Pokemon Go Galway

Wolverine359

Hi guys, just wondering how many here are Galway poké-hunters? I thought I'd share that the Mutton Light Famine Memorial out near Grattan Park in Salthill is the best nest I've found for catching a lot of the rarer Pokemon varieties. Especially Ponyta, but visiting it on a daily basis, I've found nearly every variety, showing up maybe every 15-20 minutes (caught Dugtrio today, along with Growlithes, Geodudes, Eggsecute, Doduo, Diglett, Seel, Ekans, and even Pikachu and Bulbasaur one time).

And the Mutton Island causeway is great for collecting lots of Magicarp and other water types. As its a long narrow road surrounded by water, all the Pokemon are concentrated along its path so you don't have to worry about wandering in different directions to detect them. Squirtle shows up quite often, sometimes I'd get 2 or 3 on a cycle along it.

I used to catch the odd Charmander at the end of Grattan Rd as it meets the R336 (road that leads to the aquarium, can't think of the road name), but haven't gotten any in the past week so maybe it's not a charmander spawning-site anymore.

Any other Galway poké-hunters here have any more searching tips they'd like to share?

hamsterboy

Hey
Yeah I usually pop out to Salthill in the evenings for a wander and some hunting. Never did the Mutton Island Causeway or the Memorial though, cheers for the tip.
Very little on the side of the city I live in (East Side), getting bored of taking down the GMIT gym.....AGAIN!
Do like a stroll around town too on a Saturday.
Sit outside Garavans, glass of wine, lure the stop and just sit and collect

HB

biko

Thanks for the tip about Mutton Island. We go often to Salthill Prom and often get the regular magikarps etc along there. Suppose we can just extend our usual walk.

I once got a Pikachu at the intersection at Westside Aldi, and a Mr Mime at Tigh Coili
Lots of Jynx at Eyre Sq.

Wolverine359

Heads up for anyone looking for Magmar - South Park is a reliable nest for them at the moment, sometimes 2 or 3 will show up there at a time! I'm sick of catching them at this stage lol.

biko

Saw Kabuto by Eyre Sq yesterday but didn't catch it. Bus was whizzing past

biko

Got myself Pikachu as buddy

Wolverine359

biko wrote: »

Got myself Pikachu as buddy

Have you walked 10km with him yet?

Heads up for Bulbasaur-seekers - the famine memorial near Grattan Beach is now a nest for our favourite #1. :pac:

biko

I walked him to get enough candies to evolve him so happy days

Was on the prom yesterday and suddenly fecking rain started lashing down big time. Prom is best in my view as there are so many Stops and Mons there. Great for grinding (collecting many lowlevel Mons in order to level up)

Wolverine359

biko wrote: »

I walked him to get enough candies to evolve him so happy days

Was on the prom yesterday and suddenly fecking rain started lashing down big time. Prom is best in my view as there are so many Stops and Mons there. Great for grinding (collecting many lowlevel Mons in order to level up)

Oh I mean did you happen to check the screen where it shows him and your avatar after walking more than 10km? Because something special happens. Yeah I was out there yesterday too when the thundershowers came pouring down.

biko

I didn't see that happen as I only had him a while.
Now I'm buddying MagiKarp to try to get my second Gyarados

biko

Took down a gym in Clifden the weekend and managed to keep my Slowbro as leader for a whole day

biko

Salthill littered with Mons yesterday. Could hardly get to the wall and back.

alchemist33

biko wrote: »

Salthill littered with Mons yesterday. Could hardly get to the wall and back.

I was there in August - magikarp and polliwags all over the promenade.

Shane.C

What teams do ye represent? I'm Valor myself.

Digital Solitude

Team Instinct

biko

Blue team

Wolverine359

I'm team valor (red), you might see me occupying the odd gym here and there, username is GarySkywalker7

Shane.C

I see your name a good bit alright Wolverine! Anyone be interested in meeting up for a hunt? Username is Shanecos11!

Shane.C

@Digital solitude, pffft , you disgust me ðŸ˜

Digital Solitude

Don't hate the player hate the game.

I've hatched literally thousands of eggs in ORAS, it would be crazy for me to pick anyone but the breeder

Digital Solitude

Don't hate the player hate the game.

