Irish barbers in Aus

ballooba

Anyone know of any decent Irish barbers working in Aus? Specifically for Brisbane/Sydney for myself. Although others might be interested in other areas. Most Aussie barbers seem to have learned their trade either in the army or on a farm.

Doop

ballooba wrote: »

Anyone know of any decent Irish barbers working in Aus? Specifically for Brisbane/Sydney for myself. Although others might be interested in other areas. Most Aussie barbers seem to have learned their trade either in the army or on a farm.

Seriously? you need an Irish barber to cut your hair? Is it so you look good
when you trot off to the nearest Irish bar in your county colours?

Pay more than $15 for a hair cut and you should be alright

CiaranC

lol

aido79

Doop wrote: »

Seriously? you need an Irish barber to cut your hair? Is it so you look good
when you trot off to the nearest Irish bar in your county colours?

Pay more than $15 for a hair cut and you should be alright

I agree! whats so good about Irish barbers??

ballooba

UK/Irish barbers are better trained than Aussie as far as I'm aware. The best you can hope for is a two week TAFE course before they're unleashed on the public. It's more like $30 to $40 in the Sydney CBD and they're mostly rubbish.

The Aussie

Doop wrote: »

Seriously? you need an Irish barber to cut your hair? Is it so you look good
when you trot off to the nearest Irish bar in your county colours?

Pay more than $15 for a hair cut and you should be alright

How else do you make a celtic jersey look good:D:D:D

lg123

this has to be a joke

mandrake04

ballooba wrote: »

UK/Irish barbers are better trained than Aussie as far as I'm aware. The best you can hope for is a two week TAFE course before they're unleashed on the public. It's more like $30 to $40 in the Sydney CBD and they're mostly rubbish.

I can see what the problem is straight away... you mentioned CBD.

Finding one that can speak English often helps, I usually go to a Salon up where I live... but the owner is Aussie/Italian and he does a pretty good job for $20.

You could try some of the Salons in Westfield Bondi Junction, I once knew an Irish girl who was sponsored by one of them out there. She is no longer there but I bet its likely other Irish hairdressers working around there.

ballooba

lg123 wrote: »

this has to be a joke

It's not, the Aussie missus agrees (she goes to an Irish girl in Bris now). If you get a men's haircut in Dublin it still looks decent once it grows out. If you get one in Brisbane at least it looks mong after a week or two.

Zambia

Shave your own head, works for me

Mellor

mandrake04 wrote: »

I can see what the problem is straight away... you mentioned CBD.

Finding one that can speak English often helps, I usually go to a Salon up where I live... but the owner is Aussie/Italian and he does a pretty good job for $20.

You could try some of the Salons in Westfield Bondi Junction, I once knew an Irish girl who was sponsored by one of them out there. She is no longer there but I bet its likely other Irish hairdressers working around there.

Westfield is pretty bad unless you pay the 40-50 bucks for the fancy places.
There is a barber on bondi rd who is class. He as Italian guy about 50 or 60 years old, $20 and better than any in the westfield (but i've never paid $50+ for a hairdresser type btw)

mandrake04

Mellor wrote: »

Westfield is pretty bad unless you pay the 40-50 bucks for the fancy places.
There is a barber on bondi rd who is class. He as Italian guy about 50 or 60 years old, $20 and better than any in the westfield (but i've never paid $50+ for a hairdresser type btw)

Neither have I, but then I'm not checking their passport.

Mahatma coat

the barber I use is Beside te Post office in northgate, Brisbane, Decent aulfella has teh whole barbershop vibe going on, obv I dont get many haircuts meself, but he does a decent shave

lg123

Zambia232 wrote: »

Shave your own head, works for me

the only way to go. and by the prices quoted here it seems like were shaving a fortune....:D:D

universe777

Melbourne: Boss Barbers, 229 Clarendon Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC ,3205

They have an Irish barber there, not that far from the CBD really, quite cheap too.

Mellor

mandrake04 wrote: »

Neither have I, but then I'm not checking their passport.

mandrake04 wrote: »

Finding one that can speak English often helps, I usually go to a Salon up where I live... but the owner is Aussie/Italian and he does a pretty good job for $20.hairdressers working around there.

Lost me somewhere????

mandrake04

Mellor wrote: »

Lost me somewhere????

Aussie with Italian background

CabanSail

I must admit that the haircuts I got in Dublin were quite good.


Those Poles sure know how to cut hair.

Mellor

mandrake04 wrote: »

Aussie with Italian background

I got that bit, any way,

the barber doesn't have to be irish, there are plenty of bad irish barbers, no matter where you live, there has to be a good one nearby.

ballooba

Mellor wrote: »

the barber doesn't have to be irish, there are plenty of bad irish barbers, no matter where you live, there has to be a good one nearby.

