Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Moving to Mulhuddart - Ladyswell new Parnell estate

  • 06-10-2012 9:03pm
    #1
    tomi21fl
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi

    We are planning to move to Mulhuddart new Parnell estate. Would like to know if that area is safe?

    Thanks
    Tagged:


«1

Comments

  • #2
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Have you been there? The immediate area hasnt got a great reputation.


  • #3
    green123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭green123


    mulhuddart had one of the worst reputations in dublin.
    some people say its not as bad now as it once was, im sure there will be a few of them along here soon.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055341153

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056161351


  • #4
    Scruffy Sandra
    Site Banned Posts: 27 ✭Scruffy Sandra


    "Moving to Mulhuddart"

    I'd rather be "Loading revolver to temple"

    At least the pain would be quick.


  • #5
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I live in Mulhuddart. Parnell is quiet and lovely. The are some undesirables hanging around the shops where Spar is.

    How many of you have actually lived in Mulhuddart to give their opinion on living there?


  • #6
    tomi21fl
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭tomi21fl


    Is it really that bad????

    Estate seems to be quiet, so were the surrounding areas. We drove around a bit.

    It cannot be worse than Tallaght and Clondalkin ?


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    tomi21fl if you want to PM me with any questions I can give you specific answers about the area. I've lived here for the past 20+ years.


  • #8
    amdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    Mulhuddart was practically a no-go zone approx 30 years ago.

    Okay so it hasn't miraculously turned into the best area in Dublin but it is relatively "grand" now.

    Tomi - where are you from originally? or where have you lived previously?
    We can then give you an idea of a comparison to those areas


  • #9
    amdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    tomi21fl wrote: »

    It cannot be worse than Tallaght and Clondalkin ?

    Personally I would take Mulhuddart over Tallaght & Clondalkin.

    IMO better amenities closer to you.
    Plus IMO better public transport.


  • #10
    Gaspode
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Regional North Mods, Regional West Moderators, Regional South East Moderators, Regional North East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 8,037 CMod ✭✭✭✭Gaspode


    Unhelpful smart-ass posts are of no use to the OP. Refrain from making them or you may be infracted and/or banned.


  • #11
    chucknorris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    The Parnell estate is generally quiet in fairness.

    Allot of local people have moved in from other estates in Blanchardstown and so it's good a good mix of locals.

    The likes of Wellview and Dromheath have reputations, but Parnell has been fine since it was completed to be fair.


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    babaracus
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭babaracus


    Dromheath is very dodgy indeed and its residents have caused a lot of trouble for people living in Castlecurragh. There are a few families in Dromheath who are serious criminals. There are an awful lot of hoody wearing teens hanging about the area too.

    Parnell might be ok but I wouldn't be keen on being so close to Dromheath and to a much lesser extent Wellview. Ladyswell never had a good rep.


  • #13
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    January wrote: »
    I live in Mulhuddart. Parnell is quiet and lovely. The are some undesirables hanging around the shops where Spar is.

    How many of you have actually lived in Mulhuddart to give their opinion on living there?

    Me too. I'm a blow in, been here ten years. It has changed a lot in the time I have been here re anti social behaviour, its nowhere near as bad as some people make it out to be.

    There are some parts I don't like and never venture in, most parts are fine. Parnell is nice, I walk my dogs there, lots of young families. The only thing that puts me off is the halting site its been built around, its a total disgrace.


  • #14
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Ohhh are you talking about Avondale? There's a site with like 4/5 houses up there, the travellers live there and the new houses are behind that. Parnell is the one down by the roundabout on Ladyswell Road.


  • #15
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    amdublin wrote: »
    Mulhuddart was practically a no-go zone approx 30 years ago.

    Mulhuddart 30 years ago was a little "village" of the pub the Texaco garage where the post office is now and Nelsons shop/shed where the garage is now.
    Wellview wasn't opened nor was Ladyswell (parts of Whitestown closest to the centre were still being built) so how it was a no go area is beyond me.


  • #16
    zef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 947 ✭✭✭zef


    I've lived in Mulhuddart 15 years, and have luckily never been robbed or had anything bad happen to us here, apart from the kids bikes being nicked one or twice, and even that was covered by insurance.


