2 swedes movin to dublin. advice?

Allyall

Castleknock probably would be your best bet for convenience to both lives.

Daft Rentals Castleknock

Irish Rail CastleKnock TimeTable to Leixlip (Average 10 minute Journey)

Irish Rail Castleknock Timetable to Dublin City Centre
Click "Later" at bottom, to get Evening times. (Average 25 minute Journey)

Bus Routes Castleknock

Castleknock On Google Maps

It wouldn't take a long time to get From Castleknock to Either place.

I don't know what the nightlife there is like, but i'd imagine it's like most Irish towns. Probably a couple of pubs and a nightlcub.

But, as i said, it is only a short trip into Dublin City Centre in the evening. And Short to Leixlip in the Morning and Evening.

koettbulle

Allyall wrote: »

Castleknock probably would be your best bet for convenience to both lives.

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Irish Rail CastleKnock TimeTable to Leixlip (Average 10 minute Journey)

Irish Rail Castleknock Timetable to Dublin City Centre
Click "Later" at bottom, to get Evening times. (Average 25 minute Journey)

Bus Routes Castleknock

Castleknock On Google Maps

It wouldn't take a long time to get From Castleknock to Either place.

I don't know what the nightlife there is like, but i'd imagine it's like most Irish towns. Probably a couple of pubs and a nightlcub.

But, as i said, it is only a short trip into Dublin City Centre in the evening. And Short to Leixlip in the Morning and Evening.

Gr8!! Its good that you all have so many things to say about places. This castlenock is good as an option if we want closer to work:) the rent prices Seems fine also.

Gae

I think Grand Canal Dock or the IFSC would be ideal for you - they're walking distance to Pearse and Connolly train stations respectively. They're close enough to the city centre and nightlife, but not too close that it would be very noisey at night etc. I prefer Grand Canal Dock myself - close enough to walk to Ranelagh and Baggot street areas, nice walks along the canal etc.

I'm no expert on commuting by train, but by the look of the timetable the journey from Pearse to Leixlip is 30-40 minutes. You could cut that by moving out into the suburbs a bit, but you'll be sacrificing the city life you want without really making a huge impact on your commuting times.

Archeron

For what its worth, HP in Leixlip has frequent free shuttle buses from both train stations in the area and well worth checking if intel has the same.

Allyall

Yep, there is a lot of options, but if it were me, for convenience to both, i'd choose Castleknock.

I just realised the IrishRail links don't work.

Here is Castleknock Station on Irishrail

And here is a handy site also - Getthere

Gae

Allyall wrote: »

Yep, there is a lot of options, but if it were me, for convenience to both, i'd choose Castleknock.

To be fair though, it's not really what she's looking for. She specifically wants city life and night life and is willing to sacrifice convenience to get it. Castleknock is a fine place, but I don't think it's quite what she's after. She'll save about 20 minutes off the train journey (and probably a good bit on rent), but I think she's getting the worst of both worlds, not the best of both. She might as well live in Leixlip and not have any commuting time during the week, and travel into Dublin at the weekends, but I think it's the opposite she's after.

Setun

If you're working in Leixlip you should definitely try to get a place near the dart line, or with direct access to the dart line via Dublin Bus or Luas. Grand Canal Dock is definitely a good area to live, and if you can get close enough to the Dart Station there you'll be grand getting the commuter train to Leixlip as some other posters pointed out already. Rent will probably be higher but if you're proper party animals you'll perhaps benefit from not having to get taxis home :P

One thing to remind of which is perhaps obvious when moving to any city - public transport and generally getting about takes a bit of getting used to, but more so in Dublin I think! Between Dublin Bus, the Luas (tram), Dublin Bikes (very popular public bicycle scheme), and the Dart/Commuter trains, it can be a bit of a head-wreck trying to figure out the quickest routes around the city. You'll get to know the idiosyncrasies of each mode of transport soon enough though I'm sure!

For nightlife, Camden Street is a good area with some interesting music bars. Whelans often showcases irish indie/rock talent and also some smaller international acts, The Village also puts on a good show. Last few times I've been in Anseo they had a DJ who played some great funk/soul motown sets, another good place to check out on the weekend. Templebar is mad, but will lose its novelty soon enough. Check out Dublin on spottedbylocals.com for tips - you'll get to know your own favourite places pretty quickly.

Toby Take a Bow

koettbulle wrote: »

okay. and ranelagh has nice bars/pubs around? not too many tourists?

