Bishopstown

romaderwdcsax · 17-03-2021 7:29pm #1

Looking at buying a house at the moment and bishopstown has come up as an option. Living near students would put me off tho. Is there any areas in bishopstown that would have no student housing or is there pockets of student housing all over bishopstown?

discostu1 · 17-03-2021 7:37pm

Centra Avenue, Westgate road are all families from what I know

newuser99999 · 17-03-2021 10:30pm

Students really aren’t a problem in Bishopstown there’s never any house parties there.

They’re pretty much only directly across from the college too.

Lia_lia · 18-03-2021 2:19pm

A colleague of mine sold his house in Bishopstown and moved a few years ago as he couldn’t cope with the constant house parties that were going on. I can’t remember exactly where he was living though. OP I went to CIT myself and lived in a few houses in the area and also went to plenty of house parties in the area. Most estates in Bishopstown and the model farm room have student housing.

That said I do really like the area and would consider buying there myself. Look out for subsidence too.

Cork Trucker · 18-03-2021 2:23pm

Only house parties I’ve heard of are in the immediate vicinity of the college. Google it and you’ll see for yourself. This isn’t like magazine road and surrounding areas.

fonecrusher1 · 18-03-2021 3:56pm

Bishopstown is generally a fairly quiet area. As others have said if you don't want to be around students stay away from houses near CIT and you'll be grand. Stick with the more mature / established estates. Melbourne, Westgate, Highfield, Upper Kenley, Firgrove, Farranlea etc.

You'll spot most student houses a mile off anyway. :pac:

corks finest · 19-03-2021 6:40am

romaderwdcsax wrote: »

Looking at buying a house at the moment and bishopstown has come up as an option. Living near students would put me off tho. Is there any areas in bishopstown that would have no student housing or is there pockets of student housing all over bishopstown?

Uam var avenue,from there originally and have family in the area, uam var drive has a few houses rented out,but the avenue is bliss, quiet suburbia

I mentioned the drive as I've first hand knowledge of a friend who actually had to move from his family home because of constant hassle noise ref students, a local garage owner had 2 house's rented out to students on both sides of him and there was war,court in the end up,both landlord and him bound to the peace,he moved back with family to farleigh drive

19-03-2021 6:49am

You always hear this about Bishopstown but it's a bit of a myth to be honest. Bishopstown is huge and only very small parts are full of students. Most students are now moving to dedicated apartment complexes and are not living in house shares in estates anymore. Haldene, Firgrove, Westgate, Bishopscourt, Kenley, are all mature and very settled areas with houses now being bought and renovated by a new generation.

prishtinaboy99 · 28-03-2021 6:40pm

Due to the modular studies now in the CIT most are renting the student accommodation for the short term so renting of houses is not as big as it was before in my day.

Melbourn westgate firgrove,bishopscourt are fairly good areas with not so many students, just make sure you check for subsidence but i guess most have the foundations pumped by now but a competent engineer will know this.

The only downside is Bishopstown is fairly dead no decent pubs or not much on there but location wise its good near hospital, good schools, short hop into town.

rob316 · 28-03-2021 9:45pm

Lived behind the college in uam var for 20 odd years, there is very little trouble with students, I never really remember any to be honest bar CIT christmas day. It's nothing like UCC, they are far more respectful than their ucc counterparts for some reason. You wouldn't dream of moving to magazine road but I'd move back to bishopstown in a shot if I could.

It's a pretty dead town though to be honest, nothing like when I was growing up, I don't see much kids around. Location wise it's perfect, you could walk to the city centre, close to wilton, ballincollig, douglas.

Icantthinkof1 · 29-03-2021 8:43am

Worth noting as well that there is a huge student apartment complex being built in Farranlea.
I agree with those who say the town is dead. Considering it has the college and the hospital it has little life in it compared to the likes of Douglas and Ballincollig which is sad as it has huge potential; particularly now that there appears to be a lot of families moving back into that area There were talks of building the Wilton shopping centre similar to a Mahon Point complex

rob316 · 29-03-2021 9:07am

Icantthinkof1 wrote: »

Worth noting as well that there is a huge student apartment complex being built in Farranlea.
I agree with those who say the town is dead. Considering it has the college and the hospital it has little life in it compared to the likes of Douglas and Ballincollig which is sad as it has huge potential; particularly now that there appears to be a lot of families moving back into that area There were talks of building the Wilton shopping centre similar to a Mahon Point complex

And it has 2 fairly large schools plus a community school. A nice wooded area in Murphys farm, with a tennis club, playground, pitch and putt course. When I was growing up there, on the green in uam var we had up to 50 kids all the same age playing there, but the area just matured. Great place to live it was then.

Wyldwood · 29-03-2021 10:06am

I grew up in Bishopstown and my parents lived there until recent years when they passed away. While it does lack a heart in the form of a village-type situation like Douglas or Ballincollig, it has plenty going for it by way of recreational amenities and has excellent schools, MTU & the hospital.
There is a great sense of community in the older estates like Firgrove, Westgate and Bishopscourt. While the population is ageing, there are a lot of young families moving in.
I live close by now and love it.

romaderwdcsax · 29-03-2021 10:31am

Thanks for the replies, definitely will have a good think about the area

corks finest · 05-04-2021 1:51pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You always hear this about Bishopstown but it's a bit of a myth to be honest. Bishopstown is huge and only very small parts are full of students. Most students are now moving to dedicated apartment complexes and are not living in house shares in estates anymore. Haldene, Firgrove, Westgate, Bishopscourt, Kenley, are all mature and very settled areas with houses now being bought and renovated by a new generation.

