Newly moved to Balbriggan - what goss should I know!

d-arke

Rockee wrote:

Noticed this Balbriggan thread...whats Home nightclub like these days? I heard de Brun(where Ennis' used to be) has a lot of posers???

Home isnt what it used to be if it was anything before. They've closed of the upstairs balcony area for what I can only imagine is because its not getting the punters in so they cram everyone in like a hard.

De Brun's is definitely full of posers. Upstairs tends to be the late 20's, early 30s/40s posers who still think they have it, whilst downstairs is the 18-25's who are still trying to find it.

Nice place all the same

meditraitor

d-arke wrote:

Home isnt what it used to be if it was anything before. They've closed of the upstairs balcony area for what I can only imagine is because its not getting the punters in so they cram everyone in like a hard.

De Brun's is definitely full of posers. Upstairs tends to be the late 20's, early 30s/40s posers who still think they have it, whilst downstairs is the 18-25's who are still trying to find it.

Nice place all the same

Home is still a cattle market, but a good laugh sometimes

De-Bruns is a disaster, bring back Ennis's

d-arke

meditraitor wrote:

Ah, the memories, dreams of mag wheels and raleigh burners


Check it out
http://www.balbriggan.net/balbriggan1983.htm

wayhay!!! thats the stuff. i should send in some photos to that website of me zipping around on that track. Hey Rockee, I probably raced ya once or twice no doubt.

Rockee

Im hardly old but the 'music' in Home did my head in. Boyracer stuff! Of course after god knows how many drinks the idea of going to Home nightclub or your real home crops up...AfterDark is good craic though for the Retro tunes and chasing 'the older woman'

d-arke

meditraitor wrote:

Home is still a cattle market, but a good laugh sometimes

De-Bruns is a disaster, bring back Ennis's

Couldn't agree more. Afterdark is far better anyway.

Had some great memories of Ennis's, but always got too much stick in there so kinda glad its De Bruns now

meditraitor

Rockee wrote:

OH MY GOD!!! Sh1t, yeah! Im 24 and I can remember my dad taking me there when I was around 3. Totally forgotten bout the BMX track.

Great memories, Im lucky enough to have been old enough to have had a BMX around that time (not old enough to get around without busting myself up though)

Rockee

d-arke wrote:

wayhay!!! thats the stuff. i should send in some photos to that website of me zipping around on that track. Hey Rockee, I probably raced ya once or twice no doubt.

Aw, I was only a dot, was only 3. Was 1984/85. Could barely master stabilisers on my bike back then, let alone BMXing!:D

d-arke

When I moved here when I was four, used to go down to the track and there was always one hill near the end that I had push the bike up, I was hopeless. You can imagine what i was like going down it

Rockee

d arke.....is that doug???

meditraitor

Rockee wrote:

Im hardly old but the 'music' in Home did my head in. Boyracer stuff! Of course after god knows how many drinks the idea of going to Home nightclub or your real home crops up...AfterDark is good craic though for the Retro tunes and chasing 'the older woman'

d-arke

Rockee wrote:

d arke.....is that doug???

Tis indeed man!! Thought I recognised the name. Look at the post count for the two of us.............FREAKY!!!!

Rockee

A few years back we'ed get a minibus from the harbour in Rush to Life (as it was then) There was more fun on the way to the Life than there was inside the place! Then, we'ed get off the bus and try and act sober enough for Roxy to let us in! Remember Roxy?

Rockee

Yahay...its Ross here bro! Yep,we're neck and neck! Any plans for the weekend...I know lets go to Home/After Dark! All this talk is getting me going!:D

d-arke

Rockee wrote:

A few years back we'ed get a minibus from the harbour in Rush to Life (as it was then) There was more fun on the way to the Life than there was inside the place! Then, we'ed get off the bus and try and act sober enough for Roxy to let us in! Remember Roxy?

Ah yeah Roxy, remember him alright. It was around the time that he was head doorman, that one of the bouncers asked if I was I over 18, a local etc, so I produced my driving license, nationality: Scottish. So from then on, was always know as the scottish fella and always got in, even when drunk. Twas great!!

Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well. And there was about 6-10 of us throwing a small football at each other

Bluetonic

I say bring back the Cardy Marina Lesiure Centre.

d-arke

Rockee wrote:

Yahay...its Ross here bro! Yep,we're neck and neck! Any plans for the weekend...I know lets go to Home/After Dark! All this talk is getting me going!

Get in touch with Kev. Planning on heading down to O'Shea's for the band on Friday night and then upstairs into Afterdark for €3 drinks. We had some night last Sat dancing with a couple of 40year olds Too many vodka and cokes

Rockee

d-arke wrote:

Ah yeah Roxy, remember him alright. It was around the time that he was head doorman, that one of the bouncers asked if I was I over 18, a local etc, so I produced my driving license, nationality: Scottish. So from then on, was always know as the scottish fella and always got in, even when drunk. Twas great!!

Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well. And there was about 6-10 of us throwing a small football at each other

Yeah, the sexual frustration on those buses on the way home eh? Unless of course we got 'LUCKY':D Roxy always remindedme of a stocky Freddie Mercury...oh, and the chipper built into the nightclub needs to reappear!

Bluetonic

d-arke wrote:

Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well.

Rockee

d-arke wrote:

Get in touch with Kev. Planning on heading down to O'Shea's for the band on Friday night and then upstairs into Afterdark for €3 drinks. We had some night last Sat dancing with a couple of 40year olds Too many vodka and cokes

Now thats a plan! Was stuck in Rush last Saturday:( Yeah, Ill give Kev a shout!

d-arke

Rockee wrote:

Yeah, the sexual frustration on those buses on the way home eh? Unless of course we got 'LUCKY':D Roxy always remindedme of a stocky Freddie Mercury...oh, and the chipper built into the nightclub needs to reappear!

OH MAN!!! Completely forgot about that chipper!!! We should start a petition.:rolleyes: Either that, or hire out a "Chuck Wagon" style van and set up business....ummmmmm!!!:rolleyes:

Rockee

Yeah, feck London, the 2 of us love to travel so lets hit....Balriggan!:D

OFDM

meditraitor wrote:

Check it out
http://www.balbriggan.net/balbriggan1983.htm

I never realised that everything was black & white back in the early 80's.

nichen

Hi Bluetonic,

Any idea of the exact location on Hamlet Lane for the proposed swimming pool and leisure centre

d-arke

Isn't that to be on the other side of the main road, the sea side (if that makes sense), just up from O'Dwyers

Bluetonic

nichen wrote:

Hi Bluetonic,

Any idea of the exact location on Hamlet Lane for the proposed swimming pool and leisure centre

http://www.fingalcoco.ie/devplan/yourfingal/amend_draft/maps/sheet2/index.htm

If you look at Map C and where you see the 'blue' square labelled LAP2, it's supposedly in and around that area.

Bluetonic

d-arke wrote:

Isn't that to be on the other side of the main road, the sea side (if that makes sense), just up from O'Dwyers

That where Moriartys, I mean O'Dwyers, will be moving too.

d-arke

Bluetonic wrote:

That where Moriartys, I mean O'Dwyers, will be moving too.

Aren't they building a sports centre as well though with an indoor hall for football, basketball, badminton etc as well as squash courts, outside running track. I though the town were then going to build a footpath up that road past Cardy Rock so people could get there safely

Bluetonic

d-arke wrote:

Aren't they building a sports centre as well though

Yes.

O’Dwyers G.A.A. Club Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, for erection of a two storey clubhouse and double height sports facilities building including: Sports Hall 1833m sq, squash and handball courts 388m sq, changing rooms area 828m sq, first aid room 31m sq, multi purpose room 231m sq, meeting rooms totalling 106.5m sq, clubhouse bar facilities 580m sq and ancillary toilets, stores, boiler room: Overall building area is 6725 m sq. External facilities include: entrance piers and gates, parking for 407 cars and 6 coaches, hurling wall, perimeter fencing 2.4m high; laying out the grounds to provide 3 no. GAA pitches and 1 no. running track and all weather pitch, floodlighting, pump station and associated drainage works, all landscaping and site development works on a site of 10.37 Ha located circa 60 m North-West of the existing junction between N1 road and Flemington Lane. The lands are located bounded by the N1 (east) and the Dublin - Belfast rail line (west) in townland of Bremore.

d-arke

So whats the point in building another lesiure centre. Is the O'Dwyers one going to be private? Couldn't imagine that they would get sufficient members, although I'm usually always wrong.

Bluetonic

d-arke wrote:

So whats the point in building another lesiure centre. Is the O'Dwyers one going to be private? Couldn't imagine that they would get sufficient members, although I'm usually always wrong.

It's not another lesuire centre, it's a facility for the club.

Think of the lesuire centre as a place where the buggy brigade will hang out and O'Dwyers as a private members GAA club.

In 5 to 10 years time there will be more than enough of a population for the facilities, mind you judging by the state of some of the people you see in the town these days, both blow ins and locals, you'd wonder if they new what recreational excercise was.

d-arke

Very true! Walking to the off license is about the best most can manage these days.

meditraitor

d-arke wrote:

Very true! Walking to the off license is about the best most can manage these days.

As far as I know cheers delivers now:D

Bluetonic

meditraitor wrote:

As far as I know cheers delivers now:D

Speaking about off licences I see Dempseys off licence now has a slush puppy machine, serving slush puppies pub hours!

d-arke

meditraitor wrote:

As far as I know cheers delivers now

No way!?! That really is desperate if people are using that service.

Caller: "Hi, is that Cheers? Can I get a 6 bottles of Liden Village and a bottle of Buckfast. Oh, and can you deliver it to the beach?"

Bluetonic wrote:

Speaking about off licences I see Dempseys off licence now has a slush puppy machine, serving slush puppies pub hours!

