Dominick St.

jkforde

Dominick St is seeing some activity, The Framemaker's just in, Mocha is boarded up (not for long I suspect), and someone was working on the place where 1/2 Price Ink was and the GCBA building is up for lease.... oh, and someone was working on a premises opposite The Crane as well.... great to see this spurt of renewal, fair dues to anyone with the cohones

biko

Best part of Galway

snubbleste

GalwayFirst will report:
Red light district in renewal shocker

inisboffin

Ah but there are two faces to Dominic St, no?
Upper and Lower. Only one side is Red Light, other is more arty - or so they say!

Think Rouge are taking over where the chemist was. Should be good.

McTigs

biko wrote: »

Best part of Galway

absolutely, love love love the west

Great pubs, great restaurants, plenty of quality local business, far better atmosphere than other parts of town and mercifully unspoiled by stag parties/races crowds/boggers

extraice

Dominick st getting upgrade , new road last year and now new business starting to open up , can only add to the place , there 3 Builds going on and the framemake just open last week .... nice to see new shop openning , 1/2 Price Ink is open , was there today , it thewecare shop thats get a face lift

joeKel73

The shoe shop on Lwr Dominic Street closed down recently but I believe it's being refitted now as an Asian grocery shop.

Mrs OBumble

Noticed the other week that yer man from McAlinden's has a planning notice up, saying he wants to extend into the building next door.

jkforde

yeah extraice, thought I'd the wrong place alright (was on the bike when rubber-necking so....), is the chemist gone then or just a revamp? ...and with all this going on maybe the chewing gum on Upper Dominick could be steamed off, IMHO it kinda ruins the street.... Thiar Abú!

inisboffin

jkforde wrote: »

is the chemist gone then or just a revamp? !

See my post above. Rouge owns it.

galah

J o e wrote: »

The shoe shop on Lwr Dominic Street closed down recently but I believe it's being refitted now as an Asian grocery shop.

Nooooooooooooooo! :(:(

I loved that shop, always popped in there for a shoe-y treat when I was in town - sad to hear they're gone!

LadyMayBelle

galah wrote: »

Nooooooooooooooo! :(:(

I loved that shop, always popped in there for a shoe-y treat when I was in town - sad to hear they're gone!

That was a great little shoe shop, saddened to hear that! You'd often find brand name shoes at a much lower price plus shoes in every colour under the sun (great for matching shoes to dresses at weddings). AFAIK they have anotehr shop in the Headford Rd Centre.

I'm glad to hear it's being rvamped a bit, it's great street!

joeKel73

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

You'd often find brand name shoes at a much lower price

Yeap, ""Uptown shoes at downtown prices!".

hairyfairy00

galah wrote: »

Nooooooooooooooo! :(:(

I loved that shop, always popped in there for a shoe-y treat when I was in town - sad to hear they're gone!

Their shop in the Galway Shopping Centre is still open!

biko

Think I might head down to Dominic tonight.

joeKel73

jkforde wrote: »

Dominick St is seeing some activity, The Framemaker's just in, Mocha is boarded up (not for long I suspect), and someone was working on the place where 1/2 Price Ink was and the GCBA building is up for lease.... oh, and someone was working on a premises opposite The Crane as well.... great to see this spurt of renewal, fair dues to anyone with the cohones

Mocha Beans now Creole.

The former 1/2 price ink is still being worked on inside, working late into the evenings so would expect something to open soon.

J o e wrote: »

The shoe shop on Lwr Dominic Street closed down recently but I believe it's being refitted now as an Asian grocery shop.

Turned out not to be an Asian grocery shop - an XL grocery shop with deli has opened;



What Domick St could really do with is an ATM!

thesandeman

New grocery open at the other end as well where the late night one used to be.

galah

J o e wrote: »

What Domick St could really do with is an ATM!

there's an ATM in the shop across from Monroes (forgot the name).

joeKel73

Yeah I know but it only opens until about 10pm

Hunchback

galah wrote: »

there's an ATM in the shop across from Monroes (forgot the name).

true yes, but twould be preferable not to be restricted to the opening hours of that shop

po0k

inisboffin wrote: »

Ah but there are two faces to Dominic St, no?
Upper and Lower. Only one side is Red Light, other is more arty - or so they say!

