quality of life in Tullow

Fuinseog

what is Tullow like to live in? i may be assigned to the town in the near future, but am anxious to avoid a town where the only thing to do is go to the pub.

zeds alive

Fuinseog wrote: »

what is Tullow like to live in? i may be assigned to the town in the near future, but am anxious to avoid a town where the only thing to do is go to the pub.

Its not bad , I didn't mind living there , had a bit of hassle on the streets every now and then late at night but that's to be expected these days.
I honestly cant think of anything to do there... but then again there is not much to do in towns like Tullow and there is plenty of them around Ireland.
If you have a car live you could Carlow town and drive the short distance... at least there is more to do there.

royston_vasey

Fuinseog wrote: »

what is Tullow like to live in? i may be assigned to the town in the near future, but am anxious to avoid a town where the only thing to do is go to the pub.

Fuinseog,

Like a lot of Irish towns the main social activity in Tullow would revolve around the pubs. If you could give an indication of things that interest you then ppl could give you more advice, e.g Mount Wolesley hotel has a gym and also a golf course.

Fuinseog

royston_vasey wrote: »

Fuinseog,

Like a lot of Irish towns the main social activity in Tullow would revolve around the pubs. If you could give an indication of things that interest you then ppl could give you more advice, e.g Mount Wolesley hotel has a gym and also a golf course.

thanks for that. a gym is important. are there alos major supermarkets there or just supervalu? is it well connected by public transport? is there the possility of taking night classes?

royston_vasey

Being honest the answer is no to those three points. You really would have to go to Carlow for supermarkets and also night courses. As for public transport again everything would hub around Carlow.

I suppose it depends on where you currently live as to the adjustment you will have to make; if you're coming from Dublin the social and cultural adjustment will be massive.

Git101

royston_vasey wrote: »

Being honest the answer is no to those three points. You really would have to go to Carlow for supermarkets and also night courses. As for public transport again everything would hub around Carlow.

Steady on there royston.

There is an Aldi, large Super Valu & a large Tesco in Tullow so no need to go to Carlow for shopping.

Tullow Community school runs adult night courses.

Not sure about public transport but there are regular busses to Dublin.

Regarding other activities.
As already mentioned there is a golf course and gym at Mount Wolseley.
There is also a kayaking club, football clubs (both real and GAA:D), martial arts classes, fishing etc.
The local roads (except the N81) are great for walking, running, cycling.

So plenty to do if you look in the right places.

Nead21

i dont live in tullow, but i go there for circuit training every monday and wednesday evening. mount wolseley have a good gym (if a tad over priced) and they also do alot of fitness classes that are open to non-members.

as already said tullow community school do plenty of night classes (which should be advertised in the next month or so) and teach bride also run a variety of night classes.

byhookorbycrook

Riding club two miles outside the town.

Essien

Tullow is like any town of a similar size you'd find anywhere in the country. If you look for something to do you'll find something to do.

cantona1111

As pointed out in previous post there are alot of things to do around Tullow. Its all down to what your interested in, with carlow town only a few minutes away. A car is essential if you have no transport you will have problems in getting around. Night courses are available in any secondary school in the county and the IT in Carlow have a huge selection of course. There are alot of opportunities for anyone that is motivated to get involved any number of clubs and associations in Tullow and surrounding areas. Its not a bad little town really.

Essien

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Riding club two miles outside the town.

There's a dogging joke in there somewhere

Git101

Essien wrote: »

There's a dogging joke in there somewhere

So many jokes....
Took a lot of will power to resist.......but I did resist

ShayK1

Fuinseog: Why not post what your interests are and we can tell you if its possibe in Tullow.
What do you do in your spare time now?

Fuinseog

Nead21 wrote: »

i dont live in tullow, but i go there for circuit training every monday and wednesday evening. mount wolseley have a good gym (if a tad over priced) and they also do alot of fitness classes that are open to non-members.

as already said tullow community school do plenty of night classes (which should be advertised in the next month or so) and teach bride also run a variety of night classes.

is it a big gym? i mean does it have a sauna and steam room? I travel a lot and some hotel gyms have only two threadmills and a few rusty dumbbells.

slimjimmc

Fuinseog wrote: »

is it a big gym? i mean does it have a sauna and steam room? I travel a lot and some hotel gyms have only two threadmills and a few rusty dumbbells.

It's a bit better than that
http://www.mountwolseley.ie/leisure.html

The Mount Wolseley Leisure Centre boasts a Twenty Metre indoor Pool, A Spacious state-of-the-art gymnasium fully equipped with Technogym Equipment which is the first of its kind in the County and was the Exclusive Fitness Supplier to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This standard of the equipment is very high and is used by World Class Top Athletes.

Fuinseog

Git101 wrote: »

Steady on there royston.

There is an Aldi, large Super Valu & a large Tesco in Tullow so no need to go to Carlow for shopping.

Tullow Community school runs adult night courses.

