Going out in the Regional cities

mysterious · 23-02-2006 10:59am #1

Its common for groupies and Hen/stag, pis ups to go away out of thier own town to another town to go out and have craic!

Coming from Dublin, or outside their own towns etc... The Places that would be very popular;

Kerry, Galway city , wexford, Waterford city, Belfast, Cork city and possibly Dundalk etc....

Why does Limerick never get a mention?? seriously? now none of the sterotype gangland please that's another topic for a no day!!!!

So what's your verdict? why do you think Limerick as a regional city outside Dulbin does'nt get a mention for a weekend out? anyone give their opinions on their time out in the city? please keep it into context and balanced opinion.

Or is it just that everyone keeps it quiet that the fact that 80% of people who book a night

in the Clarion Hotel in Limerick is predomintly Dub?
Or notice the sheer volume of cars trundling down the N7 on a friday night?

mise_me_fein_V2 · 23-02-2006 11:12am

Bullsh!t topic

toiletduck · 23-02-2006 11:25am

Limerick sucks

mysterious · 23-02-2006 11:27am

mise_me_fein_V2 wrote:

Bullsh!t topic

If you can't contribute then don't make a comment! and take your sad language elsewhere!
you have a problem, "ignore" just how i would do to " you"as of now on. You seem like you have made a fine judgment on yourself....

back to the topic of where and why you pick to go out in and why you favoured some places!

mysterious · 23-02-2006 11:28am

toiletduck wrote:

Limerick sucks

Please be a little more mature and less predjudice, thanks.... otherwise you are coming accross as a twit.

this is a negative free zone, unless you have a balanced point of view

Terry · 23-02-2006 11:44am

it's the accent. people hate the limerick accent.

seriously though, what does limerick have to offer that cork and galway don't?
i've never heard limerick mentioned as a party town, whereas galway and cork have that reputation.
you do get a lot of people boating on the shannon. i think limerick comes across more as a family holiday type place.

Amazotheamazing · 23-02-2006 11:55am

Well, I'm currently dying of a hangover from going out in Limerick last night.

But, fact is, Limerick's weekday nightlife isn't as good as Galway's or Cork's. It's improving, but not there yet.

pontovic · 23-02-2006 11:56am

I was in Limerick for a weekend with some friends a few months ago, and it didnt srike me as much as places like Galway and Dublin have. I've never been to Cork myself, I must go sometime.

I think with Limerick, it just doesn't have the sparkle that other places like Galway and Kilkenny or Waterford have, for instance.

wheres me jumpa · 23-02-2006 11:58am

IMO Cork is way down the list. Went out there a good bit over the space of 3 years and although there are some good spots none of them really make you want to go back every week.

Galway is amazing, such a wide variety of Pubs n Clubs. There was one bar I was in, tiny bar, retro interior, I think it may have been Club.....something, cant remember and it was one the more unusual bars I have been in. The GPO has a great name although it wasnt quite what I was expecting.

Kilkenny has potential too, Morrisons/Morrisseys bar near the castle is very nice. Langtons for all the talk is a bit of let down, its basically just a bloody square room.

Cant really comment on Dublin as I have only been in Rathmines and Rathgar never got to any nightclubs.

Been to Kerry a few times and I cannot see the big deal with it, especially Kilarney in the summer time, seems to be just a collection of tourists, boy racers and gangs of raving mad, drunken fools!

One of the best nights I have had was in Westport, great atmosphere up there, only a small town but it just seems to have that hard to describe quality that you need in a night out. Even the worst pubs are a great laugh.

Amazotheamazing · 23-02-2006 12:02pm

pontovic wrote:

I was in Limerick for a weekend with some friends a few months ago, and it didnt srike me as much as places like Galway and Dublin have. I've never been to Cork myself, I must go sometime.

I think with Limerick, it just doesn't have the sparkle that other places like Galway and Kilkenny or Waterford have, for instance.

