New Shop Maynooth

It only lasted 8 weeks in Gregory's. Finished last month.

yeah coincidence that they're acutally about to get done up as you've started this conversation. was in glen royal a few years ago when i was in college & joined a while back when i moved to maynooth, was surprised at the lack of upgrade over the years. was in flyefit before i moved to maynooth which was much cheaper than both places, 32 per month or 35 for roaming pass, which i went with cos i could go my local or any of the like 5 they have in dublin city, often did for the craic of it if i was going shopping in town.

do wonder how much this uplift will affect actually using the gym? bit annoying after only joining, 2 months ago, probably would have went with anytime fitness till uplift was finished if i'd known this. is it two or 3 months minimum?

Coffee and ice cream counters going in to Donovan's. Well the ice cream one is presumably moving, cause they already have one.

Holy crap. The quality of chipper in Maynooth has fallen off a cliff. Both Romayos are chronic. Chips are undercooked, soggy and stuck together. Tasteless muck.

Any decent ones in celbridge or leixlip?

Both gone to absolute crap in the last year or so. I know food input prices have gone up but they really know how to charge for what is now increasingly inedible food.

I see decorators in at the unit beside the Spar at Newtown. It was Maynooth cycles previously I think? Any idea what is going? A good chipper would be too much to hope for I suppose.

I don't think the smokin goat has opened in Maynooth yet.

Am I alone in being annoyed at how much of the footpath along the Main Street is taken up by the pubs and restaurants screened off outside seating areas? With the addition of planters one is nearly touching the cycle lane area - taking up all the designated footpath!

It's a pharmacy.. going in next to spar

the avenue, the wine place & picaderos or whatever, are kinda taking the piss how the smoking area is now non-smoking seating area and the smoking area is outside again further with stools & barrels. just let people smoke in the original outside area ffs

100%

I love the atmosphere created by the outside seating areas. When Picaderos had that little hut in the parking spaces it was much nicer than it just being a car. And there's plenty of parking close by, we could easily forfeit a good few spaces on the Main St

Maynooth is overrun with on-street parking and there is no need for most of it with plenty of parking spaces available in the car parks around the town, whatever about Main Street how the parking on the Dunboyne Road and Parson Street is allowed to continue making it so hostile to active travel is beyond me.

Leixlip isn't suffering for lack of parking, it's because of the narrow footpaths and the through car traffic. I've never driven to Leixlip village and had to wait for a spot. It's just not a pleasant place to hang around. Maynooth has a much wider streetscape with potential for a much nicer public realm (even while keeping through traffic).

dont think getting rid of a few parking spaces would suddenly insert two huge hills on either side of maynooth town.

There's been a SVP second hand shop in Maynooth for at least 30 years

There's an NCBI as well.