Red-Light? Jeez, I would never have thought so.
Bunch of good pubs and music a bit away from the Eyre Square hub.

joeKel73

Sex shop, strip club, head shop and cards club together... bit red light'y! Great collection of bars too though.

inisboffin

J o e wrote: »

Sex shop, strip club, head shop and cards club together... bit red light'y! Great collection of bars too though.

+1

I got the 'red light' term from staff of one of the pubs!

It's a very different street to when Taylors was open. And I stand by what I said about each side having a different feel. Good nightspots in all parts though!

hairyfairy00

So can i officially say i work in a 'red light' area now?! I've worked on Dominick St for over 7 years now and have never heard it referred to as such, but i can see why it would be called that. On the other hand the card room/casino isn't exactly 'red light'.

Diabhal Beag

Dominic Street is the perfect example of "Don't judge a book by its cover". Doesn't look like much from the outset but maybe the friendliest area of Galway for socializing. Except the strip bar.

You know what I would love? If they shut off Dominick Street to traffic like they did last year (or two years ago?) again and held a mini-festival down there.

snubbleste

I actually had a good long look at the facade of the Ideal Drapery shop. It's very retro. Can anyone recall when it closed and was all it sold drapery?

A few vacant units if done up correctly would attract plenty of custom.

inisboffin

'Red-light', from the areas I've lived in abroad tends to mean businesses that are sex/drugs/gambling/booze related all in the one 'area'. Upper Dominic St ticks those boxes. I wasn't passing judgement on that, just saying that it was there, and had a very different vibe to when Taylors was there. Not dissing the Casino at all, but it *is* gambling.
The staff that called it that did so with fondness, I should say!:D

pleasant Co.

inisboffin wrote: »

'Red-light', from the areas I've lived in abroad tends to mean businesses that are sex/drugs/gambling/booze related all in the one 'area'. Upper Dominic St ticks those boxes. I wasn't passing judgement on that, just saying that it was there, and had a very different vibe to when Taylors was there. Not dissing the Casino at all, but it *is* gambling.
The staff that called it that did so with fondness, I should say!:D

Yes, it's a redlight district in the same sense that Galway is a City :pac:

inisboffin

Mactard wrote: »

Yes, it's a redlight district in the same sense that Galway is a City :pac:

Yeah! Fair enough

fishy fishy

Mactard wrote: »

Yes, it's a redlight district in the same sense that Galway is a City :pac:

nice one

fishy fishy

new shop on dominick street upper - (at the corner across from Wildes). Grocery and hot food deli.

Storm 10

Cannot understand how the two derelict shops beside the Roisin are not boarded up and some paint applied to them, it must look terrible to the tourists who visit there, very run down looking that part of the West.

fishy fishy

it's part of the "seedyness" vibe that you would get going up along that street. It adds to the vibe of the area, and keeps the "shiny people" away - thus leaving it for the people that appreciates good music, food, atmosphere and craic without the "we all look the same" conversations and nonsense that goes on up town.

If they turn it into a brand new "shiny" area, it will go downhill fast.

inisboffin

fishy fishy wrote: »

it's part of the "seedyness" vibe that you would get going up along that street. It adds to the vibe of the area, and keeps the "shiny people" away - thus leaving it for the people that appreciates good music, food, atmosphere and craic without the "we all look the same" conversations and nonsense that goes on up town.

If they turn it into a brand new "shiny" area, it will go downhill fast.

Hmm, I dunno. It's a pain in the h*le at night to drive/walk/cycle past the stretch the Róisin is (mainly of the narrowness of the road not just the seediness!), whereas the walking up past Bierhaus, Blue Note etc has a great craic vibe without the same feel. I am with you on the anti-shiny sentiment to a certain extent, but the area that has had a bit more tlc, say up by Crane/Old Forge has a better feel *ourdoors* imo.

snubbleste

Storm 10 wrote: »

Cannot understand how the two derelict shops beside the Roisin are not boarded up and some paint applied to them, it must look terrible to the tourists who visit there, very run down looking that part of the West.

Someone is taking your advice..

