Where is nice to live in Kildare??

Patser · 21-02-2012 10:57am

My wife's from Celbridge and seh has family in Maynooth, so we know well about them.

But Kill appeals to me as it seems a lovely small village with a perfect traffic set-up since it was by-passed (Perfect as in no traffic through it but in 1 minute you're onto the N7 and flying). I also know that the 126 bus service goes through it roughly every 30 mins during day-time, and since it's the last stop before Dublin, you're into the city in about 40 minutes. The question's I have about it are - is it too quiet? Or possibly too rowdy (the Dew Drop Inn has a late night bar/venue - and I'm thinking that if it attracts large crowds into a small village centre will that lead to messing)

Joe Public · 21-02-2012 11:41am

Patser wrote: »

My wife's from Celbridge and seh has family in Maynooth, so we know well about them.

But Kill appeals to me as it seems a lovely small village with a perfect traffic set-up since it was by-passed (Perfect as in no traffic through it but in 1 minute you're onto the N7 and flying). I also know that the 126 bus service goes through it roughly every 30 mins during day-time, and since it's the last stop before Dublin, you're into the city in about 40 minutes. The question's I have about it are - is it too quiet? Or possibly too rowdy (the Dew Drop Inn has a late night bar/venue - and I'm thinking that if it attracts large crowds into a small village centre will that lead to messing)

The Dew Drop Inn is in Kilteel which is about 2 miles from Kill.

Kill is a lovely village with a very active Tidy Towns and is always very well presented.

The Mulk · 21-02-2012 1:01pm

Joe Public wrote: »

The Dew Drop Inn is in Kilteel which is about 2 miles from Kill.

Kill is a lovely village with a very active Tidy Towns and is always very well presented.

The dew drop is right next door to the spar in Kill.
It might be a quiet town but some people generally like it, I love dropping down to my friends/family for a few pints in the old house, a great pub.
But I don't think I'd like to live there, i've a feeling i'd spend my time driving everywhere to get anything done.
Although that could be just my view and you'd love it.
Best of luck with the choice Patser

Joe Public · 21-02-2012 2:49pm

The Mulk wrote: »

The dew drop is right next door to the spar in Kill.
It might be a quiet town but some people generally like it, I love dropping down to my friends/family for a few pints in the old house, a great pub.
But I don't think I'd like to live there, i've a feeling i'd spend my time driving everywhere to get anything done.
Although that could be just my view and you'd love it.
Best of luck with the choice Patser

Sorry, a slight mix up on my part with The Kilteel Inn.
Yes, the Dew Drop is in the heart of Kill.

2ndcoming · 24-02-2012 12:29am

n97 mini wrote: »

Naas is probably the best all round town in the county.

However if access to Dublin is a priority it would be Leixlip, Maynooth, Celbridge in that order as all are on the Dublin Bus and Dublin Commuter rail service. The Dublin Commuter rail prices are far cheaper than the services is Newbridge etc.

Celbridge only really has the 67 bus. Hazelhatch station is a bit too far outside the town for regular use unless you drive to it, and to make it worse the train only goes to Heuston.

Maynooth has the 66 (and the 67, but it takes too long to get to the city centre to be usable), and a proper train service in to Connolly.

Leixlip has by far the most comprehensive bus service with the 66, 66A and 66B. It is also the only town in the county with a decent Nitelink service: every half hour on Fri/Sat nights, and the whole town is covered. Leixlip also has two train stations, again directly into Connolly.

A comparison of return rail fares:
Maynooth to Connolly: €6.00 (Leap or IE smartcard)
Sallins to Heuston: €14.40

I'd have to say you're out a bit there on the travel difference between Celbridge and Maynooth. Celbridge has the 120 Bus Eireann which takes 30 mins approx at rush hour and the 67x which covers 2 routes thru the town, along with the ordinary 67.

The train from Hazelhatch - Heuston takes 20 mins and costs €2.40, the Luas or bus will have you in the city centre then in 10-15 mins. That Maynooth train is a bit of a Mumbai express and takes a good 50 minutes. €6 with little chance of getting a seat doesn't sound great to me!

penana · 19-12-2012 12:19am

Italia wrote: »

True, but what I'm referring to is constant peeping from behind closed curtains (the old hag would have been a perfect candidate to work for the KGB) anytime someone comes to visit or sticking your head over the wall to have a gander (yes I mow the lawn weekly and no, I don't have a scrap yard in the back).

Any chance she's just lonely? If, as you indicate, she's an older person, perhaps her family have all died or moved away or are just too busy to have time for her. The plight of lone elderly people in general - and women, in particular - is a sad one throughout the world. Living by oneself isn't fun.

Why not ask her over for a cup of tea some afternoon?

