Holiday centre for longford

whiskeyman · 02-04-2015 12:55PM

Fat Christy wrote: »

Longford is basically all bog. That's great, but I hope they have a safety plan in place for when the place starts sinking.

Dig up?

iDave · 02-04-2015 12:56PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

Who remembers mosney....vaguely recall going up there when i were younger

Yeah I did too. I remember it being a swimming pool and some arcades. Cant recall any other 'attractions'. Still didn't give a sh*t it was the 90s and was young.

Mallagio · 02-04-2015 12:59PM

Lets hope this comes to fruition. Plenty of jobs is always a good thing.

DragonKhan · 02-04-2015 01:43PM

Fat Christy wrote: »

Longford is basically all bog. That's great, but I hope they have a safety plan in place for when the place starts sinking.

I'm a Longfordian, I should know.

If your a longfordian then you should know that Newcastle Woods is not boggy at all? Lord knows I've spent many years running in it to know. There is no bog near the woods... but there is a dump down the road from it

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-04-2015 01:47PM

The name's Lanely! Lyle Lanely. And I come before you good people tonight with an idea. Probably the greatest... Aw, it's not for you. It's more of a Roscommon idea.

Fat Christy · 02-04-2015 01:51PM

DragonKhan wrote: »

If your a longfordian then you should know that Newcastle Woods is not boggy at all? Lord knows I've spent many years running in it to know. There is no bog near the woods... but there is a dump down the road from it

Well north Longford, the sh*tty side. Very rarely venture into south Longford. Don't think i've ever set foot in abbeyshrule. Still though, holiday in Longford? Nah, you're alright.

connollys · 02-04-2015 01:54PM

you are clearly an idiot Fat Christy. Isnt Lanesborough South Longford and has a Bord na Mona plant. Dunno why Im even taking the bait.

Fat Christy · 02-04-2015 01:59PM

connollys wrote: »

you are clearly an idiot Fat Christy. Isnt Lanesborough South Longford and has a Bord na Mona plant. Dunno why Im even taking the bait.

Yeah but Lanesborough is quite nice in fairness. Longford is quite boggy in general, obviously not all of Longford. And south Longford imo is much nicer than north Longford.

EDIT: And I meant I was from the northside, sure Keenagh is south longford where that bog track was found.

elperello · 02-04-2015 01:59PM

DragonKhan wrote: »

haha well give you that one... still a fascinating visitors centre. Thanks Charlie Haughey!

I think you will find that Albert Reynolds did most of the heavy lifting in bringing the Corlea interpretive centre to fruition.

It is really a gem of a place to visit along with a lot more in Longford -

The Shannon/Lough Ree
The Royal Canal
Ardagh
Abbeyshrule
Ballinamuck

The Midland area of Ireland is often overlooked in the mad rush to the West but it really is worth spending some time there.

Gavlor · 02-04-2015 02:01PM

Where is Longford????

WoollyRedHat · 02-04-2015 02:08PM

Gavlor wrote: »

Where is Longford????

Ireland?

Hope there'll be good amenities on offer too, when I went to somewhere like this in Netherlands they had a cool water centre.

It could be good craic even for a group of lads and girls for a short staycation during the summer.

bb1234567 · 02-04-2015 02:13PM

Why longford? Put in next to tayto park and establish a central tourism area with good transport links from dublin to the area and it'll make money back in no time.

ThisRegard · 02-04-2015 02:13PM

I think there's a massive potential customer base for somewhere like this. All you have to do is go to any of the outdoor adventure places around the county, hail or shine, and they're always doing the business. The outdoors are full of groups and families every weekend doing all sorts of stuff.

I've looked for somewhere like this in Ireland, there's nothing really. Lough Key Forest park on a small basis, but not everyone wants to stay in a caravan or tent.

Given somewhere in which there's all sorts of activities during the day for the kids and family, spas and hot tubs for the mammies and daddies in the evening, I for one will be heading there at some stage.

bb1234567 wrote: »

Why longford? Put in next to tayto park and establish a central tourism area with good transport links from dublin to the area and it'll make money back in no time.

