close second

Electric Nitwit

Sawduck wrote: »

Cliffs of Moher
They look amazing, i will visit here someday, maybe

You'll withdraw your vote when you do, massively disappointing

Irish Aris

Cliffs of Moher get my vote.
I've been there and the scenery is really impressive, especially if you see it from the sea

Omackeral

Cliffs of Moher will represent Clare

False Prophet

Burren might have got more votes if used a photo of the Poulnabrone dolmen. But considering doolin cave or Craggaunowen arent even top 5 and all the other castles and sights tis fair enough

Omackeral

Father Ted's might have gotten more if I used Bishop Brennan getting kicked up the arse. There's over 200 here, I have loads to get pics for :pac:

Omackeral

Blarney Castle and Stone



Ballycotton Lighthouse



Spike Island



Titanic Experience Cobh



Michael Collins Monument



Inchydoney Beach

cdeb

Fastnet as well, no?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

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

5 minutes remaining

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.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

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.