I'm trying to discover Galway

workaccount

What are your favourite things about the city?
What do you not like about it rather than the traffic?

cornbb

I like the vibe, the variery of peeps, proximity to the sea, the choice of pubs/restaurants and the compactness of it all.

I don't like the litter, the public puking, and the posers.

biko

What he said ^^

I'm trying to discover Galway

'Fraid to say but somebody got there before ya

workaccount

cornbb wrote:

I like the vibe, the variery of peeps, proximity to the sea, the choice of pubs/restaurants and the compactness of it all.

I don't like the litter, the public puking, and the posers.

What are peeps?

biko

people

You know, I've been meaning to start a thread: What's your secret Galway gem but then everyone's gonna go there ;-)

Tar.Aldarion

I like the Tesco and the baby ducks. I don't like the Dunnes and the big ducks.

cornbb

I like the Claddagh and the Canal but not the Sp'arch or Eyre Square. Well i do like the Sp'arch and Eyre Square. But not as much. I like people-watching outside Neachtains. But I don't like any of the clubs.

biko

I like sunny Sunday afternoon drinking outside Dew drop inn.

padi89

cornbb wrote:

I don't like the litter, the public puking, and the posers.

You'll get that in most towns.

Tar.Aldarion

More posers per head of capital in galway.
?_?

jester77

I like sitting on a high stool in Murphys enjoying a quality pint of the black.
Don't like Abra's taco fries when sober!

Proxy

I like Galway's friendliness and charm, which is kinda eroding. I miss the days of simple Galway, which was half destroyed by the economic boom, I personally feel it hit Galway in a major way. As my friends and I say, Galway is a class city, I just wish there was more of it!

I hate weekends and the proliferation of muppets who come down to the Wesht to get locked and make a mess, and forget about the place. And the boggers/knacks. And the posers and muppets from (insert city area/university here). This reminds me of Taxi Driver for some reason:)

"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets... Listen, you f**kers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the ****, the dogs, the filth, the sh*t. Here is a man who stood up. "

padi89

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

More posers per head of capital in galway.
?_?

Agree i found that a bit strange, never see any posers in Galway at all.

Zzippy

The Good

Sitting outside Neachtains on a summer's day enjoying creamy pints of Guinness and watching the talent go by

Fishing for salmon at the weir

Live gigs every few years at Fisheries Field

The old Roisin Dubh

Not having to work til 9.30 and missing the traffic

Lack of posers (way more in Dublin and Cork)

Race week

The Bad

Traffic

Race week

The Ugly

Hen parties everywhere

Race week

Tar.Aldarion

You can't count the old roisin dubh!
Was better all right, I think.

Proxy

I'll have to agree entirely with you there GalwayGuy99. Apart from the Roisín, I was never in the old one (for shame):)

jester77

What's happened to Roisins :eek:
It's been a few years since I've been there?

Tar.Aldarion

They did it up, removed the old books, put fancy things up like albums of the year and paintings or sth. There is now an upstairs and a smoking area on the roof. Another bar upstairs.

Robbo

jester77 wrote:

What's happened to Roisins :eek:
It's been a few years since I've been there?

Basically, they've superpubbed it. It's much bigger, on many levels and there's a disproportionately small amount of seats. You now have to trek up eleventy flights of stairs to go for a slash.

It's also become a late bar so I inevitably end up there despite having no great desire to.

jester77

What a disaster
Used to like going in there on a cold damp evening and snuggling up at the fireplace with a nice pint.
Damn those superpubs... same crap happened to the Snug as well.
And as for the Living Room, it sure as hell doesn't do a breakfast like the Lisheen used to


Edit: And I might as well mention the Front Door and Buskers while I'm ranting... Galway is losing it's character!

workaccount

I should have actually entitled this thread "Looking to rediscover Galway" as I have lived here for a good while and just moved back but am a very different person now. It still sounds like the same old sh*te from reading this thread. I'm going to have to stay here for a good while now though seeing as I'm just after getting a job.

So now I think the title should be changed for the third time to "How the hell do I become content in Galway and start enjoying it without forcing myself to like things I don't like"

Zzippy

workaccount wrote:

I should have actually entitled this thread "Looking to rediscover Galway" as I have lived here for a good while and just moved back but am a very different person now. It still sounds like the same old sh*te from reading this thread. I'm going to have to stay here for a good while now though seeing as I'm just after getting a job.

So now I think the title should be changed for the third time to "How the hell do I become content in Galway and start enjoying it without forcing myself to like things I don't like"

1. Find a good local thats not a superpub, leave the superpubs for later in the night when the crowd has moved on to a nightclub

2. Find another local for when your old local is "upgraded" :eek: to a superpub

3. Buy a supply of chill pills for when you get stuck in traffic

4. On the topic of traffic, avoid Lough Atalia Rd and Headford Rd at all costs between the hours of 1 am and em, midnight

5. Enjoy the things about Galway that won't change - the prom, drinking at Spanish Arch/Claddagh, havin the craic outside on Quay St on warm summer evenings, live bands (even if the Roisin has sold its soul it still has good gigs), the walk along the river, spotting the strange characters of Galway...

biko

Blue Note and then Róisín, best selection in Galway.
Crowded but at least you don't see hens/stags/shirts and skirts brigade.

JohnCleary

Robbo wrote:

You now have to trek up eleventy flights of stairs to go for a slash.

Go out the back and p1ss into the canal, works a treat for me

workaccount

JohnCleary wrote:

Go out the back and p1ss into the canal, works a treat for me

Sure you might aswell. All the water in Galway is contaminated anyway. No harm in a few of John Clearys slashes to add to the mix.

JIZZLORD

i remember how poky the roisin once was, where one night of a beers we had to walk on tables to get to our corner to the disgust of the occupiers of the tables.

I dislike superpubs, i'm surprised nobody mentioned the quays, from my first visit i noticed what was real and what wasnt. but one of my friends was all WOW when he seen the place upstairs as he obviously thought it was real apart from tacky pastiche., i dislike the back and upstairs of the place but the front is grand, as long as they pour the guinness properly

JohnCleary

workaccount wrote:

Sure you might aswell. All the water in Galway is contaminated anyway. No harm in a few of John Clearys slashes to add to the mix.

Canal water (South of the locks) != Galway Drinking Water

(Drinking water is sourced from Terryland/Luimneagh)

padi89

Like; The choice of bars and restaurants,everything within walking or cycling distance and when the weathers good its a great place to be.

Dislike: Looks like its gonna be another 18 years before we see the hurlers get anywhere near an all Ireland going on that performance.

kevmy

padi89 wrote:

Dislike: Looks like its gonna be another 18 years before we see the hurlers get anywhere near an all Ireland going on that performance.

Take heart then Paidi, that you are not from Mayo where 18 years is mere fraction to be waiting for an AI and sure didn't ye win a football AI a few years ago

I like the compactness of Galway you can walk all of the city in a couple of hours if you wanted. Also the friendliness of people (it's still there as most of the people haven't changed even if Galway has). The fact thats its essentially a big party from now till the middle of August. The crazy mix of people; crusties, students, workers, layabouts, Celtic Tigers, crusty students, boggers and townies. Knacker Dwarf

Dislike the way it's written off and forgotten about by Dubliners and the Government. Knacker Dwarf. The rain. Chuggers on Shop Street. Tesco and the likes for invading.

padi89

kevmy wrote:

Take heart then Paidi, that you are not from Mayo where 18 years is mere fraction to be waiting for an AI and sure didn't ye win a football AI a few years ago

Point taken, but a hurling all Ireland means more to me than a football one.