Dunmore

blackbetty69

heard its a serious place for going out? anyone actually live there?:)

Mars Bar

I don't, but I know a lot of people who do and they hate the place.
As for going out, I think the 14-16 years old age group thinks it's a serious place for going out.

I stand to be corrected though, I'm sticking to Tuam for going out.

not bakunin

Heavily populated urban areas are "serious places for going out".
Draw your own conclusion.

dec25532

Probably the most narrow minded little backwater in County Galway. No, not a good place for going out. As for living there? I would sooner have my toenails burned off.

big b

I've only driven through it afew times, and I can still remember the will to live draining from me with each passing yard.
A truly depressing little town, visually at least.

steamboat

blackbetty69 wrote: »

heard its a serious place for going out? anyone actually live there?:)

I don’t live in Dunmore, but I remember not so long ago (in the 90’s) Dunmore used to be ‘THE’ place for going out in Galway county…. Busses would travel from miles around to bring crowds to PJ’s nightclub. There was even a second nightclub across the road from PJ’s that catered for the overspill (was it called the Ritz or something like that…?). Nowadays it’s much quieter though. PJ’s has changed owners a few times, and although the nightclub is still going it’s a much tamer affair. Still, plenty of nice pubs there. The Piper and Fahy’s are popular spots for the younger crowds and there are some good traditional style pubs too (Glynns and the Dunmore Arms are two I can remember, but there are a few others). One issue with going out in Dunmore these days though is getting transport home… apparently the Taxi service can be pretty poor so if you don’t have a lift you could be in for a long wait.
Remember, forums are great resource for finding out about just about anything… the trick is to filter out the noise. For example, driving through a town a couple of times is hardly enough to offer an informed opinion about the place and the people living in it. The best thing you can do is go there and experience it for yourself.

pauliewallie200

big b wrote: »

I've only driven through it afew times, and I can still remember the will to live draining from me with each passing yard.
A truly depressing little town, visually at least.

What's that got to do with the OP's question?
Very sad?

ScumLord

The piper, the Dunmore arms and the four seasons are closed. They used to be some of the best pubs there. Pjs is a ****hole and has been for a long time it's over priced and there's constantly fights breaking out to the point the bouncers take no **** from anyone and will beat the crap out of anyone that steps out of line. The pubs that are left are pretty decent but overall Dunmore is a bit of a ****hole. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to go there when Galway is only up the road.

dantbyhid

Are Beanz On Toast not from Dunmore. That alone makes it an amazing place.:D
http://www.myspace.com/beanzontoastgalwaypunk

dec25532

Even they are crap. Punk my arse. It is just an excuse for roaring into a microphone.

DenMan

I have a friend from college who is from there, she hates it. I went through it on my way to Cork in late August and think it is a beautiful little village, real picturesque. I'm not from the country so I love it. Passed through a good few bars alright so plenty of options open to people.

big b

steamboat wrote: »

Remember, forums are great resource for finding out about just about anything… the trick is to filter out the noise. For example, driving through a town a couple of times is hardly enough to offer an informed opinion about the place and the people living in it. The best thing you can do is go there and experience it for yourself.

pauliewallie200 wrote: »

What's that got to do with the OP's question?
Very sad?

Ok, first off, I didn't make any comment at all about the people living there.
What I did do was explain honestly that my impression of the town, based on limited exposure, was not a positive one.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's ever driven through a town, or an area of a large town, and thought "I wouldn't like to spend much time here". Whether right or wrong, it's a personal opinion & I think we're still allowed to have them. That's kinda why we have boards, right?

rco2000

What I did do was explain honestly that my impression of the town, based on limited exposure, was not a positive one.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's ever driven through a town, or an area of a large town, and thought "I wouldn't like to spend much time here". Whether right or wrong, it's a personal opinion & I think we're still allowed to have them. That's kinda why we have boards, right?[/quote]

Agree with earlier contributor............how can you assess the social scene of a town by driving through it "a few times"!
The OP's question was about "going out" in Dunmore....I'm sure if the OP wanted people's first impressions of the town, then he/she would have asked for it.

