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What the hell has happened to Kilkee?

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    #212
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Mailcoachinn wrote: »
    Did you try the Irish House?

    I think there is a sign up saying closed for family bereavement

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #213
    4ensic15
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    Mailcoachinn wrote: »
    Did you try the Irish House?

    The Irish House is now a coffee shop. I don't think there are any cigarettes sold there any more.


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    #214
    Mailcoachinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Mailcoachinn


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The Irish House is now a coffee shop. I don't think there are any cigarettes sold there any more.

    That’s right. I didn’t get a chance to see the interior so wasn’t sure whether or not the shop downstairs was still there


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    #215
    Mailcoachinn
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    Palmach wrote: »

    God that town is sad!

    We can agree on something anyway


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    #216
    John_Rambo
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    I'm not against slating a town, village or area, so I'm not going to slate Kilkee.

    I holidayed there for a week and won't be returning.

    That's all.


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    #217
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    I'm not against slating a town, village or area, so I'm not going to slate Kilkee.

    I holidayed there for a week and won't be returning.

    That's all.

    Kilkee is now a village, not a town.


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    #218
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,536 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Kilkee is now a village, not a town.


    That's why I said I'm not in to slating a town, village or area.


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    #219
    JCX BXC
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    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Kilkee is now a village, not a town.

    Care to elaborate?


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    #220
    Tails142
    Registered Users Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭Tails142


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0LeL9BUPtA


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    #221
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Care to elaborate?

    To be classified as a town the must be more than 1,000 inhabitants. Kilkee has fallen below that in recent years.


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    #222
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,847 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    To be classified as a town the must be more than 1,000 inhabitants. Kilkee has fallen below that in recent years.


    Got a source for that? The definition, not the population.


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    #223
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    Got a source for that? The definition, not the population.

    The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) uses the following definitions:

    Town – population of 4,500 or more
    Small Town – population between 4,500 and 10,000
    Medium Town – population between 10,000 and 18,000
    Large Town – population between 18,000 and 75,000
    Intermediate settlement – population between 2,250 and 4,500
    Village – population between 1,000 and 2,250
    Small villages or hamlets – population of less than 1,000


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    #224
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,847 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) uses the following definitions:

    Town – population of 4,500 or more
    Small Town – population between 4,500 and 10,000
    Medium Town – population between 10,000 and 18,000
    Large Town – population between 18,000 and 75,000
    Intermediate settlement – population between 2,250 and 4,500
    Village – population between 1,000 and 2,250
    Small villages or hamlets – population of less than 1,000


    Last time I checked Kilkee isn't in Northern Ireland. Have you an actual source from this county defining that a settlement has to have a population of 1000 to be called a town?


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    #225
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    Last time I checked Kilkee isn't in Northern Ireland. Have you an actual source from this county defining that a settlement has to have a population of 1000 to be called a town?

    The same is used here. We use the same language as Northern Ireland. Kilkee has no right to be called a town just because it is located south of the border.


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    #226
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,847 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The same is used here. We use the same language as Northern Ireland. Kilkee has no right to be called a town just because it is located south of the border.


    So the answer is no then. Just another part of your tirade against Kilkee.

    We use the same language as Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia too, but I'm pretty sure all don't use the same standards and definitions as them either.


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    #227
    jasper100
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    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The same is used here. We use the same language as Northern Ireland. Kilkee has no right to be called a town just because it is located south of the border.

    Christ you have it bad. You should consider seeing a counciler.


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    #228
    Palmach
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    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Kilkee is now a village, not a town.
    4ensic15 wrote: »
    To be classified as a town the must be more than 1,000 inhabitants. Kilkee has fallen below that in recent years.
    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    Got a source for that? The definition, not the population.
    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The same is used here. We use the same language as Northern Ireland. Kilkee has no right to be called a town just because it is located south of the border.
    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    So the answer is no then. Just another part of your tirade against Kilkee.

    We use the same language as Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia too, but I'm pretty sure all don't use the same standards and definitions as them either.


