Post Grove venues.
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Topic: Post Grove venues.
Posted By: Shaun N.
Subject: Post Grove venues.
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 14:32
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Got this idea from the last post i made in the Memory Lane forum. I've read some people moved on from The Grove after a time, others felt the new Grove wasn't the same as the old Grove, etc etc. So where exactly did you go to when you weren't at the Grove? Being a city centre dweller, it was McGonagles for a short period before it closed, then it was Fibbers or Bruxelles. So where did everyone else go? And any good stories? :D Shaun |
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Posted By: Esthalon
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 15:38
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Bruxelles/Mc Gonagles was my usual friday night. Followed by a wobbly cycle home (Poor student that I was). Later I moved on to Fibbers, where I took up residency in the shadows of the stage and people watched. We used to give all the regulars nicknames based on their look or how they danced. But it's all lost now in the haze. ------------- Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for Breakfast! |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 15:43
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We moved onto the Crofton amongst other places to watch Lookalikes and Stepaside Fridays and saturdays. And yes lots of stories I could tell including when we broke into a bus in the carpark as we no loger had the compound to go too ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 15:57
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I think one of my most memorable Fibbers stories happened around Patricks weekend/Easter 1994. This was a fairly alcohol fueled year in that place though. I went through a major image change as i'd gotten my mane of hair chopped off and ended up looking like Stephen Morris from New Order! I also started toning down the shirts to try and look semi-respectable (a move i regretted and have since retracted). I believe the inside layout has changed a lot now, but as you entered the main door (that left you upstairs), inside the door to the left was a seated area with a big round table. I used to sit there a lot in the afternoons/early evenings before hitting the stage. And this guy, looked like he was in his mid to late 20's was refused in for whatever reason, and started a major verbal fight with one of the bouncers there. So obviously it got loud and rowdy and we're sitting beside the door, taking interest. They proceed to calm the punter down, and off he goes. Or so everyone thought. What we didn't know is he has his bike parked outside! He proceeded to rev that sucker up, plow his way down Parnell St, and turn back to the newsagent beside the 40a bus stop and plow his way through the doors of Fibbers. The bouncers moved out of the way but the guy got the angle wrong and only one of the doors got busted open (to the point where it came off the hinge!). The bike got caught in the other door, and the biker was sent unceremoniously flying over the handlebars and through the door he'd busted open and across the floor of Fibbers. Bouncers came in, took him by the arms and flung him back out again. Fun times! :) me. |
Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 16:17
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like esthalon, i went through a phase going to bruxelles and mcgonagles. but i used to start on thursday night and finish on sunday. brfore that i used to go to bartleys and the source then later the olympic ballroom. then came the foggy dew and fibbers. ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 16:54
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Thurs-Sunday! Hardcore! When it was Fibbers time it was Thursday-Saturday for me Thursday being student night, enough said Friday being true metal night Saturday catering for everyone. The spend Sunday recovering! Coming into work hungover (or in some cases still drunk) was easy to get away with on Friday, but it was easily copped on Monday. So we didn't risk it :D me. |
Posted By: Evangeline
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 19:47
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The Bailey was a popular hang-out for myself and Brian after the Grove days. It got so the barman knew our order and was pouring the drinks while we were still finding a table. Memories include a marathon beer-mat fight among about eight of us and my close encounter with a transvestite in the ladies! McGonagles and the Cathedral Club (where Dublinia is now) were our post-pub venues of choice with occasional forays into Bruxelles. Then there was Bartley Dunnes and the William Tell when the Bailey was refurbished and filled up with nobs. New Years Eve 1989 at the Cathedral Club, Brian and I sneaked up onto the roof and watched the New Year dawn in Dublin. Christchurch bells nearly deafened us but it was a magical moment and totally worth it. Bouncers were less than pleased though when they caught us sneaking back down, lol! Jen ------------- "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" |
Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:02
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forgot about the cathedral club, spent some time there as well! Used to drink in the william tell, when it used to be called the pygmallion, another good spot. on sunday nights we would often finish our drinking in pink elephant and then get a taxi to work! ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:19
McGonagles for sure and Fibbers a few times (wasnt mad keen on Fibbers though). Does anyone remember before Fibbers existed, there was a place in that venue called "the Beat Club"?? Was like a Grove away from the Grove even if not quite as good....A couple of times I remember the DJ (cant remember who it was) having "headbanging competitions"!  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:24
