Plans for a themepark to be built in Co.Clare.

Aglomerado · 24-11-2011 04:48PM

telekon wrote: »

I keep picturing Funland from Father Ted.

'Freak Pointing', 'The Pond of Terror', 'Spinning Cat', the 'Crane of Death', and of course, 'The Ladder'....

"Keep your hands on the so-ides...."

Hen frightening!

And oul' fellas dancing in their wellies to Deliverance music!!

A Ted theme park would be excellent.

redzerologhlen · 24-11-2011 08:56PM

sensibleken wrote: »

nothing at all against the fine people of clare. most I know were quite rightly giving out shít about how the cliffs have been ruined.

who owns the ailiwee caves? is it the same people who own the bird prison you get to be depressed by for €18

Come off the high horse there now. There would never have been any development of the ailwee caves if it wasnt for the family who bought it years ago. Im not going to name them because i dont think its allowed on this. The provide a lot of local employment and they are always doing something to try and improve the place. The caves have been a massive boost for the area over the years, they drew a lot of people to the west and the place is fairly tasteful around it too. Not an eye sore in my opinion and I happen to be from the same parish they are in. Ballyvaughan would be a ghost town only for them. As for the cliffs, thats a different story.

bb1234567 · 25-11-2011 12:15AM

itd be actually be kind of cool if they had a sort of small father ted land in the park!as tribute to the show and because its irish:D

Kidchameleon · 25-11-2011 12:24AM

I don't know what the OP is talking about, I was at Tayto park last week and allot of the mammy's I saw were rides.

sensibleken · 25-11-2011 11:23AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Come off the high horse there now. There would never have been any development of the ailwee caves if it wasnt for the family who bought it years ago. Im not going to name them because i dont think its allowed on this. The provide a lot of local employment and they are always doing something to try and improve the place. The caves have been a massive boost for the area over the years, they drew a lot of people to the west and the place is fairly tasteful around it too. Not an eye sore in my opinion and I happen to be from the same parish they are in. Ballyvaughan would be a ghost town only for them. As for the cliffs, thats a different story.

high horse? drop the ****ing defensive attitude. did i say anything about an eye sore? no. Ive been there and i felt totally ripped off by the price of the thing and the fact i was being charged to see birds of prey chainned to the floor.

Deus Ex Machina · 25-11-2011 12:08PM

Theme parks are brilliant in my opinion. I would be 100% in favour of constructing one in College Green if they could get the backing, but I suppose Clare will have to do for now.

jonnyfingers · 25-11-2011 01:09PM

sensibleken wrote: »

countryside = nice.

massive themepark is not the countryside

Not necessarily. Alton Towers is built in the countryside and has plenty of green areas within the. The gardens, while not as well kept as in previous years, are still beautiful.

http://www.gardenvisit.com/assets/madge/alton_towers_resort_garden/600x/alton_towers_resort_garden_600x.jpg

sensibleken · 25-11-2011 01:20PM

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Not necessarily. Alton Towers is built in the countryside and has plenty of green areas within the. The gardens, while not as well kept as in previous years, are still beautiful.

http://www.gardenvisit.com/assets/madge/alton_towers_resort_garden/600x/alton_towers_resort_garden_600x.jpg

I've been twice. It is built outside of a city but its hardly the countryside. the diesel fumes, noise pollution, concrete and steel take care of that.

Clare is one of the most beautiful places in Ireland if not the most beautiful. The landscape of the burren, doolin, the countless ring forts, castles, coastline, lahinch are all absolutely stunning. Theyre entitled to do as they wish but personally i dont think theyd be improved with bumper cars.

bb1234567 · 25-11-2011 09:39PM

Wasnt butlins extremely popular and that wasnt even a full fledged themepark.surely that tells us a themepark in ireland would be popular and successful? also wales only has a population of 3million and it has plenty of themeparks

washington dc capital of us only has a population of 600,000 and i bet you anything it has atleast 1 big themepark similar to alton towers.and dublin has over 2x that population! i think those 3 points put the ''irelands population is too small for a themepark''theory to shame:p

Mal-Adjusted · 25-11-2011 11:46PM

sensibleken wrote: »

I've been twice. It is built outside of a city but its hardly the countryside. the diesel fumes, noise pollution, concrete and steel take care of that.

Clare is one of the most beautiful places in Ireland if not the most beautiful. The landscape of the burren, doolin, the countless ring forts, castles, coastline, lahinch are all absolutely stunning. Theyre entitled to do as they wish but personally i dont think theyd be improved with bumper cars.

Shannon is nowhere near those things. Bunratty is beside a motorway half way between Ennis and Limerick, hardly in the middle of the burren

fryup · 26-11-2011 12:09AM

telekon wrote: »

I keep picturing Funland from Father Ted.

'Freak Pointing', 'The Pond of Terror', 'Spinning Cat', the 'Crane of Death', and of course, 'The Ladder'....

hope they have freak pointing, can't be a theme park without freak pointing:)

the groutch · 26-11-2011 12:18AM

if you want to create tourism from it, it needs to be within 1/2 an hour of the M50. it's a waste sticking it way down in Clare.

bb1234567 · 28-11-2011 09:49PM

the groutch wrote: »

if you want to create tourism from it, it needs to be within 1/2 an hour of the M50. it's a waste sticking it way down in Clare.

i agree ,i know clare may be nice place for a themepark in theory because of its natural beauty etc but over 1 million people live in dublin city alone, then nearly another 1million people live in dublin county and then 500,00 more people live in the rest of leinster. itd also be colser to belfast and other northern cities too on east coast .also putting it on east coast wouldnt make it much harder for the population of munster to get, placing it in clare wouldnt even make it much easier for people of munster to get to. so i'd say if it were placed somewhere in dublin itd be closer to and much easier to get to for around 4.5 million people. putting it in clare would put the park at a starting disadvantage imo, and with the recession and all it hardly needs that disadvantage.

dr.fuzzenstein · 28-11-2011 10:17PM

That idea was obviously conceived when Ryanair still flew in force in and out of Shannon and all three car parks plus the overflow where jam packed.
So, the smart thing would be to go to Ryanair and hammer out a deal to bring those flights back, promote it heavily in the catchment area of Shannon Airport, through the internet and on Ryanairs website.
If that will be done it stands a chance, Clare will receive a tourism boost and this could be a good thing.
If they just build it and hope like hell it'll work out, it will be a gigantic flop and lots of money down the drain.

Plans for a themepark to be built in Co.Clare.

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