8 Worst Towns to Live in Northern Ireland

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  • @tonysoprano2912
    @tonysoprano2912 5 місяців тому +42

    What a pile of shit this is, i lived in Northern Ireland for years and its a fascinating place home to brilliant people

  • @hughmunn6163
    @hughmunn6163 Рік тому +62

    When talking about Strabane why show a "Welcome to Holywood " a town that is 80 miles away in County Down???

    • @davidreid8290
      @davidreid8290 11 місяців тому +2

      Hollywood is in Co Down.They do not make movies there.

    • @hughmunn6163
      @hughmunn6163 11 місяців тому +12

      @@davidreid8290 The Correct spelling is HOLYWOOD not Hollywood. This is translation of the Norman name viz Sanctus Boscus. The Irish name is Ard Mhic Nasca.

    • @daphnepaulssen6343
      @daphnepaulssen6343 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@hughmunn6163At least learn to pronounce the place names before speaking this rubbish about them...

  • @readmylisp
    @readmylisp Рік тому +50

    Good joke.
    I've been to N.I. numerous times and what I remember vividly , when chatting in a pub, a guy said , to me , if they try and build a mosque here , we'd burn the fking thing down.
    Which curiously made me feel very safe.

    • @painterx71
      @painterx71 4 місяці тому +3

      The Loyalists are doing exactly that now.

    • @george-ev1dq
      @george-ev1dq 4 місяці тому +4

      @@painterx71 which mosques have been burnt down?

  • @frazerspence9647
    @frazerspence9647 Рік тому +88

    after watching that am not sure you have ever been there

    • @jambidillinger1217
      @jambidillinger1217 9 місяців тому +5

      base on the accent, im sure this man is a brits

    • @marysmyth8288
      @marysmyth8288 7 місяців тому +4

      Agree !

    • @cormchm2853
      @cormchm2853 6 місяців тому +3

      "Lough Ney eo gaaa" [QED]

    • @jimh4072
      @jimh4072 24 дні тому

      Even if he has never been in Northern Ireland - he is still right. I was born and raised there and know these dumps.

    • @medorajoe7542
      @medorajoe7542 17 днів тому

      You’re all missing the point. The guy is just reading published facts/surveys/statistics versus that of other towns and villages in NI. Doesn’t have to know or lived in any of the towns mentioned. You should also note his disclaimer at the video introduction about the info being relative. Then consider the areas in which the conclusions arrived at. So little point in you getting all parochial in your comments denying what is staring you in the face.

  • @ScratchcardsWithScotty
    @ScratchcardsWithScotty Рік тому +18

    This is the classic example of having opinion on something you know little or nothing about❌
    I take great exception to this video. Northern Ireland is a beautiful place to live and it’s people are the most welcoming on earth. By all means come and visit the place first then give a knowledgeable opinion. Not something you read on google ‼️

  • @magnificentmuttley2084
    @magnificentmuttley2084 9 місяців тому +11

    @Learning Canteen - why, at the start of this video (your preamble, before you begin your countdown) of the worst places to live in Northern Ireland, do you have several photographs of Portstewart??!!! One of the nicest places to live ANYWHERE on this planet!! As Frazer Spence has rightly pointed out, this makes it clear you have, very likely, never set foot in our beautiful little country.

    • @cormchm2853
      @cormchm2853 8 місяців тому +2

      "Beautiful little country"? You write like you watch too much Stephen Nolan. Sorry for that accusation :)

  • @dev-kem15
    @dev-kem15 2 місяці тому +12

    5:12 thats a picture of Derry NOT Craigavon it is however the Craigavon bridge

  • @ClaytonHastings-p6g
    @ClaytonHastings-p6g Рік тому +50

    Some nonsense talked in this video. There is a lot worse places than the towns named

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp Рік тому +9

      Like thousands of Council estates in England and Scotland.

    • @cormchm2853
      @cormchm2853 6 місяців тому +1

      "Lough Ney eo gaaa" [QED]

  • @Rick_Cleland
    @Rick_Cleland Місяць тому +13

    What!? No Glengormley? I'm shocked!

  • @kathleencollison4472
    @kathleencollison4472 7 місяців тому +29

    Love going to Ballymena where the shops are brilliant - have you ever been?

    • @purniarunvlog
      @purniarunvlog 4 місяці тому +12

      So true! The high-street shops in Ballymena are awesome. We are from Antrim and we prefer to visit Ballymena for shopping due to the convenience, variety and of course reasonable parking fares.

    • @marshmallowblaster
      @marshmallowblaster 2 місяці тому +4

      I want to come from America to see BALLYMENA!

  • @judelyons1
    @judelyons1 Рік тому +23

    If only your photos matched the areas you are spouting about aka mixing photos of L/Derry with Lurgan for one example severaL times. Larne has not a large paramilitary presence. Where are you getting you information?

    • @seandoherty925
      @seandoherty925 Рік тому +11

      Not sure where you're getting yours. Larne is constantly on the local news and 80% of the time it's in connection with paramilitary activity/ crime.

