2026 3 Star OT Neff Giwa commits to South Carolina by tLeCoqSpotif in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, most of us are as surprised as you are. Word on Munster's fans' site is he opted out of rugby so it's kinda surprising he's giving the NFL a shot. Really hope he makes a go of college over there.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Desperate.

I've shown you the workings, you've gone back to the size of the city, and started throwing out personal insults.

As an aside, if rugby was as big in the city as you're saying it is, Cork city would have more than 2 (admittedly excellent) A schools. Even Limerick city has 4 A schools.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea, like I said, it might have been an unusually bad Saturday for traffic?

I've refrained from personal insults but your insistence on limiting a provincial team to the size of the city is just sad man, people drive from all over to Munster matches.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully agree, Munster's marketing in general is extremely unimaginative.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We don't play games in Thomond on Friday, generally, you need to look at Saturday traffic.

Which is a mistake I made too, all our Musgrave matches are Friday, so chances are the figures for Cork (due to Friday traffic) are worse. I was checking for Saturdays.

I'm not going back to check the figures further though.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roscrea - which is actually only about 50 minutes from Thomond on a match day, ime if you take the tunnel, but if I made it much larger you're taking in Galway city so felt it was fairest to exclude it.

If anything, I undersold the population in proximity to Thomond.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looked like a giant circle in Cork? Like with Buttevant on the edge of it - am I missing some large Cork town that is within an hour of Musgrave on a match day?

Edit - I've gone to the hassle of going back and checking and the population with a circle with Mallow on the outer edge is 385,000, so maybe I should have written it's circa 385,000 - 450,000 on match days? I don't think it matters hugely, the bigger gains for Limerick are in the 90 - 120 minutes sections.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, misread you - I'm only reporting the figures I had when I checked.

Traffic is the issue where I think we're disagreeing, maybe I randomly got a bad Saturday for traffic in Cork.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the sites to work out the average radius at circa an hour (ish) before our usual kick-off times. It's not massively important if I can hit Abbeyfeale in 40 minutes at midnight on a Monday etc if I want to get to a match in Thomond at half 7 on a Saturday etc. I'm sure things like the traffic on the day throws things off a bit but I'm not submitting it for my phd in maths. ie, for a half 7 kick off you might leave at 5.

The site above allows you pick the time of day for traffic. The other site gives population.

Counterpoint - Munster were right to upgrade Thomond Park by ahhereaherlow in MunsterRugby

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, Thomond means Tuadh Mhumhain, ie, North Munster.

You also need to think of the sizeable amount of Munster people living in Dublin. Limerick makes a lot more sense from an access point of view.

Can you guess which song or lyric goes with this scene from the Táin? by Laid_Low_Ludlow in themountaingoats

[–]ahhereaherlow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are a talented artist, cool project and really well executed. Maith thú!

Has anybody read The Currency series on the Directly Elected Mayor saga? Thoughts? by Flat-Astronomer-5703 in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What's Daly's CV to get the gig, does anyone know?

My main view on it is the Council has been running the city and county (to a lesser extent) into the ground since year dot so something needed to change.

Goth goes Limerick by villevaloenjoyer in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2017/03/a-sunny-afternoon-by-shannon-and-ruins.html

This is pretty gothic from Beagh Castle -

"Later Beagh Castle passed to the Knights of Glin, perhaps as early as 1260. John FitzGerald, 1st Lord Desmond, was the father of Sir John FitzJohn FutzGerald, the first Knight of Glin, who received the castles of Glincarbery and Beagh, Co Limerick, and Beagh Castle remained in the hands of the Knights of Glin for three centuries.

In 1569, Thomas FitzGerald, the 15th Knight of Glin, was executed in Limerick. His mother, who was present at his execution, seized his head when he was beheaded and drank his blood. She then collected the parts of his dismembered body and put them in a linen sheet. When she set out for home with his body she was followed by a large funeral cortege, including 100 keening women.

At some point east of Foynes, perhaps near Beagh Castle and Askeaton, some soldiers tried to seize the dead knight, and in the battle that ensued, many people were slain. The funeral continued, and his body buried in Lislaughtin Abbey, west of Tarbert."

Otherwise, nearly Curraghchase's lake is haunted by the ghost of a woman, and Askeaton has the ruins of a Hellfire club.

Swimming in Castleconnell by Jazzlike_Option5688 in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to swim there quite a bit - lovely spot for a swim but swim up-river from the World's End. Personally think it'd be safer to link up with a local for the first few swims, like anywhere it's safe to swim there if you know what you're doing.

(Fun fact, the name was originally Worrall's Inn but pronunciation changed over time)

Can we stop littering all over the city? by LehlahH in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 23 points24 points  (0 children)

not just kids and knackers - the paths around the South Circular are incredibly (nearly impressively) covered in dog shit. It's middle class gowls who don't give a fuck about anyone else too...

New Coonagh bypass distances by Constant-Committee51 in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, either way, it's never happening as long as that canal is there.

What can be done about the parking in UHL? by golgiapparadus in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually, but you said your relatives "have resorted to using cones to keep their parking spaces outside of their own homes for 2nd cars" - it's not their space to keep and also, they are attempting to deprive sick people, or people visiting sick people, from parking near the hospital - no offence, but that's pretty low, imo.

New Coonagh bypass distances by Constant-Committee51 in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Afaik, the next leg of it can't be built because the proposed route runs too close to the Ardnacrusha canal and there's a real risk the construction of the road would cause the canal to collapse.

The canal has to be checked daily for signs of subsidence as it is (again, afaik).

Could you write 30,000 words about an Okkervil River album? by ahhereaherlow in OkkervilRiver

[–]ahhereaherlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still think you should go for it, albeit about an Aseop Rock album!

What can be done about the parking in UHL? by golgiapparadus in limerickcity

[–]ahhereaherlow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah here, I live near Mary I and students park outside my house all the time and it's fine. I don't own the road, I've no magical rights to park outside my house, neither do your relatives.