Your favorite Irish county

Kermit.de.frog

What's your favorite county in Ireland and why? (Including the occupied 6 in Munster but let's try and keep it civil)

Mine is Leitrim. Yes, it's the smallest and no one knows why it exists as a county but I find coming across someone from Leitrim exceedingly rare.

But when I have they've always been lovely. Genuine all round very nice people

Plus it has great scenery!

I'd highly recommend Carrick-on-Shannon for a visit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Leitrim

The population of Leitrim in 1841 was 155,000 : o

fluke

Galway. Always have had a soft spot for Galway. Why? I went to few trips to the Aran Islands and Galway city, and always enjoyed it.

If I could wave a magic wand I'd move there.

EmmetSpiceland

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Mine is Leitrim. Yes, it's the smallest

It’s not the smallest.

Smee_Again

Leitrim isn’t the smallest, that honour goes to Louth.

Galway is my favourite, both for the scenery and having the best town/city in Ireland in Galway.

artanevilla

I don't judge places on arbitrary lines drawn by the Brits.

barney shamrock

I spend a lot of time in Donegal with my job, love it up there.
Nice people, great scenery and clean crisp air.

Limerick or Cork by a long long way over any of the other 24.

Ubbquittious

Donegal. Lovely and wild up there

Airyfairy12

Louth is the smallest county, not Leitrim. I used to live in Leitrim.
Cork county and Donegal are beautiful, also love Mayo and Kerry.

dobman88

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What's your favorite county in Ireland and why? (Including the occupied 6 in Munster

Think you need a Geography lesson

Purple Mountain

Cork. I love the people and I just love the coastline, especially west Cork down around Skibbereen and Roscarbery.
UCC has fabulous architecture too and the English Market is just so charming.

Kermit.de.frog

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It’s not the smallest.

Pedant.

Smallest population.

Kerry.

Sligo quite underrated.

French Toast

Kerry. Love being down around Killarney in find weather.

Badly Drunk Boy

I like Cork too, and Wicklow.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Pedant.

Smallest population.

In fairness, you were asking about the counties and not the people of the each county, so one would assume you meant the size.

Samuel T. Cogley

Dublin.

Pkiernan

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Limerick or Cork by a long long way over any of the other 24.

Thinky veiled Unionist propaganda... ;-)

Ubbquittious

Pkiernan wrote: »

Thinky veiled Unionist propaganda... ;-)

Blast it with piss

IamtheWalrus

Can’t see beyond Monaghan tbh, for its natural beauty, stoney soil and stop off from Dublin-Letterkenny.

McGinniesta

artanevilla wrote: »

I don't judge places on arbitrary lines drawn by the Brits.

Yes you do.

Which one is your favourite?

ChikiChiki

Mayo, spent my the best parts of my childhood there and the happiest days. Wonderful scenery and great easy going fun people. Everytime I cross the border it fills me with all the joy from the memories.

Hopefully, when I get the funds together to build my forever home there it will be.

mistersifter

Donegal. The most spectacular scenery on the island, great people and a great accent

ThewhiteJesus

Clare, a beautiful and friendly county, Kilkee the highlight

COVID

Longford

Trouser Snake

Kerry. Go out the Dingle Peninsula and it always blows me away.

Glenomra

Clare and limerick for me

alchemist33

Anywhere on the west coast. I'm from one of them, live on another, and anytime I'm holidaying in Ireland the west coast is my preferred destination.

Upforthematch

Can't decide.

Any coastal county from Wexford west to Kerry north to Donegal and east to Antrim.

Tuco88

County Cork. Never mind a united Ireland, Peoples Republic of Cork...

Pkiernan

Pkiernan wrote: »

Thinky veiled Unionist propaganda... ;-)

It’s in the thread title.

Signore Fancy Pants

All the 26 are my favourite.

beerguts

Most beautiful place in Ireland is as you are coming down the M6 going past the Itinerant caravans after the first Balinasloe exit. The brown gray landscape, fly tipping, Irelands most boring road and with overcast weather is something to behold.

