Old nightclubs and pubs in Limerick

katiek102010

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Quinn’s, Jesus that takes me back!

I wonder how many of us probably would recognise each other’s faces from being out and about back in the day?!?

I miss Quinns. Lived overhead Mollys for a while in uni

katiek102010

banie01 wrote: »

Did you know the doorman?
One way to get a lad revved up before you take him home

Nah didn't realise it was a lapdancing club. It had just changed at the time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. He married me 🤣🤣🤣

mitresize5

surprised Baker Place and the Wicked Chicken haven't had a mention.

That side of town was a busy spot for a while.

Is the mural of the girl with the affro hair still on the dance floor of Costellos?

Popoutman

mitresize5 wrote: »

surprised Baker Place and the Wicked Chicken haven't had a mention.

That side of town was a busy spot for a while.

Is the mural of the girl with the affro hair still on the dance floor of Costellos?

So that's what that is?

I used work in Cairo's (the Park) collecting glasses. Good workmates, scary owner. The crew that ran it used also run Sir Henry's in Cork, completely unsurprising! Two pounds an hour for "four hours" of work, often ending up working six. Minimum wage was a dream at that point!

When was it when the upstairs part of Baker Place was the local swinger's club until that migrated to the industrial unit out towards the Tipperary road?

breezy1985

mitresize5 wrote: »

surprised Baker Place and the Wicked Chicken haven't had a mention.

That side of town was a busy spot for a while.

Is the mural of the girl with the affro hair still on the dance floor of Costellos?

Wicked chicken/Bakers was good but didn't last very long. 4/5 years at the most I would say and I doubt many but the usual crowd going there would remember it

Ash.J.Williams

breezy1985 wrote: »

Wicked chicken/Bakers was good but didn't last very long. 4/5 years at the most I would say and I doubt many but the usual crowd going there would remember it

bakers was class or breaker face as it was known

YFlyer

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

bakers was class or breaker face as it was known

We used to live in Little Catherine Street. One of us would pay into Baker Place and then open the fire door to leave everyone else in.

Insect Overlord

The Wicked Chicken was my favourite place in town around 2008-2011 (IIRC). The music, the pictures/paintings, the candles, the first few craft/foreign beers, it was unreal. Live music next door in Bakers most nights too, and then a short stroll to Costello's for the late night. Stupid recession ruined everything.

YFlyer

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The Wicked Chicken was my favourite place in town around 2008-2011 (IIRC). The music, the pictures/paintings, the candles, the first few craft/foreign beers, it was unreal. Live music next door in Bakers most nights too, and then a short stroll to Costello's for the late night. Stupid recession ruined everything.

And Daffys after Costellos.

Cookiemunster

breezy1985 wrote: »

Wicked chicken/Bakers was good but didn't last very long. 4/5 years at the most I would say and I doubt many but the usual crowd going there would remember it

4 or 5 years? I was going to Baker Place in the mid 90s. The Wicked Chicken lasted 15 years. Trust me there are plenty of us who have great memories of the place.

overthebridge

Popoutman wrote: »

So that's what that is?

I used work in Cairo's (the Park) collecting glasses. Good workmates, scary owner. The crew that ran it used also run Sir Henry's in Cork, completely unsurprising! Two pounds an hour for "four hours" of work, often ending up working six. Minimum wage was a dream at that point!

When was it when the upstairs part of Baker Place was the local swinger's club until that migrated to the industrial unit out towards the Tipperary road?

I was a regular in The Cairo back in the day. I was at the first night that they put on waaaaay back when. It was a cracking spot for a time then the usual dodgy heads
kinda ruined it and all the normal folk moved back into Strictly.

breezy1985

Cookiemunster wrote: »

4 or 5 years? I was going to Baker Place in the mid 90s. The Wicked Chicken lasted 15 years. Trust me there are plenty of us who have great memories of the place.

I didn't realize it had been called Wicked Chicken for that long. It had been Bakers for years but it opened and closed a few times. The version I used go to didn't open till after the Termights/Globe and the Stool closed and I think was closed before the Blind Pig opened but can't fully remember

YFlyer

breezy1985 wrote: »

I didn't realize it had been called Wicked Chicken for that long. It had been Bakers for years but it opened and closed a few times. The version I used go to didn't open till after the Termights/Globe and the Stool closed and I think was closed before the Blind Pig opened but can't fully remember

There was a period where the Baker Place upstairs bar was ran by some guy that had New York Fire Department photos. Post 911 I believe.

breezy1985

YFlyer wrote: »

There was a period where the Baker Place upstairs bar was ran by some guy that had New York Fire Officers photos. Post 911 I believe.

I think he was the first to reopen it during the 00s and it became the music venue after that. I think the 00s Wicked Chicken just slowly started to take over more and more of the building as it got popular

source

YFlyer wrote: »

There was a period where the Baker Place upstairs bar was ran by some guy that had New York Fire Department photos. Post 911 I believe.

The Precinct, he was ex NYPD I believe , lots of police memorabilia and patches in there.

YFlyer

breezy1985 wrote: »

I think he was the first to reopen it during the 00s and it became the music venue after that. I think the 00s Wicked Chicken just slowly started to take over more and more of the building as it got popular

Think the lads of 8 ball magazine were involved, to some degree at least, with Wicked Chicken.

YFlyer

source wrote: »

The Precinct, he was ex NYPD I believe , lots of police memorabilia and patches in there.

That's him.

breezy1985

source wrote: »

The Precinct, he was ex NYPD I believe , lots of police memorabilia and patches in there.

That's the one. I don't think it ever got off the ground really. Felt too much like a fake Irish bar in America for me to ever warm to it

source

breezy1985 wrote: »

That's the one. I don't think it ever got off the ground really. Felt too much like a fake Irish bar in America for me to ever warm to it

It was successful enough in its own way, I was up there regularly, it was more a place for a quiet drink than a roaring night out.

breezy1985

source wrote: »

It was successful enough in its own way, I was up there regularly, it was more a place for a quiet drink than a roaring night out.

It's those quiet drink spots I miss most these days

Ray Donovan

adaminho wrote: »

That was every Pub in town! Used to throw our shoe's out the top window of the Henry Cecil!
Anyone remember Moby Dick's on the Dock Road? Became Ciarain Careys then Clem Smiths and then The Kasbah? Used to be famous because they had a Mast Head of a Mermaid as a bar pillar that kept on getting the nipples robbed off it. Ended up making national news! Between that and the Wounded King statue in the peoples park getting his mickey robbed we were either prudes or pervs!
https://images.app.goo.gl/9KLfjpT7V8rU5emV8

I was regular in Moby Dicks/Ciaran’s/Clems for years. Just lived around the corner on Alphonsus St. Also used to frequent O’Dwyers a lot which was formerly Larry Murphy’s. (No harm there was a name change!!)

Ray Donovan

source wrote: »

It was successful enough in its own way, I was up there regularly, it was more a place for a quiet drink than a roaring night out.

Where was The Precinct again? It rings a bell.

breezy1985

Ray Donovan wrote: »

I was regular in Moby Dicks/Ciaran’s/Clems for years. Just lived around the corner on Alphonsus St. Also used to frequent O’Dwyers a lot which was formerly Larry Murphy’s. (No harm there was a name change!!)

Went there a few times very early in the morning after shifts in nightclubs when it was Ciarans/Clems

source

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Where was The Precinct again? It rings a bell.

Baker Place.

manna452121

Ray Donovan wrote: »

I was regular in Moby Dicks/Ciaran’s/Clems for years. Just lived around the corner on Alphonsus St. Also used to frequent O’Dwyers a lot which was formerly Larry Murphy’s. (No harm there was a name change!!)

Some good times in Larry Murphy’s

MarkR

manna452121 wrote: »

Some good times in Larry Murphy’s

That's an unfortunate name for a pub. :eek:

Granadino

Popoutman wrote: »

So that's what that is?

When was it when the upstairs part of Baker Place was the local swinger's club until that migrated to the industrial unit out towards the Tipperary road?

The wha! Brave folk going to a swingers joint in Limk. "Do I know you from somewhere?" You could bump into your boss or cousin there....

adaminho

Granadino wrote: »

The wha! Brave folk going to a swingers joint in Limk. "Do I know you from somewhere?" You could bump into your boss or cousin there....

Reminds me about going to Bubilicious for a gay workmates birthday one night and meeting my Girlfriends mates at the bar! Cue a twenty minute giving out to about leading her on! The slagging when I got back to them and told them "I just got the Ball's chewed off me at the bar!

irishproduce

What was the place on Ellen st. Was a gay bar I think and used to be great for a night out

Cookiemunster

irishproduce wrote: »

What was the place on Ellen st. Was a gay bar I think and used to be great for a night out

Quinns. Part gay bar, part student bar, part biker bar.

phill106

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Quinns. Part gay bar, part student bar, part biker bar.

