Whats the worst area in dublin?

dubtom · 08-11-2007 11:41pm

samantha27 wrote: »

Why cant they get out all the known scumbags to the corpo and ship them off to an island for scumbags and let them all rob and fight each other.

This was already done in an early 90's movie,scumbag island I think it was called. The hero was from hollywood in county down and saved the day in the end,ah it was great.

david1two3 · 12-11-2007 1:50am

Oxfrock used to be very dangerous and then my family moved ouver to Galway. It was hilarious, we apparently had teddy boys (1971) and I was told if I ever went to the other side of Clonkeen rd I would be robbed and murdered. Im quite sure the other children were getting their inside information on local crime directly from their parents. Things got out of hand when I was informed that this hard boy from Monkstown was going to turn up and he would hang us from a tree by ours nutz. When Conleth did make an appearance I laughed internally as even though he had a boys name he was super sissy and used to eat girls cornflakes for breakfast.

I stayed in the Bags of fun flats with a load of junkies in 1977 and although it was quite scary(vivid imagination) it wasnt half as dangerous as the local nick where I had a drunk car thief offering me a go on his magic flute from the opposite cell.The desk sargeant came up to the door with his finger to his lips and made a wild swipe with his truncheon onto the drunks truncheon which by now was happy to see me and would have to be reclassified as a dangerous weapon. I have to point out a this stage that I was very pretty and had shoulder lenght hair. The drunk had been arrested trying to break into an Austin 11/1300 by unlocking the drivers side door, the arresting officer couldnt contain himself as he told all in audible range that the passenger door was unlocked.I think of it now and am amazed that the sargeant missed because the power he exerted could easily have amputated the poor fellow whose last joyful moment before his instant sex change would have been a fourteen year old lady boy playing hard to get and therein after impossible to have. I have never told of this incident before nor do I think will I again , I wouldnt consider it a case of police b*utality as the offending officer was probably jealous and it just got a bit out of hand, luckily not so much as to have to be sown back on. My junky pill popping zoombees had managed to spectacularly fook up a chemist break in they had done the night before, hi Paul ,hi Steo .They got the drugs but couldnt wait and only one of them got back to the car, he was found in the car unconscious and the other three were paved out all over the place. It demonstrates the power of addiction ,that they could not wait five or ten minutes to get somewhere safe. In all the times I was with them on the run from home I never really felt in danger except on one occasion when I was being jokingly set up one night for oral duties by two of the boys. My lack of enthusiasm was such that I suspect they too had fear of amputation. If you have a livid menageration I hope the bird is on hand for to bush.

nannou4 · 13-11-2007 10:15pm

...What?

Neilstown..Darndale dirty scum holes

df1985 · 14-11-2007 1:48pm

i would have said ballymun a few years back but its not as bad as it was, still not great by any means.think its a tossup between clondalkin,finglas and coolock/darndale/donaghmede now.nicest area i think is foxrock around westminster road.

doonothing · 14-11-2007 10:57pm

coolock!? you mad! i know i live in the nicest part of the area, but it's definitely not among the worst areas of dublin!

darndale, edenmore or finglas, it has to be!

raheny red · 15-11-2007 10:32am

doonothing wrote: »

coolock!? you mad! i know i live in the nicest part of the area, but it's definitely not among the worst areas of dublin!

darndale, edenmore or finglas, it has to be!

15-20 years yes, not anymore though. You can safely walk around the shops at night and won't get any hassle!

spurious · 15-11-2007 5:18pm

raheny red wrote: »

You can safely walk around the shops at night and won't get any hassle!

Which is true of almost any area in Dublin.
Oh dear - no 'worst' area (again).

latenia · 15-11-2007 5:34pm

For dereliction, drug addiction, crime and just sheer squalor it has to be this area:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.341034,-6.284802&spn=0.005765,0.014591&z=16&om=1

Most people probably aren't familiar with Basin St because it's a dead-end but believe me it makes Sheriff St look like Foxrock.

Gaspode · 15-11-2007 8:57pm

raheny red wrote: »

15-20 years yes, not anymore though. You can safely walk around the shops at night and won't get any hassle!

Ah in fairness now you'll surely get some hassle, esp outside Eugene's late at night!

