Swords, Amusements/Arcade, Main St?

bonerm

Hi I'm trying to remember an old amusement arcade that was situated on Main St. Swords in the early 1990's. Being as it is an arcade I'd imagine it's probably long gone by now but could anyone tell me what this arcade was called or even where exactly it was located on the street (ie what shop has taken over it now?)

Dizzyblonde

I can't remember what it was called, but it was beside the Star pub and it's now Masterson's Steak House.

rccaulfield

Yea beside the Star and the snooker hall was upstairs! Can't remember the name either! Going to Mastersons for grub today funnily enough, i'll see if i can find out!

bonerm

That's great help everyone.

Just to confirm, was the Arcade this red-brick building in the streetview link?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Masterson's+Steakhouse+%26+Wine+Bar,+Main+Street,+Swords,+Dublin,+Ireland&aq=0&sll=53.47497,-6.233368&sspn=0.510838,1.454315&ie=UTF8&hq=Masterson's+Steakhouse+%26+Wine+Bar,+Main+Street,+Swords,&hnear=Dublin,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&ll=53.458697,-6.220279&spn=0,0.022724&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.458595,-6.220336&panoid=jyKwD08aXXT9IJBMvan_AA&cbp=12,109.64,,0,-2.05

I ask because I see "The Star" is called "M R Taylor" on the front and "Mastersons" appears to be called "Trentuno" (or similar spelling) at this time, but it appears to all tie in?

bonerm

rccaulfield wrote: »

Yea beside the Star and the snooker hall was upstairs! Can't remember the name either! Going to Mastersons for grub today funnily enough, i'll see if i can find out!

That'd be great. Thanks.

Dizzyblonde

Taylor's pub is called The Star - see the sign in this view: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Masterson's+Steakhouse+%26+Wine+Bar,+Main+Street,+Swords,+Dublin,+Ireland&aq=0&sll=53.47497,-6.233368&sspn=0.510838,1.454315&ie=UTF8&hq=Masterson's+Steakhouse+%26+Wine+Bar,+Main+Street,+Swords,&hnear=Dublin,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&t=h&layer=c&cbll=53.458683,-6.220139&panoid=24sx5bUSMa0UJ_4yvydcPQ&cbp=12,140.54,,0,-8.08&ll=53.458594,-6.220343&spn=0,0.02738&z=16

And Trentuno's closed down, then it became Masterson's
Those Street Views were taken 2-3 years ago.

sharkman

It was Murphy's Snooker hall , Owned by Seamus Murphy from Balbriggan .

Same man : http://www.mcmstone.ie/

The Scientician

I'd love to see a photo of the front of the musies. I spent many a £ playing Daytona USA and Sega Rally, and pool down the back.

rccaulfield

sharkman wrote: »

It was Murphy's Snooker hall , Owned by Seamus Murphy from Balbriggan .

Same man : http://www.mcmstone.ie/

Yep- Beat me too it-was weird sittin in there today-upstairs is being converted to a wine bar i'm tols aswell! Anyone remember the other arcade down by the courthouse? It was called astra i think- all i remember is the streetfighter 2 arcade game and a class jukebox!

eh i dunno

rccaulfield wrote: »

Yep- Beat me too it-was weird sittin in there today-upstairs is being converted to a wine bar i'm tols aswell! Anyone remember the other arcade down by the courthouse? It was called astra i think- all i remember is the streetfighter 2 arcade game and a class jukebox!

Did that one by the court house rent games too? Cant remember playing games there but definately rented Sega games from a place there.

The Scientician

eh i dunno wrote: »

Did that one by the court house rent games too? Cant remember playing games there but definately rented Sega games from a place there.

Yeah Astra used to rent games. It was closer to Main St. on North St. originally near Ryan's then moved down there. I think before that again it might have been in the Castle Shopping Centre too. It had great games like SF2, Snow Bros, Samurai Shodown and a Phantom Of The Opera pinball machine that I wasted many's a pocket money on.

sharkman

Anyone remember beside clarkes there was a kebab shop in the back , was years ago . First and finest kebab I ever had.

