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[shower another shower]

Gaylord Tandoori in Navan is very nice.
Had the seafood vindaloo a few months back. No skimping on the crab, at all.

 

[magicbastarder]

there's a townland called passifyoucan near clonsilla.

i'm having great fun with this:
http://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/

 

[Scientician 0.8]

there's a townland called passifyoucan near clonsilla.

i'm having great fun with this:
http://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/

There was a tavern with that name and it then became the name of the townland. Same for Man-O-War in North County Dublin.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Hmmm, i might have been wrong in my previous post. Apologies.

 

[magicbastarder]

bit of a thread resurrection here, but i found a place called hungersmother in donegal on the map last night.

Hungersmother

 

[pete]

Blue Ball, County Offaly - Wikipedia

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Lanesborough, County Longford
Streete, County Westmeath,
Rhode, County Offaly

 

[pete]

I’ve a spreadsheet of every village, town, townland and city in Ireland on my computer and I’m very much tempted to trawl through it right now. Sadly I’m too busy.

 

[pete]

Hahaaa just kidding

Baile Shitric
Cockstown east
Cockstown west
Cockhill
Ballydicken upper
Ballydicken lower
Dicksgrove
Dirtystep
Tynacocka

 

[sleepy]

Hahaaa just kidding

Baile Shitric
Cockstown east
Cockstown west
Cockhill
Ballydicken upper
Ballydicken lower
Dicksgrove
Dirtystep
Tynacocka

It's not a town name but I do know a guy from Offaly called Dick Palmer

 

[hermie]

Dicksgrove

I told yiz!

 

[Boobee]

There's a village called Shit in Northern Iran

 

[chris d]

hot off the press

Passifyoucan Pale Ale - Hope Beer

 

[magicbastarder]

 

[Diddles]

It's not a town name but I do know a guy from Offaly called Dick Palmer

I had a b&b enquiry recently from someone called Pooi Gee. I was tempted to tell them to change both their first name and surname before visiting this country

 

[magicbastarder]

bit of a treasure trove here.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/si/599/made/en/print

Gay Town.
Foildermotycronacane.
Scrahagranaghan.
etc. etc.

 

[Unknown Convict]

Found myself working in Ballintoghee in Meath yesterday, not to be confused with Ballinagee in Wicklow.

 

[IFF]

Town in tasmania called Nowhere Else