Longford is perfect, right in the centre of Ireland, around an hour and 20 from Dublin.

stanley1980 · 02-04-2015 02:13PM

Don't know all the details yet but from what's coming out this sounds like a huge shot in the arm for the midlands. I was up in these woods last month- beautiful area, close to the motorway, centrally located in Ireland therefore it seems a great location to me. I'd have thought there could be big demand for a slightly more upmarket, modern, family holiday centre as I understand Centre Parcs to be.

Hopefully everyone will be a winner here.

whiskeyman · 02-04-2015 02:16PM

Sounds great. Ireland desperately need more 'staycation' facilities like this.
If they price right, people will come!

Tabnabs · 02-04-2015 02:19PM

I can't wait to go on holidays in Longford, said no no one, ever...

DragonKhan · 02-04-2015 02:19PM

bb1234567 wrote: »

Why longford? Put in next to tayto park and establish a central tourism area with good transport links from dublin to the area and it'll make money back in no time.

Yeah... no.... Longford needs this badly and has the forest and rivers and is in the middle of the country.

DragonKhan · 02-04-2015 02:20PM

Some amount of begrudgerry and putting down of Longford on here lads

ThisRegard · 02-04-2015 02:21PM

Doesn't Longford have the most amount of lakes for any county, or is that Cavan ?

Fat Christy · 02-04-2015 02:22PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Doesn't Longford have the most amount of lakes for any county, or is that Cavan ?

Cavan, definitely not Longford.

whiskeyman · 02-04-2015 02:25PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

I can't wait to go on holidays in Longford, said no no one, ever...

IN fairness, it's not where you going, it's the facilities that are based there.
You'll probably never leave the 'Parc' much.

Same could be said for me going to Coolock for a nice relaxing night tonight.
(Didn't mention it's the UCI cinema :P)

DragonKhan · 02-04-2015 02:28PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

IN fairness, it's not where you going, it's the facilities that are based there.
You'll probably never leave the 'Parc' much.

Same could be said for me going to Coolock for a nice relaxing night tonight.
(Didn't mention it's the UCI cinema :P)

THIS

Not hard to understand that it's the facilities that they are going for, not too far from all corners of the country either. Lord knows Longford needs this badly and I hope the planning goes smoothly and we are not subjected to annoying tree huggers

handlemaster · 02-04-2015 03:09PM

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/center-parcs-longford-takes-pole-position-on-tourism-grid-1.2161852

Its no joke... Shocker.... Fair play great for the area

Menas · 02-04-2015 03:17PM

DragonKhan wrote: »

THIS

Not hard to understand that it's the facilities that they are going for, not too far from all corners of the country either. Lord knows Longford needs this badly and I hope the planning goes smoothly and we are not subjected to annoying tree huggers

Yes, you do not leave the site once you check in. No need to. Everything you want is on site.
Pubs, restaurants, supermarkets, sports centre, spa, water world....and all the indoor and out door activities.
They even have baby sitters if you want a night out.

Son Of A Vidic · 02-04-2015 03:27PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I go to a Centerparcs in the UK every other year. Great spot for kids..and parents. Hope the Irish one is to the same standard.

The Irish one will have lots of this......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKovBepY7v0

02-04-2015 03:28PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Yes, you do not leave the site once you check in. No need to. Everything you want is on site.
Pubs, restaurants, supermarkets, sports centre, spa, water world....and all the indoor and out door activities.
They even have baby sitters if you want a night out.

What are the prices like in comparison to what would be there locally, are they expensive in general just curious.

nelly17 · 02-04-2015 03:29PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

I can't wait to go on holidays in Longford, said no no one, ever...

If the facilities are good I'll take my family - so would thousands of others for the right money and facilities.

darkpagandeath · 02-04-2015 03:31PM

So When are the people turning up to Complain about, The forest more pylons environment all that jazz ?

vicwatson · 02-04-2015 03:33PM

I think it's bloody brilliant that it's in the centre of Ireland (almost) so all can access it relatively easy. I can't wait to go and stay (though looking at the GB prices they seem like a very expensive week !)

AnonoBoy · 02-04-2015 03:39PM

Finally someone's found a use for Longford!

Personally I would have envisioned some sort of Hunger Games/Running Man scenario being more apt but hey - at least there'll be jobs!

Holiday centre for longford

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