Ireland trips

peachey · 16-03-2004, 10:04

anybody got any suggestions for a weekend/ few days
in Ireland?

preferably some sort of festival??

Jon M · 16-03-2004, 10:12

i presume "festival" means "mandatory heavy drinking"?

Bifta · 16-03-2004, 10:13

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Originally Posted by peachey

anybody got any suggestions for a weekend/ few days
in Ireland?

preferably some sort of festival??

Head down to Crossmaglen and wander down the street shouting "UP THE UVF!" ... you'll be 'entertained' in way's you could never imagine.

Alternatively you could watch the Easter Parades, there's the Rose of Tralee, the Greencastle Regatta, every day's a party day in Ireland!

Bifta · 16-03-2004, 10:14

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Originally Posted by s1lv3r

i presume "festival" means "mandatory heavy drinking"?

Ah yes, but he'll never get a flight out for tomorrow, the most mandatory drinking day ever.

Jon M · 16-03-2004, 10:26

the only time I've been over to the green country was for my brother-in-laws stag weekend.. I can thouroughly recommend a visit to the giants causeway and the coastal walks nearby, absolutely beautiful

peachey · 16-03-2004, 10:41

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Originally Posted by Bifta

Head down to Crossmaglen and wander down the street shouting "UP THE UVF!" ... you'll be 'entertained' in way's you could never imagine.

Alternatively you could watch the Easter Parades, there's the Rose of Tralee, the Greencastle Regatta, every day's a party day in Ireland!

I'm not interested in politics and stuff
but the Rose of Tralee sounds ok

anyone know anything about the Galway oyster festival

I did go to Dublin once on a weekend trip with about 15 other people but did not think it was a great as people go on about

especially when they bang on about "never having tasted a pint of guiness till you've been to ireland"

we went to the guiness brewery itself and had 2 pints in there an they tasted exactly the same as they do in Wales

BBKing · 16-03-2004, 10:43

I advise you not to land up in Ireland on Good Friday - all the bars are shut except at hotels and racetracks I think - I once landed up in Limerick for a mate's birthday on Good Friday and the b*ggers hadn't got any beer in (lazy students) so we were thirsty for 24 hours - when the pubs opened the next day they were heaving...

Bifta · 16-03-2004, 10:55

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Originally Posted by peachey

I'm not interested in politics and stuff
but the Rose of Tralee sounds ok

anyone know anything about the Galway oyster festival

I did go to Dublin once on a weekend trip with about 15 other people but did not think it was a great as people go on about

especially when they bang on about "never having tasted a pint of guiness till you've been to ireland"

we went to the guiness brewery itself and had 2 pints in there an they tasted exactly the same as they do in Wales

The Guinness over here to me tastes like the same foul sh*te you'd get in England. I'd rather drink creosote

orangebird · 16-03-2004, 11:16

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Originally Posted by peachey

I'm not interested in politics and stuff
but the Rose of Tralee sounds ok

anyone know anything about the Galway oyster festival

I did go to Dublin once on a weekend trip with about 15 other people but did not think it was a great as people go on about

especially when they bang on about "never having tasted a pint of guiness till you've been to ireland"

we went to the guiness brewery itself and had 2 pints in there an they tasted exactly the same as they do in Wales

You're right about Dublin and the guiness. Go to Galway, it's fab

gazzae · 16-03-2004, 11:20

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Originally Posted by peachey

anyone know anything about the Galway oyster festival

Nope but the one in Hillsborough (were I'm from) in September is usually good fun.

peachey · 16-03-2004, 11:32

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Originally Posted by orangebird

You're right about Dublin and the guiness. Go to Galway, it's fab

might try to get a trip together for that then

tho I do not like the notion of eating an oyster

Bifta · 16-03-2004, 11:43

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Originally Posted by peachey

might try to get a trip together for that then

tho I do not like the notion of eating an oyster

Then why in mother of suffering jesus were you thinking about going to an Oyster Festival?

BBKing · 16-03-2004, 11:50

The, er, 'effects' of eating oysters on your performance?

Oh, and there are two ns in 'Guinness'. I'm still not sure whether it's that different in Ireland, even after 13 pints in 13 pubs in 13 hours in Dublin a few years back I wasn't sure (mind you I wasn't sure where the boat back to Holyhead went from by that stage).