Nenagh Thread

mikemac1

Iamhere wrote: »

thinking of moving to Nenagh any thoughts on d best estates in the town?

Ormond Keep is nice

Houses are lovely, the place is quiet

It's in behind the library, about 13 years old now.

Very close to town centre, less then 5 minute walk
Perfect for stumbling home drunk!

Fries-With-That

Iamhere wrote: »

thinking of moving to Nenagh any thoughts on d best estates in the town?

Plenty of nice estates in the town, but it depends on what you're looking for.

Gortlandroe area has several and you're only a puck of a ball form the local GAA club.

Borrisokane Rd has a few nice estates and you're only a short walk from the soccer club and pitch and put

Tyone/Ballygraigue rd has some nice estates and you're within a sprint of the local rugby club training grounds and the athletics complex.

All areas would have a local shop for convenience purchases and the town has a Dunnes, Tescos, Aldi and Lidl.

Iamhere

Thanks for the replies we are thinking of Radharc Darach at the moment, we will see how thinks go. We are buying so need to do a bit of research.

irishguy

Whats Mac Donagh st/Summerhil/kenyon st like? There seems to be loads of cheap property around the centre. Any particular reason? Would there be any market for renting out property?

mikemac1

Townhouses, a lot of them over 100 years old

The ones in Summerhill may have a nice large garden out the back

Hah, I didn't know MacDonagh St, I always called that Dublin Road. Shows what I know!

Once there may have been demand for offices and a lot of these would be used for that but no demand anymore.
Like a lot of towns the biggest shops are outside the town so it dies a bit, now you're seeing cheap property in the centre

They may seem cheap but due to age you'd have to check it out fully, could be issues like have to rewire them or put in piping, an engineer could check all this

I wouldn't fancy Kenyon St, yeah it's central but it's busy with traffic noise during the day and drinkers and fast food crowd at night.

Summerhill is quiet, bit run down looking but nothing wrong with the area

Just when buying a lot (most?) would prefer a modern house slightly outside. Just what I think

Renting is different, you should be able to rent Kenyon St no bother to maybe young working people

jprboy

Found out only last night that Joseph O'Connor (Joey) of the former O'Connor's Shopping Centre died last week, RIP.

Kind of surprised to see no mention of this here so far.

Remember those announcements by him over the P.A. system?

sligojoek

Joey must have been a fair age. I worked there in the mid-late 80s and I'd say he was about 65 back then.

bawn79

See the old ACC bank seems to be refitted on the main street - anyone any idea whats going in there?
Also the old wine buff (at the bus stop) seems to be in the process of being fitted out.
The phoneshop "3" seems to have moved from Quentins way to the premises beside McCarneys which seems kinda odd to me.

unnameduser

Xtravision are going in there.

DaveNoCheese

unnameduser wrote: »

Xtravision are going in there.

Going in where the acc bank was or the wine buff spot??

bawn79

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Going in where the acc bank was or the wine buff spot??

Id say it has to be Acc bank, the wine buff place is tiny.

Maidenname

Can anyone on here recommend a cleaner in nenagh?
Wanted for housework, weekly or maybe fortnightly, hoovering/mopping/dusting and bathrooms.

unnameduser

Into ACC.big job going on to get it ready

jprboy

sligojoek wrote: »

Joey must have been a fair age. I worked there in the mid-late 80s and I'd say he was about 65 back then.

He was 87.

And what happened another post on this subject from the other day - gone without a trace.......

sligojoek

jprboy wrote: »

He was 87.

And what happened another post on this subject from the other day - gone without a trace.......

Thanks. I haven't lived in Nenagh for nearly 20 years. I only get down once or twice a year now.

Love him or hate him, Joey was a legend. He gave a lot of employment during the hard times. I must check the Guardian website. There's bound to be a few pages about him.

If there was a thread deleted maybe there was abuse posted on it.

mikemac1

jprboy wrote: »

And what happened another post on this subject from the other day - gone without a trace.......

