What is the best location in Co Cork

Cork Local · 11-10-2008 6:16pm #1

If you could chose to live in any town/village in Co Cork, where would you chose?

Dave147 · 11-10-2008 6:23pm

Kinsale probably..

Cork Local · 11-10-2008 7:57pm

How about a top 3 or 5.

I'm looking for places to go, possibly live... alternatives to the more well known (I agree, as I like Kinsale too!)

Jimbo · 11-10-2008 8:01pm

West Cork is probably your best bet.

Clonakilty, Glengarriff, Bantry and Schull are all pretty nice places

Cork Local · 11-10-2008 9:14pm

Anyone got any suggestions closer to Cork?

Jimbo · 11-10-2008 9:17pm

Your welcome. You did use the word 'any'.

Mallow really that bad?

Cork Local · 11-10-2008 11:15pm

Your right I did say 'any' and I am sure your suggestions are all correct (I've been looking closer to Cork, that's all). Furthest out would be Clon.

Nothing against Mallow but I'm renting next to my in-laws....

Necronomicon · 12-10-2008 7:49pm

How close are you looking to get to the city? I've lived in Carrigaline all my life so I'd naturally give it a thumbs up. It's about 20 minutes on the bus.

Cork Local · 13-10-2008 1:20pm

Thanks for your suggestion Necronomicon. I would say "commutable" whatever that means... 45/60 mins drive (max).

mawk · 19-10-2008 3:46am

well clon is only about a 45 minute drive from the city. maybe an hour if traffic catches ya.

other than that, how about rose hill or marybourgh hill? both kinda between carrigaline and douglas. still very close to everything but with a bit more space and lots less scumbaggery

Cork Local · 19-10-2008 11:06am

Thanks Mawk.

I know marybourgh hill (ish) but not rose hill - something to check out.

Fud Duddy · 20-10-2008 5:32pm

Hi City local, what exactly are you looking for in a place? other than not wanting to be right nextdoor to your inlaws. Like what are your top 3 priorities on the ' where to live' list? This might help us scale down the reccommondations. Have you considered Cobh, it's handy if you need to commute into Cork for work with the train.

Cork Local · 20-10-2008 6:07pm

I haven't been to Cobh but we have looked at East Cork.

What do we want from a location:

Commutable to Cork city (1hr max, ideally less).
The closer to the sea the better (I appreciate the prices goes up so not necessarily looking for the sea view).
Good Schools.
Not an estate, so a little bit of space. I would say ideally walking distance (1 mile?) from the town (local amenities).
A nice feel to a town - a difficult one to describe in writing... but first impressions of a place as to the look and feel.

Not asking for much, I know

Fud Duddy · 21-10-2008 8:30pm

I've not spent too much time in Cobh myself but it seems like a town that ticks all your boxes, otherwise maybe Midleton, as far as I know it has good schools, as does Fermoy. Have you checked out Daft.ie ?
I just had a quick look at Daft and it looks like rental property is very expensive in Cobh and also in Midleton, though you may be in a 'everything is negotiable' situation as there seems to be 136 properties for rent in and around Midleton. I spotted a 4 bedroomed detached on Greenhill in Fermoy for 800 a month, which isn't bad for a big enough house I suppose, and it is a nice part of Fermoy I think. But then you may not need a 4 bedroomed house, and if your kids are not in secondary school a village with a small national school is sometimes a better choice, for the kids anyway.

Top Dog · 22-10-2008 4:31pm

What about the likes of Tower or Blarney?

MunsterCycling · 22-10-2008 4:34pm

Top Dog wrote: »

What about the likes of Tower or Blarney?

Woof woof...

Whitegate, by the sea yet reasonable.

Top Dog · 22-10-2008 4:57pm

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Woof woof...

Whitegate, by the sea yet reasonable.

Actually says closer to the sea, which technically my suggestions do fulfill

Also tick the boxes for closer commute to the city, and being so close it also expands the number of schools within reasonable distance.

And while the OP might not like living close to the in-laws, if they moved to Blarney/Tower they could still enlist the in-laws for babysitting duties.

See? I've given this some thought

CityLocal Cork wrote: »

I haven't been to Cobh but we have looked at East Cork.

What do we want from a location:
Commutable to Cork city (1hr max, ideally less).
The closer to the sea the better (I appreciate the prices goes up so not necessarily looking for the sea view).
Good Schools.
Not an estate, so a little bit of space. I would say ideally walking distance (1 mile?) from the town (local amenities).
A nice feel to a town - a difficult one to describe in writing... but first impressions of a place as to the look and feel.

Not asking for much, I know

What is the best location in Co Cork

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