Question for University College Cork Students?

Question

I'm going to be spending a semester abroad here, and it's been suggested to me to ship a lot of my belongings because the airlines aren't too secure anymore (the new security precautions have made it easier for your stuff to be stolen).

I'm going to be living in Castlewhite, but it's under rennovations until September 5th, and I get there August 23rd, so I'll be in Victoria Lodge until then. The website doesn't give any kind of shipping address for either place. Do any of you have the address I need? Where do I have my stuff shipped so I can get it?

Answer 1

The addresses of the two places are:

Victoria Lodge,

Victoria Cross,

Cork,

Ireland.

http://castlewhite.ucc.ie/accommodation/...

Castlewhite Apartments,

Western Road,

Cork,

Ireland.

http://castlewhite.ucc.ie/accommodation/...

If that's not what you're looking for, try phoning or emailing (the details are on the websites) and ask about it.

EDIT:

Since cities in Ireland are smaller than those in the US, I think that addresses are sometimes slightly different.  These are the right addresses.  You don't need a street number for Victoria Lodge, because once you are at Victoria Cross, it's obvious where Victoria Lodge is.   Obviously a house would have a number and a street name, but for a block of apartments you don't need this.  I'd say contact them anyway just to make sure.

Answer 2

There are no postcodes in Ireland, apart from some postal areas in Dublin City, and many places don't have numbers that correspond to where they are on a street or road.

"An apartment number, the name of the apartments, the road, Cork" will get anything safely to the right place. In fact, subsitute UCC for the road or street name will get things to the apartments too.

BTW, you're going to be depressed moving from Victoria Lodge to Castlewhite. Stay there if you can.

Edit: I think sometimes that things can get sent back if they don't have the right postcode in the US? Don't worry about that happening here. In a place the size of Cork, it is very easy to find the right place with little detail, and the system kind of expects vagueness in the addresses. I've never had a letter or parcel go missing yet.