where to live in cork city

edellc

Right so after a long 12 years in Dublin I have eventually agreed to move to Cork where the OH is from, he is from Mahon

I have no idea about Cork as in the suburbs and where is nice not so nice etc and tbh he is a bit clueless as well having lived up here for so long

When we get down he has a job waiting for him but its only part time at the minute so we will be looking to transfer our rent allowance so rental money is tight and restricted

We also have a toddler so living near amenities is vital for me

So what I am looking for is where is a nice enough place to live in Cork, not looking to live in Rochestown but would rather not live in knocnnaheeney either, any suggestions??

Also is there any playgrounds in the city as I have never seen a inner city park with one, like stephens green up here and my little one loves going to the park and playing on the swings

thats the first question


the second is this

I would love if we dont go to the city (he can travel with the job) to live by the sea, where in cork is a nice seaside town to live, it must have a train station and supermarket and primary schools....any ideas??

thanks in advance, its a big move for us and just want to get it right

Lisha

Best of luck Edellc, Im not much help when it comes to the city but you consider near Mahon to be near family maybe? baby sitting help is priceless IMHO. Some area s of Glanmire (near Mahon) are nice.
Cobh is the only seaside I can think of with a train station. Midleton/Glounthane hav etrain stations too, Midleton is near sea but Ive no clue what it is like. Cobh is pretty.
Best of luck

omerin

edellc wrote: »

Right so after a long 12 years in Dublin I have eventually agreed to move to Cork where the OH is from, he is from Mahon

I have no idea about Cork as in the suburbs and where is nice not so nice etc and tbh he is a bit clueless as well having lived up here for so long

When we get down he has a job waiting for him but its only part time at the minute so we will be looking to transfer our rent allowance so rental money is tight and restricted

We also have a toddler so living near amenities is vital for me

So what I am looking for is where is a nice enough place to live in Cork, not looking to live in Rochestown but would rather not live in knocnnaheeney either, any suggestions??

Also is there any playgrounds in the city as I have never seen a inner city park with one, like stephens green up here and my little one loves going to the park and playing on the swings

thats the first question


the second is this

I would love if we dont go to the city (he can travel with the job) to live by the sea, where in cork is a nice seaside town to live, it must have a train station and supermarket and primary schools....any ideas??

thanks in advance, its a big move for us and just want to get it right

not much difference tbh, why not slum it? :rolleyes:

and as for clueless, you can add ignorant aswell

starch4ser

Stay away from Mahon anyway. They don't call it "Viet Mahon" for nothing.

edellc

omerin wrote: »

not much difference tbh, why not slum it? :rolleyes:

and as for clueless, you can add ignorant aswell

No need to be like that, OH has distant relatives from Knocknaheeny and they are knackers, I visited the place one and it was as bad as Tallaght here and there seems to be a bit of a war going on at the moment between two families or havent you read the news :rolleyes: Also he didnt grow up in Mahon as such just lived there the longest in his teenage years, none of his family live there anymore, If you think Im being ignorant then tell me why knocknaheeny its a good place to live instead of insulting and being unhelpful which if your from Knocknaheeney proves my point

Thanks Lisha, unfortunately his family no longer live in Mahon anymore they moved out the country, near charleville - well a 40min drive away and where they are there is no transport, you only get phone signal if you stand on one leg touching your nose hehehe you get he picture and there is no bus service and we dont drive at the minute, just no need as we live city centre in Dublin so never a necessity until now....so we really dont want to live that far out and it would be a nightmare for his job - the other lad is willing to collect him but I think that would be a bit of a big ask and if we where on a train or bus even then at least he could get into the city to be collected

Do you know of any coastal towns that have nice beaches that are severed by a bus route either or how do I go about finding out about them??

thanks starch4ser yeah we have no plans on moving to Mahon as OH says it rough as sandpaper and best avoided so I can only take his word on it tbh, we are just in the process of looking at the minute and wanted to see if any of you boardies had any good ideas or could help out with where you live or where friends of yours live that is nice and safe and not over run with drugs and knackers

Lisha

IF OH is going to be dependant on bus links from seaside towns then I would look at bus eireann website and find seaside towns that way. Check time table for bus services to ensure there is an early enough bus to suit work.
Id google towns then to get a feel for them. Do same on rail website.
That is all I can suggest. HTH

TBH if it was me I would be looking at living more central (as close to work, worklift as possible ) as you are not driving at the mo and use the bus links to get to the sea when you want.