Limerick is just an industrial/commercial city, not as geared towards tourism. If you wanted to build a factory, the Limerick/Shannon region is a great spot to do it, if you wanted to build a nightclub, there's better places to build it. No huge mystery to it.

xzanti · 23-02-2006 12:05pm

Nubber in Co. Meath is a good spot

pontovic · 23-02-2006 12:06pm

Amazotheamazing wrote:

Limerick is just an industrial/commercial city, not as geared towards tourism. If you wanted to build a factory, the Limerick/Shannon region is a great spot to do it, if you wanted to build a nightclub, there's better places to build it. No huge mystery to it.

Well there you go then, question answered. If you want to go out on a Stag/Hen night, then go to Waterford, Galway, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wesport etc, but if you want to open up a new factory, then go to Limerick.

Amazotheamazing · 23-02-2006 12:13pm

pontovic wrote:

Well there you go then, question answered. If you want to go out on a Stag/Hen night, then go to Waterford, Galway, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wesport etc, but if you want to open up a new factory, then go to Limerick.

Ah in fairness, we are improving things down here, plenty of new bars opening, new nightclubs on the way, pedestrianising much of the city centre. All we need now is Munster to win the HEC and Limerick to win the hurling and all will be right in heaven.

Sleepy · 23-02-2006 1:54pm

It's just not a good city to go out in tbh. My ex was from Limerick so I've been on the town there a few times and really there's nothing worth writing home about. Add the reputation as 'stab city' (which I know is largely undeserved) to that fact and you've got your reason why.

As great as Galway is as a party city, I have to say that growing up there has it's drawbacks. It's pretty much spoiled me with regards to night-life in other towns. The only place I've ever been that came close to it for atmosphere was Edinburgh...

Nephertiti · 23-02-2006 2:15pm

Next to Dublin Iv always found Galway City great craic

Amazotheamazing · 23-02-2006 2:20pm

Sleepy wrote:

It's just not a good city to go out in tbh. My ex was from Limerick so I've been on the town there a few times and really there's nothing worth writing home about. Add the reputation as 'stab city' (which I know is largely undeserved) to that fact and you've got your reason why.

As great as Galway is as a party city, I have to say that growing up there has it's drawbacks. It's pretty much spoiled me with regards to night-life in other towns. The only place I've ever been that came close to it for atmosphere was Edinburgh...

I dunno, Galway's good and all, but nowhere near as good as Edinburgh or several other European cities (imo). Galway is strange in that the weekends are worse than the midweek for going out. Admittedly Galway is a fair bit smaller than most of the other "party" cities so it's impressive it's as good as it is.

mysterious · 23-02-2006 4:09pm

Yes Limerick has a dappened image but IS changing...

I find that most Dubs that go out in Limerick found that Limerick is indeed safer and a lot more fun than they expected, partly due to the undeserving name Limerick has had for far to long now.

As Amazotheamazing said all you have to do is take a look around the place.

If you have a negative outlook about a place because of what you hear well then you are likely to follow that cause!
There's obviously a market when considering a Night club reopened a few weeks back..

But my point is it amazes me how someone can pick up on false beliefs about a place because of the hyped reputation or whatever it is..

Amazotheamazing · 23-02-2006 4:57pm

Hardly fair Mysterious, you can't expect someone to hear of Limerick's reputation (undeserved as it is), and then hear of Galway's and think, "Yeah I'm going to place with the dodgy rep and the underdeveloped nightlife instead of Galway".

Limerick is improving, I think everyone agrees on that, but lets not get ahead of ourselves, we're light years from completely losing the unwelcome nicknames. As I've often posted on the Limerick forum, we're about at the beginning of a 10 year plan to revitalise the city. The leaps foward in recent years are beginning to take effect, for example, witness the proposed 1.5 billion investment in a one mile strip of the Waterfront, as much as I oppose this new development, I'm heartened that investors are willing to place so much money in the project.

jester77 · 23-02-2006 9:22pm

Having lived in Limerick for 4 years and Galway for 6 it's easy see why Limerick is not such a good place for going out! Everything is very central in Galway, great buzz on Shop st. the whole evening, students come in from NUIG & GMIT giving it a great atmosphere. Compare Limerick, you have LIT and UL but the students are mostly in the Stables, Kilmurray, Davin, Rugby club. Not too many round the town. There is no real center as such, good pubs are too spread out and their isn't a real pedestrian area to give it that buzz that it seriously lacks!

Going out in the Regional cities

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