  • #17
    amdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    dickwod1 wrote: »
    Mulhuddart 30 years ago was a little "village" of the pub the Texaco garage where the post office is now and Nelsons shop/shed where the garage is now.
    Wellview wasn't opened nor was Ladyswell (parts of Whitestown closest to the centre were still being built) so how it was a no go area is beyond me.

    Hey did you read the rest of my post I am one of the supporters of muldhuddart!!

    One thing I remember when I lived in corduff thirty years ago is the amount of times the bus was pulled off because an incident in muldhuddart.


  • #18
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    January wrote: »
    Ohhh are you talking about Avondale? There's a site with like 4/5 houses up there, the travellers live there and the new houses are behind that. Parnell is the one down by the roundabout on Ladyswell Road.

    Sorry!! Yes that's the place I am thinking of. :o

    OP I live on the main road there just facing the houses in the Parnell Estate, its a quiet enough area. The Parnell estate is nice, a kids playground, a great little community centre and a few green areas for the kids if you have them. You have the huge field beside the estate which is great for walking or jogging.

    The bus stop into and out of town is just outside the estate too so you can commute easily enough.

    The only "hassle" we get is at weekends sometimes when people are walking home from clubs/pubs and can be a bit loud. But apart from that its fine. I jog around the area at night and feel safe.

    You have a Tesco Express down the road, two Spars, petrol station, chemists, hairdressers etc all within walking distance and Castlecurragh Park is just a walk away, plenty of schools in the area too.


  • #19
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    amdublin wrote: »
    Hey did you read the rest of my post I am one of the supporters of muldhuddart!!

    One thing I remember when I lived in corduff thirty years ago is the amount of times the bus was pulled off because an incident in muldhuddart.

    No probs! I just think your getting your dates mixed up AFAIK the bus (38A) didnt even go to Mulhuddart 30 years ago, The 70 from Dunboyne serviced Mulhuddart and the 38's last stop was Corduff.


  • #20
    eddie
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭eddie


    babaracus wrote: »
    Dromheath is very dodgy indeed and its residents have caused a lot of trouble for people living in Castlecurragh. There are a few families in Dromheath who are serious criminals. There are an awful lot of hoody wearing teens hanging about the area too.

    Parnell might be ok but I wouldn't be keen on being so close to Dromheath and to a much lesser extent Wellview. Ladyswell never had a good rep.

    You need to be very careful when making blanket statements like that.. I have friends living in Dromheath and you could not meet nicer people. Through them I know some of their neighbours again lovely people... YES there is a dodgy element but there are also a great many decent, law abiding, good people.

    Eddie


  • #21
    babaracus
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭babaracus


    eddie wrote: »
    You need to be very careful when making blanket statements like that.. I have friends living in Dromheath and you could not meet nicer people. Through them I know some of their neighbours again lovely people... YES there is a dodgy element but there are also a great many decent, law abiding, good people.

    Eddie

    In fairness I should have said "some of the residents" rather than "the residents" so apologies. Yes there are some good people there without doubt but there is also a large element of troublemakers and some involved in crimes of a lot more serious nature. I wouldn't live in that estate if you paid me. It has a bad rep for 20 years and it is not undeserved. I feel sorry for the good people who live there.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Majority of posters on this issue haven't spent a week there so your opinion is invalid.
    I've lived there 19 years, no hassle at all in that time. The 20-30 year old criminals have relocated/died and the only hassle now is the 10-13 year olds flying around wellview on their field bikes.
    Parnell is probably as quiet as it comes in Mulhuddart followed closely by Avondale.


  • #23
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    Hello guys.

    I'm moving in to Ireland in 22nd January, and I'll be seeing an apartment in Parnell Estate witch seems lovely. As I read through the major of the posts here I can't make up my mind as if I should be worried or not about this area.

    I'm going to work in Blanchardtown Corporate Park, can anyone advise me on a good location in that area?

    Thank you very much :D


  • #24
    ameee
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭ameee


    Lived in castlecurragh for a few years found it alright. The kids could play safely on the road with there friends we had some very good neighbours. Car was broken into three times now that could have been as it was an old car with no alarm. There was a bit of a problem with break ins. Its very close to welview which has a very bad reputation. The council have twenty odd houses there empty that no one on the housing list Will take. As for parnell i don't know much about it looks nice and seems quite off on its own so might be ok. No harm asking a local guard what the story is


  • #25
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    ameee wrote: »
    Lived in castlecurragh for a few years found it alright. The kids could play safely on the road with there friends we had some very good neighbours. Car was broken into three times now that could have been as it was an old car with no alarm. There was a bit of a problem with break ins. Its very close to welview which has a very bad reputation. The council have twenty odd houses there empty that no one on the housing list Will take. As for parnell i don't know much about it looks nice and seems quite off on its own so might be ok. No harm asking a local guard what the story is
    There are not 20 houses boarded up in Well view.


