Your favorite Irish county

_Godot_

My own. Because I live in it.

Wompa1

Mad_maxx wrote: »

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

Clifden, Clonbur, Roundstone, Kilronan, Kinvara to name a few...parts of Cong are in Galway too.

dinorebel

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for Roscommon?

Yes you travel through it on the way to Galway.

ChikiChiki

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.

I know but then the people......

ChikiChiki

Ubbquittious wrote: »

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

Good point, imagine being stuck in Drogheda for level 3.

spring lane jack

Dublin, I love flying out of the airport.

RandomViewer

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for Roscommon?

No beaches?

Can you imagine not being from Cork la?

Last thing I see at night...
First thing I see when I open my eyes...

Cork.





Honorary mention to Limerick. Like Cork, only not Cork.

Arghus

I like Sligo.

Anyone I've met from Sligo was generally pretty sound.

Gervais08

Down, where the folks are from.
Cork, cos it’s lovely
29 others - no real preference
Dublin

Gervais08

Arghus wrote: »

I like Sligo.

Anyone I've met from Sligo was generally pretty sound.

My aunty was from there and pronounced it Schhhhligo. Loved her saying it that day!!

Married a Caaaaavan man.

Man I love this country !!!

ILoveYourVibes

This is no contest. Dublin.

My blood is blue.

Any sorrow in my heart is healed by the cry of 'up the dubs'.

Walking the keys ..i feel alive.

There are ghosts in the air ...ether ..i feel they are reaching down my throat ever time i breathe.

We are a town full of pirates.

Dublin is hard and soft in all the right places.

Its a dark deep pool.

At one point it was called Devlin ...because we have a bit of the devil in us

Its both dark and light and every shade of the valley of the uncanny in between.

The river of the great north south divide and the four quarters around her.

Its home.

My least favourite would be Limerick..

topper75

artanevilla wrote: »

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

Nor should you.

The GAA is a fine organisation and all but they have a lot to answer for in that respect. They perpetuated the imposition in cultural terms.

It was also remiss of the new Irish state not to re-do the local authority boundaries.

Trouser Snake

ChikiChiki wrote: »

I know but then the people......

Some shower of langers.

Bob Harris

Arghus wrote: »

I like Sligo.

Anyone I've met from Sligo was generally pretty sound.

Useless in a call centre though.

bocaman

Have to say Galway. The city, Aran Islands and Connemara. Cant beat it.

Next would be Mayo and third Sligo, a place just crying out to be explored.

El Tarangu

bocaman wrote: »

Have to say Galway. The city, Aran Islands and Connemara. Cant beat it.
Weather is shocking, though

Next would be Mayo and third Sligo, a place just crying out to be explored.

I think this must be the most under-rated county in Ireland in terms of scenery and everything - Galway and Donegal hoover up most of the plaudits, but Sligo is really beautiful.

Cluedo Monopoly

bocaman wrote: »

Have to say Galway. The city, Aran Islands and Connemara. Cant beat it.

Next would be Mayo and third Sligo, a place just crying out to be explored.

Sligo is a hidden gem. So much diversity for a small county.

Gardesana Pecher

Longford. I was asked to recite the twenty six counties once. I managed to get twenty five. Longford was the one that I could not for the life of me remember. But who in their right mind would.

Howard Beale

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Clare, a beautiful and friendly county, Kilkee the highlight

Easily the nicest county in Ireland and lovely stunning town Kilkee is

Mad_maxx

Wompa1 wrote: »

Clifden, Clonbur, Roundstone, Kilronan, Kinvara to name a few...parts of Cong are in Galway too.

those are all villages bar clifden

Wompa1

Mad_maxx wrote: »

those are all villages bar clifden

Fair enough. Athenry, Oranmore, Oughterard and Clifden.

The only sh1tty towns I can think of are Ballinasloe and Tuam.

Thelonious Monk

Dublin, because it has all the stuff and has the closest thing we have to a real city.
And Sligo, because I can get to Strandhill in about 2.5 hours, and it's beautiful around there and doesn't have the same diddley-eye touristy thing going on that you get in Kerry and other places in the west.

Cluedo Monopoly

Wompa1 wrote: »

Fair enough. Athenry, Oranmore, Oughterard and Clifden.

The only sh1tty towns I can think of are Ballinasloe and Tuam.

Actually Tuam once got a city charter and is very interesting from a historical point of view. It has 2 cathedrals.

Strumms

I think Wexford. Our family have friends there, been going since I was a kid. The beach by Grangecourt / Fethard on Sea, early evening in late July or anytime is stunning...sun beginning to set...the quietness, tranquility...super people, super beautiful place...

Wompa1

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Actually Tuam once got a city charter and is very interesting from a historical point of view. It has 2 cathedrals.

It is an interesting place. Not the prettiest.

Mad_maxx

Wompa1 wrote: »

Fair enough. Athenry, Oranmore, Oughterard and Clifden.

The only sh1tty towns I can think of are Ballinasloe and Tuam.

whats good about athenry bar it has a train leaving it ?

oranmore is really just greater galway , it hasnt nor has it ever had any individual original character , its new money entirely

Wompa1

Clare

Kilkee, Spanish Point, Ballyvaughan, Fanore, The Burren, Miltown Malbay, Doolin, Lahinch, The Cliffs of Moher.