Ymca karaoke must have been epic

Ash.J.Williams

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Quinns. Part gay bar, part student bar, part biker bar.

Best pub in Limerick back in the day

It was the 90s we called it queer Quinns because that was fine back then, had my 21st there and we bailed in around 7pm, we didn’t know it opened at 7pm so basically the owner opened the latch as we piled in the door and frightened the crap out of him

breezy1985

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Quinns. Part gay bar, part student bar, part biker bar.

And a decent priced roast during the day with deep fried ice cream on the dessert menu

orm0nd

breezy1985 wrote: »

And a decent priced roast during the day with deep fried ice cream on the dessert menu

used to call in if in town, trying to remember the man's name kinda running the show , serving tables , I think it was Christy.

for us culchies he was a kinda llaison officer pre mobile phones.

Jmccoy1

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orm0nd wrote: »

used to call in if in town, trying to remember the man's name kinda running the show , serving tables , I think it was Christy.

for us culchies he was a kinda llaison officer pre mobile phones.

Christy was a legend.

godfrey

sioda wrote: »

Featherys Shannon Arms Henry Street now apartments
Cheers 35 - 37 Catherine Street now derelict after being a few different watering holes
Glory Hole no clue
Costello's still open Dominic street Limerick

The Glory Hole was a basement bar under The George Hotel, and part of the hotel. In later years it was also a live music venue.

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Ash.J.Williams

Costelloes was amazing
Jaysus it was 26 years ago now for me


Roots bloody roots would come one and then switched to something lighter every time due to the carnage

bazz26

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Costelloes was amazing
Jaysus it was 26 years ago now for me :)


Roots bloody roots would come one and then switched to something lighter every time due to the carnage

If it's any comfort, the carpet is still the same 26 years later.

sioda

bazz26 wrote: »

If it's any comfort, the carpet is still the same 26 years later.

Its not they changed it a few years ago

https://www.dailyedge.ie/limerick-pub-2280238-Aug2015/

Ash.J.Williams

bazz26 wrote: »

If it's any comfort, the carpet is still the same 26 years later.

It was rough then could do with a shake an vac

peter4918

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Roots bloody roots would come one and then switched to something lighter every time due to the carnage

Brilliant! It was the same in termites when it’s a midlife crisis or she sell sanctuary used to come on. Place went mental!

breezy1985

peter4918 wrote: »

Brilliant! It was the same in termites when it’s a midlife crisis or she sell sanctuary used to come on. Place went mental!

Where's me jumper

adaminho

breezy1985 wrote: »

Where's me jumper

If it was Costelloe's it was probably in the DJ box with young Flan!

Ash.J.Williams

peter4918 wrote: »

Brilliant! It was the same in termites when it’s a midlife crisis or she sell sanctuary used to come on. Place went mental!

Here’s a gift so the greatest most spectacular stage dive ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3lX5Vj_G0

Insect Overlord

I'd love a few hours in the Wicked Chicken, the Blind Pig, or Mickey Martin's right about now. I miss that kind of vibe.

Cherrycoke

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I'd love a few hours in the Wicked Chicken, the Blind Pig, or Mickey Martin's right about now. I miss that kind of vibe.

It really feels like a lifetime ago

breezy1985

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I'd love a few hours in the Wicked Chicken, the Blind Pig, or Mickey Martin's right about now. I miss that kind of vibe.

Up until around 2003/4 Limerick had Termights, The Stool, Quinns and Costello's running at the same time along with Dolans for the big gigs

Insect Overlord

breezy1985 wrote: »

Up until around 2003/4 Limerick had Termights, The Stool, Quinns and Costello's running at the same time along with Dolans for the big gigs

Before my time! I was still playing Under 16s in 2004.

breezy1985

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Before my time! I was still playing Under 16s in 2004.

The first 3 were lost to developers although Termights reopened in Cecil St. to little success and was gone by about 2006 and The Precinct/Chicken started to fill the void

Insect Overlord

breezy1985 wrote: »

The first 3 were lost to developers although Termights reopened in Cecil St. to little success and was gone by about 2006 and The Precinct/Chicken started to fill the void

I got to see the "new" Termights a few times when they hosted the Lexes disco. Would love a night like that again. Everyone dressed in black and hopping off each other for RATM, SOAD, Nirvana and Drowning Pool.

It was always painful trying to explain to the crowd who preferred the Energiser that it wasn't just some kind of teenage drug orgy.