What the hell has happened to Kilkee?

4ensic15 · 14-07-2019 08:13AM

finbarrk wrote: »

The place is hopping there this weekend. Mods, change the OP’s thread title.

Given that there is good July weather and a run, the photographs of the beach yesterday do not show remarkable numbers on it. Nothing like it was years ago.

monkeysnapper · 14-07-2019 08:22AM

Stanford wrote: »

If its any consolation I was in Ballybunion last week and its the same dump it was 20 years ago

I was in ballybunion a few years ago on a day in mid November....I thought I'd walked onto the set of a horror movie .....

Macdarack · 14-07-2019 09:52PM

By all accounts this was one of the best weekends in memory, the run, the festival, fireworks, bars restaurants etc had a bumper. Beach packed today, great to see.

finbarrk · 15-07-2019 02:02AM

4ensic15 wrote: »

Given that there is good July weather and a run, the photographs of the beach yesterday do not show remarkable numbers on it. Nothing like it was years ago.

The beach was packed. I don’t know what you were looking at.

Tikki Wang Wang · 15-07-2019 09:18AM

finbarrk wrote: »

The beach was packed. I don’t know what you were looking at.

Oooooh burn for the Negative Nancy !!!!!

davidjtaylor · 15-07-2019 10:48AM

Radio5 wrote: »

Any reports on the reopened Kilkee Bay? What has happened to the long closed Ocean Cove Hotel ?

The car park was full yesterday, 14/7/2019.

Pissartist · 15-07-2019 10:48AM

Can't wait to go in August i absolutely love Kilkee

juneg · 26-07-2019 04:59PM

Where could I look for a house to rent in kilkee?
The few on airbnb / donedeal are all booked up for August. Is there any other place to look?
Thanks

finbarrk · 29-07-2019 08:43AM

Hard to get anyplace in August. Popular spot then.

Claw Hammer · 19-08-2019 03:10PM

Having been in Kilkee last week, I noticed te advertising of vacant rooms in guest houses. i went to Naughtons and thought it was very disappointing. A much overrated establishment in my opinion. I thought the Indian was good as was Murphy Blacks, although why they don't clean the front windows in Murphy Blacks is a mystery. The Bayview has improved from my last visit. Overall, the place is stale. Most of the pubs seem to be staffed by students who don't bother talking to anyone, the beach was off-limits for several days due to water pollution. The bathing facilities are as primitive or even more primitive than they were decades ago. There was very good bread in the Irish House but the oul fella there has an attitude problem.

fryup · 19-08-2019 03:56PM

Claw Hammer wrote: »

There was very good bread in the Irish House but the oul fella there has an attitude problem.

good bread? thats it? not much of a recommendation :pac:

drunkmonkey · 19-08-2019 06:17PM

Come to Kilkee "We got bread"

Meanwhile, Ennistimon, Lahinch, Liscannor, "We got even more bread"

I had breakfast in the Little Fox in Ennistimon last week my taste buds we're popping for hours afterwards. 10/10 for food, didn't notice any bread.

Palmach · 20-08-2019 09:50AM

Claw Hammer wrote: »

The bathing facilities are as primitive or even more primitive than they were decades ago. .

What are you on about? It's a beach and a safe one at that. There are diving boards and plenty of places for easy access to the sea. What do you want? A special car to drive you into the sea? Hot water showers by the water line?

jackboy · 20-08-2019 09:58AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I had breakfast in the Little Fox in Ennistimon last week my taste buds we're popping for hours afterwards. 10/10 for food, didn't notice any bread.

Little fox is top class. Ennistymon is a good example of what a small town can do.

It's not all bad in Kilkee. There is a nice safe beach and a couple of nice places to eat. However, driving around the town it is hard not to describe it as a kip. It is very shabby and has been like this for years. There is just not enough interest in the locality to clean the place up.

In the meantime, most of the other towns on the west clare coast have steadily improved over the years.

Claw Hammer · 20-08-2019 04:22PM

Palmach wrote: »

What are you on about? It's a beach and a safe one at that. There are diving boards and plenty of places for easy access to the sea. What do you want? A special car to drive you into the sea? Hot water showers by the water line?

The bathing shelter at Burns Cove has been demolished. the shelter on the rocks at the West End is permanently locked. The public toilet on the beach is decades old. A tourist resort should evolve its product. In this case the product is inferior to that of 50 years ago. Irish tourist resorts now have to compete with continental venues. A tourist resort which was in its prime when people brought their own bacon and cabbage with them for their holidays will wither if it continues with the same offering and indeed inferior offering.

N1977 · 22-08-2019 08:10AM

Claw Hammer wrote: »

The bathing shelter at Burns Cove has been demolished. the shelter on the rocks at the West End is permanently locked. The public toilet on the beach is decades old. A tourist resort should evolve its product. In this case the product is inferior to that of 50 years ago. Irish tourist resorts now have to compete with continental venues. A tourist resort which was in its prime when people brought their own bacon and cabbage with them for their holidays will wither if it continues with the same offering and indeed inferior offering.

Yes, but they did install 2 taps on the slipway near the (derelict) Waterfront so you can wash your feet.... Rome wasn't built in a day!

Gary Owen · 25-08-2019 05:45PM

Had a few pints in Kilkee Friday night .
Ended up in the greyhound , good band out back . Good Craic .
All the pubs were fairly packed but I suppose the
season is winding down .