The Scientician

sharkman wrote: »

Anyone remember beside clarkes there was a kebab shop in the back , was years ago . First and finest kebab I ever had.

Whereabouts and when are you talking about?

Elliee

Remember the Quality Shop and Dixies up in the old Superquinn shopping centre.
Dixies did the BEST ice cream sundaes in Swords.

rccaulfield

Yep! Does anyone remember the toymaster that was in the back of the newsagents(think its a centra now) thats 2/3 doors up the hill from the Cock tavern? I bought heaps of subbuteo teams out of it!

eh i dunno

Elliee wrote: »

Remember the Quality Shop and Dixies up in the old Superquinn shopping centre.
Dixies did the BEST ice cream sundaes in Swords.

Yep i remember the quality shop. It was on a corner of a small lane next to the bank wasnt it? Remember Dixies too. Lawless electric was up there too and some key cutting place.

rccaulfield wrote: »

Yep! Does anyone remember the toymaster that was in the back of the newsagents(think its a centra now) thats 2/3 doors up the hill from the Cock tavern? I bought heaps of subbuteo teams out of it!

Yep that Toymaster was savage. Used to spend my lunch breaks from school in there reading magazines cus i had no cash to buy them

Anyone remember the small newsagent across the road from the bike shop and beside an old bookies on north st?

The Scientician

eh i dunno wrote: »

Anyone remember the small newsagent across the road from the bike shop and beside an old bookies on north st?

Yep, before that again there was a sweet shop in one of the converted cottages closer to the main street. Must have closed around 1987 though.

I remember being shocked when I realised Dixie's was called Dixie's Wonderland. The Quality Shop was always a dirty kip.

bonerm

BTW, speaking of North Street, I went to school there for a couple of years. I had a look at the place on Streetview just now and the building in the photo sorta looks like how I remember it , but not quite. I mean the walls look the same but I don't remember the place having 2x storeys. Does anyone know is this the same building from years ago or did they knock down the school and build this on top of it?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+street+swords+dublin&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.089199,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=North+St,+Swords,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&ll=53.460059,-6.217096&spn=0.000969,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.460059,-6.217096&panoid=wtJfRh2mlHOf3lZz9P_Evw&cbp=12,18.84,,1,-1.08

BTW I don't suppose anyone has any pix of the place from before they built all those additional buildings on the grounds?

The Scientician

bonerm wrote: »

BTW, speaking of North Street, I went to school there for a couple of years. I had a look at the place on Streetview just now and the building in the photo sorta looks like how I remember it , but not quite. I mean the walls look the same but I don't remember the place having 2x storeys. Does anyone know is this the same building from years ago or did they knock down the school and build this on top of it?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+street+swords+dublin&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.089199,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=North+St,+Swords,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&ll=53.460059,-6.217096&spn=0.000969,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.460059,-6.217096&panoid=wtJfRh2mlHOf3lZz9P_Evw&cbp=12,18.84,,1,-1.08

BTW I don't suppose anyone has any pix of the place from before they built all those additional buildings on the grounds?

That school you've posted has been 2 storeys for as long as I've lived in Swords and long before that AFAIK. Did you go to Fingal Community College?
It's beside New Boro school to the "left" in streetview, although its front entrance is on North Street not Seatown road.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+street+swords+dublin&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.089199,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=North+St,+Swords,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&t=h&layer=c&cbll=53.460465,-6.218821&panoid=4EnXEH8NFVD3dIDWIhdnPQ&cbp=12,108.54,,0,4.58&ll=53.460554,-6.218795&spn=0.000953,0.00284&z=19

bonerm

Nah I went to primary school in St. Colmcilles. We were offloaded out to North Street for a couple of years in the mid 80s for some reason I can't quite remember right now.

The Scientician

bonerm wrote: »

Nah I went to primary school in St. Colmcilles. We were offloaded out to North Street for a couple of years in the mid 80s for some reason I can't quite remember right now.

Yeah that rings a bell, I think it had something to do with the girls' school being built so the main St. Colmcilles was over capacity, so you were in that building huh? I think it had single storey prefabs at the back of it. I could swear that that older part of it has been that way the last 25 years anyway. Just call me the unreliable historian.