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Fireworks [Northern Ireland only]

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    Anyone know if there is anywhere in Cork where fireworks are available?

    Fireworks are ILLEGAL in the republic of ireland. This thread is for buying fireworks in northern ireland ONLY. :rolleyes:
    baller123 wrote: »
    Looking to buy fireworks anywhere near newry ?
    mainly looking for bangers, screamers and rockets and roman candles.

    Jonesborough markets are by far the best place mate. Cheapest prices around and they nearly have everything. :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 baller123


    DJDylan106 wrote: »
    Fireworks are ILLEGAL in the republic of ireland. This thread is for buying fireworks in northern ireland ONLY. :rolleyes:



    Jonesborough markets are by far the best place mate. Cheapest prices around and they nearly have everything. :cool:

    Cheers pal, Do you know when they start selling the lot? Whether theyd be open tomorrow or the following sunday with the fireworks? Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    baller123 wrote: »
    Cheers pal, Do you know when they start selling the lot? Whether theyd be open tomorrow or the following sunday with the fireworks? Thanks

    Couldn't tell you tbh mate, they normally start around the last week of september, first week of october. Not sure about this year, could be earlier ya never know :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 baller123


    DJDylan106 wrote: »
    Couldn't tell you tbh mate, they normally start around the last week of september, first week of october. Not sure about this year, could be earlier ya never know :rolleyes:

    Thanks pal


  • Registered Users Posts: 7 Ger4444


    Was up there about a week ago, fireworks are for sale near monaghan and no guards, but coming closer to October the guards will be stopping..I'm going up soon again, does anyone no when the guards be out in force on the border or what is the story if you have a load of fireworks and get caught going into the roi? Where is the best place to go to get the best dealz, the shop and the trailer at the side of the road where cheap and a good selection, but is there better..?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 19 baller123


    Ger4444 wrote: »
    Was up there about a week ago, fireworks are for sale near monaghan and no guards, but coming closer to October the guards will be stopping..I'm going up soon again, does anyone no when the guards be out in force on the border or what is the story if you have a load of fireworks and get caught going into the roi? Where is the best place to go to get the best dealz, the shop and the trailer at the side of the road where cheap and a good selection, but is there better..?

    Ive heard of people getting stopped and the fireworks are just confiscreated, no fines, but then again you could be fined depending on the gards, try jonesborough market hear its great but might not be selling fireworks for a few weeks, also try Firework Factory, its on the old Dublin Road just over the border, Its near Newry. Id say if you find the following prices your doing well:
    Screamers - 2 packs for 5 euro
    Bangers - 10 euro a sleeve
    Roman Candles(no bang) - 2 packs 5 euro
    Roman Candles 8 shot (w/bang) - 4/5 for 8 euro
    Rockets vary in prices
    Selection Boxes vary too but small - 15 to 30 euro larger ones 35 - 70 euro
    I dont know much but those are the prices that seem to pop up an awful lot.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 robertoheat


    anyone know id the jonesborough market will be selling fireworks next weekend ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 baller123


    Wondering that myself


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 baller123


    Opening times for the Firework Factory? Do they take euro and any prices on what there


  • Registered Users Posts: 7 Ger4444


    baller123 wrote: »
    Opening times for the Firework Factory? Do they take euro and any prices on what there

    They take euro, 9 o clock in the morning they where open when I was there anyway, I was there about 3 weeks ago, blackcats where 4 for 10e I didnt get any but thats expensive going by the comments above there 10e a sleve usually, rockets range from 10e - 80e, massive packs for 50e doe, screamers 12pack where 3 for 10e, same with airbombs, selection boxes started at a 10e up , roman candels where 4 packs of 5 for a 10er, repeater barrels started at 20e going to 120e, but they where massive, shots started at 1500 shots and up, there where single rockets there absolute animal of rockets starting at 20e, they start at around 5ft, there is a wide range of diffrent fireworks there but they were my first choices..but if say you went in with a good bit of money the lad would start giving you better deals and lower prices if you no what I mean, hope that answers your question


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Tim92


    Ger4444 wrote: »
    They take euro, 9 o clock in the morning they where open when I was there anyway, I was there about 3 weeks ago, blackcats where 4 for 10e I didnt get any but thats expensive going by the comments above there 10e a sleve usually, rockets range from 10e - 80e, massive packs for 50e doe, screamers 12pack where 3 for 10e, same with airbombs, selection boxes started at a 10e up , roman candels where 4 packs of 5 for a 10er, repeater barrels started at 20e going to 120e, but they where massive, shots started at 1500 shots and up, there where single rockets there absolute animal of rockets starting at 20e, they start at around 5ft, there is a wide range of diffrent fireworks there but they were my first choices..but if say you went in with a good bit of money the lad would start giving you better deals and lower prices if you no what I mean, hope that answers your question

    What sort of screamers are they?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14 Mark10359


    Does anyone know when the Jonesboro market will be on or if it will be on this year and if possible could you give me times