"Limited exposure":D

not bakunin

ok...........take back what i said earlier.........Dunmore is probably the wildest place that i have ever been. its crazed. i was out there last night and a feww of us woke up dead. unreal buzz man.

bouncy job in the middle of the town for smoking rollies on. boys spinnin' and cruisin and batin' and drinkin', fightin, .............................shmokin.........everywhere in the town. stop. unreal.



unreal.

rco2000

[i was out there last night and a feww of us woke up dead. unreal buzz man.

bouncy job in the middle of the town for smoking rollies on. boys spinnin' and cruisin and batin' and drinkin', fightin, .............................shmokin.........everywhere in the town. stop. unreal.


Were you the commedian that used to be on the Muppet Show?:D

big b

rco2000 wrote: »

What I did do was explain honestly that my impression of the town, based on limited exposure, was not a positive one.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's ever driven through a town, or an area of a large town, and thought "I wouldn't like to spend much time here". Whether right or wrong, it's a personal opinion & I think we're still allowed to have them. That's kinda why we have boards, right?

Agree with earlier contributor............how can you assess the social scene of a town by driving through it "a few times"!
The OP's question was about "going out" in Dunmore....I'm sure if the OP wanted people's first impressions of the town, then he/she would have asked for it.

"Limited exposure":D[/QUOTE]

Yeah, so, do you have an opinion or insight of your own?

not bakunin

rco2000 wrote: »

Were you the commedian that used to be on the Muppet Show?:D

You're a riot.

But no, you are wrong. Rather, I was parodying "Hardy Bucks", the quintessential sideways glance at the insular, parochial bull**** mindset that is, for a large part, Dunmore.
Actually no. Hardy Bucks is funny. I would equate Dunmore more to Friel's "Philadelphia, Here I Come!"

Shudder.

greengreen

Dunmore=depressing depressing depressing Tuam is like New York in comparison.
Smaller places like Milltown and Claregalway have much more to offer.

dec25532

greengreen wrote: »

Dunmore=depressing depressing depressing Tuam is like New York in comparison.
Smaller places like Milltown and Claregalway have much more to offer.

Couldn't have put it better although comparing Tuam to New York might be slightly (only slightly) on the "over the top" side. Previous posters are trying to suggest that Dunmore is a grand place for going out when it's not, it's a kip, there is nothing going for it and needs to be levelled to the ground and rebuilt. There would be more craic in Gills in Ballinastack.

Runonewon

My haven't we all become so sopisticated,all the pseudo city slickers, quick to belittle rural towns like Dunmore.Is it not the same as hundreds of similar towns thruout Ireland ,these are the towns and villages where our parents and grandparents came from.Somtimes it is important to get over ourselves.

mikom

greengreen wrote: »

Smaller places like Milltown and Claregalway have much more to offer.

Yeah..... like congestion for one.

blackbetty69

thanks for the feedback guys.. mite head out there some nite since im not at all familiar with the place

not bakunin

Runonewon wrote: »

My haven't we all become so sopisticated,all the pseudo city slickers, quick to belittle rural towns like Dunmore.Is it not the same as hundreds of similar towns thruout Ireland ,these are the towns and villages where our parents and grandparents came from.Somtimes it is important to get over ourselves.

Why keep the link with this pathetic tradition if it's riddled with prejudice and banality though?

Runonewon

not bakunin wrote: »

Why keep the link with this pathetic tradition if it's riddled with prejudice and banality though?

What tradition might that be?

lumo22

blackbetty69 wrote: »

thanks for the feedback guys.. mite head out there some nite since im not at all familiar with the place

IMO it's a great place for a nite out, some of the best pubs around,good nite club and even more importantly good people, just out to have a good time and really know how to enjoy themselves!But the only way is to find out for your self, you go for it, you wont be sorry.
BTW, have you noticed all the negative posts are from people that don't actually live there.

mink_man

dantbyhid wrote: »

Are Beanz On Toast not from Dunmore. That alone makes it an amazing place.:D
http://www.myspace.com/beanzontoastgalwaypunk

poooooooooo....



do you have long hair...i bet you do...

mink_man

mikom wrote: »

Yeah..... like congestion for one.

milltown??


if i farted, i would blow milltown away!

mink_man

greengreen wrote: »

