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Kilkee like the Caribbean

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  • #2
    Explosions in the Sky
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    Good beach but far from the best in Ireland :D and the Carribean reference in that article is above laughter :) good spot in the Summer though :)


  • #3
    Jim Martin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Jim Martin


    There's a smell from a sewer or stream at the south end of the beach which isn't how I would imagine the Carribean to be!


  • #4
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    Jim Martin wrote: »
    There's a smell from a sewer or stream at the south end of the beach which isn't how I would imagine the Carribean to be!

    That is land water I believe and the smell is rotting vegetation. The sewers empty out the coast road somewhere.


  • #5
    battleaxe1
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    Kilkee like the Caribbean, what a joke:D. I will never trust the lonely planet guide again.


  • #6
    MyKeyG
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    The people on this thread are taking the comment way out of context. It didn't say Kilkee was like the Caribbean just that it has the same kind of white powdery sand which is true.


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  • #7
    Jim Martin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Jim Martin


    Palmach wrote: »
    That is land water I believe and the smell is rotting vegetation. The sewers empty out the coast road somewhere.

    Whatever the cause, it certainly does not do Kilkee any favours!


  • #8
    gigino
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    MyKeyG wrote: »
    The people on this thread are taking the comment way out of context. It didn't say Kilkee was like the Caribbean just that it has the same kind of white powdery sand which is true.
    the caribbean sand does not smell of pollution

    oh, and its a lot warmer.


  • #9
    MyKeyG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    gigino wrote: »
    the caribbean sand does not smell of pollution

    oh, and its a lot warmer.
    Again out of context, that's not what was said. People are putting words in the journalists mouth. White and powdery like the Caribbean that was the statement. And it is! He didn't say it was unpolluted like the Caribbean, he didn't say it was sunny like the Caribbean, he didn't say it had palm trees like the Caribbean. He just passed a comment about the sand.


  • #10
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    gigino wrote: »
    the caribbean sand does not smell of pollution

    oh, and its a lot warmer.

    Neither does Kilkee. A little exaggeration goes a long way.


  • #11
    killwill
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    Kilkee is not the nicest beach in Clare, nowhere near it IMO.
    I personally don't get the attraction to Kilkee myself.


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  • #12
    poppyvally
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    killwill wrote: »
    Kilkee is not the nicest beach in Clare, nowhere near it IMO.
    I personally don't get the attraction to Kilkee myself.

    Because it's one of the nicest, horseshoe shaped and safest beaches in Ireland


  • #13
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    poppyvally wrote: »
    Because it's one of the nicest, horseshoe shaped and safest beaches in Ireland

    Exactly. If you've kids there is no beech like it. No good form surfing though.


  • #14
    Razorblades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Razorblades


    Kilkee is a ghost town these days, even in the summer. Once Kilkee was a thriving little town with lots of tourists but those days are long gone. So many vacant holiday homes there now its unreal. And btw it is nothing like the Carribean, never was and never will be. All Kilkee has is an arcade and a swimming pool. A stupid article in my opinion.


  • #15
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    Razorblades wrote: »
    Kilkee is a ghost town these days, even in the summer. Once Kilkee was a thriving little town with lots of tourists but those days are long gone. So many vacant holiday homes there now its unreal. And btw it is nothing like the Carribean, never was and never will be. All Kilkee has is an arcade and a swimming pool. A stupid article in my opinion.

    Long time since you've been there by the looks of things.


  • #16
    Razorblades
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    Nope, was there just a couple of days ago.


  • #17
    Insect Overlord
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    Razorblades wrote: »
    Nope, was there just a couple of days ago.

    In the middle of January.


  • #18
    MyKeyG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Razorblades wrote: »
    And btw it is nothing like the Carribean, never was and never will be. All Kilkee has is an arcade and a swimming pool. A stupid article in my opinion.
    The article didn't say it was!


  • #19
    Razorblades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Razorblades


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    In the middle of January.
    You live in Limerick whereas i live close to Kilkee and i'm always in the town. Whether its the middle of January or the middle of July, its mostly always a ghost town. Some weekends in the summer it can be busy but most weekends its empty. You couldn't say that about the town before the recession kicked in.


  • #20
    Le_Dieux
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    Have no idea who you are razorblades. But I read another thread you contributed to ( http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056521511 ), and the more I read your messages the more you sound like a person named skopzz who I also believe to be from the same area as You claim you are from, and who made wild foreecasts in the past.

    You one and the same person?


  • #21
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    If you have a problem with a post, report it, if you have a problem with a user either ignore the user, PM them to discuss whatever the issue is, PM a mod asking to investigate.


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  • #22
    User Friendly
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    Le_Dieux wrote: »
    Have no idea who you are razorblades. But I read another thread you contributed to ( http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056521511 ), and the more I read your messages the more you sound like a person named skopzz who I also believe to be from the same area as You claim you are from, and who made wild foreecasts in the past.

    You one and the same person?
    If someone uses another account,it aint against the rules afaik.

    Razor is right,Kilkee is a ghost town for most of the year,they have a few decent weekends in the year,weather permitting,other than that,its extremely quiet with holiday homes empty all year round,there are so many of them.

    The beech is fabulous,ive often been there early in the morning to see the tractor cleaning up the seaweed,but somehow i prefer Fanore,its not commercialised in anyway.


  • #23
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    User Friendly wrote: »
    If someone uses another account,it aint against the rules afaik.

    Razor is right,Kilkee is a ghost town for most of the year,they have a few decent weekends in the year,weather permitting,other than that,its extremely quiet with holiday homes empty all year round,there are so many of them.

    The beech is fabulous,ive often been there early in the morning to see the tractor cleaning up the seaweed,but somehow i prefer Fanore,its not commercialised in anyway.

    Can't understand this "Ghost Town" idea. I have relations there and it is hopping from Whit till the middle of August. Busy all the time. If the definition of Kilkee in Summer is Ghost Town god help the other resorts in Clare


  • #24
    Carazy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭Carazy


    Palmach wrote: »
    Can't understand this "Ghost Town" idea. I have relations there and it is hopping from Whit till the middle of August. Busy all the time. If the definition of Kilkee in Summer is Ghost Town god help the other resorts in Clare

    Kilkee is a ghost town for most of the year without a dobut, the amount of empty holiday homes is crazy. Summer months it picks up.


  • #25
    Razorblades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Razorblades


    Le_Dieux wrote: »
    Have no idea who you are razorblades. But I read another thread you contributed to ( http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056521511 ), and the more I read your messages the more you sound like a person named skopzz who I also believe to be from the same area as You claim you are from, and who made wild foreecasts in the past.

    You one and the same person?
    No i am not Skopzz, who ever that may be? Is he from Kilrush?


  • #26
    Razorblades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Razorblades


    Palmach wrote: »
    Can't understand this "Ghost Town" idea. I have relations there and it is hopping from Whit till the middle of August. Busy all the time. If the definition of Kilkee in Summer is Ghost Town god help the other resorts in Clare
    Ahh, the town is nothing but a ghost town now, you should visit more often and see for yourself instead of coming in the middle of August.


  • #27
    Palmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Palmach


    Razorblades wrote: »
    Palmach wrote: »
    Can't understand this "Ghost Town" idea. I have relations there and it is hopping from Whit till the middle of August. Busy all the time. If the definition of Kilkee in Summer is Ghost Town god help the other resorts in Clare
    Ahh, the town is nothing but a ghost town now, you should visit more often and see for yourself instead of coming in the middle of August.
    I am there all year round and I can tell it has its highs and lows but to call it a ghost town is ott nonsense.


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