Galway (2 Viewers)

[Jill Hives]

What a glorious day! My Galway whim is no longer a go but I may take up residence in the Portabello/Rathmines area soon. Fingers crossed.

 

[plug]

you'd be better off in dublin I'd say. I thought galway got old, quick. it's very, very small. and the rain... jesus. it actually never stopped when I was there. then, I'm more of a cork person; you can only be one or the other apparently. although cork doesn't have anything resembling galway's shantalla video club. or the lovely walks; you can walk everywhere in cork too, but the surroundings vary from average at best, to grim.

 

[cephalopod]

Seems to be a very cosmopolitan mindset overriding all the other distinct attractions of Galway as a place to live. Come on, its not Bannagher or Kiltimagh!! It is a city! And it is a wonderful place to live. Ye sound like those kids complaining that there's no youth club or cinema in town, and then when ten are built no-one bothers with them anyway, they still choose to hang around outside the bike-sheds.

 

[Space]

Ye should try living in the sprawling metropolis that is Letterkenny. Ye'll stop complaining about Galway being too small sharpish then.

 

[sweetoblivion]

Or Kildare Town. Mother of Christ I've been here nine months and I haven't gone spare yet.
Thank god for the internet, eh?

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I've had a great time here, even managed to get sunburn. Hurrah for Galway.

 

[ann post]

i'm going to get drunk there tomorrow, where do i stay, what do i do?? its been years.

 

[dleacht]

you can try Roisins but since they did the overhaul it's just not the same. Massimos, Bierhaus, Blue note are all great places. Friendly crowd and good music. I think they are all late bars except Bierhaus.

I love Galway, I've lived here for three years on and off and now I'm leaving for good to face Dublin. It scares me a little but it's also nice to think that I won't know everything in advance when I go out.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

You can stay in Barnacles hostel on Quay street cheap enough. €20-something a night.

 

[dleacht]

Yeah there's that sleepzone place too if you're thinking of drinking in Eyre Square. think that might be a bit more expensive though

 

[ann post]

oh and where to stash the car??? i dont mind paying to a certain extent, so long as theres enough of it there when i get back to get me home.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Jury's Inn has parking €10 for a night but I'm not sure if it's guests only. There's pay and display parking all over the place in the town.

 

[ann post]

is it still cool to slepp in your car down the docks? i dont have dreadlocks.

 

[dleacht]

it is but the docks is the worst area for clamping. its a private company. the car park on Dyke Road is cheap enough for parking. think its 24 hour.

 

[Gambra]

I'm in the sleepzone place right now. Only booked it last night = €68 quid though I'm paying for a private double room cos I can't slum it. Quite a nice place.

 

[dleacht]

Welcome to Galway... the rain is pouring down

 

[sweetoblivion]

You can stay in Barnacles hostel on Quay street cheap enough. €20-something a night.

the name Barnacles sends shivers up my spine ever since I spend a night in the one in Temple Bar and the guy (mixed dorm, erk) in the bunk below me jerked off noisily...twice.

 

[ann post]

it is but the docks is the worst area for clamping. its a private company. the car park on Dyke Road is cheap enough for parking. think its 24 hour.

i had asssumed it would have been built over by now.

 

[Catwoman]

I stayed in the Meyrick a couple of weeks ago. They have valet parking! And rather fabulous wallpaper in the ladies loos:

 

[Jill Hives]

I stayed in the Meyrick a couple of weeks ago. They have valet parking! And rather fabulous wallpaper in the ladies loos:

That wallpaper rocks!