    • @judelyons1
      @judelyons1 Рік тому

      well a normal person going about their day to day business isn't running into any.@@seandoherty925

    • @stuartjameson6225
      @stuartjameson6225 8 днів тому

      Larne is a dump and is absolutely coming down with paramilitaries ffs

  • @herbertjohnston4608
    @herbertjohnston4608 Рік тому +35

    I think the people of Northern Ireland make the best of a bad thing, having lived in Cheshire England for 21 years. I'm glad I'm home now.😊

  • @AllensTrains
    @AllensTrains Рік тому +15

    It doesn't look any worse than the Isle of Wight! One feels that the problems you refer to are similar in any geographically remote location. The housing does not look too bad, certainly no worse than Shanklin or Cowes! Thanks for uploading.

  • @neilkellett732
    @neilkellett732 Рік тому +28

    Went to Portavogie once. It was Sunday and I didn't see another human being but had the distinct impression that the windows were all staring at me. The only thing missing was a tumbleweed. Very strange. Got stoned (with stones) in Kilkeel in my southern reg car.

    • @douglasdodds8490
      @douglasdodds8490 Рік тому +4

      They were probably on there lovely beach which you never noticed.

    • @irish9boy
      @irish9boy 11 місяців тому +4

      @@douglasdodds8490on a Sunday ? In Portavogie ? Never !

    • @Deranged316
      @Deranged316 10 місяців тому

      I’m from Tyrone and was wearing my Tyrone jersey in kilkeel one time and some old man who I think was drunk called me a fenian cunt lmao

  • @lazslostpierre9951
    @lazslostpierre9951 Рік тому +41

    Lough Neagh is pronounced Nay. The Craigavon Bridge that you showed under Craigavon is in Derry / Londonderry, not Craigavon. Ballymena's high profile MP has a lot to answer for, fun fact he lives in Banbridge.

    • @geordiewishart1683
      @geordiewishart1683 Рік тому +9

      Fun fact: it's just Londonderry

    • @jetfighter8641
      @jetfighter8641 Рік тому +23

      @@geordiewishart1683 fun fact: The name Derry (Doire) came first

    • @roberthowe3377
      @roberthowe3377 Рік тому +11

      Yeah city of Derry, in the county of Derry.

    • @petermccleave1133
      @petermccleave1133 Рік тому +1

      ​digestic

    • @maxy-sp7cn
      @maxy-sp7cn Рік тому +2

      ​@@geordiewishart1683fun fact, Orange Order there are called Apprentice boys of Derry.

  • @LauraSnow-in3nx
    @LauraSnow-in3nx 8 місяців тому +34

    As an American, I am planning on going to Northern Ireland. I don’t believe any of this content. I think it is a very beautiful place and I can’t wait to see it. ❤️

    • @emmamcfarland1905
      @emmamcfarland1905 6 місяців тому +8

      OK well rember to bring a coat 😂😂

    • @ballyogan18
      @ballyogan18 5 місяців тому

      Don’t go to NI it’s a kipt

    • @janetmannis8042
      @janetmannis8042 5 місяців тому +5

      You’ll be very welcome in
      Northern Ireland ❤

    • @purniarunvlog
      @purniarunvlog 4 місяці тому +4

      Northern Ireland is very beautiful and I am sure you won't regret your decision.

    • @ballyogan18
      @ballyogan18 4 місяці тому

      @@LauraSnow-in3nx it’s a dreadful place it’s part of the uk 🇬🇧

  • @Albert_O_Balsam
    @Albert_O_Balsam Рік тому +52

    Nearly everything you say about Lurgan is completely false, the only factually correct thing you say is that it's on the M1 and part of the Belfast to Dublin rail line, as for the comment about "foreigners" not being welcome, my next door neighbour of 15 years is Czech, and I've got neighbours from Bulgaria, East Timor, Poland among other countries, and they're perfectly content here, Lurgan isn't Beverly Hills, but at least get your facts right before bullshitting about it......or some of the other places on your list.

    • @alasdair8545
      @alasdair8545 7 місяців тому +8

      Well said, I'm from antrim Town, my best friend in school was from Africa, nobody else wanted to be his friend, but I didn't care what they thought, live and let live

    • @jackpringle2771
      @jackpringle2771 2 місяці тому +4

      Tell you one thing. You’re completely wrong about Lurgan. Lurgan has one of the best parks in Northern Ireland, Brownlow House and is a very tight night community. Lurgan has produced many great sportsmen and athletes, such as Jacob Stockdale. Even hosted American soldiers in the Second World War. Can’t be all that bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @ny6978
    @ny6978 Рік тому +31

    Fun fact: Liam Neeson was born in Ballymena

    • @johnbryson1019
      @johnbryson1019 Рік тому +6

      Got out as quick as he could.

    • @davidreid8290
      @davidreid8290 Рік тому +2

      Ballymena should now be a Holy place.

    • @johnbryson1019
      @johnbryson1019 Рік тому

      If you are going to kidnap someone,s daughter in Ballymena, think twice.

