Donaghmede?

daithiolabhrai

What kind of area is Donaghmede...is it working-class, posh, in between, or what? Is it a bit of a kip, or nice?

I've never heard of it, being a Southsider, but may be offered a job there soon so I was just curious.

admiralofthefleet

it would be more 'posh' than 'working class', a decent area. whereabouts on the southside are you?

daithiolabhrai

terenure...and I know it's a million miles away and all, but hey it's a recession!

admiralofthefleet

it would be like kimmage so. more upper than lower.

daithiolabhrai

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it would be like kimmage so. more upper than lower.

ah okay! thank you very much!

admiralofthefleet

daithiolabhrai wrote: »

ah okay! thank you very much!

no bother, a good way of getting there would be to get to rathmines and get the 128 to tesco on the malahide road then walk to donahmede. im in the same boat as you i live in raheny but work in harolds cross

Drummerboy2

Donaghmede is a working class area. Its where Roddy dowly based his trilogy on, Commitments, Snapper and the Van. Plenty of facilities there

daithiolabhrai

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

no bother, a good way of getting there would be to get to rathmines and get the 128 to tesco on the malahide road then walk to donahmede. im in the same boat as you i live in raheny but work in harolds cross

ah thats very helpful thank you very much! ha if only we could swap houses!

admiralofthefleet

Drummerboy2 wrote: »

Donaghmede is a working class area. Its where Roddy dowly based his trilogy on, Commitments, Snapper and the Van. Plenty of facilities there

thats kilbarrack!

dubmick

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it would be more 'posh' than 'working class', a decent area. whereabouts on the southside are you?

Have a drink in the Donaghmede Inn and tell me it's posh!

Dante

It would be a working-class area compared to Pormarnock, Malahide or Howth but upper-class compared to Darndale, Coolock or Finglas if that clarifies anything for you!

donaghs

Depends where in Donaghmede you'll be based. There are some old council estates nearby like Millbrook and St. Donaghs which tend to attract more trouble. And Kilbarrack is just across the road. You can get the Dart to Howth Junction and walk up to the Shopping Centre and see what you think. My experience of the area is that it's grand, but there's the odd gang of skangers around, and a good few "wannabe" skangers too.

Táck

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

It would be a working-class area compared to Pormarnock, Malahide or Howth but upper-class compared to Darndale, Coolock or Finglas if that clarifies anything for you!

nail on head

Degsy

donaghs wrote: »

Depends where in Donaghmede you'll be based. There are some old council estates nearby like Millbrook and St. Donaghs which tend to attract more trouble. And Kilbarrack is just across the road. You can get the Dart to Howth Junction and walk up to the Shopping Centre and see what you think. My experience of the area is that it's grand, but there's the odd gang of skangers around, and a good few "wannabe" skangers too.

Its the wannabe scangers that make certain parts of it unpleasant.
I'm from there originally and i've seen blokes with two culchie parents suddenly pretending to talk like junkies after they hit 17.
I would say to avoid st donaghs,millbrook and streamville as they contain actual scangers and they can be quite rough.
The area around the church like grangemore and the donahies are better areas than the roads near the shopping centre as these have lanes at the back of them.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I can't add much to whats been posted.

Avoid Howth Junction DART station after dark, and avoid parking anywhere close by.

The shopping centre isn't bad, but avoid Kilbarrack S.C. at all costs.

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humberklog

Nothing wrong with the Donaghmede inn. Good laugh to be had daytime and night time.

Degsy

humberklog wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the Donaghmede inn. Good laugh to be had daytime and night time.

I've seen rows in that place about ten times,including a glassing.

Masada

welcome to irish pub culture.


Donaghmede is a decent area though, you could do much worse. there's night security guards on the dart station at howth junction I believe.

admiralofthefleet

humberklog wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the Donaghmede inn. Good laugh to be had daytime and night time.

totally agree with you

Degsy wrote: »

I've seen rows in that place about ten times,including a glassing.

happens in 99% of pubs at some stage

WindSock

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

It would be a working-class area compared to Pormarnock, Malahide or Howth but upper-class compared to Darndale, Coolock or Finglas if that clarifies anything for you!

Yeah it's a working class place all right

It's not too bad a place. A few of the tracksuit stuffed into socks brigade that hang around but thats about it really.

gurramok

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it would be more 'posh' than 'working class', a decent area. whereabouts on the southside are you?

