Is Tuam the most depressing kip you have ever seen?

Interceptor · 24-05-2007 12:51am #1

If I have to spend another year in this toilet of a town I will cut myself up in bits and post myself to China. It has nothing to redeem it, the nightlife is pure dangerous, the shops are overpriced junk and there is nowhere to park or get a nice meal. A half megaton bomb could be put to good use if anyone had a mind to drop it on the Square.

biko · 24-05-2007 7:36pm

Where is "Tuam rocks" option?

Interceptor · 25-05-2007 11:22pm

I couldn't bring myself to include one - it would be like putting a poll about the ebola virus and asking people to vote on why they thought it would be nice to have your internal organs turn to mush and leak out through your eyes. I also noted how little traffic this corner of the forum had and didn't expect much in the line of feedback.

For people who have never been to Tuam, it smells like a mixture of burned tyres, rotting fish and cowdung.

'cptr

Wishbone Ash · 25-05-2007 11:24pm

Castlerea.

padi89 · 26-05-2007 7:57am

I dont think its that bad at all, Ballinasloe on the otherhand..........

sickpuppy · 26-05-2007 8:30am

Padi im born and bred in ballinasloe and i agree with you.The town has gone to the dogs.I am 30 an in my late teens the town was booming load sof employment 3 nightclubs busy 4 nights aweek now its like aghost town.The rest of teh country has gone forward while bsloe is in reverse.OP if its that bad get the hell out move town move country stop whinging and get the flock out of there.

singloud · 26-05-2007 11:00am

Johnny Rotten has roots here. Might explain things.

AMHRASACH · 29-05-2007 9:10am

. . the best thing about TOMB is Tony & Dara O'Neill's cycle shop. . & worrabow Frank Parsons & the new Lidl ain't half bad . .

Interceptor · 01-06-2007 7:34pm

AMHRASACH wrote:

. . the best thing about TOMB is Tony & Dara O'Neill's cycle shop. . & worrabow Frank Parsons & the new Lidl ain't half bad . .

The bike shop, LIDL, English Steves car tuning shop, MG tool hire, Marios chipper. Thats about it really. Chume sux.

'cptr

togster · 05-06-2007 12:23pm

Ballinasloe is worse than tuam. Both are sh1te

dodgyme · 18-06-2007 1:41pm

Lads Longford is the worse, even worse than tuam or ballinasloe.

kevmy · 19-06-2007 12:03pm

Yes

r3nu4l · 19-06-2007 12:12pm

sickpuppy wrote:

Padi im born and bred in ballinasloe and i agree with you.The town has gone to the dogs.I am 30 an in my late teens the town was booming load sof employment 3 nightclubs busy 4 nights aweek now its like aghost town.The rest of teh country has gone forward while bsloe is in reverse.OP if its that bad get the hell out move town move country stop whinging and get the flock out of there.

Until I saw this post I was going to argue that Ballinaslow seems like a nice, bustling little town but the last time I was there was about 20 years ago and you've explained nicely how things seem to have gone downhill there.

As for Tuam, I haven't been there recently enough to know but it is my experience that as we all grow older we begin to wonder what else is out there and feel that there must be more to life than where we are and what we are doing. Maybe it is time you flew the nest 'cptr and looked into going somewhere else for a while.

If you're away long enough you may actually enjoy returning home, I know I do!

Jamey · 24-06-2007 9:49am

Tuam is nice when you go a way for a while and then come back for a weekend or so. I also like:

Monday Night sessions in the Brogue
The Guinness in Junies
The amateur drama's in the Mall
the Music
Tom Murphy
Goin' down to the stadium on a Sunday to watch the Stars get beaten.
Standing outside the town hall watching all the people go by, and you know every single one of them.

Not a bad oul' place in fairness.

Amimad · 26-06-2007 3:30pm

We just moved to the countryside 5 miles from Tuam. I have to say so far I haven't been disappointed.
It seems like the type of town that's going places, It reminds me of where i grew up (Tallaght) before it got The Square, if anyone's been there lately (20 years on) it's developed so much.
I hope Tuam starts to go that direction, but as every one knows being in the west maybe it'll take 50 years.

