Davin due to shut down.

thewing

Jesus, I remember the days before Supermacs/Funworld/The Bowling Alley....it's all changed a lot..

Be sad to see the Davin go, it's a local institution.Too many supermarkets out that side of town now.

barboy25

Indeed its sad to see the Davin go, but what are your best or worst memories of the Davin. Was it dossing there while you are meant to be in lectures?? or just using it as a place to have a quiet pint with friends?? Anything good or bad, its your call!!!

sioda

thewing wrote:

Jesus, I remember the days before Supermacs/Funworld/The Bowling Alley....it's all changed a lot..

Be sad to see the Davin go, it's a local institution.Too many supermarkets out that side of town now.

Fights in the swamp god those were the days

barboy25

So if the Davin goes, where are we going to watch the future All Irelands when Limerick are playing, of course, on the big screen??? they have a great T.V lounge for watching the matches and i dont know of a better one out this side of town!! :eek:

sioda

Off to the country club they used to have a class big screen in a small section at the top of the bar

barboy25

Just wondering if anyone has heard anymore about what is happening with the Davin Arms? When is it likely to shut? Will it be bulldozed or kept??

slyfox

ok here it is im not going to say who i work for but yes the davin is closeing and yes aldi is going in there, also in 2 years supermacs will be closeing down to make way for another pub one the same as russels or scots "superpubs"

now a bit of background.

the guy who owns the davin also has a building company and owns the land where the davin and supermacs is, so he will be doing all the building work there that is aldi and the new pub.

and lets face both buildings are an eyesore so its a good move if not a cleaver move on his side.

SLYFOX

ricey

Good im glad he's closing, the man cant run a pub or just has
no interst in running one proper.

sioda

Ricey never a truer word spoken

barboy25

Sorry for bringing up an ancient thread, but ccould anyone please tell me
whether the Davin Arms is still open or not?? I had heard that it was to be closed approx mid January, not sure if that was true or a figment of somebodies imagination!!

Limerick Dude

Was in there last night, i can assure you its still open, but its half the size now, they put a partition halfway through it.

Chong

So it looks like the Davin is finally gone, after all these years, it was all closed up last night. Remember going there as a kid with my grandfather and father. Remember my first pint was there , even if I was 16 and getting barred for being underage, spending my last day of college there with all my mates drinking and playing snooker, playing poker there with my mates on afternoons where college finished early.

The memories of it all .

Roll on Lidl , YAY!

Stab*City

yes!

Osk

I didn't know it closed last night. It was our local family pub - only pub I was barred from! I was 2 years old and a strict No Children Allowed policy at one stage so I had to leave.

So is the site going to be a Lidl/Aldi with Funworld and Supermacs going to make way for a large pub?

rino87

i would have thought he'd have at least left it open till after the match on sunday.
missing out on a small fortune there!

1huge1

Well either way its about time that side of the city got a aldi or lidl, seeing as aldi already have two here id assume it will be another lidl... yes/no/maybe?

oh well

RINO87 wrote: »

i would have thought he'd have at least left it open till after the match on sunday.
missing out on a small fortune there!

believe he ran out of beer on sat at the munster match .. no point restocking it now

rino87

oh well wrote: »

believe he ran out of beer on sat at the munster match .. no point restocking it now

ha ha, fair enough! ive a fair idea who was responsible for drinking most of that beer too!!

i got a phone call from someone who shall remain nameless at half eleven sunday morning, looking for me to cover them for work, as they were STILL in the davin

1huge1

Wow they pulled a all nighter. Impressive

keith_d99

Was there trouble in the Davin at the weekend???
I know from earlier posts, it seemed it was closed during the week - anybody know what happened?

Osk

Eh Keith - this thread is all about the Davin closing for good and forever!

It closed last week and a Lidl or Aldi (Lidl I think? not sure) is to be built on the site.

keith_d99

I heard it got trashed on it's last night though - by an infamous Limerick family?

Osk wrote: »

Eh Keith - this thread is all about the Davin closing for good and forever!

It closed last week and a Lidl or Aldi (Lidl I think? not sure) is to be built on the site.

finbarrk

Yeah I was at the hurling Sunday and I heard the Davin got a bit of a trashing up on the closing night.
It was a pity they couldn't have done some sort of an outside bar for the hurling match last Sunday though.

Limerick Dude

keith_d99 wrote: »

I heard it got trashed on it's last night though - by an infamous Limerick family?

#

Yeah it was one of 'the' familys from what i heard, not sure if im allowed to be more specific here....

keith_d99

When did this happen though - any more details?
I heard they got thrown out of the country club and moved onto the Davin after that

Limerick Dude

keith_d99 wrote: »

When did this happen though - any more details?
I heard they got thrown out of the country club and moved onto the Davin after that

Thats exactly what i heard, apparently they were allowed to have 1 pint in the Country Club and then they went to the davin and thrashed the joint.

imfreein09

in the cc they pulled there tops off and pulled there pances dwn then asked to leave went to the davin caused war brave on to the street they pulled the back of the toilets out etc

finbarrk

Would these people be frequenting the Davin fairly often or was it just a once off call?

imfreein09

no just a once off from what i would know, defo a once off in the cc

JerryHandbag

ah i shall miss the davin, its where i watched Man United beat Barcelona to reach the Champions league final....surrounded by knacker Liverpool fans...final whistle was oh so sweet:D