Plassey

doogle deegan

I have accepted a place in ULand have accomidation booked in Plassey. But i want to know if i need to bring stuff like kettals, toasters and delph.

Thanks in advance for any replies

Sarah

440Hz

Nope, all of that will be supplied in the apartment. I am not sure whether Plassey supplies duvets or not, the other villages do, but tbh bring your own anyway!!

Everything else will be in the house. Best of luck and welcome to UL!!!

Hope to see you at the boards

doogle deegan

Thanks for the reply!

Yeh i will probly be on boards quite a bit

Sarah

Also whats the cheapest way to get to and from Dublin/Meath at weekends? from UL

440Hz

doogle deegan wrote:

Thanks for the reply!

Yeh i will probly be on boards quite a bit

Sarah

Also whats the cheapest way to get to and from Dublin/Meath at weekends? from UL

Cant help you there Im afraid. I head down the other end of the country. But id imagine the cheapest way is by bus. There are bound to be a load of private bus services heading that way each week, Im sure someone here can fill you in

rmacm

doogle deegan wrote:

I have accepted a place in ULand have accomidation booked in Plassey. But i want to know if i need to bring stuff like kettals, toasters and delph.

Thanks in advance for any replies

Sarah

Welcome to UL and boards......ah Plassey supply stuff like kettles etc. You'll probably have to bring your own bed clothes and stuff even though I think they do provide duvets. You could get the train to Dublin/Meath if you the the Irish Rail student travel card it cuts the price of a train ticket quite a bit. I'm not sure if they do monthly deals for students but it might be worth checking out. And as always there's the bus.

Cheers
Rory

caesar

Sorry doogle deegan but i need to use your thread to ask a question. Anyway i was just wondering whats the best place for accomodation around UL be it on campus or off, well maybe on campus would be better because i don't know anyone goin to UL unless my friends get his first choice in round two. I know i should have sorted this out ages ago but i never got around to it because i was never quite sure where i would end up. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Brendygg

If you want on campus you should do it soon. There will probably be rooms left in Thomond and the new Cappavilla village. Check the sticky on the top of the forum regarding other accomadation.

440Hz

Just what Brendygg said sticky here on acc http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=299781 I would reckon at this stage that most of the villages are full, but there might be some spaces in the new ones, further away though. As for off campus, depends on what you want, luxury or proximity etc. Tbh first years IMO opinion are better off in villages, you get to know people in your house, your class and then by second year you have friends you want to move in with... thats my advice anyway!

BossArky

I lived in Plassey for 5 years, deadly place.

The only thing they don't supply is contraceptives

Is that groundsman still there? Pat wasn't it? He was one cool guy.

sceptre

caesar wrote:

Sorry doogle deegan but i need to use your thread to ask a question.

As far as I know you're not prevented from starting your own.

As 440Hz said, have a look at the stickies for info and if you're actually looking for "the best" regardless of cost you're probably best with one of the newer student on-campus villages, though the odds are very high they're mostly booked out by now.

caesar

sceptre wrote:

As far as I know you're not prevented from starting your own.

Too lazy

Anyway thanks for the replies. I contacted the accommodation services and there are places left in Cappavilla village and Thomond village. Thomond seems to be better for first years but its hard to tell from the site because Cappavilla is new.

Toulouse

BossArky wrote:

Is that groundsman still there? Pat wasn't it? He was one cool guy.

Plassey rocks, lived there for 5 years myself

I'm not sure about the duvets, think you have to rent them out if you don't bring your own. That should all be included in the letter that you get from Plassey telling you when to come down and what the office hours are.

I think I heard that Pat retired. He was a legend, went in to see him before I left.

Ginger

Talk to the nice lady in Accomadation services she is sure to help you out

caesar

Ginger wrote:

Talk to the nice lady in Accomadation services she is sure to help you out

I did and I have booked a place in Plassey because some became free. Anyway thanks for the help.

ergonomics

Plassey give you duvets but no pillows. Halfway through last year we were all made swap our duvets for lovely new clean ones.

confetti

BossArky wrote:

I lived in Plassey for 5 years, deadly place.

The only thing they don't supply is contraceptives

Is that groundsman still there? Pat wasn't it? He was one cool guy.

id say you would have saved more money if they had supplied tea bags

yeah Pat was the friendly groundskeeper,

aghhh plassey, what a great place, don't piss in the sink, they find out :eek:

klong

doogle deegan wrote:

Thanks for the reply!

Yeh i will probly be on boards quite a bit

Sarah

Also whats the cheapest way to get to and from Dublin/Meath at weekends? from UL

Whereabouts in the Royal are you coming from? Get the bus, return to dublin from Limerick is €15, if you're near Drogheda the return journey to Dublin is €8ish. Buy the tickets separetely, its cheaper that way :cool:

spideog7

Paddy didn't retire ...I came back from college one day last year and he was in my kitchen sittin down watchin the races..... lege

missgwish

i'm goin livin in plassey this yr! not by choice, i actually went for drumroe but there was a f*** up in the accomm office

but plassey sounds cool enough (cept for sharin a bathroom) so yay!

klong

At this rate we may as well have a seperate plassey beers...

Zapho

Plassey was cool. Stayed there for 3 years myself. Gráinne's the village manager, she's dead sound! Got to know her pretty well.

I'd recommend anyone stay there. I had a blast. I finished college last this year, but I'm back to UL again for a postgrad, but I'm staying in Currigh Brín this time. I hope its as good......

doogle deegan

klong wrote:

Whereabouts in the Royal are you coming from? Get the bus, return to dublin from Limerick is €15, if you're near Drogheda the return journey to Dublin is €8ish. Buy the tickets separetely, its cheaper that way :cool:

I am in Athboy. If i could find a private bus to mullingar it would be great. If not i will just get bus Eirinn to Dublin and another bus to Trim/Athboy.

missgwish

incidently does anyone kno if the broadband available in plassey is unsecured or not?

Peteee

missgwish wrote:

incidently does anyone kno if the broadband available in plassey is unsecured or not?

AFAIK all the broadband in the student villages are heavily locked down. Not many ports open, They cracked down on sharing folders of warez, porn, music etc fairly heavily a few years ago I think.

But then I've never lived in any of them so all of this is through the grapevine so to speak.

/me looks lovingly at 3mb metro broadband!

rmacm

missgwish wrote:

incidently does anyone kno if the broadband available in plassey is unsecured or not?

Ah yeah it is I think, all access passes through ITD in the college and they have to comply with HEAnet's AUP so it is pretty locked down.

Cheers
Rory

missgwish

ah right, that sux. ah well, over in lit it was the same so i kno a few....eh..... ways around it .

Peteee

missgwish wrote:

ah right, that sux. ah well, over in lit it was the same so i kno a few....eh..... ways around it .

Damn straight there are ways around it! Any self respecting comp syser knows that!

missgwish

haha cool! and i'm even there yet!! i get the feelin i'm gonna like this course

klong

No Grainne now...and as a result moving in= farce. Took me 55 minutes in the queue yesterday to get checked in *grr*

edit: every other year check in took 5 minutes or less