King's Island

sunshineoh9

Anyone here live in King's Island?

Know of anything fun to do there? Aside from King John's Castle...

I won't have a car so I'm looking for fun things to do and cool people to meet in walking distance of nicholas street.

Thanks a million!

padma

sadly Nicholas street has been left go to the dogs recently. There are a lot of empty shops there. This is in the medieval quarter of Limerick city, so has a lot of history and stuff. Before they brought in the one-way system there it was quite a busy area of Limerick but I'm going back 10/15 years now. There is an arcade and pool rooms up there in a place called stix. Can be rough enough sometimes but if your fiance is from there, ye will probably have no worries. Nicholas street is a 2/3 minute walk from the main city centre, so in essence you are pretty much in the city centre without the traffic noise and high buildings.

zuroph

my mates live just off nicholas st, when you get over we'll organise a beers and introduce ya

Conor Bourke

I'm about a 7 minute walk from Nicholas' Street. A relative noob to Limerick myself (here since March), found the people to be friendly and welcoming
Will see you round hopefully!

sunshineoh9

padma wrote: »

sadly Nicholas street has been left go to the dogs recently. There are a lot of empty shops there. This is in the medieval quarter of Limerick city, so has a lot of history and stuff. Before they brought in the one-way system there it was quite a busy area of Limerick but I'm going back 10/15 years now. There is an arcade and pool rooms up there in a place called stix. Can be rough enough sometimes but if your fiance is from there, ye will probably have no worries. Nicholas street is a 2/3 minute walk from the main city centre, so in essence you are pretty much in the city centre without the traffic noise and high buildings.

yeah he is from limerick, i've told him my concerns since i've had about limerick... he assures me that anyone that knows i'm his girl won't mess with me... :P

zuroph wrote: »

my mates live just off nicholas st, when you get over we'll organise a beers and introduce ya

awesome, sounds good

sunshineoh9

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I'm about a 7 minute walk from Nicholas' Street. A relative noob to Limerick myself (here since March), found the people to be friendly and welcoming
Will see you round hopefully!

oh cool! where are you originally from?

Berty

Kings Island sounds nice but to be fair its not the nicest of areas. I certainly dont like being near the place when its dark other than driving through from one place to another.

Within walking distance could be the nice(ish) walk which will take you out the Corbally road, turn down the Mill road to "the ducks" and along the riverbank bringing you out onto the Corbally road at the Athlunkard Bridge. You can continue this walk through the Shannon fields following along the Canal which will eventually bring you back to Kings Island(more or less).

Or then again walk into the City.

kilburn

Florida to Nicholas Street some change

sunshineoh9

kilburn wrote: »

Florida to Nicholas Street some change

lol, yeah... esp since i'm from south florida and i'm moving in december :eek:

kilburn

Well as long as you bring your welies, coat and hat you will be grand. I love Nicholas Street and the Kings Island area

sunshineoh9

kilburn wrote: »

Well as long as you bring your welies, coat and hat you will be grand. I love Nicholas Street and the Kings Island area

i don't own anything like that.... i have one long sleeve sweater that doesn't keep me warm in 21 c

kilburn

you could feed these two

http://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie/5033724251/

sunshineoh9

kilburn wrote: »

you could feed these two

http://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie/5033724251/

they are so beautiful! i've never seen black swans before

Jumpy

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

they are so beautiful! i've never seen black swans before

OI. We know what foreigners do to our swans. No eatin now ya hear!

zuroph

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

they are so beautiful! i've never seen black swans before

thats cos all the white supremacist swans drove them out of florida..

sunshineoh9

Jumpy wrote: »

OI. We know what foreigners do to our swans. No eatin now ya hear!

i could never eat anything so pretty! i might feed them but i assure you there will be no feeding ON them

Jumpy

Actually I am an Aussie, how did Limerick get a couple of our swans?

sunshineoh9

zuroph wrote: »

thats cos all the white supremacist swans drove them out of florida..

nah, the white ones just immigrated when they heard america has more sun than rain

electrobanana

Jumpy wrote: »

Actually I am an Aussie, how did Limerick get a couple of our swans?