Not sure about public transport but there are regular busses to Dublin.

Regarding other activities.
As already mentioned there is a golf course and gym at Mount Wolseley.
There is also a kayaking club, football clubs (both real and GAA:D), martial arts classes, fishing etc.
The local roads (except the N81) are great for walking, running, cycling.

So plenty to do if you look in the right places.

thanks for the input.

so there is an Aldi in Tullow. is there a train service or would I have to go to carlow? BTW is there a regualr bus service to Carlow?
a big problem is that until recently I only lived in big cities and never needed a car, so never bothered to do the licence, but am taking lessons at the moment because I find myself stranded in a small midlands town with little to do.
a problem with small towns is that people can be clannish and do not associate with foreigners ie anyone not born and raised in the area.

i am interested in martial arts and tried it out where I am now living but gave it up as there were only four people doing it and the whole point is to meet people. hiking could be another option and I see the hills are not far away. are there walking groups ased in the area?

Git101

Fuinseog wrote: »

is it a big gym? i mean does it have a sauna and steam room? I travel a lot and some hotel gyms have only two threadmills and a few rusty dumbbells.

There is a sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and a 20m swimming pool.

The gym is reasonably well equipped with a free weights area and several weight machines, about 6 treadmills, a few bikes, stepper, cross-trainers etc
As a bonus it's not usually full of meat heads (apologies if you're a meat head )
If you call in I'm sure they will show you around.

Git101

Fuinseog wrote: »

i am interested in martial arts and tried it out where I am now living but gave it up as there were only four people doing it and the whole point is to meet people. hiking could be another option and I see the hills are not far away. are there walking groups ased in the area?

There is (certainly was last year) an active Tae kwondo club in Tullow.

There is also a hill walking club. Google "Tullow mountaineering club" They are a really nice group of people and I would say you would have no problem getting a lift to the hikes.

Essien

Taekwondo is still active and pretty busy afaik, there's Muai Thai in Bagenalstown too if thats what you're into, a few lads from Tullow do it so you'd probably find a lift handy enough if you wanted.

ShayK1

here's Tullow Taekwandoe facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Tullow-Ireland/Tullow-Taekwondo/356489791925?ref=ts&__a=27&ajaxpipe=1

And here's the mountaineering club's
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tullow-Mountaineering-Club/370336333713


No train service in Tullow. There used to be years and years ago but that's of no use to you.
AFAIK, the Tullow to Carlow bus goes at 9am and 3pm the return from Carlow to Tullow is at 12:15pm and 5:15pm.
Its been donkeys years since I used that service so I'm open to correction on that.

Essien

ShayK1 wrote: »

here's Tullow Taekwandoe facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Tullow-Ireland/Tullow-Taekwondo/356489791925?ref=ts&__a=27&ajaxpipe=1

And here's the mountaineering club's
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tullow-Mountaineering-Club/370336333713


No train service in Tullow. There used to be years and years ago but that's of no use to you.
AFAIK, the Tullow to Carlow bus goes at 9am and 3pm the return from Carlow to Tullow is at 12:15pm and 5:15pm.
Its been donkeys years since I used that service so I'm open to correction on that.

I know the early one passes St Patricks Pk at about 8:30am, think the other one is 2:30pm

slimjimmc

Fuinseog wrote: »

thanks for the input.

so there is an Aldi in Tullow. is there a train service or would I have to go to carlow? BTW is there a regualr bus service to Carlow?
a big problem is that until recently I only lived in big cities and never needed a car, so never bothered to do the licence, but am taking lessons at the moment because I find myself stranded in a small midlands town with little to do.
a problem with small towns is that people can be clannish and do not associate with foreigners ie anyone not born and raised in the area.

i am interested in martial arts and tried it out where I am now living but gave it up as there were only four people doing it and the whole point is to meet people. hiking could be another option and I see the hills are not far away. are there walking groups ased in the area?

Bus Éireann run a route between Dublin-Tullow-Rosslare... 3 buses daily Mon-Fri, 2 on Sat, 3 on Sun and 4 on Thurs. http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1268411487-132.pdf

RapidExpress run 2 daily buses Mon-Sat (no Sun service) between Carlow-Tullow-Hacketstown http://rapidexpress.ie/en/timetables

No train to Tullow, closest is Carlow and you'd probably have to make your own way from there unless you can get the midday or 17:10 RapidExpress bus.




Hey, maybe Tullow isn't so isolated afterall.

!Pablo Fanquez!

Tullow, Co Carlow.

Heroin addicts, travellers, murderers, rapists, paedophiles.

Pretty much what you'd find in any part of Carlow.

Super-Rush

!Pablo Fanquez! wrote: »

Tullow, Co Carlow.

Heroin addicts, travellers, murderers, rapists, paedophiles.

Pretty much what you'd find in any part of Carlow Ireland the world.

FYP for you there.

fastbowler

!Pablo Fanquez! wrote: »

Tullow, Co Carlow.

