Cork Boards

Bright Smile

ok ppl of cork, this board is extremely low on posts, we have to keep up the side and jazz things up abit- what do ye say???
more posts about cork
more b*tching bout the other counties
more place recommendations and things to do...i dunno, t'wld be great to have a good cork board outside of ppls republic i think

simu

Yeah, I find people's republic a bit annoying. Now you just have to think of enticing topics for here to get people posting!

invincibleirish

who cares about other counties? as an exile in UL all i get is people from counties from the bog taking the piss out of me coz im from Cork and cant wait to do a tommy tiernan impression and what have you, alll i have in reply is i come from a nice modern city and you come from some god forsaken hole in the midlands/connaught/the north and who cares that your gaa team might beat cork gaa teams this year if they play them, i dislike gaa im a cork city man!

Nukem

invincibleirish wrote:

as an exile in UL

Ya with ya there:o
Went out last night for a few and must admit havent been out in a few weeks and town was like a ghost town. Whats up with that?

daveirl

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dahamsta

Bright Smile wrote:

more b*tching bout the other counties

What age are you, ten?

radiospan

Bright Smile wrote:

t'wld be great to have a good cork board outside of ppls republic i think

I wouldn't call Proc the best to be honest. There are so many muppets there, and moderation is almost non-existent.

Tiriel

proc is just very clicky.. and really don't like anyone but their own regulars :rolleyes: Since I've moved to Dublin I've really learnt how much Cork has to offer, it's like a little community where everyone is so laid back and relaxed in comparison to life up here. Even the accent.. being served in a pub in Dublin it's like they're barking at you "What can I get yez?"
I miss Cork!!!

radiospan

Cork_girl wrote:

proc is just very clicky.. and really don't like anyone but their own regulars :rolleyes:

Yeah I agree. Boards is much friendlier. The PROC website itself is an entertaining read, though.

gimmick

I used be a regular on the PRC, but stay away most of the time now. Most of the thread just get hijacked by people pushing her own agenda the whole time.

That said, I have met up with them for their monthly sessions (not sure do they still happen), and have always had a great time. Some very nice people there. Funny as well that you actually know some of these people, but you dont realise as they are using a handle etc.

rymus

plazzTT wrote:

Yeah I agree. Boards is much friendlier.

TAKE THAT BACK! YOU SMELL!

...and so forth

Dizzyblabla

gimmick wrote:

I used be a regular on the PRC, but stay away most of the time now. Most of the thread just get hijacked by people pushing her own agenda the whole time.

That said, I have met up with them for their monthly sessions (not sure do they still happen), and have always had a great time. Some very nice people there. Funny as well that you actually know some of these people, but you dont realise as they are using a handle etc.

You should come to a Boards night out! they're soo much fun too!!

gimmick

Everytime there has been one so far, Ive not been able to make it. Wouldnt mind a boards.ie night some time, though Im a strictly weekend night out only person.

dahamsta

6th of May.

Dizzyblabla

It's the first Friday of every month, so it's the weekend! no excuses! - next one is Friday the 6th May... I expect to see you there!

radiospan

And where are these Cork beers held?

Tiriel

dahamsta wrote:

6th of May.

my birthday!!! but I have exams :mad:

Dizzyblabla

plazzTT wrote:

And where are these Cork beers held?

We started in the Phoenix, and then:

dahamsta wrote:

Someone wanted to move on to a pub with a beer garden so we headed to Fionn Barra's for a munch at around 8:30, via one drink in the Exchange. The atmos was rubbish in Fionn Barra's so we went to Tom Barry's from there, and finally back down to the Quad.

adam

(I had forgotten the rest, and left after the exchange, so had to quote, lots of alcohol was consumed!)

dahamsta

I'll post about a venue during the week, but I don't see many options tbh. The Franciscan bg is great, but I've found people aren't inclined to travel. Same goes for Tom Barry's. Gateway bg is very small. What beer gardens are there in town? Long Island has tables outside (and lovely Old Fashioned's, depending on who's on), but that'll get packed very quickly.

adam

nesf

dahamsta wrote:

I'll post about a venue during the week, but I don't see many options tbh. The Franciscan bg is great, but I've found people aren't inclined to travel. Same goes for Tom Barry's. Gateway bg is very small. What beer gardens are there in town? Long Island has tables outside (and lovely Old Fashioned's, depending on who's on), but that'll get packed very quickly.

adam

The Franciscan is travelling??

It's across the road from the Gate ffs, it's hardly like it's out in Ballincollig! Are people unable to walk these days or somesuch?

dahamsta

nesf wrote:

It's across the road from the Gate ffs, it's hardly like it's out in Ballincollig! Are people unable to walk these days or somesuch?

