Enniscorthy

Del.Monte · 31-07-2020 8:19pm

Following jpb1974's visit to The Banks a couple of weeks ago I took myself down there for a walk this morning and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as bad as expected. Best news is that the drinking club have made a start on burning the ridiculous looking seat - just as long as they don't succeed in setting the whole place alight. Really though, it's such a beautiful spot for a walk that it needs taking in hand and kept clean.

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BuboBubo · 01-08-2020 9:33am

Del.Monte wrote: »

Following jpb1974's visit to The Banks a couple of weeks ago I took myself down there for a walk this morning and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as bad as expected. Best news is that the drinking club have made a start on burning the ridiculous looking seat - just as long as they don't succeed in setting the whole place alight. Really though, it's such a beautiful spot for a walk that it needs taking in hand and kept clean.

Is that Himalayan Balsam? Awful stuff.

jpb1974 · 01-08-2020 10:03am

BuboBubo wrote: »

Is that Himalayan Balsam? Awful stuff.

Yep, it's rampant down there.

Del.Monte · 01-08-2020 3:14pm

It may be an invasive species but it's doing no harm down there - at least it hides the rubbish. If the council get wind of it they will send down a tractor and destroy the whole place.

Duffry Goat · 01-08-2020 4:54pm

You cannot have a semi-pedestrianised Rafter St. A lot of people there today,either shopping or having a coffee. There were also many cars driving through ,some of them too quickly. Many of the pedestrians are elderly and frail and there is no demarcation between the seating areas and the road.

jpb1974 · 01-08-2020 5:05pm

Duffry Goat wrote: »

You cannot have a semi-pedestrianised Rafter St. A lot of people there today,either shopping or having a coffee. There were also many cars driving through ,some of them too quickly. Many of the pedestrians are elderly and frail and there is no demarcation between the seating areas and the road.

Agreed, that fiasco has been a pet peeve of mine for a while. When an accident eventually does happen, local authorities may find themselves liable.

kneemos · 01-08-2020 5:08pm

Duffry Goat wrote: »

You cannot have a semi-pedestrianised Rafter St. A lot of people there today,either shopping or having a coffee. There were also many cars driving through ,some of them too quickly. Many of the pedestrians are elderly and frail and there is no demarcation between the seating areas and the road.

Thought it was supposed to be open in the mornings for deliveries.

Slaney St gets blocked off.

EverythingGood · 02-08-2020 7:40pm

kneemos wrote: »

Thought it was supposed to be open in the mornings for deliveries.

Slaney St gets blocked off.

Remember when cars could drive down Slaney Street...

Del.Monte · 02-08-2020 8:49pm

The new handrail outside Sherry Fitzgerald's office on Slaney Street has been vandalised (?) - it's not obvious from my photograph until you you look at the base of rail on the bottom step. The whole thing is going to be fall or be pulled over by the next gang to swing off it. The steps and railing are not an addition to the street and I can't help wondering how they got permission for either.

EverythingGood · 03-08-2020 5:06pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

The new handrail outside Sherry Fitzgerald's office on Slaney Street has been vandalised (?) - it's not obvious from my photograph until you you look at the base of rail on the bottom step. The whole thing is going to be fall or be pulled over by the next gang to swing off it. The steps and railing are not an addition to the street and I can't help wondering how they got permission for either.

Never mind the how, why? Whats the point of it, was accessible to prams/infirm/old anyway. A stupid, pointless addition to the st.

BuboBubo · 03-08-2020 9:27pm

EverythingGood wrote: »

Never mind the how, why? Whats the point of it, was accessible to prams/infirm/old anyway. A stupid, pointless addition to the st.

I'm guessing (from the photo, I haven't seen it in the flesh) it's for wheelchair access, that inside the estate agents is now level with the street.

Probably used as a seat to eat chips on in reality.

Del.Monte · 04-08-2020 8:21am

You would need to be some sort of thrill seeker to take a wheelchair onto Slaney Street.

BuboBubo · 04-08-2020 9:47am

Del.Monte wrote: »

You would need to be some sort of thrill seeker to take a wheelchair onto Slaney Street.

Many wheelchair users wouldn't let a steep hill stop them getting around. However a sloping step would. Could be installed for a staff member maybe?

Just read a post on Facebook that Toffee and Thyme are closing down too.

kneemos · 04-08-2020 10:23am

Flood relief scheme has gone to public consultation again.

Speak now or forever hold your piece I guess.

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/new-ross-standard/20200804/282862258224621

Del.Monte · 04-08-2020 10:52am

kneemos wrote: »

Flood relief scheme has gone to public consultation again.

Speak now or forever hold your piece I guess.