Edenmore aint so bad now it's true but I wouldnt move back there. It hasnt settled down nearly enough yet.

dont know where the earlier poster was coming from with the Edenmore/Coolock/donaghmede comments, I've been in far far worse areas.

uberwolf · 15-11-2007 9:02pm

latenia wrote: »

For dereliction, drug addiction, crime and just sheer squalor it has to be this area:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.341034,-6.284802&spn=0.005765,0.014591&z=16&om=1

Most people probably aren't familiar with Basin St because it's a dead-end but believe me it makes Sheriff St look like Foxrock.

I live near there, have strolled down the street.
Meh.

Queue on Thursday mornings is out the door in the post office, but didn't think much of the street tbh.

The Chessplayer · 15-11-2007 9:12pm

Any soulless suburb full of council estates is horrible, e.g. Tallaght, Ballyfermott, Darndale, Ballymun etc. Inner city is not too bad, hence apartments in the city hold their value much better as people like to live as close to town as possible. Most people would rather live beside the flats in the Liberties or up in Drumcondra than beside a kenacker estate in the middle of nowhere, e.g. Jobstown. Those places are just out of control...and you have nowhere to run to

mikemac · 15-11-2007 9:16pm

The Chessplayer wrote: »

Most people would rather live beside the flats in the Liberties or up in Drumcondra than beside a kenacker estate in the middle of nowhere, e.g. Jobstown.

I'm in Drumcondra and can't think of any flats in the area?
Where are you referring to?

Are you confusing Drumcondra with Ballybough?

Gaspode · 15-11-2007 9:21pm

micmclo wrote: »

I'm in Drumcondra and can't think of any flats in the area?
Where are you referring to?
Are you confusing Drumcondra with Ballybough?

Flats = Apartments = Flats in dub speak. Arent there apartments in Drumcondra?

15-11-2007 9:27pm

deswalsh wrote: »

Flats = Apartments = Flats in dub speak. Arent there apartments in Drumcondra?

None that I know of.

The Chessplayer · 15-11-2007 9:27pm

micmclo wrote: »

I'm in Drumcondra and can't think of any flats in the area?
Where are you referring to?
Are you confusing Drumcondra with Ballybough?

Drumcondra's grand. Just making the point that inner city living is the way to go. Even Summerhill has been gentrified to a huge degree. I remember walking through about 7 or 8 years ago and thinking it resembled Sao Paolo, but nowadays every spare bit of land has been filled in with private apartment blocks, and alot of the notorious blocks of flat have been torn down. The knacks are fleeing to the fringes. Yuppies are slowly but surely taking over the north inner city. It's great

mikemac · 15-11-2007 9:31pm

deswalsh wrote: »

Flats = Apartments = Flats in dub speak. Arent there apartments in Drumcondra?

In culchie speak flats and apartments are radically different things both on a design level and a social class level.
It's like we speak an entirely different language.

Fair point Chessplayer, Drumcondra is a great area and has no business being in this thread.
Edit: Inner city Dublin is within the canals and Drumcondra is outside this.
Loads of work going on in Summerhill but still has a long way to go imo

Carpenter · 15-11-2007 9:50pm

latchyco wrote: »

My family move from ballyfermot to rathfarnham way back in the 70s , worst thing we could have done ,i hated the place ...yes its got nice scenery around rathfarnham..nice mountains,parks etc, and some wonderful people ,but some of the lowest lowlifes also live in that area and surrounding suburbs (churchtown ,sandyford , ballinteer) and it was a case of better the devil you know as far as i was concerned.
At least you knew who was who in ballyer ,but i suppose that was then .....ah well ,just my slant on it ....

rant over.

You poor little person you don't have a clue you should have stayed in ballyfermot.
I have lived in Sandyford for 20 years now and never seen any hassle .
Can you say the same about ballyfermot.

doonothing · 16-11-2007 3:23am

deswalsh wrote: »

Ah in fairness now you'll surely get some hassle, esp outside Eugene's late at night!
Edenmore aint so bad now it's true but I wouldnt move back there. It hasnt settled down nearly enough yet.

dont know where the earlier poster was coming from with the Edenmore/Coolock/donaghmede comments, I've been in far far worse areas.

edenmore is still pretty damn dodgy! it's easier for me to count the times i havent had hassle than the times i have! i know it's a while ago, but in scouts, anytime the door was open in flew a firework or banger!

coolock and donaghmede are definitely fine now...

stoneybatter is pretty dodgy at the wrong time of the night! ie, closing time!

marmajam · 16-11-2007 1:43pm

Rathgar is evil. People are horrible there.

lightening · 16-11-2007 2:32pm

doonothing wrote: »

but in scouts, anytime the door was open in flew a firework or banger!