Let us know a few decent spots for a pint!

26-06-2007 3:57pm

Family is from Tuam, most of my roots come from there, and in recent years my parents have built their home there. That was 3 years ago, yet I have only ever lived there for a total of, uhm, 4 months.

Tuam is a nice place to go back to every once in a while, the parks nice to walk through. The old swimming pool was terrible though.. haven't gone into the new one yet.

Jaden · 28-06-2007 10:04am

Nothing wrong with Tuam per se - the people on the other hand.....

Jamey · 01-07-2007 11:18am

ya have to agree that if there was a 'strange characters of Tuam' thread, it would be a lot longer than the Galway one!

bagels · 03-07-2007 9:33am

interceptor et all,
why not get involved in your community?
theres plenty of organisations out there that badly need the help of volunteers!
as the old saying goes 'you only get out what you put in'

Fey! · 03-07-2007 11:34am

I had the misfortune of going to school in Tuam, and have done my best to avoid setting foot in that town for the last 14 years.

It should have been nuked years ago.

My biggest problem there was the mindset; and the morons from the Belclare region.

Jamey · 03-07-2007 11:12pm

Yeah, much of Tuams problems lie with the dirty buffers who come in from a few miles outside the town. They shouldn't be let in on weekends or bank holidays. They cause traffic problems, smell, are unintelligent, and drink all our tome Tuam beer. Buffs, skirt!

Fey! · 04-07-2007 11:47am

Jamey wrote:

Yeah, much of Tuams problems lie with the dirty buffers who come in from a few miles outside the town. They shouldn't be let in on weekends or bank holidays. They cause traffic problems, smell, are unintelligent, and drink all our tome Tuam beer. Buffs, skirt!

Stall the breeze! It's not as if the shams don't stink to high heaven; thinking that they're the greatest thing since the sliced pan. When I said that the place should be nuked, I didn't say that the population should be evacuated first.

lightening · 04-07-2007 12:24pm

There was a great wine shop in Tuam called Bodega. That was the only reason I stop in Tuam, now I have no reason.

I have never met ruder people in a pub than the people I came accross in a Tuam pub, I forget what pub it was, but talk about filthy looks, people blocking the bar on purpose, sneering, laughing and whispering.

Fey! · 04-07-2007 4:51pm

lightening wrote:

I have never met ruder people in a pub than the people I came accross in a Tuam pub, I forget what pub it was, but talk about filthy looks, people blocking the bar on purpose, sneering, laughing and whispering.

That'll be the inbreeding.

galwayrush · 04-07-2007 7:34pm

Fey! wrote:

That'll be the inbreeding.

lmfao.:D
My experience of Tuam.
A few years ago i was doing a job there and i met 4 tradesmen from Tuam on the job. afterwards we were chatting , then one of the 4 said goodbye and left, the other 3 proceeded to tell me what a wan*** he was, not to be trusted etc. then one of the 3 remaining left, the other 2 started to tell me that he was only a wan*** / boll***s as well, or words to that effect. then another one left, and the last guy told me that the guy that just left was the worst wan*** of them all.
Lovely People.:D

Pighead · 04-07-2007 7:40pm

galwayrush wrote:

lmfao.:D
My experience of Tuam.
A few years ago i was doing a job there and i met 4 tradesmen from Tuam on the job. afterwards we were chatting , then one of the 4 said goodbye and left, the other 3 proceeded to tell me what a wan*** he was, not to be trusted etc. then one of the 3 remaining left, the other 2 started to tell me that he was only a wan*** / boll***s as well, or words to that effect. then another one left, and the last guy told me that the guy that just left was the worst wan*** of them all.
Lovely People.:D

You should have heard what he said about you when you left.

08-07-2007 1:47pm

A quote from a colleague: "don't stop at the lights!, keep the car rolling as the knackers will nick the wheels".

He hates the place, "full of knackers".

I've driven through a few time but have never stopped!

