Salthill nightclubs of old

barongreen

Ah vagabonds, was in salthill just the once in 96. never seen anyplace like it since. good memories:o
when was it last open?

gmkgreaney

padi89 wrote: »

I think that had very little to do with it, the nightlife in Salthill just never moved with the times. Bigger and better(debatable) clubs & bars that were more professionally ran opened up in town and thus people followed, if i remember correctly CP's was pretty much the beginning of the end for Salthills nightlife.

damn that ****hole of a club:p

pseudonym1

padi89 wrote: »

I think that had very little to do with it, the nightlife in Salthill just never moved with the times. Bigger and better(debatable) clubs & bars that were more professionally ran opened up in town and thus people followed, if i remember correctly CP's was pretty much the beginning of the end for Salthills nightlife.

The castle was going down hill before it closed - imo that was the significant begining of the end of Salthill's exciting night life.


Good times -necking bottles of thunderbirds before ensuring our fake IDs and paraphinela was in check!

gmkgreaney

id always though it was the drugs bust and the rally riot which was the start of the end but appaerntly it was going down hill a long time before that

VanhireBoys

gmkgreaney wrote: »

id always though it was the drugs bust and the rally riot which was the start of the end but appaerntly it was going down hill a long time before that

We used to come down for the rally every year without fail....We used to stay in a B&B near Joyces.... Salthill was THE place to go out. Great craic...! CJ's was some spot.... ! Good times until '99. The Garda were ill equipped to deal with the riot.... The rally was cancelled for the next few years and when it came back it wasnt the same ... Maybe we had got older and the whole scene moved on a generation...!

Because of my experiences at the rally and Salthill when I got the job here I grabbed the oppertunity with both hands and never looked back

padi89

pseudonym1 wrote: »

The castle was going down hill before it closed - imo that was the significant begining of the end of Salthill's exciting night life.

Well if you wanted to get off your tits that is .

morrowa64

Used to go to a place called Liquid in Salthill back in the day...passed itself off as a dance/rave club...was situated on the right hand side at the bottom of the hill as u come out of the city...think there was a garage at the bottom of the hill

gmkgreaney

morrowa64 wrote: »

Used to go to a place called Liquid in Salthill back in the day...passed itself off as a dance/rave club...was situated on the right hand side at the bottom of the hill as u come out of the city...think there was a garage at the bottom of the hill

lower salthill justa cross from kellehers garage, liquid reopended again as oasis about 3-4yrs ago years ago for a few months but closed again shortly after dunno why though whenever i was there seemed jammed

JIZZLORD

can someone explain the rally riots?

Was there any clubs in town then at this time?How come nobody goes to Salthill now?

padi89

JIZZLORD wrote: »

can someone explain the rally riots?

Rally weekend in Galway a huge amount of scumbags arrived in Salthill. The carpark on the promenade was full of donkeys doing donuts etc from very early in the day.There was serious drinking going on so every scumbag was wound up to the nines.Anytime a garda car etc drove through salthill it was pelted with rocks bottles etc, i saw a kid no more than ten plant a bottle right into a squad car at three in the afternoon much to the amusement of a jeering crowd.It was very very rough down there, scary in fact. I saw a man driving past Kilorans when some pisshead walked out in front of his car, the guy tooted the horn at the pisshead and he ended up getting pulled out of his car to be given a hiding, all this **** was going on in broad daylight.
Later on they gathered in the carpark behind Seapoint, doughtnuts the usual ****e. A paddy wagon came down in the late afternoon with guards in riot gear to displace the crowd but the couldn't even get out of the van because they were being pelted with bottles and people were trying to topple the van over.Eventually reinforcements were brought in from all over the county and in the wee hours of the morning they just went in with battons and hammered all around them

padi89

Deleted User wrote: »

Was there any clubs in town then at this time?How come nobody goes to Salthill now?

There were a few in town alright but majority were in Salthill. As said before better venues opened up in town which resulted in places in Salthill shutting down.

Carraig

To be honest, the demise of Salthill as a location for nightclubs is largely down to one man , (now retired) Supt. Jim Sugrue of Salthill Garda Station.
1. He hated Henry Greally who at various times had The Castle and Oasis/Lenaboy Arms
2. He hated drink. Famously sent a bunch of cops who'd just come on duty at 2.00pm on a Sunday (when the pubs were supposed to observe the Holy Hour between 2 - 4 pm) to raid Lonergans Pub, where all the Guards who had just come off duty at 2.00pm were having a Sunday lunchtime drink.

padi89

Carraig wrote: »

To be honest, the demise of Salthill as a location for nightclubs is largely down to one man , (now retired) Supt. Jim Sugrue

Ha! I had forgotten about that cnut

Head The Wall

padi89 wrote: »

There were a few in town alright but majority were in Salthill. As said before better venues opened up in town which resulted in places in Salthill shutting down.

