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Living in Ferns

12-05-2014 08:30PM

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maynooth_rules

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May have to move soon to Ferns for work reasons. Can anyone let me know what its like to live there?

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#2 13-05-2014 12:23PM

Cantona's Collars

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Ferns is your typical rural village/town.It has all the essentials.Shops,Pubs,Restaurant.Take Aways.

I find the best thing is to take a virtual tour using Google Street View.

One main benefit is it's central location: 10 mins to Gorey,same distance to Enniscorthy.An hour will get you to Dublin.

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#3 13-05-2014 10:25PM

wirehairmax

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Ferns is ok. It has a 5 pubs(1 that serves good food), 2 chippers, a Chinese takeaway, barbers and hairdressers, 2 convenience stores/mini-markets, an applegreen petrol station with a subway within, churches, gaa club, soccer club, drama group, athletics club, gun club, a bookies, crèches, and a castle.
More info here: http://www.fernsvillage.ie/index.html

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