Moving to Ireland...

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519790#Comment_122519790

Couldn't find the exact one but searching with "buying a farm in IReland" through up a few channels with people doing exactly what you're thinking of.

As others have said safety isn't really an issue, but getting on with your neighbours is, especially if you go rural.

I guess if you're seriously considering a move you have to make a few trips, especially in winter when you'll get a better idea of what rural life can be life.

I'm a townie who tried doing rural and I couldn't hack it. You can get houses in towns with gardens big enough to grow veggies but obviously you can't keep farm animals within town limits. Plus becoming your kids taxi cannot be warned against enough.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520388#Comment_122520388

Sorry if I phased it incorrectly but the xenophobia must have been based on something the funny thing is his had recent ancestress who came from the areas so he was part of the community its very odd.

Anyway Ireland has changed enormously in the last 20 years.

con___manx1

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There is close to 300000 British people living in Ireland in 2024. Yes they will get some stick especially if they are going down the pub watching an England match or something but thats to be expected considering our history.

it would be a minority that would have a serious anti brittish centement. It would be more the older generation than the young.

If 300000 are living here it cant be that bad.

I agree with everything else you said pretty much. The tax the middle income earners pay is ridiculous. To much old money in Irealnd.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520428#Comment_122520428

I think I read in the last census that of that 300.000 half were duel passport holders, probably born in the UK and moved back.

I also know an English lad with zero Irish ancestry who let his UK passport lapse once he got his citizenship here.

thereiver

In small towns the crime rate is low ,you,ll have to drive a long distance to work though . most migtants go to citys as that's where the jobs at are unless you do online tech work .look for towns at least 20k population .look on daft ie my home.ie

Geuze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519589#Comment_122519589

Galway city is like that, the county not so much.

Geuze

Lowest house prices are in west / north midlands, i.e. east Mayo / Roscommon / Longford / south Sligo.

I'd say, in general, house prices are higher in Cork and Kerry than in rural Co. Galway?

Geuze

Large detached house near small town in Co. Roscommon:

Geuze

House and 6.2 acres:

thereiver

My advice buy a house no more than 15 mins drive from the local town. town must be big enough to have 2 supermarkets and a primary school,secondary school, eg at least 10,000 population.

dexbonus on youtube, bought a house in england with a few acres .she has a few sheep and some chickens.one child .she makes gaming videos.

every shop,hotel ,cafe has non irish people working there .

my experience is children gradually lose their accent , if they are young after a few years.

A medium sized town will have schools ,library, supermarket , sports facilitys,gyms etc

rent is very high in ireland, theres a housing crisis . young people are leaving ,theres a shortage of teachers and nurses .

tinytobe

If moving to Ireland is of interest, housing will be the biggest concern. If you can't afford to buy, don't move to Ireland, it's as simple as that.

I'd consider Tralee or Killarney, both not too far a away from Shannon airport, but big enough in size for schools, supermarekts, family, and halfway reasonable prices if size and land is concerned.

Vita nova

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520382#Comment_122520382

Exactly, sounds like something that Marcel Pagnol would have written and set in Provence. A variation on the movie Jean de Florette.

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521651#Comment_122521651

I'm from Dublin/Meath and moved to Kerry last year. Tralee has a rougher reputation than Killarney but both towns are experiencing huge changes in their demographics, a very large mosque in Tralee and a huge amount loss of tourist accommodation in Killarney has gone into Government contracts for migrants which has resulted in many restaurant and small business closures. Housing is at a premium.

OP be aware that the Summer in rural Ireland is very different to the Winter. Many people I know in Kerry & Cork escape from here to sunnier climes in the Winter as it can be very dark and very bleak. If you are living in a big house surrounded by lots of land it will be dark and very quiet and everything will be a car journey. It will be a huge change from London. Visiting a place on holidays in Summer is very different to living in it all year round. I am Irish and knew Kerry well but it is still a very big adjustment to live here all the time.

While I live in West Kerry, I regularly go to South Kerry and house sit a friend's house. He is a lovely English man with a very posh accent, he only spends a few months a year here in Kerry. He has had regular falling out with the local farmers/neighbours and the Gardai have been involved a few times. This is over poaching on his land, badger and fox hunting etc. Locks on gates have been broken and fencing removed. Some of these local older farmers are a law onto themselves. His firmly believes his posh English accent aggravates them even more.

I think Galway might be more cosmopolitan! Sligo is also stunning. However anywhere on the West and South Western seaboard of Ireland seem to be getting wetter and wetter every year!

Slightly Kwackers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365081/moving-to-ireland

Why?

Southerners usually sell up and buy family homes in North Wales, Anglesey is a choice spot.

Nice scenery, cheap, although they are apt to speak Welsh in your presence as for some strange reason they are a bit miffed about having their kids priced out of their heritage.

I think you need to seriously think about why you want to move and how you want to live.

I found London people quite different and hard to get used to when I lived in the English Midlands.

It's still pretty friendly here and very welcoming, but I notice with the influx of English accents in residence, there is a proportionate increase in no trespassing and private property signs. In what was a very outgoing area, that is not a pleasant change.

Them damn things were alien in my youth, in fact the whole thing about English footpaths was totally ridiculous where you had to trample a crop diagonally through a field if the map portrayed it.

Here you just walked where you wanted and avoided crops by sticking to the borders.