Henry Ford III · 26-08-2019 12:32PM

Mass exodus from Kilkee and other coastal towns and villages last night.

Palmach · 26-08-2019 02:22PM

Claw Hammer wrote: »

The bathing shelter at Burns Cove has been demolished. the shelter on the rocks at the West End is permanently locked. The public toilet on the beach is decades old. A tourist resort should evolve its product. In this case the product is inferior to that of 50 years ago. Irish tourist resorts now have to compete with continental venues. A tourist resort which was in its prime when people brought their own bacon and cabbage with them for their holidays will wither if it continues with the same offering and indeed inferior offering.

The shelter at Burns Cove was destroyed in a storm. The shelter is locked because it is used for storage. No one needs these to change. Gone are the days when people had shelters for changing clothes. This is the case in most resorts as unlocked bathing shelters get used for underage drinking and worse.

SoapMcTavish · 28-08-2019 02:41PM

Nice new facilities at Spanish Point beach - why can't they be all along the coast ?

topper75 · 18-09-2019 10:39AM

Gary Owen wrote: »

Had a few pints in Kilkee Friday night .
Ended up in the greyhound , good band out back . Good Craic .
All the pubs were fairly packed but I suppose the
season is winding down .

I have to be glad you enjoyed yourself. But could you have done similar anywhere? It wouldn't justify a 60km drive for me from Ennis or a 100km spin from Limerick .

I think the natural beauty is worthy; the cliff walks and the Pollock Holes are a tonic. The beach is large and safe. However, the offerings of the town are rather flat by contrast. I don't every dally; as a daytripper, I'll eat elsewhere. There is no vibrancy about it and the locals are happy to let it stagnate. What the fix is, I confess I don't know. You'd be talking large funds that simply are not there.

Palmach · 18-09-2019 12:19PM

topper75 wrote: »

I have to be glad you enjoyed yourself. But could you have done similar anywhere? It wouldn't justify a 60km drive for me from Ennis or a 100km spin from Limerick .

I think the natural beauty is worthy; the cliff walks and the Pollock Holes are a tonic. The beach is large and safe. However, the offerings of the town are rather flat by contrast. I don't every dally; as a daytripper, I'll eat elsewhere. There is no vibrancy about it and the locals are happy to let it stagnate. What the fix is, I confess I don't know. You'd be talking large funds that simply are not there.

Where do eat? West of Ennis no other town has the choice of places to eat as Kilkee.

jackboy · 18-09-2019 03:21PM

Palmach wrote: »

Where do eat? West of Ennis no other town has the choice of places to eat as Kilkee.

Lots of towns in West Clare have better options for food than Kilkee. Kilkee is very lacking in this area.

Palmach · 18-09-2019 06:07PM

jackboy wrote: »

Lots of towns in West Clare have better options for food than Kilkee. Kilkee is very lacking in this area.

Utter rubbish. I know the area well. There is no town in West Clare with anything like the choice of Kilkee.

jackboy · 18-09-2019 07:19PM

Palmach wrote: »

Utter rubbish. I know the area well. There is no town in West Clare with anything like the choice of Kilkee.

Your wrong. Lahince, ennistymon, Spanish point, Liscannor.....and so on further north. Kilkee has very poor offering for the size of the town.

Cookiemunster · 18-09-2019 07:56PM

jackboy wrote: »

Your wrong. Lahince, ennistymon, Spanish point, Liscannor.....and so on further north. Kilkee has very poor offering for the size of the town.

You're naming towns and villages, but not restaurants. You need to provide examples if you want to prove your point.

jackboy · 18-09-2019 07:58PM

Cookiemunster wrote: »

You're naming towns and villages, but not restaurants. You need to provide examples if you want to prove your point.

There was no restaurants named in the post I was replying to.

Palmach · 19-09-2019 08:12AM

jackboy wrote: »

There was no restaurants named in the post I was replying to.

Well I'll make it easy for you. There are 8 sit down restaurants in Kilkee open during the season and they are all within walking distance of each other. That's before the cafes are thrown in.. There is no other town west of Ennis with that amount. As to the quality check them on trip advisor and see Georgina Campbell's list to give yourself an idea. You really should inform yourself before posting nonsense.

drunkmonkey · 19-09-2019 08:24AM

Lahinch/Liscannor have plenty and very good restraunts.
Even Joe's cafe is seriously good food for a cafe, great burger in there. O'Looneys, Randaddys, Vaughan's, Moy house, I'm not seeing anything of that quality in Kilkee, mentioned earlier as well the Little Fox in Ennistimon. Your spoilt for choice out that direction.

johnmolloy554 · 19-09-2019 08:45AM

Palmach wrote: »

Well I'll make it easy for you. There are 8 sit down restaurants in Kilkee open during the season and they are all within walking distance of each other. That's before the cafes are thrown in.. There is no other town west of Ennis with that amount. As to the quality check them on trip advisor and see Georgina Campbell's list to give yourself an idea. You really should inform yourself before posting nonsense.

What are the 8 restaurants? I know of only one true restaurant in Kilkee and that is Murphy Blacks, which is excellent. I'm not counting bar food in several other places.

EDIT: I forgot about The Strand, so that's two

What the hell has happened to Kilkee?

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