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Best seaside town/city to live in Ireland?

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    #62
    gcgirl
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    Wicklow Town is pretty good :) better than Bray & Arklow


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    #63
    gcgirl
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    Suryavarman wrote: »
    Dunmore East.

    Tramore is okay until the Dubs come down in the Summer :P
    Ditto with Brittas Bay shunts come down and all they bloody leave is their decking rubbish


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    #64
    rossie1977
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    galway city is the best by far, the pubs easily rival dublin and its busy every night, cost of living much lower than dublin, its but a 5 minute drive to the sea from the city centre (try that in o'connell street :eek:), loads of shopping, tons of things to do, few multiplex cinemas, couple hospitals, 2 major third level institutions

    the other places mentioned are small towns


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    #65
    Kiera
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    Howth or Malahide.


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    #66
    HavingCrack
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    galway city is the best by far, the pubs easily rival dublin and its busy every night, cost of living much lower than dublin, its but a 5 minute drive to the sea from the city centre (try that in o'connell street :eek:), loads of shopping, tons of things to do, few multiplex cinemas, couple hospitals, 2 major third level institutions

    I always preferred Cork to Galway myself but each to their own.


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    #67
    HavingCrack
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    gcgirl wrote: »
    Ditto with Brittas Bay shunts come down and all they bloody leave is their decking rubbish

    To be fair Brittas isn't even a village. Without all those Dubs there wouldn't be any money to be made from the beach at all.


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    #68
    ilovesleep
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    Roundstone in Galway, although it's more a village.

    Renvyle on the very west coast of Connemara is just beautiful. The scenery is spectacular. That's also a village.
    luvnit! wrote: »
    Salthill, oh how i miss it!

    Salthill has turned into an eyesore. Go 4/5 miles west to Barna and it's perfect. It has a lovely pub that serves food, a hotel also with lovely food and a bakery on site. Restaurants with lovely food. It's close to Galway city with much more activities.


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    #69
    phasers
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    Malahide or Howth imo, you've got everything nearby and they're nice areas. Plus they're on the DART line which is handy.

    I remember liking Bettystown when I was there too, but that might have been for the amusements :cool:

    Loughshinny is nice too.


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    #70
    saa
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    Ahem realistically I'm hardly gonna be able to afford to live in Howth anytime soon but I think Greystones would be more realistic for me but I prefer the place.

    I like a sea side town with a nice beach not just a pier, greystones is close enough to Dublin but in the country as well

    Dingle would be nice I don't mind tourists


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    #71
    bijapos
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    Keel, Achill Island.


    Well anywhere on Achill tbh.


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    #72
    saywhatyousee
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    galway city is the best by far, the pubs easily rival dublin and its busy every night, cost of living much lower than dublin, its but a 5 minute drive to the sea from the city centre (try that in o'connell street :eek:), loads of shopping, tons of things to do, few multiplex cinemas, couple hospitals, 2 major third level institutions

    the other places mentioned are small towns

    Sure Sligo ticks everyone one of them box's you mentioned but when you have a large town/city it kinda loses its charm. The seaside villages are where its at, nothing better than sitting out in Strandhill on a nice summers day with a bottle of beer and a big bowl of chicken wings watching a load of idiots getting mauled off there surfboards.I would barley classify salthill as a beach either


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    #73
    Guill
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    Camp, co. Kerry, ticks all boxes for me.


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    #74
    hucklebuck
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    rednik wrote: »
    Portmagee.

    Thats very rude!

    Moville in Donegal is my pick.


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    #75
    hucklebuck
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    5 minute drive to the sea from the city centre (try that in o'connell street :eek:)

    Have you ever been to Dublin? You could nearly walk to the sea in 5 minutes from O Connell Street


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    #76
    Spread
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    Ballybunnion and Portsalon does it for me :)


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    #77
    K-9
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    Bundoran. :D

    Rossnowlagh in Donegal is very nice but it's tiny. As somebody else said Moville in Inishowen is very nice too.

    Rathmullan and Portnoo are nice as well.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #78
    Mrs Garth Brooks
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    Cobh


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    #79
    mattjack
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    rednik wrote: »
    Portmagee.

    Love it, when I win the lotto I'm retiring to there.


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    #80
    luvnit!
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Roundstone in Galway, although it's more a village.

    Renvyle on the very west coast of Connemara is just beautiful. The scenery is spectacular. That's also a village.



    Salthill has turned into an eyesore. Go 4/5 miles west to Barna and it's perfect. It has a lovely pub that serves food, a hotel also with lovely food and a bakery on site. Restaurants with lovely food. It's close to Galway city with much more activities.

    Yes I have been to Barna also it is a beautiful little spot alright! But my college days lead me back to salthill i'm afraid, I cannot imagine it ever being an eyesore.


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    #81
    orourkeda
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    Dublin


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    #82
    xxxkarenxxx
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    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    Skerries.
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    2nd vote for Skerries. Such a lovely place to live :)


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    #83
    kieranfitz
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    Ardmore, Co. Waterford. End thread


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    #84
    Fergality
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    Clearly Wexford


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    #85
    DanTheMan91
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    Tramore or Dunmore East


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    #86
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Bray would be perfect for me if it wasn't for all the scum and incestuousness.

    I grew up there and loved the place itself - but had to move away to escape the knackbags...and I was sick to death of bumping into people I went to school with 10+ years ago. Nobody seems to leave that damn town.

    Living in Clontarf now. It's weird not seeing people with their tracksuits tucked into their socks walking about.


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    #87
    The Sparrow
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    Sandycove for me... would love to live in one of those old houses looking over the sea with Teddy's nextdoor.


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    #88
    mecco
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    kieranfitz wrote: »
    Ardmore, Co. Waterford. End thread

    This. Exactly this!


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    #89
    HavingCrack
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    I grew up there and loved the place itself - but had to move away to escape the knackbags...and I was sick to death of bumping into people I went to school with 10+ years ago. Nobody seems to leave that damn town.

    This is a pretty typical experience of Dublin in general I find, everyone seems to know everyone around Blackrock/Stillorgan/Dundrum areas. Some people love the small town knowing everyone experience but I really hate it.


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    #90
    Darksaga87
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    Laytown!!!!

    Lovely spot!


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    #91
    x_Ellie_x
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    Gillington wrote: »
    Come to Bray!

    Is that a joke? Maybe 20 years ago it was but not today. I went there for a day during the summer for the first time in years and I couldn't believe what a kip it's turned into. It gone really shabby and run-down looking.


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