_Lady_ wrote: » That's a real pity that your day was ruined OP - I'm in that area and in and around the canal regularly and have never come across that guy but upon asking it turns out that apparently he's well known for being a little "off-centre". I usually park around the front of the rustic and never get any comments around that side if that's any good to you. It's a pity to put ppl off enjoying the lovely little area that is abbeyshrule just because of one odd person but I understand why it would! Canal is fab and there are picnic tables up at the drynan bridge in Ballymahon and out at Brannigan as well if you're looking for alternatives
Ghost Buster wrote: » God help us if we are hoping to attract tourism via our water ways in Longford as has been much vaunted of late. I packed up my family and a picnic and arranged to meet a friend and her two kids over at the harbour and picnic area in Abbeyshrule. I made this decision from seeing a photo of it and it looked nice. On pulling in to a (fully legal)parking space at the harbour a gentleman (psycho) from a house at the rear of The Rustic Inn appeared and gave out to me for not being perfectly inside the white box... I did a little manouvering and try as i could i couldnt get my average sized car perfectly into the space as it was a smaller than usual parking space. The guy stood eyeballing me so after trying to placate him politely i suggested that he f*uk off. We set up at the picnic table and over he comes telling us that we cannot have a picnic (at the picnic table in a picnic area) as there are no bins and he is sick of cleaning up after "The likes of us". I assured him that we would leave no rubbish. Then Horror of Horrors!! My friend arrived and attempted to drop off her kids before searching for a space to park and the guy went ballistic and went off to get the guards!. Naturally the guards didnt show but the nutter spent the entire time (three hours!;)) stood at his gate glaring at us. What the F is going on? Imagine if we were easily intimidated or foreign tourists. Phew. i feel better now. i just hope a convoy of travellers park near this guy for a month and give him something to worry about
Martin_94 wrote: » yeah sure....thats the reason nobody visits longford.....:D *Sarcasm*
feorais wrote: » Face it people-Longford has about the worst name of any town in Ireland. That's the main reason that people who live close to, say, the Leitrim / Longford border are glad to tell people that they live in Leitrim. As a matter of interest,they also use a Leitrim address for their mail etc. if at all possible. Unfortunately, the name also has bad connotations for anybody with a Longford address, even in any other part of the county. Personally,if I had a choice I would never have come here many years ago, had I known what I know now.
damo244 wrote: » If you think hes a nutter don"t go into the town where a shop shareing its name with a famous pint of the black stuff,i had friends visit me last summer for the first time in longford and brought them into the town and they went into this shop to buy some gifts only to be accused of comeing to shoplift needless to say my friends son is disabled and in a wheelchair and his father is a retired garda,so we left while he was ranting on about how my friends son was a decoy for us to steal god bless any tourists going in.:o
robo wrote: » LOL I was unfortunate enough to stop by that black stuff shop a few weeks ago - spotted postcards & was passing thru Longford so wanted to get some. Your man tried to charge me €2 for 2 * 0.40cent postcards & then when I gave him €1...he started to talking to me at the door for what felt like ages about drugs in another town etc that I just left without my change...couldn't be bothered standing & listening to him give out any longer!