Dunmore=depressing depressing depressing Tuam is like New York in comparison.
Smaller places like Milltown and Claregalway have much more to offer.

are u from dunmore??

mink_man

oh ya, who actually here is from dunmore?? i know a man called JJ and Frankie who teach in the school there....fine bog hands on the beast....i knew a man once from dunmore...jumped in the river for a swim on a hot day, 20 years later, dies of weils disease....won't do it again!
come to think of it, theres a meatloaf tribute band on there tonight, so i've been told....i like meatloaf..its nice enough...

and who said the bouncers in the club dont take *****, they let in every underage people in town, so bad the playschools are goin outta business!

not bakunin

lumo22 wrote: »

IMO it's a great place for a nite out, some of the best pubs around,good nite club and even more importantly good people, just out to have a good time and really know how to enjoy themselves!But the only way is to find out for your self, you go for it, you wont be sorry.
BTW, have you noticed all the negative posts are from people that don't actually live there.

What an informed post.

mink_man

not bakunin wrote: »

What an informed post.

i quite agree with you there sir...very informative...

dantbyhid

mink_man wrote: »

poooooooooo....



do you have long hair...i bet you do...

No, I'm pretty much bald. Why do you ask? Do you think Beanz On Toast are a metal band or something?

pauliewallie200

lumo22 wrote: »

IMO it's a great place for a nite out, some of the best pubs around,good nite club and even more importantly good people, just out to have a good time and really know how to enjoy themselves!But the only way is to find out for your self, you go for it, you wont be sorry.
BTW, have you noticed all the negative posts are from people that don't actually live there.

Great to see that we are back on topic & fair play to Lumo22 who is replying to the OP's original question & avoided the biggoted remarks of the few narrowminded contributors.

Couple of friends of the missus were at the Meat Loaf tribute band & said that it was a great nite out.

dec25532

Actually none of the remarks are bigoted. They just paint a realistic image of the town. The reason we don't live in Dunmore is because we don't fcuking want to. Christ, I know the town well enough to realise it is a dump, a place that time has forgot and that is mainly down to the people who live there. So why would anyone want to join them??

Mars Bar

pauliewallie200 wrote: »

Great to see that we are back on topic & fair play to Lumo22 who is replying to the OP's original question & avoided the biggoted remarks of the few narrowminded contributors.

Couple of friends of the missus were at the Meat Loaf tribute band & said that it was a great nite out.

There was Meat Loaf tribute band in Dunmore?! Class!

They have a nice golf course in Dunmore though...

rco2000

dec25532 wrote: »

Actually none of the remarks are bigoted. They just paint a realistic image of the town. The reason we don't live in Dunmore is because we don't fcuking want to. Christ, I know the town well enough to realise it is a dump, a place that time has forgot and that is mainly down to the people who live there. So why would anyone want to join them??

I have a relation living in that town & she was part of a major fundraising project that raised funds from their local community for a state of the art childrens play ground - it is a credit to the people of Dunmore. It is there nearly a year & not one bit of vandalism evident - unlike many towns accross Ireland.
It is disappointing to read your opinions above on behalf of the "we" ... you do not speak on behalf of me or many, I'm sure.

Ignorance is bliss

not bakunin

rco2000 wrote: »

I have a relation living in that town & she was part of a major fundraising project that raised funds from their local community for a state of the art childrens play ground - it is a credit to the people of Dunmore. It is there nearly a year & not one bit of vandalism evident - unlike many towns accross Ireland.
It is disappointing to read your opinions above on behalf of the "we" ... you do not speak on behalf of me or many, I'm sure.

Ignorance is bliss

The playground actually only opened and became accessible about three months ago....time will tell. The rugby dug-outs nearby had to be knocked just weeks before due to the worst of the worst antisocial behaviour being based there.

lumo22

dec25532 wrote: »

Actually none of the remarks are bigoted. They just paint a realistic image of the town. The reason we don't live in Dunmore is because we don't fcuking want to. Christ, I know the town well enough to realise it is a dump, a place that time has forgot and that is mainly down to the people who live there. So why would anyone want to join them??

Def:A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.

Enuf Said!

dec25532

lumo22 wrote: »

Def:A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.

Enuf Said!