Ok so from ranelagh i take the luas to connolly and then to leixlip? thats gr8:)

Don't rule out D8 (which you were talking about in your OP). By far my favourite place to live in Dublin. There are some lovely bars, nice places to eat, interesting shops and it's very central (ten minute walk to Temple Bar, and if you get bored of that, even shorter to George's Street/Camden Street, which has a nicer nightlife, imo). Look into areas around the Coombe and The Tenters as well as further east towards George's Street. You should be able to get a 2 bed house/apartment for 1000 euro or thereabouts.

It's also around a ten/fifteen minute walk to the bus you'd be getting out to Leixlip (although others might be able to comment about the frequency of the 66/a better than myself).

koettbulle

Gae wrote: »

I think Grand Canal Dock or the IFSC would be ideal for you - they're walking distance to Pearse and Connolly train stations respectively. They're close enough to the city centre and nightlife, but not too close that it would be very noisey at night etc. I prefer Grand Canal Dock myself - close enough to walk to Ranelagh and Baggot street areas, nice walks along the canal etc.

I'm no expert on commuting by train, but by the look of the timetable the journey from Pearse to Leixlip is 30-40 minutes. You could cut that by moving out into the suburbs a bit, but you'll be sacrificing the city life you want without really making a huge impact on your commuting times.

grand canal dock iiis veryyy tempting. believe me thats where i wanna live. but i looked at prices on daft and rents seem to g up to abou 1500pm for 2 bedrooms ideal for us would be 1000 pm, though living like a baws on grand canal seems to be worth spending a little bit more^^

Allyall wrote: »

Yep, there is a lot of options, but if it were me, for convenience to both, i'd choose Castleknock.

I just realised the IrishRail links don't work.

Here is Castleknock Station on Irishrail

And here is a handy site also - Getthere

indeed that was a good site:D was looking for a site like that.

Gae wrote: »

To be fair though, it's not really what she's looking for. She specifically wants city life and night life and is willing to sacrifice convenience to get it. Castleknock is a fine place, but I don't think it's quite what she's after. She'll save about 20 minutes off the train journey (and probably a good bit on rent), but I think she's getting the worst of both worlds, not the best of both. She might as well live in Leixlip and not have any commuting time during the week, and travel into Dublin at the weekends, but I think it's the opposite she's after.

okay maybe castleknock is a bit off but. do appreciate some alternatives. what u wrote is true - we really reaaaallly want night life even if we have to get the craziest routes to work

Daddio wrote: »

If you're working in Leixlip you should definitely try to get a place near the dart line, or with direct access to the dart line via Dublin Bus or Luas. Grand Canal Dock is definitely a good area to live, and if you can get close enough to the Dart Station there you'll be grand getting the commuter train to Leixlip as some other posters pointed out already. Rent will probably be higher but if you're proper party animals you'll perhaps benefit from not having to get taxis home :P


One thing to remind of which is perhaps obvious when moving to any city - public transport and generally getting about takes a bit of getting used to, but more so in Dublin I think! Between Dublin Bus, the Luas (tram), Dublin Bikes (very popular public bicycle scheme), and the Dart/Commuter trains, it can be a bit of a head-wreck trying to figure out the quickest routes around the city. You'll get to know the idiosyncrasies of each mode of transport soon enough though I'm sure!

For nightlife, Camden Street is a good area with some interesting music bars. Whelans often showcases irish indie/rock talent and also some smaller international acts, The Village also puts on a good show. Last few times I've been in Anseo they had a DJ who played some great funk/soul motown sets, another good place to check out on the weekend. Templebar is mad, but will lose its novelty soon enough. Check out Dublin on spottedbylocals.com for tips - you'll get to know your own favourite places pretty quickly.

1.expensive (((( arent there any places a bit further away from canal dock that is nice and has a bit lower rents?
2.yes haha at first i will be so confused. but i have been in london a lot of times now and yes u atually learn a lot how to get to places faster

3.aahh thank yooou i love advice like that.

koettbulle

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Don't rule out D8 (which you were talking about in your OP). By far my favourite place to live in Dublin. There are some lovely bars, nice places to eat, interesting shops and it's very central (ten minute walk to Temple Bar, and if you get bored of that, even shorter to George's Street/Camden Street, which has a nicer nightlife, imo). Look into areas around the Coombe and The Tenters as well as further east towards George's Street. You should be able to get a 2 bed house/apartment for 1000 euro or thereabouts.

It's also around a ten/fifteen minute walk to the bus you'd be getting out to Leixlip (although others might be able to comment about the frequency of the 66/a better than myself).

completely forgot about D8!!! maaan too much informatin, old info just disappears is the whole D8 nice. or are there only good areas and some that are really good?

