KILDARE IS A county which isn’t really talked about much. We’re based outside of Dublin and we’re relatively inoffensive as a county. Our county colour is white for god’s sake which made county colours night in the Gaeltacht pretty straightforward.
To our credit we’ve produced a number of great women including Aisling Bea, Emer McLysaght, MayKay and of course, St. Brigid as well as someone called Nonpareil Jack Dempsey who just sounds badass.
Here are 17 tweets to remind you why our small county can be both awful and great at the same time.
1. We have some of the best tourist attractions
I know someone who directed a very lost but very friendly Jerry Springer to the Steam Museum in Straffan, Co. Kildare.
— Brian Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) March 16, 2018
I will not hear a word against our fine Steam Museum thank you.
2. We also have Kildare Village which Dublin does not
I'm in Kildare Village. Gonna buy a Tommy Hilfiger sweater and white Asics to complete my "dad on a Sunday" aesthetic.
— Paul Hosford (@PTHosford) March 16, 2018
Do we go to it? No. But we’re still PROUD of it.
3. That being said, not living in Dublin does present its issues
I've been commuting since half 6 and I'm gonna miss my exam. I'm coming from Kildare, not fucking Leitrim or one of the other made up counties
— Adam (@RummHammm) March 13, 2018
Commuting is hell.
4. And all that commuting can have an effect
Woaaaaaaah we're halfway there, woaaaaah-oh, we're sad in Kildare
— Rob (@RBOSull) January 20, 2018
The N7 is the worst place in the world to be honest.
5. We tend to crop up in some of the oddest places
I was talking to a guy from Switzerland tonight. I usually say I'm from Dublin bc it's easier but when I said I was Irish he asked was I from Kildare. When I asked how he knew Kildare he said "I've played a lot of strategy games"
— Adam (@RummHammm) January 11, 2018
Yeah that’s actually a thing.
6. We have a habit of embarrassing politicians
Managed to get photobombed by a llama in Kildare today. pic.twitter.com/elmIESFrD8
— Leo Varadkar (@campaignforleo) November 13, 2017
We still don’t know why the llama or the Taoiseach was there.
7. We’re proud of some odd things
In Kildare train station there’s picture of Brian Cowen in 1994 trying to cut a ribbon with a bottle of champagne.
— Philip Boucher-Hayes (@boucherhayes) March 15, 2018
We should have paid more attention. pic.twitter.com/pVeCinQruq
Why was he cutting it with a bottle of champagne? Why is this photo framed? I NEED ANSWERS.
8. When the weather hits, it tends to hit us bad
*krsssh* could I get a thaw to North Kildare? A thaw to North Kildare please *krssshh* pic.twitter.com/EY62oSeE1X
— EmerTheScreamer (@EmerTheScreamer) March 4, 2018
We nearly lost the entire county to snow.
9. But we tend to make the best of it
My sister in law in Kildare sent me this. They know how to igloo. #stormemma2018 #snowday2018 #sneachta #BeastFromTheEast #Snowmageddon pic.twitter.com/HcrpFyrlDU
— Antoin Beag Ó Colla (@AntoinBeag) March 2, 2018
Those people are now renting that igloo out as a ‘small, studio flat just outside the city centre’.
10. We have a sexy accent apparently
The Donegal accent got voted "3rd sexiest in Ireland"...after Tyrone and Kildare...so I feel like it's not really saying much
— easter megg (@_M_egg) August 27, 2017
Even though nobody can quite agree what exactly a Kildare accent is.
11. And we’re not quite sure ourselves where we’re from
The day is coming where Kildare and all that reside in her must decide if we're little Dublin or still culchie isn't it?
— Rachel O’Neill (@ronronzo) December 8, 2017
‘I’m from Dublin.’ ‘Rachel you’re from Kildare’. ‘Ok I live on the border’.
12. We tend to get a lot of slagging for our existence
Watching a holiday show where the presenters are on holidays in Ireland's most meh and nondescript county, Kildare
— me but extremely onl (@JurassicArse) January 19, 2018
We’re not nondescript we just don’t like hogging all the attention like Dublin does.
13. We do tend to inflict it on ourselves
Me in Kildare: Kildare is shite
— Adam (@RummHammm) December 3, 2017
Me, anywhere else: ahh Kildare, Dublin's car park, is shite
14. And we really do love our horses
A Kildare man off to his wedding pic.twitter.com/wR2e4ZYmu7
— Nicholas Óg (@NioclasN) April 1, 2018
If you don’t own a horse, are you even from Kildare? (Spoiler alert: Yes unfortunately).
15. But sometimes you have to look on the lighter side
If The Jungle Book was set in Kildare they’d sing the Bare Naas-cetties
— Antoin Beag Ó Colla (@AntoinBeag) February 11, 2018
It would be a great remix too.
16. And hey, we gave Ireland St. Brigid
St Brigid's Day seems to be massive this year. But I'm from Kildare, yo. We've been celebrating her big cape for years. #religioushipsters Also it's Brigid, not Bridget. Don't @ me pic.twitter.com/RBzsuP1SX5
— Aideen Finnegan (@AideenFinnegan) February 1, 2018
Take that Dublin.
17. And there’s nothing wrong with being neutral
I rated your home county, no need to thank me pic.twitter.com/g5ZB8D59Ya
— lil bub (@femmewitch) November 26, 2017
It could be worse, we could be from Wicklow or Kerry.
