A good Point from Readhead.. The post office. especially if you move to rural Ireland. As yet we have no post codes so introducing yourself to your local postmaster will ensure you get your post most efficiently, especially if you know who lived there before. We have lived in the cottage for 10 years and it is still known by many as "the old Moran's place"

I definitely feel your pain @redhead. I have young kids too, and getting them into good schools in an area we WAnted to live, WAs an issue for us too. I hope everything falls in to place for you and your daughter. One thing I'd like to Point out is that Ireland is still a little behind the times with regard to mixed gender schools. They are becoming more and more common, but the heavy influence the Catholic church had on Ireland in days gone by, still looms. Many towns will only have all boy or all girl secondary schools, so keep that in mind when looking. S ...

... be good for a newcomer to know about, and might help them settle in their new home. I'm going to keep it easy and just ask for 1 - 3 suggestions. Here are mine: 1. I'm going to go with a Cork theme as this is the city I am most familiar with. The first place I think everyone living in Cork should know of is Fitzgerald's Park, which runs along the River Lee near UCC. Whether you like a nice casual stroll, a great place for your kids to play, a nice place to read a book under a tree or a place to catch an occasional outdoor performance, Fitzgerald's park won ...