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Shillelagh- Where can I buy one?

  • 02-03-2008 10:56PM
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Looking to get one for an English friend. Not sure what it is only that it is a place in Wicklow.

    Can any one help me out?


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  • #2
    Beechman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭Beechman


    kearnsr wrote: »
    Looking to get one for an English friend. Not sure what it is only that it is a place in Wicklow.

    Can any one help me out?

    what part of the country are you in ? and I will try and direct you to a few shops I know


  • #3
    Bob in Belfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Bob in Belfast


    Try the nineteen forties


  • #4
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Beechman wrote: »
    what part of the country are you in ? and I will try and direct you to a few shops I know

    I'm in Dublin. I tried the Carrolls online store but nothing there.

    What is it exactly? Need to take it on a plane


  • #5
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Actually i've been meaning to ask the same question for ages. A proper shillelagh mind, not some twig for tourists. I was told there was a shop in sligo town that used to be a butchers which sold some.


  • #6
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    www.bejaysusbegorrah.com :p


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  • #7
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    A stick used for walkin' or fightin'... good luck. :)


  • #8
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Ruu wrote: »
    www.bejaysusbegorrah.com :p

    You should know better
    Karoma wrote: »
    A stick used for walkin' or fightin'... good luck. :)

    I'll say its a walking stick when I'm boarding the plane


  • #9
    Beechman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭Beechman


    Karoma wrote: »
    A stick used for walkin' or fightin'... good luck. :)


    Try irishshop.com , or Irish Celtic craft shop lord edward st,reads nassau st,

    There are very few independent retailers left in Dublin so if Carrolls dont have it you will find it hard to get in Dublin


  • #10
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    kearnsr wrote: »
    I'll say its a walking stick when I'm boarding the plane
    And in your mind they'll say "Oh. Alright then. Go ahead."?


  • #11
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Karoma wrote: »
    And in your mind they'll say "Oh. Alright then. Go ahead."?
    you forgot to say sir


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  • #12
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    kearnsr wrote: »
    you forgot to say sir

    People only say "sir" to you when they're denying you something. It's one or the other. Greedy guts.


  • #13
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Karoma wrote: »
    People only say "sir" to you when they're denying you something. It's one or the other. Greedy guts.

    What can I say I want it all


  • #14
    Bob in Belfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Bob in Belfast


    kearnsr wrote: »
    What can I say I want it all


    Get a room you two.


  • #15
    Bob in Belfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭Bob in Belfast


    Karoma wrote: »
    People only say "sir" to you when they're denying you something. It's one or the other. Greedy guts.


    ;)


  • #16
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    US Army might still have a few available. Don't know if they're legal in the UK though.

    http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/images/netstorm/10shill.jpg

    (The missile, not the tank)

    NTM


  • #17
    nomorebadtown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 634 ✭✭✭nomorebadtown


    are we talking one of these touristy imitations or something like the weapon carried by Brendan Gleeson's character in Gangs of New York?


  • #18
    Beechman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭Beechman


    nomorebadtown wrote: »
    are we talking one of these touristy imitations or something like the weapon carried by Brendan Gleeson's character in Gangs of New York?

    try GRANGE CRAFT, TOUGER , CORK . They would point you in the right direction for sure !


  • #19
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Dont really care what type I get. Its just to get one


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  • #21
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,569 ✭✭✭Rovi


    This site might be able to provide a source of the genuine item-
    Shillelagh Irish Stick-Fighting

    More links-
    http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/AEmblem/Shillelagh.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillelagh_%28club%29


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  • #22
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    carrolls or any of those tacky tourist shops


  • #23
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Did you try ebay? Or your local tourist shop.


  • #24
    joeybloggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭joeybloggs


    kearnsr wrote: »
    Looking to get one for an English friend. Not sure what it is only that it is a place in Wicklow.

    Can any one help me out?

    Whatever you do, don't ever go to Shillelagh Co.Wicklow.Theres inbreds there that could rival those of Laois !
    If you do go there I do suggest bringing at least ten Walking/Fighting sticks.:cool:


  • #25
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    irishbird wrote: »
    carrolls or any of those tacky tourist shops

    Checked the carrolls web site and there was nothing on there


  • #26
    lorweld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭lorweld


    http://www.fashionablecanes.com/irishshillelagh.htm and joeybloggs leave us good folk of laois alone! haha


  • #27
    Asus X540L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Asus X540L


    Sorry to bump this old thread, I'm looking for a Shillelagh myself.

    Anyone know where to get one?


  • #28
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    Asus X540L wrote: »
    Sorry to bump this old thread, I'm looking for a Shillelagh myself.

    Anyone know where to get one?

    WHACK!!!

    http://www.oldeshillelagh.com/store

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



  • #29
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    They're ubiquitous in tourist shops.


  • #30
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,484 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    I'm going to hazard a guess


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  • #31
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Chop down a fairy tree and make one.


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