Im moving to Sligo.....Help please?!

Heading4Sligo

Hi everyone.....

Im new to this site and from my name and the post title you can prob guess why Im here!!!

Im moving from 'the midlands' to Sligo in the next few weeks with work. Im currently trying to source nice accommodation in a nice area. I will be moving on my own so Id like somewhere safe and preferably not right in the middle of town...

Can you recommend some nice areas?

Also Im really hoping to start surfing when I move, have been a few times before and loved it, wheres the best school as Ill need lessons for sure!

Im 24 so I dont wanna be out in the sticks but not in town either iykwim...

Is Sligo a nice place??? Ive only been once.. Im terrified I wont make any friends, how childish does that sound??

Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks guys
xxx;)

muffler

This thread might help a bit.

And this

Places to eat

Primary schools

Pubs (if you are old enough)

Picnic spots

Part time jobs

Music scene

What to do at weekends

There are loads of threads if you want to trawl back a few pages and they should give you an insight.






Personally I wouldnt go near the place though.:eek:

TequilaMockingBird

Hi and welcome!

If you drive, Strandhill would be lovely for the summer (how long will you be here for). There's a surf school there, some nice pubs and restaurants, and your only 5km from town. There are alot of suburbs on the outskirts of town which would all be quiet. Have a look at Daft.ie and if you like the look of anywhere, post here and we could give you more information about the area.

Don't worry about friends, most people are lovely, its just us on this forum who are weird, but we're locked in windowless rooms with just computers to talk to, so you should be safe enough.

YeatsCounty

Hi there! Accommodation-wise, you're picking a good time as the IT Sligo students are all heading home for the summer, so I assume that there will be more places available than in the town. A good place to start looking for accommodation is the local newspapers, but as you're still in the Midlands, I'm sure that this isn't exactly convenient for you. The Sligo Champion's website hasn't been updated for a while now but the Sligo weekender's Accommodation section is updated weekly:

http://sligoweekender.ie/news/accommodation.asp

A new site that I only learned of after a flyer popped through my door yesterday is www.amigos.ie. It's only starting off but it seems OK.

As for places to live that are accessible to town, I live in in the Mulberry park/Ashbury Lawn estate in Ballinode - 20 minutes walk from the town centre. It is a nice, quiet area, the only problems being some rowdy students every so often & the smashed glass bottles etc that accompanies it. It is only a mild annoyance though compared to other areas both in Sligo and other towns. Anyway, end of the school year should = no more glass. I haven't lived anywhere else in the town, so I can't validly comment on how nice other areas are.

Sligo Town environs and the county has some lovely scenery. Strandhill, Rosses Point, Knocknarea, Carrowmore tombs etc. The town itself is nice, especially in our current sunny weather (Castle street excepted for the moment, it's experiencing a strange economic downturn at the moment :-p). I'll leave it to others to comment now, I've pretty much said my bit!

Hope you enjoy it here!

Xiney

I think if I (well, Mr Xiney and I) could do the whole moving to Sligo schtick over, I'd have pushed to move to far closer to the city centre, actually. However, if that's not what you're looking for, there are some lovely areas of Sligo to live in. I'd visit if possible first, have a look around, that sort of thing.

If you're looking to get into surfing, why not look into living in Strandhill and commuting (by car!) into Sligo? Strandhill is a nice town and you're only 15 minutes away from Sligo.

As far as making friends is concerned... I'm afraid I'm not really the one to ask.

Heading4Sligo

Ah thanks a million guys, you're all very good!! The reason I want a bit outside town is that this will most likely be longterm and Im not really a townie kind of girl!

Strandhill looks great, bit more expensive than other areas but might be worth it in the long run...

There a couple in Ballysodare?? Is that far out of town?

muffler

Why dont you just keep moving up the road a little further to Donegal. A much better place and a nicer class of people.

TequilaMockingBird

Personally I wouldnt go near the place though.:eek:

BASQUILLE!!!!

Xiney

Heading4Sligo wrote: »

There a couple in Ballysodare?? Is that far out of town?

Ballisodare is about the same distance from Sligo as Strandhill, but inland - farther from the beach


Nice enough looking place though, from what I've seen of it. Lots and lots of new developments.

