Things that used to be in Kilkenny ya can remember

KK4SAM

• Woolworths
• Jack McGraths barbers.
• The witch in the fire place in Kytlers
• The pool table in Maggie Hollands

madmaggie

Mulhalls bakery shop, and the resteraunt upstairs. I loved looking down on the traffic in High Street, then come down and collect the doughnuts on the way out! O'keefes hairdressers across the street, and the garden shop beside it. The Monster House.

Eaglebridie 32

Santa in The Monster House:

catbear

There's a thread on this already called something like shops that are no more.

Well the brewery is soon to be no more too!

The Sidewards Man

Bad hurlers.

kkhornet

The train in the window of sherwoods at christmas

Eaglebridie 32

Snooker in the Village Inn & Blackmill Street. No snooker hall in Kilkenny now that I know of!.

steppen

Eaglebridie 32 wrote: »

Snooker in the Village Inn & Blackmill Street. No snooker hall in Kilkenny now that I know of!.

That's gone??

Formosa

Mike's bar.
Kelly's Corner
The Chick Inn

KK4SAM

The walk home from the disco in the Rugby Club !

KK4SAM

The egg stain on the screen in the Savoy

KK4SAM

Queuing for a mat to go down the Helter Skelter in James Park fun fair.

KK4SAM

Kitty Saunders dogs.....

Dozen Wicked Words

Deals on Wheels.

KK4SAM

Pub Theaters and the twin Heffernans might craic.

KK4SAM

Getting chased out of the Castle Park by Mr Connolly !

ghost_rider

KK4SAM wrote: »

The pool table in Maggie Hollands

Maggie Hollands !!

KK4SAM wrote: »

The egg stain on the screen in the Savoy

That was the Regent ! -
Remember the "Jumbo Seats" downstairs at the back


OK so, off the top of my head, how about.......

Mc Grath's Hardware on Patrick Street

Farrell's Flower / Garden shop on High Street, pretty much where the Sony Centre is now.

Discos in the Cartlon Ballroom on Saturday Nights.

Rosie O'Grady's out in the Springhill

Disco in Rose Hill Hotel, prior to the Cellar in Hotel Kilkenny

The Beer Festival, which usually brought Perk's funfair & the Circus to St James's Park

Mooney's & Whites shops beside Ulster Bank

The Sports Shop beside the Town Hall & it's "Toy Department" at Christmas & the Gun Department downstairs.

Fitzmaurice's news agents where the The Book Center is now.

McGinty's Chip shop, short lived, also where the Book Shop is now.

The "Roaster Coaster" on the parade on Fri & Sat nights.

The old yellow/ cream coloured chip van on the Parade on Friday & Saturday during the day.

Monaghan's Shop at the bottom of Dean Street (Monaghan's corner I believe it was actually called.)

Burke's clothes shop on High Street, near where the Credit Union is now.

The Wimpy, on High Street, again near where the Credit Union is now.

Lowery's Hardware & Lumber yard in Irishtown

..... I'll be back with more

Edit to add.....

Delahunty's furniture store, roughly where the Arcade is.

The L&N supermarket, roughly where Argos, Boots & the entrance to Market Cross is.

White's Pharmacy on the other side of High street in a tiny wee shop, with Manning travel beside, in an equally tiny shop. Steps up to both I seem to recall.

Reynolds butchers where Manning Travel is now.

Elliott's corner, with those scrummy yummy roast chickens in the window.

Chequers disco bar at the front of the Club House hotel

Tennis club & Golf club discos

Live music scene at Henderson's on the Parade. The live gigs there on a Friday & Saturday nights were just mighty.

The original, pirate, KCR, broadcasting from the hay barn out the Ballycallan Rd.

The video / games arcade up by the Carlton Ballroom.

The "Old Block" at the CBS. (Oh & how could I forget all those "Pres Girls" across the street )

The Friary Car park, on Friary Street, with that big tree in the middle with the wall around it. So much better than that monstrosity of apartments & closed down shops there now

Sherwoods, beside Murphy's Jewlery.