That was me, just posted up an old Nenagh story about him

Wasn't particularly funny or interesting, just deleted it

DaveNoCheese

Tributes flow on death of Nenagh’s retailing king

Tributes were paid this week to Nenagh’s leading businessman and entrepreneur Joseph O’Connor, whose Funeral Mass and burial is to take place in the town this Wednesday.
Mr O’Connor, the founder of one of the country’s largest independent retail companies, is to be buried in Lisboney Cemetery after his Requiem Mass at 1.05pm in Saint Mary of the Rosary Church.
A distinguished and highly successful member of the North Tipperary business community, the former town and county councillor died on Sunday last.
Mr O’Connor, who was born in 1925, is deeply regretted by his loving wife Nora, sons Rory, Donal, Joseph Coleman and Michael, daughters Agnes Holmes, Deirdre O’Connor, Catherine Quinn, Celestine Ward, Elizabeth Robertson and Edel Ferncombe, grandchildren, extended family, nephews and nieces, cousins, relatives and friends.

Full article here.

radagast

It's probably a cheaper rent on kenyon street, for three.ie than on quentin's way.

I'll be keeping an eye on what's going into which premises - want to ensure the data/map of Nenagh on openstreetmap.org is up-to-date!

unnameduser

radagast wrote: »

It's probably a cheaper rent on kenyon street, for three.ie than on quentin's way.

Definitely.

Also there is much more passing trade and traffic on Kenyon street Pat should do well there. Best of luck to him.

irishguy

mikemac1 wrote: »

Townhouses, a lot of them over 100 years old

The ones in Summerhill may have a nice large garden out the back

Hah, I didn't know MacDonagh St, I always called that Dublin Road. Shows what I know!

Once there may have been demand for offices and a lot of these would be used for that but no demand anymore.
Like a lot of towns the biggest shops are outside the town so it dies a bit, now you're seeing cheap property in the centre

They may seem cheap but due to age you'd have to check it out fully, could be issues like have to rewire them or put in piping, an engineer could check all this

I wouldn't fancy Kenyon St, yeah it's central but it's busy with traffic noise during the day and drinkers and fast food crowd at night.

Summerhill is quiet, bit run down looking but nothing wrong with the area

Just when buying a lot (most?) would prefer a modern house slightly outside. Just what I think

Renting is different, you should be able to rent Kenyon St no bother to maybe young working people

I was considering buying a place to rent out, but I am not sure how much rental demand there would be. I would assume most younger renters would be moving away for work to Dublin etc. Or would the rental market be stronger than that? Its hard to know what places are renting for by using Daft and myhome.

DaveNoCheese

So just compiled a few bits together, will hopefully be use to somebody in the future!




Some useful links:

Nenagh Town Website - http://www.nenagh.ie/
Nenagh Town Council - http://www.nenaghtc.ie/index.html
Nenagh Guardian - http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/index.php

Info Page:

Nenagh Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenagh

Sport:

Ormond Rugby Club - http://www.nenaghormondrfc.com/
Eire Og Gaa - http://www.nenagheireog.com/
Nenagh AFC Soccer - http://www.nenaghafc.ie/
Nenagh Tennis Club - http://www.nenaghltc.ie/
Nenagh Triathon Club - http://www.nenaghtriathlon.com/about.html
North Tipp Athlectics - http://www.tipperaryathletics.com/
Nenagh Golf Club - http://www.nenaghgolfclub.com/

Accomodation:

3* Abbey Court Hotel- http://www.abbeycourt.ie/
Abbeyview B&B - http://www.abbeyview.ie/
Ardcroney B&B - http://www.ardcroneybandb.com/
Ashley Park House B&B - http://www.ashleypark.com/
Ormond Hotel - http://www.ormondhotel.ie/

Other:

Nenagh Garda Station:
Tel: +353 67 50450
Fax: +353 67 50453

Nenagh Fire Station:
Tel: +353 67 38400

Nenagh Hospital:
Tel: +353 67 31491
Fax: +353 67 33440




If a Mod could also copy the above to the OP, that'd be swell

mikemac1

Copy our pub guide to the OP too

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=76902429&postcount=84

OwaynOTT

unnameduser wrote: »

Definitely.

Also there is much more passing trade and traffic on Kenyon street Pat should do well there. Best of luck to him.

Definitely more passing trade, Quentins Way and Friars Court are very poor retail areas.
New 3 shop looks nice as well.:p

bawn79

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Definitely more passing trade, Quentins Way and Friars Court are very poor retail areas.
New 3 shop looks nice as well.:p

I quite like Quentins Way, a lot of potential there. (Not arguing with your logic above) I wonder if they fully roofed the street and had more areas for outside dining. Might be a way to boast the street.

OwaynOTT

bawn79 wrote: »

I quite like Quentins Way, a lot of potential there. (Not arguing with your logic above) I wonder if they fully roofed the street and had more areas for outside dining. Might be a way to boast the street.