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before fibbers was it not the ivy rooms? ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:30
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I'm pretty sure that the "Beat Club" was held in that venue. Would have been in the mid to late 80s maybe? ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:38
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I remember the were a Beat Club that played more classic/progressive stuff around 93 alright, it was held on the top floor of McGraths (where Fraizers is now) We used to be able to bunk in the back way by sneaking out the back of Fibbers into it before they went and turned it from a car park to a beer garden. It may have been a resurrected version of what Mel was talking about. As for the place on Parnell St. From what i remember of it (my bus used to be across the street from it), It used to be the Ivy Rooms, then it was Top Catz (while La Mirage was downstairs), then it was The Podium, and then it was Fibbers. It went through a brief name change around 99 where it was changed to Bacchus. It didn't last long and got renamed back to Fibbers. me. |
Posted By: tupelopenny
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 20:49
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so you got a 40 bus home? i used to sometimes when i was feeling lazy, i lived off whitworth road. I remember the ivy rooms, used to go to gigs there, winters reign, stryder, merlin etc, probably seen roobie 63 there when he was in zero zero ------------- Good Grief, Charlie Brown |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 21:27
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Had our first ever gig in the Ivy Rooms...was quite a kip then (1986). Webt to Fibbers a few times in the 90's-they had different 'nights' didn't they? Rock night,punk night,dance night etc. Met a girl in there one night I used to know. We were chatting at the bar waiting for a drink and she saw I had a nearly empty Heineken. 'I'm getting one of those-you want one?' she asked. Barman comes over and she calls 'Two Heineken and a Guinness'. He hands over the two Heineken while the Guinness is settling and she says 'I'll be back for the Guinness' and says to me 'Quick-run!' and drags me away without paying! Terribly dishonest-wouldn't DREAM of doing that now... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Esthalon
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 22:00
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Nice Trick! ------------- Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for Breakfast! |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 02-April-2008 at 22:58
Used to live in Finglas South so any of the 40's used to take me there. That Withworth Road used to drive me nuts going in. Those horrible traffic lights at the end where Binns Bridge is. 2 minutes red, 22 seconds green. Yes i did time the sequence once when i was bored. I don't think it has changed since me. |
tupelopenny wrote:Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 05:21
I never went into town much. Used to go and watch bands playing but had to go southside a lot for that. I used to watch Stepaside too, think it may have been in Stillorgan or Marley Park.
------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 06:33
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Graduated to Bruxelles and McGonagles and then the Beat Club for a while. Left the country soon after (not because of that mind you).
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings! 
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Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 08:55
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Went on to the Beat Club too. Usually the Neptune first. Then in the Beat club the question would be 'One more pint and walk home, or keep it to share a taxi?' Walked home alot! ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable 
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Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 09:19
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I am unable to divulge where I moved on from the Grove.  ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 09:57
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probably because it was Tomangoes eh Pete?
------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 10:28
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My after Grove place was the Cricket Club ( Clontarf Rugby Club ) It was great as it was a natural progression. All the loopers you started with in The Grove seemed to migrate at the same time to "The Wicket" ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 12:35
Ah yes, Taxi or more booze? The question from hell after you've spent about 3 hours 'banging and moshing on the dance floor. Booze usually was the correct answer though. Only problem was Finglas ended up being a 1hr 30 minute walk when traditionally it's usually only about a 50 minute walk from City Centre. Kept us fit though! :D me. |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 03-April-2008 at 22:25
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Yea, went to the Cricket Club and Tiffany's, and Zero's and Sloopys and Ace of Clubs,there was another one in the lane at Parnell Square across from the ace of Clubs but I can't remember the name. Zivago's off Baggot Street, ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 09:16
