Enniscorthy

theyoungchap

Bourke Roches was there on the corner at the Square, just down from Delaneys.
Tommy Murphys was the name of that place where Sam McCauleys is located.
Great trip down memory lane this thread!

jpb1974

Totally forgot about the Boolavogue Inn, father and uncles used to shoot pool and have a pint in there, so I frequented it many a time.

Pretty sure there was a little sweet shop on the Island Road in someone's front room too back in the day.

As for the place to be during the summer holidays when the sun was out... "The Banks"... jez, the place would be packed some days. I remember those hot evenings walking home back up along the tracks, past Robinsons & the train station and then the long, tiring walk back up The Shannon. Might stop at the shop where Farrell's chemist is now or at Harry King's for a drink and a treat if you had 50p on ya.

I also remember the Barley Field when there were no houses there... there was a batter old truck wreck you could play in and maybe a swing or two if I'm not mistaken.

Then there was the walk down to St. Senan's Hospital to use the tennis court... jez, we had some battles in there back in the day, McEnroe and Connors had nothing on us. Colaiste Bride tennis courts were closer, but you'd have to break in and there was a good chance you'd be run by a nun.

jpb1974

theyoungchap wrote: »

Great trip down memory lane this thread!

All stemming from my Modern Fashions shrunken sweater story :pac:

KathleenGrant

theyoungchap wrote: »

Bourke Roches was there on the corner at the Square, just down from Delaneys.
Tommy Murphys was the name of that place where Sam McCauleys is located.
Great trip down memory lane this thread!

Bourke O'Leary's was on that corner. Bourke Roches was on Castle Street

TheChevron

jpb1974 wrote: »

Can't remember who had the shop in their front room further up the Shannon past the grotto. Was rarely open and they stocked sweet f all.

Paddy Gahan, Jimmy's brother, was the only person I remember having it.

theyoungchap

Where was Boolavogue Inn?

Cantona's Collars

theyoungchap wrote: »

Where was Boolavogue Inn?

It's the AIB car park now.

Del.Monte

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

It's the AIB car park now.

Is that the one that fell down?

St Senan

Senan and Daphne Murphy used to owned the Shop accross from the grotto/phone box. It was later run by Tommy O Rourke and then Paddy Gahan for a while. Senans sister Eilish Murphy and her other brothers Michael and Brendan owned the shop further up 17 shannon hill green front door and shop was in front room with hatch counter top to the front hall.

EverythingGood

jpb1974 wrote: »

Totally forgot about the Boolavogue Inn, father and uncles used to shoot pool and have a pint in there, so I frequented it many a time.

Pretty sure there was a little sweet shop on the Island Road in someone's front room too back in the day.

As for the place to be during the summer holidays when the sun was out... "The Banks"... jez, the place would be packed some days. I remember those hot evenings walking home back up along the tracks, past Robinsons & the train station and then the long, tiring walk back up The Shannon. Might stop at the shop where Farrell's chemist is now or at Harry King's for a drink and a treat if you had 50p on ya.

I also remember the Barley Field when there were no houses there... there was a batter old truck wreck you could play in and maybe a swing or two if I'm not mistaken.

Then there was the walk down to St. Senan's Hospital to use the tennis court... jez, we had some battles in there back in the day, McEnroe and Connors had nothing on us. Colaiste Bride tennis courts were closer, but you'd have to break in and there was a good chance you'd be run by a nun.

Sweet shop on the Island Rd was Bill Peares. I remember Barley Field without houses too - was an old fire engine that was there.

St Senan

EverythingGood wrote: »

Sweet shop on the Island Rd was Bill Peares. I remember Barley Field without houses too - was an old fire engine that was there.

The Barely field was our old playground with big slides and swings in it. Unfortunately it was never maintained properly. Eventually replaced with houses.

jpb1974

Anyone ever frequent the Shannon Community Centre discos in the late 80s? Puck Quinn on the door, Sister Rita working the shop, Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" and the infamous Shannon Bop rings in full effect.

EverythingGood

jpb1974 wrote: »

Anyone ever frequent the Shannon Community Centre discos in the late 80s? Puck Quinn on the door, Sister Rita working the shop, Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" and the infamous Shannon Bop rings in full effect.

U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday. Martin Breen.

KathleenGrant

Navarre wrote: »

Senan and Daphne Murphy used to owned the Shop accross from the grotto/phone box. It was later run by Tommy O Rourke and then Paddy Gahan for a while. Senans sister Eilish Murphy and her other brothers Michael and Brendan owned the shop further up 17 shannon hill green front door and shop was in front room with hatch counter top to the front hall.

That's it.

