Moving to Galway - best places in Galway?

eeinke

Hi there,

Looking to move to county galway with our family.....somewhere not too far from the city (withing 30mins)
friendly
family orientated
community focused
scenic area
number of activities available - sports and music
near sea or lake


any ideas of good community areas for young families in galway?

thank you
NB

LoYL

You better have mega euros all the time if you want near sea or lake. You are looking at Loughrea in towards Galway. Barna is as far out to go in Connemara. Avoid Tuam at all costs. Headford could be good but it might be beyond 30 mins.

Shakti

Tuam is one of the nicest friendliest places in Galway fact.

km79

eeinke wrote: »

Hi there,

Looking to move to county galway with our family.....somewhere not too far from the city (withing 30mins)
friendly
family orientated
community focused
scenic area
number of activities available - sports and music
near sea or lake


any ideas of good community areas for young families in galway?

thank you
NB

Loughrea sounds ideal. Regularly bring the toddler to the playground there beside the lake . It's BEAUTIFUL on a sunny day. Nice selection of pubs and restaurants too

nacimroc

I'm not from there but Kinvara sounds like it ticks all the boxes. Nowhere is too high cost these days so it may be affordable.

LoYL

Shakti wrote: »

Tuam is one of the nicest friendliest places in Galway fact.

Opinion actually.

Shakti

informed opinion actually

Irish_Elect_Eng

Tuam is a grand place to live, good schools, nice pubs and with the same mix of folks as anywhere else in Galway.

But if you are working in Galway it is a traffic nightmare and during morning and evening rush-hour >30 min from Galway.

There is some great value to be had in houses all over the county, so I would not rule out any particular area immediately. It all depends on your preferences really.

Some of the smaller villages have a lot to offer as well if you are open to the benefits and trials of country living :-) Also, if you are into sports, pick your parish carefully as there are many dominated by football or hurling, if you have very sporty kids, you could not go far wrong with Monivea-Abbey area.

LoYL

Shakti wrote: »

informed opinion actually

So you've changed your fact to informed opinion. LMAO. Actually it's just an opinion the same as mine. I hope the OP doesn't learn the hard way that mine is accurate.

Shakti

wotteva,
If you've got something against Tuam just come out and say it, instead of slagging the place off, fact is Tuam is an awesome place full of awesome people you having a bad experience of it (I'm sorry to hear) wont change that.

bigfluffycloud

Can recommend headford even though its about 20km from city, it has several preschool/montessori options, several primary schools, a secondary school, plenty of sports options for kids, teenagers & adults alike. A playground, supermarket. 5 mins drive to the lake, fishing & kayaking facilities. Pubs are decent. I am not originally from here, but havent looked back after moving from Dublin with 2 toddlers about 4 years ago

cazzak79

Loughrea has a lake plus good schools and sports etc house prices there not too bad
Athenry also not a bad little town

eeinke

Thank you all for your suggestions....Tuam, Loughrea, Headford, Kinvara.

sconhome

Just a few suggetsions that we looked at & experienced when moving to Galway.

Oranmore & Maree are beside the sea, plenty of schools around and Renville Park is a great leisure facility for families. Ususally there are homes available to rent, though I would suggest that some of the holiday homes in Renville Village are not best suited for families in winter. We'd an expensive experience trying to keep heat in a home there with young kids.

Clarinbridge / Kilcolgan and surrounding areas are near the sea too and again have close access to Kilcornan woods. Kids love it.

All are easily commutable to Galway too.

Birroc

Moycullen would be ideal (and I dont live in Moycullen)
Near Lough Corrib.
Near the sea (Spiddal).
Good sports - GAA club has both senior football and hurling. Basketball.
Salthill Devon close too.
Traffic to Galway is much better than other routes - 6 miles to city
Good schools.
Good pubs.
In Connemara before you know it.

JillyQ

OP you should try Salthill it has everything.

Mrs OBumble

eeinke wrote: »

any ideas of good community areas for young families in galway?

Same rule as applies for the city ... pick an area on the same side of the Corrib as your job.

eeinke

Hi Birroc, Thank you for your suggestion.....its a good location alright but I had heard the traffic was pretty bad from that side of galway? Whats the community like - easy to get to know and fit in?
Thanking you ..

sgthighway

Oranmore;
Short drive to the City. Also has a bus service but not as regular as the City Buses. Can get a taxi out from the City at night for €15.
It is a friendly place but you need to be there a few generations to be considered "a local".
Loads of various community groups and sports organisations.
Has good shops; Tesco, Lidl, Supervalu, pubs, restaurants, GPs, Dentist.
Has a 3 Primary Schools and one Secondary School.
A short spin out and you have Maree. This also has a Primary School.
The biggest attraction I like about the place is Rinville Park. Great place for walking, running. Has a playground.

I'd live on the same side of the city I work on to keep the commute down.

If you like Guinness - you have McDonaghs Pub aka The Thatch -> That should be a reason itself.

Birroc

eeinke wrote: »

Hi Birroc, Thank you for your suggestion.....its a good location alright but I had heard the traffic was pretty bad from that side of galway? Whats the community like - easy to get to know and fit in?
Thanking you ..

N59 traffic is nowhere near as bad as the N17, Spiddal road, Dublin Road etc but if you have to cross the bridge you will hit traffic.