free entry to marley park concerts

denissilver

next week coldplay,oasis,anastatia play in marley park.the park bylaws state
that the park has to be open for everyone .so you walk up past the new GAA clubhouse and use the entrance next to it.you then walk down to the concert site.your on the outside of the fence around the crowd but you can see the stage and hear fine.its like being at the back of the crowd but you havn't paid.I do this every year allways works

besty

haha.interesting - might try it out for coldplay. i can just imagine a really weird assembly of boards cheapskates peering throught the fence

The tax man

....and if the wind is blowing in just the right direction I don't even have to leave my house.

Real

Denissilver

Can you give me a few directions of how to get to the GAA club. Im not too familiar with the area. I can get to Marley Park just to know where to go from there

Cheers

Loobz

lmao - best of luck to all who gain entry using Denisilvers plan. Someone should hold up a big sign that says 'Boards members, we know you didnt pay" at the assembly area. give us but on dat Dutch, boss

Bri

Having worked at Marley Park concerts previously, I always found it funny that to the right of the stage (within reason) there were people walking their dogs, etc.

Akula

Ok im seriously doing this. Anybody want to bring a saying boards.ie and have it as an informal meetup:-P

The tax man

I'll bring me dog

The tax man

Real wrote:

Denissilver

Can you give me a few directions of how to get to the GAA club. Im not too familiar with the area. I can get to Marley Park just to know where to go from there

Cheers

Sorry about the art work but I think you'll make it out.
If you drove past the main gates(coming from town) the club is about 200 mts up the road along side the park.
Hang a right at the lights just beside the club and you'll see the pedestrian gates.Shítty Map

denissilver

More info about the concerts
Coppers on mountain bikes patrol the park during the concerts.They also congregate at the fence to watch the bands.For the last two concerts they have given me some free cans of lager that they have taken off the young bowzies that hang around.I'm 40 and i like to think that its payback for all the flaggons taken off me by the guards when i was an underage drinker

upmeath

or if you know a single cop in south dublin then passes shouldn't be too much difficulty! ive been going to slane for years on a free garda pass and used to do the same when witnness was at fairyhouse!

Loobz

The tax man wrote:

ww.boards.ie/photopost/data/500/38713Marley_Park_map.JPG]Shítty Map[/URL]

Is the 'We are here' part where the Boards meetup is?

Shrimp

I can hear those concerts from my house, just like a rummble far off. Might cycle down, and try sneak in, or mosey around the park. or turn up early that morning camp in a tree, and away u go, or a toilet.

Real

Thanks Denis

The map will do fine

Ill be there, maybe with a can of beer or two aswell!!!

The tax man

Real wrote:

Thanks Denis

The map will do fine

Ill be there, maybe with a can of beer or two aswell!!!

**AHEM**
@Loobz The "we are here" had something to do was directions to some cottages. We could all meet up there and really freak them out.
Must amend map just in case

Real

Yep. Worked that much out.

Although if its raining................!!!!

Muff Master

HAHA, class..

Let me know if this works for yall

$lattman

I also live beside the park, I was up there earlier and Coldplay were doing a soundcheck, they played a few songs, we just strolled in and were right beside the stage with no tickets! i'd say there will be loads of people trying to go in free with this weather.

egan007

Ultimate weekend for 8.95 Euro

How about

Friday 19th Aug- Pick up your pre booked Opel Zifara
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=245965
Pick up a mate or too.

Drive to Marley park-and park on the side of the road.
Open your box of 8.95 beer d'or from tesco and have a few cool ones.
walk down to the GAA clubhouse and be entertained by Chemical Brothers and Sonic youth.
After You don't have to drive home as you have ample space in your brand new zafira to sleep.
Saturday 20th Aug- wake up around 12 is and take a spin to the nearest all day breakfast
Head back to Marley park - Have a few more cool ones (that you kept in the cooler overnight) Walk to the GAA clubhouse and be entertained by Bassment Jaxx and underworld.
Again - turn in in your Zafira which, is probably bigger than the box room you are renting
Want a whole one to yourself? Get your mates to rent teir own.

The best things in life are free

Hornet

Now that we know how to get there and how to enjoy the concerts, does somebody have concert dates (and times) for the summer in Marley Park? ;-)

--Hornet

mik_da_man

Good one for the info abt free gigs in Marley park
defo will be poping over to see chem bros & oasis.

