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Have noticed in the last few weeks that there have been plenty of Irish posters on  's
First question is how many of us are there?
Secondly should we arrange or own PSB in Kilternan some night in the near future?
If there are enough of us Dublin based then we sould do a weekday night - Or go for a weekend afternoon meet if there are countryfolk
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Me, from Longford but live in Dublin, could be interested but afraid of falling on dry slope after previous thumb injury!  On numbers there may be something location in the memberlist.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm Irish but living abroad, will have to pass on Kilternan 
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Also Irish person living abroad. Will probably pass on Kilternan also 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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live in enniskillen bit too far for me as i have no car
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I'm another one. I live in Cork though so its a bit of trek. Was in Kilternan the end of Oct but only because I was in Dublin for the week and was on my way back to Wexford to visit the folks.
Glad to see there are a few Irish on here. Pity the Irish market is so poorly served shop wise with only Great Outdoors in Republic AFAIK. Certainly nothing in Cork unless any of you guys know otherwise
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Dia duit, I am Dub. Going to try out kilternan for the first time on Sunday. Like the idea of a PSB. i'm on.
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I am from Coleraine in the North. Brave drive to Dublin for me, but would still consider it if I'm down for the weekend
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I'm not Irish but living in Dublin and might be interested in this.
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I'm in Portglenone (near Ballymena) in North. Right oul drive, but if there was one happeneing I'd definately have to think abou it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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(johnboy, how long would it take you?)
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I'd guess about 2.5 hours for johnboy as it takes me about 2.
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Michelle,
Coleraine - North Dublin = 3.5 hours
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You know it makes sense.
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(johnboy, I was gonna call you a wimp, but if it's that far, I'll refrain  )
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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MhicEasmuint,
You're probably right, think I could do it in less than 3.
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Poster: A snowHead
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(MhicEasmuint, pah - johnboy's a wimp... homphomp and I do Milton Keynes 2 1/2 hrs on a fairly regular basis  )
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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johnboy,
Yeah i can do north dublin in 2 hours easy enough, only about 20 mile from here not Motorway or Dual Carriageway.
Did Dublin airport in 1 hour 45 mins for my last skiing trip although that was leaving here at 1am
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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MhicEasmuint,
Do you ever go to the slope at Craigavon? I haven't been in a few years.
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johnboy,
Never been, is it any good? Are dry slopes worth it in comparison to real snow??
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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killian,
Killian
IF you are there on Sun can you check out prices etc for us as I have never been myself - You might even manage to negotiate a SH discount
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Will do.
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Prices can be found here.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Fri 24-11-06 22:27; edited 1 time in total
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Spideog, get rid of the quotation marks
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I'm Irish, but live in South West London, since 1984 - it's possible as I get back to Ireland about 4 times a year - usually to Shannon.
I believe that there is an Irish Ski Club - is it the same as Kilternian? - I' ll do a google later to find a site. Its South Dublin isn't it not far from the Wicklow Hills.
The Irish skiing market is not served well as a lot of Irish have to fly to London airports in order to get the onward connections to the European resorts. We really are so spoilt in the UK with the multitude choice of skiing destinations and departure airports whereas Ireland has just got Dublin and Belfast and to a restricted number of destinations. Choice in therefore limited.
And the other factor is tradition - Irish in general prefer sun holidays ( oh to say this on a snowsports site ! ) and the idea of skiing is newish , past 10- 15 years being opened up - am I right ( or am I too long away to make that type of statement )?.
What's Kilternian like?. Is it a big dry slope?.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Michelle wrote: |
| Spideog, get rid of the quotation marks |
Thanks, I was wondering what was wrong with the code as I have to use quotes on other sites.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Michelle, thanks Michelle, ahh, its near near Dun Laoghaire and Bray in South Dublin, which for the benefit of our UK studio audience is the posh area of Dublin. which is the UK equivalent of say Wimbledon. And guess which ski club is in Wimbledon?.
I see they do ski holidays to Saalback and Courchevel.
