What is Dunleer like to live in?

MugMugs

5.11 Tactical wrote: »

Might be an idea to have a chat to the local gardai about protestant children getting escorts to the bus stop in the 90's and attacked on the street and told to go back to your own country, spat at and degraded... I would expect that in Belfast but again a little insular sectarian town...

I personally witnessed it as I was one of those children...

Again a KIP

Even if this is true then you're going back nearly 25 years. Move on man, the rest of us have.

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MugMugs wrote: »

Even if this is true then you're going back nearly 25 years. Move on man, the rest of us have.

+1. Something like that would have made at least the local papers and I have to say I have never even heard of it. I would have been 45 or so then and was well aware of local issues.

Zane97

5.11 Tactical wrote: »

Avoid Dunleer like the plague, heres my reasons why :

1.) A highly clannish and sectarian town
2.) People are overly nosey
3.) A high rate of alcholics and bar rats.
4.) A high rate of drink driving
5.) If your not from there they will not accept you
6.) A lot of uneducated unwilling welfare experts
7.) The Local Secondary school is out of control and again a lot of sectarism.

I went to school there and learned at a young age what disgusting attitudes people in general have to non catholics.

Small Village narrow mentality...

Stick to Dundalk or Drogheda but avoid the kip.

OP you couldn't be more wrong. Far from it. Sectarian? Never seen or hear it. Drink driving? Your laughable.

Loads of people have moved here in the last 10 years and like it. A lot of highly educated people went through the Secondry school here .

Lots of people in this Village are proud to live here. People that moved for Dublin and Drogheda to set up home here.

You might have had a bad experience in the past with a school bully? They obviously get the better of you.

So to end , your points of 1-7 are complete rubbish. Houses are selling here again . People are attracted to what Dunleer has to offer.

Jlo251

Hi guys

Any opinions on wood grove heights as an estate??

Zane97

Jlo251 wrote: »

Hi guys

Any opinions on wood grove heights as an estate??

It's a good estate... It would overlook Dunleer as such as it sits on a big hill :-)

Same entrance as Mountain View , but more modern houses.

event

5.11 Tactical wrote: »

This is my personal experience and also local newspapers about the area are filled with facts of the high level of drink driving and generally scumbagery in the village.

I would LOVE for you to throw up some proof there, should be easily available if it's as rampant as you claim

Jlo251

Robbie G wrote: »

It's a good estate... It would overlook Dunleer as such as it sits on a big hill :-)

Same entrance as Mountain View , but more modern houses.

Super, thanks for that! Heard some people had issues with soundproofing in the houses but think that's an area called riverdale rather than wood grove , Seems like a lovely village close to everything

macadam

For Location on the east coast Dunleer is very well situated 45mins to Dublin on the M1 and 55mins to Belfast, if the train station would open it would be a great asset to the small town of Dunleer.
Woodgrove heights is a small quiet estate adjoining Mountain view which is extremely quiet, all the estates private and local authority are the same, yes you will have the odd bit of vandalism but I think Dunleer is well below par to similar towns villages of its size...

Jlo251

macadam wrote: »

For Location on the east coast Dunleer is very well situated 45mins to Dublin on the M1 and 55mins to Belfast, if the train station would open it would be a great asset to the small town of Dunleer.
Woodgrove heights is a small quiet estate adjoining Mountain view which is extremely quiet, all the estates private and local authority are the same, yes you will have the odd bit of vandalism but I think Dunleer is well below par to similar towns villages of its size...

Thanks for that I'm sure dunleer has gotten a lot busier since this thread began! It seems to be the new hotspot as it's on the motorway

macadam

There was a development plan put in place to stop the over growth in the village back when the tiger was roaring, which actually worked to the village/towns favour.

Zane97

macadam wrote: »

There was a development plan put in place to stop the over growth in the village back when the tiger was roaring, which actually worked to the village/towns favour.

But it needs more houses. Their is lot a lot in the market now for young family's .

macadam

There were over 600 houses and 40 plus apartments in for planning back in 2007, I think Dunleer would be far too over crowded with another 2000 or more people, yes I agree it needs more houses but a steady growth would be much better something like 30 house per year, get the infrastructure sorted first, town parking, national school class rooms and parking, pedestrian crossings public toilets etc etc, its still a good place to live with the right infrastructureit will get even better.
When beechwood was built back in the early 70s there was 44 or so houses and it seemed a massive estate.

White Horse

macadam wrote: »

For Location on the east coast Dunleer is very well situated 45mins to Dublin on the M1 and 55mins to Belfast, if the train station would open it would be a great asset to the small town of Dunleer.

It would be a better asset to landowners and developers who could flog overprised shoeboxes to economic refugees from Dublin.

Meanwhile locals get priced out of living in Dunleer.

maticm18

I think it's great place to live. Village is very nice, everything you need is there. We are buying in Woodlands and finally after seven months we will get the keys on Wednesday. I am so excited to move there. We have been over there several times to see if we like it before we decided to buy. Does anyone know about broadband in Dunleer? Currently I am upc customer and speed is great and it's unlimited. Is there any decent broadband in Woodlands?

Zane97

maticm18 wrote: »

I think it's great place to live. Village is very nice, everything you need is there. We are buying in Woodlands and finally after seven months we will get the keys on Wednesday. I am so excited to move there. We have been over there several times to see if we like it before we decided to buy. Does anyone know about broadband in Dunleer? Currently I am upc customer and speed is great and it's unlimited. Is there any decent broadband in Woodlands?

I live in Woodlands and the broadband is grand. 10 mob does me

macadam

maticm18 wrote: »

I think it's great place to live. Village is very nice, everything you need is there. We are buying in Woodlands and finally after seven months we will get the keys on Wednesday. I am so excited to move there. We have been over there several times to see if we like it before we decided to buy. Does anyone know about broadband in Dunleer? Currently I am upc customer and speed is great and it's unlimited. Is there any decent broadband in Woodlands?

Welcome you and yours.....

maticm18

Thank you:)

terenc

White Horse wrote: »

It would be a better asset to landowners and developers who could flog overprised shoeboxes to economic refugees from Dublin.

Meanwhile locals get priced out of living in Dunleer.

I have to agree with that, locals are priced out.

cw67irl

Great spot Dunleer lived there for years now living with the missus in Dundalk and it's no comparison. Planning to move back to Dunleer in the next couple of years