Things you miss about Limerick when you go away......

panda100

I was in Dublin for a few weeks recently and I really missed the Jam donoughts from Quigleys in The Crescent. There so yummy! Best donoughts in Ireland without a shadow of a doubt.

I also really missed shopping at The Edge,which really has some of the funkiest,grooviest clothes in the whole of Ireland.

I missed not being able to tune into West Limerick for some decent toons and chat. Instead I had to listen to poncy Dubliners talking about poncy Dub things.

What things do you miss when you leave The Treaty city?

John_Mc

Left 3 years ago and the only thing I miss are my friends. Best jam donuts in Ireland?

Find that very hard to believe. And west limerick radio?? :rolleyes:

Captain Average

The pig on the spit from the Market on a saturday morning.

YFlyer

Poor Man's Kilkee

panda100

John_Mc wrote: »

Left 3 years ago and the only thing I miss are my friends. Best jam donuts in Ireland?

Find that very hard to believe. And west limerick radio?? :rolleyes:

F*ck friends and family,it was Quigleys Jam donoughts I missed

stupidusername

The ONLY thing I miss about it is the familiarity. And I'm not even sure I like that anymore!

Insect Overlord

The views of the Shannon, up towards King John's Castle from Thomond Bridge and out towards the estuary from the new bridge. They never cease to impress me.

stupidusername

Oh wait! I thought of what I miss..... my pigees! I do miss my little pigee clan when I'm gone. Look forward to getting back to them...

krudler

Well all my stuff is here, so that, an my friends/family aside from that, very little tbh.



oh wait, donkey ford's sausages.

talkingclock

Gingergirl's Brownies. That's all.

RonMexico

I lived abroad for a year...there wasn't a single thing that I missed. Nothing.

Raiser

panda100 wrote: »

F*ck friends and family,it was Quigleys Jam donoughts I missed

Best and most logical compromise is to fill your Friends Holes with Jam

Mc Love

My bed!

badboyblast

Nada - if it was`nt for my family and job I`d be gone -Place is a sh**hole.

Raiser

RonMexico wrote: »

I lived abroad for a year...there wasn't a single thing that I missed. Nothing.

If Limerick was Nuked* some fine day and then a Genie appeared and said I can grant you one wish - It is absolute and without limitations, it is so powerful it could restore Limerick from being a massive radioactive Crater to its former state, right down to the last broken window in the last derelict Building......

- I'd beg for another Mushroom Cloud just in fcuking case.






* In this scenario I'm also imagining a successful evacuation of all life to safety..... Now píss off all of you Humanitarians, Animal Lovers and Cranks!!!!

Limerick_Lass

I have travelled alot spending various lengths of time abroad, and what I missed was various irish things, not so much Limerick... only for my friends and family. Then usually when Im back home to Limerick, it seems things never changed! Might have to head away again for a bit.... cant bloody wait!

munstergirl

Traveled for years, what did i miss about limerick, not 1 thing ....nothing .... Except the family, few friends.

Berty

I leave Limerick everyday I guess and the thing I don't do anymore is get takeaways from all my usual favourite spots because they tend to not make it home fast enough to keep warm.

Except tonight as I am babysitting I had myself a Chicken Hut with Gravy.

Raiser

John_Mc wrote: »

Left 3 years ago and the only thing I miss are my friends. Best jam donuts in Ireland?

Find that very hard to believe. And west limerick radio?? :rolleyes:

You can take John_Mc out of small-time Limerick but you can't take the small-time Limerick out of John_Mc

- Stop picking on our local Panda Cuzzz :cool:

zuroph

Wild Onion. and my pillow. its an awesome pillow.

Raiser

zuroph wrote: »

Wild Onion. and my pillow. its an awesome pillow.

Would you not just bring her?



- Could bring the feckin Pillow too ya know????

krudler

zuroph wrote: »

Wild Onion. and my pillow. its an awesome pillow.

The food maybe, the snotty service and over familiarity, nope.

Amazotheamazing

I don't understand people who refuse to leave if they don't like it here, it's not really that hard if you think you only get one go at life.

I've lived out of Limerick a good bit between college, travelling etc and things I've missed would be, in no order.

Swimming in castleconnell on a summer's evening when the sun's going down and the only boats on the river are the veterans from Castleconnell RC.