    • @davidgalea6113
      @davidgalea6113 9 місяців тому +6

      I too was born there, but left as a teenager..I want to visit but I'm worried it might have turned into a multicultural pit like London.

    • @ny6978
      @ny6978 9 місяців тому +1

      @@davidgalea6113 This sounds quite intolerant. Not what I expected from the friendly Irish

  • @bazthejazz
    @bazthejazz 10 місяців тому +6

    (Borrowing from W.C.Fields), I spent 14 years living in Ballymena - i think it was a Sunday......

  • @chridessaohagan576
    @chridessaohagan576 Рік тому +38

    Who made this video? They obviously aren't from Northern Ireland. It absolute nonsense!!!

    • @cormchm2853
      @cormchm2853 8 місяців тому +1

      Sure the dude can not speak English correctly (if you listen carefully), so do not be so surprised that he is unable to pronounce the Gaelic place names (this is much more obvious in the video) in the 6, or anywhere on the Island, or Scotland for that matter.

    • @rosieoneill2083
      @rosieoneill2083 6 місяців тому +5

      Having spent a good bit of time in Northern Ireland on different occasions, I disagree with the opinions expressed in this video.

    • @DaveMcC-cn1uk
      @DaveMcC-cn1uk 4 місяці тому +4

      Between displaying incorrect location photographs, the pronounciation of some of the names, and some questionable selections, I'd have to agree with you.
      And I'm curious as to how Dungiven has the worst air quality in western Europe. It's located close to the north west coast with plenty of fresh air blowing in from the Atlantic. I could well be wrong, but that fact sounds a bit sus to me.

  • @heavymetal6910
    @heavymetal6910 Рік тому +35

    Spot on, Larne is a total dump, Craigavon has so many roundabouts everyone who lives there is disorientated and many towns like Carrickfergus are spoilt by drugs and bums roaming the streets.

    • @vexdup949
      @vexdup949 Рік тому +1

      Carrick tends to have these so-called hairy-arsed 'paras' who know more about getting scared single mothers into keeping their drugs (for them) rather than 'fighting for good'.

    • @sterling557
      @sterling557 Рік тому +7

      I recently found out that my G G Grandfather was from Larne, and he left for the USA in 1850 when he was 14.
      I hope to visit Larne someday. Greetings from California.😎

    • @davidsinclair5933
      @davidsinclair5933 7 місяців тому +3

      lets not forget that Craigavon was the creation of the British government a so-called new town and is an urban planning disaster. It started in the 70s as an attempt to amalgamate Lurgan and Portadown and failed miserably.

    • @jimh4072
      @jimh4072 24 дні тому

      @@davidsinclair5933
      How many housing estates had to be demolished in Craigavon as no one would live in them? I remember driving through there and seeing all the derelict houses. Some of the estates were like wastelands in the middle of nowhere. 😂

  • @goldenappel
    @goldenappel 8 місяців тому +7

    Got as far as Ballymena and if the rest of the video is as deceptive then it doesn't bode well.. The first image shown is very old and that street is now a bustling mostly pedestrianised area, then the delipidated old bandstand that was replaced years ago with a modern sculpture and outdoor seating area. Then the old chapel in Harryville that was demolished decades ago. 3 mistakes in under 30 seconds is impressive!

  • @r3452-u2j
    @r3452-u2j Рік тому +17

    Kilkeel suffers a lot from having superior neighbouring towns

    • @861ally
      @861ally Рік тому

      But just mostly for being a sectarian hole!

    • @geebee2279
      @geebee2279 Рік тому +4

      I bet the Kilkeelies love that comment.
      Even though it is true

    • @johnanthonycolley3803
      @johnanthonycolley3803 9 місяців тому +8

      😊 I love Kilkeel ( excellent chip shop )

  • @johnbryson1019
    @johnbryson1019 Рік тому +27

    Strabane has great people in it. They deserve better.

    • @geordiewishart1683
      @geordiewishart1683 Рік тому +4

      No they don't

    • @JohnKobaRuddy
      @JohnKobaRuddy Рік тому +3

      ​@@geordiewishart1683it's a canny place. My family come from there and it's 95% mad decent people and 5% mad not decent people..

    • @jackmctaggartfm8087
      @jackmctaggartfm8087 Рік тому +3

      My grandad loves Uncle Hugo as he's from Strabane

    • @michaelfurey5194
      @michaelfurey5194 Місяць тому

      Good town

  • @tomcampbell3513
    @tomcampbell3513 Рік тому +12

    wrong picture of James Craig?!

  • @Mack6234
    @Mack6234 Рік тому +14

    I'm surprised you didn't nominate Belfast. Perhaps because it's a large city you didn't. I haven't been in it for about twenty five years but last night I looked at a walking tour of it on UA-cam and I was totally shocked. The city centre is now full of coffee shops and all the once lovely classy shops are gone. And to make things worse there are so many shops and businesses shuttered and boarded up. Very sad and depressing.

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp Рік тому +2

      The supermarket car parks are full of cars with Irish Republic number plates . Brexit ?

