Sugar Babies From Claremorris, Mayo

Sugar babies are women who provide intimate relationships or simple companionships to men in exchange for monetary favors or gifts. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement that can work for both those who need companionship and those who desire nice things or money. It is a type of relationship, not a business transaction, unlike other methods of garnering companionship in exchange for money. Sugar babies are not stereotypical "gold diggers." They come in all shapes and sizes and can be any type of woman in Claremorris, Mayo.

A sugar baby may be a college student who is paying her way through college, has some spare time to commit to a sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship and enjoys nice things. She may be intelligent, self-sufficient and classy. She may also be the opposite. The thing to remember is that sugar daddies are looking for different things. Therefore, sugar babies can be any combination of those things.

Sugar babies can also be independently successful women. They may have money of their own, spend time traveling as an executive for a big company, be a business owner or be perpetrator of any number of successful business endeavors. This type of sugar baby may find excitement in this sort of relationship. She may not need anything monetary or nice gifts from her partner. She may just enjoy having a man spend money on her, despite having plenty of money of her own. Many men find success attractive in a woman. Therefore, certain sugar daddies may have exactly this type of woman in mind when they seek to initiate a relationship with a sugar baby.

Monetary success and intelligence or lack thereof are not the only things in which sugar babies differ. A sugar baby's appearance is another area that may differ in Claremorris, Mayo due to cultural expectations or simply differ by personal preference. One sugar daddy may like a classic trophy girlfriend. He may want her to be young and very attentive to her looks on a superficial level. Another sugar daddy may not care how his sugar baby dresses but wants her to be athletic. Yet another sugar daddy may not care about looks at all and simply wants a woman who is entertaining.

When one envisions a sugar baby, the image of a young woman typically comes to mind. This is not always the case. Sugar babies may be older women because older and younger sugar daddies alike may prefer older women. Older women may also seek a life of relative luxury in their later years. It is a good way to have fun, receive gifts and take a break from the hustle of life.

The diversity in sugar babies also applies to ethnicity and weight. There is no set standard for any of these things when it comes to sugar babies. Any woman can strive to be a sugar baby and find the right sugar daddy for her. She can be tattooed and pierced or girl next door sweet. She can be funny or serious. She can be a lover of the arts or a computer geek. In short, sugar baby is as diverse a word as the word woman.

Amenities

Many new shops have been added in the last few years, including The Silverbridge Shopping Centre. Chapel Lane has been developed from a derelict street to a commercial street, this part of the town has been transformed. Five supermarkets compete for customers in the town including retail giants Tesco and Aldi. There are three hotels including the modern 4-star McWilliam Park Hotel, which opened in late 2006. It has a leisure centre, swimming pool and conference facilities. A fourth hotel is currently (2009) under construction as part of the Silverbridge development. The town has several restaurants catering for Italian, Indian, Chinese and Irish cuisine. Claremorris has many pubs, Cj's, O'Briens, Pajo's, Merrick's, Hanley's, The Western, Mulligan's, Warde's, Gilligan's, The Local and The Goat. Many of the town's pubs have closed down in recent years. The town has three nightclubs (with a 4th nightclub recently granted planning permission). They are, The Millenium, Clue Blue and the The Comet. A state of the art swimming pool and leisure centre is currently under construction, and is due to open in late 2009. There are two secondary schools, St. Colman's College for boys, and Mount St. Michaels for girls, and many primary schools. The surrounding countryside is of rolling drumlins, eskers, woods and lakes. Genealogical records for Claremorris consist of Roman Catholic church records of marriage which commenced in 1805 and baptisms which commenced in 1825. Church of Ireland records consist of baptisms from 1834 onwards, marriages from 1846 onwards and burials from 1878 onwards. These are held at the South Mayo Family Research Centre in Ballinrobe.

Description

Population (2006) Claremorris (Irish: Clár Chlainne Mhuiris), is a town in County Mayo in the west of the Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes. It has a population of approximately 3,180. Claremorris sits at the bottom of a valley with all roads which lead to the town following hills in particular the old Knock road (known as the Knock hill) and Ballyhaunis road. Although low lying the town does not experience flooding. There is no major river through the town. It is one of the fastest growing towns in the West of Ireland. There was a 25% increase in the town's population between 2002 and 2006. The town has become a commuter town for both Galway and Castlebar.

