A stroll through Athlone town (Ireland)

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A stroll through Athlone town (Ireland)

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13 жыл бұрын

I lived here for a while about 15 years ago. At the time, I had mixed feelings about the place.
The things I liked were the history and location on the Shannon - however, I really abhorred the local people's careless attitude. I never saw a place with so much litter.
I was glad when passing thru recently to see it has tidied up its act.
Athlone could be one of the great towns of Ireland. It has the river, the castle, the lake, it is near Clonmacnoise ... it has it all! If it was in England or Scotland it would be a mecca for tourists.
In Ireland it is a forgotten child.

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@dixgun 3 жыл бұрын

Very pleasant and the audio was relaxing as well.

@Dechieftian 10 жыл бұрын

I will be visiting Ireland soon and plan to be in the Athlone area. Having seen your video I will be sure to stop by and take in the sights. Thanks for sharing this.

@Kh4lidz 9 жыл бұрын

Oh you MUST visit it it's such a beautiful little town !

@Historiclocket3 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not from Ireland but after reading what you I kinda have to admit that was pretty rude of what you to say I mean you practically insulted people of of Athlone and said the place was trash but I find it by the looks of it a wonderfully place and believe or not I'm actually planning on moving there to start a new life but that's aside the point what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't insult a place or the people in it just cause you didn't like it there

@balsham137 7 жыл бұрын

He's like a lot of the Irish that move from their local towns and places of birth. These people think they are better than the places they grew up in. The people that give the town its character always remain and are usually a lot more interesting.

@monk106ross 12 жыл бұрын

anybody know them fools paul ravenhill or james mccann from here??

@sfanaranyc 13 жыл бұрын

@tigerspuds Well I guess your comment summed it all up about locals' attitude, LOL! I thought about stopping by & visit as I saw photos on the tourism site, but after seeing how little video promotion is available on the web, I thought that although may look attractive as the video poster wrote, it might not be worhtwhile given I'll be strapped for time. Now, after reading your comment I think I'll skip Atlhone altogether since would face that same attitude (though I hope you're an exception).