best place to live in cork if you work in ringaskiddy

juanveron45

where is best place to live in cork if you work in ringaskiddy as far as avoiding the traffic in the morning?what area is the nearest?

Tree

Ringaskiddy. All traffic roudn ringaskiddy will be going there in teh morning. if you dont mind that particualr bunch of traffic, anywhere round the southside should be grand, the main traffic in teh city is in teh inbound direction. or little towns like carraigalin, passagewest, ballinhassig arent too far if you're driving.

Tazzle

You can't really win traffic wise unless you're living in carrigaline or ringaskiddy. As a reference though, I live in Ballincollig and if I leave my house at 7.45 i should get there for 8.30 on a good day On a bad day, which are quite frequent due to the amount of crashes on that road, it can take a fair bit longer. You can take the back roads to get there a bit faster but it's just too much stress and effort to cope with once you've been spoilt by the link.

rebs23

Carrigaline or Douglas are the obvious ones but Passage West and Monkstown would also be good choices and probably less traffic down the coast road to Ringaskiddy.

craichoe

Carrigaline is a frikkin dump.

Judes

A lot of Ringaskiddy workers live in Cobh too - it adds a bit of expense i.e. another €24.00 per week, getting the car ferry across, but ferry takes you to Glenbrook/Passage West and then you drive to Ringaskiddy. At least in Cobh, you're in a small town with everything on your doorstep i.e. within walking distance. Also, a train station, so easy access to Cork City. Check out Daft website to compare renting locally in Carrigaline/Ringaskiddy/Passage West vs. Cobh + Car Ferry ticket.

craichoe

Judes wrote: »

A lot of Ringaskiddy workers live in Cobh too - it adds a bit of expense i.e. another €24.00 per week, getting the car ferry across, but ferry takes you to Glenbrook/Passage West and then you drive to Ringaskiddy. At least in Cobh, you're in a small town with everything on your doorstep i.e. within walking distance. Also, a train station, so easy access to Cork City. Check out Daft website to compare renting locally in Carrigaline/Ringaskiddy/Passage West vs. Cobh + Car Ferry ticket.

Cobh is also a hole, three gardai with one car to cover the whole area. If anything major happens they have to wait for a consignment from anglesea street to show up.

It being a port, theres dodgy sailors, prostitution and drugs all over the place.

Judes

Gee Craichoe - having lived in Cobh the past 5 years - I must be missing an awful lot of excitement ....... as I've never witnessed anything you just listed. Mind you isn't Cork a port, so if you're talking prostitutes/drugs etc. then don't live anywhere within/surrounding the city. Yes, we do have one or two troublesome spots on the Great Island - but name me a town/village in this country that isn't affected. I'd also like to point out that there are Gardai Patrol Cars in Cobh every evening, so I feel very safe.

What would your suggestions be for a place to live for somebody who will be working in Ringaskiddy (a port) - I think we need to hear something a little more positive than places being "dumps" or "holes" - I'm curious as to where you would recommend.

daveyjoe

There are a lot of large reasonably priced housing estates on the north-east side of Carrigaline (Herons Wood for example). It's worth looking into as they are only a stone's throw away from ringaskiddy. If you are buying then I know that the semi-detached's in Herons Wood are starting at ~€325,000.

There are also a few places out the currabinny direction, they may be a bit too secluded for you though.

Some parts of Carrigaline are nice, some aren't. The town centre tends to have a few too many youths in tracksuits though. It's pretty safe from my experience.

ash7322

Hey

I'm moving to Cork for the Summer because I got a job in Ringaskiddy. I'll be sharing accommodation with a friend working in Carrigaline. Unfortunately neither of us have a car, where would be the most ideal place to live in this case?

Thanks

curly from cork

Unless you can arrange a lift there is no bus service from Carrigaline to Ringaskiddy.

ash7322

We haven't got anywhere to live yet, is there somewhere ideal for getting to both Ringaskiddy and Carrigaline from? Thanks

nightster1

ash7322 wrote: »

We haven't got anywhere to live yet, is there somewhere ideal for getting to both Ringaskiddy and Carrigaline from? Thanks

Shanbally - Half way mark.

Tip; rent don't buy

ash7322

nightster1 wrote: »

Shanbally - Half way mark.

