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Wicklow named among best places in world to live in survey - VIDEO

Moynalty and Abbeyleix also named as desirable places to live

PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 8:03 AM

Updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 12:33 PM

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The town of Avoca in County Wicklow, one of the most desirable places to live in the world

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Two Irish villages have been voted amongst the best places to live in the world in a global poll.

The LivCom awards also recognised the county of Wicklow as a desirable address.

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The Laois village of Abbeyleix and the Meath parish of Moynalty have been recognised in the awards.

The LivCom Awards are aimed at improving people’s lives through creating ‘liveable’ communities.

Wicklow, known as the Garden of Ireland, took a gold medal for the second time in the LivCom awards.

Abbeyleix and Moynalty both took silver medals at the awards ceremony in the United Arab Emirates.

Wicklow County Council chairman Pat Casey picked up the award and told the Irish independent: “It is all about quality of life.”

Visit IrishCentral's Wicklow profile here - photos, maps, history and more

This video was created to support Wicklow in the entry of the 2010 Livcom:

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bobby | Dec 05, 2012, 10:30 AM EST

@Riley1987, we all know that some Irish people that travel abroad like to slag it off and Exaggerate alot. Thats one thing they are very good at. The education system is still one of the best in the world, with all the cutbacks was alot of waste in the system in healthcare. And millions of people get treated for free. Ireland is still one of the safest countries in the world to live. Lets not forget thousands of people come to ireland every month, so far this year 125,000 moved to ireland from abroad, thousands more than what left.

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Riley1987 | Dec 04, 2012, 03:46 PM EST

Given the cutbacks to healthcare, education and frontline services such as policing, Ireland should be nowhere near this list. All you need to do is ask one of the thousands of Irish people who emigrate each month.

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TisEyerish | Dec 04, 2012, 12:06 PM EST

I must say, I was surprised to see Avoca named in connection with this. If it weren't for the fact that ballykissangel was filmed there, this town would seem to be almost a ghost town...although my visit there was in 2002, to be honest. It was definitely a pretty little town, but seemed to be mostly deserted, even though it achieved fame through the BBC series. I shopped in the stores seen in the picture, one of which was named after Brian Quigley. Hendley's was still there, in all it's glory!

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