Living in Letterkenny

kris44

I may be moving to Letterkenny from Dublin sometime next year. I'm wondering what peoples opinions on living in the town are. I've been up for a good few visits and there seems a nice atmosphere to the place and a not so bad night life.

What are your views on life in Letterkenny for a 21 year old?

scientific1982

Good place to live. Its fairly cheap, easy going and the people are sound. Nightlife isnt as good as it used to be a few years back, but some good DJs and bands are starting to visit more often.

danniemcq

What interests you in terms of nightlife (bands or djs, Late bars, nice bars or clubs). what area are you going to be living in do you know?

kris44

Well I prefer a mix of everything you listed really, i'm not one who goes out every single weekend so i'd go to a club now and then and hopefully see a few decent bands playing too. Regarding the area i'll be living in, I don't know yet but it'll be as close to town as possible. My friend lived in the apartments up near the garda station and it was a nightmare! I love students and all but these were just morons!

danniemcq

Well for Clubs you have Pulse on Thurday and weekends, same with Grill but its better Sunday, Voodoo quite good they have bands downstairs every night i think, it also has a few different rooms upstairs playing different music. you're gonna find a lot of moron students around the town sadly but there is the student accomadation now down at other end of the town so that helps!

If you looking for big bands though for proper gigs you're outta look really unless you travel into Derry

kris44

Yeah the ability to travel to Derry is a big plus for me, I hear great things about gigs up there and most decent up and coming bands seem to stop off there! Thanks for the responses :-)

suzerxxx

im 21 moved here from dub bout 2 years ago, nice here in the town plenty of shops and taxi's are dirt cheap (well most) only problem i have is that i know noone lol

danniemcq

suzerxxx wrote: »

im 21 moved here from dub bout 2 years ago, nice here in the town plenty of shops and taxi's are dirt cheap (well most) only problem i have is that i know noone lol

Time for a boards beers me thinks!

Chickah

i'm 22, moved up from meath to letterkenny in september and i have to say i love it, great for shopping and nightlife, but I kind of have the same problem as Suzer, i don't know that many people (yet) :P

suzerxxx

danniemcq wrote: »

Time for a boards beers me thinks!

fosho!

Chickah

danniemcq wrote: »

Time for a boards beers me thinks!

Sounds like a plan!

kris44

Yeah thats kind of my biggest fear - not knowing anyone in the same age group!

danniemcq

Mental age everyone is in or around 21, physical age may differ! (25 y/o here!)

kris44

Haha good to hear i'll be trying to get in with some of the college crowd, I don't fancy giving up the college lifestyle just yet!

suzerxxx

ha ha im trying to get back into the whole college thing, i basically skiped that part and went stright to the having kids part :L

homer simpson

kris44 wrote: »

Haha good to hear i'll be trying to get in with some of the college crowd, I don't fancy giving up the college lifestyle just yet!

thats not hard in L'kenny......:D

diarmuid05

I had the same problem as those above. moved there for 6 months, nice place but didn't get to know anyone. In the end just moved home. No job was worth that.

kris44

Not knowing anyone seems to be quite a common problem. My mate is up there now and im pretty sure hes in the same position. Maybe its more the lack of clubs and stuff in the town for people to go to. I dont mean as in niteclubs i mean film clubs and stuff like that

suzerxxx

kris44 wrote: »

Not knowing anyone seems to be quite a common problem. My mate is up there now and im pretty sure hes in the same position. Maybe its more the lack of clubs and stuff in the town for people to go to. I dont mean as in niteclubs i mean film clubs and stuff like that

YES! im forever trying to find something to do, especially with the kids seen as i dont get visitors it gets very boreing in the house!

danniemcq

There is a photography club on Monday nights (i haven't been in few weeks but still on their newsletter) they meet around 8pm in the culture center

I'll post more details on exact times later this evening

kris44

Is there no website available with a 'things to do in letterkenny' kind of section with lists of clubs and contact details? I'm doing web design at the moment and need stuff to work on so if anyone thinks something like this would be useful i'd happily help build it

danniemcq

kris44 wrote: »

Is there no website available with a 'things to do in letterkenny' kind of section with lists of clubs and contact details? I'm doing web design at the moment and need stuff to work on so if anyone thinks something like this would be useful i'd happily help build it

haha no, I think this is the closest we have! It'd be a very good idea though and if you needed a hand i'd help out

danniemcq

Photo Club link

http://zero74.com/lkfoto/

suzerxxx

danniemcq wrote: »

