Kilkenny shops that are no more

road_high · 09-02-2015 3:34pm

Threadhead wrote: »

Very sad about In Touch, that had been there for a good 30 years anyway. Always said to see a newsagents closing down.

I have hazy memories of a tobacconist (maybe a newsagent too) where The Ground Floor cafe is now on High Street. Can anyone else remember that?

Used do a roaring trade back in the day. Dunnes extended their shop and blocked them off basically. Also Dunnes sell all that stuff now too.

kkhornet · 04-03-2015 3:35pm

Can add blaa blaa blaa to the list now unfortunately

Threadhead · 04-03-2015 3:39pm

Bollocks.

They were trying to sell it on though weren't they?

We should all chip in, get a whip around going.

road_high · 04-03-2015 4:58pm

kkhornet wrote: »

Can add blaa blaa blaa to the list now unfortunately

Seriously? Lovely sandwiches and staff in there. Can't imagine bar likely paying mad rents they'd did good business there.

catbear · 04-03-2015 5:04pm

I think blaa blaa blaa owners had been easing out towards retirement for the last few years anyway. Great foid option especially in sunny weather, will miss them.

kkhornet · 05-03-2015 12:24am

Twas the best breakfast sandwich in town

kikel · 05-03-2015 1:18am

Ate there everyone and again. It was a unique setup. It will be missed.

Comerman · 05-03-2015 6:21pm

I used to buy pellets for my air rifle in Griffins, used to be where the "clothing/shirt shop" below the wheatsheaf pub was now called Hendersons.

catbear · 06-03-2015 12:58am

I loved Griffens, I used to buy Airfix model airplane kits there.

Comerman · 06-03-2015 7:58am

catbear wrote: »

I loved Griffens, I used to buy Airfix model airplane kits there.

Ah yeah, the little box with a 1001 tiny pieces and a tube of bostik

misterdeeds · 08-03-2015 11:14am

Sad to see in touch ( in the marked yard ) closed , walked by it this morning and it closed 3 weeks ago ,liked the owner he was a nice man all the best to him .

Realt Dearg Sec · 14-12-2016 4:59pm

brettmirl wrote: »

Couple more shops that popped back into my head this week.

The OK House on High Street...what did they actually sell there? I remember they used to sell maps, but what else?

There used to be an arts supply shop on Patrick Street, beside Zuni. Can anyone remember the name? Used to pick up 2HB pencils for school.

Found this pic of High Street too, with O'Carrolls, Whites and Mooneys on the right plus The Monster House. On the left, the sports shop, beside the town hall.

Sorry to be resurrecting an old thread, although it seems to happen a lot with this one anyway, was reading this thread and feeling nostalgic (coming back to Kilkenny for Christmas though, delighted!). The art and craft shop in Patrick Street was Kenneally's. Think it was the same family that produced the two lads from Engine Alley.

Funny reading this thread. There's shops mentioned in the last couple of pages that had opened AFTER the original thread started.

I laughed being reminded of Riddled With Mystic all the same.

Regarding the egg stain on the cinema, there was another supposed culprit who came from the Sycamores/Aylesbury, same lad got an almighty punch in the eye outside the new cinema a couple of years later.

When you think of that cinema it's amazing. You'd arrive nearly an hour beforehand to join a queue, or else end up at the back of a queue nearly to High Street, to get interrogated by the ould wans at the door and maybe even turned away, then go in to sit on a sticky seat and when the film started everyone would start screaming their heads off, often for the first five minutes of the film. Then lads would start shouting conversations at one
another, arranging to meet up after and so on. Unbelievable. Why on earth people put themselves through it...but what else were you going to do?

I remember going to see Die Hard With a Vengeance (I think) on a quiet night with a couple of friends, and after getting in, we went back out to buy some sweets at the counter (error not to have gone to Whyte's or Mooney's first of course), and THEN the ould wans kicked us out, saying we were too young.

So what did we do instead? Went to Hennessy video in Kieran Street and got a much more violent John Woo movie and watched it at home.