Good luck,

Chuck Stone

Douglas - Grange - Frankfield.
Bishopstown.
Ballinlough.
Blackrock.

pwurple

Confused a bit on this... Do you want to live in the city, or in the countryside by the sea? Cork is pretty big, you need to be specific.

There are loads of playgrounds. Cork is very well served by them. there are lists on the cork county council website, and also plenty in parks around.

You say not rochestown, mahon, or knocknaheeny. Mahon and knocknaheeny you say are too rough, why not rochestown? Too hilly? Too expensive?


Only towns east of cork have train stations, so you are limiting yourself hugely with this. Why is the train required?

What side of the city is work? You really will want to live on the same side, to avoid wasting your lives stuck in traffic. Dunkettle interchange is due to turn into a snarling mess next year when the N25 upgrade work is finished.

Lisha

pwurple wrote: »

Confused a bit on this... Do you want to live in the city, or in the countryside by the sea? Cork is pretty big, you need to be specific.

There are loads of playgrounds. Cork is very well served by them. there are lists on the cork county council website, and also plenty in parks around.


What side of the city is work? You really will want to live on the same side, to avoid wasting your lives stuck

I agree with Pwurple, Cork is vry big, I know you looked for location advice here but TBF, only you can choose your location.

As you are renting would you consider choosing some where just based on work and affordability and then when you are settled make a more permanent decision regarding where you would like to live. I would get On Daft or some thing else like that and start looking in areas that just suit work??

plasteritup

going from what you have said,midleton if you weigh up pros and cons of what you said,would by far be the overwhelming choice.

ABajaninCork

Midleton would be best, but where in the city is your OH going to be working? Do you have transport?

If you go to Midleton, then Garryvoe beach isn't far, but isn't served by public transport. It's a lovely beach though and you can walk for miles when the tide's out. There's also a small children's playground there as well.

If you need to be in the city, then I would keep away from Mahon too. I personally don't think it's nice there. Blackrock would be a better bet if you want to be in the South/West of the city.

If you know the North, then Ballyvolane or Dillons Cross isn't bad. There's a decent shopping centre there, close to town (207 gets you there in 10 mins or less). If you want to go a little further afield, then there's Blackpool which has a bigger shopping centre.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info...

Tallaght is huge and most of it is fine. You seem extremely stuck up and narrow minded OP. Not many landlords with property in seaside towns will be taking RA either.

FISMA

Glanmire - upper at that.

votecounts

OP, Mahon and knocknaheeny are fine in certain areas so quit being so stuck up. Besides the better areas willl not accept RA, why would they as there would o lot of professionals to rent in these places, so lose that chip on your shoulder.

SusieBlue

What about Youghal? It has a lovely beach and is only 30 minutes on the bus from the city centre. Kinsale is absolutely gorgeous, and also only about 30 minutes from the city.

As for inner city, how about Ballyphehane? It has almost everything, primary/secondary schools including a Gaelscoil, a PLC college, various shops and a supermarket, a park/playground, a gym etc. Its also only about a 15 minute walk from the city centre.

Best of luck with the move

charlemont

Ballintemple, Ballinlough, Ballyvolane. Avoid St Luke's by the way It's not a place where your kid's can go out to play, Nothing but concrete and junkie's.

edellc

RoverJames wrote: »

Tallaght is huge and most of it is fine. You seem extremely stuck up and narrow minded OP. Not many landlords with property in seaside towns will be taking RA either.

I know Tallagh is huge and yes there is a lot of it fine but there is also a hell of a lot of it not fine, read the papers watch the news there is lots of drug problems and killings.