Local Events

* The Claremorris Open Exhibition, is an annual arts exhibition in the town held since 1978.

Local Schools

* St. Colman's College, the boys' Secondary School. * Mount St. Michaels, the girls' Secondary School.

Name

The town derived its name from Maurice de Prendergast, a Norman who came to Ireland in 1169. The town was established during the 18th century.

People

The town is the birthplace of: * Cardinal John D'Alton. * Provost of Trinity College John Hegarty * Sir John Gray * Seamus O'Malley, who captained Mayo to their first All Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1936

See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland

Sports

There are a number of sporting clubs including: * The Gaelic Athletic Association, who train at many pitches in the town, and compete at many levels from under-10's up to senior in both Men's & ladies Competitions. They have been County Mayo senior hurling champions twice: 1968, and 1971 and senior county Gaelic football champions four times: 1961, 1964, 1965 and 1971. * The Swimming Club, which until a recent closure for renovations trained at Claremorris Swimming Pool. The swimming club incorporates water polo. In recent years the team became the first club from Connacht to win the all-Ireland under 16 & under 19 Boys championships, as well as being the first club to win the inaugural Girls Under-16 & Under-19 Championships. * The new Claremorris Leisure Centre is due to open on September 1st 2009. It has a 25 metre, 6 lane, short course competition pool. It also incorporates a large gymnasium & fitness studio. It will offer a wide variety of fitness classes. [1] * The Soccer Club, which trains & plays their matches at Concannon park. Derek Glynn began his career playing for Claremorris. * The Golf club play at the local 18-hole gold course located just outside Claremorris on the Galway Road * The Athletics Club, train on the racetrack. * The Tennis Club courts at the centre of town are the most modern in Mayo.

Transport

Road Claremorris is situated at a major road junction. The N17 (Galway-Sligo road) and the N60 (Castlebar-Roscommon road) meet in the town. Claremorris was once a major bottleneck. The town ground to a halt every afternoon (particularly Fridays) resulting in long delays. A town which once benefitted from passing traffic for years, eventually became one of the west's worst bottlenecks. This was due to the town's location at a major junction, with the busy N17 and N60 roads meeting in the town, the N60 met the N17 at a staggered junction in the town centre (market square). This junction alongside the old bank corner (where galway rd meets ballinrobe rd) were the worst blackspots in the town. By late the 1990's, over 13,000 vehicles were trundling through the town daily. The town could no longer cope with the heavy volumes, gardai helped direct the traffic at these blackspots, but this often exacerbated the problem. During the 1980's and early 1990's several proposals were made to bypass the town, but Claremorris chamber of commerce objected to all plans of any bypass due to the fear their businesses would suffer from the removal of the passing traffic. After years of objections, Mayo Co.Co decided the town was in urgent need of a bypass and that it was no longer viable to keep objecting the bypass. Eventually in 1998 construction of a bypass for the town commenced. The N17 bypass opened to the relieve of thousands of motorists in July 2001. The opening of the bypass transformed the town and gave the town back to the people. Journey times at peak periods were reduced by 30 minutes on the Galway/Sligo route after the opening of the bypass. The busy N60 still passes through the town via an inner relief road. A second bypass for the town is included in the proposed new N60 road to Castlebar, although this road won't be built until at least 2018. Rail Claremorris is served by the Westport/Ballina-Dublin railway. Claremorris train station is one of the largest train stations outside of Dublin. There is currently a campaign underway to open the western rail corridor through Claremorris linking Limerick to Sligo. The Claremorris-Tuam phase is due to open in 2014.

Weather Station

Claremorris is home to one of the Republic of Ireland's eight inland weather observing stations, located 2 kilometres from the town centre. It began recording weather in November 1943 and was run and staffed by a local family. During WWII Ireland provided detailed weather reports to the Allies. Weather reports from Claremorris and Blacksod Lighthouse (located on the west coast of Mayo) played a significant factor in selecting the date of launch for the invasion of France (D Day) on the 6th June 1944. Many will remember the weather expert in the film "The Longest Day", imparting this information to Gen. Eisenhower and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1949 it was decided that the Irish Meteorological Service needed observations on an hourly basis from inland stations like Claremorris. It was decided to staff the station with full time permanent personnel. In 1996 staff were relocated to Knock airport and it now operates automatically with data uploaded to Dublin [1].[2]