Capt'n Midnight

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Pedant.

Smallest population.

Technically true, because Leitrim doesn't exist.

3d4life

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What's your favorite county in Ireland and why? (Including the occupied 6 in Munster but let's try and keep it civil)

Mine is Leitrim. Yes, it's the smallest and no one knows why it exists as a county but I find coming across someone from Leitrim exceedingly rare.

But when I have they've always been lovely. Genuine all round very nice people

Plus it has great scenery!

I'd highly recommend Carrick-on-Shannon for a visit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Leitrim

The population of Leitrim in 1841 was 155,000 : o

When did the Cavan Leitrim border get realigned ?







Dont a lot of them dig with the other foot ?

Graces7

I started my ( so far) 20 years in Ireland in Mayo. Then Leitrim... on to Donegal, then west Cork, then Kerry.... then Galway ( Connemara) and then!

Back HOME to Mayo....and only a few miles from where I started. AND the island life I have yearned for for years.

Just is... ME. Hard to quantify. A perfect match. It has everything; shore, mountains, scenery... spacious and not overcrowded or over-organised ...Happy. Most of all, a rental when/ where I needed it most. I could hardly believe my good fortune .

The other places were grand in so many ways, and there are places etc I miss greatly in each county, but nowhere could match Mayo. I am in my fifth year here and no desire to be anywhere else.

Lewis_Benson

Galway, lovely people, scenery and a great city.

Mayo is a desolate place altogether, they avnt moved on from the 1700s.

mfceiling

Kilkenny is a great county. Lovely people, beautiful countryside, lovely little villages and Kilkenny city is a great place to visit.

Mad_maxx

favourite for what ?

in terms of scenery = Donegal

to live = Dublin

overall on balance = Dublin

Mad_maxx

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Can’t see beyond Monaghan tbh, for its natural beauty, stoney soil and stop off from Dublin-Letterkenny.

dont forget everyone being up to some sort of crookery , no such thing as an honest monaghan man

There’s nothing in Dublin only people.

Parabellum9

Limerick cos we’re all sound and we throw the best house parties.

KaneToad

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

There’s nothing in Dublin only people.

Most of them not even from Dublin either!

Mad_maxx

i do like limerick i have to say , very authentic folk , no airs and graces

galway city is full of pretentious liberals , galway county has the most clannish folk in the country, galway isnt friendly at all despite the reputation it has , i live here but i dont rate it

i do like Mayo however

lcwill

No county in Ireland has so many great little towns, and so much beautiful nature as Cork.

Other places have some good towns and cities, there are a few that might challenge Cork for scenery and nature, but no other county has so much of both.

If I had to stay in one county for the rest of my life it would be Cork.

Mad_maxx

lcwill wrote: »

No county in Ireland has so many great little towns, and so much beautiful nature as Cork.

Other places have some good towns and cities, there are a few that might challenge Cork for scenery and nature, but no other county has so much of both.

If I had to stay in one county for the rest of my life it would be Cork.

it does indeed have great towns , Galways hasnt one decent town in it , the city doesnt count

Cluedo Monopoly

I think the west coast counties are by far the most interesting and scenic - Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal. I would include West Cork too.

Ubbquittious

lcwill wrote: »

No county in Ireland has so many great little towns, and so much beautiful nature as Cork.

Other places have some good towns and cities, there are a few that might challenge Cork for scenery and nature, but no other county has so much of both.

If I had to stay in one county for the rest of my life it would be Cork.

It has size going for it. Very useful during Level 3 lockdown.

dxhound2005

Louth would fit into Cork 9 times, Dublin 8 times.

whisky_galore

Westmeath.





Lol, no it isn't.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Cork is my favourite. Love the people, scenery, accent etc etc

Leitrim is my favourite fictional place.

Kermit.de.frog

Is there anything to be said for Roscommon?