No myth ref my friend- and the garage in question now is next to the outpost,a carwash- shop now,one of the brothers is the landlord in question -initials POD

Mardyke · 05-04-2021 2:33pm

corks finest wrote: »

No myth ref my friend- and the garage in question now is next to the outpost,a carwash- shop now,one of the brothers is the landlord in question -initials POD

Is that car wash closed down now?

I went there a couple of weeks ago, on a Saturday afternoon, and it was closed and had a For Sale sign up.

corks finest · 05-04-2021 3:18pm

Mardyke wrote: »

Is that car wash closed down now?

No was opened within the last 2 week's or so, unless it's good ne now,o Donoghues

rob316 · 06-04-2021 10:39am

corks finest wrote: »

No was opened within the last 2 week's or so, unless it's good ne now,o Donoghues

Its closed a while, the site is up for sale.

06-04-2021 2:51pm

corks finest wrote: »

No was opened within the last 2 week's or so, unless it's good ne now,o Donoghues

Hasn't been open any time I've passed it recently.

corks finest · 06-04-2021 4:12pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hasn't been open any time I've passed it recently.

I normally chat to the security guy in Dunne's car park opposite and definitely opened recently , maybe my timing is off a bit but certainly washing cars there in recent times(was up for sale also I'm tbe past)

prishtinaboy99 · 27-04-2021 1:15pm

corks finest wrote: »

No was opened within the last 2 week's or so, unless it's good ne now,o Donoghues

Sons are sound out but Dan was something else.

corks finest · 27-04-2021 3:27pm

prishtinaboy99 wrote: »

Sons are sound out but Dan was something else.

Timmy is,POD I'll pass on.

prishtinaboy99 · 27-04-2021 5:20pm

corks finest wrote: »

Timmy is,POD I'll pass on.

I tried to reply to you but your inbox is full

corks finest · 27-04-2021 5:21pm

prishtinaboy99 wrote: »

I tried to reply to you but your inbox is full

Sorry empty now

12-05-2021 11:40am

I see coke bike stand going in on Melbourne/Model Farm Rd.

Any map of where more stations are going?

rob316 · 12-05-2021 12:30pm

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

I see coke bike stand going in on Melbourne/Model Farm Rd.

Any map of where more stations are going?

I think the plan is to go out to blackpool too

conjalu · 12-05-2021 1:41pm

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

I see coke bike stand going in on Melbourne/Model Farm Rd.

Any map of where more stations are going?

I was looking for this myself, there was something announced about a year ago.

Theres a new one under construction at the Mardyke. I think there was another one to go at County Hall/The Kingsley and maybe CIT too.

opus · 12-05-2021 2:09pm

A friend of mine who's very much into the cycling scene in Cork told me that the ultimate plan is to reach CIT but each station can be a max of ~500m from the last one so it will take a while to build the chain that far.

conjalu · 12-05-2021 4:56pm

opus wrote: »

A friend of mine who's very much into the cycling scene in Cork told me that the ultimate plan is to reach CIT but each station can be a max of ~500m from the last one so it will take a while to build the chain that far.

They are nearly finished the one outside the IDA Business Park on Model Farm Road which is 650m from the roundabout at CIT. it could be on the cards soon so.

corks finest · 12-05-2021 8:07pm

rob316 wrote: »

I think the plan is to go out to blackpool too

Coke bike stand? What is it .
Genuine oldie question

blindsider · 12-05-2021 10:09pm

Coke as in the soft drink - they sponsor a public bike-sharing scheme https://www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html

It's not a code for some illegal delivery service - it's all above board......

Someone reading this forum might get the wrong idea

13-05-2021 6:08am

Dunnes have put in another planning application to refurbish the centre, add new retail units and put in a coffee shop. Would be nice to see the old Dunnes brought into the modern era.

They had a row with planning over their last application, as far as I know. Planning put in a condition on their planning to sort the on street lighting on the main road but Dunnes refused to play ball. Interesting to see how round 2 goes.

lostinsuperfunk · 13-05-2021 8:23am

Spotted another bike station going on College View near UCC

corks finest · 13-05-2021 11:15am

blindsider wrote: »

Coke as in the soft drink - they sponsor a public bike-sharing scheme https://www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html

It's not a code for some illegal delivery service - it's all above board......

Someone reading this forum might get the wrong idea

Feck hope it never comes to that/ Thanks

prishtinaboy99 · 20-05-2021 9:46am

lostinsuperfunk wrote: »

Spotted another bike station going on College View near UCC

Great had no idea what the coke thingy wasðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚

20-05-2021 10:40am

lostinsuperfunk wrote: »

Spotted another bike station going on College View near UCC

Spotted another on Connaught Avenue - off Donovans Rd. this morning

26-05-2021 7:39am

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

Spotted another on Connaught Avenue - off Donovans Rd. this morning

And one going in at Dennehys Cross, across from Pres pitch

AssGard · 17-08-2023 9:28am

Does anyone know where the name Uam Var originated? I've googled with no luck.

-Toppy- · 17-08-2023 9:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989571#Comment_120989571

My parents who moved in when uam var was first built always said it was due to this mountain in scotland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uamh_Mh%C3%B2r

-Toppy-

the beer revolu · 17-08-2023 12:45pm

I've always wondered about Uam Var, too.

sylvanb · 19-08-2023 2:24pm

On twitter there is an account @Bishophisociety (Bishopstown historical society), there was a thread last month about the various estates in Bishopstown, cost, years built and and how they were named. https://x.com/bishophisociety/status/1679149001256345601?s=43&t=p2o1bFlbhT--InAlEVAWEw

corks finest · 19-08-2023 9:38pm

Correct im originally uam var ave

Bishopstown

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