question about irish airsoft

inc

hi all.
i'm an polish milsim paintballer, i moved to ireland about 8 months ago. since i get know that airsoft is legal in ireland i wont to come back to my hobby but befour i get new stuff i have few questions.
are every airsofter in ireland play only at Swords, Droheda nad Cork skirmish sites ? or there are also small games in a woods or in abandoned buildings around other towns ? If yes are there any people playng around Galway, Athlone ?
If i order gun from UK after October 1st do they send it to me ?

Thanks!

P.S. sorry for my not to good english;)

ED E

Uk: Not sure if they'll ship to you. Are you willing to buy chinese.

At the moment we only play at HRTA, drogheda airsoft and Predator in the north(Predator will soon be off limits except for renting their guns!). Drogheda is still under construction though it is playable. John is going to build a town soon.

Beast ASI

After October 1st, UK retailers will not be able to ship to you.

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Welcome inc nice to have some Poles getting involved , at the moment their's nowere in the west to skirmish unfortunetly [im from galway myself]. But a few people are actively looking for suitable private land though i doubht anything will happen for a long time.

Dave!

Hey inc! Welcome aboard!

inc wrote:

or there are also small games in a woods or in abandoned buildings around other towns ? If yes are there any people playng around Galway, Athlone ?

If that kind of thing goes on, it's without our (or certainly my) support or approval. It's the kind of thing that would damage the sport as a whole, and probably wind up with people getting in trouble with the Gardaí.

Only play on designated airsoft skirmish sites, please! At the moment the only ones are in Swords, Drogheda, and Down.

Hope to see you at one of them soon!

MaxForce

Hi inc, welcome to Boards. I am also in Galway. Look forward to meeting you some time.:D

Gatling

one word "ILLEGAL" abondoned building have owners ,there fore permission is required to access said buildings if not blue flashing lights usualy mean a trip to a cell, as for a forrest people walking there dogs see men running around with weapons more blue flashing lights, as dave said stick to a dedicated skirmish site, welcome and see you in at a skirmish

ScumLord

I'm in Galway too inc looking for a place aswell.

The problem with going into the woods in Ireland is there are none. Not like in Poland anyway. Irelands to small to go off and find your own little spot some one will see you and freak out.

I've been asking around where I am for a suitable bit of land but I've been very busy the last few weeks and put it on hold. Most of the land around here is flat open ground not suitable for what we want other than the forrestry.

The only other thing I can think of is the likes of Inishturk it's an abandoned island (I think it's abandoned anyway nobody lives there any more) off the cost of Galway/Mayo

Stercus Accidit

LIGHTNING wrote:

I can imagine the headlines already "Radical Terrorist Group Trains on Inishturk"
"Numbers have increased since a mysterious figure called Shiva started suppling arms to this radical group"

Hes being supported by the chinese I hear...

MaxForce

Motosam wrote:

Hes being supported by the Chinese I hear...

Their cause is known as The War of The Clones.

MaxForce

ScumLord wrote:

I'm in Galway too inc looking for a place aswell.

The problem with going into the woods in Ireland is there are none. Not like in Poland anyway. Irelands to small to go off and find your own little spot some one will see you and freak out.

I've been asking around where I am for a suitable bit of land but I've been very busy the last few weeks and put it on hold. Most of the land around here is flat open ground not suitable for what we want other than the forrestry.

The only other thing I can think of is the likes of Inishturk it's an abandoned island (I think it's abandoned anyway nobody lives there any more) off the cost of Galway/Mayo

An island would be a good idea but you would need to make sure you would let your local Gardai know what is going on. Can imagine the ARU dropping in on us on ropes from helicoptors and the whole of the Irish Navy off the coast.:D

ED E

Island would be the optimum location for the west coast.

1. Sheep.
2. Transport.
3. Weather?(WIND???BBs+ Wind=Mayhem)
4. Cover?


Other than that, you could do some kind of delta seals naval assault..wait, batteries...

liamo333

I know someone with an island........

ED E

John Locke

liamo333

No. Someone from school. His parents own an island near limerick.

MaxForce

Lethal_Bullet wrote:

John Locke

I met him in Galway. He dropped into a place I work. Really nice guy. Maybe I should have asked to borrow his island:D

MaxForce

liamo333 wrote:

No. Someone from school. His parents own an island near limerick.

And would they kind of lend it to us?;)

liamo333

I'll see what I can do.

ED E

Some safe zone netting, maybe a tent and we're away. Liam, whats the story with access? Boat, bridge? Sand Bar?

liamo333

Boat.

ED E

Ehh, clubwise ok. Comercially inviable.

inc

the reason why I ask do some one play at buildings and woods is that's the way we doing it in Poland, there are no skirmish sites like in Ireland, people just serch for spots like old abandoned factories, big woods and play there from time to time. those places alsow got a owners but mostly they dont care about foling a part buldings, and if they do and some one show up we just say that we sorry, explain what we are doing and go out the secend thing is that for me training on static targets and practis moving and entering rooms in team is alsow importend and for that you need your own spot. but I'm in ireland and I will do like you sey I was just explayning how airsoft/paintball look in my country

Nalced_irl

Lethal_Bullet wrote:

Island would be the optimum location for the west coast.

1. Sheep.
2. Transport.
3. Weather?(WIND???BBs+ Wind=Mayhem)
4. Cover?


Other than that, you could do some kind of delta seals naval assault..wait, batteries...

Battle Royale 3

CrazyRabbit

inc wrote:

the reason why I ask do some one play at buildings and woods is that's the way we doing it in Poland, there are no skirmish sites like in Ireland, people just serch for spots like old abandoned factories, big woods and play there from time to time. those places alsow got a owners but mostly they dont care about foling a part buldings, and if they do and some one show up we just say that we sorry, explain what we are doing and go out the secend thing is that for me training on static targets and practis moving and entering rooms in team is alsow importend and for that you need your own spot. but I'm in ireland and I will do like you sey I was just explayning how airsoft/paintball look in my country

Irish landowners are not so friendly. Here, you would most likely get arrested.

kdouglas

CrazyRabbit wrote:

Irish landowners are not so friendly. Here, you would most likely get arrested.

yup, or you might end up with armed members of the gardai pointing real guns in your faces because they think what your carrying is real.

ScumLord

MaxForce wrote:

I met him in Galway. He dropped into a place I work. Really nice guy. Maybe I should have asked to borrow his island:D

So they did get off the Island.

Lethal bullet wrote:

Island would be the optimum location for the west coast.

1. Sheep.
2. Transport.
3. Weather?(WIND???BBs+ Wind=Mayhem)
4. Cover?

There are house's, sheds, shops, stone walls, like a mini Aran Islands except completely abandoned. I could be wrong about it being Inishturk but I know there's an island out there like that.

liamo333

He has a house on the island. It is 180 acres and is around a mile off the shore. Will find out more info now.

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That sounds perfect Liamo. *plot's amphibious assault*

ScumLord

Maybe even get a spot of fishing in on the way.

ScumLord

Inishturk has people living on it but there are apparently loads of uninhabited ones along the west coast and mutton Island is for sale here.

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/muttoneuir.htm

It might be possible to rent it for a weekend however it says there's a seal colony on the island but they might not be there all year round. If the luxury holiday Island price are anything to go by (€1400 a week) it wouldn't be that expensive between a large group.

I'd say a diving company would know where all the good spots would be.

CrazyRabbit

ScumLord wrote:

Maybe even get a spot of fishing in on the way.

That's why we have airsoft grenades....fishing for the impatient people.

liamo333

I'll find out if there is anyone else on it.