Hi,
I started thinking at the last minute that I should try to get to Willie Clancy week, but given the last-minute nature of the idea, I have no accommodation lined up.
Is anybody renting a place with a spare room or bed that they would rent out to a relatively unobtrusive and generally sober whistle player? Or do I need to get a tent and take my chances with the weather?
Lahiff's camp site at Spanish Point is not too bad - not the cheapest for a field and you need to dodge the cowpats but it does the job. Was pretty quiet last year too in terms of mad parties and the like.
The beach at Spanish Point is fine, so long as the weather's clement. I've got caught in storms a couple of times - I'd probably have lost my tent on one occasion, had a fellow camper not had the presence of mind to go round collapsing all the empty tents and weighing them down with rocks.
But enough of the scare stories - it's beautiful there when the weather's good. It's about a 30min walk into town, but there are a couple of shops nearby, for your basic provisions. Don't expect a sound night's sleep though - there's a shelter there that often gets used for sessions after the pubs close.
"the beach at Spanish Point is fine, so long as the weather's clement"...that's where the Spanish Armada ran ashore isn't it.
Greaaat!
You might need an anchor more than a tent!
I think the camp ground at Spanish Point is where the survivors of the Spanish ships dragged themselves up off the beach and crashed out. It's probably good.
It's worth considering that the whistle classes are normally based around the school in Miltown which is a couple of miles from the camping mentioned above at Spanish Point. That said, people walk in & out and get lifts etc. but you'd need to know this!
...and the lifts at the Spanish Point camping ground are always out of order.
Don't worry about tents either...the go this year, I hear, are hammocks and zip-up waterproof body-bags. You can hire them, I think, only 100 euro a night.
...not to worry, I hear they're hiring out steel-frame hammock holders, gantry-type things that can hold loads of swingers at the same time...like an outdoor hostel type thing. Only another 100 euro a night. Bargain. Ah, the great outdoors.
I remember a very hot week in Milltown a few years back- begining of July - just before WW - desparate for somewhere shady to sit -- e.g. below a tree. Maybe there is a tree (or maybe two) somewhere in Miltown area - but can't recall seeing any.
For a places to sit and practice - on hot sunny days (they can happen) I usually sat in a field, against the shaded side of a stone wall.
What's the old saying about the Plantations and that part of the country - 'not enough water to drown a man in and not a tree to hang him from' or words to that effect!!
Well depending on when you arrive there is a place up the Ballard Road where you can tent. Great craic during the day, right in town, but can get wild at night and therefore difficult to get any beauty sleep. The dogs bark at the slightest noise, it's their job, and it has been a mite aggressive at times when young gentlemen full of beer and testorone have resided there. You can also get robbed if you tent too near the garden wall. Otherwise a great family and nice during the daytime, can be ok at night depending on your fellow campers. Check them out before deciding to pitch. It got a bit too much for us, so the last two years we tent in Doolin and drive into Miltown.
Oliver Cromwell ravaged Ireland, Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law described Burren in a letter as "a country where there is not wood enough to hang a man, water enough to drown him, nor earth enough to bury him."
“…before he died of fever, just after the capture of Limerick, Ireton had some of the dignitaries of Limerick hanged for their obstinate defence of the city, including an Alderman, Terence Albert O'Brien (a Catholic Bishop) and an English Royalist officer, Colonel Fennell. He also wanted the Irish commander, Hugh Dubh O'Neill hanged, but Edmund Ludlow cancelled the order after Ireton's death.”
According to reports, after the Restoration, in 1660, Ireton's corpse was exhumed and mutilated in a posthumous execution, along with that of Cromwell and John Bradshaw.
Sounds like he would have been better off in the Burren eh.
Then again if you don't fancy jogging into and out of Miltown you can alwas hire a bike in Miltown, and tent out at Lahiffs at Spanish Point. Lots of caravans, and the bogs stink to high heaven, also expensive, but a lot cheaper than a B&FIB
The closer to any beach you are, the more expensive it is...doesn't matter what the weather is like, or how strong the wind is. When will we ever learrrn...!!
A place to stay for Willie Week?
A place to stay for Willie Week?
Hi,
I started thinking at the last minute that I should try to get to Willie Clancy week, but given the last-minute nature of the idea, I have no accommodation lined up.
Is anybody renting a place with a spare room or bed that they would rent out to a relatively unobtrusive and generally sober whistle player? Or do I need to get a tent and take my chances with the weather?
Thanks
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Bring a tent - no problems last year aside from a little wind. Looking forward to heading back this year.
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
I am looking for accommodation too.
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by Torgwen
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Tents on the beach.... its lovely down here, white strand is wonderfull in the sun
Its going to be a long hot summer god willing!
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by piobagusfidil
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Lahiff's camp site at Spanish Point is not too bad - not the cheapest for a field and you need to dodge the cowpats but it does the job. Was pretty quiet last year too in terms of mad parties and the like.
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Lahiff's was quiet by 4am, when we usually stumbled back to the tent. There may well be wild mad parties before that time.
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Nah, doubt it - all the mad people were still out in the pubs!
# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Sounds like I'm going camping then...
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
The beach at Spanish Point is fine, so long as the weather's clement. I've got caught in storms a couple of times - I'd probably have lost my tent on one occasion, had a fellow camper not had the presence of mind to go round collapsing all the empty tents and weighing them down with rocks.
But enough of the scare stories - it's beautiful there when the weather's good. It's about a 30min walk into town, but there are a couple of shops nearby, for your basic provisions. Don't expect a sound night's sleep though - there's a shelter there that often gets used for sessions after the pubs close.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
BTW, you won't find any cowpats on the grassy area above the beach.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
"the beach at Spanish Point is fine, so long as the weather's clement"...that's where the Spanish Armada ran ashore isn't it.
Greaaat!
You might need an anchor more than a tent!
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
I think the camp ground at Spanish Point is where the survivors of the Spanish ships dragged themselves up off the beach and crashed out. It's probably good.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
It's worth considering that the whistle classes are normally based around the school in Miltown which is a couple of miles from the camping mentioned above at Spanish Point. That said, people walk in & out and get lifts etc. but you'd need to know this!
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by the wounded hussar
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Of course, you might not be doing the instrument class thing at all, in which case ignore the above.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by the wounded hussar
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
...and the lifts at the Spanish Point camping ground are always out of order.
Don't worry about tents either...the go this year, I hear, are hammocks and zip-up waterproof body-bags. You can hire them, I think, only 100 euro a night.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
...which is a bargain if you're sharing.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Ah yes, the Willie Week is surely Recession Proof! Perhaps not ...
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by the wounded hussar
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
"...hammocks..."
It'll get very crowded - there aren't a lot of trees to go round at Spanish Point.
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Decision made then... I'll get myself a tent (or maybe a body bag & hammock) and worry about finding a spot to pitch it when I get there!
# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by Pat Mustard
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
...not to worry, I hear they're hiring out steel-frame hammock holders, gantry-type things that can hold loads of swingers at the same time...like an outdoor hostel type thing. Only another 100 euro a night. Bargain. Ah, the great outdoors.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
...you can't really charge for trees anyway.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Alternatively, eight or so people can fit in a place like this, hire a car...and bob's you're uncle.
http://www.rosruadh.com/index.html
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
"...you can't really charge for trees anyway"
Trees are very few and far between in this area.
I remember a very hot week in Milltown a few years back- begining of July - just before WW - desparate for somewhere shady to sit -- e.g. below a tree. Maybe there is a tree (or maybe two) somewhere in Miltown area - but can't recall seeing any.
For a places to sit and practice - on hot sunny days (they can happen) I usually sat in a field, against the shaded side of a stone wall.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Col Arco
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
byot.
(bring your own tree)
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
What's the old saying about the Plantations and that part of the country - 'not enough water to drown a man in and not a tree to hang him from' or words to that effect!!
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by the wounded hussar
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Well depending on when you arrive there is a place up the Ballard Road where you can tent. Great craic during the day, right in town, but can get wild at night and therefore difficult to get any beauty sleep. The dogs bark at the slightest noise, it's their job, and it has been a mite aggressive at times when young gentlemen full of beer and testorone have resided there. You can also get robbed if you tent too near the garden wall. Otherwise a great family and nice during the daytime, can be ok at night depending on your fellow campers. Check them out before deciding to pitch. It got a bit too much for us, so the last two years we tent in Doolin and drive into Miltown.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Steamwilkes
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
What's the old saying?....This, I think:
Oliver Cromwell ravaged Ireland, Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law described Burren in a letter as "a country where there is not wood enough to hang a man, water enough to drown him, nor earth enough to bury him."
This bloke:
http://www.nndb.com/people/189/000104874/henry-ireton-1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ireton
“…before he died of fever, just after the capture of Limerick, Ireton had some of the dignitaries of Limerick hanged for their obstinate defence of the city, including an Alderman, Terence Albert O'Brien (a Catholic Bishop) and an English Royalist officer, Colonel Fennell. He also wanted the Irish commander, Hugh Dubh O'Neill hanged, but Edmund Ludlow cancelled the order after Ireton's death.”
According to reports, after the Restoration, in 1660, Ireton's corpse was exhumed and mutilated in a posthumous execution, along with that of Cromwell and John Bradshaw.
Sounds like he would have been better off in the Burren eh.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Then again if you don't fancy jogging into and out of Miltown you can alwas hire a bike in Miltown, and tent out at Lahiffs at Spanish Point. Lots of caravans, and the bogs stink to high heaven, also expensive, but a lot cheaper than a B&FIB
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Steamwilkes
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
So if you're camping on the strand, where do you go for a shower sh*t and shave?
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Strummer007
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Your obnoxious partying-and-drinking-until-7am neighbors' tent, obviously.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
Shower - 100 euro
sh*t - 100 euro
shave 100 euro;
Water and heating not included.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
The closer to any beach you are, the more expensive it is...doesn't matter what the weather is like, or how strong the wind is. When will we ever learrrn...!!
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
We camped at the grassy lay bye last year, complete with van, jaguar and BMW.
Definitely the place for plebs like us.
It was great and not too noisy.
# Posted on June 4th 2009 by bodhran bliss
Re: A place to stay for Willie Week?
I hear you will be able to rent official council-approved 'pleb' signs if you staying at that lay-bye, so you don't get moved on - 100euro a night.
# Posted on June 5th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh