Things to do before I leave Galway...

duckygalway

So I'm leaving for Australia on the 20th April and I thought it would be a novel idea to put together a list of things to do in Galway before I leave! Anything goes... started today walking around Eyre Square when a mate says "you have to get your fortune told by Madame Bridget". Done! Suggestions please...

Seaneh

Drink a bottle of bucky down the Sp'Arch.

duckygalway

Seaneh wrote: »

Drink a bottle of bucky down the Sp'Arch.

Done!

Seaneh

Beat all of the aussie/kiwi barmen in the salthouse in a game of connect 4.

siltirocker

Go down every street, every alley, every avenue, every lane, that shop you were curious about, that pub you are unfamiliar with, etc.

Know every inch of the city. Well worth it, you'll find gems and feel closer to your city than ever.

I did that a few years back when i was going to Dublin for a couple of years and i highly recommend it.

siltirocker

siltirocker wrote: »

Go down every street, every alley, every avenue, every lane, that shop you were curious about, that pub you are unfamiliar with, etc.

Know every inch of the city. Well worth it, you'll find gems and feel closer to your city than ever.

I did that a few years back when i was going to Dublin for a couple of years and i highly recommend it.

Really can not stress this enough!

legatti

Visit the marconi tower in clifden, lots of history there including the titanic, the telegraph officer on the titanic was stationed there
also if your into history check out www.abandonedireland.com theres some fantastic hidden castles, and mansion houses left to rot, after there owners became bankrupt from the potatoe famine.
linnane is fantastic, the quiet man country is also, the arann islands.
theres loads more but all depends on your interest really, if you wanna leave your mark on Galway plant a tree somewhere?
you got me thinking now!! i would be so sad to leave Galway, enjoy your time left here :)



** oh another Titanic link in galway, is Bruce Ismay the Chairman/ M.D of the White Star line, Retired and settled in Galway
in Casla (Costello) in Co Galway (yeah im a titanic nut lol)

majiktripp

1. Jump off top of Blackrock Diving platform (preferably into the water)
2. Try a Madras Curry from the Market on Saturday's (trust me when I left I missed this a lot!)

loser2old4board

Walk along the river bank all the way from Hibernian Boat club in Woodquay down to Nimmo's Pier and then on out through South Park (Swamp) out along the walkway to Mutton Island. Bring a camera and save the memories for when you get lonesome.

Edgedinblue

head to the market on a saturday and get something off every food stand, then go for a pint in the kings head. when i leave ill really miss sushi lady and daniel the doughnut guy! nom!!! also cant recommend enough is goin to silver strand outside salthill and walking up the hill and down the other side. its such a nice walk!

_Whimsical_

Watch the sun go down over Galway bay. Preferably in somewhere like Roundstone though.

Also, come back and tell us what Madam Bridget said!

Delta_Raven1

go into an arts lecture in NUI... they'll never no!

[-0-]

I'm loving this thread as I haven't done most these things. I'll be off to Clifden soon, and I'll take a visit to the market as well. Thanks.

Mrs OBumble

Take part in the Macnas parade. (Might be too late for ya, OP but it should be on the list!)

Drum in Shop St or Spanish Arch.

Visit Forthill Cemetery. (Our first tourist "destination"!)

Visit the "fields" of Athenry - don't mention to the folks in Aussie that they're mainly housing estates these days

Starie1975

siltirocker wrote: »

Go down every street, every alley, every avenue, every lane, that shop you were curious about, that pub you are unfamiliar with, etc.

Know every inch of the city. Well worth it, you'll find gems and feel closer to your city than ever.

I did that a few years back when i was going to Dublin for a couple of years and i highly recommend it.

Good call.

Coming from the west of the county where it's 95% football I've only got to a hand full Senior Club Hurling Matches. Well worth seeing. Make sure it's a derby match.

d-gal

Break into somewhere before ya leave and have a party there!

hyperbaby

majiktripp wrote: »

1. Jump off top of Blackrock Diving platform (preferably into the water)
2. Try a Madras Curry from the Market on Saturday's (trust me when I left I missed this a lot!)

