Davin due to shut down.

Limerick Dude · 08-06-2008 04:58PM

New pub opening between the clarion suites and the woodfield, sextons i think it will be called, open for around xmas apparently, if you go by it you can see its under construction.

Chong · 13-11-2008 10:37AM

Well the day has finally arrived, with the Davin gone, Lidl opened its doors at 9am.

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 10:43AM

I passed by the place last night, it looked like there was a customer or two in there shortly before 1:00 am.

Chong · 13-11-2008 10:44AM

An Fhile wrote: »

I passed by the place last night, it looked like there was a customer or two in there shortly before 1:00 am.

Hey, Welcome back An Fhile!

It will be handy for the cheap drink and food.

avillan · 13-11-2008 10:49AM

Where does the que start for the satellite dishes !:eek:

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 10:52AM

Chong wrote: »

Hey, Welcome back An Fhile!

It will be handy for the cheap drink and food.

Thank you!

It's good to be back. Standards had been slipping in my absence!

I've a few friends in LIT who live in student accomodation near by. They've been pretty excited about this development, apparently some of the price-deals are a poor student's dream.

It's a shame to have lost the Davin though.

sioda · 13-11-2008 10:41PM

Its not a shame to lose the Davin lets be honest it was never a great place so cheap lidl booze is much better

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 11:14PM

sioda wrote: »

Its not a shame to lose the Davin lets be honest it was never a great place so cheap lidl booze is much better

I'll put it this way: specifically, as the Davin, it may not be missed, but as a bar with hot food that was rarely too loud to drown out a conversation it was a nice alternative to going out in town.

sioda · 14-11-2008 04:03PM

An Fhile wrote: »

I'll put it this way: specifically, as the Davin, it may not be missed, but as a bar with hot food that was rarely too loud to drown out a conversation it was a nice alternative to going out in town.

Yeah the club sandwich was good eating damn hungry now

Insect Overlord · 14-11-2008 04:59PM

Virtual sandwiches in the BGRH bar don't go down as well as the real thing!
With that in mind, I'm going to get food now.

Oh, and as for the new Lidl, apparently they don't sell colouring pencils. Just thought I'd throw that in to stay on-topic!

Limerick Dude · 14-11-2008 09:45PM

An Fhile wrote: »

Oh, and as for the new Lidl, apparently they don't sell colouring pencils. Just thought I'd throw that in to stay on-topic!

The Dastards!

xw2lj9uspm1eyh · 16-11-2008 03:01AM

ah sure lads dont worry we still have the country club.....

barboy25 · 17-11-2008 01:31PM

Very true that some may not think of the Davin as a great pub or miss it, but it was a spot to meet with friends or family and have a quiet few with a club sandwich and without having to scream for conversation. There is always someone you will talk to that has a story from the days that they drank there, or something about the staff!! Good memories for some....

Ayahuasca · 27-10-2022 09:35AM

Sorry to resurrect a very old thread, but I wonder if anyone has photos of the Davin? I spent my early 20s there, but cannot find even one photo online of the place. Thanks.

MarkR · 27-10-2022 02:24PM

That's bizarre, I had a look myself, and couldn't find anything online. I even used BING! (I wouldn't recommend this, however, as it seems there is a male model called Davin who I guess has nice arms.)

Berty · 27-10-2022 03:23PM

There you go haha best I could find at short notice, if you squint you can see it.

Truth be told that doesn't look like the Davin in my memory in the background. I thought it was more "wooden" looking. Based on that image from the LL in 2004 it fits the timeline doesn't it? It had that weird wrap around deck thingy and weird proportions of an entrance hallway.

27-10-2022 04:02PM

Try this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20040615000000*/thedavinarms.com

These are the archived snapshots of their website. Some of these archived pages have photos but most of them are not much more than thumbnails. Here's one showing the outside. Again, very small photo but better than nothing I guess!

Apart from that I can't find anything else out there. There was a c.2007 view available on Bing Maps at one point come to think of it but it appears that that footage is no longer available.