Just a thought.:)

janus83 · 18-10-2013 11:43am

Patser wrote: »

Anyone have anything to say about Kill?

Looking to move out of Clondalkin but wife works there and I'm based in Dublin City centre - so current areas we're lloking at are Maynooth, Celbridge and my preference Kill.

Did you end up moving to Kill in the end? considering the same and wondering how you found it or wherever you ended up commuting from?

Patser · 24-10-2013 7:48pm

janus83 wrote: »

Did you end up moving to Kill in the end? considering the same and wondering how you found it or wherever you ended up commuting from?

Nope, in the end we settled on Maynooth but then a strange thing happened - all the good houses in Maynooth seemed to disappear and the few that we had offers on were withdrawn due to issues with banks. Even now looking at Maynooth there are less than 70ish properties up on Daft in comparison to last year when we were looking at there was over 120.

And of those a fair few are over in Moyglare - which we decided was not ideal as away from village and wrong sode traffic wise.

Also notice that in comparison to when we were looking, Kill is way down on houses for sale too.

My feeling, especially regards Maynooth, is that house prices rocketed so high there during the boom that people are trapped there by negative equity. Houses that were up at €700K 6 years ago had asking prices of €300k ish last year when we were looking.

claytonie · 26-10-2013 2:48pm

qwzas

Wordless · 23-11-2013 9:53am

Patser wrote: »

Nope, in the end we settled on Maynooth but then a strange thing happened - all the good houses in Maynooth seemed to disappear and the few that we had offers on were withdrawn due to issues with banks. Even now looking at Maynooth there are less than 70ish properties up on Daft in comparison to last year when we were looking at there was over 120.

And of those a fair few are over in Moyglare - which we decided was not ideal as away from village and wrong sode traffic wise.

Also notice that in comparison to when we were looking, Kill is way down on houses for sale too.

My feeling, especially regards Maynooth, is that house prices rocketed so high there during the boom that people are trapped there by negative equity. Houses that were up at €700K 6 years ago had asking prices of €300k ish last year when we were looking.

I would agree!

Wordless · 23-11-2013 10:23am

Where is nice to live is, of course, a subjective opinion!

Puzzle35 · 29-01-2014 8:05pm

Where can I get the 120 bus from maynooth to the city centre? Does it stop near the strafan an road at all? Thanks.

L1011 · 29-01-2014 8:10pm

Puzzle35 wrote: »

Where can I get the 120 bus from maynooth to the city centre? Does it stop near the strafan an road at all? Thanks.

You can't get Bus Eireann buses to the city centre from Maynooth. Only the Airport or westbound destinations.

Additionally the 120 doesn't even run through Maynooth.

Moonbeam · 29-01-2014 8:32pm

I did not know that,I always presumed they did:)

sawdoubters · 29-01-2014 8:45pm

if the person working has to get to Dublin sallins is not the place
the train from maynooth is half the price of sallins,
also there is constant traffic from clane all day,sallins was half built,when the celtic tiger died,when it starts again it will double in size with no inferstructure,no secondry school few shops ,housing estates like the waterways get flooded when theres a flood,supervalues there,i don't see that on the brocure,
a lot of the newer houses were built with Pyrite in the foundations,you have to replace whole foundation and some retaining walls,
if your moving out of Dublin the commute from kildare is an hour or hour and a half to Dublin,

sadie06 · 30-01-2014 11:24am

sawdoubters wrote: »

if the person working has to get to Dublin sallins is not the place
the train from maynooth is half the price of sallins,
also there is constant traffic from clane all day,sallins was half built,when the celtic tiger died,when it starts again it will double in size with no inferstructure,no secondry school few shops ,housing estates like the waterways get flooded when theres a flood,supervalues there,i don't see that on the brocure,
a lot of the newer houses were built with Pyrite in the foundations,you have to replace whole foundation and some retaining walls,
if your moving out of Dublin the commute from kildare is an hour or hour and a half to Dublin,

Jesus, that's a lot of wrong information thrown out in one post!

I fully agree on the cost of rail travel. It makes no sense that Sallins is twice as expensive into Heuston as Maynooth is into Connolly, as there is very little in the difference distance wise, so if OP works in the city, Maynooth is the better option.

The issue in The Waterways with flooding was a once off occurrence, and has been dealt with.

The ring road route has been decided and will be going ahead soon, which should improve traffic congestion, which IMO, isn't that bad really.

There is no pyrite issue in any of the housing estates in Sallins as far as I am aware. We get regular bulletins through the letterbox from all of our local representatives and no such issue has ever been mentioned.

