The Irish Shop - is it still open?

[harvey]

I haven't been up Lordship Lane for a while and wondered if the Irish Shop is still there?

[Juness]

Yes,it's still there next to William Rose. Not sure of it's opening hours though.

[harvey]

Thanks. That's a good point, it certainly used to have odd opening hours.

[Tradesman32]

Yes, I was in it this week end for my usual hit of club orange and chipsticks! Got some Dairy gold and clonakilty too. Happy days

[giggirl]

My guilty pleasure. Tayto Irish crisps! Yum.

https://www.taytocrisps.ie/

[MrBen]

I've been in there for Tayto crisps alone GG!

[Siduhe]

Chivers gooseberry jam...

[pinecone]

barry's tea and taytos

[holloway]

Glad you enjoy the clonakilty pudding Tradesman32! My dad's from there, have many fond memories of holidays in cork.

[Louisa]

Galtee cheese.

Louisa.

[Tradesman32]

Going home for a weekend in a couple of weeks. I will be immersed in all thats bad for me for 4 days!

[muffins78]

Oh Clonakilty White Pudding is yum yum...

I'm there tomorrow for club orange, pudding, rashers, Snax/Tayto's/Chipsticks/Cadburys, and hopefully brown bread and the Limerick Leader :)

This is all making me quite hungry now! Isn't the Irish Cadburys different to the UK one...

[Tradesman32]

There is a Cadbury's in Dublin. The Da worked there when we were young and they definitely made chocolate then because we saw lots of it!...

They still make it and I do think its a bit creamier. Aswell as that I would think the ingredients are homegrown which probably gives it a subtle difference!

[muffins78]

I know the Cadburys factory, it was not far from my Grans :) Small world!!

It is creamier/milkier than the UK one, I do prefer it - but that could be because we're used to it!

You must have loads of treats growing up - lucky you!!!!

[Tradesman32]

Well it gets better... My folks were from Whitehall which is 5 minutes from Cadbury's!

[muffins78]

My dad was from Malahide Road :) Seriously small world!! Don't forget the Tayto factory, when I was little I thought that the tayto's in Dublin were better than anywhere else, because I thought they'd be "fresher" :)

[giggirl]

Ha - seems I'm not the only one for whom Taytos are a secret pleasure. No wonder the Irish shop is still in business.

[Tradesman32]

Yes.. Used to love the smell from it going past the UCI

[Tradesman32]

Yes.. Used to love the smell from it going past the UCI.. And the big mr tayto sign!

[HonaloochieB]

Taytos and red lemonade, I'm six again sitting in Bradley's pub in Laban with my family.

I was about to go on about it being Proustian and everything but I might want to visit Bradley's some time soon and I'm unsure as to the number of poets/writers might frequent it these days.

I wouldn't want to alienate or bore anyone to sleep.

So, so far as Bradley's goes I'll work on the basis Proust=Stupor and just leave it at that.

[Bellerophon]

'I wouldn't want to alienate or bore anyone to sleep. '

Congratulations, you have

Going in for my Leitrem Observer & Tuam Herald tomorrow....

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HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> Taytos and red lemonade, I'm six again sitting in

> Bradley's pub in Laban with my family.

>

> I was about to go on about it being Proustian and

> everything but I might want to visit Bradley's

> some time soon and I'm unsure as to the number of

> poets/writers might frequent it these days.

> I wouldn't want to alienate or bore anyone to

> sleep.

>

> So, so far as Bradley's goes I'll work on the

> basis Proust=Stupor and just leave it at that.ank

ooh Honaloochie, I've never stepped foot in the Irish shop but its not because I haven't wanted to. Next time I'm in the area, see if I won't! Those Taytos and Red Lemonades are all mine I tell you.

[maxxi]

wait til Christmas when they get the kerr pinks in.

[numbers]

maxxi Wrote:

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> wait til Christmas when they get the kerr pinks

> in.

you've met my mum then?

[HonaloochieB]

Bellerophon Wrote:

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> 'I wouldn't want to alienate or bore anyone to

> sleep. '

>

> Congratulations, you have

No congrats necessary at all, Beller, so long as I've aided your stupor then all's well from this end.