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I wil be moving to Cork next year with my husband & 10 year son and I'm looking for advice on good family areas to live. We are willing to stay upto 35-40 minutes from the city centre. We have been over 4 times so far this year and had a good drive about but we still can't decide. The areas we are considering are Carrigaline, Glanmire, Ballincollig, Blackrock, Douglas, Rocehestown, Bishopstown & Blarney.We have only driven through some of these areas and we will be back in September to have another look. We also need to take into consideration schools etc. If anyone can suggest any other areas other than the ones meantioned it would be much appreciated.
Midleton is excellent if you are happy to go outside the city.
There are quite a few nice suburbs however.
Would write off Carraigaline from a schools perspective as they are so overfull families are sending kids to Ballygarvan etc.
I have a 10 year old boy and I live in Ballincollig. There are 3 primary schools - one is boys only (which my son attends and which I would highly recommend) and 2 are co-ed (one is a gaelscoil) and there are 2 excellent (co-ed) secondary schools. There are 2 soccer clubs - Ballincollig SC & Lakewood SC, a GAA club, tennis, basketball, gymnastics... to name but some. There is an indoor play area (www.supernova.ie) which includes an ice-staking rink upstairs and a "bounce around" area downstairs (as I like to call it), as well as outdoor 'all weather' pitches. There's a multi-plex cinema in the village. Basically, there's a lot to entertain kids of all ages.
I am a Corkonian but neither my husband or I are natives of Ballincollig. We've lived here 15 years now and love it.
Edited to add: I forgot to mention the playground and the skate park (which is within the beautiful Ballincollig Regional Park - be sure to check it out next time you're in the area).
I would go along with the opinion about the schools in Ballincollig, they have a great reputation, in fact my wife's niece is starting secondary in the Community school, in a couple of weeks. No harm to contact them now. [broken link removed]
The one thing I would say though is to be careful where you rent. There are some council areas in Ballincollig that have problems, such as the Inishmore estate. There are plenty good estates though.
Glanmire is worth considering too, very convenient for access to the town centre and close to the tunnel for quick access to the southside. Lots of nice leafy walks. Also has excellent schools , - The secondary irish school is one of the best schools in the country.
Thanks Raven. Are there any parts of Glanmire I should avoid? Do you happen to know if there is a website I can check out schools? Once we do decide on where we will settle I will need to get my son registered at a school....sooner rather than later!
Thanks for your info on Ballincollig Ciadan. This is an area we would really consider due to all the amenities for kids etc. My son is into football so the clubs would really interest him.
Would you happen to know how far in advance I would need to register him at a school?
I would advise contacting them at the start of this year, if it's for enrollment next year. Here are some numbers:-
Scoil Eoin (Boys only) 021-4871321
Scoil Barra (Mixed) 021-4873459
allincollig 4873459
And here's some general info about the town:- [broken link removed]
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