Proxy · 08-07-2007 4:36pm

Tuam's alright in small doses, like any town. I'd agree its going places, but theres a lot of loose ends to tie up. Needs proper leadership (no offence to Sally-Anne). Think local government in Ireland in general needs a hell of a kick in the ass. Ireland could be a great country, a sustainable power.

But anyway, I spend most days in Galway, and I live outside Tuam, so I can take it or leave it. Most people in Tuam are nice (I work in a shop in the centre of the town) but theres a lot of "characters" too. Same as any other town.

Jamey · 09-07-2007 9:58pm

Proxy wrote:

Needs proper leadership (no offence to Sally-Anne).

We've got it now, Martin Ward is the new mayor (again).

Proxy · 14-07-2007 12:18am

I'm wide. Nobody better at strategy than a traveller (seriously).

david1two3 · 26-09-2007 7:07pm

I used to deliver milk there in the 70s and I never noticed but as I was drinking about 7-8 pints a day maybe that explains it. I love milk. I think what you need is someone to write a grating monotonous unsingable song about your village people like what had bin dunn in Fatten rye(Oh aye). They have great gossip in that town, so much so that the man about town can have two life stories, the one he lives and the one they talk about behind his crack.

Oh aye a feel in Athenry is worth two in Tuam and three in Ballinasloe

Interceptor · 04-07-2009 8:47pm

Declan Tierney should bite me. The Connaught Tribute is only good for lining budgie cages.

Tuam IS a kip and its not going to get any better with the recent introduction of the Energise Tuam initiative, the Source nightclub selling cheaper drink or the widespread installation of CCTV. I recommend offering Tuam to North Korea as a nuclear warhead testing site. 20 megatonnes should just about do it...

(Mods please feel free to merge with other Tuam = kip threads in 'Galway County' section)

'cptr

Deep Easterly · 07-07-2009 3:23am

Interceptor wrote: »

Tuam IS a kip

Couldn't agree less. Tuam is a great town. In fact, I would go as far as to say it is the best town in Ireland. :cool:

nacho libre · 06-08-2009 2:14pm

The only good thing about Tuam is the Bypass:pac:

offaly1 · 06-08-2009 2:32pm

Haven't been to tuam in years...since i was a childer! but if brilliant band like the saw doctors come from there it has to be a savage good town!:D:P

rco2000 · 14-08-2009 11:17pm

Tuam IS a kip and its not going to get any better with the recent introduction of the Energise Tuam initiative,
:mad::mad:

I believe you are wrong... why are you so negative/narrow minded?

.... word on the street is that The Energise Tuam Groups "Love Your Town"/"Tuam Reward Card" has been a resounding success- over 50 particpating stores offering discounts & free draws etc, plus the initiative has already being on the Mooney Show on RTE radio & the Keith Finnegan Show on GBFM. Both presenters & people ringing in were singing their praises & admired the initiative & positive approach taken by the business people of Tuam.

Well done Tuam

never mind the begrudgers...keep up the good work:)

Deep Easterly · 17-08-2009 2:55am

nacho libre wrote: »

The only good thing about Tuam is the Bypass:pac:

:pac:
Just wish there was a bypass though, as it would really help solve the awful traffic problem on the Galway/Miltown Rd. It is becoming a daily nightmare at this stage.

CaptainWinters · 10-09-2009 7:26pm

just moved to tuam from down south.. and tuam got left behind when the celtic tiger was around.
polacks driving like ****ing madmen around town
The main road into tuam from galway is ****ing dire
It needs a zebra crossing on that side of the town.
No Pennys Or Dunnes as the town needs choices
i could go on and on and on and on......
...and what is the town councillor doing about... lazy s.o.b.'s
We voted them in and then they get lost for another 5 years... dead beats..
I will stop now..
Capt winters out.

Interceptor · 28-09-2009 3:44pm

CaptainWinters wrote: »

I will stop now..

A top class rant - you get it all off your chest and you'll feel better.

I spent two hours trying to buy a pair of runners in Tuam - its Elverys or nothing. Energise Tuam? Annihilate Tuam more like...

contraceptor · 29-09-2009 1:38pm

I quiet like tuam!

