Re: Blessington
No I don't live there, but my boyfriend does (until he moves to Lucan with me in Jan).
1. Lovely village. Great walks. Scenic.
2. Shops are good and improving now with new shopping centre.
3. Bus is regular (as in regular once an hour), but it can be a nightmare if you're looking to get home at night from town when, for some unknown reason, it drops to once every two hours, with the last one leaving town at 11. My bugbear, sorry, and the main reason I refused to look at living there.
4. Traffic during the day is quiet enough. I think the new shopping centre and any new developments will add substantially to the traffic. Put it this way, at the moment traffic moves all the way to Dublin at the moment. However, I don't think it will be long before it stops and goes the way of the Naas Road. (My opinion mind) Turning from the road from Naas into the village in the morning during rush hour can be a long process as well.
5. Very quiet at night. No problems on that score.
Where are you looking? Which estate? He lives in Beechdale and his sister lives in Burgage. We've looked at houses in Haywood as well.