A fully roofed area with dining all around would be a great idea. It's problem is the lack of a draw for people to go down there.
Footfall can be very poor down there most days and because of that, it;s not suited for all types of shops.
Farmers Market on Saturdays is dying a slow death as well, which is a pity.
Too many clothes shops there though and all ladies nearly.

bawn79

I've also been thinking about some "synergies" to create jobs in the town. (Limerick City has a similar thread)

Anyone got any ideas in terms of the large employers and potential spin-off jobs that could be created to support / benefit from them.

The main industrial employers in Nenagh I'm thinking are

Careys Glass
Meat Factory
Creamery
Proctor & Gamble

The only cross over I can see there would be in terms of food-stuffs between the Meat Factory and the Creamery. Maybe a food ingredients business similar to Glanbia or one of those.

I also understand Quigleys bakery supply quite a few bakeries from the old Rorer Industrial estate so again maybe something to do with food ingredients.

I can't think of any real spill overs from Careys besides installation of glass. I understand that the actual manufacture of the glass is done in England and shipped over. Its a pity we couldnt produce the glass here in Ireland but seemingly it is cheaper to import. Perhaps with the rising price in fossil fuels there may be a tip over point where producing the glass for Careys glass could be viable. If that could be done in Nenagh all the better.

Anyone got any other ideas for using local resources / existing jobs-base to create more jobs in the town / area?

Maybe this is too much for this thread and if a new thread needs to be created then thats fine.

bawn79

I think I just killed the thread!

Xtra-vision is open in the middle of town. They moved over practically overnight.

jprboy

bawn79 wrote: »

I've also been thinking about some "synergies" to create jobs in the town. (Limerick City has a similar thread)

Anyone got any ideas in terms of the large employers and potential spin-off jobs that could be created to support / benefit from them.

........................

Anyone got any other ideas for using local resources / existing jobs-base to create more jobs in the town / area?

Maybe this is too much for this thread and if a new thread needs to be created then thats fine.

Have you considered contacting those involved in the following initiatives?:

Nenagh Business Network - May 2010
http://www.uniquefs.ie/nenagh-business-network/

Nenagh Business Advisory Team (NBAT) - May 2009
http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news-detail.php?article=I4Y36H

I don't recall seeing any mention of these since the initial publicity in the Nenagh Guardian so I don't know what successes, if any, have resulted.

And, yes, it looked like you had inflicted a fatal blow to the thread for a while there

jprboy

Are there any shops/businesses in Nenagh that will take punts in exchange for Euro?

I know a few other towns have had initiatives like this in the past few years.

unnameduser

jprboy wrote: »

Have you considered contacting those involved in the following initiatives?:

Nenagh Business Network - May 2010
http://www.uniquefs.ie/nenagh-business-network/

I was a member of that business network and it's no longer running unfortunately.

A lot of the female business people are members of Network North Tipp which is a great initiative and running quite well, I hear.

I am a member of Derg Business Alliance which is held in Limerick but encompasses Limerick, Clare and Tipp. The group is 30 strong and in full swing. I've been trying to promote it to local businesses but many don't show an interest. Their loss, I suppose!

jprboy

From The Irish Times - Monday, August 13, 2012

Finding Nenagh's gems with a little help from Twitter
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2012/0813/1224322099376.html

Very positive stuff

And, by way of response to bawn79's post re business synergies, the following quote from the piece is an example, small scale though it may be:

"As we spoke, a man arrived with nine brown hen eggs in an aluminium pot to sell to the shop; a fusion of business models old and new."

jprboy

unnameduser wrote: »

I was a member of that business network and it's no longer running unfortunately.

A lot of the female business people are members of Network North Tipp which is a great initiative and running quite well, I hear.

I am a member of Derg Business Alliance which is held in Limerick but encompasses Limerick, Clare and Tipp. The group is 30 strong and in full swing. I've been trying to promote it to local businesses but many don't show an interest. Their loss, I suppose!

Thanks for that info.

I just searched for references to "Nenagh" and "business" which turned up those links, Here's links to the 2 you refer to, which do get coverage in the Nenagh Guardian:

Network North Tipp
http://www.networknorthtipp.ie/

Derg Business Alliance
http://www.dergbusinessalliance.ie/

bawn79

jprboy wrote: »

From The Irish Times - Monday, August 13, 2012

Finding Nenagh's gems with a little help from Twitter
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2012/0813/1224322099376.html

Very positive stuff

And, by way of response to bawn79's post re business synergies, the following quote from the piece is an example, small scale though it may be:

"As we spoke, a man arrived with nine brown hen eggs in an aluminium pot to sell to the shop; a fusion of business models old and new."