    • @kevm7751
      @kevm7751 Рік тому

      Agree, Belfast is a dump. Don't go near it now.

    • @mr90s48
      @mr90s48 Рік тому +6

      Go into Belfast city centre on a Sunday morning about 12.30 before shops open it looks like a 3rd world country with the added bonus of junkies roaming about

    • @mr90s48
      @mr90s48 Рік тому +1

      ​@@readmylisp😂😂😂 funny was on the radio yesterday that people from n.i are going south for there shopping someone is talking 💩

    • @colincampbell4261
      @colincampbell4261 Рік тому +5

      Belfast is actually a tourist destination now. Weekend trips, cruiseships, conferences, stag and hen does?

  • @NoelKennedy-j6f
    @NoelKennedy-j6f 10 місяців тому +16

    Well I stop in lurgan anytime Im in N lreland. Ive two brothers who married two local girls and are rearing young families there now.. The people are the salt of the earth and very welcoming and friendly.Your giving people a bum steer with your post! Im a Dublin man and Im proud to have friends and family from lurgan as theyre a close knit community and very social.❤❤

    • @thatofiftyfive2679
      @thatofiftyfive2679 7 місяців тому +3

      Your statement is not true sir, I'm a traveler from Johannesburg living in Lurgan here on work. The people aren't "friendly" to foreigners especially unless they have pink skin. And I'm just here to do work local lads don't want to do. I'm not taking anything away from anyone but still get treated like a terrorist.

    • @hoaxashian-f8v
      @hoaxashian-f8v 2 місяці тому

      @@thatofiftyfive2679 well it must be better than South Africa , i mean white farmers in South Africa are getting killed and you moan that you are not made especially welcome

    • @Kelly--McIlveen
      @Kelly--McIlveen Місяць тому

      @@thatofiftyfive2679 Should probably the terrorists for that.

  • @lairdoharray
    @lairdoharray Рік тому +11

    A bit mixed up. Shots of (London)derry interspersed with several of these towns. Terrible pronounciation of Lough Neagh. 'C- , must do better. See me after school.'

    • @LynneBredin-es1cf
      @LynneBredin-es1cf 11 місяців тому +1

      Meant the videos are not reflective of reality.

  • @DeanobadjoGamesPS
    @DeanobadjoGamesPS Рік тому +4

    Antrim if you blink you've missed it. More interested in building houses than commercial propertys. Shopping is bad

  • @roysimmons3549
    @roysimmons3549 11 місяців тому +7

    All better than Brussels.

  • @Azdak
    @Azdak 4 місяці тому +3

    Can't really distinguish Lurgan and Craigavon, they're essentially the same area. Poorly researched to show photos of the craigavon bridge in Derry with talking about craigavon

  • @nathanbraidman5372
    @nathanbraidman5372 Рік тому +10

    The comments about Ballymena are wrong and out of date. The place is not economically deprived, in fact it is bustling. Unemployment is very low and many Immigrants from Eastern Europe have settled in the town. ( Ballymena has the largest Polish population in NI outside of Belfast.) The standard of housing is good and prices are affordable. As the saying goes if you know a better hole go to it.

  • @fireshield2398
    @fireshield2398 10 місяців тому +3

    I live in ballymena and it was first😢

    • @alexlappin29179
      @alexlappin29179 10 місяців тому +3

      ballymena is amazing bro, theyre talking out their ass

    • @fireshield2398
      @fireshield2398 10 місяців тому +1

      @@alexlappin29179 ikr

    • @fireshield2398
      @fireshield2398 10 місяців тому

      @@alexlappin29179 are u from ballymena

  • @Johnyc321
    @Johnyc321 3 місяці тому +2

    I've worked all over Northern Ireland and the most ignorant , cheeky people are in Ballymena and its surrounding villages. Ballymoney people are the friendliest

  • @annrobinson7766
    @annrobinson7766 Рік тому +11

    I’m from Belfast. Everyone here and as far as you can go in anti, agree about Larne. Craig Avon was a place to send all the criminals and people ejected from their home place who were ‘undesirables’. Bit like a penal colony.

    • @ElendilAndAragorn
      @ElendilAndAragorn 7 місяців тому +4

      I think Limavady and Crumlin have that edge too (of being places for people exiled from Belfast) and certain estates of Downpatrick - it's a funny bit of history that I'd certainly forgotten about.

    • @annrobinson7766
      @annrobinson7766 7 місяців тому

      @@ElendilAndAragorn Limavady might be more for Derry ones. Crumlin is full of exiled westies.

  • @RandomnessTube.
    @RandomnessTube. 9 місяців тому +2

    Apart from an up-and-coming football team, there's no reason to go near Larne it's a shame because it has potential even in the 90s I remember it being an ok place for shopping.

  • @bhoy67lisbon
    @bhoy67lisbon Рік тому +14

    Dungiven just got a bypass. Great for the town.

    • @jimkyle8008
      @jimkyle8008 10 місяців тому +1

      And even better for those wishing to avoid it.

