best places to live in ireland

lufties

So as a counter thread to grimest places in ireland, which are the best (to live), ok it all depends on your stage in life. I reckon ranelagh, dublin 6 is a lovely spot to live. It has a fairly friendly, youthful vibe..I'd love live there if I could afford it. It also doesn't really have to snobbish element Donnybrook has. Feck all scanger types either.

drumswan

Donnybrook

ScumLord

I like to live in a house. I think they're great.

6541

Galway, Castlebar. Westport, Cliften and Dingle in the Summer.

Links234

ScumLord wrote: »

I like to live in a house. I think they're great.

Ooooh, Luxury! We were a family of 15 livin in a shoebox at side 'o road

lufties

6541 wrote: »

Galway, Castlebar. Westport, Cliften and Dingle in the Summer.

The whole 2 weeks of it?

munster87

Abroad

mikom

Kenya.

Badabing

Taghmon Co. Wexford

ronnie3585

Galway. Onrale like.

whiskeyman

Anywhere that's:
Close to where you work
Close to your family and friends
Good local amenities (shops / schools)


If it fits those conditions, it's a good place to live.

Frog Song

If I could choose anywhere personally it'd be somewhere in West Cork like Union Hall/Baltimore/Bantry/Schull. I try to get down to that part of the country a few times a year, it's good for the soul.

retalivity

Donegal. I can buy 6 houses there for the price of a Dublin one!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

This is far too subjective. I love where I live in a rural area, others would hate it.

Apples and oranges!

Arsemageddon

Links234 wrote: »

Ooooh, Luxury! We were a family of 15 livin in a shoebox at side 'o road

You have at too easy, I have to live in with my elderly mother and 825 brothers and sisters in an old shoe. My ma doesn't know what to do.

ScumLord

Links234 wrote: »

Ooooh, Luxury! We were a family of 15 livin in a shoebox at side 'o road

A tip for you. If you go to your local supermarket they're giving away cardboard boxes for free. You can trade up to a box for holding bananas or tins of beans.

Banjo String

Badabing wrote: »

Taghmon Co. Wexford

Its a real Irish pride alright.

fleet_admiral

Raheny, its a lovely area

On the coast, very close to both the city and airport. St. Annes park, excellent transport links.

The list goes on

Lord Trollington

I live in Dundrum and I love it. Nice quiet area. Massive shopping center on my doorstep if needed.

Luas right next to me 15 mins from town. M50 10 mins away. Traffic is never too bad coming or going.

All in all a nice place with no scummers

ChunkyLover54

Galway.

PLL

Galway and Killarney. I have lived in both :-)

Sheep Lover

Rathkeale

Lia_lia

I grew up in Killarney. Nice place to live! I do miss it, even though I only live about an hour away.

BetterThanThou

I'm a second for Dundrum, though, I don't live there. Seems like a very nice place though, I've spent a lot of time there, pretty much anything you'd want at your fingertips, very few scummy people, but at the same time, the people aren't rich enough that they all have their heads stuck up their ass all the time.

Lord Trollington

BetterThanThou wrote: »

I'm a second for Dundrum, though, I don't live there. Seems like a very nice place though, I've spent a lot of time there, pretty much anything you'd want at your fingertips, very few scummy people, but at the same time, the people aren't rich enough that they all have their heads stuck up their ass all the time.

I second the rich people thing. The locals are very down to earth.

oisinog

Easy Glens of Antrim.

Beautiful but a crap hurling team

Taltos

Kerry / Donegal
Amazing scenery and great locals

lufties

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Galway. Onrale like.

Now that is one overrated town

nc19

retalivity wrote:

Donegal. I can buy 6 houses there for the price of a Dublin one!

Yeh but then the down side is its donegal

JupiterKid

Connemara - Clifden or Roundstone in particular.
West Cork
Dalkey, Howth, Sandymount, Ranelagh and Chapelizod in Dublin.
Dingle in Kerry
Galway city.
Greystones and Blessington in Wicklow.
Trim in Meath
Kilkenny "city."

KingBrian2

Ringsend

BoJack Horseman

Wicklow, obviously.

- Close to Dublin.
- Beauty to rival a western county
- Higher property prices meant most of the Dublin f*ckos bought homes in north Wexford instead.
- still a bit skangery, but not too bad.

I should work for a tourist board.

The Backwards Man

Anywhere with good rainwater runoff, no neighbours looking in your back yard and turbary rights.

Rhys Essien

If we are going by where in Ireland that all the Celebrities want to live,then the answer is Cork.

pauliebdub

Malahide is lovely, a nice village feel and hardly any skangers

Shannon757

The West.

TheBeardedLady

County Fingal - Ireland's reject county.

ProudDUB

Sutton.... beside lovely beaches, gorgeous views of the whole sweep of Dublin Bay. Great transport links, 20 minutes from town. Near enough to Howth to enjoy it, without having to deal with the hordes of tourists and day trippers 24/7.

Earthhorse

Beggars Bush, Ranelagh and parts of the city centre are nice to live in in Dublin.

Grew up in Dundrum. Maybe that makes me appreciate it less but it's not bad. For me, the arrival of the shopping centre sort of spoiled the village look and feel.

Ruu

Leitrim.

Tedddy

Muff

spiralism

Galway city. Typical answer but it's class, it punches well above its weight in nightlife, standard of food and general quality of life for a city of 100,000. Sound locals and safe by and large, definitely the safest of the cities in Ireland.

delthedriver

Ruu wrote: »

Leitrim.

Is there anyone living in Leitrim ?:rolleyes:

Dirty Steve

Leitrim. No tourists to bother you, lots of open space, rains a lot; what more could you want.

malibu4u

Dublin, I love it. Once I can get plenty of weekends away in the country. Best of both worlds.

delthedriver

West Kerry:)

LoonyLovegood

Galway city. There's a reason that I left Dublin.

harry Bailey esq

Skerries is a lovely spot,the beara peninsula is lovely too,but its fairly remote and as such isn't great for stuff like shopping etc