Whelan's on Fire?

Eglinton

Just heard a rumour Whelan's Pub is on fire.

Anyone confirm?

judas101

whelans on wexford street?

that's my regular spot.

glad i didnt head down tonight if so

judas101

just got a text off my mate, he said it's the village next door.

wonder if its bad

taibhse1966

Just got a call from my sister - shes a taxi driver asking me if there is anything on the news she saw a load of fire engines heading for wexford street which is blocked off at the moment, called me about 20 mins ago. Nothing on the news anywhere checked.

admiralofthefleet

happy i didnt head to cashel now, woot

Alanstrainor

Jaesus, i hope it's not whelan's, or the village for that matter, they were my new hang outs for the last few months, i sure hope this isn't true. My Cousins been playing whelans for the last month or so, here's hopin everything's alright lads.

andrew

For the love of god not whelans, its the only place I get in.

cormie

Mo mhammi rang me at 1.30am to see if I was ok:o that Whelans was up in flames. It's not like it's a regular place of mine or anything, I've been twice in my life I think.

bronte

fcuking hell, was just talking about going there a few days ago. Jeez , hope my workmates okay

Oriel

Bloody smokers....
[/taking the piss]

DirkVoodoo

Don't panic!

I just got back from town, was in Whelan's. From what I can tell, the following occured:

Was in Whelans, place was filling up with smoke and they started emptying the place saying the place next store (the village) was on fire.

Went out onto the street and it seems like the neon sign over the door caught fire. Since the facade has that crappy wooden panelling, the front caught fire (not too bad) but it was billowing smoke.

Gardai and Fire crews arrived pretty sharpish, looks like it was all under control.

Alanstrainor

Hurrah!

MarinoMark

Fcuk it, just have to mosey over to Flannerys , then on to Coppers

Blackgrape

just back from town myself. The missus noticed some burning smell in Whelans. I thoughtb it was the beautifully smelling peat fire. Was ushered out ahead of most as I was on my way out. The fire alarm went off as I was on my way. Outside all I could see was "the village" sign on fire. However smoke was billowing out of a top window of the Village. Hung around for 20 mins. 3 brigades and numerous squads on the scene instantaneously.

io

yup. village was on fire, dont know the ins and outs but fact its, whelans was fillin with smoke by the time we made our way down the stairs, and the fire brigades had arrived by the time we were out the door...and we were ahead of the crowd seen as nobody believed there was really a fire ...stink of smoke now and smoke was Billowin out of the upper floors of the village for at least an hour after, was clearly more serious than was made out initially... all of wexford street cordened off...anyone know what ACTUALLY happened?! and everyone from Village ok?

Eglinton

Not too bad so

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhojmhmhcwmh/

flanum

Is this whelans in limerick? do you mean to tell me an entire village caught fire? was it Doon in Co.Limerick?? my god! this is terrible!

super_furry

Heh, Cavan.

Nalz

mates where in it last night

ronano

too bad village didnt go puff and need to be refurbed,tis an awful music venue! Whelan's is lovely tho

Placebo

village can fit 800 people?

flanum

im sorry could somebody tell me which county whelans is? there are whelans pubs all over ireland! are the whelan family living in the premises? are they ok?

surely this should be in the regional forum!!!

Nalz

flanum wrote: »

im sorry could somebody tell me which county whelans is? there are whelans pubs all over ireland! are the whelan family living in the premises? are they ok?

surely this should be in the regional forum!!!

Big Pub in Dublin on wexford st...see my pic in previous post

flanum

yeah i saw a pic with loads of smoke. could have been anywhere!

oh dublin?? doesnt concern me then!

i feel a bit sorry for the whelan family tho.

could this be moved to the regional section?? county dublin??

Fad

flanum wrote: »

could this be moved to the regional section?? county dublin??

whats the point?

mikemac

Word to the wise, flanum

If no placenames are mentioned, always assume it's Dublin.
That's what I've learned on Boards.

That and they like to shorten names like "Blanch" but it's ok as everyone knows where that is!
Oh and there's only one Dundrum in all of Ireland

Wagon

Once everyone was okay and the proper boozer with the good black stuff is in one piece than its grand

nesf

Moved from AH.

super_furry

Well at least that'll stop the turf-eaters whinging.

armageddon_pony

yeah, you could smell fo something burning for the most of the night..
i was bit surprised when they started to evacuate ppl and didnt have a clue where was the fire..
i was so close to gettin my coat.. so i stood outside for like ****in 1,5 with just t-shirt on.. f*ck sake..

glad nobody got hurt

Jayage

glad i didnt go out there then
mates said they werenet botherd since it was raining >.<

and i'm not really fond of whelans no where to sit when in the night club!

Nalz

super_furry wrote: »

Well at least that'll stop the turf-eaters whinging.

muppet

shane86

Wish it had been Whelans. Ive drank there on one and last occasion. There was a smashed pint glass left on our table for the entire 2 hours we were there (it was there when we arrived, but it was the only free table). Kip.

Quite like the Village though

Miguel_Sanchez

shane86 wrote: »

Wish it had been Whelans. Ive drank there on one and last occasion. There was a smashed pint glass left on our table for the entire 2 hours we were there (it was there when we arrived, but it was the only free table). Kip.

Quite like the Village though

God forbid you might ask bar or floor staff to clear it up for you. No, that wouldn't do at all. :rolleyes:

squirrel6767

Along the same lines do any of the regular Whealens goer's think that standards have dropped since the redesign i.e. since converting the old smoking yard into the pub extension.

It might has well been on fire on Sunday night (following night) with the heat inside in the main pup. You have a load of folk crammed in there, prior to the back being opened, and the heat is unbearable - from what I saw most folk were sweltering. There does not seem to be any cool air coming out of the air-conditioning units.

Whelans has been my favourite pub in Dublin but traditionally it was a very comfortable setting and now its just another superpub. I dont mind progress/development and getting a few extra punters in the door but you have to draw the line when you are close to passing out.

Anyone else agree? If all it takes is to pump up the airconditioning then a bit of feedback on this forum may help.

judas101

defo agree with ya there squirrel

Nolanger

flanum wrote: »

im sorry could somebody tell me which county whelans is?

It's the one called "Waylans" in P.S. I Love Sh*t Movies

Miocko

squirrel6767 wrote: »

Along the same lines do any of the regular Whealens goer's think that standards have dropped since the redesign i.e. since converting the old smoking yard into the pub extension.

It might has well been on fire on Sunday night (following night) with the heat inside in the main pup. You have a load of folk crammed in there, prior to the back being opened, and the heat is unbearable - from what I saw most folk were sweltering. There does not seem to be any cool air coming out of the air-conditioning units.

Whelans has been my favourite pub in Dublin but traditionally it was a very comfortable setting and now its just another superpub. I dont mind progress/development and getting a few extra punters in the door but you have to draw the line when you are close to passing out.

Anyone else agree? If all it takes is to pump up the airconditioning then a bit of feedback on this forum may help.

100% - did they get rid of the yard...the only bit of whelans i liked was the yard. I have gradually getting fonder and fonder of carnvale across the road. bit of room..and same music at a level you can talk at

jdivision

Whelan's was always sweltering. You couldn't stand down near the fire cos it was so warm

The Scientician

It's all over twitter that Whelan's is on fire again. Any confirmation?

Poxyshamrock

The Scientician wrote: »

It's all over twitter that Whelan's is on fire again. Any confirmation?

Was just a chimney fire so I'm lead to believe! Nothing major!