Bertie and his fookin bowl. f**k OFF

Shedite wrote: Sham157 wrote: Lads, anyone have an idea where I’d get a a peek at the original plan/layout/map for Stadium Ireland/Bertie Bowl? Just reading up on the whole Abbotstown House/Estate and trying to figure out exactly whereabouts the stadium would have been situated on what is now the NSC. I have googled various searches but can only see images of the actual stadium and not where it was to be located on the site as such.  Stadium was due to be built in this spot https://www.google.com/maps/place/53°23'37.5%22N+6°20'59.4%22W/@53.3937357,-6.3498392,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d53.3937357!4d-6.3498392 This wasn't the final plan but was the proposed layout for the area

seanyshuffler wrote: Sham157 wrote: Great stuff, cheers  I'll bring the shovels and the gold washer tomorrow!

Great stuff, cheers 

brissy wrote: Sham157 wrote: Lads, anyone have an idea where I’d get a a peek at the original plan/layout/map for Stadium Ireland/Bertie Bowl? Just reading up on the whole Abbotstown House/Estate and trying to figure out exactly whereabouts the stadium would have been situated on what is now the NSC. I have googled various searches but can only see images of the actual stadium and not where it was to be located on the site as such.  it was out in wasteland off m50 I think, not sure

Is wasteland a term you use because its not built on or because you're a f**king idiot?  

cliffrichard wrote: Not sure where the bowl was going to be lobbed, but it's an unbelievable campus now to be fair. I've been up to the indoor track and the cross country course a good few times when the missus has been racing and the setup is as good as anywhere in Europe. the new indoor pitches look amazing as well.  only bad thing is the traffic getting in there for big events can be  a sh1tshow, as it's the same turn off as the blanch shopping centre.  also, glad the bowl didn't go ahead. we've all been too enough soul-less generic stadiums way outside city centers on Ireland trips. there's a lot to be said for having a stadium within walking distance of the middle of town (and all the boozers)

seanyshuffler wrote: Is there buried treasure there?

 given that it was the site of some state labs, there could well be stuff buried alright but I doubt its treasure.

Gary McKay wrote: Possibly where the FAI have there training pitches now. Just a guess assuming that land allocated to the FAI and other sites close by allocated to other sports.

Yeah but I think the diversity of sports now on campus wasn’t in the original plans going by some of what I have managed to find online.

brissy wrote: Sham157 wrote: Lads, anyone have an idea where I’d get a a peek at the original plan/layout/map for Stadium Ireland/Bertie Bowl? Just reading up on the whole Abbotstown House/Estate and trying to figure out exactly whereabouts the stadium would have been situated on what is now the NSC. I have googled various searches but can only see images of the actual stadium and not where it was to be located on the site as such.  it was out in wasteland off m50 I think, not sure

You misunderstand, I know the area, its where the aquatic centre, FAI HQ, National Indoor Arena amongst others are all located now. Im looking for a more specific location as to where on the site the stadium was to be built. Its a big area and it wasn’t wasteland as such but mostly greenfield as in estate lands. A number of state labs were there prior to the Sports Campus and the estate house I mentioned belonging to the Baron of Abbotstown was and is still there although boarded up now. Connolly Hospital, St. Francis Hospice as well as Waterville housing development all now stand on grounds thats were originally part of this estate. 

Bertie was asked about were he was on the night he received a brown envelope, and he said that's impossible I wasn't there, I was I tolka watching shels v bohs and after that I went to fagans and and had a few pints of bass, and stoped off for a bag of chips

Edited by brissy - 23 Feb 2021 at 4:21am