I suppose my query could have been better specified. In my experience though, Aussie trained barbers are pretty terrible.

mandrake04

Mellor wrote: »

I got that bit, any way,

the barber doesn't have to be irish, there are plenty of bad irish barbers, no matter where you live, there has to be a good one nearby.

Yeah I wouldn't care if he was from mars as long as I could tell him I dont want butchered and charged a motsa for it.

Zambia

I walked into a empty hairdressers here and asked for a haircut*. She asked for my full name to enter it into a PC. I said "Is that necessary" to which she said yes.

I said "What if I dont want to"

She said "You can go somewhere else?"

Sadly I gave my name and stayed I could not be arsed arguing. Have not been back though and there was no tip... (yeah I showed her).

*Somedays the wife says I look like a thug with my head shaved

The Aussie

When i first moved to cork from galway i had the worst hair cut ive ever had, the "old doll" started giving me the Norrie (northside of cork) Special the only time she picked up the scissors was to try and give me a fringe by that time i asked her to just shave it all off, she must have thought i had said "Storley girl, appening feind"

Would not say this to my brothers but i now frequent hairdressers, oh the slagging i would cop:D

Zambia

The Aussie wrote: »

Would not say this to my brothers but i now frequent hairdressers, oh the slagging i would cop:D

Frequenting hookers would be less embrassing:o

Mellor

Zambia232 wrote: »

Frequenting hookers would be less embrassing:o

probably cheaper too

Pat D. Almighty

universe777 wrote: »

Melbourne: Boss Barbers, 229 Clarendon Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC ,3205

They have an Irish barber there, not that far from the CBD really, quite cheap too.

I went there, and he made a balls of my hair. Ended up with a half-Morrissey quiff, half-Screetch from Saved by the bell....

universe777

Pat D. Almighty wrote: »

I went there, and he made a balls of my hair. Ended up with a half-Morrissey quiff, half-Screetch from Saved by the bell....

It was an Irish chick that did mine. I never said it was good or anything. Sounds like a f**kin' horrible haircut..

Zambia

universe777 wrote: »

It was an Irish chick that did mine. I never said it was good or anything. Sounds like a f**kin' horrible haircut..

To be fair we are unaware of the condition of Pat's hair prior to the Cut;)

Only Messing Pat.

Right so have we estabilished that in all of Australia we have found one Irish Chick cutting hair in South Melbourne. Who was probably on a WHV and is backing scalping heads of Grafton St.

Might Ask on Britsh expats if it helps you Balooba?

Mellor

My house mate is a (female) irish barber too.
So that's pretty handy for me, haircuts in the kitchen, but she doesn't do it full time.

Father Damo

Zambia232 wrote: »

To be fair we are unaware of the condition of Pat's hair prior to the Cut;)

Only Messing Pat.

Right so have we estabilished that in all of Australia we have found one Irish Chick cutting hair in South Melbourne. Who was probably on a WHV and is backing scalping heads of Grafton St.

Hairdressing seems to be the most common occupation amongst Irish birds here (that and nursing). Surely it cant be that hard to find one?

Most of the ones I know work in 50 buck a time type joints. Jesus like.

Zambia

50 Bucks a time ....are we back on hookers again:eek:

Diamondmaker

Im very fussy about my hair and I believe I know a good cut from a bad.

It took me years trawling around Dublin before I found a guy ( who owns the place across the road from Trinity / across from the D'olier screen ) went to him and him only for 5 years. I think its the trinity Barber, been so long.

Since moving to Brizzy I have found Esquire in Milton, its down a street opposite the Mary Ryans Book Shop on Park Road. Mark Rabone is the owner, a top bloke, a Brummy, proud of his Irish heritage, loves a good chat about, soccer, good music, triathlons and general all round top bloke and hair cutting type guru legend.

$35 odd per cut and you can have a beer or a juice while you get cut. I tend to tee my cuts up late on a Thurs or last cut on a Fri to enjoy the beer more.

They take bookings, which is great if you hate waiting, as you land in there for your slot and the waiting is minimal. Its always a min 30 min cut, with care and professionalism, scissors or blade and hot towel clean off at end. Also get a text message the morning before, to remind you, which I love cos I always forget and I tend to book a few days ahead.

His right hand woman, Puti is also an excellent hairdresser. There are some other cute girls who I have not had my hair cut by, but after spending 3 years being cut by him, I have heard about all the people he has let go, as standards were not where they should be.

Oh yeah a place in Byron Bay under Club La La land I also had an excellent cut, cant remember anything else other than it was a gent who did it.

My general rule is always get a cut from a man Im not in there to ogle chicks.

F*ck I worte a long post about hair cuts, must be that metrosexual crap in me

Dave!

Any decent places in Sydney (city) ? My hair looks like pox now, so I was gonna invest about $25 in getting a decent cut! Last one I got was $10, and it was a blind man who cut it!