we exchanged them for a few thousand migrant workers fair swap really:D

theparish

Hi,
I'm from Kings Island myself.You could check out King johns castle,Limerick city museum,St.Marys cathedral,Hunt museum on Patrick St and a nice walk over Thomond bridge and follow the river down Clancy and O'Callaghan strand which is nice on a sunny day.
P.S. any chance we can swap social security numbers so I can nip off to the states and get work while you are here.:)Either you are crazy or seriously in love moving to Limerick,I am a proud native but the place is slowly dying:(.
Best of luck and hope you enjoy your stay.

sunshineoh9

theparish wrote: »

Hi,
I'm from Kings Island myself.You could check out King johns castle,Limerick city museum,St.Marys cathedral,Hunt museum on Patrick St and a nice walk over Thomond bridge and follow the river down Clancy and O'Callaghan strand which is nice on a sunny day.
P.S. any chance we can swap social security numbers so I can nip off to the states and get work while you are here.:)Either you are crazy or seriously in love moving to Limerick,I am a proud native but the place is slowly dying:(.
Best of luck and hope you enjoy your stay.

well i surely am madly in love

sunshineoh9

zuroph wrote: »

my mates live just off nicholas st, when you get over we'll organise a beers and introduce ya

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I'm about a 7 minute walk from Nicholas' Street. A relative noob to Limerick myself (here since March), found the people to be friendly and welcoming
Will see you round hopefully!

so what pubs do y'all drink at?

zuroph

pubs?! lah dee dah! house drinkings where its at.

The locke will be close by to you for a chilled enough atmosphere, attracts all ages. Up town to mickeys, tom collins for decent pints, or Bakers for rock music.

sunshineoh9

zuroph wrote: »

pubs?! lah dee dah! house drinkings where its at.

The locke will be close by to you for a chilled enough atmosphere, attracts all ages. Up town to mickeys, tom collins for decent pints, or Bakers for rock music.

well alex drinks at the cauldron, so i was trying to see if anyone goes there

johnnyryan89

padma wrote: »

sadly Nicholas street has been left go to the dogs recently. There are a lot of empty shops there. This is in the medieval quarter of Limerick city, so has a lot of history and stuff. Before they brought in the one-way system there it was quite a busy area of Limerick but I'm going back 10/15 years now. There is an arcade and pool rooms up there in a place called stix. Can be rough enough sometimes but if your fiance is from there, ye will probably have no worries. Nicholas street is a 2/3 minute walk from the main city centre, so in essence you are pretty much in the city centre without the traffic noise and high buildings.

Sadly Stix got rid of the arcade and snooker/pool tables and replaced them with a casino, sad times used to love going up for a game of pool but if your looking for game of pool the cauldron pub up the road have a table upstairs and nice pints. Stix still does food, cant beat a good ol stix special with seasoning...:D

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Sadly Stix got rid of the arcade and snooker/pool tables and replaced them with a casino, sad times used to love going up for a game of pool but if your looking for game of pool the cauldron pub up the road have a table upstairs and nice pints. Stix still does food, cant beat a good ol stix special with seasoning...:D

yay! do you go there often? alex has told me about it

johnnyryan89

Dont go in there that often, used to go in there after matches every weekend for few pints and few games of pool, havent been in there in a couple of months but great pub and the owners are very nice and friendly.

sunshineoh9

yeah, have you seen the video of toni in australia? i was mad!!!!

johnnyryan89

Cant say i did, was it on youtube or something? Did see him on the paper today haha

sunshineoh9

skip to 3:00 so you don't have to watch the whole thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQ-d5b_qDA

johnnyryan89

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQ-d5b_qDA

Heard about that alright but never seen that video. Think he got a bit of slagging over that but people just having a laugh and joke with him...

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Heard about that alright but never seen that video. Think he got a bit of slagging over that but people just having a laugh and joke with him...

yeah, i haven't met him yet and i'm afraid when i do my eyes are gonna go right down.... lmao!

alex is actually drinking there now, he should be home soon :pac:

johnnyryan89

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

yeah, i haven't met him yet and i'm afraid when i do my eyes are gonna go right down.... lmao!

alex is actually drinking now, he should be home soon :pac:

Haha dont let your fella catch ya. Is he related to tony cause havent heard of a fella called alex drinking there or is he new there.
I know tony and his wife work there and a fella called steven but i think hes gone now, as said havent been in there for awhile.