Hickman's shop at the same location, after Sherwoods.

Dan ! - "Who's dead Dan ? Man in box, Man in box !!"

The original, really, really steep Blackquarry hill, with the quarry down below over the wall on the left as you went up. Long before the Ringroad was built.

The railway bridge over the road, with the textured road surface, originally to give horses traction in the wet, which produced a kind of droning noise as cars drove over it, at the top of John Street, as you're heading out the 'comer Rd.

Connolly's garage, where Greenwood furniture was & where Guiney's is reportedly going.

Renahin's (sp?) garage, where Classic furniture was just at Mullhall's corner.

Brian Stone's car accessory shop, just across the street.

Ormonde Motors, Mercedes, then Peugeot dealers, at the top of Patrick St, where Auto Smart & a car repair workshop are now.

Danny Lyon's petrol station where Statoil is out the 'comer Rd.

The Fireside Inn.

Fit Remolds tyre centre, on the Carlow Rd, where Flower Power & The Stove Centre is now.

......as I think of more, I'll be back

Ghost Rider - I think you're my generation:) . Just to add to your comprehensive list - MRS PURCELL'S ICECREAM SHOP in High St - somewhere around where Dunphy's Photography is now.
Ahh the Carlton - where it all happened.
And of course the Monster House - an institution in its own right.
The Wimpy was the coolest spot in town- definitely the place to hang out on Saturday afternoons - even if I barely had the price of a coke while I watched the lads cruising up and down!!
(PS -Cruising means walking of course - none of us had wheels then!!)

KK4SAM

That's a comprehensive list Ghost Rider, Ya must remember the ****e table in Maggies,The balls on the table followed you where ever you walked!
When Hennessy's had the Fire Side Inn there were fourteen pool tables there ?

catbear

ghost_rider wrote: »

Dan ! - "Who's dead Dan ? Man in box, Man in box !!"

He's worthy of a statue!

ghost_rider

inthehat MRS PURCELL'S ICECREAM SHOP

Funnily, I don't remember that !

Few more I thought of overnight......

While I mentioned the great live band scene at Hendersons, there were also some mighty nights to be had at the Carmel Hotel, or "Flannery's" as it was known as. Dave Primm almost had a residency there

Then there was the Original Lautrecs, the wine bar downstairs in the basement, in Parliament St. Many's the "morning" I crawled up the steps, blinking in the early dawn, after a feed of steak sandwiches & multiple bottles of wine. This, after a night out, usually in Quan's & Maggies

How about the Army Surplus store, up the lanes beside the Carlton Ballroom.

Pantomimes in the Friary Hall. There was no Watergate in those days, so we sat for hours on those are wooden, classroom chairs in the Friary hall

KK4SAM Yeah the pool tables in the Fireside Inn, with the jukebox by the window.

catbear Dan Quigley - he sure does deserve a salute alright !

brettmirl

madmaggie wrote: »

Mulhalls bakery shop, and the resteraunt upstairs. I loved looking down on the traffic in High Street, then come down and collect the doughnuts on the way out!

Was that not Bradbury's on High Street?

There was also Molloy's bakery shop on Rose Inn Street, with the bakery where Celtic Bookmakers is on Kieran Street

catbear wrote: »

There's a thread on this already called something like shops that are no more.

You're a great memory - that thread is 10 years old!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2741012

ghost_rider

brettmirl wrote: »

Was that not Bradbury's on High Street?

Bradbury's didn't have an upstairs, to the best of my recollection. There was the shop at the front, where you could buy all those yummy cakes, then a sit down cafe at the back.

I'm only having hazy memories of Mullhall's having an upstairs. What I do remember was Mullahlls being in a kind of glass arcade off High Street, roughly where White's Paharmacy is now. That arcade was the shop part, but I can't quite remember where the sit down area was. In later years, they did have a cafe / restaurant across the lane at the rear, in the now long derelict building, that turned into an Indian Restaurant for a short time.

