Decent place to play pool

dudara · 21-02-2005 07:13PM #1

Any recommendations on a good place to play pool, that doesn't cost a fortune

thanks

solice · 21-02-2005 09:08PM

Mardyke is good and there be no kids there running around like there is in the leisureplex

Fysh · 21-02-2005 11:14PM

I second that, the Mardyke is the only place I can think of but it's pretty good anyway. There might be pool tables in that arcade place across the river from Merchant's Quay, but it always looked like a bit of a hole to me...

Raskolnikov · 22-02-2005 01:20AM

solice wrote:

Mardyke is good and there be no kids there running around like there is in the leisureplex

The LeisurePlex is a terrible place to play pool, tables and cues are in bits.

Blitzkrieger · 22-02-2005 11:33AM

The Mardyke is probably the best. The tables and cues are awful but you don't usually have to wait long and there's a good atmosphere. The gaff Fysh is talking about is the Victoria. Last time I was in there the tables were OK but the place was full of knackers. For serious pool playing - get your own table

7mountpleasant · 22-02-2005 11:53AM

Upstairs in the Gill tavern in Gillabbey street. Downstairs is pretty scummy but upstairs there is 4 pool tables. Pretty cheap and you can have a pint while you play.

dudara · 22-02-2005 01:04PM

7mountpleasant, thanks for the tip, I'd completely forgotten about the Gilabbey.

It's just that we were in the Mardyke the other night as it's just around the corner from the house, but it was fairly pricey. Or so I thought. And the baize on the tables was in bits. Though it is a nice venue none the less.

solice · 22-02-2005 02:12PM

are there still pool tables on the balcony of the multi functional hall in UCC?

brettmirl · 22-02-2005 05:23PM

solice wrote:

are there still pool tables on the balcony of the multi functional hall in UCC?

Take a stroll up and look yourself, ya lazy fecker!

solice · 22-02-2005 07:35PM

as im sure you are well aware i dont have the time to venture anywhere past the library. that and its up two flights of stairs so tits to that i say

rymus · 22-02-2005 07:39PM

I've gone off the mardyke... I was in there last week, it's still as ridiculously expensive as ever for the crap table we got. Looked more like a vomit stained minefield than a pool table.

Blitzkrieger · 23-02-2005 09:08AM

If you're serious about pool the mardyke is a disaster. The tables and cues are terrible and there's wicked slopes on every table. The last time I was there you needed steels to stand at one end of the table cos both pockets had holes. It's really for situations where you're meeting up for a pint and a game of pool is just an excuse. It's a nice atmosphere, you can get a pint and there's a comfy bar downstairs.

Dave147 · 23-02-2005 11:05AM

The Gill tavern at 6 to 8 on wednesday nights we (UCC pool and snooker club) run competitions 2 euro a man, great craic guaranteed.

namaimo · 23-02-2005 01:26PM

What nobody suggested the classy establishments of The Vic or The Wonderboy... Shame...

solice · 23-02-2005 02:10PM

The Vic is full of *ahem*

rymus · 25-02-2005 03:54PM

tracksuit & shiny white reebok wearing, elizabeth duke toting, bumfluff tash culvitating, scooter driving, burberry baseball cap perching, boy racing out and out knackers.

"soooooooooooooEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

solice · 25-02-2005 06:09PM

*ahem* =

tracksuit & shiny white reebok wearing, elizabeth duke toting, bumfluff tash culvitating, scooter driving, burberry baseball cap perching, boy racing out and out knackers.

Amnesiac_ie · 26-02-2005 11:51AM

Yeah there are still pool tables upstairs in Áras nz Mic Léinn in UCC. €1 per game.

Decent place to play pool

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