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Lough Atalia 100 acres update [henceforth "bikoland", home to Redhairedville]

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    #32
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    gordongekko wrote: »
    try googling bog cotton and galway and see how that worked out

    well I'm ready to help you lads to pave the lake as soon as you can get over the bog cotton blues. I'd fill that lake in three months taking the stone from about a mile away with a fleet of now idle lorries and a few diggers and loaders. Galway wouldnt know itself and by the way I dont know about the crab population but theres no bog cotton on lough Atalia so fingers crossed if you can get over the begrudgers. the crabs would move on, sideways like the planners.


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    #33
    WallyGUFC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    Rev up and flip off back to Athlone with those crazy notions!


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Is it me or are people getting far too passionate and argumentative over something that they can't possibly have any say in realistically?


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    #35
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,727 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    I'm thinking that it's more the craic of winding up noelogara than any real passion.

    BTW, the otteress says "no".


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    #36
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    noelogara wrote: »
    well I'm ready to help you lads to pave the lake as soon as you can get over the bog cotton blues. I'd fill that lake in three months taking the stone from about a mile away with a fleet of now idle lorries and a few diggers and loaders. Galway wouldnt know itself and by the way I dont know about the crab population but theres no bog cotton on lough Atalia so fingers crossed if you can get over the begrudgers. the crabs would move on, sideways like the planners.

    We are grand we will pass on the kind offer.


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    #37
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    gordongekko wrote: »
    We are grand we will pass on the kind offer.

    if you see a few fencing posts going up in the lake you'll know that a few enterprising Galway men and women are already staking their claims on a bit of prime real estate. Once they have it for the statutory period then its theirs to pave over. Like I said its a free for all.


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    #38
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    noelogara wrote: »
    if you see a few fencing posts going up in the lake you'll know that a few enterprising Galway men and women are already staking their claims on a bit of prime real estate. Once they have it for the statutory period then its theirs to pave over. Like I said its a free for all.

    Do you actually believe your nonsense or are you just here for the lols? Squatters rights over the sea now, I've heard it all... :D


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    #39
    nuac
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Do you actually believe your nonsense or are you just here for the lols? Squatters rights over the sea now, I've heard it all... :D

    Seems like a Freeman/WUM


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    #40
    ?Cee?view
    Registered Users Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭?Cee?view


    nuac wrote: »
    Seems like a Freeman/WUM

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-new-lease-of-life-in-dublin-6-1.1295119


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    #41
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Do you actually believe your nonsense or are you just here for the lols? Squatters rights over the sea now, I've heard it all... :D

    its not really the sea Zippy, its a shallow basin of water connected to the sea and nobody owns it right now. Its a blot on the landscape of Galway. A stake jumper could get access to it from the Dublin road end and could plant a line of boulders to fence off his claim and then he would own a very valuable piece of real estate to be developed as he wished. Nobody would or could stop him filling it in to make land of it. Its a golden oppertunity if one did own a little bit on the edge of it with access. the council owns most of the perimeter swampland on the Renmore side and the city end of it for years but they are without imagination and the councillors would be looking at the prospect of grabbing it for themselves anyway. They should have filled the lake in many years ago if they were any good at all. Look at the mess they did on Eyre Square a few years ago.


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    #42
    Robbo
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Do you actually believe your nonsense or are you just here for the lols? Squatters rights over the sea now, I've heard it all... :D
    How to you prove animus possidendi when Poseidon exerts acts of ownership on a daily basis and enjoys sovereign immunity?


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    #43
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    noelogara wrote: »
    its not really the sea Zippy, its a shallow basin of water connected to the sea and nobody owns it right now. Its a blot on the landscape of Galway. A stake jumper could get access to it from the Dublin road end and could plant a line of boulders to fence off his claim and then he would own a very valuable piece of real estate to be developed as he wished. Nobody would or could stop him filling it in to make land of it. Its a golden oppertunity if one did own a little bit on the edge of it with access. the council owns most of the perimeter swampland on the Renmore side and the city end of it for years but they are without imagination and the councillors would be looking at the prospect of grabbing it for themselves anyway. They should have filled the lake in many years ago if they were any good at all. Look at the mess they did on Eyre Square a few years ago.


    It's not the sea, it's just a piece of land permanently covered in seawater? This gets better and better...

    :D


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    #44
    Robbo
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    It's not the sea, it's just a piece of land permanently covered in seawater? This gets better and better...

    :D
    Maybe the water tastes a little salty, the level goes up and down daily and it's connected to the bay but you can't be calling it seawater.


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    #45
    ?Cee?view
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    Robbo wrote: »
    How to you prove animus possidendi when Poseidon exerts acts of ownership on a daily basis and enjoys sovereign immunity?

    :D

    Why does this remind me of the often told Louisiana Title story? Found a version online just now.


    Dear Sirs:

    I traced your deed back to 1803. Here it is complete. As you probably know, Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803. France had acquired Louisiana from the Spanish as the result of a successful war against the Spaniards. The Spanish acquired Louisiana as the result of the explorations of an Italian named Columbus. Columbus was financially backed by Isabella and Ferdinand. Isabella and Ferdinand were given permission for Columbus' expedition by the Pope. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ. Christ is the Son of God. God made Louisiana.


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    #46
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    Zzippy wrote: »
    It's not the sea, it's just a piece of land permanently covered in seawater? This gets better and better...

    :D

    take a look at lough Atalia on the Google map to get a bit of perspective.

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2670778,-9.0434476,3080m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en


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    #47
    biko
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    It is a prime location alright.