It's a fair walk from the south of the city, and I'm pretty sure that's why some people are lax to go there.

rymus

especially if you've been on the sherbert all night

Sky bar has a bg... or rather an outdoor alcohol consumption area. Not a patch on the Franciscan well though.

daveirl

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dahamsta

I just moved a dental appointment to make sure I'd be in tip-top shape for May 6!

gimmick

Away on a buddies stag the very next morning. 6.50 flight to Amsterdam. Plus City are playing St Pats that night. Hate making excuses especially as people are making the effort to organise such evenings. Ill do my level best to go to the June installment!!!

ClareBear

Bright Smile wrote:

ok ppl of cork, this board is extremely low on posts, we have to keep up the side and jazz things up abit- what do ye say???
more posts about cork
more b*tching bout the other counties
more place recommendations and things to do...i dunno, t'wld be great to have a good cork board outside of ppls republic i think

Well as long as there isn't as much bitc.hing as People's Republic (would be kinda hard to top the hassle I got on there though) I'll post more on here. Even though I don't live in Cork anymore. How's the craic in Cork anyway?

gimmick

^^^ European Capital of Culture this year you know!

Nukem

F@CKING COLLEGE AND EXAMS.
Will be up to my t1ts in study then,have to make it June:mad:
How many showed up at the last one?

Nukem

Dizzyblabla

dahamsta wrote:

I'll post about a venue during the week, but I don't see many options tbh. The Franciscan bg is great, but I've found people aren't inclined to travel. Same goes for Tom Barry's. Gateway bg is very small. What beer gardens are there in town? Long Island has tables outside (and lovely Old Fashioned's, depending on who's on), but that'll get packed very quickly.

adam

I'm willing to do the walk anyway, so I think that those who can't be bothered just shouldn't go! It's not all that far at all, and worth it for the beergarden I think!

Dizzyblabla

Nukem wrote:

F@CKING COLLEGE AND EXAMS.
Will be up to my t1ts in study then,have to make it June:mad:
How many showed up at the last one?

Nukem

There was about 6 of us or so... (I think! I was drunk heh heh!)

ooh I'm so glad I don't have exams anymore!

rymus

such hype... I'll have to actually motivate myself to attend this one

dahamsta

There were some typical Boards moments, it has to be said, like when I settled down to wait with my pint and paper and was approached by a girl, which doesn't happen too often to Dahamsta I can tell you. That turned out to be Dizzyblabla, which threw me for a minute because I hadn't realised Dizzyblabla was of the female persuasion. She then proceeded to show me photos of her recent holiday on her digicam, which ranks right up there on Boards Moments.

I think JohnK came in next, followed closely by Fysh, at which point Fysh, myself and Dizzyblabla all got up and went for a fag. This left JohnK on his tod, which seemed kind of harsh given that JohnK had told us he was just going to sit in a corner and watch over proceedings. (This was a complete fabrication btw.) I mentioned this outside and we all agreed it was a tad rude, but nobody volunteered to go in. People are cruel.

At one point I noticed someone kind of overseeing proceedings, and when I went to the bar they asked if I was me, and introduced himself after some real-name-or-handle confusion as (I think) Memnoch. We had a short what-do-you-do-on-boards convo, I picked up my drink, and he got up and walked out, which was bizarre. Next time come over Memnoch, I don't usually smell that bad!

adam

Dizzyblabla

dahamsta wrote:

There were some typical Boards moments, it has to be said, like when I settled down to wait with my pint and paper and was approached by a girl, which doesn't happen too often to Dahamsta I can tell you. That turned out to be Dizzyblabla, which threw me for a minute because I hadn't realised Dizzyblabla was of the female persuasion. She then proceeded to show me photos of her recent holiday on her digicam, which ranks right up there on Boards Moments.

I think JohnK came in next, followed closely by Fysh, at which point Fysh, myself and Dizzyblabla all got up and went for a fag. This left JohnK on his tod, which seemed kind of harsh given that JohnK had told us he was just going to sit in a corner and watch over proceedings. (This was a complete fabrication btw.) I mentioned this outside and we all agreed it was a tad rude, but nobody volunteered to go in. People are cruel.

At one point I noticed someone kind of overseeing proceedings, and when I went to the bar they asked if I was me, and introduced himself after some real-name-or-handle confusion as (I think) Memnoch. We had a short what-do-you-do-on-boards convo, I picked up my drink, and he got up and walked out, which was bizarre. Next time come over Memnoch, I don't usually smell that bad!

adam

aarrgghhh!!! flashback!! and as far as I remember (that was early on in the night) I went back into JohnK cause I felt bad that he was in there on his own!

and also, if my holiday pics were that bad, you should have just told me! you had your cam out too showing me pictures of the courthouse!

Was there really only 4 of us? ooh ya, that German you're-all-too-loud guy wasn't Boards, was he?! so there was only 5? ha! it feels like there was more!

it was a good night anyway though!

dahamsta

Dizzyblabla wrote:

I went back into JohnK cause I felt bad that he was in there on his own!