  • @AnnieGraham-z4v
    @AnnieGraham-z4v 24 дні тому +4

    Rich people live in Ballymena good British Town. ❤.

  • @rl5725
    @rl5725 4 місяці тому +3

    The only thing i agree with in this video is that loyalist or unionists feel insecure about their place in the north hence all the marking out of territory with flegs etc. On the other hand we Irish know where we are and yes u might see the odd tricolour but we dont feel the need to ruin otherwise nice villages with flags on every lamp post, this is Ireland, north south east west...Ireland, feel a bit sorry for the unionists they must feel very displaced

  • @matthewmckittrick5960
    @matthewmckittrick5960 Рік тому +2

    I am from just outside Belfast. I have to say a very interesting vid. You were right in explaining the meaning of Worst for this Vid at the start.
    Very well put across, I am now a subscriber, Keep up the good work. M.

  • @Jakelemon875
    @Jakelemon875 8 місяців тому +2

    My auntie lives out side of Bally Clare in Ollar valley would that be good

  • @dirtyleeds5748
    @dirtyleeds5748 Рік тому +41

    Kilkeel a loyalist enclave which has ruined it, I visit the seating factory there a few times a year, we decided to give the local hotel some trade as all the visitors stay in Warrenpoint or Newcastle unfortunately for us it was on the 11th of July NEVER again it was toxic.

    • @SMJoinery
      @SMJoinery Рік тому +18

      Hi there seen your comment. Did you head down into the field and mix with the locals? It's a very different event from what we are used too but we had a fantastic time. People couldn't have been nicer and it was a great evening.

    • @SMJoinery
      @SMJoinery Рік тому +16

      @@user-bh8vw2fj9i Sad to read your comments. If there is no reconciliation between everyone then this island will be continually plagued with hate and division. I can only speak for my own experiences.

    • @cathedralImages
      @cathedralImages Рік тому +5

      ​@@SMJoineryWhere they painting KAT on kids foreheads or where they all just too blocked ?

    • @Albert_O_Balsam
      @Albert_O_Balsam Рік тому

      @@cathedralImages the K is for KKKULCHURE

    • @PULEducation
      @PULEducation Рік тому +3

      Do you ever look into history and see why certain towns are the way they are? Kilkeel is the result of ethnic cleansing all along the border area. Newry,Warrenpoint,Rostrevor and Hilltown all had large Protestant communities at a time and they were driven from those towns and many families moved to Kilkeel.

  • @jakearmstrong
    @jakearmstrong 3 місяці тому +2

    Ballyclare one is true there's nothing in the place its quiet enough most of the time but just very little about it shopping wise

  • @WeAreThePeople1690
    @WeAreThePeople1690 10 місяців тому +9

    Searching for generic images for your video in relation to Craigavon wasn't the best idea. Half of them were of Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry. At least you didn't search for roundabouts and get pictures of Milton Keynes 😂

  • @ianmagill4327
    @ianmagill4327 Рік тому +4

    Why is newcastle co down not on it

    • @fs.pureblood
      @fs.pureblood 11 місяців тому +2

      Because it's a city in North east England.😏 I know I'm kidding.

    • @jackmctaggartfm8087
      @jackmctaggartfm8087 10 місяців тому

      It maybe be in England but theirs ones in NI to

    • @fs.pureblood
      @fs.pureblood 10 місяців тому

      @@jackmctaggartfm8087 I know,, I've been.

    • @jackmctaggartfm8087
      @jackmctaggartfm8087 10 місяців тому

      @@fs.pureblood same

  • @anaguerreiro6463
    @anaguerreiro6463 Рік тому +5

    I live in Dungiven , I love it 😮

  • @garymalcolmson
    @garymalcolmson 9 місяців тому +4

    I thought all town's in NI were depressing

  • @eamonosullivan2702
    @eamonosullivan2702 Рік тому +18

    Can't argue with these choices! And everyone knew Larne would be no.1, even the people from Larne!

    • @patrickball2493
      @patrickball2493 Рік тому +6

      The coastal scenery around Larne looks nice .

    • @normiron736
      @normiron736 Рік тому +1

      I thought it would be Bangor, tbh

    • @sterling557
      @sterling557 Рік тому +2

      I recently found out that my G G Grandfather was from Larne, and he left for the USA in 1850 when he was 14.
      I hope to visit Larne someday. Greetings from California.😎

    • @JJ-xi5or
      @JJ-xi5or Рік тому

      ​@@sterling557its a shithole be warned

    • @JohnMerrick-o7t
      @JohnMerrick-o7t 10 місяців тому

      Yes it had to b larne absolute.

  • @TigerTiger-dh2vr
    @TigerTiger-dh2vr 3 місяці тому +5

    Pretty much nailed it with the description of Larne. With Ballyclare just a smaller version.

