Achill

melekalikimaka · 16-03-2005 12:45pm #1

anyone from achill, it rocks

yop · 16-03-2005 1:29pm

You mean it has loads of rocks

irishgeo · 19-03-2005 7:50pm

i am from achill and it does rock on some weekends (mainly bank holidays and during the summer) and it does have loads of rocks.

marshmallow · 19-03-2005 7:51pm

im not from achill but i went to the gaeltacht there last summer

irishgeo · 19-03-2005 7:54pm

Marty Mangan & co. Bet you enjoyed Dooega!

marshmallow · 19-03-2005 7:56pm

irishgeo wrote:

Marty Mangan & co. Bet you enjoyed Dooega!

it wasnt dooega, it was colaiste acla.

irishgeo · 19-03-2005 8:00pm

the village name is dooega!

IrishTW · 21-03-2005 3:28pm

yep Achill is cool - I had to walk from Dooega to Achill Sound at 5am when on ols there last year!!!

landser · 21-03-2005 3:40pm

my gf is from there... wouldn't be gone on the place.... it's all fecken bungalows and bogs, and you'd better like deep fat fried food if you wanna eat out. even the salads are deep fried!

oscarBravo · 21-03-2005 4:39pm

Mmmm, deep fried salad...

/drool

irishgeo · 21-03-2005 9:10pm

landser wrote:

my gf is from there... wouldn't be gone on the place.... it's all fecken bungalows and bogs, and you'd better like deep fat fried food if you wanna eat out. even the salads are deep fried!

Think we have out 2005 holiday season phrase

Come to Achill even the salads are deep fried.

Dooega to Achill Island! Christ thats some walk. Who was the lucky women:)

Take it you have all been to the "niteclub" The Achill Head.

The beaches are great spots for beach combing for women during the summer.

Magnolia_Fan · 22-03-2005 2:28am

Achill is great if you like sodomising sheep, and as for "Achill Rocks"...*cough* you mean Achill is a rock...cus thats pretty much all there is to it..reminds me of craggy Island only in less of a comical way and more of a wow...those poor people kinda way

IrishTW · 22-03-2005 11:17am

irishgeo wrote:

Dooega to Achill Island! Christ thats some walk. Who was the lucky women:)

To Achill SOUND!! Was at a party in the house of some people from the Irish college and had no other way of getting back .. actually one taxi passed us on the way but we were taking a rest outside the wall of some house and were well in off the road!!!

irishgeo wrote:

Take it you have all been to the "niteclub" The Achill Head.

Yeah as the locals say "to get some head"

MAGNOLIA wrote:

those poor people kinda way

Absolutely not - away from all the pollution, traffic jams, etc. Lovely beaches, great scenery, mountains, etc ... it's a different pace of life to what we're used to but I don't pity them .. well except maybe in winter

threebeards · 25-03-2005 3:23pm

IrishTW wrote:

...actually one taxi passed us on the way but we were taking a rest outside the wall of some house and were well in off the road!!!

Don't you mean, THE taxi passed us?

*dream09* · 11-04-2005 2:33pm

marshmallow wrote:

im not from achill but i went to the gaeltacht there last summer

what month did you visit in last year?????

irishgeo · 11-04-2005 10:11pm

threebeards wrote:

Don't you mean, THE taxi passed us?

Thats priceless mate considering THE taxi never showed up last saturday night and i didnt get home till 5 am.

Yoda · 18-05-2005 10:09pm

I watch the sun set on Achill from across the bay in Lecanvey.

Redhairedguy · 19-05-2005 9:27am

Me, my cousin and my friend, cycled to Achill from gaway.

We camped out for three nights on the beach, and got quite drunk.

oh... and we went surfing too.... Always with the surfing

TerrorFirmer · 19-05-2005 11:14am

Magnolia_Fan wrote:

Achill is great if you like sodomising sheep, and as for "Achill Rocks"...*cough* you mean Achill is a rock...cus thats pretty much all there is to it..reminds me of craggy Island only in less of a comical way and more of a wow...those poor people kinda way

Yeah as the locals say "to get some head"

Lol!

Redhairedguy · 22-05-2005 12:11am

I've been to Achill three times.The first two times, I hated it.

But it kind of grew on me like some kind of infectious disease. Now, I love the place and have fond memories.... of the bumper cars!

irishgeo · 22-05-2005 2:38am

ahh the bumper cars. Havent been on them in ages. Might see if they are around in the summer.

jm2k · 22-05-2005 2:49am

ahh achill, great memories down the valley house every summer

Redhairedguy · 24-05-2005 9:32pm

irishgeo wrote:

ahh the bumper cars. Havent been on them in ages. Might see if they are around in the summer.

Tell me about it!

Also, don't forget the massive spinning wheel thing, (what the Hell are they called anyway?) with the weird strange man who loves to hear children scream! (shudder)

Zena · 26-05-2005 1:11pm

Achill is such a fab place - fantastic beaches and some A1 scenery.

There is a pub there called Lynotts... between villages of Cashel and Bunacurry - it is tiny, very old trad features - and the Guinness is absolutely yummy there!

irishgeo · 26-05-2005 10:10pm

Lynotts - no tv , 20 people would fill the plac and the guinness is good because the barrell is underneath the bar. No big long pipes for it to travel through or sit as the case may be.

soph · 02-06-2005 3:28pm

ya achill is gorge (in the summer time, when the suns shinin)
i worked ther for 1 summer! loved it.

BrookieD · 02-06-2005 3:35pm

Yep Achill is the best, I have been going there maybe 10 times a year for the last 6/7 years, Inlaws are there in Keel village and dooega, infact i am going again tomorrow for the long weekend till tuesday and will be taking more photographs. must say if you know Achill then The Pub at Dooega is the best great drink all the time.

Achill is also very nice in the Winter, I am there most New Years and could not have a better time anywhere else, very freindly people

can not wait till tomorrow, maybe i will see some of you heads down there, I will have the Black Achill Island Celtic Supporters Club Jacket.... or just shout for Brookie :-)

redmosquito · 12-06-2005 7:02pm

Achill is savage on the August bank holiday weekend, travelled up from the city (Castlebar!!!) last year. Decided to go for a little walk bout half six in the morning to go the shop (which definately wouldn't have been open!) and next thing I know it's about 3 and a half hours later and im still walking, about 12 miles down the road, past Polranny!!