Enniscorthy long ago.

Slaney Place, Enniscorthy viewed from the bridge in quieter times - anybody identify the type of car?

The Good & the Bad

I will start on a positive note and pictured above is the attractive shopfront of Millstream Fishmongers at the Irish Street entrance to Dunnes Stores in Enniscorthy. It is amazing what a little bit of money and imagination can do! Millstream is a great place to buy fresh fish especially queenies/scallops and salmon. Be sure to give them a call if you're shopping in Dunnes.

Just nipped down for a quick look at the children's playground down by the Riverside Park Hotel and it's still in the horrible state that it was when I posted about in early 2009. Will anything every be done about it?

Another postcard view of Enniscorthy

When a flag becomes a rag.

As I passed the '98 Centre yesterday I noted that the Irish tricolour flying outside is entering the faded/tatty rag stage of its life. Surely of all places the '98 Centre should fly a pristine Irish flag?

A new seat at last!

The council have, at last, replaced the rotten seat near the 1798 Centre with a fine new one which I hope they will maintain. However, I note that the viewing area on Mill Park Road is as derelict looking as ever. Come on lads go for it - one improvement a week!

Postcards views of Enniscorthy

A couple of pleasant views of Enniscorthy from old God's time. Quite a number of the quayside buildings survive to this day and unbelievably the railing on the quayside is still there - probably unpainted since the days of the postcard. Click on the pics to enlarge.

The first green shoots of recovery?

It is good to be able to report some apparent signs of recovery in Enniscorthy's retail sector with a number of new shops opening in recent months. The former 'Brides with Attitude' shop in Church Street has undergone a massive transformation and is due to open shortly as a Beauty Salon. The striking colour scheme is typical of what is to be found in West Cork towns such as Clonakilty but sadly lacking in Enniscorthy. Hopefully the first of many as it is amazing what some paint and a few window boxes can do to transform a drab streetscape. The colour is even more vivid than my poor photograph shows and is like a burst of sunlight on the street.

Meanwhile a new Kebab shop has appeared on Castle Hill (where there was a shortlived Pizza place) and from first accounts it seems to be doing a brisk trade.

Enniscorthy Castle ...and so it goes on!

From today's Enniscorthy Guardian. Check my post of April 22nd - I really despair!