  • @Derry-v4j
    @Derry-v4j 6 місяців тому +3

    What Town has one of the largest park in Ni 2 golf courses - a world class nature reserve, two great public gardens, a ski slope, a fantastic leisure centre , a great accessible shopping centre and great transport connections - yes - lurgan / craigavon that is why private and public housing developments are spring up and people want to live there - with many multi national companies inesting here like ALMAC- uneducated videos like this to not project the reality 😢

  • @Brudi_Assauer04
    @Brudi_Assauer04 10 місяців тому +2

    How is Coleraine??

  • @dominictierney
    @dominictierney Місяць тому +2

    This video is not worth watching. I’d take a good guess you’ve never actually been to our country. This video wrong and your Stats I’d say our very outdated. Some areas you mentioned are some of the most expensive places to buy a property. Plus many of the photos and boundary places / buildings and key areas are actually not within the council boundaries you think they are. And your photos are very outdated. Nice try, but a swing and a miss. Sure don’t we love someone not from our country telling us what’s worst and bad about it. 😅 🤦🏻

  • @kathleencollison4472
    @kathleencollison4472 5 місяців тому +3

    This guy hasn't a clue - love Ballymena and the shopping is brilliant - love Kilkeel - get your facts right

  • @eamonnorourke3982
    @eamonnorourke3982 Рік тому +26

    Larne has one good advantage, the 🚢 out of it 😅😅

    • @williamdodds1394
      @williamdodds1394 6 місяців тому

      Larne is still good for bonfires if your into that sort of thing lol.

  • @Planesarecool124
    @Planesarecool124 10 місяців тому +3

    Mate, I hate larne I live there actually and there is nothing there. I ask anyone who like the town to name 10 good things about it. If that is possible I will be mind blown

    • @GerardineMcguirk
      @GerardineMcguirk Місяць тому

      Love the old men that hang around the high wall near the sea the towns heaviest seen them when I was there someone told me they are there all the time Larne 😂

    • @GerardineMcguirk
      @GerardineMcguirk Місяць тому

      Heavies

  • @gerardmccartney3186
    @gerardmccartney3186 11 місяців тому +2

    When you can't even pronounce the names of the towns right and show wrong images in the wrong towns, it shows how unreliable and biased your research is. Absolute rubbish.

  • @joebloggs5583
    @joebloggs5583 23 дні тому +1

    Talks about Craigavon, shows a picture of Derry.

  • @grantmarshall3026
    @grantmarshall3026 Рік тому +12

    You missed Downpatrick, that’s an awful town, glad to get out of it!

  • @thomasscott2217
    @thomasscott2217 Рік тому +6

    The air quality in Dungiven could be vastly improved if the locals kept their windows and doors closed 😂

    • @seanfan69
      @seanfan69 Рік тому +7

      I had to open the window when your ma called.🙄😂

  • @JohnSmith-lt3jl
    @JohnSmith-lt3jl 7 місяців тому +3

    Dungannon is pretty depressing.

    • @bazbbeeb7226
      @bazbbeeb7226 6 місяців тому

      I agree, and it continues to get worse. Dungannon qualifies to be in the top 4 of the worst places in N.I.

  • @johnmcilrath3637
    @johnmcilrath3637 Рік тому +11

    Just wondered where Newtownards would be on the list

    • @normiron736
      @normiron736 Рік тому +3

      Not as high up as Bangor for certain 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @johnmcilrath3637
      @johnmcilrath3637 Рік тому +3

      @@normiron736 Agree 👍 POND

    • @kevm7751
      @kevm7751 Рік тому +7

      Newtownards wipes the floor with Bangor. Looked round Bangor lately...boarded up shops in the main street and homeless people sleep in the doorways. Half of Queens Parade missing for nearly 2 decades. Hilarious it was awarded city status. Newtownards thriving, busy town centre. Try and buy a house there, even with huge private development ongoing, people queuing up to get in. Newtownards is doing very well thanks 💪

    • @johnmcilrath3637
      @johnmcilrath3637 Рік тому

      @@kevm7751 come on the Newton!

    • @kirstenwright1974
      @kirstenwright1974 Рік тому +3

      Yep Newtownards is the best. My town ❤❤❤

  • @johnkettyle6321
    @johnkettyle6321 Рік тому +3

    Lisburn town status just a joke
    The mall is empty and no nightclubs in it the best thing about it is the bud out of it

    • @jamesquinn6828
      @jamesquinn6828 11 місяців тому +1

      You get good bud in Lisburn do ya ?

  • @BillyDuncan-d5c
    @BillyDuncan-d5c Рік тому +8

    Armchair appraisal by some one I would suspect has never been in Ireland

  • @shaunmckenna1923
    @shaunmckenna1923 Рік тому +2

    Just wonder why you have Ballymoney on your list , but nothing your video.

    • @elemar5
      @elemar5 Рік тому +3

      Where is Ballymoney mentioned?
      Ahh, I see it now in the chapters list. Obviously mixed it up with Ballymena. Not surprising after his pronunciation of Lough Neagh, the biggest lough/lake in the British isles.