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More a pub man myself. The advent of the late night bar I saw as a personal intervention from the man above to improve the quality of my life. Albeit a temporary improvement at times. Hanging about with the lads college and work - none of us went clubbing other than as a desparate act to get more gargle. Once we got in, we would hang round the bar or wherever was quitest and drink and chat. Then later on, I became a Tamango's afficianado. Again, I had no interest in the music, but loved heading out with ten to twelve lads from the football team and having the same conversations weekin week out. giving out about the same people, having the crack. these days, it's just cocoa and slippers TP - well impressed with your stamina. You are a true legend - taxi to work from clubbing. ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 09:44
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Aaaah Tomango's, where the skang still go! :D me. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 09:57
Well it was Fibbers for a while and then "Good times Charlies" and Tamangoes" pity I can't get a smaller Font to type that inP ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 10:30
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Joe mangoes as we always called it. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 11:01
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It's amazing how desperate people go as far as venues go to avoid the city centre. ;) me. |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 11:29
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Talking about the city centre does anyone remember The president Club or the D'olce Vita ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 13:23
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Even I never heard of those Gary, and I was a town'ie, Madigans on North Earl Street, The Oval, The Gallion, and not to forget Slattery's, The Abbey Mooney or the Flowing tide. ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 04-April-2008 at 13:59
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The scary thing is, most of those venues are still around today :D me. |
Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 06-April-2008 at 01:18
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Was in the Oval few weeks back work do on a rugby weekend great crack I have to say place was buzzing lots of Tom jones songs being sung good nite ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 06-April-2008 at 16:50
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Good stuff Jen I wasent sure if it was still there. ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 12:54
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I still like to go in there occasionally. My wife found it with her friends and goes there too! Wonder how much longer it will last. Haven't been to slattery's on Capel St. in years but used to love their sat night ballad sessions upstairs. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 13:46
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I associate Slattery's of Capel St as an early house - have pottered into work that way for most of the last ten years and there was always plenty of custom as lads finished their shift in the fruit markets Mad stuff, going to work and seeing others finishing off with a pint or three Always feel sorry for the smokers now - no chance of having an anonymous pint any more - they're out there in full view of the traffic for anyone to see..... ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 14:19
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Use to have some great sessions on the Sunday affo in Slattery,s(Don Baker)upstairs ,only thing is you would hammered by 6 or 7 a tad to early really,dont know if the upstairs is still open,and was wondering is it still an early shop Darach??? ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 18:25
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Hah Slattery's, last time i was there was towards the end of 1999. I worked in IBM in Ballycoolin at the time, and the bus brought us into town. We'd finished the late shift at 7am and in we went. I vaguely remember a work colleague trying to pick a fight with me in the Gents for no apparent reason. He was utterly twisted before I was! The fight never happened. Came out at 12pm rat-arsed as daylight had hit me as i was going for my bus. Just as well the 134 stop was around the corner from it at the time as i was in no fit state for walking! My upchuck reflex was practiced once i got home. I never went near an early house since. I almost did last Monday, but it didn't happen. me. |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 20:58
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Used to bring my son Gary and his mates in with all the gear when they played upstairs in Slattery's. Also to the Da club, I dont know if that still exists. I take it they still have the heavy rock gigs there. That would have been around 98 or 99 ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 07-April-2008 at 21:59
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Don't tend to go via Capel St as much these days Joe, tend to head towards Blackhall place and the new bridge there Bit, last time I headed down Capel St of a morning I think I saw all the usual spots open serving There's a few other less salubrious early houses between Queen Street and Blackhall Place - it would be a brave man toset foot anywhere near some of them judging by the clientele outside.... ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 08-April-2008 at 07:57
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Well I can confirm that both Slattery's and The Boars Head are still going strong as early houses. Slattery's still have gig's upstairs although I haven't been to one in years. ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 00:07
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Pretty sure the da club closed it's doors about five years ago or so. me. |
Posted By: RoundaboutToo!
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 00:57
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nice topic Shaun! Went to many places after my Grove time - - the Crofton a few times, - Baggot Inn to see Katmandu a lot of times, - Toners, - the Magnet in Pearse St, to see bands like Zebra- an Irish Reggae band, - The Brazen Head (no draught beer, only large bottles sold by Mrs. ? the proprieter, and the empties collected by a great hairy bearded Kerry character...) - occasionally Mc Gonagles - The Boar's head, - King's in Sth King St for a pint after the Dandelion Market, - Kehoe's in Sth Anne street. I missed out on the Ivy Rooms though heard great reports... Later on spent many a Friday night in Peter's Pub, (near Bartley's/Pygmalion) and then the long residency in the Neptune! by the way there are a few early houses around Store St where I work - judging by the amount of smokers outside Molloys in the morning, they do a good trade. Keatings (now Robert Reade's) and the Master Mariner are still I think Early shops. CP |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 08:23
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Peter's is a top establishment - used spend many a night in there. Long ago when we used busk, we'd count the money there, get it changed and then hand most of it back over the counter gradually. Their soup and sambos on a Saturday lunch were often the first food of the day Rarely get to go in these days, but Enda and robert were still there last time I was in. Drew is a great character - very dry sense of humour. A few weeks ago I was playing football and recognised a fella from the opposition. I couldn't think where he was from until on the way home I remembered him as Stephen from Pete's. Must be early 1990's when he left. Himself and John were a right pair. Mmmmm, pints....... ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 10:42
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peter's used to be one of my dad's favorite places for a bit of lunch and a few pints. Great soup. The other was Tommy Wright's on the quays. A pity that is gone. Had many a good session in there. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 19:20
Good old Tommy Wrights. We used to play card games downstairs in Tommys in the mid 90s on a Monday night. Nice little spot.  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 09-April-2008 at 21:33
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Tommy was working as a barman in the Dollymount House till it closed. Don't know what he did with the dosh from the sale of his pub but had a chat there with him a few times. He used to be manager of the 'Whiff of sh*t' too. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 10-April-2008 at 12:27
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Brazen Head is still there. Used to drink there a bit when i lived on Ushers Island. Still a nice spot inside the pub, but can get a bit rough outside it occasionally. Thanks to it being next door to junkyville. me. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 10-April-2008 at 12:54
Col I thought you were rewriting Bon Jovi lyrics there for Livin' on a prayer "Tommy use to live on the docks...." ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 10-April-2008 at 14:27
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Tommy used to work in the 'mount Barmen went on strike No guinness from the tap It's touuuugh... so touuuugh! me. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 11-April-2008 at 09:57
Good one... Now finish it off ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 11-April-2008 at 11:41
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Nah Peter, that's called quitting while i'm ahead ;) me. |
Posted By: rahenyman
Date Posted: 12-April-2008 at 14:44
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Saints - THis was the place I went to mainly as I liked the music and the crowd. Sardis - This was my second choice. It was not as easy to get to in the old day, the buses were rather irregular Tomangos - The was my third choice. A few years agi I went to a retro night and enjoyed it ------------- El Gringo |
Posted By: Grovegirl
Date Posted: 12-April-2008 at 18:30
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I remember all of the above, René ! Good nights out in all. Saints was my favourite too...always remember a Halloween fancy dress there one year...great fun. (not as much fun as the Grove, of course!
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 12-April-2008 at 19:53
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Remember all those as well! The 99p nights in Saints and Tomangos! Sardis roller disco remember that! Never really went but do remember it. Used to go to sardis on a Friday night. Oh many a good night out during those times of my life! Always liked the Waterfront though have to say that was one of my favorite places before I came to the States. Midnight at the Olympia was also a good place with some great memories. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Grovegirl
Date Posted: 12-April-2008 at 20:15
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It must have been one of my first post Grove outings to Saints because a friend of mine came shopping with me for some 'suitable' attire......Indian dresses and patchouli didn't go down well there,apparently!
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Posted By: Evangeline
Date Posted: 13-April-2008 at 00:24
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Lol! I remember being in the same predicament when some of my classmates persuaded me to go to Rumours (otherwise known as 'Brain Tumours') with them. I'd never been there before and I remember them telling me to 'wear something respectable!'. "But can't I just wear my usual black clothes?" "NO!" was the very vehement reply. I ended up having to borrow something from my Mam. The horror! Jen ------------- "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" |
Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 13-April-2008 at 04:24
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heh never went to brain tumors, however i ended up in McGraths once, to the point where i had to borrow a mates blue jeans cos every stitch of clothing i had at the time was black. We ended up going on LC night (i was 18 that year in 94) How desperate were we? 3 of us in McGraths on LC night, and not one of us could have pulled that night even if we were on Baggot St Bridge with a fistful of 50s. The tragedy of it all, yes folks, it was a sad day for humans :( me. |
Posted By: Haviland Tuf
Date Posted: 13-April-2008 at 11:22
Me too. Loved those nights. Rory Gallagher, Christy Moore, Billy Bragg. There was a real different athmosphere for the performers too at those midnight shows. Some great nights. ------------- Coincidence, if traced back far enough, becomes inevitable
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Posted By: Shaun N.
Date Posted: 16-April-2008 at 00:49
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Was only ever at one. The Australian Doors, i think it was either very late 93, or very early 94. I was very impressed, very drunk and therefore the memory is very scatty regarding the gig. But the midnight at the Olympia gigs always weeded out the annoying kids and scummers (as they usually wanted to be pissed by midnight), so you were guaranteed a spoiling free gig. Any particular reason why they stopped? Or did they just not bother renewing the late licence? me. |