    I claim it all for me, and I shall name it "bikoland". Thread title update to reflect my domain.


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    #48
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    biko wrote: »
    It is a prime location alright.


    I claim it all for me, and I shall name it "bikoland". Thread title update to reflect my domain.

    How very dare you sir! What about my capital city Redhairedville which rests upon those murky banks?


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    #49
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    In light of the excellent proposal put forward in these threads, I'd like to take this opportunity to launch a rival development. No low rent car parks or cheap tile showrooms for me, I'm going for the top of the market.

    Knocknagoneen is just sitting there doing nothing; an unused pile chock full of valuable filler material. I propose through the use of carefully directed dynamiting that it's all blown inland to fill in Rusheen Bay.

    Rusheen Bay Demesne will be an exclusive development of 140 luxury apartments with panoramic views built in a neo-medieval pastiche. 300 underground car parking spaces will be provided in and commercial interests taken care of with an overpriced Spar and another unit that accommodates whatever retail fad that will fail within 6 months.

    If there's one thing history has taught me it's that castles should be built on sand and my development will be top notch. Turrets to defend against windsurfers, a moat with drawbridge should stand-up paddleboarders come knocking and full road connection to County Clare through a floating pontoon causeway (no need for planning because it's movable in a high wind).

    Launching early 2015, reclaimed by climate change 2040. Kevin McCloud to painfully document everything for Grand Designs.


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    #50
    ?Cee?view
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    The ironic thing is if there wasn't such a cracked approach being suggested by the main "developer" on this thread, it's not actually that outlandish an idea in a Galway context.

    Much of Woodquay is reclaimed, hence the name. There was a quay almost as far in as McSwiggans at one stage.

    Huge tracts of land were reclaimed in Salthill along Grattan Road relatively recently and consider that the house Nile Lodge was before that, on the sea front.

    Sea Road (or Raleigh Row - can't remember which) is in Irish Bóthar na Sliogáin, named for the seashells that were there.

    A significant proportion of the new business park at the Docks, including the site of the large oil tanks is reclaimed, within the last few years. That's only a stone's throw from Lough Atalia.

    There's a right and a wrong way of going about these things though...


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    #51
    Mrs OBumble
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    biko wrote: »
    It is a prime location alright.


    I claim it all for me, and I shall name it "bikoland". Thread title update to reflect my domain.

    Bad luck - I've already got a claim on some bits of it for the Inner Ring Road.


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    #52
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    No probs, I'm sure we can come to some mutual understanding. It is a lot of free land after all :)


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    #53
    snubbleste
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    biko wrote: »
    No probs, I'm sure we can come to some mutual understanding. It is a lot of free land after all :)
    No such thing. Have you not seen The Field?


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    #54
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Actually, it would be ideal for a new stadium for Connacht rugby. Can we come to some arrangement?


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    #55
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Bad luck - I've already got a claim on some bits of it for the Inner Ring Road.

    you have to fly out of the hive and stake your claim. Mark it out with a fence and post up your real name for all to see. Its there for the taking and may the best man win.
    those little gardens along the road probably have their eye on a chunk of it anyway. thats why they registered them but last time I passed I didnt see any stakes in the water so they only have the small greens. the Council own the narrow strip along the lake road after the gardens since 1953 so that tells you how useless they are but maybe they cut the grass.
    In south of the county and in county Clare lots of farmers have claimed right out to the low tide marks including Trump's golf course and the cliffs of Moher. Lough Atalia is not affected by waves. its just a depression in the side of the city easily filled in this day and age. If it was in any other city in Europe it would have been filled long since. It must be something to do with your councillors and planners. their dead hand is on Ireland since 1963 planning laws were signed by Dev who was in the park at the time.


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    #56
    TerrorFirmer
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    noelogara wrote: »
    you have to fly out of the hive and stake your claim. Mark it out with a fence and post up your real name for all to see. Its there for the taking and may the best man win.
    those little gardens along the road probably have their eye on a chunk of it anyway. thats why they registered them but last time I passed I didnt see any stakes in the water so they only have the small greens. the Council own the narrow strip along the lake road after the gardens since 1953 so that tells you how useless they are but maybe they cut the grass.
    In south of the county and in county Clare lots of farmers have claimed right out to the low tide marks including Trump's golf course and the cliffs of Moher. Lough Atalia is not affected by waves. its just a depression in the side of the city easily filled in this day and age. If it was in any other city in Europe it would have been filled long since. It must be something to do with your councillors and planners. their dead hand is on Ireland since 1963 planning laws were signed by Dev who was in the park at the time.

    Better get the padlocks out again Noel.


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    #57
    Diabhal Beag
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    All pleasant joshing and joking aside I'll fight any man to the death for the deeds to the advertising float on Lough Atalia.


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    #58
    noelogara
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 40 ✭noelogara


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    All pleasant joshing and joking aside I'll fight any man to the death for the deeds to the advertising float on Lough Atalia.

    you might be on to something there DB, an advertising float or a barge on the pool would be a way of staking your claim to it. Because nobody owns the lough nobody could stop you and you dont need planning permits.

    Did you read my first post? It explains how to make land from your squat before a moderator locked it shut. Why that should happen tells you a lot about Ireland today.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057515693


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    #59
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Noel and myself are now the proud owners of Galway City. First plan of action is to ban buses and cyclists.


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    #60
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    First plan of action is to ban buses and cyclists.

    and double yellow lines...


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    #61
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Noel and myself are now the proud owners of Galway City. First plan of action is to ban buses and cyclists.

    I for one welcome our new overlords.


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