I remember with the video stores you'd invariably end up with a couple of fines in one place or another so you'd go rent elsewhere when that happened. I went to the Gogglebox in Irishtown one time and they wanted ten pounds in fines, so I walked out and went to the place on John Street (don't remember what it was called).

Bowlardo · 15-12-2016 8:29pm

brettmirl wrote: »

Does anyone remember the name of the Indian that was on the lane way behind Whites Pharmacy - Pennyfeather or Pudding Lane.

It was called the Moghul for a while, but what was the original name?

I always wondering why someone didn't turn it in to a nightclub....good location. out of the way....probably a health hazard but sure the same could be same about the field

Threadhead · 16-12-2016 1:32pm

I remember that place was a regular restaurant in the 80's before it became an Indian. Anyone know what it was called then?

Agree it's a prime spot, really surprised nothing has been done with it. Although it looks like it's in fairly shoddy shape at the moment.

KK4SAM · 17-12-2016 12:30am

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Sorry to be resurrecting an old thread, although it seems to happen a lot with this one anyway, was reading this thread and feeling nostalgic (coming back to Kilkenny for Christmas though, delighted!). The art and craft shop in Patrick Street was Kenneally's. Think it was the same family that produced the two lads from Engine Alley.

Funny reading this thread. There's shops mentioned in the last couple of pages that had opened AFTER the original thread started.

I laughed being reminded of Riddled With Mystic all the same.

Regarding the egg stain on the cinema, there was another supposed culprit who came from the Sycamores/Aylesbury, same lad got an almighty punch in the eye outside the new cinema a couple of years later.

When you think of that cinema it's amazing. You'd arrive nearly an hour beforehand to join a queue, or else end up at the back of a queue nearly to High Street, to get interrogated by the ould wans at the door and maybe even turned away, then go in to sit on a sticky seat and when the film started everyone would start screaming their heads off, often for the first five minutes of the film. Then lads would start shouting conversations at one
another, arranging to meet up after and so on. Unbelievable. Why on earth people put themselves through it...but what else were you going to do?

I remember going to see Die Hard With a Vengeance (I think) on a quiet night with a couple of friends, and after getting in, we went back out to buy some sweets at the counter (error not to have gone to Whyte's or Mooney's first of course), and THEN the ould wans kicked us out, saying we were too young.

So what did we do instead? Went to Hennessy video in Kieran Street and got a much more violent John Woo movie and watched it at home.

I remember with the video stores you'd invariably end up with a couple of fines in one place or another so you'd go rent elsewhere when that happened. I went to the Gogglebox in Irishtown one time and they wanted ten pounds in fines, so I walked out and went to the place on John Street (don't remember what it was called).

Nice pic of High Street.My CSI skills are not the best but I may have owned the little Fiat 127 343DIP, any idea what year it was taken ?

Realt Dearg Sec · 17-12-2016 2:34am

No idea, I only replied to someone who posted it. But there's an 87 reg in it and it's unlikely to much later than that from all the cars in it.

Mankbag · 17-12-2016 2:49pm

Threadhead wrote: »

I remember that place was a regular restaurant in the 80's before it became an Indian. Anyone know what it was called then?

Agree it's a prime spot, really surprised nothing has been done with it. Although it looks like it's in fairly shoddy shape at the moment.

Mulhall's. The story a few years ago was that Eamon Langton had bought it and was planning to do all manner of things with it. I've a vague notion - won't swear to it - that plans for going up a few floors were shot down.

brettmirl · 18-12-2016 2:19pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I remember with the video stores you'd invariably end up with a couple of fines in one place or another so you'd go rent elsewhere when that happened. I went to the Gogglebox in Irishtown one time and they wanted ten pounds in fines, so I walked out and went to the place on John Street (don't remember what it was called).