Nice little write up for the town. The area around the castle / courtyard and heritage centre is a nice a town centre as there is around. What really impresses me is the lack of anti-social behavior around that particular area.

tankbarry

can anybody tell me the best place to watch a Premier league game on the telly. will be in and around Nenagh on saturday

bawn79

tankbarry wrote: »

can anybody tell me the best place to watch a Premier league game on the telly. will be in and around Nenagh on saturday

Tank check the first page were there is a list of pubs in Nenagh. I'd personally recommend The Kenyon or The Hi-Bi for matches.

sam27

Are Inspectors calling to houses in Nenagh this week?

DaveNoCheese

sam27 wrote: »

Are Inspectors calling to houses in Nenagh this week?

Inspectors of?

chris2008x

Septic tank thing. And the answer is no. Wont be until the end of the year I think

MidnightQueen

Best place to get fire supplies around the town this late in the evening?

littlesthobo

mikemac1 wrote: »

Ormond Keep is nice

Houses are lovely, the place is quiet

It's in behind the library, about 13 years old now.

Very close to town centre, less then 5 minute walk
Perfect for stumbling home drunk!

Avoid Ormond Keep. Im in the process of leaving the estate. Theres a fierce rough element living there now. Our house was broken into and ransacked. Cant get out of there quick enough. I feel sorry for those left behind as we had some very nice neighbours

mikemac1

Really?

Place must have gone downhill so.

I was there shortly after it was built and there were lovely people in there, mainly young workers and young families

There was even a GP who opened a surgury and worked from home.

The council hasn't done much building in a long while, maybe they are renting lots of houses for their list as the owners move on and go elsewhere
(I'm not judging all people on the council list)

october10

Hi new to Nenagh and pregnant. Just wondering does anyone have a name of good gp. Also just wondering does most people go to Limerick maternity. I have heard good things about portiuncula hospital too. Would love to hear opinions

Thanks

Fries-With-That

october10 wrote: »

Hi new to Nenagh and pregnant. Just wondering does anyone have a name of good gp. Also just wondering does most people go to Limerick maternity. I have heard good things about portiuncula hospital too. Would love to hear opinions

Thanks

You probably have this sorted by now, but on the off chance that you haven't.
Dr Tom Hayes and Dr O O'Keeffe Flannan St (Beside boys national school),
Or if you would prefer a female doctor there is a Dr Murnane located beside the Proctor and Gamble factory.

As regards your choice of hospital, most people from Nenagh area would use St Munchins Maternity hospital in Limerick. This is probably more to do with travel times than anything else.

bawn79

Are there any pubs in Nenagh that sell German bottled beers? Or even better on draft. What it being the season of Oktoberfest you think it would be an easy way to get a few people in for a few pints.

bawn79

I spotted a new alterations shop after opening on Mitchell St. There seems to be some works going on another old shop on the street as well. A new tattoo parlour opened on Mitchell St also. Seems to be a lot of regeneration along here.

bawn79

bawn79 wrote: »

I spotted a new alterations shop after opening on Mitchell St. There seems to be some works going on another old shop on the street as well. A new tattoo parlour opened on Mitchell St also. Seems to be a lot of regeneration along here.

I noted what looks like a "vintage" shop opening down the one way street at the back of Sheehans.
Don't know anything else about it.

bawn79

bawn79 wrote: »

Are there any pubs in Nenagh that sell German bottled beers? Or even better on draft. What it being the season of Oktoberfest you think it would be an easy way to get a few people in for a few pints.

I saw a sign on the front of a country choice talking about a beer and cheese night in Una Powels this Thursday night. The beer is a craft beer if anyone is into that kind of thing.

bawn79

New phone and laptop repair shop open on Kenyon street.

I also noticed that the ink refill place has moved from up near banba square to silver street.

jprboy

bawn79 wrote: »

New phone and laptop repair shop open on Kenyon street.

I also noticed that the ink refill place has moved from up near banba square to silver street.

Thanks.

Anyone used this ink refill place?
Would you recommend it?

bawn79

jprboy wrote: »

Thanks.

Anyone used this ink refill place?
Would you recommend it?

Ya I've used it, refills in 10-15mins. Price seem about the norm. No probs at all with them.