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Ger4444 wrote: »
    They take euro, 9 o clock in the morning they where open when I was there anyway, I was there about 3 weeks ago, blackcats where 4 for 10e I didnt get any but thats expensive going by the comments above there 10e a sleve usually, rockets range from 10e - 80e, massive packs for 50e doe, screamers 12pack where 3 for 10e, same with airbombs, selection boxes started at a 10e up , roman candels where 4 packs of 5 for a 10er, repeater barrels started at 20e going to 120e, but they where massive, shots started at 1500 shots and up, there where single rockets there absolute animal of rockets starting at 20e, they start at around 5ft, there is a wide range of diffrent fireworks there but they were my first choices..but if say you went in with a good bit of money the lad would start giving you better deals and lower prices if you no what I mean, hope that answers your question

    Bit late now but do they look for the licence youre meant to have for buying fireworks. Would like some for New Years, but not THAT bothered to be getting a licence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    Was up there last Wednesday tried a few places to check prices etc, best value was this place :

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@54.0884533,-6.3714416,3a,75y,356.88h,86.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQh-KKKbVSPjyMN1ZNUSD6Q!2e0

    Costcutter in Jonesborough, you can see the container in the corner of the carpark.

    Not the biggest selection, but more than enough choice to keep the lad's happy.

    Never asked for a license in any of the shops we visited, they serve anybody with cash.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,380 ✭✭✭5500


    Anyone know if the places shut up shop soon or can you still pick up anything closer to Christmas/new years


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Visiting newry on th 19th. Anyone know where i can buy black cats or screamers and rockets in or very close to newry? Prices please, do they take euro and do they serve teens?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    pikeman99 wrote: »
    Visiting newry on th 19th. Anyone know where i can buy black cats or screamers and rockets in or very close to newry? Prices please, do they take euro and do they serve teens?

    Myself, I wouldn't go near the shops in newry just cause they're a tad expensive. I go to Joneborough markets just across the border. They have everything and at much lower prices than the shops in Newry and the Fireworks Factory in Newry. They serve teens there as well, they couldn't give a toss once you have money :rolleyes: They do great deals if you buy in bulk and I would recommend going there to anybody! Black cats were scarce enough up north last year, they weren't even in the markets, as far as I could find anyways! Closest we could get were the little black chinese bangers ( more noise out of me farts ) so won't be buying any of them again ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 23 shkoylo


    Alright lads thinking about going up this year, any clues on this year's prices? Like are black cat sleeves still a tenner or is that all gone down the drain? Last time I went down (2012 i think) the black cats were 15 a sleeve but there were these german ones, sleeve of em was a tenner and they were just as loud, with a longer fuse time on em. Weren't selling as well as people preferred to stick with original black cats, they didnt trust the new brand. Thanks all


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Has anyone been up or is living in newry and can recommend any shops or whether or not the Jonesborough market is open on a Saturday? PRICES PLEASE!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    pikeman99 wrote: »
    Has anyone been up or is living in newry and can recommend any shops or whether or not the Jonesborough market is open on a Saturday? PRICES PLEASE!!


    Jones borough market is open on a Sunday anyways I know that. Not sure about Saturdays. Prices are all negotiable at the markets once youre buying a few bits. Sleeves of bangers are a tenner, screamers are 2 packs for a fiver, color bombs etc are usually 3 packs for a fiver. Rockets are anything between 20 and 100 for a pack of large display rockets or between 5 and 20 for smaller packets of onion rockets and small display rockets, all depending on the size and the effect. Selection boxes are usually much cheaper in the markets than the shops but wouldn't advise buying selection boxes as they're usually just packed with fountains to fill the boxes.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Is the jonesborough market selling fireworks yet? If so PRICES please! And are they selling BLACK CATS???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    pikeman99 wrote: »
    Is the jonesborough market selling fireworks yet? If so PRICES please! And are they selling BLACK CATS???

    Mate as said already, they sell fireworks. They are selling fireworks alredy, they do normally be stocking them in Jonesborough from around mid August. Prices as listed above in my previous post are the same every single year and rarely fluctuate.


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cam1452


    Is it just pounds or do they take euro


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    DJDylan106 wrote: »
    Mate as said already, they sell fireworks. They are selling fireworks alredy, they do normally be stocking them in Jonesborough from around mid August. Prices as listed above in my previous post are the same every single year and rarely fluctuate.
    Is there black cats?


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Has anyone been up recently? Is there black cats and what are the prices on a sleeve of Tapirki or the Flashbangers?


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Is there black cats this year and why are the prices for sleeves of tapirki and Flashbangers?


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Prices for the firework factory in newry?


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Anyone know if theres black cats in jonesborough and what the prices are in the fireworks factory


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Bazzy


    pikeman99 wrote: »
    Anyone know if theres black cats in jonesborough and what the prices are in the fireworks factory

    you wouldnt be looking for blackcats would ya??


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8 25paulwalsh


    Hi guys thinking of heading to Jonesboro for foreworks for the youngfella. Any advice like something with a Big Bang do they take euros?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭DJDylan106


    Hi guys thinking of heading to Jonesboro for foreworks for the youngfella. Any advice like something with a Big Bang do they take euros?