I've hatched literally thousands of eggs in ORAS, it would be crazy for me to pick anyone but the breeder

CraigM84

am planning to head up towards Salthill tomorrow, any good suggestions on decent spots to keep in mind?? heading up towards Galway for the afternoon, wondering where would be best to spend it

could do with starters, machop, omanyte, kabuto and that ever so elusive Porygon :P

Wolverine359

CraigM84 wrote: »

am planning to head up towards Salthill tomorrow, any good suggestions on decent spots to keep in mind?? heading up towards Galway for the afternoon, wondering where would be best to spend it

could do with starters, machop, omanyte, kabuto and that ever so elusive Porygon :P

The coast walk along South Park can be good, as is the Mutton Island Causeway (mainly for water types), and Mutton Light Famine Memorial near Grattan Park can have some random interesting spawns. They used to be good nests for certain Pokemon but I think they've changed again so not sure what shows up often now, last time I used to cycle the South Park walk and catch lots of good growlithes.

CraigM84

So made a trip up to Galway today, wasnt bad, though nothing special other than an omanyte that disappeared just after i parked at salthill, caught quite a few psyducks, polis, karp (one of which has 91% IVs with 144cp), and the other usual suspects. Covered from down at Nimmo's pier at end of grange rd to the galway bay hotel. and stocked up on eggs again

Wolverine359

Dragonite in the middle of Eyre Square right now! Just caught him, over 2500CP!

biko

Arrg, there is no way I can get there until tomorrow.

biko

Haven't seen a Ditto yet

Wolverine359

Got 3 Dittos over the past 2 days, 2 yesterday! All from ratattas, I was almost absent-mindedly catching them while going about my business in town, it's a nice surprise when it happens. You'll get one sooner or later, just keep capturing rattatas (and maybe pidgeys and zubats too apparently) and one of them is bound to reveal themselves as ditto. Use great balls to prevent them escaping (unless they're 10 cp or something, when a regular ball will do).

biko

Finally got one from a Magikarp at the Radisson lights

biko

Got a 10K egg the other day and hatched it today.
A Snorlax, nice

Wolverine359

The Mutton Light Famine Memorial in Grattan Park in Salthill is a serious nest for Kabuto right now, just collected 4 of them one after the other within a couple of minutes, and got 5 together there this morning too! Able to finally power up my Kabutops to the fullest.

biko

Haven't got any new mon in ages.
Charmander seems to be all over the place now though.

Wolverine359

Guys if you're looking for Totodile, take a walk along the Mutton Island Causeway. They've been showing up there every day for the past week or so. Caught 5 or 6 of them today. The Mutton Island memorial near Grattan Park is a nest for Slugma but I've caught a couple Cyndaquil and Chikorita there too along with Totodile, and a party-hat Pikachu today. The part where the causeway links with the land near South Park has the odd interesting Pokemon too, caught a Bayleef there the other day, and a lipstick-wearing Wobbuffet. :pac:

Knobbly

Tried my first level 4 raid today with about 4 others and we didn't get it. Might need some organising to get that Snoring fecker!

Angron

I'll be around the city for a bit on Friday and Saturday if anyone fancies a raid or two then.

soadtool

Is there a whatsapp/discord/Facebook group for organising raids in Galway?

Knobbly

Yes indeed, https://www.facebook.com/groups/262579177447090/

Patrickc909

Articuno in eyre square for the next hour!

mcgovern

Going to be in Galway for the weekend on a stag, is there much orgainised raids going on if I sneak off for one?

soadtool

mcgovern wrote: »

Going to be in Galway for the weekend on a stag, is there much orgainised raids going on if I sneak off for one?

Sure, follow the Pokémon go Galway Facebook, the link is a couple of posts above.

thefisherbuy

soadtool wrote: »

Sure, follow the Pokémon go Galway Facebook, the link is a couple of posts above.

I'd like to join a group messenger or something like that, I go up to galway the odd time and would like to do some legendary battles is this the only group? I've sent the request a few days back nothing since.

soadtool

thefisherbuy wrote: »

I'd like to join a group messenger or something like that, I go up to galway the odd time and would like to do some legendary battles is this the only group? I've sent the request a few days back nothing since.

There's a discord and a WhatsApp, but fb messenger is the main group chat. I'm not sure who the admin is. There are previous posts of people requesting to be added to messenger on the actual fb page. Through that you can maybe find the admin and send them a message?

biko

Trying to find a Ditto as part of this field research stuff