What is your No.1 Christmas shopping spot?

**Thunderblaster** · 16/12/2005, 12:08 AM

My places would be the Foyleside shopping centre in Derry or Clayton Square in Liverpool. The Castlecourt in Belfast looks good.
Ilac Centre in Dublin is OK and St. Stephen's Green Centre likewise.
Heard some good stories on Newry and Enniskillen.
Galway and Castlebar in Mayo have become popular in recent times.

**M@ttitude** · 16/12/2005, 1:03 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderblaster

My places would be the Foyleside shopping centre in Derry or Clayton Square in Liverpool. The Castlecourt in Belfast looks good.
Ilac Centre in Dublin is OK and St. Stephen's Green Centre likewise.
Heard some good stories on Newry and Enniskillen.
Galway and Castlebar in Mayo have become popular in recent times.

Ilac Centre? Its not bad, but for top spots maybe it was 15 years ago, or if you combine it with Henry St now maybe.. Blanchardstown centre, Liffey Valley(ihate it), The new Shopping centre in Dundrum is supposed to be good.

**Peadar** · 16/12/2005, 8:16 AM

The Ilac is a kip which thankfully is being cleaned up. They wont manage to remove the creams who frequent the place though.

I have a particular dislike for Blanch. Liffey Vally is 50 times better!

The combination of Henry St./Jervis Centre and Grafton St. gives Dublin City centre plenty of options.

Mahon point in Cork is ok.

Cork City centre itself has pretty much everything you need.

The Trafford Centre in Manchester is the dogs undercarriage!
Cracking spot for eating, shopping and entertaining.

Centro Colombo in Lisbon is one of the biggest malls I've ever seen. If you can't get all your Christmas shopping done there, you may as well give up.

Heard a lot of people saying that they were shopping in New York this year.

**Block G Raptor** · 16/12/2005, 8:24 AM

Blanch Center has something for everyone
thats were I got THE shirt

**Risteard** · 16/12/2005, 9:14 AM

Not a b'ah humbug kind of guy but i'll be avoiding the city centre in the mornings for the next week and a half.
I like a pint at night in town at Christmas but i wouldn't be up for all those panicky mothers shoving umbrellas and buggys into me at all.
Mahon Point.

**Babysis** · 16/12/2005, 9:17 AM

I got all my christmas shopping done in Brighton yesterday. Excellent spot, not much you cant find there.

**gustavo** · 16/12/2005, 9:56 AM

do all my Shopping in Marys of Sligo at 5.30 on Christmas Eve

**Cosmo** · 16/12/2005, 10:05 AM

Post office - those vouchers for loads of shops are great as they cater for everyone regardless of what their interests are

**onenilgameover** · 16/12/2005, 10:31 AM

TK Max or what ever its called in St Stephens Green has some great bargains...got a class pair of shoes there and a load of gifts for the Fambly..

**Peadar** · 16/12/2005, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by onenilgameover

load of gifts for the Fambly..

You obviously got your "fambly" there too.
A cut price version of the traditional "family."

**pete** · 16/12/2005, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Risteard

Not a b'ah humbug kind of guy but i'll be avoiding the city centre in the mornings for the next week and a half.

I can't stand the shopping centres or the city centres at this time of years because of the crowds. Shopping is no go zone especially at weekends.

**The Stars** · 16/12/2005, 2:22 PM

Quayside in Sligo........Agree with gustavo that Marys is the place to go though.

**paul_oshea** · 16/12/2005, 3:16 PM

i dont buy any just let my sister and brother buy me pressents instead!!

**Peadar** · 16/12/2005, 3:40 PM

Actually I've just been reminded of the Christmas shopping I did in the Hyundai Mall in Seoul.

Got everyone really cheap things but they couldn't complain because they came all the way from Korea. The Korean Christmas cards went down a treat.

**sligoman** · 16/12/2005, 6:20 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

do all my Shopping in Marys of Sligo at 5.30 on Christmas Eve

Classy Gus, I like it

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I'd usually go to Enniskillen, Derry or Galway. Although this year, we have a load of new shops now so I think I'll stay at home

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Agree with Peadar about the Trafford Centre. It's a top place for shopping and it's massive too!

**onenilgameover** · 17/12/2005, 8:57 AM

My da knows a guy that buys broken presents on Christmas eve that have been trampled on in the rush to buy and tells his kids that santa fell off the roof. ''Did ye not hear the thump?''

**sligoman** · 17/12/2005, 2:36 PM

Originally Posted by onenilgameover

My da knows a guy that buys broken presents on Christmas eve that have been trampled on in the rush to buy and tells his kids that santa fell off the roof. ''Did ye not hear the thump?''

and he just happens to fall off the roof every year like?

. He'd wanna get the builder's out to check that one

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**jorge** · 17/12/2005, 3:14 PM

Dundrum misses something but im not sure what.
For Christmas Henry St is the place to go.

**Neish** · 18/12/2005, 12:33 PM

I usually do my christmass shopping in Letterkenny or Derry, but does it really matter most of the big shoping centres/malls have all the same shops selling all the same stuff as far as I've seen.

Anyhow nowhere is better than McElhinney's Stores of Ballybofey.