I get that your from Tallaght so your instinct is to defend and thats fine I grew up not too far away from it in a council estate and am far from stuck up, but I know what its like to grow up in an area ravaged with drugs and other problems and even though the area has quietened down now, the former is not what I want my child growing up in if I can help it so get over yourself with your view of Tallaght take off the rose tinted glasses as it is what it is as per the media and that is all people can make a judgement on...It wouldnt be in the media if the people who lived there kept their noses clean either and yes not every one is scummy but there is a lot about tallaght in the news

edellc

votecounts wrote: »

OP, Mahon and knocknaheeny are fine in certain areas so quit being so stuck up. Besides the better areas willl not accept RA, why would they as there would o lot of professionals to rent in these places, so lose that chip on your shoulder.

i dont have a chip on my shoulder I can only go by what I was told by my OH who spent 9years in Mahon and has relatives living in Knocknaheeney who he avoids, I think its you my friend that has the chip as I said that I would prefer not to live there and obviously you come from there and are defending your area I get that but again get over yourself, I am asking for an honest option of where is a decent enough place to live in Cork not to be insulted for saying what I have heard about a place and if its wrong so be it correct me but no need to be insulting

edellc

WhiteRoses wrote: »

What about Youghal? It has a lovely beach and is only 30 minutes on the bus from the city centre. Kinsale is absolutely gorgeous, and also only about 30 minutes from the city.

As for inner city, how about Ballyphehane? It has almost everything, primary/secondary schools including a Gaelscoil, a PLC college, various shops and a supermarket, a park/playground, a gym etc. Its also only about a 15 minute walk from the city centre.

Best of luck with the move

thanks WhiteRoses will look into that was thinking Kinsale too its so pretty

We are not sure about the city or somewhere else, his work isnt too much of an issue as he works late into the night (very late) so he is likely to kip on someone couch rather than try get home so we can really live anywhere

I am just surprised by the lack of train service tbh, maybe just used to having numerous bus routes, the dart and the luas here and having the train to every part of the country, and I just presumed that Cork being the next big City and being a big county would have a good transport network which didnt require a car....We have never needed one up here, tbh no one up here needs one public transport is so good so there really is no need for the gridlock that is incurred and I really dont like adding to the pollution if I dont need to

edellc

thanks for all the good advice have made a note of all the places you good people have suggested and will be getting on daft to have a look and see what is there, not moving for another few months just trying to get ahead of the game and need to look into schools and playgroups too as its a big move and once he is in school we will be staying until he finishes primary so its huge

for the record I was not insulting any area of your city, just going by what I was told by my OH and his family who are from Cork and no better people to tell you what a city is like but the people who live and come from there, so I dont have a chip nor was I being ignorant just relaying the info that I was given by one of your own

edellc

edellc wrote: »

I know Tallagh is huge and yes there is a lot of it fine but there is also a hell of a lot of it not fine, read the papers watch the news there is lots of drug problems and killings.

I get that your from Tallaght so your instinct is to defend and thats fine I grew up not too far away from it in a council estate and am far from stuck up, but I know what its like to grow up in an area ravaged with drugs and other problems and even though the area has quietened down now, the former is not what I want my child growing up in if I can help it so get over yourself with your view of Tallaght take off the rose tinted glasses as it is what it is as per the media and that is all people can make a judgement on...It wouldnt be in the media if the people who lived there kept their noses clean either and yes not every one is scummy but there is a lot about tallaght in the news

edellc wrote: »

thanks for all the good advice have made a note of all the places you good people have suggested and will be getting on daft to have a look and see what is there, not moving for another few months just trying to get ahead of the game and need to look into schools and playgroups too as its a big move and once he is in school we will be staying until he finishes primary so its huge

for the record I was not insulting any area of your city, just going by what I was told by my OH and his family who are from Cork and no better people to tell you what a city is like but the people who live and come from there, so I dont have a chip nor was I being ignorant just relaying the info that I was given by one of your own

You get that I'm from tallaght? I'm from cork your OH and his family also seen incredibly narrow minded.
You want to move to Kinsale on rent allowance? BEst of luck with that.

