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    #32
    athlonelad
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭athlonelad


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    the only decent part of Athlone is in Roscommon. So wrong forum.

    Be careful. The rest of Athlone might do a Putin on it and annex the Rossies


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    #33
    cyclops999
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭cyclops999


    The only decent things to come out of Mullingar & Roscommon are the roads to Athlone.;-)


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    #34
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    I lived in Mullingar for almost 2 years and never saw a single fight, never mind getting set upon by anyone, locals or otherwise.

    The fact of the matter is that every single town in the country has a scummy element to it, thats unavoidable, but Ive found once you dont act the bollix then its a rarity that anything will kick off, anywhere..


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    #35
    patsy sally
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭patsy sally


    just in regards to hotels in the town what hotel/hotels would you recommend to stay as going to be booking over the weekend..


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    #36
    BaronVon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭BaronVon


    The 4 central ones are the Greville, the Annebrook, the Austin Friar, and the Newbury. All are walk-able and wouldn't need a taxi.

    The Park hotel is just at the edge of town, and the Bloomfield is out of town.

    I've stayed in the Newbury, it would probably be the cheapest, nice rooms, residents bar.


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    #37
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    plenty of guesthouses too.
    ring the hotels and do a deal. some of the hotels do online deals.


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    #38
    patsy sally
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭patsy sally


    ok will ring around cheers for that


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    #39
    Slimseamie
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Slimseamie


    Anybody that says Mullingar is a kip or dangerous is an idiot, very ignorant thing to say and probably judges a town based solely what they see on the news, is there scumbags there, yes, unsavoury elements to the town, yes, is Mullingar dangerous and is your life being threatened arriving into it, ha hardly and to say so is laughable.

    Makes me angry because I like this town and I shouldn't have to defend it, I can understand maybe people being worried after seeing what happened at the cemetery, but its silly to judge a town based on some idiotic inhabitants that do idiotic things.

    Based on the logic used in this thread by some, no town in Ireland would be safe as you could be assaulted randomly at any time, ridiculous.

    Mullingar doesn't have a monopoly on scumbags or a monopoly on unprovoked assaults and if it was "unsafe" to go out in or to live in, people wouldn't do either, simple as that, good craic to be had here and anybody that encourages somebody to avoid the place is an idiot.


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    #40
    Time Now Please
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Time Now Please


    Slimseamie wrote: »
    Anybody that says Mullingar is a kip or dangerous is an idiot, very ignorant thing to say and probably judges a town based solely what they see on the news, is there scumbags there, yes, unsavoury elements to the town, yes, is Mullingar dangerous and is your life being threatened arriving into it, ha hardly and to say so is laughable.

    Makes me angry because I like this town and I shouldn't have to defend it, I can understand maybe people being worried after seeing what happened at the cemetery, but its silly to judge a town based on some idiotic inhabitants that do idiotic things.

    Based on the logic used in this thread by some, no town in Ireland would be safe as you could be assaulted randomly at any time, ridiculous.

    Mullingar doesn't have a monopoly on scumbags or a monopoly on unprovoked assaults and if it was "unsafe" to go out in or to live in, people wouldn't do either, simple as that, good craic to be had here and anybody that encourages somebody to avoid the place is an idiot.

    Eh.. tell me so what happened in St. Loman's Club House when twelve armed Gardai had to wade into a crowd of yobs who started a mass brawl, I suppose none of these guys were local either.


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    #41
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Time Now Please wrote: »
    Eh.. tell me so what happened in St. Loman's Club House when twelve armed Gardai had to wade into a crowd of yobs who started a mass brawl, I suppose none of these guys were local either.

    travellers were drinking, at a communion party.


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    #42
    patsy sally
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭patsy sally


    right i said i would come on after the weekend stay in mullingar and give my opinions,we visited a lot of pubs dannys the crossbar dolans
    clarkes caseys greville arms newbury annebrook hotels and plenty more aswell,and i didnt see or have any bother in any of these places,we walked around the town at night went to take aways and not a problem either,at times might of been only 2 of us together still not a problem,as in any town will always come across people drunk and falling over on roads and foothpaths but thats the norm in any town,we walked from town to greyhound stadium and back saturday night no problems again,a few of the group were a bit nervous about going up because had heard the town was rough,but said yesterday evening that it wasnt any worst than any town,all in all didnt have any problems within the main parts of the town at all,maybe the outskirts of the town are rough but i cant comment on that as we stayed within the main part of the town,have to say i enjoyed the couple nights stay up there as did all the lads and would visit again no bother..


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    #43
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,447 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    patsy sally wrote: »
    right i said i would come on after the weekend stay in mullingar and give my opinions,we visited a lot of pubs dannys the crossbar dolans
    clarkes caseys greville arms newbury annebrook hotels and plenty more aswell,and i didnt see or have any bother in any of these places,we walked around the town at night went to take aways and not a problem either,at times might of been only 2 of us together still not a problem,as in any town will always come across people drunk and falling over on roads and foothpaths but thats the norm in any town,we walked from town to greyhound stadium and back saturday night no problems again,a few of the group were a bit nervous about going up because had heard the town was rough,but said yesterday evening that it wasnt any worst than any town,all in all didnt have any problems within the main parts of the town at all,maybe the outskirts of the town are rough but i cant comment on that as we stayed within the main part of the town,have to say i enjoyed the couple nights stay up there as did all the lads and would visit again no bother..

    Good to hear


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    #44
    DeeJunFan
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭DeeJunFan


    Thanks for the update. Sounds like you boys enjoyed yourselves.

    Be prepared though some people may accuse you of never having been to Mullingar! Surely you took a wrong turn and had a weekend in Tullamore if no-one was attacked.


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    #45
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Mullingar in 'nice town' shocker


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