Where to live..

rose23

Hi everyone!

I have just been offered a job in Glanmire.. Im thinking it would be best to live in the city centre or on the ring roads or somewhere. I am not familiar with Cork at all so could anyone tell me areas/housing estates that would be suitable and handy for me to commute to Glanmire to each day.

I definatly dont want to share with students, so I would prefer an area that isnt packed with students but more so professionals! (Nothing wrong with students at all, Iv been there and done that is all)..

Any advice or suggestions would be helpful!

johnayo

how will you be travelling to work.
Maybe consider living in glanmire.

rose23

I will be driving.. Im going to be teaching in Glanmire so I dont really want to live in the area aswell..

Really want to get it sorted soon so come on Cork people throw out a few names of estates/areas please!!

Wyldwood

Rochestown, Douglas, Blackrock/Skehard Rd., Ballinlough ... all very accessible to South Ring with easy commute to Glanmire.

Good luck in the new job.

tommy21

An bhfuil an Gaeilge agatsa Rose?

rose23

No not much Irish going on in this head! Cen fath?

mawk

Carrigtwohil is close and convenient with a few nice looking empty houses in the estate next to the ida plant

lisasimpson

Wyldwood wrote: »

Rochestown, Douglas, Blackrock/Skehard Rd., Ballinlough ... all very accessible to South Ring with easy commute to Glanmire.

Good luck in the new job.

all the above would be good areas. plus if your going to be socialising a bit in cork they are handy for heading out in town or douglas (esp when getting taxis)
best of luck with the new job

newbee22

I used to work near Glanmire and was living in Douglas, easy enough to get to with the link roads, good luck with the new job:)

rose23

Would the traffic be bad on those ring roads?? I suppose heading out of the city would be easier than coming into the city..

Also is Douglas close enough to town to get taxis for going out etc, or is it walking distance?

lisasimpson

taxi to town but douglas is grand for going for a few. have a number of pubs and resturants all close enough to eachother

Starscream25

Wilton would be ideal.eagle valley has a few nice places, and very accessible and close to everything really.just 30 seconds from south link

rose23

Yeah there seems to be alot of places available in Wilton.. I guessing then Wilton and Douglas are my best bet to be close to town, and have an easy enough commute each day to Glanmire!

newbee22

I found it ok for traffic because was going against it, used to leave home by 7.50 every morning and would be at school for 8.05! There's loads of good pubs in Douglas and 2 shopping centres so it's handy. Taxis aren't too expensive from town to Douglas either:)

Starscream25

one thing i would say about eagle valley tho is is that it is pretty much 'rent land', loads of cars.but the convenience of its location probably overshadows anything else, theres a bus stop right outside the estate too which is handy. the city is just a stones throw away and the jack lynch tunnel is around a 6 minute drive.

Mack_1111

Douglas is a really nice place to live, cool bars and close to the city, NO students!! If you get a place in the Frankfield or Grange area of Douglas you'r very close to the link which will take you to Glanmire.

lisasimpson

but with wilton, you may get caught in a few months time with the road works on the sarsfield rd roundabout. id go for douglas

Chuck Stone

You're better off living on the side of the river you're working on to avoid the inevitable bottle necks which happen at the bridges and tunnel.

rose23

Where would you suggest then on the Glanmire side..but close to the city also??

Steba

If you're teaching in GCC, don't live in glanmire! The amount of stories i've heard of teachers been harassed by students because they lived close to the school is ridiculous!

It all depends what your budget is! Rathcooney has some nice house's, its close enough to glanmire too
Doughlas, town or wilton then would be ideal because of the good transport systems in place!

EDIT: Try looking into Little Island, montenotte or mayfeild if you want something close to town/glanmire

rose23

Thanks for the advice Steba..oh I would never live in the same town I was teaching in.. its nice to leave work in the evenings and not have the worry about bumping into students everywhere.. Il check those places out alright thanks

bladebrew

i would suggest douglas aswell, there are plenty of bars/restaurants, cinema, 2 shopping centres, i may be biased because i live there:) but it has nearly everything you need,
it should be an easy enough drive to work, you would be heading the opposite direction to most of the traffic,

edit: it also has kc`s chipper!!

stacexD

Carrigtwohill is nice like someone said above, plus I lived there for years and never knew anyone from there who went to school in Glanmire. Castle Lake and Ard nua? Ard something anyways, are nice estates with loads of empty houses

newbee22

I second Bladebrews suggestion of Douglas for KCs alone!!

rose23

Carrigtwohill is on the far side of Glanmire whereas I want somewhere close to town also.. I think its going to be around the Douglas area so.. there seems to be some nice houses available in Franfield.. is this in the Douglas area too??

Chuck Stone

rose23 wrote: »

Where would you suggest then on the Glanmire side..but close to the city also??

Montenotte/Silversprings region. They are served by public transport too.

Chuck Stone

rose23 wrote: »

there seems to be some nice houses available in Franfield.. is this in the Douglas area too??

