Does anyone know anything about The Chapelizod in Co. Dublin?

a2dky

I'm considering moving to an apartment in The Chapelizod in Dublin.

I've never heard of this place before, I'm just wondering would anyone have any information or even an opinion about this area?

It's in the west of the city right?

Is that a nice spot?

Gavin "shels"

You mean Chapelizod.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Chapelizod/@53.3483595,-6.343274,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48670ce3f2ad3a31:0xe1c99e2f8489c45

Decent area, some parts of it are prone to flooding afaik.

a2dky

Yeah sorry, Chapelizod.

I see it's right next to Ballyfermot.

I'm just paranoid, I don't want to move in and two days later find a shower of travellers outside my apartment building.

That's happened before.

spurious

Talk to the neighbours and see do they frequently experience hordes of nomads outside their door. Somehow I doubt they do.

uch

It's a lovely spot, very settled

Lux23

Chapelizod is lovely, I'm a real city person but I could live there as it's quite close to town. I did live there a few years ago and I even walked home from work on Pearse Street, took less than an hour.

Oink

I used to live there, and still would if I'd found a bigger place. Very handy to get to town. Proactive tidy town committee. I also got to know many neighbours. Not everything is perfect, but I would have settled there without a second thought if it had been possible.

terryhobdell

a2dky wrote: »

Yeah sorry, Chapelizod.

I see it's right next to Ballyfermot.

I'm just paranoid, I don't want to move in and two days later find a shower of travellers outside my apartment building.

That's happened before.

It's also right next to The Phoenix Park on The Liffey has some good pubs and good bus service. 99% of Ballyfermot is grand.

Sunnyisland

IMO Great area, really friendly people and a pub that somehow manages to retain a "country" village feel in the middle of Dublin. Lovely walks by the river not to mention the Phoenix Park on your doorstep. There is also the west county hotel there as well as the very near by anglers rest restaurant in the beautifull strawberry beds.also plenty of easy and frequent transport service to the city and out to the west.

Only downside I found and admitedly it wasn't a biggie was there was only the Spar & grocery store in walking distance as well as a pharmacy. However, Liffey Valley is just up the road and closer still is a lot of shops including Lidl aldi and Tescos in Ballyfermot.

The traffic can/is very heavy most of the weekdays ,but all in all a lovely little gem in the middle of a jungle :-)

LXFlyer

Good public transport links - 26, 66, 66a, 66b, 67 mean a bus every 7-8 minutes.