Toby Take a Bow

koettbulle wrote: »

completely forgot about D8!!! maaan too much informatin, old info just disappears is the whole D8 nice. or are there only good areas and some that are really good?

There's a thread about Dublin neighbourhoods, and someone mentioned something about D8 being dodgy depending on the street (as in one street is grand, while the next might be dodgy). Honestly, I never had a problem in the area with regards to it being dodgy or not, and the walk home to my place took in some fairly deserted streets. I know it might be different if you're a girl, but I wouldn't be the biggest or threatening looking of guys. The area around St Patrick's Cathedral (The Coombe, New Row) to the canal is fairly settled and has some lovely pubs/cafes for socialising, and Meath Street has a great market (and there's a Lidl on Thomas Street). A lovely park in front of the cathedral, and the canal at the back. It's not like Ranelagh or even Rathmines, but a far better place to live in terms of what's on your doorstep (imo). (Ranelagh's lovely too, though).

ComfyKnickers

Best advice I can give is just turnip, you'll be grand :-)

Gae

koettbulle wrote: »

grand canal dock iiis veryyy tempting. believe me thats where i wanna live. but i looked at prices on daft and rents seem to g up to abou 1500pm for 2 bedrooms ideal for us would be 1000 pm, though living like a baws on grand canal seems to be worth spending a little bit more^^

You should be able to get places cheaper than 1,500. Here are two2 bedroom places from 1,050 to 1,200 in Grand Canal Dock:

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1226009

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1233668

Setun

koettbulle wrote: »

1.expensive (((( arent there any places a bit further away from canal dock that is nice and has a bit lower rents?

Well maybe look at the streets just off Camden Street then - my girlfriend used to live on Grantham Street, there were lots of rental properties around there at the time too, you might be able to find a good deal. It was a very nice area to live with great places to eat and/or drink, 10 minutes walk to Stephen's Green, approx 20 minutes walk to get to Pearse Station or Grand Canal Dock. I think there is a Dublin Bikes station on Grantham street too which would get you to your train connection faster, although you'll need a thick skin and some courage when starting to cycle around Dublin :P

EDIT ^ Some good suggestions from Gae above ^

Ranelagh is a definitely a good spot for living, but as said already you'll perhaps find it a bit awkward for getting to/from work. Generally speaking though if you're on a frequent public transport route - major bus route, luas, etc then you should be covered even if it means getting an extra connection or two on your commute.

koettbulle

Gae wrote: »

You should be able to get places cheaper than 1,500. Here are two2 bedroom places from 1,050 to 1,200 in Grand Canal Dock:

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1226009

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=1233668

indeeed good suggestions. only searched for "grand canal dock", dont think they showed up )

Rhand

I work for HP in Leixlip, I rent a place in Foley Street, Dublin 1.

I live 5 minutes from O'Connolly station and 10 minutes from the busstop 66B (which comes from Merrion Square and goes along the Liffey River) although if you will not work for HP (but for Intel for example) I don't think that's of any relevance to you.

What some users said about junkies and Dublin 1 being rough, is true in a way, but don't let that scare you away. Dublin is still one of the safest cities in West Europe and I've walked home, drunkenly, more times than I can count and I've never ever had any problems.

In short, Dublin 1 is an amazing place to live with all amenities and interesting things in Dublin to see/do on walking distance. It's also really international with tons of Brazilians, Mexicans, French, Spanish, Koreans, etc. Makes for a very interesting experience!
The connections from Dublin to Leixlip, run through D1 so basically there's no negative thing about finding a place in D1.

Which company will you work for in Leixlip?

koettbulle

Rhand wrote: »

I work for HP in Leixlip, I rent a place in Foley Street, Dublin 1.

I live 5 minutes from O'Connolly station and 10 minutes from the busstop 66B (which comes from Merrion Square and goes along the Liffey River) although if you will not work for HP (but for Intel for example) I don't think that's of any relevance to you.

What some users said about junkies and Dublin 1 being rough, is true in a way, but don't let that scare you away. Dublin is still one of the safest cities in West Europe and I've walked home, drunkenly, more times than I can count and I've never ever had any problems.

In short, Dublin 1 is an amazing place to live with all amenities and interesting things in Dublin to see/do on walking distance. It's also really international with tons of Brazilians, Mexicans, French, Spanish, Koreans, etc. Makes for a very interesting experience!
The connections from Dublin to Leixlip, run through D1 so basically there's no negative thing about finding a place in D1.

Which company will you work for in Leixlip?

Okay then we Will definately look more into D1. We Will Work For hp

Rhand

koettbulle wrote: »

Okay then we Will definately look more into D1. We Will Work For hp

Cool, colleagues!

