Shops you remember from your childhood (Ennis)

breeann

Not too far really, because Park Avenue is build on Holy Family grounds,this was the field that used to flood when the winter came and linked to the cinema in O'Connel St.

Balagan

Have an inkling Brooks' Studio was once long ago in Abbey Street, beside O'Donnell's sports gear shop? The name was kept over the sweet shop run by Beatrice Foley. Fantastic 99s!

crazyguy01

God, this is bringing back fantastic memories!!
What was the sweet shop on the New Road; in one of the small houses/cottages just up from the fire station?
And the little swwet shop on Chapel Lane?
Born in the 70`s so all I was buying in the 80`s was sweets - very important purchases!!:D

Aglomerado

McConkey wrote: »

Yeah, I am mixing it up....there was a shop that sold equipment/hardwear/meds for dairy farmers along the side of where Dillingers used to be

Kealderra Farm Supplies I think.

Clareboy

crazyguy01 wrote: »

God, this is bringing back fantastic memories!!
What was the sweet shop on the New Road; in one of the small houses/cottages just up from the fire station?
And the little swwet shop on Chapel Lane?
Born in the 70`s so all I was buying in the 80`s was sweets - very important purchases!!:D

As far as I can remember, the sweet shop on New Road was Metcalfe's.

poppyvalley

Webster's Grocery, Church St. ( Now Abbey St.)

Clareboy

Interesting that you should mention ' Webster's, which became the ' Five Star ' supermarket in the 60s, the first modern supermarket to open in Ennis. On the opening day, they had to call the guards to control the crowds of housewives who came looking for bargains. Today, if you look over O' Connell's Medical Hall, you can still see the name ' Websters' on the wall.

poppyvalley

anyone mention Mc Guane's shoe shop in the market It was knocked down & is now a derelict site beside O'Connor's also Malone's Forge down where the new bridge at the hostel is.There was a little grocery shop near McGuane's in the market called Pappy Malone's

poppyvalley

poppyvalley wrote: »

anyone mention Mc Guane's shoe shop in the market It was knocked down & is now a derelict site beside O'Connor's also Malone's Forge down where the new bridge at the hostel is.There was a little grocery shop near McGuane's in the market called Pappy Malone's

there was a pub known as "dunkirk" across from the queens hotel,

maryb26

Was told it was called dunkirk (after WW2 evacuation) because there was only one way in and one way out. If the Gardai came calling one was in trouble. The owners were known and addressed as Mr + Mrs Dunkirk despite that not being their surname.

poppyvalley

maryb26 wrote: »

Was told it was called dunkirk (after WW2 evacuation) because there was only one way in and one way out. If the Gardai came calling one was in trouble. The owners were known and addressed as Mr + Mrs Dunkirk despite that not being their surname.

There was a "bowler Duggan" who sold crubeens in Chapel Lane into the 60'sAlso in Chapel Lane was Paddy Hewitt's paper shop.I'm a blow-in, but the source of my information is certainly not!:)

seekers

does anybody remember the Meatloaf gig at the showgrounds in Ennis

maiden

Ah stop!!! I was grounded for it, never forget it!!

seekers

MrsD007 wrote: »

Abbey Street - because of the Franciscan Abbey
O'Connell Street - because Daniel O'Connell addressed the people of Clare at a rally in the Square (O'Connell's Square)
Parnell Street - after Charles Steward Parnell

I think the street names were changed in 1910, there was a proposal to name the then mill street to river street or fergus street, this was then changed to Parnell street in honour of Charles Stewart Parnell so all the street names were changed at the same time. You can still see the old names on the Lawrence collection photographs

Daniel S

Did anyone mention Marys of Ennis? I'm only 17 though

seekers

Marys of Ennis- an institution in its own time a great spot for wondering who was going in there next. a bigger supermacs, mcdonalds. Don't forget the new Beehive seems to be (Bee) history as well

ollaetta

Sadly, the way things are going it will be shops you remember from last year. The number of vacant units is growing by the week.

Shapey Fiend

Before Marys of Ennis was in that building it was part of the Ennis Cash Company? They used have weighing scales at the bottom of the stairs and I think they sold shoes upstairs? Parents used get me my slippers in there maybe. Memory is hazy. I seem to remember it being pretty big so it was a good place to dash about.

Lady Chatterton

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Before Marys of Ennis was in that building it was part of the Ennis Cash Company? They used have weighing scales at the bottom of the stairs and I think they sold shoes upstairs? Parents used get me my slippers in there maybe. Memory is hazy. I seem to remember it being pretty big so it was a good place to dash about.

I remember my granny used to take me to the Cash Company as a very young child. The one thing that stands out for me was they didn't seem to have proper cash registers and the staff used to write docket after docket after docket For anyone who is too young to remember the store, it would remind you of the store in "Are you being served?".

alibride

i used to love the cash company (where cassidys pharmacy is)
used to buy my knitting supplies for school in there also got my first pair of hec tick toc clark shoes (they had the ball game on the sole of them)!!!
by the way where used cassidys be?i cant remember

also got my first colaiste uniform in griffins (beside mcmahons in the height)

loved the 1 pound coffee in the derrynane, great view of the boys passing........

loved getting penny sweets before school in mary kellys before running down the lane to st ita's (part of the holy family)

Paddico

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056216482/shops-you-remember-from-your-childhood-ennis

Francie Halloran, Frozen Foods, Turnpike Road

Francies Frozen Foods, Ennis. gets a mention here on this fascinating doc.

I'm guessing its the same company

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0928/1472460-doconone-tells-of-first-shipment-of-arms-from-gadaffi-to-the-ira/