chubchub

Buses travel on the hour to cork from charleville. There is also a train service from the town. I think not should look into facts a bit better.

edellc

RoverJames

i was going to write a reply but deleted it because your not worth it

most people who find themselves on RA these days are not on through their own fault,we are moving from Dublin as there is no work here not in my OH field anyway and there is in Cork/Kerry so its you that is being judgemental and nasty , maybe its you that needs to educate yourself and stop being so ignorant

edellc

edellc wrote: »

RoverJames

i was going to write a reply but deleted it because your not worth it

most people who find themselves on RA these days are not on through their own fault,we are moving from Dublin as there is no work here not in my OH field anyway and there is in Cork/Kerry so its you that is being judgemental and nasty , maybe its you that needs to educate yourself and stop being so ignorant

Ignorant? Kinsale is a highly sought after residential address, not much down there for folks on RA, that's fact, nothing at all to do with me being nasty.

If you find residential property in Kinsale where the landlord is accepting RA the place will be a kip

charlemont

RoverJames wrote: »

Ignorant? Kinsale is a highly sought after residential address, not much down there for folks on RA, that's fact, nothing at all to do with me being nasty.

If you find residential property in Kinsale where the landlord is accepting RA the place will be a kip

Not to mention an atrocious road to get there, Slow bus and it's a very clannish overpriced place, Fine for a day trip but not to live there.

edellc

Rover James why have yo dragged the thread into a slagging one, you are the one that called my ignorant for just repeating what I was told by a cork person, I asked for people options as to where decent places where to live in cork and you have been insulting and rude

I have now put you on my ignore list so I dont have to read any more of your threads

also your ignorance is nothing to do with kinsale its due to your prior comments and if you cant read and remember your own insults...enough said :rolleyes:

you have totally dragged this off thread :mad:

charlemont

You should have a good look around on Google Earth and Streetview as Cork is stuffed with little streets and cul de sac's that you would never notice while driving around.

Xantia

starch4ser wrote: »

Stay away from Mahon anyway. They don't call it "Viet Mahon" for nothing.

Nothing wrong with Mahon. No Worse or Better than any other area in Cork really.

As for the OP might I suggest Youghal or Midleton in East Cork.
Best thing to do is to come down for a while and look around.

54kroc

Xantia wrote: »

Nothing wrong with Mahon. No Worse or Better than any other area in Cork really.

As for the OP might I suggest Youghal or Midleton in East Cork.
Best thing to do is to come down for a while and look around.

I have to disagree with you about Mahon, some parts are as bad as you will find anywhere in the country not just Cork, in fairness it's not all of Mahon, there are some nice spots down there.

Youghal and Middleton would be handy places where the op might find landlords that accept rent allowance more widespread.

LilMrsDahamsta

Xantia wrote: »

As for the OP might I suggest Youghal or Midleton in East Cork.
Best thing to do is to come down for a while and look around.

Midleton wound be far more suitable than Youghal as OP has no car. Midleton is on a direct rail line to Cork, as is Cobh, Carrigtwohill, etc. As Midleton (and Cobh) is the terminus, you're pretty sure to get on no matter how busy it is.

Youghal is only accessible via bus, and unfortunately the route can be very busy at peak times. We're the next stop beyond Youghal and it often passes through here full, unable to take further passengers. You wouldn't want to be relying on it to get to/from work if you're travelling at busy times, though its usually fine off-peak.

pwurple

OP, there is a good transport network, but it is mainly bus based... Not train.

You will find plenty of places that take RA in the inner city itself, where you can walk everywhere. There are playgrounds in fitzgeralds park, library for the kids.

If you want the burbs, I'd say bishopstown or ballintemple would be next best bet. Maybe togher. Buses are very frequent. I don't know how many children you have... Is a child seat on a bicycle an option for you? Plenty of primary schools in those.

