Swords

u2gooner

Just bought an apartment off the plans for swords central. Next door to the garda station on main st where the superquinn used to be.
Does anyone have any news / views / info on the complex or surrounding area?
A thread similar to the east wall one would be great...

Bluetonic

Are you talking about a complex called Swords Village? Or are you calling Swords a village?

Swords is a town, the same as Malahide, Skerries etc.., People who wish to up the prices of the real estate seemingly now replace the word town with village at the drop of a pin.

Anyhow, the main street of Swords is a real fighting ground at night during the weekends. Day time the traffic is terrible, and it'll only get worse with the expansion of The Pavillions Phase 2. The Pavillions Phase 3 will be getting started straight after that (money bags Eircom eh!).

There are some nice pubs and resturants around the main street. The appartments look nice by the way, I've seen them in the paper, good luck with the purchase.

This thread should be in Dublin -> East anyhow. Swords is in County Dublin not Dublin City.

Riamfada

There is a loveley cafe in the town center near the petshop

u2gooner

I didnt mean to get on anyones back by calling it a village. Fair enough its Co. Dublin, not much difference now anyway.

u2gooner

Title changed - Just Swords , hows that?

secret_squirrel

Bluetonic wrote:

Anyhow, the main street of Swords is a real fighting ground at night during the weekends.

Thats a slight exagerration imo. It can get rowdy coz when the pubs & bars finish up - but its no O'Connell Street.

Day time the traffic is terrible, and it'll only get worse with the expansion of The Pavillions Phase 2. The Pavillions Phase 3 will be getting started straight after that (money bags Eircom eh!).

Would amend that to rush hour and lunchtime, but otherwise spot on. Some very poorly planned roads around the Pavillions entrances and exits.

Other road nightmares include the castle end of the main street and the Eddie Rockets Main street/River Valley junction.

Swords main street is the basic problem needs a 1-way or something similar.

Parking is fairly dreadful around the main street too.

In general though the Pav is a decent shopping center, Main street has good bars and pubs and restaurants. Gym down in Applewood and a smaller one above the Castle Shopping Center.

u2gooner

Cheers,
Have a space with the aparment so sorted there. I heard the cinema going in between the pavillions and the apartments is the same chain as movies@dundrum, will be called movies@swords. havnt been out but i heard the dundrum cinema is swish, red carpets and alike

secret_squirrel

u2gooner wrote:

i heard the dundrum cinema is swish, red carpets and alike

I heard that if you pay double you get a personal waitress to get your popcorn.

Bluetonic

u2gooner wrote:

Fair enough its Co. Dublin, not much difference now anyway.

Big difference, Dublin City is under Dublin Corpo while Swords in under Fingal Co Co. Total difference.

u2gooner

fair enough 'total difference'.

We're all europeans now anyway !;)

secret_squirrel

Bluetonic wrote:

Big difference, Dublin City is under Dublin Corpo while Swords in under Fingal Co Co. Total difference.

And thats a big difference how exactly???

I've lived under both and there's no major difference. I would personally say the Fingal councillors are a bit better at listening to the people. But there aint a lot in it.

Bluetonic

secret_squirrel wrote:

And thats a big difference how exactly???

I've lived under both and there's no major difference. I would personally say the Fingal councillors are a bit better at listening to the people. But there aint a lot in it.

Under what capacity have you lived under both? i.e whats your approx age.

johnnyrotten

Bluetonic wrote:

Big difference, Dublin City is under Dublin Corpo while Swords in under Fingal Co Co. Total difference.

Dublin Corpo? Whats that ?

raheny red

Dublin City Council

Use to be known as Dublin Corporation - "Dublin Corpo"

u2gooner

I think thats what johnnyrotten was tryin to highlight. Seems to have gone over your head

The_Goose

Hey guys where the closest Cinema to Swords, and which bus do you get?
Just moved up here

Kiera

You can get the 43 from Swords village to Coolock to the uci or the 33(goes through Swords vill) and that brings you to the omni in Santry.

The_Goose

Cool, i take it there a stop near by that comes bacl
Oh any idea how long the journey is?

secret_squirrel

43 to UCI Coolock 15-20 mins depending on traffic

41/b/c/ or 33/a/b To Omni - 30 Mins depending on traffic.

Urbus to Blanchardtown - 45-60min Depending on Traffic.

There will be a cinema opening in Swords in the Pavillions SC in the next year or so.

The_Goose

Yeah read about that, that will be sweet, 11 screens is what i read anyway

py2006

I work in Swords and have relatives there! To be honest the traffic is ALWAYS mental around the village. That road by the side of the garda station leading up to the Pavillions and main roundabout is a total joke.

Another example of build first and think about roads a few years later. Although, they have widened the road from the roundabout to the Pavilions.

Swords has a huge scumbag culture. There are alot of rough looking "howya's" roaming the village/town. At night its supposed to be pretty dodgy these days.

I know alot of people avoid it at night.

According to my cousin it has the highest rate of imbreding in Dublin too. (how true that is I don't know, but there are some strange looking people)

On the plus side, its handy to have the shopping centre beside you. As busy as the car park gets it never seems all that busy when your in it. Sometimes I wonder how it survives to be honest.

Kiera

I live in Kinsealy and I’m in Swords quite a bit shopping/pubs….

I have never seen any trouble. If you call kids wearing hoodies scumbags then yes there are a few kids who hang around the town. They are no trouble at all. Myself and my friends have never had any trouble in Swords.

As for inbreeding, that’s just down right hilarious!! I actually laughed out loud when I read that.

I’d love to meet this cousin of yours and welcome him/her to the real world.

py2006

Kiera wrote:

I live in Kinsealy and I’m in Swords quite a bit shopping/pubs….

I have never seen any trouble. If you call kids wearing hoodies scumbags then yes there are a few kids who hang around the town. They are no trouble at all. Myself and my friends have never had any trouble in Swords.

As for inbreeding, that’s just down right hilarious!! I actually laughed out loud when I read that.

I’d love to meet this cousin of yours and welcome him/her to the real world.

Haha yea, I laughed too! Although I have heard it a couple times to be honest! Also, Bray apparently!

Ah swords isn't too bad.