It was either The Movie House, which was near the bridge or The Video Centre which was at the other end near the train station

holyhead · 19-12-2016 1:10am

Memories on John St.
Leonard's Newsagents High St,
Mooneys/Whites High St,
Sports Shop, High St,
Metro, High St,
Sony Centre, High St,
Mulhalls, High St,
Soundwaves, Patrick St,
Griffins, Rose Inn St,
Cassidys, High St/Parliament St
Moores, Parliament St
Dores Butchers, High St,
Whites Butchers, Rose Inn St,
Cody's Bookshop, Batemans Quay
Wigoders, James St,
The Aubergine, High St,
Educational Supplies, Rose Inn St,
Keneally's Arts and Crafts, Patrick St.

KK4SAM · 19-12-2016 10:06am

holyhead wrote: »

Memories on John St.
Leonard's Newsagents High St,
Mooneys/Whites High St,
Sports Shop, High St,
Metro, High St,
Sony Centre, High St,
Mulhalls, High St,
Soundwaves, Patrick St,
Griffins, Rose Inn St,
Cassidys, High St/Parliament St
Moores, Parliament St
Dores Butchers, High St,
Whites Butchers, Rose Inn St,
Cody's Bookshop, Batemans Quay
Wigoders, James St,
The Aubergine, High St,
Educational Supplies, Rose Inn St,
Keneally's Arts and Crafts, Patrick St.

Sad to say you can add Burke's Newsagents in Rose Inn Street to that list closing on Friday.

road_high · 19-12-2016 10:09am

KK4SAM wrote: »

Sad to say you can add Burke's Newsagents in Rose Inn Street to that list closing on Friday.

Oh yea that must be there donkeys years.
The reality is you can make far more return on premises in the centre of Kilkenny by having it let as a coffee shop etc rather than basic providers like butchers etc.

ghost_rider · 19-12-2016 1:41pm

Would love to see a larger version of that picture. Anyone know of a bigger one floating around the old interweb anywhere ?

Mankbag · 20-12-2016 4:32pm

KK4SAM wrote: »

Sad to say you can add Burke's Newsagents in Rose Inn Street to that list closing on Friday.

Oh dear. What a pity. Making way for an extended Tynan's..?

JohnMc1 · 21-12-2016 10:33pm

KK4SAM wrote: »

Sad to say you can add Burke's Newsagents in Rose Inn Street to that list closing on Friday.

Smiler's going out business? I can't imagine why.

road_high · 24-12-2016 3:31am

Threadhead wrote: »

I remember that place was a regular restaurant in the 80's before it became an Indian. Anyone know what it was called then?

Agree it's a prime spot, really surprised nothing has been done with it. Although it looks like it's in fairly shoddy shape at the moment.

Mulhall's? It's an awful waste of prime space in the centre. It has huge value and potential.

Captain Havoc · 24-12-2016 2:35pm

road_high wrote: »

Mulhall's? It's an awful waste of prime space in the centre. It has huge value and potential.

Very little footfall, I don't think it does.

road_high · 24-12-2016 3:24pm

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Very little footfall, I don't think it does.

If something is worth going to it'll generate its own footfall. Especially a restaurant

patrickc · 04-01-2017 10:19pm

Burkes went today I heard on KCLR sad to see they were lovely in there and kept my local paper for me for years

Ellen Harvey · 01-03-2023 3:27pm

Hello to all people who are interested in lost sites in Kilkenny who might like to see their favourite site painted . . .

I'm about to exhibit my project: The Disappointed Tourist at the Butler Gallery, opening April 15.

For the project, I've painted over 260 places submitted by the public in response to the question "Is there some place that no longer exists that you'd like to be able to visit or revisit?"

I've love to be able to include some Kilkenny locations -- any suggestions? You can submit sites at www.disappointedtourist.org. or just email me at studio@ellenharvey.info

Many thanks in advance,

Ellen Harvey (www.ellenharvey.info)

01-03-2023 10:42pm

MCgraths hardware Patrick Street, Reynolds butchers high street where Manning travel agency is, Healy hardware kieran street, Callaghan Connolly where Dunnes stores is Connolly garage the top of John street.

Kilkenny shops that are no more

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