#irish cities

[panoramicireland]

A fine view in Waterford, one of the small city's most famous buildings, the former Ard Rí Hotel with street art by Joe Caslin.

The hotel is set to be redeveloped, at some point, alongside the construction of a new city quarter along the North Quays.

[theglobalcompass]

Top 10 Cities with the Strongest Irish Roots

Irish ancestry is woven into the story of countless cities across the globe. Some wear it proudly with parades, festivals, and political clout, while others preserve it in family names, pubs, and traditions. Here’s a ranked look at the top 10 cities where Irish heritage runs deepest — with facts, anecdotes, and a touch of Irish charm. At a Glance: The Irish Diaspora’s Top Cities 1. Boston,…

Top 10 Cities with the Strongest Irish Roots

[tanaka-sensei]

An Irish Tale

I knew a Galway back in the day. She told me a joke that had me Dublin over with laughter. One day, she was crying. I asked her why, and she told me it was because of a Letterkenny wrote. After she let me read it, I realized I wanted to Kilkenny. I found the bastard drunk in a pub, but the moment I approached him he looked at me and slurred, “Ennis enough?” As he shoved the Cork back in his bottle he began to Clare-ify that she was the one that broke his heart. It turns out that she was a he, and when I asked Kenny if she had ever done anything to him, he simply said, “Edenderry just ran away.” ...Sorry, Jack.

[thecitysmith]

Hey, I just sent the headcanon about the no-dublins-allowed party. I forgot to mention, can we make Galway bigender? Anyone who has lived there for more than a year feel free to refute this, but it's a very dual city - Galway is the threshold between gaeltacht and galltacht, (though these days, that is like being the threshold to a ruined house) very rural but very urban. A university town, but so very old in other ways. I know you've already had Galway as a reasonably active character, (cont.)

I was considering that actually, and mentioned it (a very little) in the talk between Galway and Bacolod when he asked her to call him Gaillmh, because I’m aware that the City was named after a girl who drowned in said ‘stony river’. And the Latin is Galvia which is vaguely feminine.

(it was this or make him and the girl lovers- but I like the other option more. Too many doomed loves gets boring).

[thecitysmith]

As an Irish person I'm 100% certain that all the irish cities, if not frequently, then at least historically, have massive wild parties where EVERYONE is invited, but Dublin. Full on grudges-left-at-the-door, nothing-barred blowouts, with some southern city singing sean-nós and Galway throwing off their skirt to better dance on the tables ... but if dublin shows up, everyone shouts 'Jackeen' and 'Pale' until he fucks off, muttering furiously about culchies and actually having a decent population

Yeahhhhh, that’s more like it.

[thecitysmith]

Hello everyone!

I'm writing Ocean's Eleven's plot, and because of that, I need an Irish City.

Female, described as 'smiling and sunny', have some connection (whether closeness, trade, or just them being friends) to Galway.

Oh, also she's Lost. Willingly. So- potentially close to the ocean, though it's gotten to the point where that's not even necessary anymore. Atlantis' shadow is long.

Normally I'd think of one myself but I thought it might be fun to give people a chance to offer up their City, or a City they want to see written about.

Any thoughts?

[thecitysmith]

what did the irish cities do during The Great Famine? I mean the population fell by between 20% and 25%.. how did they handle it and how did it affect them?

Some died. Some gave into grief. Some desperately worked the fields, still trying to make enough for their children (Cities don’t have to eat).

And some, with green eyes dead in their skulls, made their skeletal hands learn the weight of a gun.