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/new-ross-standard/20200804/282862258224621

Is there any point as not a single local representative seems to see anything wrong with the plans - typical gombeen mentality - if there's money being spent we must have some of it and sure won't it be great for the town. Glass viewing panels to see the river. :rolleyes:

paulaa · 05-08-2020 3:40pm

EverythingGood wrote: »

Remember when cars could drive down Slaney Street...

I remember 2 way traffic on Slaney St.

ceebee1981 · 05-08-2020 6:50pm

Can anyone settle an argument for me and remember the name of the old opticians in town near where Modern Fashions is now? I thought it was called Garaghy’s but I’m not certain.

jpb1974 · 05-08-2020 7:09pm

ceebee1981 wrote: »

Can anyone settle an argument for me and remember the name of the old opticians in town near where Modern Fashions is now? I thought it was called Garaghy’s but I’m not certain.

T'was Garahy's I'm sure

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/pg-was-a-wonderfully-engaging-personality-27202937.html

kneemos · 05-08-2020 8:33pm

paulaa wrote: »

I remember 2 way traffic on Slaney St.

Ambitious.

Was there parking on one side when it was one way or were there paths on both sides?

ceebee1981 · 05-08-2020 8:48pm

jpb1974 wrote: »

T'was Garahy's I'm sure

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/pg-was-a-wonderfully-engaging-personality-27202937.html

That’s the one! Thanks.

Uncle Pierre · 05-08-2020 9:48pm

kneemos wrote: »

Ambitious.

Was there parking on one side when it was one way or were there paths on both sides?

Both!

If I recall correctly, people used to park on the path at one side, and walk on the path at the other.

paulaa · 05-08-2020 10:59pm

kneemos wrote: »

Ambitious.

Was there parking on one side when it was one way or were there paths on both sides?

A path on each side and parking on one side. If you met someone driving up the hill you pulled in on the footpath and let them go by. The cars were a lot smaller then. No gas guzzler jeeps.

06-08-2020 1:14pm

I can’t understand what the council find so hard to understand why tourists don’t come to Enniscorthy. It’s not cable cars we need, we need suitable places to eat, drink, shop, etc.
A cable car, merciful Jesus lads. They can’t maintain the stuff we do have (the river is a state, the seats beside it covered in moss and all sorts) and they want big new shiny toys? Honestly, their like kids who break their stuff and expect no one to object to their wanting new shiny things. Owens brought up a good point to be fair also regarding public toilets. There’s none!

I’m not sure exactly why they think places no ones arsed to visit will be more inclined to have visitors because there’s a cable car to bring you there. Invest in some actual transport options (shuttle buses or the likes same as Wexford has). As it stands now, if you don’t drive, you either walk where you need to go or pay for a cab. It’s ridiculous. There’s really issues that could be addressed and their away in la la land designing plans for a cable car as if you’re out in Sweden about to go skiing.

kneemos · 06-08-2020 1:41pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I can’t understand what the council find so hard to understand why tourists don’t come to Enniscorthy. It’s not cable cars we need, we need suitable places to eat, drink, shop, etc.
A cable car, merciful Jesus lads. They can’t maintain the stuff we do have (the river is a state, the seats beside it covered in moss and all sorts) and they want big new shiny toys? Honestly, their like kids who break their stuff and expect no one to object to their wanting new shiny things. Owens brought up a good point to be fair also regarding public toilets. There’s none!

I’m not sure exactly why they think places no ones arsed to visit will be more inclined to have visitors because there’s a cable car to bring you there. Invest in some actual transport options (shuttle buses or the likes same as Wexford has). As it stands now, if you don’t drive, you either walk where you need to go or pay for a cab. It’s ridiculous. There’s really issues that could be addressed and their away in la la land designing plans for a cable car as if you’re out in Sweden about to go skiing.

Think they paid consultants to come up with this shoite. A festival to celebrate the river Slaney was another of their gems.

PhilOssophy · 06-08-2020 4:13pm

I may go up and remind myself of the magic of the Turrett Rocks soon. It must be better than I remember it if somebody felt it deserved a cable car....
To be honest, I can say I never bothered me the toilet situation in any town, anywhere. Most pubs, etc aren't that inane that they won't let you use their toilet!

jpb1974 · 07-08-2020 1:05pm

Just spotted this, may be of interest to some -

A Planning Application has been lodged for a Quarry located 0.5km from the new St Patrick's Special School build. This application must be denied.

https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-quarry-application-near-new-special-needs-school

kneemos · 07-08-2020 2:00pm

jpb1974 wrote: »

Just spotted this, may be of interest to some -

A Planning Application has been lodged for a Quarry located 0.5km from the new St Patrick's Special School build. This application must be denied.

https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-quarry-application-near-new-special-needs-school

Think it's the existing quarry looking to expand their site.

jpb1974 · 07-08-2020 4:09pm

kneemos wrote: »

Think it's the existing quarry looking to expand their site.

