Davin due to shut down.

Osk · 03-06-2008 4:37pm

Eh Keith - this thread is all about the Davin closing for good and forever!

It closed last week and a Lidl or Aldi (Lidl I think? not sure) is to be built on the site.

keith_d99 · 03-06-2008 4:47pm

I heard it got trashed on it's last night though - by an infamous Limerick family?

Osk wrote: »

Eh Keith - this thread is all about the Davin closing for good and forever!

It closed last week and a Lidl or Aldi (Lidl I think? not sure) is to be built on the site.

finbarrk · 04-06-2008 11:14am

Yeah I was at the hurling Sunday and I heard the Davin got a bit of a trashing up on the closing night.
It was a pity they couldn't have done some sort of an outside bar for the hurling match last Sunday though.

Limerick Dude · 04-06-2008 5:05pm

keith_d99 wrote: »

I heard it got trashed on it's last night though - by an infamous Limerick family?

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Yeah it was one of 'the' familys from what i heard, not sure if im allowed to be more specific here....

keith_d99 · 04-06-2008 5:08pm

When did this happen though - any more details?
I heard they got thrown out of the country club and moved onto the Davin after that

Limerick Dude · 04-06-2008 5:11pm

keith_d99 wrote: »

When did this happen though - any more details?
I heard they got thrown out of the country club and moved onto the Davin after that

Thats exactly what i heard, apparently they were allowed to have 1 pint in the Country Club and then they went to the davin and thrashed the joint.

imfreein09 · 04-06-2008 7:52pm

in the cc they pulled there tops off and pulled there pances dwn then asked to leave went to the davin caused war brave on to the street they pulled the back of the toilets out etc

finbarrk · 05-06-2008 11:21pm

Would these people be frequenting the Davin fairly often or was it just a once off call?

imfreein09 · 05-06-2008 11:47pm

no just a once off from what i would know, defo a once off in the cc

JerryHandbag · 07-06-2008 4:29pm

ah i shall miss the davin, its where i watched Man United beat Barcelona to reach the Champions league final....surrounded by knacker Liverpool fans...final whistle was oh so sweet:D

Limerick Dude · 08-06-2008 4:58pm

New pub opening between the clarion suites and the woodfield, sextons i think it will be called, open for around xmas apparently, if you go by it you can see its under construction.

Chong · 13-11-2008 10:37am

Well the day has finally arrived, with the Davin gone, Lidl opened its doors at 9am.

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 10:43am

I passed by the place last night, it looked like there was a customer or two in there shortly before 1:00 am.

Chong · 13-11-2008 10:44am

An Fhile wrote: »

I passed by the place last night, it looked like there was a customer or two in there shortly before 1:00 am.

Hey, Welcome back An Fhile!

It will be handy for the cheap drink and food.

avillan · 13-11-2008 10:49am

Where does the que start for the satellite dishes !:eek:

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 10:52am

Chong wrote: »

Hey, Welcome back An Fhile!

It will be handy for the cheap drink and food.

Thank you!

It's good to be back. Standards had been slipping in my absence!

I've a few friends in LIT who live in student accomodation near by. They've been pretty excited about this development, apparently some of the price-deals are a poor student's dream.

It's a shame to have lost the Davin though.

sioda · 13-11-2008 10:41pm

Its not a shame to lose the Davin lets be honest it was never a great place so cheap lidl booze is much better

Insect Overlord · 13-11-2008 11:14pm

sioda wrote: »

Its not a shame to lose the Davin lets be honest it was never a great place so cheap lidl booze is much better

I'll put it this way: specifically, as the Davin, it may not be missed, but as a bar with hot food that was rarely too loud to drown out a conversation it was a nice alternative to going out in town.

sioda · 14-11-2008 4:03pm

An Fhile wrote: »

I'll put it this way: specifically, as the Davin, it may not be missed, but as a bar with hot food that was rarely too loud to drown out a conversation it was a nice alternative to going out in town.

Yeah the club sandwich was good eating damn hungry now

Insect Overlord · 14-11-2008 4:59pm

Virtual sandwiches in the BGRH bar don't go down as well as the real thing!
With that in mind, I'm going to get food now.

Oh, and as for the new Lidl, apparently they don't sell colouring pencils. Just thought I'd throw that in to stay on-topic!

Limerick Dude · 14-11-2008 9:45pm

An Fhile wrote: »

Oh, and as for the new Lidl, apparently they don't sell colouring pencils. Just thought I'd throw that in to stay on-topic!

The Dastards!

xw2lj9uspm1eyh · 16-11-2008 3:01am

ah sure lads dont worry we still have the country club.....

barboy25 · 17-11-2008 1:31pm

Very true that some may not think of the Davin as a great pub or miss it, but it was a spot to meet with friends or family and have a quiet few with a club sandwich and without having to scream for conversation. There is always someone you will talk to that has a story from the days that they drank there, or something about the staff!! Good memories for some....

Ayahuasca · 27-10-2022 9:35am

Sorry to resurrect a very old thread, but I wonder if anyone has photos of the Davin? I spent my early 20s there, but cannot find even one photo online of the place. Thanks.

MarkR · 27-10-2022 2:24pm

That's bizarre, I had a look myself, and couldn't find anything online. I even used BING! (I wouldn't recommend this, however, as it seems there is a male model called Davin who I guess has nice arms.)

Berty · 27-10-2022 3:23pm

There you go haha best I could find at short notice, if you squint you can see it.

Truth be told that doesn't look like the Davin in my memory in the background. I thought it was more "wooden" looking. Based on that image from the LL in 2004 it fits the timeline doesn't it? It had that weird wrap around deck thingy and weird proportions of an entrance hallway.

rathfarnhamlad · 27-10-2022 4:02pm

Try this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20040615000000*/thedavinarms.com

These are the archived snapshots of their website. Some of these archived pages have photos but most of them are not much more than thumbnails. Here's one showing the outside. Again, very small photo but better than nothing I guess!

Apart from that I can't find anything else out there. There was a c.2007 view available on Bing Maps at one point come to think of it but it appears that that footage is no longer available.