I'd give Kerry and Donegal a shout too but Clare ahead of them. Helps that it's an easy drive to Galway, Limerick and Shannon too.

Wompa1

Mad_maxx wrote: »

whats good about athenry bar it has a train leaving it ?

Athenry Castle, the archway in the town, the river running through it, very good Hurling team, golf course and accessible due to motorway and train station.

Rrrrrr2

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My least favourite would be Limerick..

No offence to anyone from limerick but I have to agree- while there’s some pretty countryside it’s overall pretty drap- endless flat wet fields full of rushes in parts.
Wicklow is beautiful, Leitrim is the hidden gem for me- you hear nothing much about it but it’s a gorgeous county and Carrick on Shannon is one of Ireland’s nicest and best set towns by the Shannon

Shannon Erne canal waterway is another underused gem. Walks along it and you can do some water activities too on the likes of Lough Allen I

Rrrrrr2

mfceiling wrote: »

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

I’m so biased as I live there but the countryside is beautiful with rolling farmland and the river valleys. A person I worked with from Holland said to me before it’s the Ireland she had an image of her in head. Down by Inistioge, Thomastown and into new Ross are lovely.
All the south east Carlow Wexford Waterford and Wicklow have some lovely countryside and often off the beaten track too

Rrrrrr2

Gardesana Pecher wrote: »

Longford. I was asked to recite the twenty six counties once. I managed to get twenty five. Longford was the one that I could not for the life of me remember. But who in their right mind would.

I’m going to defend Longford here- the town was turned into a ghetto and it gets a bad name.
But there is some lovely spots by the Shannon, Ardagh, Cairn Hill, Lanesborough and of course the new Centre Parks is a massive coo for them and Westmeath

IAMAMORON

Well it definitely isn't Cork anyways.

Thanks for asking btw.

Rrrrrr2

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Well it definitely isn't Cork anyways.

Thanks for asking btw.

As a Kilkenny man we were supposed to hate cork lol but I just can’t do it - the people are so friendly down there- they’ll chat away to you at the drop of a hat, have a great positive outlook on life, great work ethic and attitude- always a pleasure to work with cork people in my experience in work and business.
County itself speaks for itself - it’s beautiful and a lovely place to visit

EmmetSpiceland

bocaman wrote: »

Have to say Galway. The city, Aran Islands and Connemara. Cant beat it.

Too many liberals.

Airyfairy12

Rrrrrr2 wrote: »

No offence to anyone from limerick but I have to agree- while there’s some pretty countryside it’s overall pretty drap- endless flat wet fields full of rushes in parts.
Wicklow is beautiful, Leitrim is the hidden gem for me- you hear nothing much about it but it’s a gorgeous county and Carrick on Shannon is one of Ireland’s nicest and best set towns by the Shannon

Shannon Erne canal waterway is another underused gem. Walks along it and you can do some water activities too on the likes of Lough Allen I

Id hardly call Carrick on Shannon a town, its more of a village. Nice to pass through but wouldn't want to stay there for too long.

BattleCorp

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I find coming across someone from Leitrim exceedingly rare.

I hope you at least apologise and wipe it off when it does happen.

Andrewf20

Donegal for me. I used to venture up there a few years back on my own with the mountain bike in the boot in the dead of winter. Not a soul around and barely any tress but heaps of atmosphere. Malin Beg is one of the many highlights, below. The walls that surround the water inlet create a strange echo. Not a sinner on the beach when I was there last in January 2008.

Mad_maxx

Wompa1 wrote: »

Athenry Castle, the archway in the town, the river running through it, very good Hurling team, golf course and accessible due to motorway and train station.

so do countless rural towns

WesternZulu

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Id hardly call Carrick on Shannon a town, its more of a village. Nice to pass through but wouldn't want to stay there for too long.

If that's the case it's the biggest village I've ever seen :rolleyes:

Rrrrrr2

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Id hardly call Carrick on Shannon a town, its more of a village. Nice to pass through but wouldn't want to stay there for too long.

It’s a town clearly. 5,000 people I think. Well clearly many disagree with you

Mad_maxx

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Id hardly call Carrick on Shannon a town, its more of a village. Nice to pass through but wouldn't want to stay there for too long.

of course its a town ( and a cracking one at that for its size )

topper75

Rrrrrr2 wrote: »

I’m going to defend Longford here-... new Centre Parks is a massive coo for them ...

You might not have done French in school. But you at least should have tried English.
You offered a robust defence of the county all the same.

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Too many liberals.

Isn't it great to tidy them all away into a single place all the same?! County Galway people usually have their feet on the ground moreso I found.

Rrrrrr2

Rrrrrr2 wrote: »

No offence to anyone from limerick but I have to agree- while there’s some pretty countryside it’s overall pretty drap- endless flat wet fields full of rushes in parts.
Wicklow is beautiful, Leitrim is the hidden gem for me- you hear nothing much about it but it’s a gorgeous county and Carrick on Shannon is one of Ireland’s nicest and best set towns by the Shannon

Shannon Erne canal waterway is another underused gem. Walks along it and you can do some water activities too on the likes of Lough Allen I

Limerick has Limerick City though, which puts it over the top of everyone.