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Moving to Tralee... acmodation, school & broadband
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01-07-2012 2:30pm#1
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Hi,
Me and my wife along with three kids 10, 6 yrs and 4 months will be moving to Tralee from UK next month.
Few advices required if possible. Even though I did a bit of home work but still need advice from hard core locals.
1- family friendly accomodation. which areas are safe. I was told to avoid town centre plus Bull ring by all means. I saw some nice houses in south Listellick which is like 3 miles from work and town centre. Whats the reputation of that area. Its quiet and have lovely scenic views.
2- Primary schools. Two older ones went to state school in UK. Heard good reputation of Presentation girls secondary school and also heard how difficult to get in there as per irish times. So was thinking of Presentation primary school. any advice regarding this school reputation. Receptionist was super lovely on the phone with my mrs.
3- Good broadband connection. I have heard few comments about meteor, 3 ireland and premnet or something but wasnt sure which is the better one in view of speed and download capacity.
thanks a mill..
with regards accommodation, best bet is to get in touch with some of the estate agents, whether you are buying or renting. Check out the various websites for REA North's, DNG Giles, Sherry & Fitzgerald, Ger Carmody to name but a few.
There are a lot of nice areas in Tralee, like anywhere you will get your pockets of not so nice, but even the nicest places in town will have one or two not so nice people living there. The 'Bull Ring' as you mentioned, had a lot of itinerants living there, and the majority are nice people, again you will get your not so nice. The rest of that area is broken up into different estates, and have a lot of nice people living in there. The council are regenerating the area too, and its coming along nicely.
Its a lovely town though, so hope it all works out for you
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with regards accommodation, best bet is to get in touch with some of the estate agents, whether you are buying or renting. Check out the various websites for REA North's, DNG Giles, Sherry & Fitzgerald, Ger Carmoday to name but a few.
There are a lot of nice areas in Tralee, like anywhere you will get your pockets of not so nice, but even the nicest places in town will have one or two not so nice people living there. The 'Bull Ring' as you mentioned, had a lot of itinerants living there, and the majority are nice people, again you will get your not so nice. The rest of that area is broken up into different estates, and have a lot of nice people living in there. The council are regenerating the area too, and its coming along nicely.
Its a lovely town though, so hope it all works out for you
Thanks a lot for your reply and helpful advice
I am in touch with pro plan property agents and going through daft as well. you are spot on about different areas and no doubt town is lovely and people are extremely nice and humble during our visit.
Regarding schools and internet and kids activity any advice or websites to recommend?0 -
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Thanks a lot for your reply and helpful advice
I am in touch with pro plan property agents and going through daft as well. you are spot on about different areas and no doubt town is lovely and people are extremely nice and humble during our visit.
Regarding schools and internet and kids activity any advice or websites to recommend?
sorry I didn't get time to answer your other questions earlier as I had to rush out.
I don't have kids yet, but I do know that the schools in Tralee are all pretty good from knowing people who both went to them and send their kids there now.
Presentation does have a very good reputation and academic record. Its an all girls secondary school, and they have a primary too which I'm pretty sure is mixed. The other big secondary school is in Mercy Mounthawk, just on the outskirt of the town on the way towards Fenit/Adfert. This is a mixed school, with again a good reputation. I do know though, that you could be queuing overnight with other parents to enroll kids! Unless you or your wife went to Balloonagh or Moyderwell (they merged to form Mercy Mounthawk), then it is hard to get into from what I've been told.
Moyderwell is another mixed primary school.
Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai which is a mixed all Irish speaking secondary school (I went to this school & loved it!), and also Scoil Mhic Easmainn which is an all Irish speaking mixed primary school (I also went here!).
Holy Family Primary primary school.
The Green secondary school, which is all boys.
There is also Blennerville mixed primary school which is outside Tralee town, in Blennerville Village,
Listellick primary school also just outside the town.
There is a Church of Ireland school in Tralee called St. John's in Ash street. Oh and also Tralee Educate Together, which is mixed, but very small so limited places as far as I know. That is a lot of schools now that I've typed them all out! haha!
