Best Place To Live In Ireland?

katieo

hey Galway/Mayo area would sound good for you if you look at this end of this video there are some lovely shots of lough corrib theres a ferry that goes from ashford castle in Cong and its just a few shots they have up on it. The Corrib is a great spot for fishing

http://www.ashford.ie/tour-estate-activities.html

GirlInterrupted

taidghbaby wrote: »

for teenage mothers

How many of them are you responsible for?

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KristianS wrote: »

Hi,

I hope this is the right place to ask. Have just found this awesome forum and glad I did. Me and the family are researching a move to Ireland. We're from Wales but currently living in Malta. Could anyone offer me some advice on the best places to look? I'd like something coastal (I'm big on fishing), a town relatively close to a city (30 / 40 mins drive or so), friendly to the English, good local schools and hospital. I'd appreciate any ideas. Thanks!

Craigavon.

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jordata wrote: »

Friendly to the English? We are so over that whole feud thing. No hard feelings.

I don't know which part of this is funnier. The actual statement or the 'so over' part.

Charlie

Xavi6 wrote: »

Good call on Weford. The missus has a house down in Kilmuckridge and it's a fantastic little spot. Only an hour or so drive to Dublin as well.

Another +1 on Kilmuckridge. I used to go down all the time when I was younger. Bloody muck savage chipper they have there.

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KristianS wrote: »

Hi,

I hope this is the right place to ask. Have just found this awesome forum and glad I did. Me and the family are researching a move to Ireland.

I'd get a translator first.

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Bloody muck savage chipper they have there.

xOxSinéadxOx

KristianS wrote: »

I'm just researching Wexford now. So far it ticks all my boxes. Is there something I don't know??

sorry i meant wexford town! don't live there! don't move to carlow either it's a hole

bleg

kinsale, small really cosy fishing town about 20 minutes from cork city. loads of really nice little coves around the place to go swimming and some amazing pubs and restaurants.

slickmcvic

wouldnt disagree too much form this list! but i've only lived in 3 of em!
link from here
http://www.towns-ireland.com/best-and-worst/

Top 20 Towns Best Places to Live (Pop 1500 or more)

1 Malahide
2 Portmarnock
3 Ballina (North Tipperary)
4 Annacotty
5 Greystones
6 Oranmore
7 Maynooth
8 Enniskerry
9 Dunshaughlin
10 Newcastle
11 Ratoath
12 Crosshaven
13 Donabate
14 Stamullen
15 Leixlip
16 Carrigaline
17 Kinsealy-Drinan
18 Dunboyne
19 Skerries
20 Celbridge

20 Worst Towns or cities to Live in Ireland

(In order of Worst First)

1. Rathnew
2. Longford
3. Tipperary
4 Carrick-on-Suir
5 New Ross
6 Enniscorthy
7 Abbeyfeale
8 Castleblayney
9 Castleisland
10 Kilrush
11 Portrane
12 Tullow
13 Athy
14 Bunclody-Carrickduff
15 Roscrea
16 Monasterevan
17 Carndonagh
18 Swinford
19 Ballina
20 Cootehill

xOxSinéadxOx

kilkenny is nice, bit far from the sea though

kraggy

slickmcvic wrote: »

wouldnt disagree too much form this list! but i've only lived in 3 of em!
link from here
http://www.towns-ireland.com/best-and-worst/

Top 20 Towns Best Places to Live (Pop 1500 or more)

1 Malahide
2 Portmarnock
3 Ballina (North Tipperary)
4 Annacotty
5 Greystones
6 Oranmore
7 Maynooth
8 Enniskerry
9 Dunshaughlin
10 Newcastle
11 Ratoath
12 Crosshaven
13 Donabate
14 Stamullen
15 Leixlip
16 Carrigaline
17 Kinsealy-Drinan
18 Dunboyne
19 Skerries
20 Celbridge

20 Worst Towns or cities to Live in Ireland

(In order of Worst First)

1. Rathnew
2. Longford
3. Tipperary
4 Carrick-on-Suir
5 New Ross
6 Enniscorthy
7 Abbeyfeale
8 Castleblayney
9 Castleisland
10 Kilrush
11 Portrane
12 Tullow
13 Athy
14 Bunclody-Carrickduff
15 Roscrea
16 Monasterevan
17 Carndonagh
18 Swinford
19 Ballina
20 Cootehill

They're towns but I recall Salthill in Galway city being voted the best location in Ireland to live in.

Property is expensive, but you've got the seaside and it's only about a 15 min walk from Galway city centre. Loads of amenities. Good schools, parks, swimming pool, and the famous Promenade which runs along the sea.

ottostreet

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

sorry i meant wexford town! don't live there! don't move to carlow either it's a hole

thats quite judgemental. i hope youve at least lived here for a reasonable amount of time, otherwise id completely ignore that. if you have lived here, well, your entitled to your opinion i suppose

xOxSinéadxOx

lived there for 2 years and I absolutely hated the place, obviously that's just the opinion from one person so don't let that dishearten you but I thought I'd offer my opinion

Acacia

slickmcvic wrote: »

wouldnt disagree too much form this list! but i've only lived in 3 of em!
link from here
http://www.towns-ireland.com/best-and-worst/

Top 20 Towns Best Places to Live (Pop 1500 or more)

1 Malahide
2 Portmarnock
3 Ballina (North Tipperary)
4 Annacotty
5 Greystones
6 Oranmore
7 Maynooth
8 Enniskerry
9 Dunshaughlin
10 Newcastle
11 Ratoath
12 Crosshaven
13 Donabate
14 Stamullen
15 Leixlip
16 Carrigaline
17 Kinsealy-Drinan
18 Dunboyne
19 Skerries
20 Celbridge

20 Worst Towns or cities to Live in Ireland

(In order of Worst First)

1. Rathnew
2. Longford
3. Tipperary
4 Carrick-on-Suir
5 New Ross
6 Enniscorthy
7 Abbeyfeale
8 Castleblayney
9 Castleisland
10 Kilrush
11 Portrane
12 Tullow
13 Athy
14 Bunclody-Carrickduff
15 Roscrea
16 Monasterevan
17 Carndonagh
18 Swinford
19 Ballina
20 Cootehill

Jaysus, can't believe my town made the 'best' list! Not to mention Celbridge!:D
I'd recommend Wicklow/Wexford. Nice scenery, not too far from Dublin. Hope you like it here.

