Move to Village/Town in Co. Limerick

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 07:51PM

porker36 wrote: »

would Newport be an option? about ten minute drive from Castletroy, good bus links into town, in tipperary but again close enough to limerick

I'll admit I don't know of Newport at all, I suppose I'd prefer to be in Limerick because of family connections, but thanks for suggestion, I'll look it up.

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 07:54PM

Glenomra wrote: »

Castleconnell is superbly located with plenty of amenities. A pretty village that is on the upward curve. Also a rail service and very close to the city. I have no ties to it but rate it highly.

Yeah Castleconnell seems to be getting recommended a good bit, I think its somewhere I'd definitely like to check out. Thanks.

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 07:57PM

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Pretty except for that awful Piss poor rail service.

Why'd you think that, is it unreliable or something?

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 08:00PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Any rail service is an amazing service in Limerick. It has trains that arrive before 9am and leave after 6pm which is amazing compared to most buses in county Limerick which only run a 10am and 4pm service for the granny's to shop and are useless to commute with.

Actually is it the only Limerick town with a train ?

Yeah thats true, and sure any place with a train service has to be a bonus!

breezy1985 · 16-04-2021 08:06PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Yeah Castleconnell seems to be getting recommended a good bit, I think its somewhere I'd definitely like to check out. Thanks.

Got a lovely river side walk and if your into it some nice roads for cycling

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 08:23PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Got a lovely river side walk and if your into it some nice roads for cycling

Definitely that sounds great, somewhere closeby for walks or cycles would be ideal! I think I asked this already, but do you know is there any probs with flooding because of the river? I think I saw something on the news, maybe around the time of some big storm (it could be storm Ellen but I might be wrong!)

breezy1985 · 16-04-2021 08:50PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Definitely that sounds great, somewhere closeby for walks or cycles would be ideal! I think I asked this already, but do you know is there any probs with flooding because of the river? I think I saw something on the news, maybe around the time of some big storm (it could be storm Ellen but I might be wrong!)

Not sure but Limerick in general comes out of these things relatively unscathed. We have a boringly predictable grey climate here. I bet you think all of Ireland is the same but just you wait and see

JibJabWibWab · 16-04-2021 09:46PM

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Pretty except for that awful Piss poor rail service.

Pretty terrible for air travel too.
I mean, what the actual fock?!!!

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 09:52PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Not sure but Limerick in general comes out of these things relatively unscathed. We have a boringly predictable grey climate here. I bet you think all of Ireland is the same but just you wait and see

Oh god I forgot about the rain!! : ( But when I was a child and used to spend my Summer hols down there, my memories are of sun-filled days!!? Lol

shreko · 16-04-2021 10:44PM

Castleconnell is lovely and really does have a nice village feel to it. Plus it’s close to the motorway so great for commuting.

Killaloe is a gorgeous place to live but very expensive. Similarly adare is a beautiful village but pricy to buy in.

Clonlara is really nice too, as is Newport and both are close to the city centre. Parteen is a smaller village but lovely and very close to the city, well serviced by busses too.

I wouldn’t really consider Annacotty a village anymore as it’s been swallowed up by the suburb sprawl.
Don’t know Murroe too well but it’s definitely had it’s fair share of anti social issues since a few new estates were built there about 20 years ago and a lot of people moved out from town. May have improved in the last 5-10 years though.

Personally, if I could live in any village within commutable distance to limerick is would be Ballina/Killaloe or Adare. But obviously I’m not alone in that which is why they are so expensive!

adaminho · 16-04-2021 11:06PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Oh god I forgot about the rain!! : ( But when I was a child and used to spend my Summer hols down there, my memories are of sun-filled days!!? Lol

Did you not see Angela's Ashes? It rained for the whole movie! :pac::pac::pac:

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 11:08PM

shreko wrote: »

Castleconnell is lovely and really does have a nice village feel to it. Plus it’s close to the motorway so great for commuting.

Killaloe is a gorgeous place to live but very expensive. Similarly adare is a beautiful village but pricy to buy in.

Clonlara is really nice too, as is Newport and both are close to the city centre. Parteen is a smaller village but lovely and very close to the city, well serviced by busses too.