Heading4Sligo

Hmmmm its cheaper though so I might look into that area! Ill be sharing so I hope all you Sligo folk are friendly....... lol

Xiney

In my experience, it doesn't matter who you're sharing with or where they're from... they'll get on your tits somehow :mad:

Heading4Sligo

Oh dont say that.... Ive never shared before so I hope it wont be terrible!!!

magnumlady

Best of luck with the move, I'm sure you'll be grand.
Can't help as regards friends, I've been here 17 years and still haven't made any:(

Slidey

Heading4Sligo wrote: »

Ah thanks a million guys, you're all very good!! The reason I want a bit outside town is that this will most likely be longterm and Im not really a townie kind of girl!

Strandhill looks great, bit more expensive than other areas but might be worth it in the long run...

There a couple in Ballysodare?? Is that far out of town?

Your a girl..... hey how YOU doing??:D
If you are gonna be driving i'd be inclined to go Ballisodare or Colloney, it will be cheaper and quieter.
I'd suggest Ballymote but think that would be a bad start to your stay in Sligo!!

Heading4Sligo

LOL - I think I will look into those areas cause they sound lovely!! Im so scared I won't make friends, Im gonna try and share with guys and girls cause I usually get on better with guys, no bitchiness and all that! Plus they will probably be more likely to invite me out with them.....and then Ill meet more people (hopefully!!)

Thanks for the advice...gonna start my house search here now! xxx

TequilaMockingBird

I would suggest an evening at the cinema for us without Sligo friends, but I have a funny feeling I could be shot down in flames... !

Slidey

Why you gonna see Top Gun? ha ha..
Havent been to the cinema since i came back from oz... damn, another thing on the to do list..
'Tis a good job im using a roll of incredibly long andrex to write it on :-)

Gillie

slideways wrote: »

If you are gonna be driving i'd be inclined to go Ballisodare or Colloney, it will be cheaper and quieter.

Collooney is not cheap!

I'd suggest Ballymote but think that would be a bad start to your stay in Sligo!!

Why?
Ballymote is not half as bad as ppl make out! I've been here since Xmas and it's grand!

SligoBrewer

Gillie wrote: »

Why?
Ballymote is not half as bad as ppl make out! I've been here since Xmas and it's grand!

They say the youth is the future.

If I look at the Ballymote youth, I see a future of dismay and broken windows.

/Sweeping Generilisation

takola

Good luck with the move OP. You're getting here at a good time anyway, I love Sligo during the summer!

I wouldn't panic about making friends, you should do so fairly easily especially if you're sharing (/shudder). If all else fails, Basquille (Our Moderator) accepts lighters in exchange for friendship. It's his fetish.

I'm hoping that eventually we'll all meet up for a sligo beers! Hopefully during the summer so if or when that goes ahead you'd be more than welcome to come along. Although we would ask that if Muffler does come that you'd avoid him as much as possible. He's always trying to thief our people. No matter what he says Donegal is not better than Sligo. Field's and sheep is all there is. Boglands!

Slidey

takola wrote: »

Good luck with the move OP. You're getting here at a good time anyway, I love Sligo during the summer!

I wouldn't panic about making friends, you should do so fairly easily especially if you're sharing (/shudder). If all else fails, Basquille (Our Moderator) accepts lighters in exchange for friendship. It's his fetish.

I'm hoping that eventually we'll all meet up for a sligo beers! Hopefully during the summer so if or when that goes ahead you'd be more than welcome to come along. Although we would ask that if Muffler does come that you'd avoid him as much as possible. He's always trying to thief our people. No matter what he says Donegal is not better than Sligo. Field's and sheep is all there is. Boglands!

Agh them smooth talking donegal boys with their "cute" accents
[shakes fist] grrrr [/shakes fist]

muffler

takola wrote: »

Although we would ask that if Muffler does come that you'd avoid him as much as possible. He's always trying to thief our people. No matter what he says Donegal is not better than Sligo. Field's and sheep is all there is. Boglands!