Not before finishing your fag you didn't!

if my holiday pics were that bad

Who said they were bad?

you should have just told me

Believe me, I'd've told you. I'm renowned for that sort of thing. Under "obnoxious" in the dictionary it says "see adam".

you had your cam out too

Filthy. (See?)

showing me pictures of the courthouse!

Picture. Unfortunately the larger image was awful. I have to go and take another one, see if I can get it on Wikipedia. (The City Hall one is mine.)

Was there really only 4 of us? ooh ya, that German you're-all-too-loud guy wasn't Boards, was he?!

Kind of, with disdain. Can never rem his handle though.

so there was only 5? ha! it feels like there was more!

Donncadh from CLUG was there too, and I think there were one or two others later on.

it was a good night anyway though!

I enjoyed meself anyway.

adam

Dizzyblabla

So, are we gonna have it in the Franciscan Well then? I think it's the best bet really.. Maybe more girls will show up this time! - although a few more men would suit me down to the ground heh heh!!

nesf

dahamsta wrote:

It's a fair walk from the south of the city, and I'm pretty sure that's why some people are lax to go there.

Um, it's 45 minutes walk for me to the Phoinex. So, meh.

As for more females attending such a thing... Um, yes please

*prays that Dizzy's friends are all supermodels and/or desperate either works... *

Dizzyblabla

nesf wrote:

*prays that Dizzy's friends are all supermodels and/or desperate either works... *

ooh, well that's just great for my ego!! My friends??? I could really take offence to that you know *sigh*

Nukem

Sorry so off track - was checking the biki on cork and came accross my old secondary "the Cork School of Culture" (my ass i thought,cause the place is a dump and wouldn't no how to organize Sh!te) then i saw the website www.ccrcork.com and its confirmed,still sh!te.

Apologies about the off track moment - 4/5 is a poor showing,sorry for not bein there (Study in UL),was it Barry's ye were in? Only live 2mins from there.

Will make it for the June one have exams in May.

Nukem

~Rebel~

I went to chriost rí too. did the leaving in 2001, in fairness didn't mind the place. Enjoyed the last 2 years alright especially. just hated brassneck, laughed at suzi, etc.

i digress, anyway, yeah! Woo! go cork!

dudara

How about the tower pub on tower street? They've a nice beer garden and the beer is cheap. Or anywhere else, other than the Franciscan (I really dislike the place)

dahamsta

The problem with beer gardens is that if it happens to be raining that day, we'll be complaining that we didn't meet in the Phoenix after all, because the Tower is an absolute dump inside, and the interior of the Well has about as inviting as a slaughterhouse. That being said, at least the Well BG is covered.

adam

Nukem

~Rebel~ wrote:

I went to chriost rí too. did the leaving in 2001, in fairness didn't mind the place. Enjoyed the last 2 years alright especially. just hated brassneck, laughed at suzi, etc.

Class of 2000 - never had Brassneck or Suzi thank god. I had the likes of Rooney,Power & Evans the best three teachers in the world hah ha ha hah ah.
Didnt like the school purely caus they didnt know their ass from their elbow but some of the teachers were spot on.Few of my friends actually went back teaching there *chuckle* turned to the darkside they were

nesf

Dizzyblabla wrote:

ooh, well that's just great for my ego!! My friends??? I could really take offence to that you know *sigh*

Since I've never met you, um yeah you could but you know you shouldn't

Dizzyblabla

Nukem wrote:

Class of 2000 - never had Brassneck or Suzi thank god. I had the likes of Rooney,Power & Evans the best three teachers in the world hah ha ha hah ah.

ahha ha ha ha!!
I remember some of those names! ha ha ha ha! (I went to the school up the road, Christ King!!) but the boys always talked about Suzie and Brassneck and Power and Dick Tobín and stuff ha ha ha ha ha!! *sigh* those were the days....
god I feel so old now!

dondonjordan

who dares to talk about chriost ri without mentioning the greatness of Dick Tobin who after some time decided to retire as nazi scum of all teachers.
Now Burnsy is Vice pricipal.
Graduated from there in 2003 I think.


What a shower of ****!!!

Nukem

dondonjordan wrote:

who dares to talk about chriost ri without mentioning the greatness of Dick Tobin who after some time decided to retire as nazi scum of all teachers.
Now Burnsy is Vice pricipal.
Graduated from there in 2003 I think.


What a shower of ****!!!

Ah yes the man,the mission the VICE PRINCIPAL - Dick Tobin; heard he had a heart attack recently and retired. Bang up guy just dont cross him. Burnsy *lol* could walk into his office tomor and he'd know my name and probably run me outta that place. He is probably the best Maths teacher i ever had but the biggest pain.

Nukem

PS: the language is abit harsh the most of the teachers were ok. Nazis i think not.

daveirl

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