In Reply to: re: the traditional test was whether the town had a cathedral posted by Dan the man on April 04, 2007 at 13:27:44:

This country was under british rule for 400 years. u can say it was a bad thing all u want but the fact of the matter is our capital city, Dublin, is only so built up due to the fact that is the closest major city to England! All our infrastructure leads out from a central pattern, Dublin! Colonial system! So if all ye die hard rebels wanna protest about the brits and moan, start making up your own pseudo-definitions of cities, start campaigning for Athlone to be the capital city!

2 cathedrals....city