As I wrote a couple of days ago, Ireland is an Internet backwater despite of being a European centre of great IT and computer brands.
I haven’t changed my opinion about the very low quality of Internet services, especially about the helpless quality of Vodafone 3G. The reality in the other parts of IT is not good as well. In Ireland, Internet as a medium seems to be a unwanted child by many, especially by some of the local authorities - in example Nenagh.
Have you visited official Nenagh website - www.nenagh.ie? Apart of some usefull information about accommodation and buses it is not a convincing promo of the town. There is not so many photos showing tourist attractions in the town and its vicinity.
Apart of small forum on boards.ie Nenagh has no local coumunity web service (we call it portal in Polish) - kind of a local newspaper and forum online.
It concerns not only Nenagh and not only Irish community but Polish too. Apart of some good - let me call it - nationwide “Polish in Ireland” webservices there is no local ones that aim at the Polish communities of small towns - like Nenagh.
Ireland compared to Poland, seems to be a virgin land to start its own IT or electronic media business. For the last couple of weeks I have been thinking about that very much and about setting up my private, self-employed business.
Meanwhile, for the last 10 days I have been working (mostly at night) on a first community webservice (Portal) of Polish community in Nenagh. Due to my experiences in bloging (I got lot of e-mails full of thanks for providing information about Carlow and Nenagh) my intention is to provide as much as possible up to date data and information about Nenagh and to create a web platform that will assemble Polish community and maybe will help in its integration in Irish society.
It is still under construction, and it needs about one or two weeks of work, but the service is operating and providing some useful information for local Polish community. Check this out: www.nenagh.pl
It is based on Drupal 5.1 engine.
if your goal is to help polish people integrate in nenagh - perhaps your website should be in english
It is one of the goals… and most of them don’t speak English, so main goal is to create a tool, platform of communication, that can be used in the future as a way to integrate people in the local community and area.
See, there is no any information about the town in Polish lingo. Most of Poles know nothing about the town they are living in.
But… I am thinking about bilingual version, cuz it would be good to make one web portal for all Nenagh residents.
Anyway… it is good point
Frank, why should the site be in English? I agree that bilingual would be the best way in the future so that the information is available to non-Polish speaking people but for now at least having the site in Polish would be the best way to disseminate information to the Polish community in Nenagh. Good luck witht the site!
Hey Mac!
Congratulations for being nominated for the Irish Blog Awards: Best Photography Blog and Best Newcomer.
You will be getting my vote. Best of luck!
Thanks a million!
congratulations and best wishes
Czesc Mackozer
Nenagh is a nice town. It’s internet impact is below par I agree with that.
God help any one who paid for a listing on www . nenagh . net (it’s so bad I could not like to it directly) Boards.ie does not seem to have many Nenagh based users on it and any way that section of boards is for all of north tipp not just Nenagh.
I was in Dunne Stores last week end and said Dziekuje to the girl called Ewelina who has served me.
When coming to a new a new town it’s all ways best to try to mix with the locals and expand your circle of friends.
I don’t live in at home any more, but I have 8 Polish co-workers and we get on very well. I now drink Lech and Tyske from time to time.
Any way enjoy your stay in Nenagh, please don’t make me eat Bigos
I though Irish Stew was bad 
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Do widzenia.
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Wow.
I’m from near Nenagh [but living in Dublin at the moment] and it’s so surreal to look at a map of the town and see the footnotes in Polish!
Good luck with the nenagh.pl site and hope to meet you sometime.
k.