Oh Ya, I thought that was the Waterford RSC !
Oh Ya, I thought that was the Waterford RSC !
Kennedy's which is opposite the train station entrace is the nearest pub to Oriel Park in Dundalk (outside of the bars in the ground itself).
They serve good food and always had a good crowd in before matches.
It's horrendous and I'm a rovers man. The Maldron is ****e. Abberly and Dragon your best bets but they are a stroll.
I'm hoping the new stadium bar will be good and I'd even be of the opinion that away fans should have a bar. The place needs to have much better food and drink options to be honest. Tough with the council running things though.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
Dundalk: There's the Lilyhwhite lounge and enda McGuill suite in Oriel, suppose it depends who they are playing regarding if away fans are let in. Kennedy's is 2 mins down the road across from railway station but I find they aren't overly welcoming of football fans, nice beer garden tho. The town itself is very walkable too, 5-10 mins and you've any amount of bars and chippers
I'd agree with this. I love the development of the ground. But it feels like its in a very weird spot. Obviously its realtively easy to get to with the LUAS and theres the hotel across the road, as well as decent parking options, but the whole area is very sterile.
Longford, Athlone and Wexford all suffer from being outside their towns and varying levels of awkward to get to, so they would be my bottom 3 (though we did get to drink in the club house in Wexford back in the day, I haven't been back in a while, do they still have that?)
If Harps ever do move across the River Finn to Stanorlar, there will be the Finn Valley Athletic club which has a good sized bar and offers good food just a 2 min walk down the road, also have McGuigans bar just 5 min away out the Letterkenny road, Kees Hotel just a few min walk and several takeaway/restaurants with a 5 min walk radius
Last edited by Neish; 26/11/2023 at 4:36 PM.
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I feel Bray is one of the better grounds for this. It is well accessed by public transport and by car. There are probably a dozen bars within 10mins walk, several food outlets within 10/15 min walk and amusements, bowling, snooker/pool all in the area as well. I cant think of another ground that has so much in its vicinity.
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I haven't driven to a game in Bray, got supporter bus once and used the Dart every other time, so agree parking could be an issue. But on other metrics I feel it is easily the best LoI with amenities near by. My last visit was August bank holiday for Bray v Longford and their was a great atmosphere along the seafront. If only they could entice a small percentage of the visitors to include a game of soccer in their day out.
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