Pints in the Curragower, Wicked Chicken, Mickey Martins, Dolans, Tom Collins, pubs which are among the best I've ever been to.

Running along the canal or along by the river Strands to Westfields, especially on cold-ish days when you can feel yourself slowly warming up.

The market Saturday morning, preferably followed by browsing for books in O'Mahony's or the second hand place on Catherine st.

Watching Munster away matches in the Corner Flag, going to Munster matches in Thomond.

gigs in Dolans, great venue.

Not strictly Limerick, but running or cycling around Cratloe, the bit when you run to the top of the dirt track above the carpark and it's nearly vertical in places. Also, the view from there (don't usually stop though, next time I'll bring a camera)

Walking across Shannon bridge at sunset. Seeing the sun set at the end of my road for a few days every winter.

Gingergirl's Jams/toasties from Curragower/bang bang chicken from Hamptons.

I guess you can tell I'm a man of simple tastes, give me a decent pub, a good place for a swim or arun and friends to hang out with and anywhere's good imo.

Limerick_Lass

I wasnt complaining about living in Limerick whatsoever.... I just dont miss anything in particular when I leave for a while.
I have a business here and Im proud to be from Limerick

Amazotheamazing

Limerick_Lass wrote: »

I wasnt complaining about living in Limerick whatsoever.... I just dont miss anything in particular when I leave for a while.
Im proud to be from Limerick

Not saying you were, I just saying guys like Raiser have a lot of time to spend on here bitching about Limerick, time that might be better used actually changing their lives and getting out of here, if they want to. If Raiser (or anyone) gave the few hours they spend complaining on here everyday towards a goal of leaving, they'd surely manage it? Course, they could also use that time improving Limerick, or their own little area of it, but both options are the harder option.

Big world out there, send us back a postcard etc.

Raiser

I'm only having a laugh - Bought my Calendar in the €2 Euro Shop and was convinced it was Friday night?????

Apologies - Will ring Work and tell them I'll be 30 minutes late......

zuroph

krudler wrote: »

The food maybe, the snotty service and over familiarity, nope.

once you get to know them, they're the best people in the world, always a great welcome.

Morninglory

Donkey fords.

SarahBeep!

The fact that Jack in Charlie's will give you the best Sex on the Beach you'll ever have!

Donkey's

The fact I can walk around town with my head in a book and get from point A to point B safely without looking up because I know the place so well

Cherrycoke

Just my house, family and friends. Unfortunatly everything else about Limerick is replaceable to me

Simon Adebisi

Madras from the Mughal Emporer, tracksuits tucked into socks, seeing men beating their girlfriends at the Roxboro roundabout. So much stuff.

panda100

I can't believe I forgot to say 'The White House'. Its my favourite treat to sit in their on Wedensday afternoons with a nice glass of wine.
Its got such a lovely cosy atmosphere to it and is full of character. I've yet to find a pub I feel more at home in on my travels outside Limerick.

stupidusername

SarahBeep! wrote: »

The fact I can walk around town with my head in a book and get from point A to point B safely without looking up because I know the place so well

WTF?? I can barely walk 10 metres without being bumped with a buggy, or having to pass people walking 3/4 people across the footpath or almost bumping into people that decide to stop right in front of you suddenly, or someone that thinks whatever's on their mobile phone is more important than looking where they're going.... how could you walk around reading? Then, maybe you're one of these people.. :rolleyes:

billy the squid

Raiser wrote: »

Best and most logical compromise is to fill your Friends Holes with Jam

If you want to practice stand up comedy, there is a forum elsewhere for that. as it stands you are disrupting this thread and I am telling you not to pack it in.

munstergirl

The title of this thread was things you miss about limerick when you go away.. So i miss nothing. Not one thing besides family + friends.

I love limerick as much as the next limerick person. And i am a proud limerick person. I wasn't bashing limerick. I choose to live here.

Saying that there is not much i miss about Ireland when i go away. (maybe a bag of taytos every now and again.)

Thats the joys of traveling discovering new places, things to do, new pubs, food, people.

Kess73

billy the squid wrote: »

If you want to practice stand up comedy, there is a forum elsewhere for that. as it stands you are disrupting this thread and I am telling you not to pack it in.

So you want the not so funny stand up comedian to continue?



And in answer to the question in the thread title. I think nothing would be the answer. That is not a knock on Limerick as I live here now, but I have lived in nine different cities at this point in my life between Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe, plus spent six month periods in US cities so there is nothing in Limerick that I have not had elsewhere. Again that is not slagging Limerick in the slightest as it could never hope to compete with the larger European or UK cities in terms of facilities.

highlydebased

I dunno if I miss anything, well I guess I would- drinks in the chicken followed by trinity rooms etc has something distinctly "limerick" about it.

Whats better is coming home- seeing the traffic, the rain, and knowing I'm home.

MissHoneyBun

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

I don't understand people who refuse to leave if they don't like it here

Oh if only it was that simple -do you not realise that many people have obligations here? Jobs, college, mortgages, children in schools, family etc.
Now I'm all for making necessary changes to one's life in order to be happy but this is real life and it's all very well to harbour idealistic notions in theory but in practice it's not so easy to just walk out of a job or abandon a degree or drag children away from their friends in school.

Also, has it not occurred to you that people may actually be quite happy within their professional and personal lives here but they're just not fans of integrating with scum the minute they leave their home or office?

I don't get this "Let's pretend Limerick's focking fabulous" when clearly it's not. Denial certainly never improved anything and I'd much rather live in the real world with all the crap bits than some utopic pretence.

Aidric

MissHoneyBun wrote: »

they're just not fans of integrating with scum the minute they leave their home or office?

Yes, because every square inch of the city is covered in scum. Honestly.

MissHoneyBun wrote: »

I don't get this "Let's pretend Limerick's focking fabulous" when clearly it's not. Denial certainly never improved anything and I'd much rather live in the real world with all the crap bits than some utopic pretence.

No, lets pretend it's the complete opposite instead. ie integrating with scum the minute we leave our homes or office.

Amazotheamazing

MissHoneyBun wrote: »

Oh if only it was that simple -do you not realise that many people have obligations here? Jobs, college, mortgages, children in schools, family etc.
Now I'm all for making necessary changes to one's life in order to be happy but this is real life and it's all very well to harbour idealistic notions in theory but in practice it's not so easy to just walk out of a job or abandon a degree or drag children away from their friends in school.

Also, has it not occurred to you that people may actually be quite happy within their professional and personal lives here but they're just not fans of integrating with scum the minute they leave their home or office?

I don't get this "Let's pretend Limerick's focking fabulous" when clearly it's not. Denial certainly never improved anything and I'd much rather live in the real world with all the crap bits than some utopic pretence.

What part of my post is utopic pretence?

I never said it was easy to leave, but if you wanted to leave badly enough one would.

Raiser

You can't distil a complex and multi-faceted issue down to simple bare essentials such as telling People to put up, shut up or leave.

- For a start this attitude will never, ever improve anything.

Amazotheamazing

Raiser wrote: »

You can't distil a complex and multi-faceted issue down to simple bare essentials such as telling People to put up, shut up or leave.

- For a start this attitude will never, ever improve anything.

Again, that's not what I'm saying. You've every right to complain, but long term, you complaining on here doesn't change things for you or for the city. I've often suggested ways people could improve the city if they got involved, tbh, I don't have a huge amount of time for people who sit back and complain without either trying to improve their situation or escape it.

Do you genuinely believe your attitude actually improves anything?

Raiser

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Do you genuinely believe your attitude actually improves anything?

I honestly believe it infinitely better to complain than to deny the facts and sweep them under the Rug while pretending they are not there.

- No effective problem-solving approach in existence begins by misrepresenting the problem as being smaller, less serious or easier to solve than it really and truly is.

Amazotheamazing

Raiser wrote: »

I honestly believe it infinitely better to complain than to deny the facts and sweep them under the Rug while pretending they are not there.

- No effective problem-solving approach in existence begins by misrepresenting the problem as being smaller, less serious or easier to solve than it really and truly is.

Again, no one here is doing that.

No one is saying Limerick doesn't have serious problems, however, some people are able to see more to Limerick than just the problems. You (in particular) repeatedly fail to grasp that.

Insect Overlord

An idea for anyone who wants to Rant and Rave about the negative sides of Limerick:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055839939&page=7

Post in that thread for access to R&R, but make sure to read the Charter if you're granted access.

This thread is for things you would miss about Limerick, not for discussing the many problems our city experiences.

Back on topic!