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Haha dont let your fella catch ya. Is he related to tony cause havent heard of a fella called alex drinking there or is he new there.
I know tony and his wife work there and a fella called steven but i think hes gone now, as said havent been in there for awhile.

steven still works there... and alex has been drinking there for years

johnnyryan89

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

steven still works there... and alex has been drinking there for years

Cant say ive heard of him, whats his last name. Stevens a nice bloke, we only used to go in when he was on when we were
under 18 as he was only person who would let us up to play pool or watch matches when they were on telly haha.

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Cant say ive heard of him, whats his last name. Stevens a nice bloke, we only used to go in when he was on when we were
under 18 as he was only person who would let us up to play pool or watch matches when they were on telly haha.

hey if you do happen to know him don't say you spoke to me.. i could use a spy till i get over there lmao! jk jk!

johnnyryan89

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

but hey if you do happen to know him don't say you spoke to me.. i could use a spy till i get over there lmao! jk jk!

Ill keep that a secret haha.
Best of luck to ye both anyway, and ill make sure to report back to you if i hear anything haha

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Ill keep that a secret haha.
Best of luck to ye both anyway, and ill make sure to report back to you if i hear anything haha

lol, i actually was kidding though... i'll be there in december so i can trust him on his own till then

johnnyryan89

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

lol, i actually was kidding though... i'll be there in december so i can trust him on his own till then

I was myself lol, you'll be here just in time to enjoy our lovely winter weather. :rolleyes:

sunshineoh9

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

I was myself lol, you'll be here just in time to enjoy our lovely winter weather. :rolleyes:

don't remind me!!! *hides in a lit oven* i like my winter warm and sandy

Raiser

Ahhh - The Magical, mystical Kings Island.......

- Sound like this:



Looks like this:

sunshineoh9

Raiser wrote: »

Ahhh - The Magical, mystical Kings Island.......

- Sound like this:



Looks like this:

personally to me the "looks like" pic is magical in itself...

the falls: (where i am currently living near)
sounds like:


looks like:

Berty

While we are on this reality vs reality thing

Pimps with Canes

Reminds you of



Looks like ( in reality )

sunshineoh9

ha ha ha! i love it!!!! is that really how pimps in limerick dress?

Berty

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

ha ha ha! i love it!!!! is that really how pimps in limerick dress?

Pimps!!! They wish. The women they know wouldnt be "rented" by anyone unless you had a big hoopy fake Elizabeth Duke fetish(akin to wearing Jewellery from K-Mart)

sunshineoh9

Berty wrote: »

Pimps!!! They wish. The women they know wouldnt be "rented" by anyone unless you had a big hoopy fake Elizabeth Duke fetish(akin to wearing Jewellery from K-Mart)

roflao! i couldn't tell you what the pimps here look like... i've never been to that part of town luckily :pac:

Conor Bourke

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

oh cool! where are you originally from?

I'm originally from Sligo, all the way away up in De Nort' Wesht, about a 3 hour drive away on dodge roads, so my friends can't visit and I can't go home as much as we'd like. Didn't know many people when I got here but as I said, found people to be very welcoming in comparison to some other places I've lived.

Alex26

Babe, i LOVE you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but yeah, as i said.... I LOVE YOU!!! but in all fairness i still cant believe you want to move here rather than me move to florida :P ah well... in a few years ya never know i might just convince you to let us all move over! Wedding in Miami....

sunshineoh9

Alex26 wrote: »

Babe, i LOVE you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but yeah, as i said.... I LOVE YOU!!! but in all fairness i still cant believe you want to move here rather than me move to florida :P ah well... in a few years ya never know i might just convince you to let us all move over! Wedding in Miami....

i love you too! if my head didn't hurt so much i might have a better retort for you
don't laugh at me when i hurt myself!!!!
he he he, usa okay.. but no more miami for me!!!! :eek:

Alex26

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Ill keep that a secret haha.
Best of luck to ye both anyway, and ill make sure to report back to you if i hear anything haha

OI!!! no funny buisness wit my mrs, johnny!!!

Alex26

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

i love you too! if my head didn't hurt so much i might have a better retort for you
don't laugh at me when i hurt myself!!!!
he he he, usa okay.. but no more miami for me!!!! :eek:

Awwwwwwwww ok ok babe... Limerick it is :P
Still cant believe Molly's calling you MUMMY already!!!