Trying to find the name of a Salthill hostel that closed down around the millenium

Stevolende

Hello
I'm going blank on the name of a hostel on the seafront just near the turn into the main road through Salthill I think it was kknocked down to build the new complex on the corner there. It was run by a middle eastern gentleman.
It used to allow people to rent rooms by the week and permitted rent allowance. I'm not sure fi there were others around there at the tuime that did so outside of the Stella Marris which was around on the main drag of teh Salthill road.

So if anybody could provide that name I'd be grateful. Thanks

dilallio

What's there now and we may be able to help more?

buzz11

Is this corner?

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Salthill,+Co.+Galway/@53.2613323,-9.0745716,3a,75y,353.33h,80.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sndI8sEaUD01AaAEjtZG0AA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DndI8sEaUD01AaAEjtZG0AA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D138.38763%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x485b97acebd7cdef:0x2600c7a819ba6d32

Stevolende

Is it Bally Point? I think it was projected to be a cinema from what I remember but may now be apartments.
I haven't been out to Salthill in ages and the only Google map I can find is from 2009.
Looks like it stood to the left of that complex, it's got a side road running down the side of it

Stevolende

buzz11 wrote: »

Is this corner?

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Salthill,+Co.+Galway/@53.2613323,-9.0745716,3a,75y,353.33h,80.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sndI8sEaUD01AaAEjtZG0AA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DndI8sEaUD01AaAEjtZG0AA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D138.38763%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x485b97acebd7cdef:0x2600c7a819ba6d32

I don't think so, that place is further inland if I'm thinking right. That's about halfway down the road to Salthill lower isn't it?

biko

Is it Burren Mount?

Stevolende

I think this would have been the front of it
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Arus+Grattan+Apartments/@53.2591323,-9.0773069,3a,75y,324h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBSflwUAsoC_KpVmsU6qwaA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBSflwUAsoC_KpVmsU6qwaA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D336.5065%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x485b9654979118ff:0xd08f718dc0903a65!6m1!1e1

snubbleste

Maybe it's in this thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055386603

Stevolende

From what I recall the front had 2 glass panelled bay windows around a 2 stage door which I think was arched.

paconnors

The Grand?

bodhrandude

Was it formerly the Strawberry Fields Cafe at one point?

Green Peter

Might have been the Garda station

JustAThought

That takes me back - the Grand was a beautiful low Georgian double fronted house with bay windows on each side & the breakfast room in one of ghe bow windows overlooking the bay was the Strawberry Fields café ~ it was years ahead of its time with organic food & delicious healthy menu ~ including strawberries pancakes & scones & cream to die for. I still miss it. It was also always warm, clean & had great friendly staff - you'd wake up to the sound of seagulls & best view in the country - the sky above Galway Bay & the waves crashing on the shore. Loved it. happy days.

howyanow

Probably the grand /the Rio or maybe Prarie House?

westgolf

Might it have been the place at the town end of the bailey point development ? On the corner at the lohans end.

ChunkyLover54

Any help, op?

https://www.facebook.com/galway.memories/photos/pb.519851238076983.-2207520000.1449927072./930558557006247/?type=3&theater

from Galway Memories facebook page

Stevolende

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Any help, op?

https://www.facebook.com/galway.memories/photos/pb.519851238076983.-2207520000.1449927072./930558557006247/?type=3&theater

from Galway Memories facebook page

Fantastic, it's that Grand place that's next door to the Burren. Thanks.
I was thinking it had some positive name. Had it circulating in my head as Promenade Hotel for a few hours too.

But Grand Hotel Salthill.
Is that name ambitious even for when it was built?

dilallio

The Grand hotel and the Banba hotel next door were demolished to build Bailey Point.

Long Gone

dilallio wrote: »

The Grand hotel and the Banba hotel next door were demolished to build Bailey Point.

Are the Burren Mount and O'Reilly's still there ? I haven't been home in a while but last time I visited Salthill was a shabby, rundown relic of it's former glory. Seemed to be overun with Eastern European food shops and (so-called) "asylum seeker" hostels. It was a really great place for a student night out back in the 80's - Many great nights in The Warwick, The Eglington, O'Reilly's etc and some other place near the left side of Seapoint who's name escapes me at the moment. I don't mean The Castle - Never particularly like that place. Another good haunt was The Hole in the wall down off Eglington street - Spent many afternoons on there watching video nasties and knocking back pints when I should have been studying !

howyanow

Long Gone wrote: »

Are the Burren Mount and O'Reilly's still there ? I haven't been home in a while but last time I visited Salthill was a shabby, rundown relic of it's former glory. Seemed to be overun with Eastern European food shops and (so-called) "asylum seeker" hostels. It was a really great place for a student night out back in the 80's - Many great nights in The Warwick, The Eglington, O'Reilly's etc and some other place near the left side of Seapoint who's name escapes me at the moment. I don't mean The Castle - Never particularly like that place. Another good haunt was The Hole in the wall down off Eglington street - Spent many afternoons on there watching video nasties and knocking back pints when I should have been studying !

