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Is Athlone the trendiest place in Ireland ?

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    #92
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users Posts: 4,505 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    holyhead wrote: »
    When Golden Island was built Church St stopped being the main shopping street in the town. As for Centra convenience shops are always useful in a central location. Tattoo shop makes sense as retail units become bigger smaller units are harder to rent. Charity shops are on most main streets in Ireland now and in the UK.
    Although Church St is a curious mix of tenants filling it's units most units are full which is pretty good by modern standards. Visit Carlow to see what a devastated Main Street looks like.

    golden island should never have got planning permission. its on the wrong side of the town


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    #93
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    enricoh wrote: »
    Great pub along the river though - Sean's?

    Oldest pub in the world, apparently.
    partyguinness wrote: »
    It's the middle of nowhere. Places get less trendy the further away from water (i.e. the sea) you go. That is fair general rule all over the world.

    Both Paris and Berlin are many hours' drive from the sea.


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    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    beggars_bush wrote: »
    golden island should never have got planning permission. its on the wrong side of the town

    Where would you fit the huge car parks with provision for bus stops and a short walk to lovely river views? Roscommon side's small bit of flat land is wasted by the Church and Barracks. Good luck getting that back for something useful.

    The Centre was one of the best things to happen to the town, its popularity is still seen 22 years on. Took a sleepy town out of the dark ages IMO.


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    #95
    dePeatrick
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    riddles wrote: »
    It is cold, damp and miserable. I can’t think of anything positive about other than a stonking great by pass. Hard to believe the main route to the west was over the bridge and through the town. It’s rivaled only by Carlow in terms of utter bleakness.
    Its actually in one of the lowest rainfall areas in the country, but don't let that fact get in the way of your obvious depression :D


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