Has Tom Collins pub closed?

mickrock

I was passing by yesterday and it seems to have disappeared.

RonMexico

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::(:(:(:(:(:(:(

talkingclock

One of the two decent pubs this town has... Hope it's not true!

eyebrows63

donal mulcahy of nancy blakes bought it about 4 weeks ago:D

JerryHandbag

I just hope they leave it EXACTLY the way it is! Dont change anything!

Amazotheamazing

talkingclock wrote: »

One of the two decent pubs this town has... Hope it's not true!

Nah, if you like Tom Collins you should check out the Curragower and Bowles' too. Similar sorta vibes.

Would hate to see Collins' closed, really like the option of going to Bourke's, Martins, Flannery's or Collins if the mood took me.

Berty

eyebrows63 wrote: »

donal mulcahy of nancy blakes bought it about 4 weeks ago:D

Yep. Its true. So just a bit of spring cleaning. Late in the week they were working on the outside so it shouldn't be too long.

Don't worry, your drinking hole is safe.

ShatterProof

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I just hope they leave it EXACTLY the way it is! Dont change anything!

Except maybe clean the toilets, disgusting – like too many other establishments in limerick.

YFlyer

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I just hope they leave it EXACTLY the way it is! Dont change anything!

He got rid of the trad session in Nancys on the Saturday evening. Nancy would not have been pleased.

Persiancowboy

eyebrows63 wrote: »

donal mulcahy of nancy blakes bought it about 4 weeks ago:D

Well I hope he doesn't f**k it up like he did his mother's pub when he took that over...

keane2097

How did he fcuk up Nancy's?

pappyodaniel

One of my favourite pubs in town, as above^^^ I hope nothing changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm8zV8ej-uw

zuroph

one rule; no piped in music. Stick to this, and he'll do ok.

Roadend

zuroph wrote: »

one rule; no piped in music. Stick to this, and he'll do ok.

What have you got against Mike Oldfield?

bigpink

zuroph wrote: »

one rule; no piped in music. Stick to this, and he'll do ok.

And no staff that think their above everyone else

zuroph

bigpink wrote: »

And no staff that think their above everyone else

in Tom collins? never!

bigpink

I mean the vibe of the nancys staff

talkingclock

bigpink wrote: »

I mean the vibe of the nancys staff

Not all of them but there was that german guy who really really thought he was above everyone else...

seachto7

talkingclock wrote: »

Not all of them but there was that german guy who really really thought he was above everyone else...

even though he was as tall as Peter Stringer?

I have spoken to him the odd time over the years. He seemed pretty sound. Maybe I am in the above everyone else bracket?

Amazotheamazing

talkingclock wrote: »

Not all of them but there was that german guy who really really thought he was above everyone else...

That's just a German's natural demeanour....

senor incognito

And fixing what needs fixing as regards wiring and plumbing.They're also adding a 'facade' where the smoking section is. Due open this Friday as far as I know...
More about it here

EDIT: Whoops! Ta

The facebook page is: 'Tom Collins' welcomes our new Nancy's overlords but fix it don't change it!'

keane2097

Your link is messed up there - anyone accessing it just remove the second "http//"

Jigga

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I just hope they leave it EXACTLY the way it is! Dont change anything!

Passed by there and had a look, they have installed 6 televisions. Big change so!

johnmolloy554

talkingclock wrote: »

Not all of them but there was that german guy who really really thought he was above everyone else...

You're being quite hard on the Germans, they are such a peaceful and understanding nation with a historically very high tolerance of their neighbours and citizens of minority religions......;)

The_Dave

Word on the street has it that there's an agreement in place that it'll be left the same (more or less) for the next 5 years

RonMexico

Jigga wrote: »

Passed by there and had a look, they have installed 6 televisions. Big change so!

Well that just ruined it. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

topper75

The_Dave wrote: »

Word on the street has it that there's an agreement in place that it'll be left the same (more or less) for the next 5 years

Bizarre clause, if true. Publicans are businesspeople. They are not An Taisce.

My own opinion - I couldn't care less. The soul of ould Limerick floated down the Shannon years back anyway in the boom years. Passing Tom Collins is only an inconvenient reminder to me of a glory and craic that once was and is no more.

Amazotheamazing

Jigga wrote: »

Passed by there and had a look, they have installed 6 televisions. Big change so!

Hope you're joking, is there even space for 6 tv's in Tom Collins'?

Quick, somebody organise a facebook protest.

keane2097

What sort of eyesight would you need to be able to count six TVs inside a building as you passed by it?

Possible wind-up? Hmmm?

JerryHandbag

Jigga wrote: »

Passed by there and had a look, they have installed 6 televisions. Big change so!

Please tell me your joking.
Ah wait a minute, it wouldnt be 6 large paintings on the wall you saw by any chance?

Jigga

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Hope you're joking, is there even space for 6 tv's in Tom Collins'?

Quick, somebody organise a facebook protest.

That is what one of the men working there told me when I passed to have a look but as you say there is hardly any space for 6 tv's in there. The more i think of it he was probably pulling my leg, find out Friday to see what the real story is I guess!

zuroph

they were painting the lettering back on yesterday, in the exact smae style. thats a good sign.

Amazotheamazing

zuroph wrote: »

they were painting the lettering back on yesterday, in the exact smae style. thats a good sign.

but a bad pun.

senor incognito

Due open today (friday) CRINGE!

senor incognito

it's been 'nancified' a bit but not in such a way as to be unrecognisable...is it the same? IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!

it's alright I suppose.

If that's what you're into.

http://stuffinthangs.blogspot.com/2010/12/toms-ii-re-opening.html

bigpink

So Tom Collins has been ruined?

senor incognito

To early to say...Sure we'll see.

It definitely hasn't been destroyed utterly.