Things that you love about Galway.

dmcg90

We've probably all seen the ''Things that annoy you about Galway thread, thought it'd be a good idea to see what people loved about Galway.

Personally for me I love the:

People
Hole in the Wall / Monroes
Snack Box
Charcoal Grill
Docks
and the fact you can get a game of Bowling and a pint of Guiness for 3.90!

Whats yours?

JIZZLORD

dmcg90 wrote: »

Hole in the Wall

:mad:

i lived across the road from that sti infested hell hole!

banshee_bones

the market....
sunny days....
dry days!.....
summer....down by the spanish arch and everyone is drinking.....
charcoal grill (yum)...
the people....
The roisin.....

m83

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Ardscoil Ris

The road out of it.

ronnie3585

The city during the summer(i.e. sunny days, whatever they are?).
Sunset over Galway Bay.
Ladies day.
Charcoal Grill.
Blackrock/The Prom.
Can walk everywhere.
Not nearly as many scumbags and junkies as Dublin.
The characters - KD, warty Nora et al.
NUIG.
The wimmin.

spinandscribble

sunsets on the bay (never seen the sun rise, hopefully i'll get a chance when i get back)
the canals
the atmosphere
the college grounds
the walk around salthill.

KevR

I love the proper Galway City accent (you know the one I mean, not the posh one or any of the Galway County accents).

aloevera

Everything !!!

Rex Manning

mcdonaghs chips with a bag of cans in spanish arch
cans at the back of the commerical/back of the court house
the market on saturdays
arran islands
the fact that galway airport is the only airport you don't have to queue for anything at all

By the way, whoever thinks the hole in the wall is good must suffer from extreme sensory deprivation or have really low expectations from life - it's possibly the worst pub in galway with the mankiest beer in galway (sometimes i wonder if the urinals are connected directly to the taps in the bar)

ErnieBert

KevR wrote: »

I love the proper Galway City accent (you know the one I mean, not the posh one or any of the Galway County accents).

Howya gettin on Martining? I'll meet ya in Supemacs Loving. I'd ate a rake of shnak boxes and give ya a few bob for yoursell before we bate the heads of a few Taypots. God bless ya....

Krieg

banshee_bones wrote: »

summer....down by the spanish arch and everyone is drinking.....

+1


Also, less scumbags when compared to other counties. Some may disagree

cornbb

Krieg wrote: »

Also, less scumbags when compared to other counties. Some may disagree

+1, definitely agree

Also:
The Blue Note
Lesser pubs than the Blue Note, some of which are also great
The people
The bay
The compact size

donmeister

The Public Transport System!


No....erm wait.....

1. People
2. When its actually nice weather
3. Nightlife
4. Spanish Arch

JohnCleary

Walking out the prom/Claddagh/Docks/Along the River and canals

The fact that you can feel like you're in the country after only a 10min drive out of the city

The scenery around Lough Corrib. Infact Lough Corrib fullstop. Apart from the accident last year destroying the water with high levels of Crypto, you can pretty much drink the water straight out of the lake/river (I'm not talking down Claddagh/In town, but further up the river past Menlo and on the lake). I love swimming in the lake during the summer... go down to the Shannon and the water is a constant manky boggy brown - not that it's polluted, but it's just not nice to swim in

Galway Bay/Blackrock for swimming

The underground streams between Lough Mask/Corrib (OK so a bit of Mayo too) for scuba diving - Hope to do it next year but from the pics i've seen scuba diving in the caves is fcukin' scary but a seirous buzz

Proxy

Tuam.

paulhannon

the roads that head away from here

Mars Bar

Proxy wrote: »

Tuam.

Don't know if that is sarcasm but I +1 to that!

I also like the fact that there is a beach and the people are nice...I wish I was going to college in Galway.

Diabhal Beag

The scumbags. They piss off the posh dicks

lavaghball

Conlons chips.
Murphy's Porter
Woodquay
Buzz around town
O'Connors famous pub
Charcoal Grill (all the salad on the burger?)

fish fingers

paulhannon wrote: »

the roads that head away from here

well feck off back to england ya blow in

Wompa1

fish fingers wrote: »

well feck off back to england ya blow in

Everyone being allowed to express their opinion

ronnie3585

Except the English:D

shqipshume

Everything:)

paulhannon

My mum. And your mum too!!

s_carnage

paulhannon wrote: »

My mum. And your mum too!!

Great comeback Paul!!! You rock :cool:

fish fingers

s_carnage wrote: »

Great comeback Paul!!! You rock :cool:

Rock on dude:pac:

paulhannon

ah thanks

star.chaser

supermacs

trish23

The wit... & the fact that the thread for 'things that annoy you about Galway' has 4 pages & this one has 2, but my optimistic head thinks its a love/hate relationship:D

KevR

trish23 wrote: »

The wit... & the fact that the thread for 'things that annoy you about Galway' has 4 pages & this one has 2, but my optimistic head thinks its a love/hate relationship:D

Well we do like to complain in Galway. That's another thing I like about Galway actually - the complaining. I love a good moan!

biko

What I like:
Town on a sunny summers day.
Bumping into friends all the time.
It's small enough to walk through but has all the major shops and amenities.
Closeness to the bay, beaches, Connemara, Burren.
3 close airports, Galway, Knock and Shannon.
The foreigners and students that liven up the place.

kmick

The constant driving rain? Anytime I went to Galway Winter or Summer you could count on getting a nice bit of rain. My wife always insists on going shopping anyway so I am always wet there.

KevR

biko wrote: »

3 close airports, Galway, Knock and Shannon.

Dublin Airport won't be too far away (travel time wise) either when the motorway is finished. 1hr 45mins or less I reckon.

We're really lucky in the sense that we have many air travel options open to us here.

s_carnage

KevR wrote: »

Dublin Airport won't be too far away (travel time wise) either when the motorway is finished. 1hr 45mins or less I reckon.

We're really lucky in the sense that we have many air travel options open to us here.

And sure America is only a stone throw away!!

ScumLord

s_carnage wrote: »

And sure America is only a stone throw away!!

Jayz you must have some set of arms on ya. I've been trowing stones at the yanks for years and haven't hit one yet.