'cptr

doggie1313 · 02-11-2009 12:38am

what i love about this thread is that a dub from tallagh is the only one that likes tuam,says it all really:Dit is a f**king kip full of inbreed sheepshagging boggers that f**k there sisters!

pauliewallie200 · 02-11-2009 10:57am

doggie1313 wrote: »

what i love about this thread is that a dub from tallagh is the only one that likes tuam,says it all really:Dit is a f**king kip full of inbreed sheepshagging boggers that f**k there sisters!

Hey doggie, go back to the kennel & chew on your sister...plenty of them up in Tallaght:D
There are a lot of good people in Tuam.

johnmercer · 16-11-2009 3:06pm

its just not this town

the whole of ireland is crap

the shops sell over priced crap

the food is over priced

the roads are the worse in the world

the car tax is a rip off

shall i go on?

pauliewallie200 · 16-11-2009 8:31pm

johnmercer wrote: »

its just not this town

the whole of ireland is crap

the shops sell over priced crap

the food is over priced

the roads are the worse in the world

the car tax is a rip off

shall i go on?

Absolutely, why stop at that??

:D

johnmercer · 23-11-2009 2:53pm

the towns are dirty and no where to park

nobody wants to work,when they do they do a crap job

plus its rains everyday

ireland used to be nice place:mad:

blogga · 06-12-2009 9:43pm

Tuam is bad alrite. Ballinasloe too. Too many...ahem...generationally disadvantaged. Did I say something wrong? Did I say something wrong? OMG please don't tell me I said something wrong!

terribletim · 22-12-2009 3:55pm

Sure it's a grade A shthole, but just one of the gazillion flat out fcked up good for nothing bogger reeking piece of goddam sh1tola towns that blight this blighted county.

1. Please shower once a day. Make sure to wash your arse and balls, shampoo your hair, clean the wax out of your ears, and brush and floss your teeth. Your current hygiene regimen of sitting in a tub of soapy water twice a month is not working. I can smell you. You stink.

2. Speak English. Slow it down by at least 50 percent, don't use burps as commas and "b'hey" as a period. Individual words are supposed to sound different - that is why they are spelled differently. Farts are only so funny. Stop eating cheese and onion crisps.

3. Please stop using the train. Just stay put. The "higher learning" that you are engaging in in Galway is not going to improve your life in any way. The Galway>Dublin train sucks balls until you pass Tullamore and all of the sht have gotten off. If anybody gets on in Ballinasloe or Athenry, then you're ****ed all the way to Dublin (which aint too fcking great either).

4. Please pull your heads out of your arses. You are making the planet Earth suck.

P.S. Having a goddam Lidl open up in your town is not something to be happy about.

Mr Velo · 22-12-2009 3:57pm

terribletim wrote: »

Sure it's a grade A shthole, but just one of the gazillion flat out fcked up good for nothing bogger reeking piece of goddam sh1tola towns that blight this blighted county.

1. Please shower once a day. Make sure to wash your arse and balls, shampoo your hair, clean the wax out of your ears, and brush and floss your teeth. Your current hygiene regimen of sitting in a tub of soapy water twice a month is not working. I can smell you. You stink.

2. Speak English. Slow it down by at least 50 percent, don't use burps as commas and "b'hey" as a period. Individual words are supposed to sound different - that is why they are spelled differently. Farts are only so funny. Stop eating cheese and onion crisps.

3. Please stop using the train. Just stay put. The "higher learning" that you are engaging in in Galway is not going to improve your life in any way. The Galway>Dublin train sucks balls until you pass Tullamore and all of the sht have gotten off. If anybody gets on in Ballinasloe or Athenry, then you're ****ed all the way to Dublin (which aint too fcking great either).

4. Please pull your heads out of your arses. You are making the planet Earth suck.

P.S. Having a goddam Lidl open up in your town is not something to be happy about.

Think you need to pull your head out of your arse and stop being such a farkin snob.

terribletim · 22-12-2009 4:48pm

Gotta call it like I see it.

johnmercer · 23-12-2009 9:34pm

i think your spot on mate

good man for speaking your mind

Mike... · 23-12-2009 9:36pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Castlerea.

dam someone got in there first

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