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About LinkBacksSomeone asked for maps of Galway. These are provisional maps (as I don't have box-DED mappings so a bit of guesswork was involved) showing the highest pollers in both constituencies...
Someone asked for maps of Galway. These are provisional maps (as I don't have box-DED mappings so a bit of guesswork was involved) showing the highest pollers in both constituencies...
Really shows the tribal nature of Irish politics. Do some people just vote for who lives closest to them or something?
A lot of people who would vote for a local candidate regardless of party providedOriginally Posted by Big Bobo
(a) He or she is seen as reasonably good, and
(b) he or she broadly represents their values...
You've got to remember in rural Ireland, older people in particular still may have little contact with the world outside their parish - for instance, there was an obituary in the Nationalist a few years ago of a 100 year old woman who lived all her life 5 miles outside Bagenalstown... she only went to Bagenalstown once a year for her Xmas shopping, she was in Carlow once in her life, and never went to Dublin. Obviously, people are more travelled these days, but the basic rule still holds true...
Yes,I think this certainly holds true for Connacht,Ireland's smallest ,most traditional province.
Then there's Connaught.But that's a posh square in London where former PM Tony Blair resides.Get it right you patronising east coast elitists!
No offence to our ECE btw.
Still holds true here - I know some people that never go further than Larne or Ballymena - and that is only for the weekly shopping trip or doctors/dentists sort of thing
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Bodaigh an Cháise táid go hatuireach
ag filleadh ar a gcéird gach spéice smeartha aca
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