If you could live anywhere in Ireland, where would you live?

FerFAL

Hello everyone, i'm looking for some advice/insights. Basically I have two questions.
1)If you could live anywhere in Ireland, where would you live and why?
2)If work wasnt that much of a concern, and you wanted to focus more on having a)good schools for the kids b) affordable rent and cost of living c)dry & sunny weather (within Irish standards of course!), where would you live?
Any advice would be very much appreciated people.
kind regards,
Fernando

corner of hells

Beside you.

uch

Gola Island, away from all the Headers

The Backwards Man

Donegal. The schools teach us stuff, you'll always have as much work to do as you want as long as you aren't fussy about getting paid, and the sun always shines when there's no clouds.

catallus

Isn't Donegal in the Arctic circle?

The Backwards Man

catallus wrote: »

Isn't Donegal in the Arctic circle?

No. We are in the temperate ring.

Matt_Trakker

Portrush, the beauty and craic of Ireland with the benefits of the UK health & school system.

cloud493

Where I already am.

Outside the OP's window. In the bushes. Yes, those bushes right there. See me? That's not my hand I'm waving with ...

The Backwards Man

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Portrush, the beauty and craic of Ireland with the benefits of the UK health & school system.

Yep, and in the summer you can ride the bumper cars in Barry's, eat soggy grease from Mr.Chips, snort loyalist coke in Kellys and dander up the road for yellow man.

Heaven indeed.

Exactly where I am cos none of you lot know it exists which means I have it, and all its beauty to myself.

The Backwards Man

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Exactly where I am cos none of you lot know it exists which means I have it, and all its beauty to myself.

Fundoran, so shìte even Leitrim doesn't want it.

iDave

Near Holly Carpenter

Reoil

Achill Island.

catallus

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Fundoran, so shìte even Leitrim doesn't want it.

At least they're not danderin' up the road to see the yellow man! :P:confused:

whiskeyman

I'd live in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats
And the food I'd eat in the country
I'd take all manner of pills
And pile up analyst bills in the country
It's like an animal farm,
Lots of rural charm in the country

anto9

Within 8 km of Wexford town ,in a nice bungalow with at least one acre ,but i would like 3 .I lived there before ,but had problems with neighbours whos travelling culture made then Kunts .

Magico Gonzalez

I'll take powerscourt please, you'll need to send some help with mowing the lawns though.

Lu Tze

Gorse Hill

The Backwards Man

catallus wrote: »

At least they're not danderin' up the road to see the yellow man! :P:confused:

To eat the yellow man my friend, to eat.

The King of Moo

In a little cottage, on a little hill somewhere in Connemara, near a lake and the sea. I'd while away my days wandering around the place, enjoying its savage beauty and pondering existence.

Trudiha

I'd stay in West Cork, obviously, however, I'd swap Cork City and Dublin round.

FerFAL

anto9 wrote: »

Within 8 km of Wexford town ,in a nice bungalow with at least one acre ,but i would like 3 .I lived there before ,but had problems with neighbours whos travelling culture made then Kunts .

Thanks, an actual reply. I'm actually leaning towards Wexford already.
I'm just looking for a good, safe place. I'm looking for somewhere affordable but nice, which I know can be challenging, on the other hand I'm not job-restricted to a given place, so that means more options.

catallus

The Backwards Man wrote: »

To eat the yellow man my friend, to eat.

I had to google that.

Mashed Honeycomb? Ye Northmen are very strange.

The Backwards Man

catallus wrote: »

I had to google that.

Mashed Honeycomb? Ye Northmen are very strange.

Any kid north of the Mournes that hasn't tasted yellow man washed down with a can of warm Tennent's (or Ritz for the ladies) on a muggy, wasp infested August Tuesday hasn't lived at all

ElChe32

Between Georgia Salpa's baps.

Junkyard Tom

Clonakilty.

JupiterKid

Roundstone in Connemara. Clonakilty or Westport. Beautiful towns.

anto9

FerFAL wrote: »

Thanks, an actual reply. I'm actually leaning towards Wexford already.
I'm just looking for a good, safe place. I'm looking for somewhere affordable but nice, which I know can be challenging, on the other hand I'm not job-restricted to a given place, so that means more options.

Research as much as you can beforehand .Places like Castlebridge are good I.MO..Just outsideTown and near the beach .No dossers around there .
(as far as i know )

When the Sun Hits

Dublin but a better part of it.