In fairness, I could think of worse things happening to you.

Nothing in Dublin compares with the estate in Limerick where house prices are 15K.

John Mason · 16-11-2007 3:10pm

you better stick fairview down now due to random bombs, rapes and beatings

Gaspode · 19-11-2007 12:20am

You know, I think I can settle this thread for once and for all. The worse place in Dublin has got to be anywhere on the M50.

nannou4 · 20-11-2007 6:49pm

Yes there are a few hard areas near the m50 but the inner city would destroy them in toughness tbh.

Sliced pan · 03-12-2007 12:26pm

In my opinion
Northside=
Corduff in Blanchardstown and the estates south west of it.
South/West Finglas very tough places.
O' Devaney's Gardens is it still their
Parts of Ballymun most of it is grand except up by Poppintree
Kilmore
Darndale/Priorswood all around their do ye call it north coolock
Summerhill
Sheriff Street/Sevilla Place

Southside=
West Tallaght which includes Jobstown, Killinarden, Brookfield and Fettercairn
North Clondalkin
Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot the rest isn't to bad anymore
Fatima Mansions worth a mension even though its gone
Maybe lower Crumlin and parts of Drimnagh
Thomas Street/Marrowbone lane
A few places off cork street like teresa's Gardens

I feel sorry for Ballybrack and Sallynoggin stuck in the middle of all those posh muppets

and Id love to know where you can buy a house for 15k in Limerick when in the worst area's like Galvone or Moyross you can sell your house to the council for around 100k. Its like saying the same about Jobstown or Darndale people living in ****holes find it hard to sell privatly so have to sell to the council.

here.from.day.1 · 04-12-2007 4:48pm

nannou4 wrote: »

Yes there are a few hard areas near the m50 but the inner city would destroy them in toughness tbh.

I think he meant the traffic.. :mad:

mox54 · 04-12-2007 7:44pm

All the above are pretty piss poor locations, I'm a redneck who works in Dublin and get around the city a lot, Dolphins Barn has to be hitting first spot or very near it but the worst of Dublin is a serene parkland compared to moyross in Limerick and I've been there too - It's awful and should be bombed off the face of the earth:mad: together with it's occupants!!

lightening · 05-12-2007 12:31pm

I'm with you. I lived in one of the areas above, not half as bad as Sliced Pan makes it out to be. He left out areas much worse than mentioned.

An Citeog · 05-12-2007 1:27pm

irishbird wrote: »

you better stick fairview down now due to random bombs, rapes and beatings

That's just Fairview Park tbh. I'd never set foot in that place after dark, even during the day it can be dodgy. It's basically where East Wall, Ballybough and Fairview all meet. Barcode is allegedly in Clontarf aswell and adjoins the edge of Fairview Park, so you can add Clontarf to the list there.

lightening · 05-12-2007 1:59pm

An Citeog wrote: »

That's just Fairview Park tbh. I'd never set foot in that place after dark, even during the day it can be dodgy. It's basically where East Wall, Ballybough and Fairview all meet. Barcode is allegedly in Clontarf aswell and adjoins the edge of Fairview Park, so you can add Clontarf to the list there.

What city park would you go in to at night? Central Park in New York, Gorky Park in Moscow? I wouldn't chance it anywhere. Barcode is in Clontarf, doesn't make it a "worst area". A girl was raped and killed lately in Galway. Was that in a terrible area?

Sliced pan · 05-12-2007 3:32pm

I know I left out a few its hard to mention them all, which ones did you not agree on Lightning. Yeah I know Moyross had the highest crimes recorded for an estate in 2006 in ireland don't know about 2005 still trying to find out and it was Jobstown in 2004

greatgoal · 05-12-2007 7:56pm

wellview or dromheath in mulhuddert.

Wishbone Ash · 06-12-2007 1:07am

Sliced pan wrote: »

In my opinion
Northside=.........
.......................Sheriff Street

Perhaps a few years ago but have you been down there lately? It's practically a building site with new apartments, the Point Village etc. It also has free parking along the street.

lightening · 06-12-2007 10:29am

Yeah, I lived there for 12 years. Its not all that bad.