Yeah, kinda thought as much. This is a contentious one because the quarry was there all along, doing their thing.

kneemos · 07-08-2020 5:53pm

jpb1974 wrote: »

Yeah, kinda thought as much. This is a contentious one because the quarry was there all along, doing their thing.

It's down in a hole in fairness with a huge hill between them and the school.
As regards noise,dust and traffic I doubt it.

jpb1974 · 07-08-2020 8:26pm

kneemos wrote: »

It's down in a hole in fairness with a huge hill between them and the school.
As regards noise,dust and traffic I doubt it.

Yep, I'd drive past it regularly and can't say I've ever noticed any noise or dust... have barely noticed a sinner going in or out of the place.

Uncle Pierre · 07-08-2020 10:08pm

It's planning application number 20200754, if anybody wants to have a look: https://dms.wexfordcoco.ie/index.php#

There are 13 submissions (objections) in from local residents already, all based on issues of noise, dust, traffic, and tremors caused by blasting. Maybe they're well-founded, maybe they're not....I don't pass that way very often, and wouldn't claim to know one way or the other.

If things are really as bad as the people who lodged those submissions say, and if these things really are of such concern to people involved with special needs children, do you have to wonder if it was an appropriate site for the new school in the first place? After all, there was already a working quarry there before the site was ever chosen.

johnnybmac · 07-08-2020 10:24pm

I've lived in Drumgoold most of my life, I'm now about 200 metres from the school in question.
Apart from the Egan lorries coming up and down the road (local business, happy to see), we've never had any issue with noise or dust etc. from the quarry itself.

I hope this Tracy McGinnis person is asked to prove how "The noise pollution, dust, and traffic a quarry only 1/2 a kilometre away from the school would create throughout the day would be detrimental to the peaceful, quiet, and healthy learning environment needed for students with special needs"

Considering they couldn't possibly hear the quarry's daily operations.

Maybe, someone could ask the Principal of the Gaelscoil, about how this quarry has affected her students...

PhilOssophy · 11-08-2020 4:06pm

I see Niall Holohan in the paper today, saying that pubs are trained in alcohol control. One thing he isn't trained in is providing clean toilets - my last visit there was no soap, an overflowing urinal and a broken towel thing for the whole evening.
It would be a coronavirus paradise!

Duffry Goat · 14-08-2020 4:53pm

Millstream fishmongers closing for good next week. He had really good value quality fish. I thought I saw a new coffee shop across from the cathedral. Anybody?

Nokia6230i · 30-08-2020 8:00pm

Recommendations for a garden maintenace/clearing company please? No "Man with a Van" types need reply.

Tricky, messy enough gig; Mid. Tce'd property so everything has to go through it.

Lot of stuff needs to be cut back, de-rooted in some cases & made more manageable & minimalist.

Biggest issue currently is disposal of branches & foliage......

Nokia6230i · 30-08-2020 8:54pm

What Pubs're open in Enniscorthy? Tavern's shut I presume? Same with Stamps? Bailey's open. What other ones please? Is Treacys itself open but not D Bar I presume?

What's the craic with Riverside Park Hotel; walk in as normal?

bobbyy gee · 30-08-2020 8:58pm

The floods every year take care of the litter
You could contact Wexford council or get some friends together and pick up litter don't fall into the river

Del.Monte · 31-08-2020 10:00am

Looking for a blacksmith near Enniscorthy - not for horses - a bit of ironwork that needs same expertise. Thanks in advance.

paulaa · 31-08-2020 4:41pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Looking for a blacksmith near Enniscorthy - not for horses - a bit of ironwork that needs same expertise. Thanks in advance.

http://www.pikemanforge.ie

EverythingGood · 31-08-2020 5:25pm

Nokia6230i wrote: »

What Pubs're open in Enniscorthy? Tavern's shut I presume? Same with Stamps? Bailey's open. What other ones please? Is Treacys itself open but not D Bar I presume?

What's the craic with Riverside Park Hotel; walk in as normal?

D Bar is open. TJ Murphys, The Antique. Rackards. Not sure about walk ins to the Riverside.

St Senan · 31-08-2020 11:20pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Looking for a blacksmith near Enniscorthy - not for horses - a bit of ironwork that needs same expertise. Thanks in advance.

Guy Urbin is your man, he living down in Borrmount Lodge his details are in this link.

http://irishblacksmiths.com/gallerya_guy_urbin.html

rsom · 01-09-2020 8:25pm

Duffry Goat wrote: »

Millstream fishmongers closing for good next week. He had really good value quality fish. I thought I saw a new coffee shop across from the cathedral. Anybody?

Was in that new coffee shop on Saturday. Got a free coffee. Absolutely gorgeous 😊. Think they are doing take away only at first.