Skiing on a dry slope is OK but really not the real thing IMV!!.
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georgedelaney, there is a Patagonia shop in Dublin. Not sure of what street it's on but it's on the Northside not far from Grafton Street.
hibernia, About the relative newness of skiing in Ireland - I think it's a class thing. When I was a kid growing up, I only knew one person my age who skied. A son of a local solicitor who used to get to go on foreign holidays 2 times a year !!! Most people didn't have the money to go on foreign holidays (unless you were a doctor or solicitor) and if you did, you sure as hell weren't going to go where the weather might be "bad". You were going to go someplace where it was sunshine and blue skies all the way ... and at least 30 degrees. Irish people have more disposable income now and that's why more of us are skiing.
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You know it makes sense.
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[quote="smolo"]georgedelaney, there is a Patagonia shop in Dublin. Not sure of what street it's on but it's on the Northside not far from Grafton Street.
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smolo, oops not sure what happened there - Northside is it near O'Connell St ??? Do they carry much stock ? any boots or skis or just clothes ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Patagonia shop is really just a clothes shop
Best ski gear in Dublin at the moment (Clothes) is in TK Maxx
Pamela Scott also has a ski clothes shop if you fancy spending more on your gear than the actual holiday
Great Outdoors is not bad and the have some equipment as well
Also a friend of mine bought a snowboard in Lidl today for €150 anyone know if they are any good or not
ps Aldi doing ski suits next week
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Patagonia is off wicklow street on the southside of the city. Kilternan is beside dundrum in the south county.
Skiing in Ireland was until recently an unaffordable luxury for most, the economic boom, drop in travel prices and the likes of directski.com setting up have made it into a very fast growing sport/holiday.
Kieran is bang on the button, having gone shopping last week TK Maxx is the best spot to get ski gear. There is also a 49' Degrees open somewhere near Kilternan. I was in Lidl a few days ago and saw the snowboard, seemed low quality. I did get a boot bag there last year for €9.99.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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hibernia, Walking across Front Square in TCD one Jan. morning in the mid-60's I met two young ladies in extremely hairy boots. Curiosity got the better of me and enquiry led to me being signed up for the following season's Trinity/Oxbridge ski tour......30something hours by ferry/train to somewhere in Poland! I held on to my money until summer but then bowed to peer pressure to blow it all on a similar jaunt......to the Med! As the gentleman behind the bar in Davy Byrnes used to reply to the American tourists who couldn't drink straight Irish/
Scotch, "If yez want rocks, there's plenty out at Dun Laoghaire! Who in their right minds would pay money for ice?!" Yup, we longed to escape from cold, damp Ireland to the sun, but little did we know that it also shone brightly on the tops of snowy mountains
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| Mac46 wrote: |
| hibernia,"If yez want rocks, there's plenty out at Dun Laoghaire! Who in their right minds would pay money for ice?!" Yup, we longed to escape from cold, damp Ireland to the sun, but little did we know that it also shone brightly on the tops of snowy mountains |
Too true!.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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...just checking in...
From Broughshane, then Belfast, now Strasbourg most of the time.
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Ok
So with 34 posts on this thread to date it is fair to say that there is indeed an Irish contingent on Snowheads
Killian is going to Kilternan tomorrow so will and will suss out prices etc - I think that we should try and meet up on the dry slope for a Saturday afternoon before Christmas and maybe a pint on the way home - How about Saturday 9th of December at 2pm?
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Hi,
Based in Dublin, I would know at least a dozen people who go skiing but don't go to Kilternan. I have never been there myself so what is it really like? Heard of people getting injured (eg thumbs caught in dry slope) which has put me off but don't know if that is just urban myth etc.
thanks
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Not being Oirish myself but don't PSB's have to happen PRE-season - that being why they're called, err, PRE season bashes. I guess you are now restrictied to having an Early season bash, or a "just-mised-the-start-of-the-season-but-want-to-join-in-too bash".
Apologies for pedantry...
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It could be IB (Irish bash).
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easiski, "guffaw"
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