    • @shaunmckenna1923
      @shaunmckenna1923 Рік тому +3

      @@elemar5 ok yes I am from Ballymoney but i live on Vancouver Island I do get home quite often , I would never think of Ballymoney on a list of worst towns , for sure its gone through some rough times , but a very friendly town .

    • @Albert_O_Balsam
      @Albert_O_Balsam Рік тому +3

      Good old Cow Town.

  • @AlanGregory-s8q
    @AlanGregory-s8q 22 дні тому

    OMG I nearly cried laughing at the comments ! ......... The Irish sense of humour is beyond brilliant ! .........thank you ALL for making my day I was feeling quite down as I live alone & it's Christmas I actually live just outside Ballymena , down a little country lane with the best neighbours you could wish for . Ballymena is really central to sooo many things , fantastic health Centre , big M&S and lots of quality shops ............. very prosperous , great countryside & fabulous people I LOVE IT & yes I agree ..... this Video is very poorly researched indeed Take no notice of it you are all wonderful people X

  • @geoffduke1763
    @geoffduke1763 13 днів тому

    Another poorly researched article by someone that has never stepped foot here.

  • @nwhitten7306
    @nwhitten7306 2 місяці тому +1

    Thumbnail was tandragee but not on the list

  • @Newtownabbeyist208
    @Newtownabbeyist208 Місяць тому

    I lived in Ballyclare for five years, 2017 to 2022. It wasn’t that bad, it was just a bit boring.

  • @Chipstick9000
    @Chipstick9000 7 місяців тому +3

    Where is dungannon lol

    • @bazbbeeb7226
      @bazbbeeb7226 6 місяців тому

      It should be #1 on the list, an utter kip.

    • @Chipstick9000
      @Chipstick9000 6 місяців тому

      @@bazbbeeb7226 full of druggies and gangs

  • @SMJoinery
    @SMJoinery Рік тому +27

    My wife and I have been traveling all around the north for years now and in my opinion I totally disagree with this list.
    We stay in Kilkeel for a few days each year and I've found it to be one of the most welcoming and kind people. We even attended the 11th of July evening events. Which to my surprise was a fantastic night. The locals couldn't have been kinder and I even seen young ladies with their local Gaelic football stripes to my shock however they seemed to be really enjoying the evening. The views when walking around the town and along the seafront are breathtaking.
    Likewise I'd say much of the same with dungiven. Some of the most lovely people I've had the pleasure of meeting. The castle is also a fantastic piece of the town. Look forward to heading there each year.
    Likewise with Strabane and I could go on with many others. Hopefully whoever made this video will brighten up.

    • @SMJoinery
      @SMJoinery Рік тому +9

      @@user-bh8vw2fj9i our flag was not on that particular bonfire. Infact there was nothing relating to anything Irish on it. And in my opinion that's the way they should all be

    • @tubedoode2345
      @tubedoode2345 Рік тому +1

      SM joinery, I suspect has other motives for the views he expresses.

    • @dinkyman8591
      @dinkyman8591 Рік тому +2

      @@SMJoinery Agree and I wonder why they were burning the flag of the Ivory Coast?

    • @Nikolina_Zemljak
      @Nikolina_Zemljak Місяць тому

      @@tubedoode2345 Like what?

  • @myoung6204
    @myoung6204 7 місяців тому +1

    Why do so many English people pronounce Northern Ireland as Northern Island. Is it just laziness or ignorance or both...

    • @SpottedLop
      @SpottedLop 2 місяці тому

      It's likely just their accent. I am from Massachusetts, where we commonly drop Rs, and the pronounciation of the words island and Ireland come out sounding similar. It's not lazy or ignorance. It's how we've learned to speak. I can tell the difference between saying island and Ireland, but I will agree it's subtle. For people whose native pronounciation of these words is more distinct, they may not hear the difference.

  • @colinlusty2812
    @colinlusty2812 10 місяців тому +1

    He’s talking about Craigavon but shows a picture of Derry, I used to live in Craigavon from 1975 to 1982 and yes it was a Shithole. By the way it’s pronounced Lough Nay not Loch Neaugh

  • @johnkeir4139
    @johnkeir4139 Місяць тому +1

    Don't listen to this. I live in Belfast . Ireland north and south are lovely . So are the people . Mgt

  • @MegaJackpinesavage
    @MegaJackpinesavage Місяць тому

    I was engaged to a lovely woman from Cushindall, but she turned out to be a werewolf.

  • @Mr123barney
    @Mr123barney Рік тому +2

    Just 8 ?

  • @colin7096
    @colin7096 5 місяців тому +1

    As someone who lives in Holywood, I agree with every town on this list 😂

  • @stevencampbell1150
    @stevencampbell1150 Рік тому +1

    You should really learn to pronounce some more of the place names properly for a start. This has been put together by someone eho clearly hasn't lived in Northern Ireland at all.

  • @joebloggs5583
    @joebloggs5583 23 дні тому +1

    Lough neearr? You literally can’t pronounce ANY of these places.

