Our Glorious Republic in World Top 10!!!!!!!!!!

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Lex Foutish

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I've taken the following from the R.T.E. website.


Cork City has been named among the top 10 in the best cities to visit in the Lonely Planet guide's 'Best in Travel 2010'.

The guide praises the city saying 'Cork is at the top of its game right now: sophisticated, vibrant and diverse, while still retaining its friendliness, relaxed charm and quick-fire wit.'

The book's editor said : 'Cork has been in Dublin's shadows for far too long, it has emerged as a fantastic destination in its own right with great restaurants, galleries, bars and shops as well as stunning scenery on its doorstep.'


The other cities in the top ten are: Cuenca, Ecuador; Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Kyoto, Japan; Lecce, Italy; Singapore; Vancouver, Canada; Istanbul, Turkey; and Charleston, USA.


At last, the world knows what we've always known. Look around, ye mighty, and despair! :D
 
You're right. I always feel great when I visit Cork; better than those around me anyway ;) :p
 
Do some of the top 10 choices strike anyone else as a bit...well...unlikely or deliberately offbeat?

Vancouver and Kyoto, fair enough I've heard great things about but can Lecce and Charleston really be these undiscovered gems?! Above New York or Montreal for example??

I haven't been to Cork in years - I'm trying to remember if this is a conscious decision or just laziness. :D
 
They obviously didn't go down by Washington street at 2 in the morning on a weekend where they would see running groups of young fellas kicking 3 shades of crap out of each other.
 
My father always used to say that the best thing to come out of Cork was the road to Dublin.

(Mind, he was born in the Coombe so there is a small possibility of bias.)
 
Purple said:
You're right. I always feel great when I visit Cork; better than those around me anyway ;) :p
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And, assuming that is, that you go with a crowd of your mates. How would you feel if you were on your own? :D
 
Caveat said:
Do some of the top 10 choices strike anyone else as a bit...well...unlikely or deliberately offbeat?
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Well they are from the RTE website so what ya expect?

Caveat said:
Vancouver and Kyoto, fair enough I've heard great things about but can Lecce and Charleston really be these undiscovered gems?! Above New York or Montreal for example??
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I didn't know that New York and Montreal were undiscovered gems, wow you learn something new everyday...:rolleyes:

Caveat said:
I haven't been to Cork in years - I'm trying to remember if this is a conscious decision or just laziness. :D
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After being down and drinking slops Beamish with Lex in that primative rustic small wannabe city town I can say I'll never forget the place and whenever I do forget the scars on my liver will always serve as a reminder.
 
Niallers said:
They obviously didn't go down by Washinton street at 2 in the morning on a weekend where they would see running groups of young fellas kicking 3 shades of crap out of each other.
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true..... but that only happens on Thur nights as opposed to every night in Temple Bar!
 
BillK said:
My father always used to say that the best thing to come out of Cork was the road to Dublin.

(Mind, he was born in the Coombe so there is a small possibility of bias.)
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..... I know though that when you take a train to Dublin that you are given ample opportunities to get off before you get there... Mallow, Limerick junction, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Tullamore

...it kinda serves as a warning really...... :)
 
BillK said:
My father always used to say that the best thing to come out of Cork was the road to Dublin.

(Mind, he was born in the Coombe so there is a small possibility of bias.)
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2 quotes from Niall Toibin spring to mind

"I'm not proud of being a Corkman, just grateful"

"You go in to a Dublin pub, have a nice quiet drink, thinking your own thoughts and feeling perfectly happy and then a Dublin man comes in and decides to rescue you

Long live the Peoples's Republic!!!!!!
 
S.L.F said:
After being down and drinking slops Beamish with Lex in that primative rustic small wannabe city town I can say I'll never forget the place and whenever I do forget the scars on my liver will always serve as a reminder.
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Excellent! :D
 
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