  • #26
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    January wrote: »
    There are not 20 houses boarded up in Well view.

    There is at least 10, I was up there 1 week ago.


  • #27
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    7 I think. Can count tomorrow I live in Wellview


  • #28
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Yep, there's 7 now.


  • #29
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    Thank you all, I'll keep looking in to gather more info about the area.

    I'm from Portugal and I can't go there personally now unfortunately. I'll only have about 3 or 4 days to find an apartment once i get to Dublin and I'm trying to do as much work as I can from here.

    Again thanks.


  • #30
    wildlifeboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭wildlifeboy


    get an apartment in waterville. close to blanch corporate park. you may need to cycle or use one of the courtesy buses but i personally wouldnt go near mulhudart either. see i cant even spell it.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    wildlifeboy wrote: »
    get an apartment in waterville. close to blanch corporate park. you may need to cycle or use one of the courtesy buses but i personally wouldnt go near mulhudart either. see i cant even spell it.

    LOL, thank you for the advice :D


  • #32
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,896 ✭✭✭Polar101


    Tyrrellstown would probably suit as well, not far from the corporate park.


  • #33
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    Polar101 wrote: »
    Tyrrellstown would probably suit as well, not far from the corporate park.

    Yeah, I've seen some pretty cool apartments in Tyrrelstown. The only thing that bothers me about it is that it seems a bit isolated.


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Joao71 wrote: »
    Yeah, I've seen some pretty cool apartments in Tyrrelstown. The only thing that bothers me about it is that it seems a bit isolated.
    Tyrellstown is a lovely area. Not really that isolated, it's 15 minutes from Blanch shopping centre, it has Lidl, supervalu, diy shop, pet shop, bmi gym, aurora restaurant, medical centre etc. Good bus routes (238 to Shopping centre, 40D and 38C to City Centre most via the business park.


  • #35
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    supervalu,

    Superquinn? or has it changed?

    +1 also for Tyrrelstown


  • #36
    Staplor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Staplor


    My mates bird grew up there, (Mulhuddart) some of the stuff she told me was mental. Once saw a skip on fire at 2am in an estate. Only time I've ever seen a skip on fire, I must have been at her house about 10 times max.


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    Staplor wrote: »
    Only time I've ever seen a skip on fire,
    LOL
    Joao71 wrote: »
    I'm moving in to Ireland in 22nd January, and I'll be seeing an apartment in Parnell Estate witch seems lovely. :D
    So seems as long as you dont hire a skip you'll be fine, you'll keep away those skip burning savages in Mulhuddart


  • #38
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    dickwod1 wrote: »
    LOL

    So seems as long as you dont hire a skip you'll be fine, you'll keep away those skip burning savages in Mulhuddart

    What is a skip? :)

    Anyway, I think I'm going to focus on Tyrrelstown.
    Thank you for all the advice :D


  • #39
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    Joao71 wrote: »
    What is a skip? :)

    skipr.png
    Good luck with everything :)


  • #40
    Joao71
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Joao71


    dickwod1 wrote: »
    skipr.png
    [/URL]

    Ok, now I get it ;)


  • #41
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,888 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Mulhuddart was a rural village on the very outskirts of Dublin 30 years ago. It wasn't developed enough back then to have a reputation one way or the other. Development of the estates at Huntstown immediately to the south was just beginning but nothing to the North of the village existed then.

    Some of the estates to the North of Mulhuddart have a bad reputation - IMO the best places to live in and around Mulhuddart would be Mulhuddart Wood, Ashfield, Tyrrellstown (really a separate area now) Huntstown, Castlecurragh and Saddlers estate.