Just for info here is a list of the upcoming gigs

Marley Pk Gigs


Enjoy!

Real

Ok here how it went last night.

Picked up a few friends and a few beers. Threw my fold up camping chairs in the car and headed up to Marley Park. Parked really close too.

Walked around the GAA club and noticed a load of girls hopping over the club house walls. A female Garda then took away all the wheelie bins they used to scale the wall. As we were disappearing with a snigger over the wall the Garda was running up to us shouting "stop, stop, I have your discriptions, I have your descriptions". I also managed to get a bad cut on my hand from the glass on the top of the wall :mad:

As we walked through the park we noticed the park gates were actually open so the wall scaleing wasnt even needed :rolleyes:

We headed up the side of the sectioned off area and plonked our seats with a great view of the stage. After a while a couple of security guys moved us off rattling off some crap about the park being closed since six. He didnt have an answer for the fact that there were hundreds of people in the park including little old ladies and mother with babies in tow. We though it best to move though before he really started piping off (I think he had a severe dose of ' little mans syndrome')

We moved back down towards the main area where there were more people which was closer to the stage and had a good view of the big screens, again plonked our seats down and cracked open our cans. No more hassle from security and had a very entertaining view of all the local teenagers jumping the fence. There must have been at least 50 of them getting past security into the main concert area.

All in all a successful free concert (except for the cut hand). Ill be there for Oasis and hopefully the weather will be as good.

Thanks for the excellent advice

Muff Master

Real wrote:

As we walked through the park we noticed the park gates were actually open so the wall scaleing wasnt even needed :rolleyes:

Classical..

jobless

Real wrote:

Ok here how it went last night.

Picked up a few friends and a few beers. Threw my fold up camping chairs in the car and headed up to Marley Park. Parked really close too.

Walked around the GAA club and noticed a load of girls hopping over the club house walls. A female Garda then took away all the wheelie bins they used to scale the wall. As we were disappearing with a snigger over the wall the Garda was running up to us shouting "stop, stop, I have your discriptions, I have your descriptions". I also managed to get a bad cut on my hand from the glass on the top of the wall :mad:

As we walked through the park we noticed the park gates were actually open so the wall scaleing wasnt even needed :rolleyes:

We headed up the side of the sectioned off area and plonked our seats with a great view of the stage. After a while a couple of security guys moved us off rattling off some crap about the park being closed since six. He didnt have an answer for the fact that there were hundreds of people in the park including little old ladies and mother with babies in tow. We though it best to move though before he really started piping off (I think he had a severe dose of ' little mans syndrome')

We moved back down towards the main area where there were more people which was closer to the stage and had a good view of the big screens, again plonked our seats down and cracked open our cans. No more hassle from security and had a very entertaining view of all the local teenagers jumping the fence. There must have been at least 50 of them getting past security into the main concert area.

All in all a successful free concert (except for the cut hand). Ill be there for Oasis and hopefully the weather will be as good.

Thanks for the excellent advice

Quality....

is it hard to scale the fence into the gig?....

whereabouts were the gates to get into the park?...right beside the gaa club?

Real

We scaled the wall on the right hand side of the GAA club. It's fairly easy to get over just watch out for some old chunks of glass on it in places. I did it with myself a mate and 2 ladies. No problem for us (although the Garda running after us probably put a bit more of a spring in our step )

The point being though we didnt need to go over the wall at all. Once we were in we noticed a large gate on the left of the GAA club house that was open.

Smarter people than us used that way in :rolleyes:

jobless

Real wrote:

We scaled the wall on the right hand side of the GAA club. It's fairly easy to get over just watch out for some old chunks of glass on it in places. I did it with myself a mate and 2 ladies. No problem for us (although the Garda running after us probably put a bit more of a spring in our step )

The point being though we didnt need to go over the wall at all. Once we were in we noticed a large gate on the left of the GAA club house that was open.

Smarter people than us used that way in :rolleyes:

i'd say it was funny disappearing over a wall with the guards screaming at you.....they were probably too chunky to get over it themselves...

By the way where did you park?.....could you see the stage clearly from where you were?

$lattman

Yeah we scaled that wall beside the GAA club too, some of my friends got some vicious cuts from the glass, i'd say some tetnus shots are gonna be needed today, I suppose it didn't help that we'd been in the pub most of the day.
A patrol car saw us going over the wall and they just laughed then we got in there were hundreds of free concert goers so the security just let it go. A few people did try to make a run through the barriers to the actual concert area and got chased by security, that was hilarious coz they kept taunting the guards by doing tumbles etc, great night for free!