What stand is the curry on?
Govinda's?
is it veggie?
I do loive me a good madras... mmmm....

duckygalway

d-gal wrote: »

Break into somewhere before ya leave and have a party there!

but where?!!

blond45

duckygalway wrote: »

So I'm leaving for Australia on the 20th April and I thought it would be a novel idea to put together a list of things to do in Galway before I leave! Anything goes... started today walking around Eyre Square when a mate says "you have to get your fortune told by Madame Bridget". Done! Suggestions please...

what did she tell you? is that the one in the tower at shopping centre eyre square? went to her on my birthday last year. nothing but bad look ever since.

majiktripp

hyperbaby wrote: »

What stand is the curry on?
Govinda's?
is it veggie?
I do loive me a good madras... mmmm....

Big red mobile unit outside Sheridan's Cheese Mongers more a less, The Bean Tree it's called. Well worth it, if you're feeling adventurous get it with the pickled chillies....

_Whimsical_

Buy "warty Nora" or one the other similar characters a box of smokes or something you think theyd want. Then walk knowing you've done something nice but that you won't have unleashed a pestulance upon yourself because they won't be able to hound you for stuff everytime you're in town.

Also have a sly smile to yourself knowing that they will be pestering some poor person who looks like you or has the same jacket as you expecting stuff.:)

FouxDaFaFa

They're pretty obvious but walk the prom and kick the wall and then have a good feed in McDonagh's.

Stky10

A greasy snack box from supermacs eyre square while drunk as a lord

Black Swan

Skinny dip in the Corrib.

ErnieBert

Shift a drunk culchie outside Supermac's


...just after you've eaten a curry & coleslaw snackbox

ScumLord

Start a feud with a traveller.

Neyite

blond45 wrote: »

what did she tell you? is that the one in the tower at shopping centre eyre square? went to her on my birthday last year. nothing but bad look ever since.

no, madame bridget is the one sitting outside the ulsterbank on eyre square.;)

Tedole

Go to Menlo Castle and walk the grounds. Walk the Prom, but do it just after sunrise, the tranquility is beautiful. Go to Terryland Park for a Galway United match, and Pearse Stadium for a Connacht game. As someone said earlier, visit Forthill cemetery, and also the cemetery in Bohermore, find Lord Haw Haw's grave, and stop and pray at the KLM plot. Take a boat up the Corrib and have a picnic on one of the islands. Play a round of golf (if you are a golfer) in Connemara Isles, and visit the cemetery in Letterfrack

Arnold Layne

Give O'Brolachain a kick in the nuts and rip clumps of his beard out. You will be a Galway Legend

fend

Find a party in Glasan or Corrib Village [Wont be hard to find one :rolleyes:]

Buy Warty Nora a scratch card

Aurora Borealis

A few of my favourite gems are;

A pint in Hughes, it's full of real Galway locals.
Reading the weekend papers upstairs in the Museum with the sun shining in on you, great views and peace.
Rambling in the market and tasting the various niceties there.
Coffee/pints outside Neachtains.
Walking the prom and on in by the Claddagh.
Getting the crossword print out from the library and sitting at a window seat people watching.
Coffees outside Pura Vida, Im loving that place more and more.
Drunken early hour ramblings through town.
Breakfast in Cava.
Gigs in the Róisín and Kellys.
Wine and cheese in BK's.
A one-liner exchange with the infamous Pat of Quay St.

It's a lovely day out so I'm off but hope you enjoy your time before you head off and while you're away obviously...

_Whimsical_

Aurora Borealis wrote: »

Coffees outside Pura Vida, Im loving that place more and more.

It's a lovely day out so I'm off but hope you enjoy your time before you head off and while you're away obviously...

I want to do everything on your list! Sounds good.
Where is Pura Vida though?

_Whimsical_

Feed the swans at the Claddagh.

banshee_bones

majiktripp wrote: »

2. Try a Madras Curry from the Market on Saturday's (trust me when I left I missed this a lot!)

Since I moved to Dublin I miss this the most!!