I wouldn’t really consider Annacotty a village anymore as it’s been swallowed up by the suburb sprawl.
Don’t know Murroe too well but it’s definitely had it’s fair share of anti social issues since a few new estates were built there about 20 years ago and a lot of people moved out from town. May have improved in the last 5-10 years though.

Personally, if I could live in any village within commutable distance to limerick is would be Ballina/Killaloe or Adare. But obviously I’m not alone in that which is why they are so expensive!

Agreed! Adare is definitely a lovely village, although traffic can be bit offputting but I'm guessing surely that bypass must be closer to getting done, especially if they're going to host Ryder Cup? But as you say its definitely very pricey. I was in Killaloe yearrrrs ago, again I thought it was lovely but if I was socialising late in the city a taxi back to Killaloe would prob cost a good bit.

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 11:10PM

adaminho wrote: »

Did you not see Angela's Ashes? It rained for the whole movie! :pac::pac::pac:

Lol poor aul Angelas Ashes should have been banned!! : ))

adaminho · 16-04-2021 11:15PM

adaminho wrote: »

Did you not see Angela's Ashes? It rained for the whole movie! :pac::pac::pac:

All jokes aside, where about's would you need to travel to in the county? Abbeyfeale is about a 45 min drive to the city (depending on Adare traffic) and links to the motorway. It has a great bus service too as both Bus Eireann and The Green bus pass through every hour with a direct route as far as Dublin.

Girl_Next_Door · 16-04-2021 11:30PM

adaminho wrote: »

All jokes aside, where about's would you need to travel to in the county? Abbeyfeale is about a 45 min drive to the city (depending on Adare traffic) and links to the motorway. It has a great bus service too as both Bus Eireann and The Green bus pass through every hour with a direct route as far as Dublin.

Yeah I'd need to travel into the city centre, someone else mentioned the bus routes are much better out that direction alright, but just personally I'd feel Abbeyfeale would be too far out, another thing would be I live in a large town and ideally I'd like a change and I think Abbeyfeale is the largest town in Limerick or maybe its Newcastlewest??

adaminho · 16-04-2021 11:48PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Yeah I'd need to travel into the city centre, someone else mentioned the bus routes are much better out that direction alright, but just personally I'd feel Abbeyfeale would be too far out, another thing would be I live in a large town and ideally I'd like a change and I think Abbeyfeale is the largest town in Limerick or maybe its Newcastlewest??

NCW would be larger but Abbeyfeale is more a medium size town than a Village. Nice community there though. Maybe look at the likes of Glin or Foynes instead as I think they have a fairly regular Bus service?

cian8 · 17-04-2021 08:48AM

We moved to Caherconlish as we got a lot more bang for our buck in terms of house versus our preference for Castletroy/Monaleen/Annacotty. But we both drive so that makes it easy. I would certainly recommend it for families with young kids. In our estate it is like a throwback to my childhood in the 80s with my 6 and 10 years old having great freedom. When the weather is nice we only see them for refuelling and bathroom.

It is like everywhere I have been in Ireland there are some issues but we feel very safe.

The local Centra has everything you could need at short notice. Stone Oven bistro does great breakfast and pizza. The butcher has awesome local beef. There is lots going on at the Millennium Centre - classes etc. We are not church going but a lot still are. There is a tennis club, soccer club, GAA plus equestrian centre.

I work full time from home and our broadband is decent.

There are nice looped walks from the village from 3km upwards, they are on country roads but lots of people walk so very safe.

It works for us!

dave 27 · 17-04-2021 08:55AM

Just on flooding, there are some areas immediately north of the city that are technically in Clare that flood pretty badly in recent times such as Shannon Banks, clonlara and parteen, I'd stay clear of these 3 places for those reasons.