Nokia6230i · 05-09-2020 3:10am

Couple observations as a part-time Scalder/full-time Scallian Ayter.....

Shoes; all I could think of was Mahady-Breens; closed Sundays because, well, of course like, sure no one'd need shoes of a Sunday....

No Heatons/USC/Brand Max/Sports Direct/Woodies/Halfords (Kennys the only place in town for a town this size is shocking; we've 3 with at least 1 being open 7 days a week) or Tesco and, for now, no LIDL (I noted their "November 2020" re-opening date as a moveable feast though it's moving gently along with some great & obvious progress to passers-by week on week; November is a long month though but presumably there's a specific delivery date unknown to those of us who don't need to).

In common? No bus service which is needed; Carlow's due to get 2 Cross Town services late 2020/Springtime 2021; didn't Enniscorthy have one but it wasn't well populated despite initial enthusiastic support in a town which has various climbs & hills (oh to be in a wheelchair coming down Slaney St. or Castle Hill & the breaks go....) and goes from JJ Bolgers & Clearstream to out the Wexford & Ross Roads; would a new single or double service be warranted or supported?

Can think of all the new developments on Milehouse Rd. where a pop. might justify something; I'd to pay €7 for a taxi recently into the quay; f**k me but if there was a bus service doing that route you'd get a return for that price.

Both towns're broadly similarly spread out & similar populations but for Enniscorthy you've to go elsewhere for far too many things incl. the cinema.; I compared it recently to someone as Carlow would've been 20 years ago......

westsidestory · 06-09-2020 12:42am

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Couple observations as a part-time Scalder/full-time Scallian Ayter.....

Shoes; all I could think of was Mahady-Breens; closed Sundays because, well, of course like, sure no one'd need shoes of a Sunday....

No Heatons/USC/Brand Max/Sports Direct/Woodies/Halfords (Kennys the only place in town for a town this size is shocking; we've 3 with at least 1 being open 7 days a week) or Tesco and, for now, no LIDL (I noted their "November 2020" re-opening date as a moveable feast though it's moving gently along with some great & obvious progress to passers-by week on week; November is a long month though but presumably there's a specific delivery date unknown to those of us who don't need to).

In common? No bus service which is needed; Carlow's due to get 2 Cross Town services late 2020/Springtime 2021; didn't Enniscorthy have one but it wasn't well populated despite initial enthusiastic support in a town which has various climbs & hills (oh to be in a wheelchair coming down Slaney St. or Castle Hill & the breaks go....) and goes from JJ Bolgers & Clearstream to out the Wexford & Ross Roads; would a new single or double service be warranted or supported?

Can think of all the new developments on Milehouse Rd. where a pop. might justify something; I'd to pay €7 for a taxi recently into the quay; f**k me but if there was a bus service doing that route you'd get a return for that price.

Both towns're broadly similarly spread out & similar populations but for Enniscorthy you've to go elsewhere for far too many things incl. the cinema.; I compared it recently to someone as Carlow would've been 20 years ago......

2016 census

Enniscorthy 11,381
Carlow 24,272

IsaBrown · 06-09-2020 2:42pm

Ian Kehoe references Enniscorthy in piece about demise of Provincial towns.

https://mailchi.mp/thecurrency/irelands-toxic-relationship-with-its-banks-the-currencys-weekly-email-9363734?e=3fb9b50587

kneemos · 06-09-2020 5:46pm

westsidestory wrote: »

2016 census

Enniscorthy 11,381
Carlow 24,272

If all of these big new estates in Clonhasten and the Milehouse ever get built maybe there'd be a market for a service of some sort. As is you'd probably walk there while waiting for the thing.

Nokia6230i · 06-09-2020 11:26pm

Need an MP3 Player repaired. Any recommendations please?

Place I was thinking of in the yard where Arro Smiths are is long gone apparently.

St Senan · 06-09-2020 11:31pm

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Need an MP3 Player repaired. Any recommendations please?

Place I was thinking of in the yard where Arro Smiths are is long gone apparently.

try here https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x4868008b9b93e4b5%3A0xb50102f10af4560c!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPd8jkPYwM0tIyv4vgvcV4_POTnK08SxeFddJ6T%3Dw213-h160-k-no!5sgadget%20technology%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipPd8jkPYwM0tIyv4vgvcV4_POTnK08SxeFddJ6T&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj59OmyytXrAhWssKQKHaEQAWwQoiowEnoECBMQBg

paulaa · 10-09-2020 2:35pm

Does anyone repair small appliances anymore, eg vacum cleaners, kettles etc ?

kneemos · 10-09-2020 3:20pm

paulaa wrote: »

Does anyone repair small appliances anymore, eg vacum cleaners, kettles etc ?

Hardly economical I'd imagine.

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