friends moving to athlone

galwayshelly

friend asked me to post here as they have no internet.friends are moving to athlone from dublin.they have three children under ten.one child in school.are there mixed schools in the area,any one any info on schools in athlone and best places to live .they are looking for either a estate in a bungalow or in the country in a bungalow.looking for house with three to four bedrooms.they would like to be close to dublin side of athlone.

boredatwork82

Somewhere around Coosan or the 2 mile would be perfect.

Zubeneschamali

galwayshelly wrote: »

are there mixed schools in the area

Mixed how?

galwayshelly

boys and girls in one school.child goes to a school with boys and girls in it.somes primary schools are either all boys or all girls primary school.

galwaydude18

Woodville near blyry industrial estate is a very nice area to live there. Also cornamaddy school is only a minute away from the house estate and its a mixed school also

bmarley

an estate in a bungalow or a country in a bungalow?

galwayshelly

either depending on price of rent and size of house

Saint_Mel

bmarley wrote: »

an estate in a bungalow ...

It'd want to be a very small estate

tubos

just outside Athlone...

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daft?id=981735

Zubeneschamali

galwayshelly wrote: »

boys and girls in one school.child goes to a school with boys and girls in it.somes primary schools are either all boys or all girls primary school.

Just about all the primary schools are mixed boys and girls. Most are "catholic", although they have lots of non-catholic kids these days.

Nice estates in town with bungalows include Whitebeam Av., Arcadia Court, Auburn Heights.

tullyhumphrey

Hi. If they would like to live in the country - Glasson is a really nice village less than 10 mins from athlone. golf course/ 2 pubs (one voted best newcomer for food 2010)/ 2 restaurants including wineport where the tv programme the restaurant is filmed. There is also a decent centra shop. The local school is tubberclare NS which is a mixed school with 280 pupils and a great reputation.(they have a website). Mount temple/ Tang/ Drumraney/ Ballykeeran/ Baylin are all nice areas in the country (North/ North East of Athlone). If they want to live in town - id say Coosan is your best bet (Primary school is prob one of the best in town). Decent estates are Churchwood/ Churchfields/ Churchhills/ Bloomfield and anywhere around Coosan Point/ near the School. Ive heard a few negative things about Rindoon/ Caislean Riada estates in Coosan but only word of mouth.

I noticed there is a lot of houses around the college (Willow Park) for rent - very cheap but definitely a no go area for a family.

Hope that helps

galwayshelly

what is walderstown like.any one know anything about this area .thanks

Zubeneschamali

galwayshelly wrote: »

what is walderstown like.any one know anything about this area .thanks

12 K out the Mullingar road, near this filling station. You wouldn't be going anywhere except in a car.