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Castle night club closed?

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    #62
    TheChevron
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    What town is this night club in?


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    #63
    annemorris
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭annemorris


    does anyone no was the castle open in the 80s or what year did it open


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    #64
    TheChevron
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    AFAIK it has been opened since the 70's.


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    #65
    blindsider
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    If memory serves, there were roller discos in the Castle in the early 80's - Sunday afternoons I believe.

    Also, there were night time discos there around the same time and you went upstairs to the 'balcony' for the basket of chicken and chips at 11:30pm - sth to do with licensing laws IIRC.

    Weren't they great craic??:p


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    #66
    annemorris
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭annemorris


    thanks ya it was good craic


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    #67
    paulaa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭paulaa


    TheChevron wrote: »
    AFAIK it has been opened since the 70's.

    The very first time I went to the Castle was 1971 to see the Horslips (God I feel ancient :o) It had been open a few years at that time


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    #68
    klong
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    paulaa wrote: »
    The very first time I went to the Castle was 1971 to see the Horslips (God I feel ancient :o) It had been open a few years at that time

    Built on the garden of the castle c. 1961-63. Originally known as the Castle Ballroom.


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    paulaa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭paulaa


    klong wrote: »
    Built on the garden of the castle c. 1961-63. Originally known as the Castle Ballroom.

    I think for a while it was used as a parish hall too.
    Do you , or anyone, know if there are any photos in existence of the gardens around the castle ?


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    klong
    Registered Users Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭klong


    The Athenaeum would have acted as the parish hall; the Castle Ballroom was built by the Athenaeum committee at the time.

    Yes ,there are photos of the garden. Mainly taken inside the gardens, so there would be a fairly limited view of what was there.. They were half an acre in size. Might be one or two of the garden taken from the castle.


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