Best commute towns near Limerick?

TestTransmission

TestTransmission wrote: »

I've asked this already,but where are generally the good areas to live in Castleconnell?

Anyone?

ninty9er

Nobody for Croom/Crecora?

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1163894

TONY DAY

Why in Gods name would someone like to live out in the Sticks?? Honestly!! I can't get my head around it. You have to get into the car and drive just to get basic groceries. If you live in town or in a suburb just outside the city centre you can walk everywhere.
Is that why country people are generally fatter than city people.

bazz26

TONY DAY wrote: »

Why in Gods name would someone like to live out in the Sticks?? Honestly!! I can't get my head around it. You have to get into the car and drive just to get basic groceries. If you live in town or in a suburb just outside the city centre you can walk everywhere.
Is that why country people are generally fatter than city people.

That is a very subjective view which is not shared by everyone. You might not contemplete surviving outside the city but plenty of people manage it just fine. Someone in the country might say why on earth would you want to live in a dirty, littered, noisy, concrete pale with drug addicts begging on every corner?

As I said earlier, different strokes for different folks.

h3000

TONY DAY wrote: »

Why in Gods name would someone like to live out in the Sticks?? Honestly!! I can't get my head around it. You have to get into the car and drive just to get basic groceries. If you live in town or in a suburb just outside the city centre you can walk everywhere.
Is that why country people are generally fatter than city people.

People want different things in life Tony. I spent my early years growing up in town then moved to the county at about 13. When I was 20 I moved back to town for about 8 years and rented a few apartments then moved back to the county. I love living in the country. Where I am living I don't need to get into my car to get basic groceries\go for a few drinks\go for dinner or much of anything else. If I do need to go to town it's only 10 miles away. It's not like most of the suggestions on this thread are on the side of a montain or anything.

When purchasing a house in the county you can often get a larger house with a larger garden for your money. Which again appeals to some people and not to others.

TONY DAY

Bazz i'm not neccesarily talking about living in the city centre. I can walk to town in 10 minutes from my house and can honestly say i have never seen a drug addict begging on the street i live on or indeed burnt out cars or scumbags roaming around!!!
And anyway most country towns now have a bad element living there. A certain small village near Hospital in Co Limerick is awash with drugs. Someone was arrested there last week .:o

electrobanana

TestTransmission wrote: »

Anyone?

Iv a mate living in the Castlerock estate and it seems like a very nice place to live pretty quite and walking distance from the village.hope this helps.

bazz26

TONY DAY wrote: »

Bazz i'm not neccesarily talking about living in the city centre. I can walk to town in 10 minutes from my house and can honestly say i have never seen a drug addict begging on the street i live on or indeed burnt out cars or scumbags roaming around!!!
And anyway most country towns now have a bad element living there. A certain small village near Hospital in Co Limerick is awash with drugs. Someone was arrested there last week .:o

Well Tony living in the country doesn't mean living up the side of a mountain in the back of beyond either. This isn't 1950s Ireland, there is better infrastructure now that there ever has been and countryside is nowhere near as issolated as some townies imagine it to be.

I live just outside a village that is 15 mins from the motorway network and 25 mins from the city centre. It takes me slightly longer to get to one of the shopping centres than it took me when I lived in the city stuck in traffic. If I need to buy a loaf of bread, pint of milk, post a letter or order takeaway then I can do all that in the nearby village, again not an eventful task.

Lady Chatterton

+1 Killaloe/Ballina

http://www.discoverkillaloe.com/

TONY DAY

Ah come on now Killaloe/Ballina your having a laugh!!!

Insect Overlord

TONY DAY wrote: »

Why in Gods name would someone like to live out in the Sticks?? Honestly!! I can't get my head around it. You have to get into the car and drive just to get basic groceries. If you live in town or in a suburb just outside the city centre you can walk everywhere.
Is that why country people are generally fatter than city people.

TONY DAY wrote: »

Ah come on now Killaloe/Ballina your having a laugh!!!

Add something useful to this thread, Tony, or else don't post in it at all.

TONY DAY

Ah Insect your no fun at all!!!

stakerwallace

source wrote: »

Adare is a traffic nightmare!

If you don't get out of the city at just the right time you can be stuck in huge tailbacks.

And if there's anything on in the manor, just forget about heading out there at all. Don't get me wrong it's a beautiful place but I for one couldn't be dealing with the traffic.

Edit: I feel I should probably add something positive to this post as the above is very negative.

Good spots, Cratloe great little village with forest park, playground, national school and pub and shops. Only 10 from town and airport by N18 dual carriageway.

Ballina/Kilaloe, together they make up a pretty decent town. 15 to 20 mins by motorway (M7) to city. Restaurants and takeaways (Indian Chinese chippers) bars, petrol stations, it's on the mouth of lough derg, absolutely beautiful. There can be some problems with traffic as there is only one narrow bridge connecting the two and it is a big day trip spot when the weather is good. But it usually flows pretty well.

Nenagh, big town, pretty much every amenity you could think of. Administrative centre for north Tipperary, it has banks, hospital, shopping, restaurants and bars, cinema, everything you could want really. Half hour from city by M7.

North Circular Road in Limerick is great if you can afford it: beautiful houses, huge gardens, traffic is quiet except in the mornings, tranquil, very green and the city is 5-10 minutes away.

h3000

stakerwallace wrote: »

North Circular Road in Limerick is great if you can afford it: beautiful houses, huge gardens, traffic is quiet except in the mornings, tranquil, very green and the city is 5-10 minutes away.

It's hardly a commuter town now is it

stakerwallace

h3000 wrote: »

It's hardly a commuter town now is it

A much better alternative: within the city, 10 mins walk to centre, and all the amenities you need without urban clutter.
I lived there for years, some years ago, and it was as near as you could get to nature while still being beside a city.

Bubs99

TONY DAY, I cant live in the city because Im a town/coastal girl. I was born in Tramore. I also cant drive so I cant be in the middle of nowhere either.

Before anyone asks, I have epilepsy and cant get a driving license.

I have checked out Killaloe/Ballina. They seem perfect and cheap enough for great quality houses. The question there is...how is the public transport for Killaloe and Ballina? Does anyone know? I will need all shops and a pharmacy etc near me but easy transport to the city is also handy for me.

Ive been keeping an eye on Castleconnell and ill have to write down the rest because theres so many. I love scenery and I dread leaving the seaside. nothing beats the view and sound of the ocean but Lough Derg etc. seem fabulous.

I really appreciate all this. Thank you all.

Chavways

Clonlara isn't even 10 minutes from Limerick. Everything you need is very close by and apart from the crime the place is grand......