PeggyShippen · 17-04-2021 09:05AM

Very very small areas flood in those areas and defences are being put in place. 6 houses flood regularly in Clonlara. Clonlara is a walk from Castleconnell across the footbridge aswell which is great. It's 5 to 10 mins from town..closer than castleconnell. I wouldnt go further out than Sixmilebridge which is a fine big village. Its got a good rail link with Limerick city centre and good train times and a bus service. It's not cheap anymore though.
Caherconlish well its not really a village and traditionally had a bad reputation. I did have a friend that moved out there into a new estate and had terrible neighbours many of whom didn't seem to work. Coonagh is lovely but expensive. For me the real value in Limerick is the city centre Georgian core. Thats where there's bargains.

letsseehere14 · 17-04-2021 10:03AM

LimeFruitGum wrote: »

There's feck all in Caherconlish or Ballyneety imho, but on the other hand. they're 10-15 minutes drive to the city.

If your relative needs decent bus options, I'd consider something by the Limerick-Adare bus route for more regular services. Otherwise they're confined to a morning bus and an evening bus home, and relying on lifts/taxis for anything later than that.

Caherconlish has a bus stop direct into Limerick. Gaa club, soccer club, tennis club, Ballyneety golf club is 10 mins away, Equestrian centre and a hall in the Millennium Centre. Loads of classes in millennium centre too.
Centra with petrol station open 7am till 10pm plus another shop on High Street. Theres also a butchers. Stoneoven (eat in or out), Village Diner and Mulcahys to eat in plus a Chinese and Chipper take away. 3 pubs. 2 hair dressers and a barbers. A veterinary clinic.
Primary school, church, credit union, pharmacy, Garda Station and post office.
Quiet roads around the area for walks and cycles. 15 mins drive to Lough Gur.
Less than 10 mins from b&q Retail Park 15 mins to city centre. 15 mins to bruff which has a Bank of Ireland.

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 12:08PM

cian8 wrote: »

We moved to Caherconlish as we got a lot more bang for our buck in terms of house versus our preference for Castletroy/Monaleen/Annacotty. But we both drive so that makes it easy. I would certainly recommend it for families with young kids. In our estate it is like a throwback to my childhood in the 80s with my 6 and 10 years old having great freedom. When the weather is nice we only see them for refuelling and bathroom.

It is like everywhere I have been in Ireland there are some issues but we feel very safe.

The local Centra has everything you could need at short notice. Stone Oven bistro does great breakfast and pizza. The butcher has awesome local beef. There is lots going on at the Millennium Centre - classes etc. We are not church going but a lot still are. There is a tennis club, soccer club, GAA plus equestrian centre.

I work full time from home and our broadband is decent.

There are nice looped walks from the village from 3km upwards, they are on country roads but lots of people walk so very safe.

It works for us!

Thanks for all that information!
I don't have children myself but thats great the kids can play outside safely, when I was a child on summer hols in Limerick we were always running around outside, not a bother on us!

Great news about the broadband, thats something that would be very important for me.

I notice there seems to be two
different housing estates that seem to pop up for sale in Caherconlish, Cois Rioga or Ceol na habhainn and I'm wondering would you know either of them or recommend one over the other?

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 12:12PM

dave 27 wrote: »

Just on flooding, there are some areas immediately north of the city that are technically in Clare that flood pretty badly in recent times such as Shannon Banks, clonlara and parteen, I'd stay clear of these 3 places for those reasons.

Oh flooding would be a nightmare,

I'd definitely have to be wary of that, thanks.

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 12:20PM

PeggyShippen wrote: »

Very very small areas flood in those areas and defences are being put in place. 6 houses flood regularly in Clonlara. Clonlara is a walk from Castleconnell across the footbridge aswell which is great. It's 5 to 10 mins from town..closer than castleconnell. I wouldnt go further out than Sixmilebridge which is a fine big village. Its got a good rail link with Limerick city centre and good train times and a bus service. It's not cheap anymore though.
Caherconlish well its not really a village and traditionally had a bad reputation. I did have a friend that moved out there into a new estate and had terrible neighbours many of whom didn't seem to work. Coonagh is lovely but expensive. For me the real value in Limerick is the city centre Georgian core. Thats where there's bargains.

Places with rail services are definitely a bonus, oh no what happened with your friend with the nightmare neighbours : ( did she stay or sell up??