Sliced pan · 06-12-2007 3:01pm

I suppose I haven't been on sheriff street since I worked their about 4 years ago never had any hasle their myself. I was goin by what I thought a ****hole was crime, drug addicts, run down ness, scumbags not shams real scumbags, lack of facilities and dirt.

lightening · 06-12-2007 4:15pm

Where exactly did you work?

Sliced pan · 06-12-2007 5:02pm

I dabbled in security for a while horrible job but as i said I had no problems in Sheriff Street I think its lower sheriff street I was on, closest part to busarus?

lightening · 06-12-2007 6:56pm

Yeah, I guess it can be a bit drap around there. I wouldn't put it down as one of the worst areas. Most of the city centre is pretty gentle compared with other cities. Its those huge huge estates on the outskirts that would worry me. You know the type, massive green areas, no trees, some houses boarded up, scorch marks up the walls, sh*te graffiti, burnt out cars, big, intimidating groups of complete scangers, the younger the scarier. As you say, the "real scumbags" probably wouldn't be bothered with you or me. Its the groups of younger ones that feel they need to prove something that scares me.

Sliced pan · 07-12-2007 10:20am

Just like where im from.

arsalanoovf · 11-02-2008 10:16pm

in my opinion some of the worst places can be:

Carduf in Blanchardstown a real ****hole
Some areas around fairview park

and what do u ppl think of balyogan ?????

Gavin "shels" · 12-02-2008 2:53am

Sliced pan wrote: »

Thomas Street/Marrowbone lane
A few places off cork street like teresa's Gardens

Thomas St is only bad because of the surrouding areas, Oliver Bond, Victor St flats, the Coombe and Teresas Gardens.

Teresa's Gardens is one of the worst parts of the south-side, living 2 minutes from it for 17 years its a horrible place *counts down the days till it's demolished*.

gurramok · 12-02-2008 10:33am

Like Chamber st flats on Cork st, talk about Beirut, just as well they are being demolished.

Gavin "shels" · 13-02-2008 2:24am

gurramok wrote: »

Like Chamber st flats on Cork st, talk about Beirut, just as well they are being demolished.

Chamber St aren't that bad, I've walked through them many times. Walking through Teresa's Gardens is no go, even the Gardai have only started doing walking trips through it.

AckwelFoley · 13-02-2008 2:26am

The Parliment Buildings.

estebancambias · 13-02-2008 2:47am

Loughlinstown(deep inside the estate) the houses make Calcutta look nice.

Rum&Coke · 15-02-2008 12:36am

-Dun Laoghaire I believe is seriously underrated. Its the second most populated area in Co. Dublin (Dublin itself coming first) and most likely to become a city in the next decade or so. The Dun Laoghaire county council has seemed to devote all its effort to help buisnesses and construction companies which supply money for the council. Which basically means that the working class areas and in the surroundings of Dun Laoghaire are given little attention and are neglected. Areas Dun Laoghaire folk will be familiar with like Sallynoggin, Ballybrack, Loughlinstown, Monkstown, Mounttown, central Dun Laoghaire, Glasthule etc. have recieved little funding or help from the council. Im talking not only about ****ed up streets and petty anti social behaviour but drug and violence problems. Anybody who walks through derelict areas around Dun Laoghaire know themselves that they are absolute ****holes.
-But aside from Dun Laoghaire I would agree that outer city areas like Darndale, Jobstown, Finglas etc are definetly up there as the worst Dublin has to offer. The North inner city, east wall and Bray also have shabby parts.

The Chessplayer · 16-02-2008 8:29pm

Firhouse - is there a more dreary suburb?

berliner · 06-04-2008 11:23pm

Ballyfermot is one depressing kip.Anywhere there's council houses/flats should be avoided at all costs.

Collie D · 07-04-2008 11:18am

berliner wrote: »

Anywhere there's council houses/flats should be avoided at all costs.

And in one sentence you've summed up why I hate these threads

berliner · 07-04-2008 10:35pm

Collie D wrote: »

And in one sentence you've summed up why I hate these threads

It's the truth.Maybe you live in la la land because in the real world council estates and flats are by and large dog rough.:mad:

Latchy · 07-04-2008 10:41pm

Collie D wrote: »

And in one sentence you've summed up why I hate these threads

+ 10 .Not so long ago about 15 years ago or so , a large population of ireland lived in council houses /estates and were glad to do so to

Whats the worst area in dublin?

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