Heroin addicts, travellers, murderers, rapists, paedophiles.

Pretty much what you'd find in any part of Carlow.

Where is the evidence of any of the above living in Tullow?

ShayK1

!Pablo Fanquez! wrote: »

Tullow, Co Carlow.

Heroin addicts, travellers, murderers, rapists, paedophiles.

Pretty much what you'd find in any part of Carlow.

Are you going to back that statement up or are you just here to make random comments like you've been doing on other forums for the past 3 days?

slimjimmc

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/kilkenny-people-republic-of-ireland/mi_7862/is_2007_Jan_24/months-dealer-brought-heroin-kilkenny/ai_n35353401/

She was selling the stuff so to feed her own habit.

ShayK1

slimjimmc wrote: »

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/kilkenny-people-republic-of-ireland/mi_7862/is_2007_Jan_24/months-dealer-brought-heroin-kilkenny/ai_n35353401/

She was selling the stuff so to feed her own habit.

Have you read it?
She was living in Kilkenny, supplying in Kilkenny and arrested in Kilkenny.
and that was 3 years ago.

Git101

fastbowler wrote: »

Where is the evidence of any of the above living in Tullow?

me... Oh, not actually me, just all my mates .... only joking..

Jaysus lads most of you are around long enough to know not to FEED THE TROLLS....

I'm surprised with you shay

ShayK1

Git101 wrote: »

me... Oh, not actually me, just all my mates .... only joking..

Jaysus lads most of you are around long enough to know not to FEED THE TROLLS....

I'm surprised with you shay

Point taken but I'd hate for the OP to get an inaccuarate view of Tullow just becuase of 1 post.

Git101

ShayK1 wrote: »

Point taken but I'd hate for the OP to get an inaccuarate view of Tullow just becuase of 1 post.

If you look at my previous posts I have tried to show Tullow in a positive light.
I don't mean to be disrespectful but Tullow, like most Irish rural towns is a sh1thole and all you can do is make the best of what's available.

I don't think that the OP will get an inaccurate view of Tullow because of one troll..

slimjimmc

ShayK1 wrote: »

Point taken but I'd hate for the OP to get an inaccuarate view of Tullow just becuase of 1 post.

Most towns in Ireland have an undesireable element... vandals, hard men, alcoholics, drug addicts, even drug dealers, pretty much what you find anywhere. Thankfully such elements are greatly overshadowed by the vast number of good people and nice things on offer, but never the less it is still there lurking in the background.

Tullow is a nice place to most, a sh1thole to some but painting the place as some sort of Utopia is also unfair to the OP, he/she wants to know the realities and the reality is that Tullow is no different to most towns across Ireland, a few problems but overwelming benefits.

And that was the point of my link (which incidently was the only example I could find).

ShayK1

Git101 wrote: »

I don't mean to be disrespectful but Tullow, like most Irish rural towns is a sh1thole

I disagree but you're very much entitled to your opinion

slimjimmc wrote: »

Tullow is a nice place to most, a sh1thole to some but painting the place as some sort of Utopia is also unfair to the OP, he/she wants to know the realities and the reality is that Tullow is no different to most towns across Ireland, a few problems but overwelming benefits.

Fair point.

Git101

ShayK1 wrote: »

I disagree but you're very much entitled to your opinion

I just spent ages writing a reply to this but then scrapped it as my reply was not something that this thread needed, however, I would be interested to know why you disagree with my opinion that Tullow* is a sh1thole

* substitute any rural town of similar size

fastbowler

Git101 wrote: »

I just spent ages writing a reply to this but then scrapped it as my reply was not something that this thread needed, however, I would be interested to know why you disagree with my opinion that Tullow* is a sh1thole

* substitute any rural town of similar size

I don't know where you get your opinion that Tullow is a ****hole. I have been living here for the last 3 years while still working in the emergency services in west dublin (tallaght,clondalkin, blanch,finglas) dealing with stabbings,murders,drugs, domestics day in day out. Tullow is a world away from that and I look forward to coming home to Tullow to have a break from REAL ****holes... (Though even in these areas in Dublin its normally the arseholes that turn the places into ****holes..plenty of decent people wherever you go just living life)

Fuinseog

ShayK1 wrote: »

Point taken but I'd hate for the OP to get an inaccuarate view of Tullow just becuase of 1 post.

true, i have or had no conception of Tullow until starting this thread. i am grateful for the response. the job is however only a maybe.

Harrocks

I have lived in tullow for over 3 years now never had an issue with the town same as any other rural town in Eire.Make the best of it.like anywhere else in ireland if you go looking for trouble you ll usually find it.

SIX PACK

Harrocks wrote: »

I have lived in tullow for over 3 years now never had an issue with the town same as any other rural town in Eire.Make the best of it.like anywhere else in ireland if you go looking for trouble you ll usually find it.

Well said.. But of a dumbass thread though. Im sure ul agree