Clare Bear

D-A-V-E wrote: »

go to Limerick,home of munster and irish rugby. only an hour from the beach and 15mins from the airport. heres a clip flying over the outskirts!

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=eroZKYG012k

Ahhhh ha ha ha ha did you really just tell the poor chap to go to Limerick?!

West Cork/Kerry would be my choice....even though it's in my blood to hate all things Kerry, it is beautiful down there and the locals will be even friendlier to you when they hear your accent. Different accent in Kerry=money!


Quote:
Originally Posted by slickmcvic
wouldnt disagree too much form this list! but i've only lived in 3 of em!
link from here
http://www.towns-ireland.com/best-and-worst/

Top 20 Towns Best Places to Live (Pop 1500 or more)

1 Malahide



Wow I live in the best town in Ireland!

*Looks around* Really?! It's nice and all but wouldn't put it at number one.

The Mighty Ken

Would agree with Malahide as the best place to live in the country but I'm surprised Clonakilty isn't in there at all - in my opinion, it should be number 2!

Black Swan

Galway!

Ziggurat

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Galway!

You'd think it would be self-evident.

galwayrush

My house, in Galway but that's not important, it's my wife's cooking that makes it the best place to live.:cool:

onesocks

3 Ballina (North Tipperary)
4 Annacotty

Wow. Living in between both.

Annacotty? really? I like it and all.... maybe there's an Annacotty outside of Limerick?

And who would have thought a Limerick town would make it top 5.


/runs off to google map all possible annacottys in ireland.

Amazotheamazing

onesocks wrote: »

3 Ballina (North Tipperary)
4 Annacotty

Wow. Living in between both.

Annacotty? really? I like it and all.... maybe there's an Annacotty outside of Limerick?

And who would have thought a Limerick town would make it top 5.


/runs off to google map all possible annacottys in ireland.

I dunno, near a large city, good schools, good sports facilities near it. There's worse places.

newestUser

ottostreet wrote: »

thats quite judgemental. i hope youve at least lived here for a reasonable amount of time, otherwise id completely ignore that. if you have lived here, well, your entitled to your opinion i suppose

I wouldn't suggest that Carlow's a nice place to live either.

The issue is totally subjective, but I find Carlow depressing, boring, and small (in every sense of the word). It's a very uninspiring place.

ejmaztec

Clare Bear wrote: »

Ahhhh ha ha ha ha did you really just tell the poor chap to go to Limerick?!

West Cork/Kerry would be my choice....even though it's in my blood to hate all things Kerry, it is beautiful down there and the locals will be even friendlier to you when they hear your accent. Different accent in Kerry=money!

That really is below the money-belt.:P

Kerry's ok provided you make sure you count your fingers after you shake hands with somebody. :eek:

getz

how can you say carlow is not a nice place -every time i come over on holiday to ireland [ four weeks every year ] i just love going to carlow --i also go to gorey and kilkenny all full nice and friendly people to me that is ireland

Statso

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

lived there for 2 years and I absolutely hated the place, obviously that's just the opinion from one person so don't let that dishearten you but I thought I'd offer my opinion

Did you live in Ferndale or Wolfetone by any chance? The town has some rough areas like any other town but any tourist i have talked to during my barwork say they love the place and wish they could live here.

KristianS

Just an update and a question.

I'm researching Wexford and Galway. These two seem to be the most highly recommended by you guys. After that it will be Cork and Limerick.

Can you recommend the nicest towns to consider in these places? Somewhere relatively close to the sea or river / lake?

blue_belle

Ardee, its the place to be, hey!

but seriously, glengarrif co. cork. i LOVE the place.

DO0GLE

Kilmore Quay is a nice fishing village in Wexford. Also close to Rosslare if want to visit Wales
http://www.kilmorequayweb.com/

D-A-V-E

KristianS wrote: »

Just an update and a question.

I'm researching Wexford and Galway. These two seem to be the most highly recommended by you guys. After that it will be Cork and Limerick.

Can you recommend the nicest towns to consider in these places? Somewhere relatively close to the sea or river / lake?

to answer all your questions i have a link to a town or city for each of the four..first is cork city,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=3-eYJ71KUeM&feature=related,

limerick city,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwboKfGKjw,

then theres the fishing village of roundstone county galway,

http://www.roundstone.ie/index.php,

then theres wexford,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=W6N8Q8BbILw&feature=related

KristianS

D-A-V-E wrote: »

to answer all your questions i have a link to a town or city for each of the four..first is cork city,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=3-eYJ71KUeM&feature=related,

limerick city,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwboKfGKjw,

then theres the fishing village of roundstone county galway,

http://www.roundstone.ie/index.php,

then theres wexford,

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=W6N8Q8BbILw&feature=related

Dave, you've been amazingly helpful. Thank you!

Going to look at these links now.