It’s “Donegal Tuesday”, the showpiece event of NUIG’s now unofficial RAG week, of which the Hole In The Wall pub is the headquarters.
Yesterday was presumably Mayo Monday, certainly if the number of young women in Mayo jerseys was anything to go by.
Fucking hell.
They used to serve us there when we were 15. It was the only place in Galway that would. It has nine lives that place.
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Welcome back flatty.
Thank-you.
You kept the place clean.
It wasn’t easy.
I’m sure.
This should be in the Donegal crticism thread you chunts.
Welcome back Flatty.
Stephen Fahy alway ran a loose enough house. Plenty High Jinx in there as far back as I remember.
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Must put this date in my diary next year.
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The 2 brothers who have are great hurling men too
How far is Galway from Knock Airport and Shannon Airport?
Any decent flight desitnations from these airports?
Shannon is a international airport, there are flights to New York and 3 London airports every day
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Out of knock would be a decent flight.
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Both about 50 odd miles. Shannon much easier run. You have to pay a tenner to fly out of knock. Good value in anyone’s book.
With roads and traffic, what sort of time would I be looking at to make the journey?
Depends where you are starting from.
80-90 mins-ish
Actually it does. If you are east of the river, out of rush hour* an hour give or take.
If you have to get through the bodkin junction add half an hour. At least.
I still would look to live in or around town.
It actually would be a handy cycle to work.
If you are leaving from mervue way, Shannon you’d do comfortably in an hour. Knock would take a little longer but they are both handy enough.
Watch out for speed vans on the Shannon road especially. There is a spot heading away from Galway just before you get to gort and the motorway, where the speed limit drops suddenly to 50 iirc. The cops are Hoors for waiting right at the roundabout at the motorway junction nabbing easy targets.
*rush hour is 730-915 am and 345-630 pm.
The Galway traffic, due to the geography and the wealthy nimbys blocking the western city bypass, is truly awful, centred around the bodkin junction, but by no means exclusively.
Galwegians seem to feel that walking is for those who have failed at life.
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I would add that traffic can be highly unpredictable. Clarinbridge can back up for half an hour when the road is in any way busy so I’d always be cautious. If its early morning or late night it’s well under an hour. Once you get to gort, it’s motorway all the way. Also be careful of speed vans and gards as you get off the motorway and run down to the airport. They love it there too the fuckers.