Favourite part of Eyre Square?

Galway_Old_Man

Well what's your favourite part of Eyre Square? There's a lot going for it but I think the best is the Galway Hooker fountain.

Zzippy

The back room in O'Connells.

Followed by the front bar in O'Connells.

Followed by the beer garden in O'Connells.

Honourable mention to the new snug... in O'Connells.

thesandeman

The grass.

biko

The paths so my shoes don't get muddy in the rain.

beardybrewer

biko wrote: »

The paths so my shoes don't get muddy in the rain.

So, you're against the grass then?

biko

I hate it so much I wish it could be Christmas market every day

Gremlinertia

The controversy

Mrs OBumble

The bus stops (all of them) so I can go someplace else.

Arghus

I like upstairs in cafe express, looking out the window at the comings and goings.

smurf492

Abrakebabra...

GalwayGrrrrrl

Supermacs at 3am on rag week.

thesandeman

The people who 'borrow' every cigarette I have as I go from the bottom to the top. My lifespan must have increased by about 30 years at this stage.

Whereisgalway

I like that it is now a amenity that can be used and enjoyed by all people with varied interests, beliefs and uses all year round

thesandeman

Whereisgalway wrote: »

I like that it is now a amenity that can be used and enjoyed by all people with varied interests, beliefs and uses all year round

And it's close to Murty Rabbits.

Arghus

thesandeman wrote: »

And it's close to Murty Rabbits.

Played out...

Boggy Turf

The value for money that was the "re-development"

thesandeman

Arghus wrote: »

Played out...

I was hoping that after the third time it was recommended, but alas.......

Your Face

I really don't like Eyre Square.
Its horrible looking.

ben.schlomo

Your Face wrote: »

I really don't like Eyre Square.
Its horrible looking.

Sorry no anti-recommendations allowed!

Galway_Old_Man

Your Face wrote: »

I really don't like Eyre Square.
Its horrible looking.

What do you think could be done to make it better?

Mrs OBumble

Galway_Old_Man wrote: »

What do you think could be done to make it better?

Put it beside a beach.

Redhairedguy

thesandeman wrote: »

And it's close to Murty Rabbits.

Ah here, ease up on the auld Murty Rabbits craic, shure what did it ever do to you...?

Your Face

Galway_Old_Man wrote: »

What do you think could be done to make it better?

Well not messing it up in the first place would have been nice.

However, to play along - I'd start with structual deficiencies ie a working drainage system.

FatherTed

I like the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue. Oh wait....

Actually it's really awful. It looked way better 100 years ago with the railing around it:

ArtyC

FatherTed wrote: »

I like the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue. Oh wait....

Actually it's really awful. It looked way better 100 years ago with the railing around it:

This!!

Arghus

Those were the days, when the square looked nice and nobody had any shoes and there was about fourteen of us to a bed all coughin', splutterin' and consumptin' on each other. And you might get a black spud between ye to do until the middle of next week, but you couldn't be certain how long because all the days were the same and you didn't know their names anyway. And you couldn't count beyond one, even if you had more than one of anything to count - which was never.

But sure, weren't we happy. And the square looked lovely.

Mrs OBumble

FatherTed wrote: »

That looks like a rape-danger zone to me.

Galway_Old_Man

FatherTed wrote: »

I like the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue. Oh wait....

Ah yes, now there's the man for the square! How many of us have pics as kids (or older) sitting on his lap! I saw a nice collage of loads of such photos in the Galway Museum when last there.

And sitting on top of the cannons made you feel like a boss.

bobbyss

Galway_Old_Man wrote:

Well what's your favourite part of Eyre Square? There's a lot going for it but I think the best is the Galway Hooker fountain.

Yeah. Especially when there's water in it.