ArtyC

I saw that alright! About time

snubbleste

The Drapery shop last night.. the blinding light is Linda Martin's dress (no, not really)

snubbleste

Just discovered who owns the Ideal Drapery shop

Mr Davoren also owns numbers 9, 10 and 11 Dominick Street Upper – the ‘Ideal Drapery’ and adjoining premises beside Róisín Dubh

http://connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/770-council-in-crackdown-on-derelict-buildings

what_traffic

snubbleste wrote: »

Just discovered who owns the Ideal Drapery shop

http://connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/770-council-in-crackdown-on-derelict-buildings[/QUOTE]

Same individual owns 57/56 Shantalla Road.
https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=57+Shantalla+Road,+Galway&hl=en&ll=53.273014,-9.071872&spn=0.000521,0.002964&sll=53.271777,-9.061446&sspn=0.004626,0.011855&oq=57+s&hnear=57+Shantalla+Rd,+Galway,+County+Galway&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.273013,-9.071872&panoid=RaWtUk7-2lGe33USK6XnzQ&cbp=11,220.15,,0,0

Sad to see this street in such decline. Remember when it was the village centre of Shantalla with Bakery and a Butcher.

Robbo

inisboffin wrote: »

See my post above. Rouge owns it.

They lease it.

I see in the Advertiser that 51 Dominick Street is for auction on July 26th with an AMV of €475,000. This being the former home of Cava, now home of Dela.

To shed further light on the Cava situation, the ad says that the sitting tenant has a 25 year lease dating back to 2007, currently renting at €60k PA.

Meanwhile, where Aniar is located is renting at €18,200 on a 10 year lease dating from 2011.

inisboffin

Robbo wrote: »

They lease it.

I see in the Advertiser that 51 Dominick Street is for auction on July 26th with an AMV of €475,000. This being the former home of Cava, now home of Dela.

To shed further light on the Cava situation, the ad says that the sitting tenant has a 25 year lease dating back to 2007, currently renting at €60k PA.

Yeah I meant own the business there.

kraggy

Robbo wrote: »

They lease it.

I see in the Advertiser that 51 Dominick Street is for auction on July 26th with an AMV of €475,000. This being the former home of Cava, now home of Dela.

To shed further light on the Cava situation, the ad says that the sitting tenant has a 25 year lease dating back to 2007, currently renting at €60k PA.

Meanwhile, where Aniar is located is renting at €18,200 on a 10 year lease dating from 2011.

So Aniar are paying just €350 per week?!

Easy enough to make a profit at that rate.

Wompa1

snubbleste wrote: »

The Drapery shop last night.. the blinding light is Linda Martin's dress (no, not really)

The term unwashed masses springs to mind.

_Whimsical_

snubbleste wrote: »

Just discovered who owns the Ideal Drapery shop

http://connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/770-council-in-crackdown-on-derelict-buildings

So Mr Davoren owns 9,10 and 11 Dominick Street upper. Are any of those in good repair ?

You'd wonder why they aren't sold, it's a pretty good location.

snubbleste

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

So Mr Davoren owns 9,10 and 11 Dominick Street upper. Are any of those in good repair ?
You'd wonder why they aren't sold, it's a pretty good location.

Dunno, they are good example why the Council need to introduce rates on empty commercial premises. He would be forced to either lease them or sell them, which would inject new life into the area.

snubbleste

Has anyone noticed the amount of discarded chewing-gum on the road surface?
It's unreal, it appears to be done deliberately over time.

jkforde

snubbleste wrote: »

Has anyone noticed the amount of discarded chewing-gum on the road surface?
It's unreal, it appears to be done deliberately over time.

that's been there forever, it further cheapens look of the place on top of the abandoned buildings, sex shops, cheap unmaintained shop fronts, greasy footpaths.... an architectural gem is Dominick St.!

snubbleste

This is just off Dominick St.

This used to have sweets and stuff in the window but I never went in to see what exactly they sold and what the set-up was. Anyone know what they sold, for how long and when did they sell up?

JohnCleary

snubbleste wrote: »

This is just off Dominick St.

This used to have sweets and stuff in the window but I never went in to see what exactly they sold and what the set-up was. Anyone know what they sold, for how long and when did they sell up?

Used to belong to the Lydon family

It's up for rent on Daft atm... no interior pics

aaronosiochain

JohnCleary wrote: »

Used to belong to the Lydon family

It's up for rent on Daft atm... no interior pics

Its nice inside! Garden at the back also. A rabbit used to live there