John, if the residents are threatening the law on you, I'd go to Maynooth garda station and ask if the road is private and mention you had parked legally but you were worried in case it got escalated and your car got damaged.
this way you'll know a) if it's a private estate b) if you have a run in with a resident in the future you'll have some backup; obviously don't confront anybody in a way that would make the situation worse.
If it's a public road, any parking fine is small ( was EUR19) and you'll be able to drive away immediately if you are caught. Also if it's a public road the residents have no more right to park there than you under normal circumstances. If the residents have bought more cars than room it just shows more symptoms of the poor planning we do in Ireland.
Also following on from Derek's pessimism about transport and politico's, the biggest issue to affect the minister for transport, including calls for him to resign because a privately owned airline will only fly from co clare to one airport in london, while it's main shareholder flys to two other ones.....
also a railway line between Athenry and Ennis is being built before any Dublin improvements...
lastly on a positive note, you could try touring around maynooth to find some parking further away - you're coming a distance anyway an extra quarter mile of a walk isn't going to break the bank completely. how far is your walk at the city end? most people wouldn't think up to 20 mins as overly excesive, if it's not too far for you, you could try and see how it goes. That said, I don't know anything about maynooth so this may be completely useless advice.
The fact the note used the word police seems a bit odd - It would definitely lead me to brazen it out and park legally until something happened but thats my particular imp of the perverse.
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