    For the record there is no definition of town or village in the ROI. The CSO class any area of 1000+ as a stand alone entity, an Urban area, for the purposes of planning and resources. So Kilrush would be an Urban area, Kilkee not. So when it comes to the HSE basing a GP it would be a priority to have one in the 1000+ area but ares under that are treated the same as a rural. So if the doctor was in Kilkee or 10 kilometers outside Kilkee in Doonbeg would be make no odds. Kilkee gets away with this by pointing to the huge influx of visitors to the town in Summer so it tends to get "stuff", for want of a better word, that similar sized settlements won't get. Bear in mind this is a purely a statistical measure used by the CSO and has nothing to do with a place being town, village or metropolis. For the record nearly everyone refers to Kilkee as a town.


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    #229
    godfrey
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭godfrey


    I hope some of you here who love kicking Kilkee will visit for some music this weekend as the Che do Bheatha festival kicks off tonight (Friday). More venues than any previous year, and most of it is free.

    g


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    #230
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,536 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    I'm not against slating a town, village or area, so I'm not going to slate Kilkee.

    I holidayed there for a week and won't be returning.

    That's all.


    The people in Murphy Blacks were a saving grace. Very pleasant and good food.


    I should have said this in my earlier post.


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    #231
    Mailcoachinn
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    John_Rambo wrote: »
    The people in Murphy Blacks were a saving grace. Very pleasant and good food.

    I can vouch for that. A lot of the other establishments in the area would do well to take a few leaves out of their book. Okay, maybe a little bit on the pricey side, but anytime I have eaten there, both the food and the quality of service was consistently second to none.


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    #232
    4ensic15
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    Cookiemunster wrote: »

    We use the same language as Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia too, but I'm pretty sure all don't use the same standards and definitions as them either.

    Pretty sure! Do you have a source for this? The population is going like the furniture of the Atlantic Hotel, falling off the cliff. No playing with statistics can disguise that.


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    #233
    Mailcoachinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Mailcoachinn


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Pretty sure! Do you have a source for this? The population is going like the furniture of the Atlantic Hotel, falling off the cliff. No playing with statistics can disguise that.

    Hahaha I like it!!! What a quote. I remember that eyesore. Me and two other lads got a bus to Kilkee around 1995 and we stayed there.


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    #234
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,847 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Mailcoachinn wrote: »
    Hahaha I like it!!! What a quote. I remember that eyesore. Me and two other lads got a bus to Kilkee around 1995 and we stayed there.


    That must have been some stay seeing as it had been shut 20 years at that stage.


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    #235
    Dick Pickle
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    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    That must have been some stay seeing as it had been shut 20 years at that stage.

    No it wasn’t.


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    #236
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,847 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Dick Pickle wrote: »
    No it wasn’t.


    Have a read of this https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwimn-eO2M_dAhWoKMAKHV84Cs8QFjACegQICBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deirdremulrooney.com%2Fold_site%2Flmw%2Ftheatlantichotel.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0-U2qKtmVAuwOeb5BOC8TG


    Opened in 1964. Closed in 1973. A Polish guy bought it in 1978 but never got more than the disco opened. I spent every summer of the 1980s down there and never saw it opened.


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    #237
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    The same is used here. We use the same language as Northern Ireland. Kilkee has no right to be called a town just because it is located south of the border.

    And we use the same language as USA. Therefore Clare is a state. Yeah?


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    #238
    Mailcoachinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Mailcoachinn


    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    That must have been some stay seeing as it had been shut 20 years at that stage.

    It was shut. We still stayed there


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    #239
    Mailcoachinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Mailcoachinn


    feargale wrote: »
    And we use the same language as USA. Therefore Clare is a state. Yeah?

    Ask Donald Trump


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    #240
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    feargale wrote: »
    And we use the same language as USA. Therefore Clare is a state. Yeah?

    Its some state all right


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    #241
    tototoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 828 ✭✭✭tototoe


    Doesnt matter if its a town, village or hamlet. Still needs a lot of work to make it an attractive place to spend any length of time imo. In west clare at least twice a month for work, and kilkee has very little to make it attractive IMO. Its just not great really. Id take lahinch any day of the week tbh. Its smaller but has some nice places to eat, and a nice relaxed vibe which i dont get in kilkee. Even ennistymon has a few nice spots to eat and relax. Kilkee just doesnt have that at all imo. Its all a bit rough around the edges, and not in a good way. Have no idea what it was like 20 years ago so cant compare.

    Each to their own but not for me really.


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