Ireland's grimmest place

[armaghniac]

Good thread on boards.ie about Ireland's grimmest place on Streetview

some of the usual suspects
Limerick & Limerick

Ballyfermot

Range Rover country in Kildare

Athlone (but not the plush Rossie side, of course)

and storied Dungannon

[ziggysego]

Top of John Street in Omagh is pretty grim.

[Lecale2]

Strabane usually gets a mention.

[Gold]

None as bad as estates in Belfast that look like the 1st Limerick picture but have rotten, intimidating, washed out murals of gunmen etc. Rank.

[Billys Boots]

Why is this happening again when everyone knows it's Granard. 

[brokencrossbar1]

Why is this happening again when everyone knows it's Granard. 

That was inevitable! 

[muppet]

Why is this happening again when everyone knows it's Granard. 

That was inevitable!

Will somebody think of the (Tuam) children?

[Premier Emperor]

http://www.anfearrua.com/topic.aspx?id=248678
5th post down.

[OakleafCounty]

Strabane usually gets a mention.

I don't know why. It's not the worst on a sunny day. For being in such a nice county Letterkenny is a mess. The greater Shantallow area of Derry is just a sea of misery. And Belfast is like a big polished turd. The politicians keep throwing disproportinate money at the place and it doesn't seem to improve.

[theticklemister]

Oakleaf, go and stick your f**king opinions up your hole

[OakleafCounty]

Oakleaf, go and stick your f**king opinions up your hole

No need for that! Do you have a point to make or are you just an internet hardman? 

[J OGorman]

Strabane usually gets a mention.

I don't know why. It's not the worst on a sunny day. For being in such a nice county Letterkenny is a mess. The greater Shantallow area of Derry is just a sea of misery. And Belfast is like a big polished turd. The politicians keep throwing disproportinate money at the place and it doesn't seem to improve.

absolute dung. As city working class areas go, Shantallow is far far removed from a sea of misery. a few areas of the city on both sides of the river are definitely lacking in the funding front, but not the one you had a 'guess' at

[nrico2006]

Strabane usually gets a mention.

I don't know why. It's not the worst on a sunny day. For being in such a nice county Letterkenny is a mess. The greater Shantallow area of Derry is just a sea of misery. And Belfast is like a big polished turd. The politicians keep throwing disproportinate money at the place and it doesn't seem to improve.

Belfast is an eyesore.  I don't know who conducts these surveys or is it simply lazy research because I have been around a lot of towns and Strabane would be one of the nicer ones.  Lurgan on the other hand is a dump.

[imtommygunn]

You wouldn't find much grimmer than Larne.

[OakleafCounty]

absolute dung. As city working class areas go, Shantallow is far far removed from a sea of misery. a few areas of the city on both sides of the river are definitely lacking in the funding front, but not the one you had a 'guess' at

A guess? I'm not just talking about Shantallow estate. The whole area from Pennyburn roundabout to Skeoge is generally known as the greater Shantallow area. And grim doesn't necessarily mean poverty stricken. It's just a sea of endless housing estates and little else. I wouldn't live there for free. Nothing against the people so don't take it so personally, it's a product of bad planning.