Its funny with the house prices because a few years ago I thought they seemed a lot less than they are now, I'm delighted for Limerick but kicking myself that I missed out on bargains! My fear with Georgian or old houses is they need renovating.

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 12:28PM

letsseehere14 wrote: »

Caherconlish has a bus stop direct into Limerick. Gaa club, soccer club, tennis club, Ballyneety golf club is 10 mins away, Equestrian centre and a hall in the Millennium Centre. Loads of classes in millennium centre too.
Centra with petrol station open 7am till 10pm plus another shop on High Street. Theres also a butchers. Stoneoven (eat in or out), Village Diner and Mulcahys to eat in plus a Chinese and Chipper take away. 3 pubs. 2 hair dressers and a barbers. A veterinary clinic.
Primary school, church, credit union, pharmacy, Garda Station and post office.
Quiet roads around the area for walks and cycles. 15 mins drive to Lough Gur.
Less than 10 mins from b&q Retail Park 15 mins to city centre. 15 mins to bruff which has a Bank of Ireland.

Thanks for all the information! Are they friendly in Caherconlish? I'm from Co Kildare but I've family in different places around Limerick, hopefully I wouldn't be deemed too much of an outsider?? : )

breezy1985 · 17-04-2021 12:56PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Thanks for all the information! Are they friendly in Caherconlish? I'm from Co Kildare but I've family in different places around Limerick, hopefully I wouldn't be deemed too much of an outsider?? : )

People won't be too bothered by a Kildare person blowing in. We give Clare people a bit of a slagging but other than that we are welcoming and there would be no us and them like I've seen round Leinster with the Dubs

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 02:14PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

People won't be too bothered by a Kildare person blowing in. We give Clare people a bit of a slagging but other than that we are welcoming and there would be no us and them like I've seen round Leinster with the Dubs

Some (not all) leinster people think of Limerick as being dangerous or something, it would get on my nerves over the years when people would say things like this to me, I was particularly annoyed one day when a colleague originally from New Zealand said his parents were visiting around Ireland and I said for them to take in Limerick along with Cork, Kerry etc. on their trip and his response was really ignorant, that day I went from mild irritation to blood boiling
: /

chicorytip · 17-04-2021 05:30PM

Castleconnell and it's hinterland are lovely but overdeveloped and not without a gurrier element. It lacks a decent supermarket. Bus Eireann provide a good, regular service to and from Limerick. The train is more of a novelty than anything. Touch of the "Valley of the Squinting Windows" about the place in general.

Girl_Next_Door · 17-04-2021 06:03PM

chicorytip wrote: »

Castleconnell and it's hinterland are lovely but overdeveloped and not without a gurrier element. It lacks a decent supermarket. Bus Eireann provide a good, regular service to and from Limerick. The train is more of a novelty than anything. Touch of the "Valley of the Squinting Windows" about the place in general.

Have to admit I had to Google "Valley of the Squinting Windows" love it, never heard that expression before, but will have to use it, all I need is soneone to reccomend a place with a whiff of "Stepford Wives" now : p

breezy1985 · 17-04-2021 06:48PM

chicorytip wrote: »

Castleconnell and it's hinterland are lovely but overdeveloped and not without a gurrier element. It lacks a decent supermarket. Bus Eireann provide a good, regular service to and from Limerick. The train is more of a novelty than anything. Touch of the "Valley of the Squinting Windows" about the place in general.

It has a Supervalu in the village and has a train. I dont know what you are expecting from Limerick villages but most have a pub and if you are lucky a shop.

As for curtain twitchers is than not just Ireland in general

cian8 · 17-04-2021 07:21PM

Girl_Next_Door wrote: »

Thanks for all that information!
I don't have children myself but thats great the kids can play outside safely, when I was a child on summer hols in Limerick we were always running around outside, not a bother on us!

Great news about the broadband, thats something that would be very important for me.

I notice there seems to be two
different housing estates that seem to pop up for sale in Caherconlish, Cois Rioga or Ceol na habhainn and I'm wondering would you know either of them or recommend one over the other?

We are in Cois Rioga. Ceol na Habhainn seems fine though.

Move to Village/Town in Co. Limerick

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