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    Wils110
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Wils110


    The area is nice quitened down alot the last five years OP but make sure you get a good survey on the house as some the properties towards the river have suffered massive movement in foundations best of luck


  • #43
    chucknorris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Tyrellstown is a lovely area. Not really that isolated, it's 15 minutes from Blanch shopping centre, it has Lidl, supervalu, diy shop, pet shop, bmi gym, aurora restaurant, medical centre etc. Good bus routes (238 to Shopping centre, 40D and 38C to City Centre most via the business park.



    If you run like a Greyhound or happen to jump on a bus the second you arrive at the Bus stop.

    It is a 45 minute walk to the center. It's 15 minutes by car with traffic in mind and roughly the same by bus (but longer when you factor in the waiting time for the bus).

    Sorry for being Anal but Tyrellstown is regarded generally as isolated from the greater Blanchardstown area due to the stretch between it and Mulhuddart village. Again, if you have a car this doesn't apply of course.


  • #44
    zef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 947 ✭✭✭zef


    Would agree Mulhuddart Wood estate, Ashfield, Briarwood, Huntstown, Village heights and the Saddlers are nice places to live. Never had any hassle & have nice neighbours who would keep their eye on yr house if ya were away etc. There are 2 developments of lux apts at the 'end' of Mulhuddart - Canturbury Gate and can't rem the name of the other, but they are very quiet too.

    Personally I wouldn't be mad on Tyrellstown, its a bit far out. Or Parnell estates- I know they're new but my friend was stabbed over near that area and she has not been right since, and had to leave a council house over it.


  • #45
    markas
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 180 ✭✭markas


    zef wrote: »
    Would agree Mulhuddart Wood estate, Ashfield, Briarwood, Huntstown, Village heights and the Saddlers are nice places to live.

    Just last weekend I had a walk in so called green park along Tolka.. I must say it is a very convinient litter damping facility for those nice people living in the neighbourhood.
    +1 for the area!


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    chucknorris wrote: »
    If you run like a Greyhound or happen to jump on a bus the second you arrive at the Bus stop.

    It is a 45 minute walk to the center. It's 15 minutes by car with traffic in mind and roughly the same by bus (but longer when you factor in the waiting time for the bus).

    Sorry for being Anal but Tyrellstown is regarded generally as isolated from the greater Blanchardstown area due to the stretch between it and Mulhuddart village. Again, if you have a car this doesn't apply of course.

    15 minutes in a bus or car, buses aren't that bad in Tyrrelstown. It's isolated from Blanch as a whole but not really from the shopping centre in fairness.
    Most annoying thing is being so far away from train stations :mad:


  • #47
    markas
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 180 ✭✭markas


    Deleted User wrote: »
    15 minutes in a bus or car, buses aren't that bad in Tyrrelstown. It's isolated from Blanch as a whole but not really from the shopping centre in fairness.
    Most annoying thing is being so far away from train stations :mad:


    Such is the nature of train stations - they cannot pop out in any location.
    But there is a remedy for that - two minibuses would do. It is probably not a sustainable business just for Tyrellstown residential area, but on the other hand, it is an excellent location if the business/industrial parks aroud are taken into account. It is probably too complex from legal/formal point of view. But mini-bus taxi drives could pick up the idea, if supperted by the locals (both businesses and residents), I think
    Some promotion to make it moving.. Do you think people would use such connection? How many are commuting to the city daily and a train could be a good alternative for them?


  • #48
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,896 ✭✭✭Polar101


    markas wrote: »
    I think
    Some promotion to make it moving.. Do you think people would use such connection? How many are commuting to the city daily and a train could be a good alternative for them?

    It'd be faster to get the 40D to town. The business parks already have private buses organized for people to get to city centre, so they wouldn't need a connection to the train station.


  • #49
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    chucknorris wrote: »
    It's 15 minutes by car with traffic in mind and roughly the same by bus (but longer when you factor in the waiting time for the bus).

    It's only really like that at rush hour in the evenings, and even at that not every evening.
    chucknorris wrote: »
    but Tyrellstown is regarded generally as isolated from the greater Blanchardstown area due to the stretch between it and Mulhuddart village.


    Some people see that as a bonus.


  • #50
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    markas wrote: »
    <SNIP>
    I see your other thread with that Facebook link was closed. Is that why you posted it again here?


  • #51
    chucknorris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    It's only really like that at rush hour in the evenings, and even at that not every evening.




    Some people see that as a bonus.

    I've a bro and a sis in Tyrellstown and they find it a negative.


  • Advertisement
This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement