St Nicholas church is on fire

thesandeman

That's all I have.

empacher

havent seen anything, are you sure/ surely some newspaper would have a facewbook post about it now.

thesandeman

All sorted now. Boiler went on fire. No damage apparently.

biko

It's a bit of a jump from a boiler fire to "St Nicholas church is on fire"..

I was in there yesterday, I could have been killed!

thesandeman

Well there were two engines and they cordoned off the street. They were on the ball.

Mrs OBumble

Reassuring to know that they have a monitoring system which works.

Mearings

Those 14th century boilers, they don't put the same stuff into them nowadays.

_Whimsical_

biko wrote: »

It's a bit of a jump from a boiler fire to "St Nicholas church is on fire"..

I was in there yesterday, I could have been killed!

I'm sure the Independent could work with that!

"Biko narrowly escapes death my a mere 24 hours in shocker church Christmas blaze!"

It's like the time Katherine Thomas' mother was almost killed in the beach shooting in Tunisia by having visited there 3 months beforehand.

nuac

Glad to hear this historic building was not damaged.

Congrats to those who installed and maintained the fire detection equipment and to the fire brigade

Gadgetman496

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Reassuring to know that they have a monitoring system which works.

Yup. The "thesandeman Mk II" is a great system

Rainman16

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up. In Longford there was 30 million wasted on St Mel's.

Just thinking how that money could have been used in that community. It's disgusting that it was pissed away on a useless building where pedophiles tell deluded people, nonsense stories.

Skommando

Rainman16 wrote: »

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up. In Longford there was 30 million wasted on St Mel's.

Just thinking how that money could have been used in that community. It's disgusting that it was pissed away on a useless building where pedophiles tell deluded people, nonsense stories.

don't be an arsehole

nuac

Rainman16 wrote: »

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up. In Longford there was 30 million wasted on St Mel's.

Just thinking how that money could have been used in that community. It's disgusting that it was pissed away on a useless building where pedophiles tell deluded people, nonsense stories.

Or the €9 million and rising for a place where hoi aristoi may watch arty films

Rainman16

Skommando wrote: »

don't be an arsehole

Improve the hospitals, the schools, give it to the Irish heart foundation, Irish cancer society, MS Ireland, Irish guide dogs. There are so many great causes out there that could have really used that money. What a terrible waste.

feargale

Rainman16 wrote: »

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up. In Longford there was 30 million wasted on St Mel's.

Just thinking how that money could have been used in that community. It's disgusting that it was pissed away on a useless building where pedophiles tell deluded people, nonsense stories.

What an original post, I think not. And into the bargain you have defamed every member of clergy who ever preached in St. Mel's. Have you ever posted similar stuff about other institutions implicated in sex abuse, the BBC or the FA for instance? Have you turned your back on the BBC or soccer?
We can't post about the weather now without having some A&A a$$ole join in to blame the Pope for the weather.
Apart from anything else St. Nicholas' in Galway is of immense historical interest. It is said that Columbus worshipped there.
The only bigger pain in the ass than a religious zealot is an irreligious one.

Zaph

Rainman16 wrote: »

Improve the hospitals, the schools, give it to the Irish heart foundation, Irish cancer society, MS Ireland, Irish guide dogs. There are so many great causes out there that could have really used that money. What a terrible waste.

I'm sure the insurance company would have been delighted to shell out all that money to fund those good causes for no reason at all. But instead they insisted on it being used to rebuild the church. Bastards!

Some people really will look for any excuse to give out. :rolleyes:

Kristopherus

Rainman16 wrote: »

Improve the hospitals, the schools, give it to the Irish heart foundation, Irish cancer society, MS Ireland, Irish guide dogs. There are so many great causes out there that could have really used that money. What a terrible waste.

Take a running jump and don't be spouting about something you know nothing about:mad:. Iirc the money for Longford was from contributions nationwide.

misstearheus

biko wrote: »

I was in there yesterday, I could have been killed!

Biko?? In a Church?!? BLASPHEMY!

ballsymchugh

Kristopherus wrote: »

Take a running jump and don't be spouting about something you know nothing about:mad:. Iirc the money for Longford was from contributions nationwide.

zaph was right, it was paid for by insurance. the original post that you replied to is some load of bollox.

st mel's is probably one of the most visited buildings in the country outside of Dublin since it reopened.

Arghus

Rainman16 wrote: »

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up. In Longford there was 30 million wasted on St Mel's.

Just thinking how that money could have been used in that community. It's disgusting that it was pissed away on a useless building where pedophiles tell deluded people, nonsense stories.

I burst out laughing when I read this.

Take it easy pal.

Redhairedguy

pure.conya

biko wrote: »

It's a bit of a jump from a boiler fire to "St Nicholas church is on fire"..

I was in there yesterday, I could have been killed!

You should do the lotto

InTheTrees

Rainman16 wrote: »

The saddest thing is that if that place did burn down, they would have wasted millions putting it back up.

I share your views on religion however any building that was built in the 1300's deserves some preservation.

empacher

The best thing is the guy has never posted in the Galway forum before. Coming from a non religious person. some atheists come across as fanatic in their hatred of the church, comparable with those in the westboro baptist church.

beardybrewer

The worst thing is the guy distracted us from taking the piss out of thesandeman

InTheTrees

Well I'm as athiest as anyone but there's no denying its a beautiful building in a great position too. It's really a part of the history of galway.

Mrs OBumble

beardybrewer wrote: »

The worst thing is the guy distracted us from taking the piss out of thesandeman

Temporary blip 😄


St Nics is also a major concert venue, in a city which is surprisingly short of them given the number of choirs it has. If we lost it, twould be wayyyy more yhan just a church building.

thesandeman

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

. If we lost it, twould be wayyyy more yhan just a church building.

And it could have spread to Tí Cóilí 😯

empacher

thesandeman wrote: »

And it could have spread to Tí Cóilí 😯

Now you're just being ridiculous. Your ability to exaggerate is out of this world.

civis_liberalis

thesandeman wrote: »

St Nicholas church is on fire

Santa Claus is terrified...

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civis_liberalis wrote: »

Santa Claus is terrified...

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Santa Claus = Saint Nicholas