nightlife in balbriggan?

lea_20

Hey I'm moving down to Balbriggan soon where's good for 20 year olds to go?

Bluetonic

Dublin.

On a more serious note there are a couple of late night drinking establishments and your lot tend to go out in Skerries too.

Chinafoot

Well there are a few you could try but I guess it depends on what you're into.

De Brun is alright but a bit over-priced.
McCormacks (White Hart Inn) has a bit of an older crowd and not much atmosphere but can be ok for a drink if you're heading on somewhere else.
Harvest has a very "local" feel, not necessarily a good thing if you're not from the town.
The Central is (or was, not too sure now) a much older crowd.
The Milestone is the same.
As is the Hotel.
John D's (is that still open?) is like the Harvest, but not as nice.
O'Shea's sometimes has good bands but can be a bit messy.
Home nightclub isn't great but does the job if you're into clubbing.

On the plus side, the bus eireann night rider gets you home from town handy enough!

lea_20

cheers sounds like its the night rider for me!where does that go from?never heard of it before

Jimoslimos

lea_20 wrote:

cheers sounds like its the night rider for me!where does that go from?never heard of it before

Night rider leaves from bus aras and O'Connell St (outside Clerys)

Retr0gamer

The only big problem with O'Sheas is that the music is way too loud. Hard to have a decent conversation sometimes.

The best bet is to make your way out to Skerries, Drogheda or even Dublin. There is also the Man O War pub. You can get the taxi their or their own bus. It's out in the middle of nowhere but it's usually great craic out there.

lea_20

thanks a million.im dreading moving but at least if i can figure out somewhere decent to go i can drag my friends down

MAYPOP

Retr0gamer wrote:

The only big problem with O'Sheas is that the music is way too loud. Hard to have a decent conversation sometimes.

That plus the music is usually 15 year old dance music, and the place is full of fat orange girls. And it smells like pee a lot.

Bluetonic

Jimoslimos wrote:

Night rider leaves from bus aras and O'Connell St (outside Clerys)

O'Connell St outside Supermacs, you'd be on the wrong side of the road waiting outside Clerys.

Jimoslimos

Bluetonic wrote:

O'Connell St outside Supermacs, you'd be on the wrong side of the road waiting outside Clerys.

Ah whoops! I'm not too good at remembering the journeys home.

Might explain those peculiar incidents where I wake up in a doorway on O'Connell St 7am Sunday morning

Octopus

MAYPOP wrote:

And it smells like pee a lot.

That would be the drink

K.O.L

i moved out to balbriggan a few months ago male 20's!! its not to bad dont do much socialising in it, prefer town!! to be honest there doesnt look like theres much places to go!! whats the place called across from the hotel on the main street that looks like a young crowd?!

Bluetonic

K.O.L wrote:

whats the place called across from the hotel on the main street that looks like a young crowd?!

Thats 'Shaves' barbers. :rolleyes:

Generally Shane and Derek cater for the younger crowd alright.

Chinafoot

K.O.L wrote:

whats the place called across from the hotel on the main street that looks like a young crowd?!

That would be De Brúns.

Dublin's Finest

lea_20 wrote:

cheers sounds like its the night rider for me!where does that go from?never heard of it before

Dont worry...the novelty factor will get you few for the first while.

Skerries is a good bet though from Balbriggan.

The Hill Billy

In Skerries the early 20's crowd tend to head to Blue (best), The Coast (good), O'Shea's (OK) or The Pier House (* shudder *).

Me - I prefer Nealon's. But then again I'm an old fart who idea of a good night out is being able to get a seat & a decent gallon of Guinness.

Crucifix

Hill Billy wrote:

In Skerries the early 20's crowd tend to head to Blue (best), The Coast (good), O'Shea's (OK) or The Pier House (* shudder *).

Me - I prefer Nealon's. But then again I'm an old fart who idea of a good night out is being able to get a seat & a decent gallon of Guinness.

Whereabouts is Blue?

Bluetonic

Crucifix wrote:

Whereabouts is Blue?

On the harbour.

www.bluecafebar.com

Crucifix

Bluetonic wrote:

On the harbour.

www.bluecafebar.com

Ah yes, thanks.
Never been there though, I must try it some time.

Helix

lea_20 wrote:

Hey I'm moving down to Balbriggan soon where's good for 20 year olds to go?

unless youre into cheesy charty rubbish in places filled with schwars and drunken tinkers, stay away from balbriggan

lived there my whole life and i wouldnt go out in the town if you paid me

dublin all the way

skerries can be alrite, but suffers from the same crap as balbriggan, just to a lesser extent

Plissken1

lea_20 wrote:

Hey I'm moving down to Balbriggan soon where's good for 20 year olds to go?

You poor thing, what did you do to get sent out there ? Satelite town life, it will take getting used to. You will find that its full of couples and vey few single people, its handy if you are already seeing someone and bring them with you. But, Satelite Urban Sprawl life can be alot tougher than it looks. May the force be with you !!.

Chinafoot

Plissken1 wrote:

You will find that its full of couples and vey few single people,

Eh, not really.

There are plenty of singletons lea's age who head out in Balbriggan. Perhaps if she were to hit the hotel then yeah, it might be mostly older couples but you seem to be suggesting that the only people who socialise in the town are couples who have bought houses here over the past few years.

Moonbeam

Plissken1 wrote:

You poor thing, what did you do to get sent out there ? Satelite town life, it will take getting used to. You will find that its full of couples and vey few single people, its handy if you are already seeing someone and bring them with you. But, Satelite Urban Sprawl life can be alot tougher than it looks. May the force be with you !!.

While I would agree it is far from the best place a 20 year old not from the town would decide to live,it ain't that bad!
I wouldn't agree with it being all couples esp with the sprawl of "lego land" there are alot of single people living there due to the house prices.

It is really hard to get to know people though,I don't think I have seen 1/2 my neighbours never mind had them speak to me.

what I would say is if your working local you have it sorted, the train in the morning and home in the evenings can be a far from enjoyable experience.

lea_20

Plissken1 wrote:

You poor thing, what did you do to get sent out there ? Satelite town life, it will take getting used to. You will find that its full of couples and vey few single people, its handy if you are already seeing someone and bring them with you. But, Satelite Urban Sprawl life can be alot tougher than it looks. May the force be with you !!.

eh cheers for that.unfortunatly its the only place we can afford...could be alot worse i suppose.

were not moving for a couple of months but i think me and my friend are gonna head down this weekend for a night.any good takeaways?

Dublin's Finest

lea_20 wrote:

any good takeaways?

Now that's one thing you won't be stuck for! They're everywhere!

The Hill Billy

Deli Burger ftw!

lea_20

Dublin's Finest wrote:

Now that's one thing you won't be stuck for! They're everywhere!

good to hear!

Bluetonic

lea_20 wrote:

good to hear!

Just follow the fat people, there's loads of them.

blastman

You're claimed...

Yrthilian

Moonbeam wrote: »

"lego land"

LOL and you would be right
didnt like any of the houses over there though

Gillo

Hill Billy wrote: »

Deli Burger ftw!

Only after a lot of pints, shots, quarts or gallons.