Trouble is that your googled definition doesn't make Dunmore a more pleasing place in which to socialise. A typical case of shooting the messenger.

pauliewallie200

dec25532 wrote: »

Trouble is that your googled definition doesn't make Dunmore a more pleasing place in which to socialise. A typical case of shooting the messenger.

The googled definition is the same as all definitions for this word - What's your point?

The remarks made by some contributers(or "messengers") including your good self are rather bigotted, especially as you all have failed to qualify/back up these remarks on your experiences socialising in Dunmore.
Why?....Because you are obstinately or intolerantly devoted to your own opinions and prejudices.

dec25532

Christ, you must work for Bord Failte. Only someone who is being paid could talk up Dunmore!

pauliewallie200

dec25532 wrote: »

Christ, you must work for Bord Failte. No, wish I did.:(

Just accentuating the positive & defending the social fabric of a town that has unfairly being assasinated with these comments. (I have no connections to the town, only that I can remember having many a cracking night out in Dunmore as a young fella when people from far & wide travelled to Dunmore every Friday & Saturday night).

Love a good debate though where points & opinions are made constructively & fairly in an adult like manner.:)

dec25532

pauliewallie200 wrote: »

dec25532 wrote: »

Christ, you must work for Bord Failte. No, wish I did.:(

Just accentuating the positive & defending the social fabric of a town that has unfairly being assasinated with these comments. (I have no connections to the town, only that I can remember having many a cracking night out in Dunmore as a young fella when people from far & wide travelled to Dunmore every Friday & Saturday night).

Love a good debate though where points & opinions are made constructively & fairly in an adult like manner.:)

That was then but this is now. In order to enlighten yourself aboutthe state of Dunmore, you could do with paying it a visit now rather than waffling on about times past.

pauliewallie200

dec25532 wrote: »

pauliewallie200 wrote: »

That was then but this is now. In order to enlighten yourself aboutthe state of Dunmore, you could do with paying it a visit now rather than waffling on about times past.

I gave you my views on the night life as asked for by the OP.

However if you want to know about my experiences during the day time then:
I recently brought my kids to the new community park in Dunmore which is really nice, we had a nice feed in the Chinese accross the road from it & then afterwards watched the last 30 mins of a Liverpool V Man Utd game in a near by public house. Great sociable way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Oh did I mention that they have a fantastic market day every August as part of their annual festival - many people from far & wide go for the pleasant experience.
Going forward, I may check out their highly recommended golf course (see earlier post)...greens fees are suppose to be very reasonable.

Good night Irene, I don't like to talking to waflers like your good self...grow up & move on.:D

dec25532

pauliewallie200 wrote: »

dec25532 wrote: »

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I gave you my views on the night life as asked for by the OP.

However if you want to know about my experiences during the day time then:
I recently brought my kids to the new community park in Dunmore which is really nice, we had a nice feed in the Chinese accross the road from it & then afterwards watched the last 30 mins of a Liverpool V Man Utd game in a near by public house. Great sociable way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Oh did I mention that they have a fantastic market day every August as part of their annual festival - many people from far & wide go for the pleasant experience.
Going forward, I may check out their highly recommended golf course (see earlier post)...greens fees are suppose to be very reasonable.

Good night Irene, I don't like to talking to waflers like your good self...grow up & move on.:D

Very mature indeed. Sounds like a great experience . . . the chinese in particular!!! Whatever you're into old chap.

biko

dec25532, you've made your point. Now leave it alone.

Mars Bar

Hothouse Flowers are going to be playing in PJ's on the 19th of Dec. I'm there anyway!

tanyaog2007

well its where all the young ones go to now a days, its like river island in its days , is that place still opened?? if your going there make sure you have a way home , worst place ever trying to get a taxi out of it.

Fly High

I love how dec25532 calls Dunmore narrowminded then calls Punk an excuse to shout into a microphone... Well done sir.

dec25532

Louise~ wrote: »

I love how dec25532 calls Dunmore narrowminded then calls Punk an excuse to shout into a microphone... Well done sir.

Your point being?

Fly High

dec25532 wrote: »

Your point being?

You're contradicting yourself by being narrowminded... I thought that was pretty obvious... :rolleyes: