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Spar Castletroy Gone
South Limerick Referee
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22-Aug-2012 16:08
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When I started in UL, they hadnt even finished building it. Opened in the Winter of 1995, its gone now, and I would reckon that it was refurbished at least once in that time. Sign of the times. The Hurlers shop/petrol station is also gone a good while now too. Surely Spar was profitable??
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business/limerick-convenience-store-closes-down-1-4187125?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Mike Baldwin
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22-Aug-2012 16:16
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The country is going down the tubes
batter burger
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22-Aug-2012 16:23
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Surprised to hear this as there was always a good few in there any time i called in. The Italian deli next door(La Cucina) is a good enough spot to be fair. I think I'll start a thread to find good deli's, is there any around Limerick(like i don't know every one), best in my opinion is probably Bobby Byrnes on O'Connell ave.
theface2010
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22-Aug-2012 16:26
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I would imagine the new, far better deli that opened around the corner from UL has taken all their business. There used to be a grand enough looking dolly in the Post Office there but smiling or manners wasn't her thing.
Ishotjr
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22-Aug-2012 16:43
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a grand enough looking dolly in the Post Office there but smiling or manners wasn't her thing.
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clintonportis
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22-Aug-2012 17:31
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That shop used to have a decent enough Deli before the newer Spar opened up. It downsized after that opened & became a bit crap. In fairness the deli in the newer shop was much better from the day it opened.
lopper
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22-Aug-2012 17:45
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Wouldn't be surprised. Newer, bigger Spar only round the corner which has more parking, better deli etc, better location etc.
johnny cash
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22-Aug-2012 19:11
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surprised to hear that SLR. In my time the Spar was always doing a brisk trade. Others have mentioned the opening of another Spar nearby. I suppose this is the main reason
Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
When I started in UL, they hadnt even finished building it. Opened in the Winter of 1995, its gone now, and I would reckon that it was refurbished at least once in that time. Sign of the times. The Hurlers shop/petrol station is also gone a good while now too. Surely Spar was profitable?? http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business/limerick-convenience-store-closes-down-1-4187125?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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22-Aug-2012 21:52
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When Spar opened it led to the closure of a shop on the Golf Links road at the lights called Seans Shop. Its ironic that the new Spar has contributed to the closure of the old Spar. That said there is a Lidl near Chawkes and I would imagine that the cheap prices there would tempt cash strapped students.
HitemHardHardHard
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22-Aug-2012 22:16
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Sean wasn't too worried about that shop. He was my landlord in UL for a while. He had houses all over that place and a few shops in town.
That spar was probably the victim of boomtime rents and a tenancy agreement like most shops these days.
cowpat
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23-Aug-2012 02:07
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brought back memories. I started UL in 95. I'll never forget walking into an apartment over that Spar, thinking I was walking into a house party. I got the apartment number wrong. Myself and a mate walked into a house, me with a bottle of Baileys going "hey hey!!!", straight into the sitting room, and a woman sitting down watching tv. She roared at us to get out or she would call the Gardai.
The Spar is gone along with the loop the loop house in Elm Park.
Ah lads, nostalgia! Any more UL stories from the mid to late 90s?? Gaelforce10 will have a few. One of our mates hung a load of used johnnys in the wardrobe of some fellas room another night....
greendolphin
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23-Aug-2012 02:19
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I'd say yer wan nearly dropped dead when she saw ye!
Laoisman
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23-Aug-2012 07:35
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Originally posted by cowpat:
................Joe Dolan's HOT nieces......
Christ, there was more than one??? How did I miss that?
shamboy14
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23-Aug-2012 08:10
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Originally posted by cowpat:
The Spar is gone along with the loop the loop house in Elm Park.
Which was the loop the loop house?
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