Found a few links which should help with more info:
http://www.tralee-educate-together.com/
http://www.hfstralee.com/home
http://www.ceist.ie/ceist_schools/view_school.cfm?loadref=102
http://www.mercymounthawk.ie/
http://www.thegreen.ie/
As for the broadband, well its ok I guess. We don't have fibre optic cabling yet! I am personally with Imagine, and its not too bad. The only other company I used before Imagine was Eircom, and you may get conflicting opinions of them!
Try out some of the other estate agents too as they do rental property also.0 -
sorry I didn't get time to answer your other questions earlier as I had to rush out.
I don't have kids yet, but I do know that the schools in Tralee are all pretty good from knowing people who both went to them and send their kids there now.
Presentation does have a very good reputation and academic record. Its an all girls secondary school, and they have a primary too which I'm pretty sure is mixed. The other big secondary school is in Mercy Mounthawk, just on the outskirt of the town on the way towards Fenit/Adfert. This is a mixed school, with again a good reputation. I do know though, that you could be queuing overnight with other parents to enroll kids! Unless you or your wife went to Balloonagh or Moyderwell (they merged to form Mercy Mounthawk), then it is hard to get into from what I've been told.
Moyderwell is another mixed primary school.
Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai which is a mixed all Irish speaking secondary school (I went to this school & loved it!), and also Scoil Mhic Easmainn which is an all Irish speaking mixed primary school (I also went here!).
Holy Family Primary primary school.
The Green secondary school, which is all boys.
There is also Blennerville mixed primary school which is outside Tralee town, in Blennerville Village,
Listellick primary school also just outside the town.
There is a Church of Ireland school in Tralee called St. John's in Ash street. Oh and also Tralee Educate Together, which is mixed, but very small so limited places as far as I know. That is a lot of schools now that I've typed them all out! haha!
Found a few links which should help with more info:
http://www.tralee-educate-together.com/
http://www.hfstralee.com/home
http://www.ceist.ie/ceist_schools/view_school.cfm?loadref=102
http://www.mercymounthawk.ie/
http://www.thegreen.ie/
As for the broadband, well its ok I guess. We don't have fibre optic cabling yet! I am personally with Imagine, and its not too bad. The only other company I used before Imagine was Eircom, and you may get conflicting opinions of them!
Try out some of the other estate agents too as they do rental property also.
Yes, that was a really comprehensive over view of Tralee schools which is not easy to do and I am extremely grateful for getting time out and typing it all.
Yes I am so far emailing all property agents who are sending my type of house on daft.ie. I will be seeing more properties during my July visit. Having Kerry airport with direct flights to London stansted is such a blessing which people might not appretiate it fully until they have not used it. Plus that airport is small and lovely which is a treat itself if you compare that with ~Dublin and London airports 3 hours queues.
Good to know about broadband, i will browse more in that respect.
Regarding kids activities, I know there is aquadome but if they are looking for things like pony riding or lessons for it and hill walking, are there any clubs etc available. We are all fans of organic food so I found out that there is a farmers market in Tralee onSaturdays which has very good reviews. Looking forward for some pure clean full of ozone life away from traffic and noise with lovely people around.!!! Ta0 -
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Yes, that was a really comprehensive over view of Tralee schools which is not easy to do and I am extremely grateful for getting time out and typing it all.
Yes I am so far emailing all property agents who are sending my type of house on daft.ie. I will be seeing more properties during my July visit. Having Kerry airport with direct flights to London stansted is such a blessing which people might not appretiate it fully until they have not used it. Plus that airport is small and lovely which is a treat itself if you compare that with ~Dublin and London airports 3 hours queues.
Good to know about broadband, i will browse more in that respect.
Regarding kids activities, I know there is aquadome but if they are looking for things like pony riding or lessons for it and hill walking, are there any clubs etc available. We are all fans of organic food so I found out that there is a farmers market in Tralee onSaturdays which has very good reviews. Looking forward for some pure clean full of ozone life away from traffic and noise with lovely people around.!!! Ta
there are horse riding facilities in town (well just outside), one I know is Kennedy's in Ballyard, and I think there is another one in Ballyard too, but I can't remember the name of it. I'm sure there are more, but can't think of them off the top of my head.
