Dunaras village for first years?

Dunaras is quite a ways out from both the university and from town - NUIG is about a 20 minute walk, and add another 5-10 minutes to get to the nightclubs. There are shuttle buses to the university during the day, but even so.

I stayed there a few years ago and travellers used to leave their kids in the central green at weekends, and there were a fair few break-ins as well. I'd have gone with private accommodation closer to town to be honest.

Previous threads on Dunaras:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68088338

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056360481

I lived in Dunaras my first year at NUIG. The apts are nice enough but expect slow crap interwebs. It is a bit of a ways out but if you're going directly into town you can take a short cut down shantalla road. All the same, I'd recomend getting a bike. It's definitely worth it if you're living in Dunaras.

Expect lots of first years and lots of international students. The midnight party antics can become tiresome but it's nowhere near as bad as Corrib Village. Consider yourselves lucky that you dodged that bullet.

Same as yourselves I knew nobody in Galway and made loads of friends there in first year.

Enjoy!

bee2011 wrote: »

Thanks for all the responses and help! im really looking forward to it now

Im starting in NUIG too and staying in Dunaras, dropped up all my stuff today and got my key and stuff!:) really nice aparment!:) i think im movin up on tuesday, when are you moving up?:)

hey just to let you know im moving to galway on my own and staying in dunaras too..ill also be moving in on friday if it makes you feel better! I wont get a chance to go up before that so i hope its not too late but im sure it will be fine see u there!

pinkballetdance wrote: »

Now I think that Ill be the only person there!! I saw one person drop off her stuff upstairs yesterday and about 10 international students in their block, but that was it!! I thought by Tuesday lots of people would be there!!

On a different note what courses are ye doing?:)

haha are u there yet?? I thought the same and I was thinkin I was gonna miss out on all the fun!
Im doin science what about u?

yay! I havent heard from them either, I'm just gonna head on up...see what happens..

snaraloo wrote: »

haha are u there yet?? I thought the same and I was thinkin I was gonna miss out on all the fun!
Im doin science what about u?

No not there yet just dropped stuff up! I was planning on staying but there was no one around!!

Im doing Medicine!

Went up to dunaras today, i wanted to see what the place was like. Paid my first instalment and i must say the appartments are really nice. Got my key and moved in some of my stuff and left again. Moving up properly on friday, not many people up there yet it looked very quiet.

They are really nice arent they!! Was there anyone elses stuff in your apartment yet?:)

Did anyone else get as lucky as me and get a twin room for single occupancy? :P (Im paying a full single price but it means my room is huge!:D )

bee2011 wrote: »

The girl in reception said she thinks one of my room mates has already checked in but there was no sign of anyone so they might have dropped there stuff off and left. No i was not as lucky as you, A twin room to yourself sounds nice I was afraid i would miss out by not moving up until friday but the place is pretty dead up there. I hope the weather is better by the weekend for orientation because its not that short a walk.

Haha! What size apartment are you in?:) Its just me and one other person in mine! Is the bus not operrating this weekend no?:) Did you get your ID they said mine might not be ready till today or tomorrow!:)

I hope theres some people around by Wednesday! I think Ill wait till then!:)

I moved in the first day I could expecting a week of partying and awesomeness. I however arrived up to a ghost estate. No first years seem to move in till they have to, also there's not much you can do around campus either. You won't have your id card and I'm not sure if they'll let you into the college bar if you don't. I did however meet my best friend in that week of nothingness and we discovered the greatest bars in galway so it's much of a muchness I guess. You'll find that nearly everyone moves up on the Friday. They'll all be in the same boat.