Now that I think of it, there was a garden centre behind that again, can't remember the name of it though

I mentioned upthread, Fitzmaurice's newsagents, where the Book Center is now, which then became Mc Ginty's chip shop for a short period of time, after that, IIRC, Tommy Grace opened another newsagents shop there. He also had a shop down beside Sherwoods, where there is Euro-Zone, or pound shop or something now. When he closed down those shops on High Street, he then had a shop at the top of Gasworks lane, which is now empty.

Speaking of gasworks lane, remember the two big Gas Monitors (tanks) that were there for years ?

Edit to add.....

The boot factory hooter.

The Auxillary hospital on Wolfe Tone St.

Kilkenny Products where MacDonagh Junction is now. In fact IIRC the old stone buildings in "Workhouse Square" were offices & workshops in the KP days.

Getting back to nightime entertainment....... "The Coo"

threein99

A gaelic football team

hi5

ghost_rider wrote: »

Rosie O'Grady's out in the Springhill

The railway bridge over the road, with the textured road surface, originally to give horses traction in the wet, which produced a kind of droning noise as cars drove over it, at the top of John Street, as you're heading out the 'comer Rd.

Rosie O Gradys..... that brings back memories, and if you couldn't get in there it was the traipse back to John St and into Itchycoo Park.. or 'Who Hit Who Park' as it was also known.



Is this the bridge?

catbear

ghost_rider wrote: »

Getting back to nightime entertainment....... "The Coo"

I used to never intend going there but some of the best nights out were in the Coo.

ghost_rider

hi5 wrote: »

Is this the bridge?

Oh wow, yes it is, that's the one

There was another one on New Road, but I think that one was still the stone bridge, whereas the one at Johnsons was raised to accomodate traffic.

Of course they're both long gone now

catbear wrote: »

I used to never intend going there but some of the best nights out were in the Coo.

Or sometimes the best nights ended up there from around 4am onwards. Always great for a late drink, I even remember being in the kitchens fixing some ham sambos, for "Soakage"

Ah, them was da days !

BTW, I can't remember the name of the disco at the Carlton on Saturday nights, was it "Spangles" or Tingles" or something like that ?

KK4SAM

That was Farrells Nursery they also had a Flower shop opposite Mullhalls.

road_high

KK4SAM wrote: »

That was Farrells Nursery they also had a Flower shop opposite Mullhalls.

That's a yard out the back? You can still see that if you look out of the Ormonde st car park.
Always boggled me as to why no one has done anything with Mulhalls in all these years. Used to be an Indian there but that's closed a long time now.

ghost_rider

Ah so the nursery was part of Farrells shop on High Street. Makes sense

road_high wrote: »

That's a yard out the back? You can still see that if you look out of the Ormonde st car park.

Yes & I think the building is still there, must take a look next time.

catbear

road_high wrote: »

Always boggled me as to why no one has done anything with Mulhalls in all these years.

Wouldn't be surprised if the building needs to be ripped down and no one is willing to take the chance. The indian did do nice food but it took ages to serve. I think the guy taking our order actually went in and cooked it!

Hmm_Messiah

KK4SAM wrote: »

Getting chased out of the Castle Park by Mr Connolly !

He was my next door neighbour, and actually a very sound chap, always reminded me of some character from old british movies though, a "Dad's Army" kind of vibe

He gave me one of his prized roses to plant when I was a kid.

Those days the back part of the Park ( after the hill) was closed off and we were told stories of murderers hiding out in the overgrown part

granturismo

brettmirl wrote: »

..
You're a great memory - that thread is 10 years old!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2741012

Last post in the original thread was March this year.

@ Mod, Can these threads be merged? Great opportunity for reminiscing.

Captain Havoc

granturismo wrote: »

@ Mod, Can these threads be merged? Great opportunity for reminiscing.

I'm gonna suggest no to that on a couple of grounds. I was aware of the other thread, how as ever this thread has a much broader title whereas the other one was limited to shops (if we did merge I could use the title of this thread (I think)). The other thread is ten years old, the conversation within is a little stale and I think it could be rediscussed as opposed to going through fifteen pages of posts. I would suggest to anyone reading that if you agree with granturismo thank his post above and if you agree with me, thank my post.

