Christmas market location?

lasalle

Can anyone tell me whereabouts in Galway city the christmas market is held? I'm presuming Eyre sq but the website doesn't say. Looking to book a hotel for a family as close as i can get to be able to walk to it
thanks

Mars Bar

Yeah it's always in Eyre Square

ErnieBert

Their website confirms that it is in Eyre sq again www.galwaychristmasmarket.ie

Crumbs868

Makes more sense to put it in the old oil tank farm by the docks

Laviski

i would agree

at least eyre square won't look as damaged as it did for st patricks day.

pictures taken 29.03.14
it should not be in eyre square unless they leave it exactly they way it was.
which they haven't.

Mrs OBumble

Disagree: it's far better in the Square, having in on the hard-stand would make it just like the May funfair, and the square very blah.

A few patches in the grass are a minor problem, IMHO.

Crumbs868

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Disagree: it's far better in the Square, having in on the hard-stand would make it just like the May funfair, and the square very blah.

A few patches in the grass are a minor problem, IMHO.

Check out the pics in the post above taken 3 mths(1/4 of a year) after the market packed up

Laviski

i'm all for the market, just leave it as you got it or better. Not the way it was left last year.

kennedy park is for all people of galway not just for food/drink traders at christmas. It is designated as a green space and so it should be. It is a bad reflection that the main civic area in the center was that bare looking for the st patricks weekend 3 months after xmas market.

Volvoair

Crumbs868 wrote: »

Makes more sense to put it in the old oil tank farm by the docks

a lot more foot traffic/pedestrians pass through eyre square,than over at the docks.

biko

Eyre Square is the best location imo. Some merchants use plastic flooring to save the grass but even then it's not a major concern in my view. Grass grows back and the market is worth it.

Crumbs868

Crumbs868 wrote: »

Check out the pics in the post above taken 3 mths(1/4 of a year) after the market packed up

It's only grass, what harm if it takes a while to recover. The atmosphere of the market wouldn't be 1/10 of what it is if it was held down in a soulless place like the concrete area near the docks.

Eyre square is pretty much as ideal a location as you could possibly get for a Christmas market.

swine

Short of having hovering stalls I don't see how the grass couldn't be affected. The square is the most ideal location for it (even if it's a little small). With the weather this time of year it's not like you'd have people eating their lunches in the square anyway. Minor concern, imo.

renegademaster

swine wrote: »

Short of having hovering stalls I don't see how the grass couldn't be affected. The square is the most ideal location for it (even if it's a little small). With the weather this time of year it's not like you'd have people eating their lunches in the square anyway. Minor concern, imo.

the point is the square looks horrible for months after the market moves on

El_Dangeroso

renegademaster wrote: »

the point is the square looks horrible for months after the market moves on

It's winter in Galway, the square would look horrible regardless. No one is lying out on the grass in February.

It's a small sacrifice to make, and most people don't care.

ben.schlomo

renegademaster wrote: »

the point is the square looks horrible for months after the market moves on

Maybe someone could organise a protest about this awful issue!!

ErnieBert

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Maybe someone could organise a protest about this awful issue!!

The protest could be held down at the Docks

biko

Nope, they just built Winter Wonderland down the docks.

thesandeman

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Maybe someone could organise a protest about this awful issue!!

Tis rarely I thank you, but LOL!!

(and I'm on RM's side).

renegademaster

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Maybe someone could organise a protest about this awful issue!!

ErnieBert wrote: »

The protest could be held down at the Docks

thesandeman wrote: »

Tis rarely I thank you, but LOL!!

(and I'm on RM's side).

maybe occupy will return to the square now that people are beginning to rise up:)

Links234

renegademaster wrote: »

maybe occupy will return to the square now that people are beginning to rise up:)

Lemme get this straight, you're worried about a bit of patchy grass being unsightly, but you're hoping to have Camp Crusty back? :eek:

Mrs OBumble

Laviski wrote: »

kennedy park is for all people of galway not just for food/drink traders at christmas. It is designated as a green space and so it should be. It is a bad reflection that the main civic area in the center was that bare looking for the st patricks weekend 3 months after xmas market.

When I looked at the Eyre Square area last Christmas (the whole of it, not just the small Kennedy Park bit) I saw more of the people of Galway enjoying their time there than you do during most other four week periods. Certainly more than would be there if there were no stalls or stages in the middle of winter.