Kind of yeah. The Number 6 bus runs from town thru douglas and up to Frankfield.

Douglas is adjacent to Grange which is adjacent to Frankfield

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Frankfield,+Cork,+Ireland&hl=en&ll=51.86939,-8.461189&spn=0.02051,0.055189&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.008217,56.513672&t=h&z=14

Red Hand

Douglas is very nice...has a few good pubs and two shopping centres. Not too far from the city centre either.

Shpuds

Douglas is a great area to live, very convenient 24hr Tesco also has Dunnes, M&S, great pubs and restaurants etc.. Can be slightly more expensive than other areas but worth it.

Ludo

As someone else said in another thread... Douglas is full. Go somewhere else :-)
The Tesco isn't 24 hours is it? Thought it closed at midnight.

run_Forrest_run

Ludo wrote: »

As someone else said in another thread... Douglas is full. Go somewhere else :-)
The Tesco isn't 24 hours is it? Thought it closed at midnight.

yep, tis closed at midnight now. Ludo for someone not originally from Douglas you are very protective of the place

CorkMan

I would suggest Gurranabraher. It is a good place to live and is located on the Northside of Cork which is where Glamire is too. Blackpool shopping center is down the road, plus to get to town you only have to go down Cathedral Road and down Shandon Street. Town is only a 10-15 minute walk away in some parts of Gurranabraher, 5 minutes walk towards the bottom of Gurranabraher.

Plus you would be able to use the Lower Glamire Road to get to work,

Ludo

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

yep, tis closed at midnight now. Ludo for someone not originally from Douglas you are very protective of the place

I'm originally from South Douglas road... A lot bloody closer than you :rolleyes:

run_Forrest_run

Ludo wrote: »

I'm originally from South Douglas road... A lot bloody closer than you :rolleyes:

but classes apart :eek: now back to work.

Red Hand

CorkMan wrote: »

I would suggest Gurranabraher. It is a good place to live and is located on the Northside of Cork which is where Glamire is too. Blackpool shopping center is down the road, plus to get to town you only have to go down Cathedral Road and down Shandon Street. Town is only a 10-15 minute walk away in some parts of Gurranabraher, 5 minutes walk towards the bottom of Gurranabraher.

Plus you would be able to use the Lower Glamire Road to get to work,

Maybe not Gurranabraher...there are better places to live than there tbh.

H8GHOTI

I drove through the tunnel this morning at 8 & again at 9, traffic was flowing freely in both directions. Might be a bit busier when the schools are back but I was surprised how quiet it was.
Anyway, my point is, if it's like that every day, somewhere around the Douglas area would suit, like many have already suggested. Mount Oval is one place that wasn't mentioned yet. That might be worth a look.

Not sure what traffic is like locally in the mornings & how long it might take to get out onto the South Ring but once you are it's not even 10 mins to Glanmire.
But still miles away at the same time.

Cadyboo

There are quite a few kids going to glanmire school living in Carrigtwohill. Why not look around ballyvolane or Mayfield? not too far from glanmire, close to town and has supermarkets etc in the area. Silversprings would be an easy commute for you also.
Have you come down and checked out places yet??

dory

Cadyboo wrote: »

There are quite a few kids going to glanmire school living in Carrigtwohill. Why not look around ballyvolane or Mayfield? not too far from glanmire, close to town and has supermarkets etc in the area. Silversprings would be an easy commute for you also.
Have you come down and checked out places yet??

Could be wrong but I believe it's mostly people going to the Irish language school that travel from places such as Carrigtwohill. Students for Gaelscoileanna tend to travel further because they don't have such a school in their locality.

I teach in that general area too and I live in Douglas - no bother with the traffic in the morning, although I'm an early riser so may miss the main rush. There's a room going in my house, but it won't be ready until closer to September. Twill be up on Daft soon!

run_Forrest_run

H8GHOTI wrote: »

I drove through the tunnel this morning at 8 & again at 9, traffic was flowing freely in both directions. Might be a bit busier when the schools are back but I was surprised how quiet it was.
Anyway, my point is, if it's like that every day, somewhere around the Douglas area would suit, like many have already suggested. Mount Oval is one place that wasn't mentioned yet. That might be worth a look.

Not sure what traffic is like locally in the mornings & how long it might take to get out onto the South Ring but once you are it's not even 10 mins to Glanmire.
But still miles away at the same time.

trust me, come October & November it won't be that quiet. Right now schools & colleges are off, people are on holidays and the weather is reasonably good.

RE Mount Oval, during the ice/snow over the past 2 winters people living up there were trapped, too dangerous getting cars down Clarke's Hill & Maryborough Hill, just something to bear in mind.

rose23

Hi all..

I got a place in Douglas in the end anyways the other day it seemed to me to be the best option..

Seeing that post about Maryborough hill kind of scares me though as my house is around that area!!! Anyways tis all sorted now so thanks for all your help and thoughts!!