Sallins has a Supervalu (and an excellent one at that, run by a very community orientated guy) a Lidl, a Tesco extra less than a 5 min drive away, a post office, 2 cafes, 3, maybe 4 pubs, a few takeaways, 2 hair salons, a florist, a butchers, a petrol station, 2 beauty salons, a dentist, 2 doctors surgeries, 2 pharmacies, a couple of creches, a couple of play schools, and fabulous walks to avail of.

The local primary school is excellent by all accounts. As regards a secondary school, the new school approved for Naas and beginning enrolments next September (in temporary accommodation) will be in its permanent building in Millennium Park by September 2015. http://www.labour.ie/emmetstagg/news/13866771855265243.html

This is within biking distance of Sallins (far closer to Sallins than Naas) and will add to the choice given to Sallins pupils, most of whom bus to Naas to the single sex schools (St. Mary's and CBS), mixed school (Piper's Hill) and the Gael Choláiste . My own children bus to Naas for primary school, it's no big deal!

I will give you the 'half-finished' look of The Waterways, which was just an insane idea to begin with. I remember reading the brochure which had snappy lines telling of the wonderful art gallery and two story restaurant it was going to house, and thinking it was never, ever going to fly, and that was during the boom! I sincerely hope the Kerry Group development makes the empty hotel a viable resource somehow, but it's starting to look rough as hell, and I feel very sorry for Mr. Supervalu and those that bought above the empty units as it all starts to crumble around them.

Lastly, I don't see Sallins doubling in size, and really only see it improving. It has its faults, you just didn't happen to mention many of them. :-) All of this from a person that would move back to Dublin tomorrow if she won the lotto, but that's for another thread.

coffeepls · 01-02-2014 10:10pm

Well said, Sadie06

Puzzle35 · 03-02-2014 10:14am

MYOB wrote: »

You can't get Bus Eireann buses to the city centre from Maynooth. Only the Airport or westbound destinations.

Additionally the 120 doesn't even run through Maynooth.

Well someone's been driving it down the straffan road lately as I've seen it several times. Maybe it's just passing through!

L1011 · 03-02-2014 11:15am

Puzzle35 wrote: »

Well someone's been driving it down the straffan road lately as I've seen it several times. Maybe it's just passing through!

The 115 and the 20 serve Maynooth. The 120 is meant to go from Barberstown to Celbridge and not through Maynooth at all.

Mrs Fox · 03-02-2014 11:19am

Puzzle35 wrote: »

Well someone's been driving it down the straffan road lately as I've seen it several times. Maybe it's just passing through!

120 will only pass through Straffan Rd via Celbridge-Maynooth link if there's a road closure between Barberstown Roundabout and Celbridge's Clane Rd. It'll continue the usual route from that roundabout down to Clane. This is very very rare , and takes a good 20 min extra both ways. So no, it doesn't go through Maynooth on regular basis (and I don't believe it does any stops/pick up either).

Wordless · 06-02-2014 4:49pm

I loved living in the Curragh Camp!

you2008 · 19-10-2017 11:29pm

n97 mini wrote: »

Naas is probably the best all round town in the county.

A comparison of return rail fares:
Maynooth to Connolly: €6.00 (Leap or IE smartcard)
Sallins to Heuston: €14.40

Sorry to bring this post back to live, can someone please confirm the Sallins to Heuston is the same price as Maynooth to connolly now for the monthly short hop ticket?

pad199207 · 20-10-2017 12:18am

you2008 wrote: »

Sorry to bring this post back to live, can someone please confirm the Sallins to Heuston is the same price as Maynooth to connolly now for the monthly short hop ticket?

Yeah they are the same now at €152.00 for Adult Monthly Ticket.

you2008 · 20-10-2017 7:46am

pad199207 wrote: »

Yeah they are the same now at €152.00 for Adult Monthly Ticket.

Many thanks Pad. That is a good news and make Naas even better to live.

pad199207 · 20-10-2017 8:20am

you2008 wrote: »

Many thanks Pad. That is a good news and make Naas even better to live.

No problem. What’s even better is that you can get to Connolly, Pearse and Grand Canal Dock on the new Phoenix Park Tunnel services for the same monthly price.
Excellent if you were work in town.

you2008 · 20-10-2017 1:02pm

pad199207 wrote: »

No problem. What’s even better is that you can get to Connolly, Pearse and Grand Canal Dock on the new Phoenix Park Tunnel services for the same monthly price.
Excellent if you were work in town.

WOW - that is great :0. many thanks Pad :cool:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/train-services-to-start-using-phoenix-park-tunnel-next-week-1.2867661

zweton · 20-10-2017 1:42pm

Much to rent in nass in general? How's maynooth?

pad199207 · 20-10-2017 2:15pm

zweton wrote: »

Much to rent in nass in general? How's maynooth?