    Go for some of the large display rockets mate, great fun and always have people amazed! They take sterling and euro in Jonesborough ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 MCPHELO


    Do you know if they are selling black cats this year or are they selling the superboller flashbangers?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 MCPHELO


    And i also noticed on google maps theres around 2 other shops by the jonesborough market one is a little blue shack kind of thing you know anything about that its beside a newsagents?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    MCPHELO wrote: »
    And i also noticed on google maps theres around 2 other shops by the jonesborough market one is a little blue shack kind of thing you know anything about that its beside a newsagents?

    If it is this place, junior and his mates were very happy with the deals / value for money they got when we went up last year. He was selling out of the container and on the first floor of the shop
    https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Jonesborough,+Newry,+Newry+and+Mourne+BT35,+UK/@54.0884533,-6.3714416,3a,75y,348.19h,81.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQh-KKKbVSPjyMN1ZNUSD6Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DQh-KKKbVSPjyMN1ZNUSD6Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D301.483%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4860cff5818b9bdd:0xfe16dc5250375c6e

    This place:
    https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Jonesborough,+Newry,+Newry+and+Mourne+BT35,+UK/@54.1129512,-6.3585581,3a,75y,141.89h,88.68t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sX6z0V2I0SSc_bMFJxUsqEQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DX6z0V2I0SSc_bMFJxUsqEQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D80.015923%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4860cff5818b9bdd:0xfe16dc5250375c6e
    was expensive, the lad's weren't impressed.......

    We were up there on a weekday, market wasn't open but a couple of the firework shops there were, again the lad's got some good deals...
    https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Jonesborough,+Newry,+Newry+and+Mourne+BT35,+UK/@54.0898174,-6.3704802,3a,75y,288.44h,82.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sns_zOJHdlSE1YKviHdUVYQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dns_zOJHdlSE1YKviHdUVYQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D9.6592121%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4860cff5818b9bdd:0xfe16dc5250375c6e


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 MCPHELO


    Ah ok thanks I was gonna head up on a Sunday so hopefully there will be a few shops open mostly going up for bangers,screamers and selection boxes 10 shots the usual.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6 MCPHELO


    Are they selling black cats this year yeh?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Dmcl27


    Is there being an black cats sold in the firework factory or the market and for how much and if anyone has the price list can u write it out for me please as im trying to figure prices as im doing a display. Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 Bill carey


    All I need to know is are the jonesborough markets open on a Saturday?please,don't care for deals just need blackcats...thanks all


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭cam1452


    The fella in one shop is opened everyday of the week now.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 Bill carey


    cam1452 wrote: »
    The fella in one shop is opened everyday of the week now.

    Where's the shop?and are bangers sold there


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭cavan4sam


    Anywhere in Enniskillen selling fireworks


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 pikeman99


    Just back, no black cats, prices are the same as always, tapirki bangers in the bad boy shop but a sleeve for 20€, are apparantly the last bangers in ireland. Very good deals in the shops at the market.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15 Cian_N


    Does anyone know where to get fireworks in enniskillen and if you need a lisance? Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    Cian_N wrote: »
    Does anyone know where to get fireworks in enniskillen and if you need a lisance? Thanks
    Never been to Enniskillen, but having been buying fireworks over the border for the last 5 years, as long as you have Euro or Sterling in your pocket, they couldn't care less about licences, I have bought the bog standard "Garden fireworks" and the way more powerful (and expensive) "Category 3" also known as display fireworks, with no questions asked......
    If you are looking for the current holy Grail of bangers "Black Cats", they are like hen's teeth, couldn't find them any where in Newry or Jonesborough and what bangers that are available (most likely "tapirki" branded bangers) are sh!te and not worth the €20 a sleeve they are asking for.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 15 Cian_N


    skibum wrote: »
    Never been to Enniskillen, but having been buying fireworks over the border for the last 5 years, as long as you have Euro or Sterling in your pocket, they couldn't care less about licences, I have bought the bog standard "Garden fireworks" and the way more powerful (and expensive) "Category 3" also known as display fireworks, with no questions asked......
    If you are looking for the current holy Grail of bangers "Black Cats", they are like hen's teeth, couldn't find them any where in Newry or Jonesborough and what bangers that are available (most likely "tapirki" branded bangers) are sh!te and not worth the €20 a sleeve they are asking for.....
    Sorry if I sound a bit naive but is there actual fireworks shops around Newry or Jonesborough? :')


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    Cian_N wrote: »
    Sorry if I sound a bit naive but is there actual fireworks shops around Newry or Jonesborough? :')

    Yes you can see them if you click on the links I made in this post : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97120644&postcount=335
    They are open 7 days a week at this time of the year


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 MCPHELO


    i have been told they are not making black cat bangers anymore / superboller flashbangers is this true?


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 yokes_


    MCPHELO wrote: »
    i have been told they are not making black cat bangers anymore / superboller flashbangers is this true?

    Yes that's true, any pack of blackcats you find now could be up to 10 years old.... That's how long they haven't made them for.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 yokes_


    Sorry lad but if I'm not mistaken that shop is only down the road from the jonesborough market, could ya tell me please if this shop is cheaper than the market and what days it's open. Thanks :)


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