Herb Powell

Coole Mountain

Mesrine65

Here...http://www.premierpropertiesireland.com/index.php/2014/07/heathfield/#more-442

Day Lewin

Best weather is on the East Coast, southern half of. Warm, dry, even quite good land.

South County Dublin passes all the tests except Affordability. Co Wexford is serious contender, Co Wicklow also very nice.

If I won the Lotto I'd live in Blackrock Village - but shocking dear.

Neighbourhood of Greystones has much to recommend, including good transport links: Bray has nice areas as well as some rough patches. Around Enniscorthy is lovely too, but do check that your neighbours are friendly. [Kind of applies everywhere anyway]

Best of luck!

nathang20

Dublin, definitely! Only for I bought a house 2 years ago, I'd be gone!

TemptationWaits

Cape Clear!

Mr_Spaceman

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Portrush, the beauty and craic of Ireland with the benefits of the UK health & school system.

I was going to say Enniskillen for very similar reasons.

Otherwise, I wouldn't mind living for a while in Glengarriff. A grand spot to get the wind in your hair. Or a big ranch in D4 or D6.

Sh1tbag OToole

I'd buy the blaskets and open a pub there with a thatched roof, a red timber door and shmoke billowing out the chimney. Inside I'd have some of Ireland's most obscure craft beers on tap. I'd generate power using a Listeroid engine and a couple of solar panels on the hen house. A donkey would be stationed outside to help visitors carry their bags back to their boat. I'll be keeping livestock in another part of the building, with the same kind of red door so the uninitiated would have no way of knowing which is which. Halfway through the year I'd switch them around

Hipsters would travel from all over the world to visit Ireland's remotest pub. I reckon it will do quite well, twould be a badge of honour to have a selfie of oneself inside in this pub.

ardmacha

Whin mountain Gorse Hill

Sh1tbag OToole

katemarch wrote: »

If I won the Lotto I'd live in Blackrock Village - but shocking dear.

What do you see in Blackrock village that no other place has?

I used to pass through there every day and it's a dump, the traffic is also desperate

McChubbin

I've always had a fondness for Bray. It's quite nice when the weather's good and you can't beat the amusements down at the pier. Failing that, I was informed today that there's a drive-in movie theatre in Dun Laorighe (or however you spell it).

Qualitymark

O were I in the Moss House, where the birds do increase,
By the foot of Mount Leinster, or in some silent place,
By the streams of Bunclody, where all pleasures do meet…

http://bunclody.net/photos/index.html

Probably the only town in Ireland with a stream running down the centre of the main street. Lovely countryside around, very neatly kept, and sunnier weather than most of the country - though its economy has crashed in the last couple of years.

Son Of A Vidic

When the Sun Hits wrote: »

Dublin but a better part of it.

So not Dublin then?


:pac:

IrishLoriii

Tramore- Love the summer time atmosphere but also the quietness in the winter..who doesn't want to wake up every morning and take a stroll on the beach

harry Bailey esq

Herb Powell wrote: »

Coole Mountain

Jesus I went on some truly frightening class A fueled benders down there during the 90s.Does that carry on still happen down there?
If I'd the choice I'd probably pick skerries,lovely town.

anto9

If i won a bit of money on the Lotto.E300k is all ,which would only buy you a small very average house in Dublin City.

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/20-rectory-hall-castlebridge-wexford/3154019

NotYourYear20

Anywhere along the west coast of Ireland would make me happy.

Day Lewin

Loving this thread. #propertyporn

Ah, happy daydreams - and the Euromillions on tonight!

Qualitymark

katemarch wrote: »

Loving this thread. #propertyporn

Ah, happy daydreams - and the Euromillions on tonight!

…and (for those who don't want to gamble their money away, but want to gamble and still have their money) the Prize Bonds are on every month!

Wexford sounds best for the OP. Apart from a nice view, nice weather, good shops and schools and so on, I'd be very inclined to check out the neighbours first.

Mesrine65

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Jesus I went on some truly frightening class A fueled benders down there during the 90s.

How I fondly don't remember, partying with the Crusties & their lurchers back in the days of yore :pac:

anto9

In Clair Byrnes box .lol

harry Bailey esq

anto9 wrote: »

In Clair Byrnes box .lol

Ah Anto,looks like we gonna be roomies bud.My names Anto too away from boards so we'll have to arrange a nickname system,just to avoid confusion at night...