Hello,
My husband & I are moving back to Ireland this year from the States and are considering County Cavan or Leitrim as a place to live and was hoping to get people's opinion on any areas to avoid. Husband is in construction (carpenter, foreman) so hopefully he will be able to get work within a 30 mile radius. I work in Human Resources/Payroll and think I may have a hard time getting work so will consider other jobs. We like hiking, biking, swimming, boating and walking our dogs and that's really it! Social life, we would go out for dinner maybe once a week and rarely go to Cinema or Theatres. We are used to travelling long distances to get to work or shops as have been doing that in US for over 8 years so lack of public transport not a problem for us. We like a feeling of space and nice sceanery and a biggish house not on top of each other which is why we don't want to live somewhere like Dublin. Visited Cavan for a couple of days over Christmas and Virgina seemed to be the nicest area and thought Kingscourt and Ballyjamesduff seemed a bit rough and dirty. Have only seen Leitrim via the internet and Carrick on Shannon and Drumshambo look nice. Any views greatly appreciated. We will be renting for a year to see if we like it etc. Thank you.
My husband & I are moving back to Ireland this year from the States and are considering County Cavan or Leitrim as a place to live and was hoping to get people's opinion on any areas to avoid. Husband is in construction (carpenter, foreman) so hopefully he will be able to get work within a 30 mile radius. I work in Human Resources/Payroll and think I may have a hard time getting work so will consider other jobs. We like hiking, biking, swimming, boating and walking our dogs and that's really it! Social life, we would go out for dinner maybe once a week and rarely go to Cinema or Theatres. We are used to travelling long distances to get to work or shops as have been doing that in US for over 8 years so lack of public transport not a problem for us. We like a feeling of space and nice sceanery and a biggish house not on top of each other which is why we don't want to live somewhere like Dublin. Visited Cavan for a couple of days over Christmas and Virgina seemed to be the nicest area and thought Kingscourt and Ballyjamesduff seemed a bit rough and dirty. Have only seen Leitrim via the internet and Carrick on Shannon and Drumshambo look nice. Any views greatly appreciated. We will be renting for a year to see if we like it etc. Thank you.