General Dunshaughlin news

rizzee

Just seen them there, hope people have wellies! It's going to be mental this weekend, especially with the influx of new families over the last few months.

Exile59

I think the more amusements, the more scary straw men, the more fuss and effort made in Dunshaughlin this weekend, the better!

As someone from outside the area I think it really is such a great reflection of the town and brings a great sense of community spirit and a little bit of pride to the place. Far too many towns like Ashbourne and Ratoath are over run with us outsiders and are totally losing their sense of identity (how about Ashbourne Credit Union congratulation 'their' senior footballers on winning the 5 in a row....!) so it is great to see both locals and those who have moved here to create a sense of community at the end of September every year.

A harvest festival keeps the sense of a small town community while still embracing inevitable development and progression away from actually being a small town.

Maysa07

As the old saying .. "no such thing bad weather just inappropriate clothing"

Should be a great few days.

ciaran76

Dropped down to the festival yesterday and it was very well run.

Good fun and the kids had fun.

Gonzo

ciaran76 wrote: »

Dropped down to the festival yesterday and it was very well run.

Good fun and the kids had fun.

we were very lucky with the weather considering the forecast leading up to it. Most of the rain fell at night when we were all asleep. Saturday was a bit damp and cool but yesterday was a lovely day for it.

Gonzo

I see the empty butcher's building opposite the pharmacy/Tara News now has a reserved sign. Wonder what's going in there, hope it's not another pharmacy or hairdressers.

GeneHunt

Gonzo wrote: »

I see the empty butcher's building opposite the pharmacy/Tara News now has a reserved sign. Wonder what's going in there, hope it's not another pharmacy or hairdressers.

It could be a Chinese Take away!!!

GeneHunt

I understand Massimo's Restaurant closed there doors last night, and is going to be refurnished over the next few weeks and is to re-open again before Christmas.

A320

The fitters have the place pulled apart already,hopefully theyll actually serve pizzas once they reopen....

Gonzo

A320 wrote: »

The fitters have the place pulled apart already,hopefully theyll actually serve pizzas once they reopen....

They would be very foolish to do all this refurbishment and not put in a pizza oven. No doubt this was hurting their business. Not a restaurant to bring kids to when all they want is pizza.

ciaran76

Some mentioned this in my timeline earlier not sure if its related...https://linolaboutique.com/

GeneHunt

ciaran76 wrote: »

Some mentioned this in my timeline earlier not sure if its related...https://linolaboutique.com/

Is this where Utopia Boutique used to be, I wonder?

CUCINA

Exile59 wrote: »

I think the more amusements, the more scary straw men, the more fuss and effort made in Dunshaughlin this weekend, the better!

As someone from outside the area I think it really is such a great reflection of the town and brings a great sense of community spirit and a little bit of pride to the place. Far too many towns like Ashbourne and Ratoath are over run with us outsiders and are totally losing their sense of identity (how about Ashbourne Credit Union congratulation 'their' senior footballers on winning the 5 in a row....!) so it is great to see both locals and those who have moved here to create a sense of community at the end of September every year.

A harvest festival keeps the sense of a small town community while still embracing inevitable development and progression away from actually being a small town.

Agree with all of the above...you have to hand it to the organisers and volunteers. Possibly the best year so far. My wife and I went to the variety show on the Friday evening. We were both really impressed with the professionalism of the presentation and the quality of the performers etc...ten out of ten.

Gonzo

CUCINA wrote: »

Agree with all of the above...you have to hand it to the organisers and volunteers. Possibly the best year so far. My wife and I went to the variety show on the Friday evening. We were both really impressed with the professionalism of the presentation and the quality of the performers etc...ten out of ten.

the festival was very good again this year and they really got lucky with the weather, considering the awful conditions we've had since yesterday morning. My only criticism of the festival is that everything seemed more expensive this year, food prices in particular were up several euros, few of my friends thought the same. They ended up buying food in Macarri's and supervalu instead.

andreac

Gonzo wrote: »

the festival was very good again this year and they really got lucky with the weather, considering the awful conditions we've had since yesterday morning. My only criticism of the festival is that everything seemed more expensive this year, food prices in particular were up several euros, few of my friends thought the same. They ended up buying food in Macarri's and supervalu instead.

I really enjoyed it, but my only gripe was with the cost to get in to the bouncy castles area. 5 euro i thought was madness per child. 2 euro would have been more than enough to pay i think.
But overall i thought it was great and it's improving year on year so huge well done to the committee.

