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Christmas 2018

  • 16-10-2018 04:21PM
    #1
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭


    Thought I'd kick it off.... Christmas lights going up in town today! Well ahead of myself there so... 2018.


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  • #2
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,086 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    cfeeneyinterior wrote: »
    Thought I'd kick it off.... Christmas lights going up in town today!

    I hope not: the 2018 lights only started going up yesterday!


  • #3
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    I hope not: the 2018 lights only started going up yesterday!

    Thanks for that. I'll walk away now..... Can mods change it or let someone less who knows what's going on start a thread for this year ðŸ˜


  • #4
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    Hopefully when the market starts up they keep off the grass. Twas great it was green all year around


  • #5
    flazio
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    If you mean the wavy star lights around the latin quarter and Abbeygate Street. They're there all year round now.

    This too shall pass.



  • #6
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Hopefully when the market starts up they keep off the grass. Twas great it was green all year around

    lol


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  • #7
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    flazio wrote: »
    If you mean the wavy star lights around the latin quarter and Abbeygate Street. They're there all year round now.

    No, Christmas lights are going up on the main streets


  • #8
    thesandeman
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    I'll just leave this here.


  • #9
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    thesandeman wrote: »
    I'll just leave this here.
    Why have they pluralised it, tell me Sandeman.


  • #10
    Redo91
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    Saw Brown Thomas putting up theirs last weekend.


  • #11
    thesandeman
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    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Why have they pluralised it, tell me Sandeman.

    Morketing I presume.


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  • #12
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Morketing I presume.

    Spread across multiple locations maybe?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #13
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    thesandeman wrote: »
    Morketing I presume.

    Spread across multiple locations maybe?
    Nope,never is and plan is for the same one.


  • #14
    Fitz*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,805 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*


    Hate the way that every promotion image of the Galway Market is of the superior one of about 3-4 years ago when it was covering Eyre Square.
    They may aswell call it 'Galway Christmas Footpath Market' now :rolleyes:

    Used to love the market, still enjoy it, but having it on just half of a path is a disaster for trying to walk through.


  • #15
    Gadgetman496
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    FitzShane wrote: »
    Hate the way that every promotion image of the Galway Market is of the superior one of about 3-4 years ago when it was covering Eyre Square.
    They may aswell call it 'Galway Christmas Footpath Market' now :rolleyes:

    Used to love the market, still enjoy it, but having it on just half of a path is a disaster for trying to walk through.

    They should put it back on the grass, to hell with the grass :p

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yes :D

    We need a good thread for people to get angry in since the City Gone Crazy thread was locked.

    Christmas Market vs Saturday Market
    On the grass vs On the Paths
    How the market impacts the traffic in Galway
    Eyre Square vs Spanish Arch

    Am I missing anything?


  • #17
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Deleted User wrote: »

    Christmas Market vs Saturday Market
    On the grass vs On the Paths
    How the market impacts the traffic in Galway
    Eyre Square vs Spanish Arch

    Am I missing anything?

    Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?


  • #18
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

    Should there be a free shuttle bus service from the beer tent to the Taxi Rank?

    Cllr Padraig Conneely Vs the Big Wheel ;)

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #19
    Fitz*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,805 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*


    Actually looking forward to the annual 'Padraig Conneely attacks Christmas Market Beer Tent' piece in the Advertiser / Independent. :pac:


  • #20
    biffoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭biffoman


    FitzShane wrote: »
    Actually looking forward to the annual 'Padraig Conneely attacks Christmas Market Beer Tent' piece in the Advertiser / Independent. :pac:

    indo\r.i.p, what a rag that was.started many a fire in my house.:p


  • #21
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Something about the grass.


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  • #22
    zell12
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    Michael D Higgins to let his sheep and his massive dogs loose on the grass as Freeman of Galway


  • #23
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,086 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?


    Nah, just a shuttle bus from the coach station.

    If ya build a bike lane, you need somewhere for the feckers to park as well.





    On a serious note, BT put up the big red bows and imitation tree-ish things outside their store today.


  • #24
    what_traffic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭what_traffic


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

    Agree - should be located where the cars and other vehicles in front of the Skeff/Eyre Sq Shopping Cente entrance park all day.


  • #25
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/


  • #26
    thesandeman
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    Lol!! That's class.


  • #27
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Lol!! That's class.
    And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!


  • #28
    topcat77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭topcat77


    cfeeneyinterior wrote: »
    And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/

    It could only happen in Galway.


  • #29
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!

    The shops pay for the lights as far as I know. The GCBA collects funds every year and the "good" shops pay for them. Used to be the case anyways. The article mentions macnas contacting the GCBA about the boo boo.


  • #30
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    cfeeneyinterior wrote: »
    And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/


    I hope they're not involved with 2020 :eek: :D

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #31
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    I hope there not involved with 2020 :eek: :D

    By the sounds of it. No one wants to know https://connachttribune.ie/2020-raised-zero-in-private-funding-in-first-half-of-2018/


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