They weren't that much better - Kno Kno's, The Bentley and CP's. Kno-Kno's became the GPO and Bentley became Cuba

Ex Bouncer

The Beach Hotel now TBD building behind kellehers garage
The Warwick Hotel now O'Connors hotel (no relation to O'Connors pub)
The Galway Bay Hotel now Point Boise apartments
Osais Niteclub - Angels stripclub- now derelict building
The Bal - totally refurbished and extended now the Bal
O connors Pub now O'Connors Pub (Extended early 1990s)
CJs Niteclub now apartment block
Kincora Hotel/Whispers niteclub/Promenade hotel now Bookies
The Castle Niteclub now apartments
Rumors Niteclub became The Jameson Hotel
Cheers niteclub now (I dont know)
The Oslo Hotel / Catz Niteclub now being upgraded again as pub.
Twiggs Niteclub/Vagabonds now Asylum Hostel
Lonegans Bar now Lonegans Bar
Killorans Bar now Killorans Bar
Francies 21 club now empty site
Burrenmount now Burrenmount
Cullinanes Bar/RS2000 club nor Cullinanes bar

Please add any I have forgotten

paconnors

Ex Bouncer wrote: »

The Beach Hotel now TBD building behind kellehers garage
The Warwick Hotel now O'Connors hotel (no relation to O'Connors pub)
The Galway Bay Hotel now Point Boise apartments
Osais Niteclub - Angels stripclub- now derelict building
The Bal - totally refurbished and extended now the Bal
O connors Pub now O'Connors Pub (Extended early 1990s)
CJs Niteclub now apartment block
Kincora Hotel/Whispers niteclub/Promenade hotel now Bookies
The Castle Niteclub now apartments
Rumors Niteclub became The Jameson Hotel
Cheers niteclub now (I dont know)
The Oslo Hotel / Catz Niteclub now being upgraded again as pub.
Twiggs Niteclub/Vagabonds now Asylum Hostel
Lonegans Bar now Lonegans Bar
Killorans Bar now Killorans Bar
Francies 21 club now empty site
Burrenmount now Burrenmount
Cullinanes Bar/RS2000 club nor Cullinanes bar

Please add any I have forgotten

O'Learys Bar now Londis

ErnieBert

Hilltop Hotel now apartments and corner shop

ErnieBert

Ex Bouncer wrote: »

Rumors Niteclub became The Jameson Hotel

And that was knocked down too to be replaced by....apartments.

ErnieBert

Ex Bouncer wrote: »

Cheers niteclub now (I dont know)
Tn

It's The Office Bar

galwayrush

I used to go to the Oasis at least 5 nights a week, went there for 45 nights in a row once, LOL, met my wife there, i tell everyone i met her at the lap dancing club LOL.:D

thesandeman

"Sapphires" still the Salthill Hotel but no nightclub.

Meemars

granturismo wrote: »

Can anyone help. Trying to settle an arguement - I'm trying to remember some places in Salthill from the the late 80s /early 90s.

Close to the prom, had Celtic 'art' and possibly owned by Monroes. Had regular gigs for touring bands.

Second was on the same side, and had 'Ruby Tuesdays' on Tuesday:), possibly downstairs.

Third was on the same side again, directly across from O'Connors.

Thanks

OP: First one was Setanta nightclub was the place with the "Celtic Art" - Murals of Cuchulainn etc. (formerly and more famously 'The Oz' in the 80's) Was run by the guy who had originally revamped Monroes, then Roisin's, then Calico Jacks (now Massimo).
Second was Trends Nightclub, downstairs from 'The International' - Ruby Tuesday rocked.
Third - There's nothing directly across from O'connors except Caesars Palace casino. Down the road a bit was the Oasis (Liquid) and next door The Warwick. All deadly joints in their day!
2am they'd all shove the customers out on to the streets and the great chipper ordeal would begin!

AughanT

serfboard wrote: »

Glad to see Gabby get a mention alright. He worked in various different pubs and clubs in Salthill - usually until he got into trouble for being a bit too "emphatic" in his bouncing!

Anyone know where he is now?

Gabby is still around Salthill - working in the new Bal

DRakE

Aurora Borealis wrote: »

No, Castle was where Krcma is now basically, not same side as Vagabonds.

God I still miss that place. Sex Kitchen has yet to be paralled in my book.

Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down!?

galwaylad

Cj's?? Few doors up from seapoint

ben.schlomo

galwaylad wrote: »

Cj's?? Few doors up from seapoint

Zombie.

galwaylad

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Zombie.

Awwwww thanks Hun

daithi1970

God be with the days.. i remember a few of us on the beer and fetching up in the Oasis..one of the lads fell down the stairs (stairs in a night club wtf??) holding a pint, got himself cut to shyte, was completely ignored by all the staff there-got himself into a taxi (!) got stitched up in a/e, and got another taxi BACK OUT to the Oasis!Now that's what I call committed..

daithi

ben.schlomo

galwaylad wrote: »

Awwwww thanks Hun

Clever zombie.