Sorry if I seem negative, but I did a lot of work in and around London, there was nothing and no one that I found attractive about the place. Chalk and cheese if you compare it to anywhere in Ireland, even Dublin.

Unless you have connections here or an affinity, you would probably be better to try sticking the pin in another map.

thereiver

As you go west the weather gets colder and wetter in terms of rainfall even in the summer

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521745#Comment_122521745

Yep, Galway and Sligo are also very good choices.

OP, west cork is beautiful. Come and visit.

https://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Bela-Vista-Kilnameela-Clonakilty-Co-Cork/19827254/

afkasurfjunkie

East Galway, south Roscommon, Westmeath all nice enough places. You’ll get a decent 4 bed for less than 400k. Somewhere near the M6 motorway. I can be In Shannon airport in 60 mins, Dublin in less than 90. Roscommon has some type of social media drive at present encouraging people to move there. Know a few people in my town who moved back or from England. Zero issues from an anti-English perspective.

The OP we ill be grand they sounds sensible, west Cork, Clare, Sligo are lovely and have diverse populations for a long time, the OP is not a wealthy early retire they have a family they will be involved in the community that makes a difference.

AnnieinDundrum

14 year old will possibly be looking at uni or college of some type in 4 years. Certainly cheaper to go to uni in Ireland than in UK, at least fees are lower but living away from home is expensive and there aren’t universities in rural areas.

AnnieinDundrum

you don’t mention work opportunities for either you or a partner so I’m guessing you are independently wealthy. I’d rent for a while before investing

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522312#Comment_122522312

I would definitely rent a while before buying. Good advice!

You have no idea of an area if you haven't spent time there. As an Irish person moving to Kerry 2 years ago I initially went "sale agreed" in a different part of Kerry to where I am now as I fell in love with the house. I was allowed stay there under a "caretaker" agreement while Planning Permission was sorted (yeah I know things are done differently in Kerry!) . In those 3 months lots of other issues came up with the house. But more importantly I quickly realised the area was not for me! I felt so isolated and watched. Lots of cars driving past slowly looking at me unpacking shopping etc. People wanting to know all about me and my story but no information back. The house had been built on family land and the family were in houses behind mine, I felt observed all the time. Everyone in the area was local, settled and quite old.

Luckily my Solicitor told me to pull out of the purchase as there were major structural issues. I had a lucky escape. If the sale hadn't been delayed for PP reasons I would be stuck there now, utterly depressed. My point being , live in an area and get to know the locals and the neighbours first, if you possibly can. Its a harsh reality being in a place full time, rather than a few weeks holidays a year.

greenpilot

Go West of the Shannon. I moved here 30 years ago, first to Westport, which was unbelievable back then, before it became very busy with Tourists, then on to a place near Knock Airport. Mayo is an incredibly wonderful, safe, relatively economically favourable county to raise a family, or if you're older. Lots of British ex-Pats here, so you'll settle in.

If you don't mind the rain, enjoy peace and solitude, make an effort with getting to know the local community and have a car, you'll never look back. Even take a look at what €300,000 will get you in Mayo/Roscommon. You get a lot of bang for your buck. Plus, you'll get to know what a "Meitheal" means. Trust me, come winter, it will become part of your vocabulary! Schools are fantastic too, by the way. Great University in Galway and fantastic colleges in Sligo and Athlone. Castlebar and Roscommon hospital are only up the road. Tiny waiting lists in comparison to Dublin. Once people get to know you, it will be " ah sure, you can pay me next week". Once you keep your word, you'll have a line of credit at the business for life.

I'm originally from Kildare and I could never, ever, ever go back. The East of Ireland has changed in ways that are not necessarily good. At all.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522412#Comment_122522412

What were you looking for when you moved?

OHCAC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521745#Comment_122521745

Thanks for your reply. I know the weather is going to take some getting used to, I'm alright with cold and rain but like you say the west coast will probably be very different to what I'm used to.

That's a shame about Tralee, had an uncle who went there maybe 15 or 20 years ago and he said it was beautiful, and he said the people we're great, but I know there's been a lot of change in Ireland. Dublin really isn't what it used to be, I guess I was hoping that a lot of the countryside areas would have escaped those changes.

Galway seems to be a popular suggestion, I'll have to organise a holiday there with the family and see what they think.

OHCAC

Thanks for that, love the look of that old stone house, had a look online and it needs some work doing but would be beautiful once done.

OHCAC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521934#Comment_122521934

Why? Like I said, I'm sick of life in England. It has gotten so much worse Iover the last 20 years, and it wasn't even that good before that.

I've no interest in Wales, I know there's nice scenery and cheap prices but it's not for me. I'm Irish and would love to go back to live, even if it's in an area I have no links to.

I know what you mean about London, which is why I want to get out of here. Where I'm from in Dublin is great, but so much has changed, especially in town, and I want a more peaceful, rural life now.

OHCAC

Good advice, the difficulty is with kids I can't be renting a place for a few months, moving somewhere else for 3 months etc until I find the "perfect" place. They've school to go to, I need to find work etc. Going to a place for a few weeks is one thing, might be the road I have to go down.

OHCAC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522100#Comment_122522100

Think I will, the kids have half term in October/November so ill have to do it then.

OHCAC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522312#Comment_122522312

Sadly not, I work on the railways, so would be handy to find similar work. I k ow the Irish railway system is next to non-existent but have seen that the government voted to spend a load updating it over the next 30-40 years. Whether that ends up happening or not is anyone's guess