What do you miss that used to be in Donegal?

Kevwoody

Ok I'm stealing this idea from the Sligo forum, which seems to be generating a nice wee bit of nostalgia for them!

So being from letterkenny , things I'd miss the most are the festivals that used to be in the town. Another was going to do the shopping in Dillons supermarket with my mum, if I close my eyes I can actually still picture the aisles and layout, and the smell of food coming from the cafe!

Football Special in Peadars bar at the bottom of the port road, walking 3 miles to the local shop past Unifi and watching all the trucks coming and going.

Going into Frankies barbers with my dad, or Tony's barbers with my older brothers, which was usually followed by a fizzy drink in the port bar beside neros nightclub.

So anyone else miss anything?

cosanostra

The smell of sweets when passing oatfields

Cherry Blossom

The bandstand in the diamond in Raphoe. When I was a kid my dad took my granny there every Saturday for her shopping. We spent an hour running up and down the steps and pretending we were singing at a concert while she was in the shops.

I was easily entertained

NIMAN

Surely a lot of you donegal folk must miss the trips to lovely Derry!!

Ill get me coat.

Kevwoody

NIMAN wrote: »

Surely a lot of you donegal folk must miss the trips to lovely Derry!!

Ill get me coat.

I remember years ago going up to Garvagh with my dad for spare parts for his machinery, and him hiding it under the carpet in the back of the van. He told me to sit on it so it looked like a seat, I'll never forget driving through the checkpoint and all the soldiers with their guns out, pretty scary as a 7 year old!

muffler

NIMAN wrote: »

Surely a lot of you donegal folk must miss the trips to lovely Derry!!

Ill get me coat.

Banned!
















for 10 seconds

NIMAN

Kevwoody wrote: »

I remember years ago going up to Garvagh with my dad for spare parts for his machinery, and him hiding it under the carpet in the back of the van. He told me to sit on it so it looked like a seat, I'll never forget driving through the checkpoint and all the soldiers with their guns out, pretty scary as a 7 year old!

:eek:
What type of machinery exactly were you collecting?

Firblog

Cinema's in Killybegs and Donegal Town.

rightyabe

<SNIP>

Mod note: No need to troll.

dregin

Not that I had the opportunity to use them, but am I still allowed miss the trains??

armaghlad

Football special in a glass bottle
Pier Hotel (even though it was a kip)
Derv at 54p a litre

ednwireland

Firblog wrote: »

Cinema's in Killybegs and Donegal Town.

Saw a play in the old cinema in donegal town not long before if closed . Real shame

Banjoxed

I was born seven months too late for it but I've missed the train from Derry through Carrigans and Johnston to Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, Portadown and on to Dublin.. CIE had an option to take it over but the Fianna Fáil government balked at taking it on.

muffler

I can just about remember the trains also and yeah its something that I miss and indeed Im sure most people in Donegal miss the service also.

Durnish

Are there still curraghs lined up on the strand at Portnablagh?

retalivity

Climbing on bad eddie on gweedore strand.
Paddys day/easter sunday in ostan na rossan.
Every town, village and crossroads having a festival during the summer with travelling amusements.
Seaview/dodge/the limelight, having somewhere to go after the pub without getting a taxi/bus to letterkenny

frag420

Jobs.....

echo beach

frag420 wrote: »

Jobs.....

+1
Fruit of The Loom
Unifi
Herdman's
Lifford Shirt Factory
Banks in almost every town
Small shops
etc, etc...

NIMAN

Filming of old Star Wars films......... Wait...
.

creaghadoos

TAR

muffler

Guys, its a good thread so no need for the smart comments. Thanks.

NIMAN

Lough Swilly bus drivers storing their change in old 1litre ice cream tubs

armaghlad

Lough Swilly buses

L1011

Cope branches everywhere (or so it seemed)

henke

The limelight glenties back years ago when it was packed out every Saturday night. The grill also years ago when it was going good.

petrolcan

NIMAN wrote: »

Surely a lot of you donegal folk must miss the trips to lovely Derry!!

Ill get me coat.

In June (I think) '87 we did a family trip into Derry. Pouring rain and we were pulled over for a check.

Mirrors under car, dog sniffing in boot. Nothing found and we were allowed on our way.

The old man being as he is, had to ask the soldier what the purpose of the dog was and it was explained that the dog could sniff out explosives, weapons or munitions.

"Well you should shoot the f**king dog then" said Dad to the soldier, " I had a shotgun and 40 rounds in there the other day"(1)

Cue all of us being told to get out of the car again whilst three soldiers and two dogs spend 20 minutes did a much more detailed search of the car.

When we were allowed back into the car the seats were soaked from the dogs trampling everywhere.

I think Mum finally spoke to Dad after two days

(1) Clearing a house after a death.

Firblog

Fish being landed in Killybegs

Katsumoto47

Donegal Town cinema and Mr T's in Donegal Town. They had the best cheeseburgers ever!

Firblog

Bands playing in the Abbey Hotel on a Sunday night

Work next morning at 7am

AidySevenfold

armaghlad wrote: »

Football special in a glass bottle
Pier Hotel (even though it was a kip)
Derv at 54p a litre

football special is back in 750ml glass bottles

NIMAN

Football Special has got to be one of the most sugar filled drinks in the world. Got to be.

byte

That's what helps make it so special! :pac:

DrPhilG

Confession time.

I am a Donegal man and I don't like Football Special.

Kevwoody

DrPhilG wrote: »

Confession time.

I am a Donegal man and I don't like Football Special.

Get.Out

petrolcan

henke wrote: »

The limelight glenties back years ago when it was packed out every Saturday night. The grill also years ago when it was going good.

Jebus! The bus from Letterkenny to Glenties on a Saturday night. Even hairier on the return leg.

CastorTroy

petrolcan wrote: »

Jebus! The bus from Letterkenny to Glenties on a Saturday night. Even hairier on the return leg.

Nothing compared to the bus to the teenage non alcoholic disco on Friday nights (from Ballybofey). Shops made a fortune from chewing gum

buckfasterer

CastorTroy wrote: »

Nothing compared to the bus to the teenage non alcoholic disco on Friday nights (from Ballybofey). Shops made a fortune from chewing gum

**** but I miss the craic that used to be had on Hugos bus on the way up. The sights....:pac:

GAAman

DrPhilG wrote: »

Confession time.

I am a Donegal man and I don't like Football Special.

I'm a Dub and I love the stuff, freshly emptied just a sec ago :pac:

Do people really miss the swilly bus? A bus fleet that looked like it was from the 1960's and smelled like it was from the 1860's!

Actually on that, the new service from Derry to buncrana features an old Dublin bus, eyes popped outta me head when it passed me on the strand road.