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Unique only-found-in-Galway gift?

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  • 17-07-2013 3:36pm
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    Encrustment
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I'll be in Galway for the weekend and was wondering if ye have any gift ideas that I can bring back to the country of Cork?:pac:

    Not a claddagh ring! Something cheaper, and Galway-ee. Chocolates would be nice but I'm afraid they'll melt on the way back.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.


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    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    A few bottles of Galway* Hooker beer?







    * technically Roscommon but we'll claim them as our own.


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    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Something made with connemara marble? You can get jewellery, keyrings, bookmarks, etc all made from it.


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    BeardySi
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    newkie wrote: »
    A few bottles of Galway* Hooker beer?
    * technically Roscommon but we'll claim them as our own.

    Haven't they opened the new brewery in Oranmore yet? :)

    How about taking a hippie home, there's plenty spare in Galway in the summer! ;)

    How about some of the paintings or photos of city scenes available in the market? Many of the smaller ones are pretty reasonable...


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    Encrustment
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    Good ideas, keep 'em coming!

    You can keep the feckin hippies :D


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    snubbleste
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    A bottle of genuine Galway Water..


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    mikom
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    Crabs.......... Galway crabs.


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    inisboffin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    They have lovely local choccy and edibles in Mc Cambridges and Sheridans.
    Something from the Market, loads of handmade and local art there. Bog oak hooker?(not a punk band I swear)


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    jamesdiver
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    Nautical (admiralty) chart of Galway bay. Approx 30euro, and you can probably get them in Galway Maritime down the docks.


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    dilallio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭dilallio


    I will be footing the turf at the weekend.

    For a genuine Galway experience, why don't you give me a hand - I'll even throw in a free bag of genuine Galway turf which is very sought after. The EU is after our bogs - getting you hands on some Galway turf is a bit like having a bit of the Berlin Wall in your posession.


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    Encrustment
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    Where can I buy these Connemara marble things?


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    swiftman
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭swiftman


    take a picture with wee man and get him to sign it. that would be Unique


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    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Encrustment wrote: »
    Where can I buy these Connemara marble things?
    I'll PM you because I work there and don't want to look like a pimp.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    A Galway Girl? I hear some of 'em are pretty cheap.


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    swiftman
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    A Galway Girl? I hear some of 'em are pretty cheap.

    eastern european women are even cheaper! they can get very moody tho!


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    restingpilgrim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭restingpilgrim


    What about a "Galway Memories" poster.


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    Das Kitty
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    FouxDaFaFa wrote: »
    I'll PM you because I work there and don't want to look like a pimp.

    You work for the little people, so you do.

    Hows about a Seavite gift pack? Probably a bit out of budget if a ring is though. Or is it the symbolism you're trying to avoid there? :P


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    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    You work for the little people, so you do.
    Stop! They'll beat me.

    I think the photo/painting from the market is a good idea too.


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    Cheshire Cat
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    OP have a look at this site: http://www.madeingalway.ie/ you can find plenty of ideas there.

    Judy Greene in Kirwan's Lane is also worth a look.
    The Bone Carving Studio (2 Victoria Place) sells some stunning and unusual pieces. You can even book a class to carve your own piece.

    You should also have a look here: https://www.facebook.com/MyShopGrannyLikesIt?ref=ts&fref=ts This shop sells stuff from Irish crafters, many of them local.

    Hope you'll enjoy your stay in Galway


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    Das Kitty
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    FouxDaFaFa wrote: »
    Stop! They'll beat me.

    A shillelagh beating must hurt :(

    Judy Greene's is very Galway OP.


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    Robbo
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    Another vote for some Judy Greene pottery.


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    beardybrewer
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    FouxDaFaFa wrote: »
    Stop! They'll beat me.

    I think the photo/painting from the market is a good idea too.

    Agreed. I got a copy of a painting last year from the market featuring the Cathedral and canal w/ fishermen all done in this Van Gogh Starry Night style. Love it!

    Always great quintessential Galway photos there too.


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    biko
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    Bottles of Galway Hooker. Cannae go wrong with alcohol.


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    Col200sx
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    I remember buying a few wood carved painted frames of Galway's Pubs.

    Some guy down the market used to do this by hand. Excellent quality.

    Family in the US and Oz loved them, remember sending: The Dew Drop Inn, The Quays and Taaffes (iirc) and they sit proudly on their walls now.

    I haven't seen him in a while though, but maybe another Boardsie may know where he is?


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    biko
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    Galway Arts Festival posters perhaps?
    http://store.galwayartsfestival.com/collections/posters


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    _Whimsical_
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    There are some terrible girlfriend present ideas here.
    They are great ideas for a dad or a relative abroad, but not for a gf. :)

    Get the Judy Greens or the jewelry if it's nice. Otherwise get her a stick of rock and something complete un-Galway related.
    Be sure to send her a pic of somewhere lovely you visit and say "wish you were here". If you find nothing nice to buy then just buy the chocs on the way home. :)


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    Encrustment
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭Encrustment


    Got her a Connemara shtone bracelet, made in Ireland rose perfume stuff, and a bottle of Galway water!


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    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Encrustment wrote: »
    Got her a Connemara shtone bracelet, made in Ireland rose perfume stuff, and a bottle of Galway water!
    We can't advocate murder here.


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