Exile59

We had a great time as well at the festival! It was a really good showing by the organisers and well done to all involved. Regarding the costs for bouncy castles/food etc, I would think that was down to each individual business themselves and completely outside the remit of the festival. I do know they have to pay quite a bit to have a space there so maybe they are just recouping their overheads...

On another point, it looks like Dunshaughlin has finally turned a corner....Massimo's doing a well needed complete revamp, Palette & Plate opening where Cafe Bella was (I have seen their website for the business they own in Drogheda and their food looks great!) Boyne Dental to get the aul chompers scrubbed every so often and a new boutique shop thing (clearly not into women's fashion). And we saw they're doing a fair bit of work in the old butchers. I'd like to see a decent butchers go in there.

Or a phone repair shop. I think the town definitely needs another one of those.

Gonzo

Exile59 wrote: »

And we saw they're doing a fair bit of work in the old butchers. I'd like to see a decent butchers go in there.

If another butcher goes in there it needs to be a very good butcher with a large range of product that is not always available in Supervalu or Lidl. Gleesons would be a good choice.

The past 3 butchers closed down because they had limited product and not a hope of staying in business against Supervalu or Lidl. However I think that unit is a bit too small for a decent butchers like Gleesons.

Gonzo

saw a few young lads painting the outside of the butchers shop yesterday, I'm guessing it could be a phone repair shop or a Chinese takeaway. We shall know for sure over the next few days.

Branner1

Just wondering if anyone knows what is going on at the old workhouse on the way into Dunshaughlin? Seems to be some renovation work over the past couple of weeks. Is it ever opened up to the public for viewing as a museum at all or what way is kept?

ciaran76

New Cafe opening where Cafe Bella was I see.
Called Plate and Palette Cafe and opens tomorrow I believe.

andreac

Anyone know when the work on the new Aldi is to start?

GeneHunt

Branner1 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone knows what is going on at the old workhouse on the way into Dunshaughlin? Seems to be some renovation work over the past couple of weeks. Is it ever opened up to the public for viewing as a museum at all or what way is kept?

Yeah, I noticed that too, I just though it's a new entrance to the Workhouse, but I was thinking why do it?

GeneHunt

andreac wrote: »

Anyone know when the work on the new Aldi is to start?

As the new Aldi Store will be located partly in Madden's existing car park. I think, for work to start on the new Aldi, a few other related things have to be completed first.

• Clear a big portion of Madden's yards to make way for Madden's new car park.
  
• Construct new car park / fencing with in Madden's yard.
  
• Once the new car park is up and running, construct new boundary fence between Aldi site and Maddens.
  
• Start construction of new Aldi store.

So, I think, the place to watch is the left hand side of Madden's Yard. Not too sure how long the above could take, but it will probably take a few weeks.

maik3n

It did/does seem in recent weeks that Maddens have trimmed their yard stock so maybe things are on the right track.

Then again, maybe they were just doing a general tidy/clean up of the yard.

Gonzo

What used to be the butchers opposite Tara News is getting kitted out today, I'm afraid to say this but those look like hair dressing chairs being installed on the inside! Possibly another barbers.

GeneHunt

Gonzo wrote: »

What used to be the butchers opposite Tara News is getting kitted out today, I'm afraid to say this but those look like hair dressing chairs being installed on the inside! Possibly another barbers.

Just seen the chairs too, it's not another barbers for sure, the chairs were still in plastic, so a little hard to tell, but to me each chair looked like they had a foot bath, so I think it's a pedicure salon.

GeneHunt

GeneHunt wrote: »

As the new Aldi Store will be located partly in Madden's existing car park. I think, for work to start on the new Aldi, a few other related things have to be completed first.

• Clear a big portion of Madden's yards to make way for Madden's new car park.
  
• Construct new car park / fencing with in Madden's yard.
  
• Once the new car park is up and running, construct new boundary fence between Aldi site and Maddens.
  
• Start construction of new Aldi store.

So, I think, the place to watch is the left hand side of Madden's Yard. Not too sure how long the above could take, but it will probably take a few weeks.

I noticed a excavator working in the back of Maddens yard today.

tara83

I think a nail bar was mentioned earlier in the thread so chairs for pedicures would make sense

Metalpanic

GeneHunt wrote: »

Just seen the chairs too, it's not another barbers for sure, the chairs were still in plastic, so a little hard to tell, but to me each chair looked like they had a foot bath, so I think it's a pedicure salon.

Great can get my nails done while I eat Chinese and get my phone repaired!

GeneHunt

Metalpanic wrote: »

Great can get my nails done while I eat Chinese and get my phone repaired!

You forgot about your hair cut