Ah sure I love the boglands and fields (and the sheep) but I only ever have eyes for you takola. Now are you going to organise this long awaited beers night? (please)

slideways wrote: »

Agh them smooth talking donegal boys with their "cute" accents
[shakes fist] grrrr [/shakes fist]

Ah shucks - that has just made my day

genie

magnumlady wrote: »

Best of luck with the move, I'm sure you'll be grand.
Can't help as regards friends, I've been here 17 years and still haven't made any:(

That's awful. Mind you, I'm finding it the same with regards Geevagh. I don't do religion, I don't have children and I'm not a pub goer so what else is there?

Tar.Aldarion

It's too late for you now.

Slidey

genie wrote: »

That's awful. Mind you, I'm finding it the same with regards Geevagh. I don't do religion, I don't have children and I'm not a pub goer so what else is there?

Agh head to the church, ya never know you might meet some friendly farmer, and i hear there is free grub too.. but it right at the end so ya have to stay for the duration!
Find a buff and offer him a hand at turning the turf for him...

magnumlady

genie wrote: »

That's awful. Mind you, I'm finding it the same with regards Geevagh. I don't do religion, I don't have children and I'm not a pub goer so what else is there?

Same here as regards the church and the pubs, have kids tho.

Xiney

genie wrote: »

I don't do religion, I don't have children and I'm not a pub goer so what else is there?

Werd.

Slidey

Xiney wrote: »

Werd.

Is that some new fangled social interaction or a typo

Xiney

Not really new... it's "Word" but spelled wrong.

God explaining it makes it so much less cool. I hope you're happy.:mad:

Gillie

Xiney wrote: »

Not really new... it's "Word" but spelled wrong.

God explaining it makes it so much less cool. I hope you're happy.:mad:

Xiney

To be perfectly honest I've been on the brink of posting something along the lines of "please be my friend" for aaages

only my last shred of dignity has stopped me so far.


To hell with dignity anyway, it's lonely up here!

BronsonTB

I moved here from 'the midlands' about 20 years agao and made loads friends...Don't worry, it'll work out fine...It's a great place...

magnumlady

Well if any of you see a mad looking woman with a camera stuck to her face, come and say hello....I'll be your friend:D

genie

Xiney wrote: »

Not really new... it's "Word" but spelled wrong.

God explaining it makes it so much less cool. I hope you're happy.:mad:

Word? Sorry, don't understand...

I'd rather not get involved with the buffs, thanks! I was planting a few things in the front garden earlier and a car with three old fellas in it actually stopped and they all leaned towards the passenger window to have a good old gawp at me. I'm no oil painting so it was a bit worrying...:eek:

il gatto

Word. It's a sort of rap term of agreement. Like "Yeah, I know" to other people. Makes more sense if the person saying it is "blingin'". And if it was the early to mid nineties:rolleyes::D
Don't worry OP. It's gotta be better than the midlands, eh?:p

genie

il gatto wrote: »

Word. It's a sort of rap term of agreement. Like "Yeah, I know" to other people. Makes more sense if the person saying it is "blingin'". And if it was the early to mid nineties:rolleyes::D

Thanks for explaining. Was never into rap...have a hard enough job of understanding the people around here. I met a lady along the road walking her dog and she greeted me with, "Who's that, that's in it?" Hadn't a clue what she was on about and only realised later that she was asking me my name!

Sometimes I wonder if Geevagh exists in some kind of bizarre parallel universe...

starbelgrade

genie wrote: »

Thanks for explaining. Was never into rap...have a hard enough job of understanding the people around here. I met a lady along the road walking her dog and she greeted me with, "Who's that, that's in it?" Hadn't a clue what she was on about and only realised later that she was asking me my name!

Sometimes I wonder if Geevagh exists in some kind of bizarre parallel universe...

Geevagh IS a parallel universe.

TequilaMockingBird

genie wrote: »

Word? Sorry, don't understand...

I'd rather not get involved with the buffs, thanks! I was planting a few things in the front garden earlier and a car with three old fellas in it actually stopped and they all leaned towards the passenger window to have a good old gawp at me. I'm no oil painting so it was a bit worrying...:eek:

Poor Genie! Maybe it was your plants they were after?! Or perhaps you are absolutely stunning and Geevagh have never seen the like of it!