Cantona's Collars

jpb1974 wrote: »

Anyone ever frequent the Shannon Community Centre discos in the late 80s? Puck Quinn on the door, Sister Rita working the shop, Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" and the infamous Shannon Bop rings in full effect.

Cheap cider on the View first and trying to pass Puck's sobriety test.

conf101

I remember there was a pound shop opposite the cathedral years and years ago too, a long narrow place absolutely packed with all kinds of junk. Bought many a cap gun in there back in the day!

EverythingGood

conf101 wrote: »

I remember there was a pound shop opposite the cathedral years and years ago too, a long narrow place absolutely packed with all kinds of junk. Bought many a cap gun in there back in the day!

Don't remember that but I remember the small post office being across the road from where it is now, just up from the Cathedral

Cantona's Collars

conf101 wrote: »

I remember there was a pound shop opposite the cathedral years and years ago too, a long narrow place absolutely packed with all kinds of junk. Bought many a cap gun in there back in the day!

I don't remember a pound shop there but I do remember Murphy's had a toy shop there alright.

BuboBubo

The new service station on the Milehouse Road is going to be a welcome addition to that area imo.

Drove out that way today, hadn't done so since the road at Bessmount re-opened. Enniscorthy is stretching out and growing, so many houses - hard to believe the area beside the Vocational College was a beet field in my school days!

As for the Vocational College itself - whoa! I'd love to have a peek inside, it must have trebled in size since I left it in the 90's. Presumably the other secondary schools have grown too. The new Presentation School looks very impressive.

Anyone here know what's going on at Davis' Mill? Is it just drainage works?

In keeping with the memories everyone has shared - remember the Bellefield Stores? (It was run by an old couple - don't know their names, last business in that premises was a Polish shop) The lady behind the counter would always shout out loud what you were buying "tayto, coke, ok that's 80p" etc. We used to dare each other to pick up sanitary towels to see if she'd shout out "tampax, right that's £1.50" but we were all too chicken to do it.

You'd be TAKEN

gumgum1

conf101 wrote: »

I remember there was a pound shop opposite the cathedral years and years ago too, a long narrow place absolutely packed with all kinds of junk. Bought many a cap gun in there back in the day!

I remember this pound shop . I got to hugging monkeys in it for my birthday. I can't think what shop it us now

conf101

gumgum1 wrote: »

I remember this pound shop . I got to hugging monkeys in it for my birthday. I can't think what shop it us now

It was an auto parts shop for a while. Is that still there?

Cantona's Collars

conf101 wrote: »

It was an auto parts shop for a while. Is that still there?

Parts shop is still there.

Regards the Milehouse, building will be starting on more houses out that way soon. The boundary ditch between Shingaun and the site of the filling station will be taken down and more houses built.

TheChevron

Anyone remember Arty Millers shop in St Aidans Villas or Mary-Ellen's shop opposite where Gala is now up at Bellefield?

Cantona's Collars

There used to be a challenge,get through the town without passing a pub,back in the day every second premises was a bar.
You could have done the 12 pubs and hardly have left the Market Square.

jca

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Parts shop is still there.

Regards the Milehouse, building will be starting on more houses out that way soon. The boundary ditch between Shingaun and the site of the filling station will be taken down and more houses built.

Gone.

Nokia6230i

Guy who was an extra in Brooklyn was on Liveline today; phoned in to give out about the mural @ the Murphy Floods site being defaced with "pornographic images".

kneemos

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Guy who was an extra in Brooklyn was on Liveline today; phoned in to give out about the mural @ the Murphy Floods site being defaced with "pornographic images".

Joe Duffy gets €417,000 yoyo's every year for this kind of crap.

ceebee1981

BuboBubo wrote: »

In keeping with the memories everyone has shared - remember the Bellefield Stores? (It was run by an old couple - don't know their names, last business in that premises was a Polish shop) The lady behind the counter would always shout out loud what you were buying "tayto, coke, ok that's 80p" etc. We used to dare each other to pick up sanitary towels to see if she'd shout out "tampax, right that's £1.50" but we were all too chicken to do it.

You'd be TAKEN

Ambrose and Joan Murphy.

jca

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Guy who was an extra in Brooklyn was on Liveline today; phoned in to give out about the mural @ the Murphy Floods site being defaced with "pornographic images".

Aye, the infamous Donal Cullen... Jesus he had a 40 second scene in the film you'd think he'd gotten a Oscar for best supporting actor.

kneemos

jca wrote: »

Aye, the infamous Donal Cullen... Jesus he had a 40 second scene in the film you'd think he'd gotten a Oscar for best supporting actor.

What are the pornographic images?
Did someone draw a Willy or something?