If you want village outside the city, then cobh, midleton and carrigtwohill are probably what you are looking for. I like carrigtwohill. Modern train station, good schools and a very nice playground there. Small town though. There are parts of kinsale that take RA, but they are fairly far up the hills, and not really small child appropriate I think. Also, it is a tourist town, full of tour buses and drinking parties.

votecounts

edellc wrote: »

i dont have a chip on my shoulder I can only go by what I was told by my OH who spent 9years in Mahon and has relatives living in Knocknaheeney who he avoids, I think its you my friend that has the chip as I said that I would prefer not to live there and obviously you come from there and are defending your area I get that but again get over yourself, I am asking for an honest option of where is a decent enough place to live in Cork not to be insulted for saying what I have heard about a place and if its wrong so be it correct me but no need to be insulting

I actually lived in bishopstown but anyway thats irrelevant. I think a lot of people will feel that you want to live in a fancy area and get the tax payer to pick up the bill.

edellc

No that is not what I want, and tbh I really dont care what you or anyone else thinks, I have worked and paid taxes for 20years and have been unemployed for the last year where I have needed assistance from the state, so what big deal there are plenty that make a career out of that, we are moving to cork as it has a better job prospect for my OH who can work with family and it is cheaper than living in Dublin, my job I can work anywhere but there are too few jobs here and too many people looking for them, so less competition in a smaller city like cork

I dont think it is fair to assume that I want to live in a well to do area at all, I just want to live somewhere that is not Ballymun in Cork as obviously being a mother you want to protect you children and I would rather them not be exposed to a harsh environment if I can help it, just because I am in need of state help for the last year shouldn't mean that I have to move to the roughest of estates and I hope you never find yourself unemployed and in need of state help and with the kind of ignorance and prejudice I have found from a number people on this thread

however this is not a thread about state benefits if you want that you know where to go, the thread is WHERE TO LIVE IN CORK CITY or is it that you you just cant get that

Diziet

St Luke's is short of playparks (very little flat ground :-) ) but is actually a great area to live in. There are lots of families around, the area is reasonably affluent but there is plenty of rental accommodation because most buildings are very substantial. And you won't need a car at all - everything is walking distance. Train and bus station are only a short walk away.

Xantia

I know of a ground floor flat that is going to be unoccupied shortly, the landlord will take RA
I have no connection whatsoever with him, I just know about it and how to contact him.
It is on the Skehard Road area.
Would you be interested?

hoodwinked

op i think you should look in the douglas area, on Daft alot of them say no rent allowance but if you explain its only until you both find work most will take it briefly.

In douglas you have

Schools:

A Gael scoil, St columbas, St lukes, Eglintine primary schools,

Regina Mundi, Douglas Community, Christ the king, and city centre secondary schools available to you.

UCC and CIT would be the two main colleges

Buses:

The number 206 runs every 20ish minutes through douglas village to town and back to grange again. (it was every 10 minutes i think that changed)

The number 207 Donnybrook - Douglas Village - City center every 20minutes

The number 219 (south side orbital) takes you from south west to south east, Wilton/CIT to Douglas village to mahon point shopping center (arguably best/nicest shopping center in cork with shops such as debinhams, oasis, river island, monsoon, easons, omniplex...etc)

The carrigaline bus also passes through

Amenities:

Douglas park (which im recently told will be done up shortly and a new play park added for the under 5's)

Douglas cinema

Douglas pool (not the nicest but the 219 will take you to leisure world in bishopstown)

It has GAA clubs/Soccer clubs/rugby clubs/gymnastics/after school clubs a plenty

Restaurants you have so many food places to choose from, KC's chipper, Mc Donalds, East village, Amicus, Bully's, eco's, 4 star pizza, dominos pizza....too many fantastics places to name.

Bars again more bars/late bars/pubs...etc

2 Shopping centers (the newest is douglas village (Tescos, Post office and M&S) and the older douglas court (Dunnes, Next, New look) - both have webpages)

Grange has an aldi and a supervalu and is within walking/bus distance.