TequilaMockingBird

Xiney wrote: »

To be perfectly honest I've been on the brink of posting something along the lines of "please be my friend" for aaages

only my last shred of dignity has stopped me so far.


To hell with dignity anyway, it's lonely up here!

I'm your friend, you big looser!:D
Are you still coming to my house on Saturday? We need the help of the fellow Boardsies here to plan an escape. I'll have a housefull (several housefulls) of my ex-in-laws... I'm thinking of setting up some sort of system of ropes and pulleys to get me over the back wall.


I apologise OP, way off thread here! Your more than welcome to come to mine next Saturday - I'll give you a leg up when we're going over the wall!

genie

sueme wrote: »

Poor Genie! Maybe it was your plants they were after?! Or perhaps you are absolutely stunning and Geevagh have never seen the like of it!

Absolutely stunning? Me? Thanks very much but no! I was wearing a white T-Shirt so I'm convinced that they mistook me for a sheep!

I'm thinking of contacting Michael Palin and asking him to do one of his travel series here. Geevagh:The Parallel Universe.

I'm not selling Geevagh very well, am I? Maybe I should just refer to the place as unique, covers a multitude of sins...:D

Heading4Sligo

Im sooooo lost!!!

But did someone mention cute Donegal boys??? God I love the Donegal accent! I was up there for the May bank hol surfing and it was the best craic Id had in ages!!!

The fact that we had a hot surf instructor did help mind you!!!

Slidey

Heading4Sligo wrote: »

Im sooooo lost!!!

But did someone mention cute Donegal boys??? God I love the Donegal accent! I was up there for the May bank hol surfing and it was the best craic Id had in ages!!!

The fact that we had a hot surf instructor did help mind you!!!

Bloody hell i knew it, that them donegal lads may all get permanent larengitis! with their wee this and aye that!!!!

Xiney

sueme wrote: »

I'm your friend, you big looser!:D
Are you still coming to my house on Saturday? We need the help of the fellow Boardsies here to plan an escape. I'll have a housefull (several housefulls) of my ex-in-laws... I'm thinking of setting up some sort of system of ropes and pulleys to get me over the back wall.


I apologise OP, way off thread here! Your more than welcome to come to mine next Saturday - I'll give you a leg up when we're going over the wall!

mwahaha.

Never said I hadn't ANY friends. Just that I've a far cry from the 80 or so "good" friends I had in Montreal...


And come on Sue, free food? You know I'm there. om nom nom!

Heading4Sligo

slideways wrote: »

Bloody hell i knew it, that them donegal lads may all get permanent larengitis! with their wee this and aye that!!!!

Ah Im a sucker for any accent reallly.....especially when I have a few glasses of vino in me!!

takola

When are you moving to Sligo OP?

Heading4Sligo

Hoping to move over in the next month or so.... Ill know for definate by the end of this week!!!

I was chatting to 2 girls today who are renting out a room in Strandhill and they seem lovely so Im hoping it won't be gone!!

Buttercup

Hey Boarders, god haven't been on here in ages. I'm also moving up to Sligo in the next two months so if you have nothing gotten by then let me know and we can find a two bed . I'm starting a new job monday but have to go away training for it first for about 8 weeks. I'm going to need to have somewhere for middle of july I;d say so let me know.

Ainekav

yeah strandhill is your best bet for a bit o surfin.
nice places to live mmm strandhill, maybe somewhere like larkhill (near kevinsfort) which is on the outskirts of town..
youll meet people soon enough, youll be headin out to toffs or velvet in no time!the student areas are near the i.t. obv so you can steer clear of that area if ya want..

freddo

No wukking furries at all. Just come on down, Sligo is full of great people. For Surfing is the fastest moving watersport after Scuba and we have all of that plus more. there are two Surf Schools in Strandhill who not only teach you to Surf Safely and Well, but with a massive 600 mm Canon Lenses take photos of your first and subsequent attempts at standing on a board. <snip> Welcome to the rest of your Life .
:pac:

blindpilot

I couldnt get out of the place fast enough, horrible place to live. Galway is far better.

TequilaMockingBird

newblue08 wrote: »

I couldnt get out of the place fast enough, horrible place to live. .

Nice contribution, cheers.