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Need to commute to IFSC and have a reasonable route to airport.
Hello,
We're hoping to move back to South Dublin from abroad in 2010/ 2011 with our three children, aged 1-5. Budget will depend on a few factors and who knows what the market will be like then, but let's say 800k. Need to commute to IFSC and have a reasonable route to airport. Schools will be a major factor, need boys and girls or mixed and worried that we don't have their names down! We have family in Clonskeagh.
Where would you recommend we start our search and look into schools?
Thanks in advance.
How about somewhere like Churchtown/Dundrum/Goatstown/Taney. On the Luas, lots of schools within walking/cycling distance, and houses available at a much more reasonable price than Dalkey, Killiney etc. (unless you want Bono as your neighbour). Plenty of Shopping Centres, not least the fantastic Dundrum Town Centre, and the recently upgraded Nutgrove Shopping Centre. In addition, an Aldi and a Lidl - best shops in Ireland! Good luck with your search - I assume you're using www.daft.ie or www.myhome.ie to help in your search.
Thanks for all the responses everyone,lots of food for thought. We're planning a reconnaisance trip around Easter! In response to some of the points raised, the kids are 5, 3 and 1 (2 girls and a boy) and don't think we want Gaelscoil.They are all baptised RCs and we will probably stick southside. The Schooldays.ie website is helpful except I have to memorise the Dublin postcode numbers! A number seem to be Church of Ireland. Ideally, I think we would like co-ed at national level and then single sex secondary. This may require another move later on but in the meantime can anyone tell me which areas have co-ed nationals? Most I have checked are girls or boys only. Glenageary is a possibility. Thanks again!
St Louis National School in Rathmines is co-ed and the secondary school is girls only. The school would be very accessible from Terenure, Templeogue, Rathfarnham or Harold's Cross. They're expensive enough areas to buy in (particularly Rathfarnham and Terenure) but nowadays €800,000 would easily get you a house in any of those areas.
teachers are called by their first names
Eughh, another step backward for society.
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