Douglas cabs

and

Douglas church.


it may sound perfect but like everywhere some areas are good some are bad, if you pick an old settled estate you should be just fine,

the village itself would have apartments but its surrounded by a huge number of estates, residential estates like 'shamrock lawn' are within walking distance to the village. others would be a downhill (uphill on the way back) 10-15 minute walk.

edellc

Xantia wrote: »

I know of a ground floor flat that is going to be unoccupied shortly, the landlord will take RA
I have no connection whatsoever with him, I just know about it and how to contact him.
It is on the Skehard Road area.
Would you be interested?

thanks for that but no Im not going back to living in a flat, the ra is a temporary thing and i am not bring my family into a house converted into flats its the most depressing life to live and i did that for many years and will never do it again

dont mean to sound ungrateful as i am not but you can get a house in a decent area or even an apartment that accepts ra but i will never go back to a flat

Xantia

Well if you go to daft.ie and do and advanced search you can exclude flats and include RA and maybe that might give you some help with your search.
All the best...

pwurple

Ground floor flat in douglas wouldn't look too good today I'd say...

Vinta81

Ballinlough

run_Forrest_run

In Douglas you also have a massive swimming pool (currently anyway). Add to this when the village floods due to large newly built shopping centres blocking naturally flowing waterways you have a very large car park all around Cork South Central..yeah, move to Douglas

edellc

wohooo free swimming I am so there, we had the same here last year right outside my door no need to travel anywhere straight into your cossie and dive right in pity it was october but hey you cant have everything right

cheers for all the advice we are going on a recon mission in the next month or so to suss out places and see how the land lies with work and to visit the family, think it will be in the city more so then by the coast which is a shame as i would love to live by the coast but like i said you cant have everything

hoodwinked

edellc wrote: »

wohooo free swimming I am so there, we had the same here last year right outside my door no need to travel anywhere straight into your cossie and dive right in pity it was october but hey you cant have everything right

cheers for all the advice we are going on a recon mission in the next month or so to suss out places and see how the land lies with work and to visit the family, think it will be in the city more so then by the coast which is a shame as i would love to live by the coast but like i said you cant have everything

I was just about to reply make sure you live on the hills in Douglas if you decide to move here we just became a flood area :pac: - safe from her hill based home, hoodie

HoggyRS

I grew up and lived all my life very close to Mahon and it is certainly nothing as bad as you have been led to believe. It has rough and unpleasant characters like anywhere else but the majority are decent normal people. It also has a great gaelscoil and has boys and girls secondary schools locally(alternatively there is Ashton up the road which is mixed).

edellc

want to send them to a non dom school, but there doesnt seem to be lots of them in cork - educate together ones that is

the one on the link to cork city doesnt open up so i dont know it it even exists and where it is, there is one in carrigaline and then one in middleton and although middleton is great would like to be on the train line back home to dublin as i would be making regular trips and dont want to have to get train from middleton to cork city and then on to dublin with a toddler ever month that is just a nightmare bad enough going from dublin to cork without the added journey, so not driving is restricting us alot, but helping the environment so you cant have it every way, roll on electric cars

so yeah think the city is the best option for now

maddragon

I live between Carrigaline and Crosshaven and we are close to great amenities and lovely beached at Myrtleville and Fountainstown. Can't speak for Knocknaheeny but I personally like Mahon which seems to have a nice community spirit but A chacun à goût as they say.

Carrigaline has an educate together school, good bus links and a wide range of supermarkets etc. Rent is cheaper than the city.

Monty Burnz

omerin wrote: »

not much difference tbh, why not slum it? :rolleyes:

and as for clueless, you can add ignorant aswell

Knocka is pretty rough - why pretend otherwise?

HoggyRS

edellc wrote: »

want to send them to a non dom school, but there doesnt seem to be lots of them in cork - educate together ones that is

the one on the link to cork city doesnt open up so i dont know it it even exists and where it is, there is one in carrigaline and then one in middleton and although middleton is great would like to be on the train line back home to dublin as i would be making regular trips and dont want to have to get train from middleton to cork city and then on to dublin with a toddler ever month that is just a nightmare bad enough going from dublin to cork without the added journey, so not driving is restricting us alot, but helping the environment so you cant have it every way, roll on electric cars

so yeah think the city is the best option for now

That one on the link is going alright but it is private, maybe about 2 grand a year i've been led to believe. Pricey stuff for a standard primary school education.