Real

jobless wrote:

i'd say it was funny disappearing over a wall with the guards screaming at you.....they were probably too chunky to get over it themselves...

By the way where did you park?.....could you see the stage clearly from where you were?

My heart was thumping. I could see the Ban Garda running down to us as I helped the girls over the wall. She was shouting at us and I was shouting at the girls to get over quick. As I got over the wall the Ban Garda was only a foot or two from grabing me. Best fun Ive has since I was a naughty teenager

We could see the stage perfectly. You could walk up and down the concert barriers depending on where you wanted to see from.

If you wanted you could try sneak u could sneak under/over/through the concert fencing. Loads of kids did. I only saw one or two get cought. At one point a bunch of them unscrewed and tore open one of the fences. There was a massive rush for the gaping hole in the barrier. Id say at least fifty kids stormed the area and disappeared into the crowd inside.

Great fun to watch. Gardai didnt give a sh_t either :rolleyes:

chillywilly

We moved back down towards the main area where there were more people which was closer to the stage and had a good view of the big screens, again plonked our seats down and cracked open our cans. No more hassle from security and had a very entertaining view of all the local teenagers jumping the fence. There must have been at least 50 of them getting past security into the main concert area.

hey i saw you!! Were there about 4 of you sitting with your chairs on the grass? I remember looking at you thinking "i should have brought my chair!"

yes i was one of them teenagers that hopped the fence, through the portaloos and into the crowd!! It was so easy....everyone i saw hopping the fence didnt get caught! Im definetly doing the same for oasis and chem. bros!

twas a good free night despite the amount of thieving gardai and double the amount of 12 year old gurriers!!

Real

chillywilly wrote:

We moved back down towards the main area where there were more people which was closer to the stage and had a good view of the big screens, again plonked our seats down and cracked open our cans. No more hassle from security and had a very entertaining view of all the local teenagers jumping the fence. There must have been at least 50 of them getting past security into the main concert area.

hey i saw you!! Were there about 4 of you sitting with your chairs on the grass? I remember looking at you thinking "i should have brought my chair!"

yes i was one of them teenagers that hopped the fence, through the portaloos and into the crowd!! It was so easy....everyone i saw hopping the fence didnt get caught! Im definetly doing the same for oasis and chem. bros!

twas a good free night despite the amount of thieving gardai and double the amount of 12 year old gurriers!!

Yep. That was us.

I pittied everyone sitting on the cold grass as I looked down from my comfortable chair with built in drinks holder.

Ill never go to a concert again without them. Might try get through the fence next time too if I have the bottle

jobless

Real wrote:

Yep. That was us.

I pittied everyone sitting on the cold grass as I looked down from my comfortable chair with built in drinks holder.

Ill never go to a concert again without them. Might try get through the fence next time too if I have the bottle

where did you park before you went in?

aphex™

I was there. One thing I couldn't understand- what makes so many scumbags turn up to a Coldplay gig???

Looks like i'll have to shave my head, get a few tatoos & grow a tash before i go to Oasis so I won't get started on. :rolleyes:

denissilver

How the hell did people end up climbing the wall beside the GAA club.Read my first message " the open Gate beside the GAA club"
Don't try to sue me for damages I have no money otherwise I would have paid in

aphex™

denissilver wrote:

How the hell did people end up climbing the wall beside the GAA club.Read my first message " the open Gate beside the GAA club"
Don't try to sue me for damages I have no money otherwise I would have paid in

Haha i saw that, was gonnna shout at them that they could use the gate bit said "..Nah!".

Did you end up getting free beer off the cops this time?

OFDM

Real wrote:

I looked down from my comfortable chair with built in drinks holder.

Where can such a mighty chair be purchased?

Real

I parked around the corner from Marley Park in some estate. There was a Garda stopping people from parking in there but he just seemed to ignore us. I parked in a little cul-de-sac to make sure I didnt block any residents.

I know Denissilver said there was an open gate but the gate we saw from where we walked from looked like it has security stopping people so we said we better take our chances with the wall. Should have just looked around a bit better really.

As for the chair. It can be purchased in any camping shop. I think I paid a tenner for it last year. Folds up into a small shoulder bag. Probably not the worlds most comfortable chair but when you compare it to sitting on the cold grass it certainly is 'mighty'.