Funny towns (1 Viewer)

[jane]

http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

Not an exhaustive list, but a good one, with much twinning potential:

* Meat Cove, Nova Scotia and Virgin Arm, Newfoundland
* Shaft, Pennsylvania and Finger, Tennessee
* Reddick, Florida and Tampon, Reunion


Beware the wrath of Fucking:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_981264.html

 

[Super Dexta]

Muff, co. donegal. ask the evangelists about that one.

thought manowar was in leitrim?

did we forget about stillorgan (dublin), kilcock (kildare), kill (kildare), horse and jockey (tipp)?

In some book I did for leaving cert irish there was some shop in Kilcock called Cox of Kilcock... now that was good.

Horse and Jockey is another weird one. Had a good shnooze in the car there today though. Baltimore-Dublin and back in two days = not nice.

The next townland over from here is called Spain, and there's a townland on an island near here called Paris, but that's not that funny.. really.

 

[jane]

Think the funniest on the list is Owenykeevan Tawnamaddoo. Though maybe it's Poobles ... or Cannawee ...

We passed near a place in Connemara yesterday called Currywongaun.

Oh, and in Somerset/Gloucestershire, there are:

* Wookey Hole
* Catbrain
* Boxbush
* Chipping Sodbury

 

[billygannon]

Stillorgan

 

[the bongo]

Manowar is in Louth.

there's a manowar in dublin too, just inland of skerries and balbriggan.
don't forget horse and jockey.

 

[billygannon]

don't forget horse and jockey.

I passed by there on Sunday.

 

[veryslowey]

Pebbledashedrunstown, Co. Louth

 

[Bag'o'cans]

There's a hackball cross somewhere.
Tonregee is the usual anglicisation of thoin le gaoith, ass to the wind, a common name. Theres also piss in the wind, don't know what it is in its anglicised form though.

 

[krystal]

and the irony of Propsperous is that it's not

horrid little hole of a town

 

[Super Dexta]

Monasterevin is pretty funny, not because of the name, but because it looks so horrible, like a ghost town or something.

Abbeyleix is good though, and I'm convinced Sleater-Kinney have a song about it.

 

[hermie]

i still can't get over rape park

 

[mitochondrian]

i still can't get over rape park

yeah its crazy!i was going to google it just there to see if there was a map
to show it but then i just realised what i was typing in on the office computer
phew!ah well i'm nearly finished working here anyways.

 

[Wavioli]

theres a coolboy in donegal. I once had my picture taken under the sign for it, but it never came out. Is god trying to tell me something ?

 

[billygannon]

i still can't get over rape park

Isn't that where Dogging originated?

 

[ann post]

Muff, co. donegal. ask the evangelists about that one.

No visit to donegal is complete without a visit to muff service station.

 

[Stereobaby]

theres an estate in nobber called muff crescent. swear to god. and the have a hill called nobber mound. quality shit.
some poor sap possibly has an address "69 muff crescent, nobber". oh to be a postman

 

[ann post]

kiltimagh in mayo - legend has it that the word 'cultchie' actually originated from this place.

 

[snap-apple]

New Twopothouse - Limerick I think.

 

[ms.b.haven]

is Tang, Westmeath down there....

 

[Richie]

Westmeath also features the wonderfully named Crazy Corner.