Dempseys?? Alcoholic Slosh Puppies?!?!:D

Sinister

better craic down t beach anyway. might meet someone you know.

Moonbeam

Alcoholic slush puppies?

Chinafoot

Bluetonic wrote:

I say bring back the Cardy Marina Lesiure Centre.

Man I used to LOVE that place (before I developed my fear of swimming pools) I remember my friend had her birthday party there (cant remember how old we were) and it was class.

Also, d-arke....I went to a stereophonics concert with you

d-arke

peachypants wrote:

Also, d-arke....I went to a stereophonics concert with you

:eek: :eek:

OK-ayyyyyyyy!! Now I'm freaked It definitely wasn't the one back in September. :cool: So that leaves :rolleyes: '98 orrrr '00 (I think it was then) so that leaves '98. And I honestly can't remember who went There were 4 girls that came with us who vanished somewhere so more than likely you were one of them. Dam, I hate having a crap memory when it comes down to specifics.

PS. Stupid leaving certificate

d-arke

Just stumbled across this website about O'Shea's.
http://www.dublinpubscene.com/thepubs/osheasbalbriggan.html

Chinafoot

d-arke wrote:

:eek: :eek:

OK-ayyyyyyyy!! Now I'm freaked It definitely wasn't the one back in September. :cool: So that leaves :rolleyes: '98 orrrr '00 (I think it was then) so that leaves '98. And I honestly can't remember who went There were 4 girls that came with us who vanished somewhere so more than likely you were one of them. Dam, I hate having a crap memory when it comes down to specifics.

PS. Stupid leaving certificate

Hehe, aye that was it. My cousin peter (chunk) was there too

Sinister

the cardy marina was a long time ago. with the fish tanks on the way in and the swimming pool as big as a back garden pond. the life guard is the bar mannager now, could have invested in a personality while he was at it.:D

d-arke

peachypants wrote:

Hehe, aye that was it. My cousin peter (chunk) was there too

Ah right! Well, that was easily the best gig I've been to. Stereophonics in the Olympia.:eek: :cool:

Sinister wrote:

the life guard is the bar mannager now, could have invested in a personality while he was at it.

Hahaha Fair play to him though, he's good at his job and gets a good atmosphere going in the place. And can sometimes scam a free drink or two of him Ahhh, going to miss the place

d-arke

peachypants wrote:

Hehe, aye that was it. My cousin peter (chunk) was there too

Ah right! Well, that was easily the best gig I've been to. Stereophonics in the Olympia.:eek: :cool:

Sinister wrote:

the life guard is the bar mannager now, could have invested in a personality while he was at it.

Hahaha Fair play to him though, he's good at his job and gets a good atmosphere going in the place. And can sometimes scam a free drink or two of him Ahhh, going to miss the place

sgarvan

d-arke wrote:

So whats the point in building another lesiure centre. Is the O'Dwyers one going to be private? Couldn't imagine that they would get sufficient members, although I'm usually always wrong.

Bluetonic wrote:

It's not another lesuire centre, it's a facility for the club.

Think of the lesuire centre as a place where the buggy brigade will hang out and O'Dwyers as a private members GAA club.

now, i can tell you as a member of the committee in O'Dwyers that the new facilities will be there to be used by the public. The complex will be built on public land with O'Dwyers owning the lease. The only catch is that O'Dwyers get first use on it as it is being run and mantained by the club.

Sinister

d-arke wrote:

Hahaha Fair play to him though, he's good at his job and gets a good atmosphere going in the place. And can sometimes scam a free drink or two of him Ahhh, going to miss the place

are we talkin about the same guy or are you being carcastic.
monotone guy. no apparant personality. atmosphere????:(

Bluetonic

sgarvan wrote:

now, i can tell you as a member of the committee in O'Dwyers that the new facilities will be there to be used by the public. The complex will be built on public land with O'Dwyers owning the lease. The only catch is that O'Dwyers get first use on it as it is being run and mantained by the club.

So pretty much like any other clubhouse in the town, club have first use, public can use with agreement from the club. Nothing new there.

meditraitor

Sinister wrote:

are we talkin about the same guy or are you being carcastic.
monotone guy. no apparant personality. atmosphere????:(

Fergal is a nice enough guy, just quiet.

Bluetonic

meditraitor wrote:

Fergal is a nice enough enough guy, just quiet.

Hence why he probably doesn't follow his profession too much.

Sinister

been drinkin there for the last 10 years on and off, but youre right he's fine when you get used to him, marian is a better laugh though, no such thing as cut a story short with her.

meditraitor

Sinister wrote:

been drinkin there for the last 10 years on and off, but youre right he's fine when you get used to him, marian is a better laugh though, no such thing as cut a story short with her.

She's lovely, but not a very efficient barmaid, often been in there with only 5-6 other customers and still could be waiting 5 mins for a beer!

She has slowed down a lot since they shut the shamrock