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What's Athy like?

  • 20-07-2022 12:48PM
    #1
    test account 123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    We will be looking to get onto the property ladder soon and are looking at our options. Moving out of Dublin. No kids (yet 😉) Athy is currently on the list so just wondering could anyone here post a few things about the town? What's it really like? Good and bad. Amenities, shopping, traffic, crime etc.

    There are 2 threads previously on this but both are around 10 years old with very mixed reviews so I thought an updated one might be nice. I know everywhere has good and bad so we just want a real world review of the place. Thanks



Comments

  • #2
    Staplor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭Staplor


    I know someone who lives near it, and the traffic is horrendous, I dread that part of the journey. Everything goes through the main street.

    The Lidl and Super Valu are good.



  • #3
    test account 123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭test account 123


    yeh I heard about the traffic but isn't there a ring road going in? Also ideally we'd buy on the Dublin side to try avoid that issue.



  • #4
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Actual work on the ring road has begun, so the traffic should be ok in a year's time, good school's and great sports clubs in the town, Athy had a bad rep, but other towns that size now have similar problems now, overall I'd recommend it.



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