That’s the downfall, Naas, Maynooth and Celbridge are the most expensive to rent and buy in Kildare

jake_ryan_1986 · 22-02-2021 8:17pm

Hi I'm currently thinking of buying in Maynooth, Leixlip or Cellbridge. I'm looking for a nice friendly safe area with little to no antisocial behaviour. I would love to hear your recommendations.

YellowLead · 22-02-2021 11:16pm

jake_ryan_1986 wrote: »

Hi I'm currently thinking of buying in Maynooth, Leixlip or Cellbridge. I'm looking for a nice friendly safe area with little to no antisocial behaviour. I would love to hear your recommendations.

I live in Maynooth and outside of the few estates that are mainly student estates (and the issue might be noise) it’s a safe family oriented town. Lots of good restaurants, supermarkets, very commutable to Dublin City, nice places to walk including canal, college and Carton estate.

you2008 · 23-02-2021 10:33am

jake_ryan_1986 wrote: »

Hi I'm currently thinking of buying in Maynooth, Leixlip or Cellbridge. I'm looking for a nice friendly safe area with little to no antisocial behaviour. I would love to hear your recommendations.

think about Naas

TP_CM · 23-02-2021 10:55am

I believe there is a "good" side to Newbridge (Naas side) and a "bad" side to Newbridge (Curragh side). Both are probably fine for many, but if you're someone who cares about that sort of thing it might be worth noting. The house prices will show you that. I would say the "bad" side isn't THAT bad at all.. Drive through the estates at both sides and you'll see what I mean. Some people complain about the accent but I'm used to it.

The Curragh camp was quite a depressing place unless you're looking for real countryside and want to move out to somewhere like Tully East near the Japanese Gardens. It's a 3-5 minute spin to the Kildare shopping village and the motorway. It's also nice to have the national stud down the road. The houses there need a bit of work though.

A lot of people I know would recommend Naas, Sallins, Maynooth, but the house prices there are quite high for a place outside the capital.

I would argue the problem with Monestrevin is that it's that bit further from Dublin. It's the last stop before you get into Portlaois. It's basically as far out as Carlow. I believe it's still well connected by train though.

10pennymixup · 27-02-2021 11:26am

TP_CM wrote: »

I believe there is a "good" side to Newbridge (Naas side) and a "bad" side to Newbridge (Curragh side). Both are probably fine for many, but if you're someone who cares about that sort of thing it might be worth noting. The house prices will show you that. I would say the "bad" side isn't THAT bad at all.. Drive through the estates at both sides and you'll see what I mean. Some people complain about the accent but I'm used to it.

The Curragh camp was quite a depressing place unless you're looking for real countryside and want to move out to somewhere like Tully East near the Japanese Gardens. It's a 3-5 minute spin to the Kildare shopping village and the motorway. It's also nice to have the national stud down the road. The houses there need a bit of work though.

A lot of people I know would recommend Naas, Sallins, Maynooth, but the house prices there are quite high for a place outside the capital.

I would argue the problem with Monestrevin is that it's that bit further from Dublin. It's the last stop before you get into Portlaois. It's basically as far out as Carlow. I believe it's still well connected by train though.

My BIL lives in Newbridge, me in Monasterevin. I used to do a bit of work with him in Dublin and both leaving our homes at the same time I would always arrive on site before him.

The traffic in Newbridge is dire. All well and good Newbridge having motorway links, no good if it takes 20 ins+ before you get on the motorway.

The train service in Newbridge is better than Monasterevin, but try find parking near the station or a seat on the train (pre covid).

You fight for your child to get a place in a Newbridge school.

Anything Newbridge has can be found a few miles down a near traffic free road in Portlaoise

And someone else said Monastervin has a crime/ vandalism problem. I've lived here over 20 years and never been a victim of crime, Someone tried to mug me in Newbridge and I was burgaled in Naas before moving here. I know which I prefer

jake_ryan_1986 · 16-03-2021 8:46pm

Does anyone live in Kilcock? Whats the village like and how is the commute to Dublin?

2011abc · 17-03-2021 7:27pm

jake_ryan_1986 wrote: »

Hi I'm currently thinking of buying in Maynooth, Leixlip or Cellbridge. I'm looking for a nice friendly safe area with little to no antisocial behaviour. I would love to hear your recommendations.

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Id say the individual estate is more a variable than the town but Id rank them L , M , C .All those lovely restaurants in Maynooth are no use if they never reopen .Right now I wouldnt be betting the farm on a sit down meal in next 6 months .And its a terrible traffic bottleneck .But all three towns are lovely if youre in the right estate ...

scheister · 20-03-2021 1:37pm

Hey everyone,

Does anyone know what Cois Na Mona and Coill Dubh is like to live in?

Thanks

Where is nice to live in Kildare??

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