There have never been any Eastern European food shops in Salthill,maybe you were thinking of KRCMA which was a Slavic pub now closed.Was the other place near Seapoint possibly O'Learys or Holiday Hotel?
The Warwick was the best place of all,real pity its closed.

Mrs OBumble

howyanow wrote: »

There have never been any Eastern European food shops in Salthill,maybe you were thinking of KRCMA which was a Slavic pub now closed.

Indeed. And there's a grand total of one asylum seeker direct provision hostel. Hardly over-run.

Paddyfield

If I ever appear on Mastermind, my specialised subject will be:
the former hotels of Salthill

Ocean Wave,
Hilltop,
Rockland,
Grand,
Banba,
Holiday,
Rockville,
Oslo (yes, it was a hotel!),
Montery,
The International,
Manderly,
Burrenmount,
Eglinton,
Warwick,
Jamesons,
Lenaboy Arms,
The Rio,
Burrenmount,
Waterfront,
Glendalough,
The Beach.

Do you know where they were?


I've excluded the ones that are still trading as hotels such as Rockbarton, Anno Santo, Ward's etc

Gadgetman496

Paddyfield wrote: »

If I ever appear on Mastermind, my specialised subject will be:
the former hotels of Salthill

Ocean Wave,
Hilltop,
Rockland,
Grand,
Banba,
Holiday,
Rockville,
Oslo (yes, it was a hotel!),
Montery,
The International,
Manderly,
Burrenmount,
Eglinton,
Warwick,
Jamesons,
Lenaboy Arms,
The Rio,
Burrenmount,
Waterfront,
Glendalough,
The Beach.

Do you know where they were?


I've excluded the ones that are still trading as hotels such as Rockbarton, Anno Santo, Ward's etc

Don't forget the Kincora Hotel/Whispers niteclub/Promenade hotel

howyanow

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Don't forget the Kincora Hotel/Whispers niteclub/Promenade hotel

or the Sacre Couer,Ardilaun,Salthill hotel

snubbleste

Maybe Salthill needs to re-establish itself as a tourist resort.
Come to Salthill to see the roundabout, the dog poo on the prom, glorious views of a sewage treatment plant..

Gadgetman496

howyanow wrote: »

or the Sacre Couer,Ardilaun,Salthill hotel

Well he did say

I've excluded the ones that are still trading as hotels

So the Sacre Couer is one for sure.

Gadgetman496

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe Salthill needs to re-establish itself as a tourist resort.
Come to Salthill to see the roundabout, the dog poo on the prom, glorious views of a sewage treatment plant..

If you had the opportunity to live through the years when Salthill was at its peak, I would have to agree it is nothing now. Unfortunately it was greed that put the final nail in its coffin.

?Cee?view

Paddyfield wrote: »

If I ever appear on Mastermind, my specialised subject will be:
the former hotels of Salthill

Ocean Wave,
Hilltop,
Rockland,
Grand,
Banba,
Holiday,
Rockville,
Oslo (yes, it was a hotel!),
Montery,
The International,
Manderly,
Burrenmount,
Eglinton,
Warwick,
Jamesons,
Lenaboy Arms,
The Rio,
Burrenmount,
Waterfront,
Glendalough,
The Beach.

Do you know where they were?


I've excluded the ones that are still trading as hotels such as Rockbarton, Anno Santo, Ward's etc

The Galway Bay (not the current one)

thesandeman

The Rio, The Glendalough and The Continental were also known as hotels back in the day.

Long Gone

howyanow wrote: »

There have never been any Eastern European food shops in Salthill,maybe you were thinking of KRCMA which was a Slavic pub now closed.Was the other place near Seapoint possibly O'Learys or Holiday Hotel?
The Warwick was the best place of all,real pity its closed.

You're right - I've just had a look on Google Streetview and it is KRCMA that I was thinking of. Never been any Eastern European food stores in Salthill ? - There's a real gap in the market then. Maybe I should open one !

You're spot on about the Holiday Hotel as well - Thank you. I was at some great parties in there.

The Warwick was a great venue. Wonder where the name came from ? - Warwick in England ? One of the last times I was in there was a Christmas Party - Brilliant night out. Loads of pints, good music, beautiful girls....

Long Gone

thesandeman wrote: »

The Rio, The Glendalough and The Continental were also known as hotels back in the day.

The Rio was a right dump by about 1981. If I remember correctly they let it out as student digs outside the summer months.