New Shop Maynooth

Patser

See the KBC unit in Manor Mills has guys working in it this morning, painting away and all the interior looks empty.

Any idea what's going in there?

NetworkOrange

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121859999#Comment_121859999

Could be related to the Paddys day event they are planning?

L1011

Emma's Place in the Glenroyal has closed down. Last good traditional cafe we had.

wally79

Ah that’s disappointing. Loved going there for a good fry. Great breakfast roll too

Busi_Girl08

That's a shame. They seemed to have been really struggling for staff the last couple of months. They were closed a lot of the time as a result.

2011abc

Never even knew it existed and would consider myself fairl 'well up' on local amenities :-(

social butterfly 2020

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121908610#Comment_121908610

Ever hear of the Farmers pool or Vietnam in Maynooth??. If you haven't then your not 'well up' on local amenities in the town at all haha.

2011abc

None of them even turn up on Google!

vafankillar

always surprised by how some businesses dont use social media to their advantage. remember trying to just find a menu for emmas place online one afternoon when i was thinking of heading over to collect some lunch and the facebook page was just a mish-mash of posts, months/years apart. dont have to be a tech whizz to just post a menu & some food photos

social butterfly 2020

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121909760#Comment_121909760

Farmers pool was where the fishing place used to be on the dunboyne road. We used to catch trout there as kids. The fishing place flooded the entire area and stocked it with carp. Destroyed the river.

Vietnam was the open quarry across the road. Its now a nice manicured area fenced in the estate called linden demesne. We could absail down one side and have camp fires there as kids.

L1011

Only obscure name I can remember is that the top of Old Greenfield was called Abyssinia, as construction started during the Italo-Ethiopian War.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121908610#Comment_121908610

There's been a cafe there since 1998 or whenever the centre opened - Royal Cafe first and then Emmas for the last ten years or so.

NetworkOrange

Did anything ever take over the hardware shop in the Glenroyal shopping center? Is that two units empty now?

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121915954#Comment_121915954

Still empty.

I also have to wonder how long two Boylesports makes sense in the town, considering the number of bookies has been going down over time. That's two merged units to begin with.

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121769988#Comment_121769988

Got takeaway from Tuck In night. It was very decent. Pasta seemed fresh (I only ordered there and it was ready very quickly, so didn't take long to cook), sauce was nice

I think the issue is that pasta just doesn't work great as a takeaway. I only live five minutes away but by the time I got home it was all stuck together in one big lump. I think this is unavoidable. It's a shame, if they had a little seating area I'd say it would be really nice (let's remove the car park in Town Centre Mall, cover it and set up a communal seating area for the three restaurants, it'll be great)

So overall a solid 7/10 I reckon. I will go back, but probably not too regularly. I'd recommend trying it though, worse case you're supporting a local business and a medium pasta was under a tenner

L1011

fone+ down by Apache pizza is gone. Must be the only town going where the number of phone and vape shops isn't rising

crl84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121916156#Comment_121916156

I saw that they had seats outside last weekend. Maybe it's only at weekends and not weeknights?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4jKI_oNZcH/

vafankillar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121918852#Comment_121918852

tbf eurogiant basically doubles as a vape shop, think they've the cheapest disposables going at €6 each, others have 3 for €18 offers (or around that), but dont think you can get a single one that cheap anywhere else

Patser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121859999#Comment_121859999

Hidden Hearing shop open there today, already has the look that it's been there years

crl84

Is parking on the main street (and other monitored areas) still free for the first 15mins? Or has this been changed?

NetworkOrange

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122010815#Comment_122010815

Its supposed to be free. I could be wrong.

Staplor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122010834#Comment_122010834

How does this work? Does the traffic warden have to find you twice in the same place?

HildaOgdenx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900345#Comment_121900345

Aww, that's a pity. I'm only in Maynooth occasionally but I liked that place.

L1011

To cut the cafes even further, I've heard the Elite is closing...

Electric Nitwit

New market in the square today, 10-3.

Hopefully it's good and does well for them

FrankN1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122013089#Comment_122013089

Really good idea

L1011

It's something the town needs, but we don't have the setup for it, at least not there and not now.

All the fundamental problems that caused the last attempt to fail - cobblestones, no power and water hookups, no shelter - haven't been fixed and the stall quality today isn't great.

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122013752#Comment_122013752

Yeah, it was a bit underwhelming. Shame, I'd love to see it succeed but it needs to expand if it's going to

Sean Seoighe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122011583#Comment_122011583

That's been there for ages hasn't it? I wonder what the future of the main street is, hope it thrives but not sure what businesses could flourish as a lot of competition for cafes and it'd be great if we don't see another bookies or newsagent.

I wonder when more houses / apartments are built how that'll impact main street - hopefully it'll lead to more premises being and remaining open.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122021867#Comment_122021867

Its one of the few remaining businesses from the 1986 trade directory I mentioned a rake of pages back.

Outside of professional services, banks and pubs; Barrets, Hula Bou, Jims shoe repairs and Donovans in Greenfield are about the only other places left with the same name in the same place.

Really don't see the market for another bookies or newsagent/convenience store on Main Street - there used to be five newsagents (Barrys, Centra, Kiernans, Donovans, Nuzstop) plus one on the start of Parson Street; and now there's two; and if anything I could see Boylesports get rid of a branch rather than there be a fourth bookies now.

Paddy Power and Ladbrokes have been closing/consolidating branches all over, and while a few are being taken up by others it does indicate a shrinking market.