Ireland

[Damini]

Is where me and Kenny and now going to go on our holiday. I'm praying to the mischevious god of Astras that our car makes the haul, and that we can find somewhere to stay, and that Leprechauns don't steal my lucky charms while we sleep.


If anyone has some suggestions as to what we MUST do whilst out there (drink Guinness, go to the Guiness Factory, roll Kenny into the recovery position at night after he has drunk too much Guinness are already on the list ) I'll happily hear them out. We're hoping to cottage it for a week and then turn up on some of Kenny's realtive's doorsteps pleading asylum for the last week. That or BnBs. Or the Astra Deluxe Portable Motel.

 

[Embattle]

Walk on those funny stones by the sea, can't remember the name of em

 

[Damini]

Why thank you Embattle. That suggestion has certainly narrowed the feild, to walk on non specific stones on a non specific beach on an island. Lol...

 

[Moving Target]

Been to Ireland over 10 times, not much I can recommend though

 

[Embattle]

Had to go and look for em, known as the Causeway Stones I believe.

 

[Mellow-]

Go to all the pubs.

 

[bodhi]

Giant's Causeway. And that's in Northern Ireland iirc.

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by Damini
We're hoping to cottage it for a week

:uhoh:

 

[Damini]

Dear gods Wij, is nothing sacred? Bad Wij. Bad.

 

[Insane]

*chuckle*

depending on where abouts in Ireland you go, theres plenty to do!

You got Bushmills in Northern Ireland, up top near Portrush/Portstewart which is a brewery you got the amusement arcades in Portrush, and the wonderful Nightlife nearby

If your nearer belfast area, you got Antrim Castle (just up the M2) and Belfast City Centre (i know youd love that Damini) and a load of entertainment places to fill you with.

towards Newcastle, you got the Mourne mountains, and more nightlife nice scenic place to go for walks up the mountain (dont forget your thermal undies!)

if your south of the border in Ireland itself, normally most "holiday spots" come with an assortment of activity centres ranging from driving 4x4's up huge mud piles, to riding horses (no sick jokes, that goes for you Waz, your the instigator for them all... ) as well as excellent Nightlife, and great food

and if you get really stuck, dander down to the nearest visitor centre (or drive if your a lazy shite) and enquire within

I just hope your not coming over next week for 2 weeks, or you deserve a slap

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by Damini
Dear gods Wij, is nothing sacred? Bad Wij. Bad.

Um. Baby Jesus maybe ?

 

[Damini]

Originally posted by Insane


I just hope your not coming over next week for 2 weeks, or you deserve a slap

Why?

*braces for slap*

 

[Insane]

gah!



its the July Fortnight! where trouble is strife, rioting is the norm, and you have silly people wearing orange walking down roads with bands playing..

you gotta be staying down south then

"only idiots dare tread the soil up north during the night of the orange demons"

 

[Damini]

Oh yes, Southern Ireland was the plan. Definately. Southern ireland, and a little cottage, and beverages. And countryside.

 

[-Ultimate]

Originally posted by Insane
gah!



its the July Fortnight! where trouble is strife, rioting is the norm, and you have silly people wearing orange walking down roads with bands playing..

you gotta be staying down south then

"only idiots dare tread the soil up north during the night of the orange demons"

My mum flys to Belfast tomorrow for a week, but then my sister and bro-in-law do live there

 

[.Moriarty.]

All depends where you go, really. Bear in mind that outside the 4 large towns (in order of biggest -> smallest; Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway) you will find yourself in large vilages &/ small towns. Grand for pubs, but dont expect nightclubs.

Theres lots of stuff to do if you poke around the place - as suggested above, a visit to a local tourist office will direct you to the sights etc.

If you have have any specific questions, ask away

 

[Damini]

I'm not a nightclubber really. If I ever do, I invariably end up with make up strewn over my face, dancing like the eighties are back, and then wake up with a minor celebrities autograph on a doyley, and a vague recollection of trying to use extortion tactics on Kenny's relatives. No, its an ugly affair and we try to limit it

I like castles and big walks, and things that make you realise how small humans are, love ye olde worldey stuff (Weald and Downland Museum is pretty much my favourite place on the planet), also love shopping in obscure backstreets as much as huge towns, like fair ground rides (but Kenny is a huge pansy and hates them), arcades, fairs, battle recreations (its my bizarre love), love things like Lazerquest and there was a place in Bournemouth where you could get chased by a man dressed as a minotour, but nobody else seems to remember that and it was at a time where I was a *bad* pussy cat and so I do worry it never existed... but if it did, I liked it alot.

Think that covers it. So if you can think of anything that sounds like anything there, then fire away

 

[caLLous]

Originally posted by Damini
Why thank you Embattle. That suggestion has certainly narrowed the feild, to walk on non specific stones on a non specific beach on an island. Lol...

Oooh, Matron! Did we take our super intensive sarcasm pills this morning Damini?

 

[Wij]

*tuck fluffy damini into bed with steamy mug of cocoa with chocolate fairground attractions on it*

 

[.Moriarty.]

Hm. Lots of castles & lots of big walks over here. I suggest the south east for walking as it generally has better weather than the rest of the country. If weather doesnt bother you, try the burren, which is on the atlantic seaboard around the top of clare into galway etc. Bleak & desolate are 2 words that spring to mind about that place. Theres lots of obscure shops all over the place here, be it in large citys or small towns. Arcades, fairs etc are all to be found in the usual spots. Battle recreations.. never heard of em here. IIRC there are lazerquests in cork & dublin, and possibly galway. I reckon a tourist office would in general be a good bet for you

Be aware that everything over here is très expensive. We are the second most expensive country in the eurozone, and will become the most expensive in early august apparently. This is currently the wetest summer on record in Ireland in general aswell, so dont expect clear skys .

 

[caLLous]

Go and see Sar!

 

[Wij]

He lives in the north tho

 

[Damini]

And my mum told me never to trust men with beards

 

[Sar]

Pfft

It's a goatee fs.

That's Goatee Wij, settle petal

And Belfast is shit.

Except for pubs. It has lots of pubs.

Thankfully

 

[mank!]

Everywhere has fucking Irish theme pubs now. There's at least 3 in a 100 metre vicinity of one another in Oxford.

 

[mr.Blacky]

I dont think I have ever been to a place that doesn't have lots of pubs.

 

[mank!]

Ever been to the Sahara? Me neither, but nevermind...

 

[Sar]

Belfast.

Has LOTS of pubs.

Like one every few hundred meters.

Literally.

PS: Lol Mank

 

[Wilier]

I believ that a small town near me (Brigg) has the most pubs per capita in the country. And there all shite.

 

[SFXman]

Originally posted by Damini
If anyone has some suggestions as to what we MUST do whilst out there

Carry an umbrella 24/7, you never know when the sky pours the whole atlantic on your head and stays that way for days.