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Achill-henge. Worth going to?

  • 03-06-2013 11:56PM
    #1
    maryishere
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    Now that the summer is coming at long last , I was thinking of going with friends to that large construction on a remote hilltop in Achill called Achill-henge. Anyone ever been? Supposed to be a nice walk. Does anyone know if it will be demolished soon? I'd like to see it before it was demolished. Will be in that county for a wedding over the summer anyway and it will pass a few hours the next day. Anyone know what the fellow who made it is doing now? He was all over the news a year or two ago - wasn't he the fellow who drove the cement truck with "anglo Irish bank" written on it in to the Dail too?


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  • #2
    donvito99
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    No.


    /next thread please


  • #3
    irishmover
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    donvito99 wrote: »
    No.


    /next thread please

    Well, atleast your contribution is better than mine..


  • #4
    pebbles21
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    Sure why don't you climb up Croagh Patrick barefoot instead...sure it's great crack so it is..


  • #5
    Kichote
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    Definitely worth the trip up


  • #6
    Darkglasses
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    I'm on the island right now actually. Haven't been up to see it yet, if you are coming to achill go to Keem beach, amazing spot.


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  • #7
    M5
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I'm on the island right now actually. Haven't been up to see it yet, if you are coming to achill go to Keem beach, amazing spot.

    Savage spot really want to go back and do some hiking around there. Great spot for photos too!

    http://photographybydale.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/sunset-at-keem-bay/


  • #8
    gobnaitolunacy
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    To view a collection of gi-normous concrete blocks put up by some chancer? No thanks.

    Could be worse...this is just a waste of nice cars..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carhenge,_inner_circle.JPG


  • #9
    LordSutch
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    maryishere wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it will be demolished soon? I'd like to see it before it was demolished.

    Hopefully the 'fake' henge will be demolished or vandalised beyond repair, sooner rather than later.


  • #10
    pablomakaveli
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    If it's just a load of concrete blocks some guy put up why would anyone want to go see that?:confused:


  • #11
    kneemos
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    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    If it's just a load of concrete blocks some guy put up why would anyone want to go see that?:confused:

    To dance with the Druids.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
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    donvito99 wrote: »
    No.


    /next thread please


    And the winner of most original second post goes too ...... donvito99



    I have been to Achill on a couple of occasions but never heard of this place :confused:

    I did the walk up the hills and pretty much slid back down due to the fog.


  • #13
    pabloh999
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    donvito99 wrote: »
    No.


    /next thread please

    Why respond if you dont like the topic??


  • #14
    Tombo2001
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    Funny enough people always talk about Achill-henge when discussing Celtic Tiger commemorative 'art' on Achill Island.

    They never seem to mention the very moving 'Half finished car park' right in the middle of Keel opposite the beautiful strand.....I always get emotional when I see it.


  • #15
    AnonoBoy
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    Don't disturb Achill Henge or the druids and the little people will come for you!


  • #16
    maryishere
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    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    They never seem to mention the very moving 'Half finished car park' right in the middle of Keel opposite the beautiful strand.....I always get emotional when I see it.
    What was it supposed to be when finished? A hotel? A block of holiday apartment?

    Saw a programme on Achill-henge on tv about 6 months ago and there are lots of questions left unanswered. There must be more concrete in Achill-henge than in a couple of ghost estates. Will it be knocked down? What happened to the builder / where is he? What happened to the banker who bankrolled the builder? Will people be looking at it in hundreds of years time? Everything else on Achill is very vernacular, and planning seems haphazard. What are the planners doing now?


  • #17
    yeppydeppy
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    maryishere wrote: »
    Now that the summer is coming at long last , I was thinking of going with friends to that large construction on a remote hilltop in Achill called Achill-henge. Anyone ever been? Supposed to be a nice walk. Does anyone know if it will be demolished soon? I'd like to see it before it was demolished. Will be in that county for a wedding over the summer anyway and it will pass a few hours the next day. Anyone know what the fellow who made it is doing now? He was all over the news a year or two ago - wasn't he the fellow who drove the cement truck with "anglo Irish bank" written on it in to the Dail too?

    Yes, I've been to it and it's not that remote. There are much nicer walks around the island. I don't know if it's due to be demolished soon but it should be - and the bog returned to it's natural state. Yes, that's the guy, as far as I know he's working in London as a sub-contractor.

    Achill island is definitely worth a visit as someone mentioned Keem beach is beautiful as is the view from the top on Minaun - you can drive up a mountain but don't waste your time going to the so called henge. Try kite surfing or regular surfing or climb slivemore, there's loads of better thinds to do.


  • #18
    melekalikimaka
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    the guy also has a massive gaf build by himself there I think its knows as Suddam's Palace, or Bunker or something, Achill Henge is terrible really, all vandalised, nothing of note on route up, lovely spot achill, a million better things to see that that, been going over 15 years up there and still havent seen everything


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
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    http://binged.it/11p0CQZ
    It can be seen on Bing maps.

    I don't think it will last - the concrete could be used to fill the hole in Keel.


  • #20
    maryishere
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    http://binged.it/11p0CQZ
    It can be seen on Bing maps.

    I don't think it will last - the concrete could be used to fill the hole in Keel.

    wow, look at the size of it compared to the houses - did it realise it was that huge. It must be the biggest piece of art / sculpture in Ireland, in terms of mass / volume / weight. I heard its more impressive than the needle in O'Connell Street Dublin which most people are familiar with.

    Now its there, could we tell the yanks that its a replica of ancient Irish monuments used to track the sun? And make a few quid out of it?


  • #21
    gobnaitolunacy
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    I gather there was a survey with the locals and most of them wanted to keep it.

    Smacks of rampant inbreeding or Healy-Rae-ism, if that's even a word.


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  • #22
    ozmo
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    Recently vandalised? - ( or maybe improved Depending on point of view?)

    http://t.co/I89dRRrADM

    https://twitter.com/joecaslin

    “Roll it back”



  • #23
    Adamantium
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    Its the gateway where the Decepticons will be making their return to Earth, who Joe McNamara made a deal with it.


    Michael Bay will be filming Transformers 5: Death of a Franchise there next year.


  • #24
    No Pants
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    Park up in Westport, hire a bike and cycle along the Greenway to Achill. If the weather's good, it'll be a great day out. Plenty of eating and drinking to be done at the end. The company I hired the bike off were Clew Bay Cycles and they came to pick us up at the end of the day and ferried us back to Westport.


  • #25
    Kichote
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    so has anyone here been in recent times? Any talk of it being knocked or will it be our main tourist attraction in the year 3007?


  • #26
    SaveOurLyric
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    Talk now is onto the building of the interpretive centre with coffee and souvenir shop. Initial plans looks positive, with ample parking and tastefully done so as not take from the monument.


  • #27
    Kichote
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    ah sure where would we be without a feckin interpretive centre? Surely every hape of rocks in the country should have one


  • #28
    No Pants
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    Back in my day, t'henges were only made out of wood.


  • #29
    mightyreds
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    Was there last year just looks like the foundation and walls of a circular building nothing special but worth the look for 10 minutes out the way


  • #30
    Sh1tbag OToole
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    No Pants wrote: »
    Back in my day, t'henges were only made out of wood.

    You must be about 10,000+ years old so


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  • #31
    ozmo
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    mightyreds wrote: »
    Was there last year just looks like the foundation and walls of a circular building nothing special but worth the look for 10 minutes out the way

    He should be let finish it/ did he ever say what it was going to look like when finished - what had he planned for the plynth in the center?

    “Roll it back”



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