lisa_celtic wrote: » Hi there, Myself and My boyfriend are looking at moving to Ballymote. Rent out there seems to vary with it been very affordable in an Estate called tower hill, the houses looks lovely. Anyone any advice on the area?
dnme wrote: » Lisa, Sligo and the Northwest in general is probably the most beautiful part of Ireland (imo by far). The rural landscape here is the place to be. If you have a car then why not consider a rural letting. You have it all here, ocean, mountains, wilderness, college, Sligo town (good buzz, nice town, entertainment, reataurants etc). Close to border (shopping). Why spoil it all by having to return home to Ballymote everynight?
dnme wrote: » Ballymote is a very depressing and very depressed place. It's a small town with no real heart or life whatsoever. Very workingclass, suffers from traveller invasions and seems top be a welfare culture. The main businesses in the town are owned by John Perry. I've spent a lot of time in the place, my father grew up there. I have experienced intimidation there. I would avoid it if at all possible.
Corvus Maximus wrote: » Just out of interest, what relevance does the highlighted term have? I would assume most areas are working class, since most people have to work to pay their mortgages, bills, ect. Unless you're landed gentry of course and do not need to work for a living. When was the last traveller invasion exactly? I live 5-6 miles outside of Ballymote and I wasn't aware of such 'invasions'. I would agree though, that there isn't much life in the place. Tubbercurry is a much more livelier spot.
In The Sticks wrote: » Is this the same Tower Hill housing estate in Ballymote that has a serious serious anti-social behaviour problem????.. the same eatate that has seen residents leave in droves? if it isn't then fire ahead. Ballymote is a fine town and has lovely estates, but avoid some of them like a rash. Best of luck.
dnme wrote: » Badly worded perhaps. In 2009 I was at a function in BM. There were travellers in town all day. Pubs were closed. We went to a local greasy joes for food. In they came and terrified us and everyone else in there.
Corvus Maximus wrote: » When was the last traveller invasion exactly? I live 5-6 miles outside of Ballymote and I wasn't aware of such 'invasions'.
dnme wrote: » Very workingclass, suffers from traveller invasions...
Corvus Maximus wrote: » Just out of interest, what relevance does the highlighted term have?
dnme wrote: » and seems top be a welfare culture.
Corvus Maximus wrote: » Badly worded? Surely you are being ironic? Again I think you need to reflect upon your use of language. If you had bothered to read my post properly, then you would have understood what this part meant.... To explain it for you, I basically said that I wasn't aware of these traveller invasions occurring. That doesn't mean they have never happened, just perhaps not as frequently as the tone of your earlier post indicated. My question to the above was......... So I await your reply to this question. But I’m sure the ‘workingclass’ people of Ballymote wouldn’t harm the OP. Are we all not working class after all, since most of us have to work or like to work if possible? It is hard to decipher what you are trying to say there, but I suspect you are indicating that Ballymote is a top location for ‘welfare culture’. But could you elaborate further on this please? Again, how you can make such broad sweeping statements is really beyond me.
dnme wrote: » Yeah! not really interested in a tennis match with you. What I write abour Ballymote is my experience rather than my opinion, therefore not up for dissection by you. I'm not really a victim of political correctness I guess and make no apologies for that! I'll just end by saying this..... Ballymote is one hell of a dump!
In The Sticks wrote: » Ballymote is a kip, it's over run with out of control travellers who have this preconceived notion that they can do what they like to who ever they like, The Gardai are afraid to do anything to them. Their children are allowed to litterly piss on you without reprimand. And it's not only confined to travellers, other estates in the town have their problems with members of the settled community, You say that you live 5 miles from Ballymote, might I ask is that five miles above or below ground?
Buford T Justice wrote: » Plenty of sattelite villages in Sligo with vacant houses for rent that would be nice to live in. Colooney, Coolaney, balygawley, etc.... etc.. As for Balymote, I have no opinion. I've only ever delivered there or driven through it.
In The Sticks wrote: » Hi Slidey. I think Lisa Celtic said that she was coming to Sligo to live not die!!! Slidey, you paint a lovely picture of Ballymote but only if you were selling retirement homes to OAP's, I was nodding off reading your reply. Lisa, you should try Collooney or Coolaney, very close to Sligo town too, Best of luck
Corvus Maximus wrote: » Have you an eyesight problem or do you just generally write in bold? You do realise you are not a Mod btw? I'm exactly 5 miles from Tubbercurry and Ballymote, 'a blow in' you might call me. Still I've never heard anything negative mentioned about Ballymote until this thread. Based on this fact, I can only therefore assume that your post is a gross exaggeration of reality. Here's a tip for future posting, stick in a paragraph or two. It helps when reading believe me.
In The Sticks wrote: » I don't even wear glasses, I thought that you may have missed my point, hence the 'bold',
In The Sticks wrote: » It suprises me that you have not heard anything bad regarding Ballymote considering how close you are to the town.
In The Sticks wrote: » Just because you have not heard anything negative about Ballymote since your arrival you can not assume that you are factually correct,
Corvus Maximus wrote: » ...I wasn't aware of these traveller invasions occurring. That doesn't mean they have never happened, just perhaps not as frequently as the tone of your earlier post indicated.
jazyguy wrote: » The only people defending Ballymote, happen to live there or close by. Id like to see someone not from there tell us how great it is, but I dont think thats too likely.