Too bad you just missed the Irish summer! :pac:

koettbulle

Rhand wrote: »

koettbulle wrote: »

Okay then we Will definately look more into D1. We Will Work For hp

Cool, colleagues!

Too bad you just missed the Irish summer! :pac:

Haha yes:)) aw yes i know But i Will not the next summer!! Are there many in hp living far away from leixlip?

Rhand

koettbulle wrote: »

Haha yes:)) aw yes i know But i Will not the next summer!! Are there many in hp living far away from leixlip?

Yes, I think it's a bit evenly matched between Leixlip and Dublin. And there are a few odd ones living in Maynooth or Cellbridge.

koettbulle

Rhand wrote: »

koettbulle wrote: »

Haha yes:)) aw yes i know But i Will not the next summer!! Are there many in hp living far away from leixlip?

Yes, I think it's a bit evenly matched between Leixlip and Dublin. And there are a few odd ones living in Maynooth or Cellbridge.

haha kewl

JupiterKid

I think that Drumcondra, the Grand Canal Docks/IFSC and Kilmainham would suit you ladies best.

All very close to the city centre, good rail and bus links to Leixlip and most of the rest of the Dublin area. Dublin's gay scene is located in the city centre so that needs to be kept in mind too.

Castleknock is a nice place to live (it's where I live myself:)) but it's in the suburbs 8 kilometres from the city centre and only has a couple of pubs which are very suburban although the huge Phoenix Park, the largest enclosed city park in Europe, is on your doorstep as is the scenic Liffey Valley. But if you lived in Kilmainham the Phoenix Park would be beside you as well. Chapelizod is another nice area - nested in a valley and semi-rural in character - on the bus route to Leixlip and beside the park and river Liffey although it doesn't have rail connections.

TeddyTedson

Every 15 years ago we get a few weeks where you can see the big yellow god in the sky. We haven't seen him since 1997 so hopefully next year. Because we've made such a mess of the country he has been angered lately and been blasting us out of it:D

I hope you enjoy your time in Ireland.
You should post this in "After Hours" for some comic relief:p
You'll be able to marry your lesbian partner here possibly soon. I'll be moving to Grand Canal soon. It's a great spot!

koettbulle

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Every 15 years ago we get a few weeks where you can see the big yellow god in the sky. We haven't seen him since 1997 so hopefully next year. Because we've made such a mess of the country he has been angered lately and been blasting us out of it:D

I hope you enjoy your time in Ireland.
You should post this in "After Hours" for some comic relief:p
You'll be able to marry your lesbian partner here possibly soon. I'll be moving to Grand Canal soon. It's a great spot!

Haha ur funny

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If you want access to the largest enclosed park in europe, castlenock is good.
I'd choose cabra before phibsboro. they are beside each other, but only certain parts of cabra.
its walkable to the city centre, luas and the park.
phibsboro has gone downhill with a lot of african and romanians in the area.

Rhand

Violet Glamorous Quota wrote: »

If you want access to the largest enclosed park in europe, castlenock is good.
I'd choose cabra before phibsboro. they are beside each other, but only certain parts of cabra.
its walkable to the city centre, luas and the park.
phibsboro has gone downhill with a lot of african and romanians in the area.

this part makes no sense to be honest. If you live in Smithsfield or closer to the Spire, it's still only 10-15 minutes walking/LUA so basically that's a non-argument.

Camac Hibs

Choose life, and live in one of the inner neighbourhoods of Dublin 1, 7 or 8. Stoneybatter, Smithfield, Capel/Parnell st, Portobello/Camden Street, Thomas Street & The Liberties etc. Its surely not worth living in Suburbia to save 20 mins travel time in the morning.

Central Dublin is very compact so it would be ten minutes walk maximum to a bus connection to work if you live in any of these areas, and you will have a much better experience of living in Dublin. Much more going on, amazing choice of pubs etc and a diverse population.

The_B_Man

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CucaFace

Ladies your best location I would say would be the IFSC and this area of Dublin 1.

Spencer Dock and Castleforbes are good places to look at (Castleforbes is slightly cheaper).

You would be better off staying along the luas tracks down in Dublin 1. It’s not all bad but I would guess that 2 girls might feel intimidated walking home at night further North from here in Dublin 1.

You would be very close to Connelly (For getting to work) and also close to the city centre for night life.

I live in Castleforbes currently and honestly its perfect for City centre living. It’s safe and also only 15 minutes walk to city centre plus you have the luas stop at your door.

TeddyTedson

koettbulle wrote: »

Haha ur funny

incoming friend request:p:D

Seriously though.
Did you decide anything yet?