Irish Counties Autocomplete

Omar Sarhan writes:

Just another silly map I created, Inspired by this post. Kind of tricky as Irish placenames are not very unique to just Ireland (see Kildare) or just places (see Kerry/Tyrone)

Larger version here.

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25 thoughts on “Irish Counties Autocomplete”

Ms Piggy October 2, 2015 at 8:37 am

I think the Dublin one must be skewed by the various Dublins in the US, and they’re what the question refers to, right? I love the Leitrim one though :-)

Mick Flavin October 2, 2015 at 9:00 am

Yeah, “Longford is a dump” must be about one of those other Longfords too…

*looks around sheepishly*
1. Spaghetti Hoop October 2, 2015 at 9:03 am
  
  They mean Longford, Tasmania.
  A place dismally devoid of a by-pass or a country & western scene.
  1. Mick Flavin October 2, 2015 at 9:15 am
    
    It’s truly to our credit that there’s a bypass…
    1. I get Jokez October 2, 2015 at 9:27 am
      
      A fine bypass it is too
Rory October 2, 2015 at 2:38 pm

Yeah, I always used to confuse Dion Dublin, who played for Aston Villa, with our nation’s capital

Davos October 2, 2015 at 9:09 am

“Just another silly map I created, Inspired by this post. Kind of tricky as Irish placenames are not very unique to just Ireland (see Kildate) or just places (see Kerry/Tyrone)”

Kildate, Mr Chompsky.. but why ?

Quint October 2, 2015 at 9:20 am

Westmeath is king. Damn right!

pedeyw October 2, 2015 at 9:45 am

A county so boring it couldn’t think of it’s own name.
1. pedeyw October 2, 2015 at 9:45 am
  
  or “its”
2. ReproBertie October 2, 2015 at 2:50 pm
  
  Displaying your ignorance there pedeyw. One of the few decent things Henry VIII did was create Westmeath. At the time it was all part of Meath but the residents wouldn’t obey the king’s laws or pay their taxes so he divided it up into Meath and Westmeath (with scraps going to Offaly and Longford) appointed new officials to the new county and deemed that it shoud be named Westmeath to remind the residents that they were once part of Meath but wouldn’t do what they were told.
  
  It’s not laziness, it’s a badge of honour.

Willie Banjo October 2, 2015 at 9:23 am

One does not simply walk into Monaghan (no suggestion offered)….

Conor October 2, 2015 at 10:21 am

Monaghan Lumber appears for me.

Located in Cavan Monaghan, Canada….

Jimmee October 2, 2015 at 9:29 am

Meath does feel like a little bit of Northern Ireland in the Republic.

I get Jokez October 2, 2015 at 9:29 am

I’m guessing the ‘Westmeath is King’ entry is missing of ‘the tinkers’?

H October 2, 2015 at 10:23 am

I tried a few of these myself, some didn’t come up at all and for others I could see that they skipped over some suggestions which came higher up the list such as:

Galway is the graveyard of ambition
Donegal is in Northern Ireland
Kerry is male or female

Omar Sarhan October 2, 2015 at 2:07 pm

I think their is a difference in results depending on if you are logged in or not and when/where the search is conducted. So it would be common for results to vary.

FK October 2, 2015 at 1:23 pm

Something is either unique or it isn’t. It cannot be “not very unique”. There cannot be levels of a thing if there is only one of it.

Omar Sarhan October 2, 2015 at 2:11 pm

I’ll remember this in future, but go easy on me, t’was late-ish in the evening :P

Mikeyfex October 2, 2015 at 1:36 pm

Give Limerick back its coastline next time please, Omar. Its only the Estuary but it’s all we got. Someone on here once said ‘beware of anyone from a county without a coastline’ so I’m clinging to the Estuary thing, as they may have had a point.

Omar Sarhan October 2, 2015 at 2:09 pm

Apologies, I’ll try get better data, this was a free set so not amazing.
Spaghetti Hoop October 2, 2015 at 2:14 pm

Only due to this statement have I just learned that Leitrim has a coastline. Well strike me down.
Clampers Outside! October 2, 2015 at 5:10 pm

Thanks from me too, I thought that image looked wrong but didn’t know why :)