Tip; rent don't buy

Cool thanks, is there buses from there? Oh we will definitely only be renting!

curly from cork

Shanbally is indeed half way. It is a small village, one shop , one pub, one church , one roundabout... you get the picture !! You could walk to work in Ringaskiddy safely on a footpath, in Id guess 15 mins. Depending on the factory you re heading to. You wouldnt really be able to walk easily to Carrigaline from Shanbally and there is no bus. Id guess its about 25 min walk.
Ringaskiddy is just a difficult place to get to if you are relying on the bus. Its in a cul de sac as in the end of the harbour so its not on the way to anywhere. The country road , and most direct route from Carrigaline to Ringaskiddy is most def NOT suitable for walking or cycling. There is a main very busy road but its a longer route , and busy with heavy vehicles etc heading to the port.

run_Forrest_run

craichoe wrote: »

It being a port, theres dodgy sailors, prostitution and drugs all over the place.

woohoo, sounds like my kind of place

I live in Passage so I'd suggest Monkstown

CorkMan

The Elysian, you can parachute to work.

cookie75

Once you start work in whichever factory it is you'll be able to hitch a ride to carrigaline no prob as a lot of locals work there .Carrigaline is definately your best bet.

Lcronin2011

Shanbally i suppose would be the most handy place if you are working in ringaskiddy, or else ringaskiddy itself! i have to say tho if i worked there i would live in crosshaven, most amazing place ever it is like being in the country plus its only a 20 minute drive to ringaskiddy from there! Weavers point all the way

charlemont

Passage West and Monkstown are on the bus route 223 to Ringaskiddy, They are only small villages really.

Geog

I don't live in Carrigaline but have some friends who do. There are quite a few good rental properties available on the Cork side of the town, which is the right side for Ringaskiddy.

dory

daveyjoe wrote: »

There are a lot of large reasonably priced housing estates on the north-east side of Carrigaline (Herons Wood for example). I know that the semi-detached's in Herons Wood are starting at ~€325,000.

I didn't realise this was an old, resurrected thread until I saw those figures. That is terrifying.

Goldstein

dory wrote: »

I didn't realise this was an old, resurrected thread until I saw those figures. That is terrifying.

Big time. It got worse than that too.

They peaked at 350k - 360k for 3 bed semis in Heron's wood, Westwood and other "new estate" areas of Carrigaline. Knock 120k off those easily now and you'll knock 150k off them before we see the bottom.

run_Forrest_run

Goldstein wrote: »

Big time. It got worse than that too.

They peaked at 350k - 360k for 3 bed semis in Heron's wood, Westwood and other "new estate" areas of Carrigaline. Knock 120k off those easily now and you'll knock 150k off them before we see the bottom.

d'oh, I didn't cop the old thread myself....yikes, imagine the poor heads who paid €325,000+ for a semi-d in Carrigaline!!

The Pontiac

Goldstein wrote: »

Big time. It got worse than that too.

They peaked at 350k - 360k for 3 bed semis in Heron's wood, Westwood and other "new estate" areas of Carrigaline. Knock 120k off those easily now and you'll knock 150k off them before we see the bottom.

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

d'oh, I didn't cop the old thread myself....yikes, imagine the poor heads who paid €325,000+ for a semi-d in Carrigaline!!

Scary.

You'd buy this for €150k I reckon. http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=587749

mawk

Ill give you 53 euro and a toaster for it.

run_Forrest_run

I would think you're right Ollie. Who would have thought that the 'exclusive' area of Heron's Wood would become so 'cheap'?

Scary times, and it's not over yet...anyway, I've gone way off topic!

Can we put this thread to bed mods?

mikeym

Ringaskiddy is a dump dont live there.

curly from cork

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I would think you're right Ollie. Who would have thought that the 'exclusive' area of Heron's Wood would become so 'cheap'?

Scary times, and it's not over yet...anyway, I've gone way off topic!

Can we put this thread to bed mods?

Post # 10 was a genuine question posted May 1 st 2011. That is the question that lead to the ressurection of the thread.

Dubba

ash7322 wrote: »

Hey

I'm moving to Cork for the Summer because I got a job in Ringaskiddy. I'll be sharing accommodation with a friend working in Carrigaline. Unfortunately neither of us have a car, where would be the most ideal place to live in this case?

Thanks

Rochestown is near center between town and Ringaskiddy, roughly 10km, 15min bike ride.

daveyjoe

Dubba wrote: »

Rochestown is near center between town and Ringaskiddy, roughly 10km, 15min bike ride.

Impressive stuff to be doing 10km in 15 minutes on your bike taking those roads