Sit out side neachtains for an afternoon people watching and drinking coffee
or Ti coilis!

milehip

Take a walk in Barna woods,go bushing in woodquay or down the swamp, visit one of the early houses.
(not barr an challah of course)

JIZZLORD

Give all your belongings to jizzlord

Aurora Borealis

chilly wrote: »

I want to do everything on your list! Sounds good.
Where is Pura Vida though?

It's the café just across from Jury's, used to be called Maggies if memory serves me.

HoPpiE

I'm leaving in a month. I've done a lot of the things listed here already but I'm sure Galway has lots more to offer that I haven't discovered!! Any more suggestions would be welcomed!

biko

Walk the Diamond Hill in Letterfrack (yeah I know it's far away but worth it).

spannerotoole

ScumLord wrote: »

Start a feud with a traveller.

This isn't quite so hard to do. All you have to be is better than them at something. They go quite insane. Be warned, however, Do bring something to spray into their eyes for when it goes a bit overboard. May I recommend Deep Heat or Spray-on Band Aid.

Don't worry, the local populous of galway will love you for it.

RubyBlu

Walk the prom and kick the wall at Blackrock.

Mrs OBumble

Walk the Line

paulhannon

take note of the exits

kippy

duckygalway wrote: »

So I'm leaving for Australia on the 20th April and I thought it would be a novel idea to put together a list of things to do in Galway before I leave! Anything goes... started today walking around Eyre Square when a mate says "you have to get your fortune told by Madame Bridget". Done! Suggestions please...

Looks like the OP has departed these shores.
All going well, I hope they got a chance to do most of what people advised would be a good idea.
Lets hope he had a safe trip and that things go well for him in Aus. Lets also hope that starting a fued with a traveller wasnt the end of his Australia trip and hes not locked up in a caravan somewhere or worse! lol
Enjoy Oz!

Foxx92

Tedole wrote: »

Go to Menlo Castle and walk the grounds. Walk the Prom, but do it just after sunrise, the tranquility is beautiful. Go to Terryland Park for a Galway United match, and Pearse Stadium for a Connacht game. As someone said earlier, visit Forthill cemetery, and also the cemetery in Bohermore, find Lord Haw Haw's grave, and stop and pray at the KLM plot. Take a boat up the Corrib and have a picnic on one of the islands. Play a round of golf (if you are a golfer) in Connemara Isles, and visit the cemetery in Letterfrack

Yeah do this...

Maja

This thread just really proves that there is nothing to do in Galway!
SAD BUT TRUE! :mad:

kippy

Maja wrote: »

This thread just really proves that there is nothing to do in Galway!
SAD BUT TRUE! :mad:

Are you serious?
Theres tonnes to do in Galway, this thread covers about 0.1% of them.

Mrs OBumble

Maja wrote: »

This thread just really proves that there is nothing to do in Galway!
SAD BUT TRUE! :mad:

Ahh, no.

This thread is about stuff for a Galway person to make sure they've done before they leave the city (possibly for good).

There used to be a sticky of useful links and things to do, but I can't see it any more. Perhaps it's been replaced by the Summer Events one ... <<enquiring look towards Biko >> ... That would be a pity IMHO, 'cos it is useful to have a list of suggested things to do.

For the record, there is heaps to do, but this isn't the place to start listing it, I think.

biko

You rang?
This is the old sticky http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=280266, have of read of it Maja.
Oh and check the stickies on top of the forum page.

Maja

biko wrote: »

You rang?
This is the old sticky http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=280266, have of read of it Maja.
Oh and check the stickies on top of the forum page.

-hmmm, pubs, cinema, pubs, races, more pubs...:rolleyes: I know you all love your town and I admit it has its charm.. but I guess if you come from a big european city full of real events like big concerts, serious street theaters, good class night clubs (no offence - I have been in 5 in Galway and it was all poor) and more more more - from this perspective Galway seems to be quite provincial.. -nothing wrong with that, but it is boring sometimes...
(specialy if you are not into races and drinking...)

Xiney

you have to stop thinking of Galway as a city Maja, because it's not.

Enjoy the nature and scenery around it, and forget about concerts and so on because Galway is a town, not a city.