Formosa

Don't think it has been mentioned yet, remember Finnegans bookies, Mary's Lane?

KK4SAM

Hazy memories of swing boats down on the Water Barracks with a metal center pole With two lads on you could nearly do the loop the loop.

Dan Chipowski

Formosa wrote: »

Don't think it has been mentioned yet, remember Finnegans bookies, Mary's Lane?

Back when a bookies was a bookies and not the modern arcade farce.

PaulKK

A few may have been covered, plus im still in my 20s so some things might not be that old

The cafe upstairs in the mall.

Parking on the parade where the chip van was.

Getting your feet measured for shoes downstairs in goods

The old cinema and queing down the street for tickets.

Fish tank and santy in the monster house.

Sherwood's train at Christmas.

Hennessey's sports in the little shop up the steps on Parliament street.

The light shop etc that used to be on john st before Langton's bought most of it.

The knick knack shop and all their toys upstairs.

The little computer shop down on Kieran st.

topmanamillion

A League of Ireland team - RIP Kilkenny City

ergonomics

When the funfair used to come to Market Yard. It usually came towards the middle of August, around Arts Week.

KK4SAM

I don't remember this my self but the Street lights were turned off at Midnight ?

Captain Havoc

I remember the computer shop on Kieran's St. he also moved to James' st. and William St.

I have many good memories from Buckley Park and other stadiums around the country, there unfortunately is not an appetite in Kilkenny for senior soccer which is a shame. I'll just have to keep getting my kicks in Tallaght. Fun fact: Kilkenny City is still going as an entity, just no football going on.

The Beer Festival

ghost_rider

I was just that bit too young at the time to "fully participate" in the Beer Festivals

However, it did always bring Perks Funfair & the Circus to James' Park, which was super, along with the Smithwicks Beer Tent.

In the run up to the festival, I remember lots of small tents being set up on various patches of grass throughout the outskirts of the city, but also remember a lot of the shops in High Street boarding up their windows with plywood. I'd say the craic was only mighty though & would loved to have been "of an age" to fully enjoy the festival. The closest I came to something like the Beer Festival was the Fleadhs in the early 80's

We have two "Smithwicks Kilkenny Beer Festival" tankard pint glasses. I'd post a picture, but I don't think I have enough of posts on here yet to allow me post a link to any external sites such as photobucket, etc.

Yea the Beer Festival was an experience! Like you I was a bit young (mid teens -ish) so I wasn't really into drinking but it was still great craic. There was a terrific buzz around the town, - ballad groups in the streets and pubs and the German bands in the Beer Tent in James' Park. But I don't recall much roughness or the sort of violent behavior you'd see now at a big drink-fest. Still I think that's why it was discontinued, - because it was starting to draw that kind of crowd in the end.

Crescent

What happened to that beet festival??

Patrick Wheelock

A record shop called Sound Waves on Patrick Street. I got a blowjob off someone I met there.

Dan Chipowski

Patrick Wheelock wrote: »

A record shop called Sound Waves on Patrick Street. I got a blowjob off someone I met there.

With the greatest respect, I'm not quite sure those are the sort of memories this thread was after.

Captain Havoc

Dan Chipowski wrote: »

With the greatest respect, I'm not quite sure those are the sort of memories this thread was after.

Maybe BJs are something that used to be for him but are now no more.

ghost_rider

The owner of Soundwaves, Frank, I think, wasn't he a priest, left the priesthood & started up Soundwaves ?

Edited to add......

Just got to thinking overnight, I think it may have been the other way round actually. After closing Soundwaves, he then went off to join the priesthood, became a minister, or in some way became involved in a religious order.

Either way, he was a nice guy & I remember buying lots of records from him

Also, remember the record shop in the arcade on High St. down near the back, on the right ?

Deathwish4

Litter Lottery in Leahy's shop behind TC Tyres. Memories are vague but remember winning a few nice prizes.