  • @gerard7833
    @gerard7833 Рік тому +4

    Don't agree brought up in lurgan,great place

    • @pfc4156
      @pfc4156 Рік тому

      Are you pissed? Great place 😂😂😂😂

    • @robertclarke8811
      @robertclarke8811 Рік тому

      Thought they'd choose Portadown above it.

    • @colin7096
      @colin7096 5 місяців тому

      ​@@robertclarke8811 Lurgan, Craigavon, and Portadown, the unholy trinity of utter sh!tholes 😂

  • @williampaul9107
    @williampaul9107 14 днів тому

    Before you start , it’s Northern Ireland and NOT Northern Island. It seem the English have a problem saying IRELAND

  • @bernardmoss7171
    @bernardmoss7171 Рік тому +3

    Im surprised castlederg wasnt in this list.

  • @1889CST
    @1889CST Рік тому +12

    Like everyone thinking larnes crap 😂keeps everyone else out shouldn’t be on this list best scenery and ppl about 🔴⚪️

  • @louisesingleton5861
    @louisesingleton5861 Рік тому +1

    You forgot Banbridge

  • @irishdave665
    @irishdave665 Місяць тому +1

    Mate, where's county Londonderry, ? That's made up.
    Narnia ireland

  • @davidjohn05
    @davidjohn05 5 днів тому

    Why did you not put Bangor on this list as it is a DUMP.

  • @Foundafroggie
    @Foundafroggie Місяць тому

    The fact that ballykelly isn't top 5 tells me this guy hasn't a clue

  • @EamonCuddy
    @EamonCuddy 6 місяців тому

    How come aughnacloy is not on list total dump

  • @jackmctaggartfm8087
    @jackmctaggartfm8087 3 місяці тому +1

    Rathfriland should've been in this
    A town thats majority hills
    Even though its not even my home town but been in it 4 or 5 times
    Anothor one Lisburn mainly one way streets
    Thank god my home place isnt in this

  • @51onions
    @51onions 7 днів тому

    How dare you say that Craigavon is the most dangerous . It has been voted as the place people want to live due to the fact it doesn't matter what religion or race you are . I have lived here for 30 yrs and a lot of my family have been here from the start. Most of the children have grown up to be Doctors Nurses or run their own businesses . Of course there are one or two families that may be a problem , but that happens everywhere . A lot of people have fought for a long time to make this place a happy safe place to live. There are houses being built here all the time as people want to live here. Then someone like you who probably has never set foot in N.Ireland says things like this .

  • @davidcorbett62
    @davidcorbett62 Рік тому +3

    They obviously never went to Dungannon lol

    • @bazbbeeb7226
      @bazbbeeb7226 6 місяців тому +3

      The town centre turns my stomach. Rejects from a Run DMC video roam the streets with no idea on how to cross the road, along with boarded up shop fronts, shops for lease/sale, a cash only nail bar, Turkish barbers, phone repairs, SF office, rubbish everywhere, a truly awful place.

  • @colincampbell4261
    @colincampbell4261 Рік тому +1

    Very poor research!

  • @ravendark2422
    @ravendark2422 10 місяців тому

    Carrickfergus, Glengormley, Comber and Bangor should’ve made the list.

    • @george-ev1dq
      @george-ev1dq 4 місяці тому

      Comber is an outstanding town and a great place to live, Bangor is not a town and is a total tip, I agree with that one.

  • @marybedward9381
    @marybedward9381 Місяць тому +1

    Leave Strabane out of it 😮

  • @mervynchambers4448
    @mervynchambers4448 Рік тому +11

    What a load of nonsense the Man has not got clue

    • @cormchm2853
      @cormchm2853 6 місяців тому +2

      "Lough Ney eo gaaa" [QED]

  • @robertclarke8811
    @robertclarke8811 Рік тому

    Certainly not the way Neagh is pronounced plus the typical way people outside the area pronounce Tyrone. Probably close enough with the town order though some photos were a bit random.

  • @popeyesailor9571
    @popeyesailor9571 8 місяців тому

    County LondonDerry?

    • @george-ev1dq
      @george-ev1dq 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes, it is one of the 6 counties that make up Northern Ireland

  • @Shad3wekDebilek
    @Shad3wekDebilek 10 місяців тому +1

    used to live in ballymena, best place ever

  • @moonlightshadow2664
    @moonlightshadow2664 24 дні тому +1

    Oh, this is a bit rude 😕

  • @MongoSoose
    @MongoSoose 28 днів тому +1

    Wow! How dare he even think of hitting the north towns the way has. I was shocked at how packed Ballymena was. False UA-camr,
    anything for a pound.

  • @LynneBredin-es1cf
    @LynneBredin-es1cf 11 місяців тому +1

    I think you need a photographer who doesn’t photograph gable walls, and footpaths beside parked cars etc. We have stunning scenery over here. 4 photos of Derry/ Londonderry were shown in relation to other towns. These videos from Learning kitchen are reflective of reality

    • @WeAreThePeople1690
      @WeAreThePeople1690 10 місяців тому +1

      It's all Google images. Did you not catch on when he had pics of Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry whilst talking about Craigavon.