Photo Club link

http://zero74.com/lkfoto/

oh that looks interesting!


a web page would defo be a hit!

kris44

danniemcq wrote: »

haha no, I think this is the closest we have! It'd be a very good idea though and if you needed a hand i'd help out

Well im away at the minute but when i get back in a week or so ill start doing a bit of research to see if a site would be needed. Ill pm you danniemcq afterwards, are you living up there? Also anyone else in Letterkennny who thinks the website would be a good idea please say so - make a nice project out of it!

danthefan

Another Dub soon to be living in Letterkenny, will be moving up in a few weeks. Be interested to see what sort of stuff there is to do, if there's some (very) low level football team to join or something like that. I'm moving up on my own so won't know anyone.

muffler

danthefan wrote: »

if there's some (very) low level football team to join or something like that.

Plenty of football teams around.

danthefan wrote: »

I'm moving up on my own so won't know anyone.

Post here an odd time and Im sure someone will advise as to where to go and what to do etc.

Keep an eye on this forum for a beers night hopefully in the not too distant future

teotihuacan

i can believe that its very difficult for people from down the country getting to know new people up here. Im from Lk and going to college in Dub in September.

There is NOTHING to do up here....severe lack of social conventions, community and even decent nightclubs. They are all monotonous as f**k, with the same skill-less DJs spewing out the same crap in almost the same tracklist order every week. The only club i will credit is INK who are starting to get some big-name DJs every couple of weeks à la Ritual back around '07 time when they had Tony Watters as resident. One of the best DJs in the town and no club will give a residency. Basically sums up LK nightlife.

Personally looking forward to getting out of this town.

North_West_Art

teotihuacan wrote: »

Personally looking forward to getting out of this town.

I said the same about Dublin in 2002

retalivity

Letterkenny is good for what it is - a small town but more to it than many would think
I lived there for 4 years, enjoyed it but outgrew it.
would still recommend it to people moving there though

KERSPLAT!

Moved up just 2 weeks ago, loving it so far few my mates played in Voodoo on Saturday jus gone, was good to see them away from home

hoping the boards beers gets going soon, the only person I know here is my GF n I'm sure she'll be sick off me hangin outta her soon enough

lamai

teotihuacan wrote: »

i can believe that its very difficult for people from down the country getting to know new people up here. Im from Lk and going to college in Dub in September.

There is NOTHING to do up here....severe lack of social conventions, community and even decent nightclubs. They are all monotonous as f**k, with the same skill-less DJs spewing out the same crap in almost the same tracklist order every week. The only club i will credit is INK who are starting to get some big-name DJs every couple of weeks à la Ritual back around '07 time when they had Tony Watters as resident. One of the best DJs in the town and no club will give a residency. Basically sums up LK nightlife.

Personally looking forward to getting out of this town.

Depends what you are after not everyone is interested in getting pissed up

every weekend. Dublin seems great but can get boring after a while as well.

byte

Jesus, if there's nothing to do in Letterkenny, God help the rest of the county!

davidfitz22

@IPAM

Exact same situation here, moved here from Dublin and only know my GF.

The town itself is nice and the people seem bang on but my gripe is it is RUN by boy racers and the gardai do **** all about them.
there's plenty to do. just I don't know anyone here

If there's a boards beers going on count me in

oranbhoy67

hi first post here ..ex glasgow boy here aged 31 wondering would there be any lads up for a bit of mid week 5 a sides to get out & about ..nothing serious just a kickabout.. i miss playing footy a lot but wouldnt be confident/fit enough to play for a 11 a side local league team tbh!

KERSPLAT!

oranbhoy67 wrote: »

hi first post here ..ex glasgow boy here aged 31 wondering would there be any lads up for a bit of mid week 5 a sides to get out & about ..nothing serious just a kickabout.. i miss playing footy a lot but wouldnt be confident/fit enough to play for a 11 a side local league team tbh!

On the bus goin home for a few days and was thinking of this! I used to play astro every Tuesday n Thursday at home, would love to get back into it before rugby starts up again

paulmclaughlin

davidfitz22 wrote: »

it is RUN by boy racers and the gardai do **** all about them.

While you're correct about the Gardai, the boy racers most certainly do not run the town.