the curse of the old Butcher shop

Fuinseog wrote: »

any idea why it went bust?

Don't know, it was open when i was in college down there, in the year I finished college Mike was starting to put up notices about absentee landlords etc it was still open when i left Galway

I know their ordering system wasn't the most secure on busy nights after nightclubs with people pretending orders were theres when Mike called them out and then having to refill the order when original person wondered where their order was....might have been part of it

Just giving this a wee bump for posterity as it's been mentioned on another thread.

That's right. John, who appeared to work about about 200 hours a week running up and down with his brown bags.

Wow what a thread to find! Sorry to disappoint all, but the owner didn't go back to sea or bust 😅. Mike (my Dad) turned 70 today & that's what led me on my search which found this thread. Our family owned thimble Castle for 100 years & my Dad changed the butchers to the Snack Box. He sold this business at the peak of the boom & has been semi retired & very busy since ( 9 grandchildren & 1 great grandchild). I do agree that there's been a conveyor belt of businesses since, I imagine the rent is very high. But we hope a new family & business makes their home in Thimble Castle & makes memories as we did for 4 generations ✨️

Another person off the internet wishing Mike well. I worked locally and was a big fan of the snack boxes in my time. If I'm not mistaken, the Snack Box could have been where I was introduced to the delights of the breakfast roll - say, in 1999 or so? Mike was always a delight. I'm glad he's enjoying his retirement!