There are plenty of beaches around Tralee which is great, so plenty of outdoors things to do!
there's a thread on here too about the farmers markets, with a link to the various ones.
What made you decide to move to Tralee? do you have family here?0 -
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hello there and best of luck with your move...we are about 10 months in to the move to Tralee and we are really enjoying it although not without ups and downs (like a move anywhere will entail).
We have found the positives to be the amazing variety of beaches and beautiful places to visit all within a reasonable drive. We have enjoyed lovely meals and nights out in pubs in surrounding towns and villages. Tralee itself can be a bit rough to take children out in at night. (sorry to cause any offence to anyone but it has been our experience).
There is high demand for good family 4+ bedroom rental properties and rents are increasing. You may even find yourself in situation where multiple people are after the same house. We have decided to go with a more rural property to give our boys the quality of life we missed living in the city. You might have a drive around when you visit and think about this option?
Our boys are small and we needed to try an number of pre-schools before we found the perfect one for our little boy. We decided on a smaller rural school outside Tralee for our other son. We are hoping for Mounthalk as the 2nd level choice if we settle here permanently.
My hubbi works from home and to be truthful broadband is an issue. Depending on the exchange you should be able to get NextGen in tralee town. Eircom promised a NextGen line where we are but we are currently confined to a 1M with measly 200k upload. If going rural check out other options, such as satelite or radio providers.
It will take a while for you all to adjust but we are pleased with general quality of life issues and quality of lovely local produce food wise. You have all the major shopping outlets in some town nearby and we haven't needed for anything. Socially it also will take a while to find your feet but the children should settle more quickly with school friends inviting them places etc. We have had some mixed eperiences ourselves with people who have long histories with each other :rolleyes: I have done some really interesting night classes over the winter and plan to do more and that has helped. We work hard though...no lolling around at work like some in the city might imagine happens in a provincial area. Please pm me if you have anymore questions.
Thanks a lot for your help and useful advice. To be honest as you can see yourself that within past ten days so many people have helped via their advices in this forum on my various queries.
You are right we are slightly going out of town to Listellick most likely in order to have better quality of life and you are dead right about 4+ houses availability. Town is only 3 miles from Listellick and so as work. We are going for presentation primary school as older one is just a year before going to secondary and in UK she was in year 6 so in fairness this year is going to be a bit easy ride for her and so as for middle one.
Its always a bit of give and take isn't it when you move from some big city to smaller town. But we are very optimistic as there are more positives. We are not a huge fan of going out late night anyway so it will not affect us regarding night and town activity.
So now major issue is broadband in Listellick area which I am not sure how to solve to be hoenst, I am planning to ask some neighbors and see what they are using and may be opt for that.
I am happy to hear from yourself that you all settled well and best of luck for the future. I will pm you if any queries arise but as you can every one is so kind to help here too . Thanks a mill. 0 -
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chupacabra wrote: »Listellick is a great place to live. I live in the town but I went to Listellick primary school so I grew up with a lot of the people living in that direction and know many of the families around the area and they are all really wonderful people. I often walk up the hill and pop by my old school to reminisce about the good times and the bad :P
If you are into hill-walking, mountain climbing etc. then Tralee is a great place to be. You are never more than 20 minutes away from some of the most spectacular scenery in the country and even after 20 years of exploring the dingle peninsula i'm still finding little hidden gems all the time. As said before the closest place to do any horse riding would be up in Ballyard but theres always the option of driving to Killarney for a day of horse riding in the mountains.
I also hear rumors of an all organic restaurant opening up in the town center by Lee Bradshaw who also runs the station house in Blennerville.
Either way I wish you all the best of luck in your move to Tralee and you are very welcome.
Thanks for those lovely reassuring comments. We were actually in Tralee last weekend and it was so nice to be there. Weather was intermittenly cloudy and sunny but was very comfortable over all.
We went to Listellick South, Drove through the whole town and saw presentation primary school. It was quiet central and parking is a bit question mark for me but then they have a school bus service for anyone above 2 miles from school, so nothing to be worried about now for us.
what place would anyone recommed for hill walking in Tralee for beginners like myself with kids onboard as well.
Hope you of all are enjoying sun and festival at westland today 0
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