God help the OP! :eek:

Goto the Donaghmede shopping centre and see for yourself OP.

arybvtcw0eolkf

gurramok wrote: »

God help the OP! :eek:

Goto the Donaghmede shopping centre and see for yourself OP.

I dare you to try Kilbarrack S.C. or (god forbid) Northside S.C.

humberklog

Degsy wrote: »

I've seen rows in that place about ten times,including a glassing.

Not too shabby an average.

I've only been in it 6 times (over two years and at different times of the day) and had a good laugh each time...there you go.

But Degsy how many of those fights did you start?:pac:

highdef

Reid Sour Production wrote: »

I dare you to try Kilbarrack S.C. or (god forbid) Northside S.C.

Better still, try Ballymun SC!!! :eek:

samurai kebab

Donaghmede is fine in general. I'd get the bus if I was you though either the 128 or 29a will leave you beside the shopping centre and on a main road outside the shopping centre so safe enough. If you don't know the area I'd avoid getting the dart especially late as it can get a bit crazy around the dart station at times. This thread has reminded me of some bad times got a flick baton to the eye from a loada lads drom donaghmede and edenmore a few years ago and a wine bottle bounced off me noggin at the ballymun sc but don't worry OP im guessing the job is in and around the SC and thats grand only gets a bit dodgy late at night and by that time you should be long home.

sdanseo

Reid Sour Production wrote: »

I can't add much to whats been posted.

Avoid Howth Junction DART station after dark, and avoid parking anywhere close by.

The shopping centre isn't bad, but avoid Kilbarrack S.C. at all costs.

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Ah no need really. From Malahide myself (stop sneering now) but ive relations in Kilbarrack - well, they like to call it Raheny but you could spit on Kilbarrack Fire Station - and Im in that shopping centre often. Might be a little under par for a SC these days but never had an ounce of trouble and the security keep the locals on a tight leash. I've seen more antisocial behaviour outside my local shop in Malahide, if I'm honest. Deadly chipper too.

OP - Donaghmede is as said above (but with slightly less generalisation :P ) somewhere in between Malahide and Coolock, both geographically and socially.

samurai kebab

Are you talking about the tescos in Kilbarrack? Just cause I'd say it was greendale shops he was talking about over the other side of Kilbarrack I hate those shops there like a beacon calling to the scum of the area :mad: I think it's the big field attached to the shops that make it a popular spot, the tesco etc are grand tbh.

arybvtcw0eolkf

highdef wrote: »

Better still, try Ballymun SC!!! :eek:

Probably the cleanest S.C. I've seen, puts most other's to shame.

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sdanseo

samurai kebab wrote: »

Are you talking about the tescos in Kilbarrack? Just cause I'd say it was greendale shops he was talking about over the other side of Kilbarrack I hate those shops there like a beacon calling to the scum of the area :mad: I think it's the big field attached to the shops that make it a popular spot, the tesco etc are grand tbh.

Nah its Kilbarrack SC where tesco is we're on about - I presume.

The Master

humberklog wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the Donaghmede inn. Good laugh to be had daytime and night time.

I'm in there pretty much every day*

Fantastic pub, good staff, nice pint.

Hasn't been a fight in there in years



*I don't work there

tony231974

Could be worse you could of got a job in Bayside! Now thats a
kip and a half. :eek:

RaverRo808

Donaghmeade is a bog standard working class area,it wouldnt be a working class area in the same vein as the likes of Crumlin,Finglas or Ballyfermot,it would be nicer and have more money floating about then these areas

TarfHead

tony231974 wrote: »

Could be worse you could of got a job in Bayside! Now thats a kip and a half. :eek:

Getting a job in Bayside could be an achievement, given that there are only a couple of businesses there !

The stock of Donaghmede has increased with the opening of the new Father Collins Park. It's a brilliant facility - I just hope that some of the gurriers hanging around there don't reduce it to a smoking ruin We paid a visit on Friday night and were treated to the spectacle of 5 Gardai trying to suppress some teenage girl who was screaming obscenities at them and then tried to smash her way out of the paddywagon once they got her in there.

Degsy

TarfHead wrote: »

gurriers hanging around there don't reduce it to a smoking ruin We paid a visit on Friday night and were treated to the spectacle of 5 Gardai trying to suppress some teenage girl who was screaming obscenities at them and then tried to smash her way out of the paddywagon once they got her in there.

Arseholes..the area is riddled wit them.

jkmanc1974

Lived in the Donahies for a couple of years, good enough spot all in all - and the Donaghmede Inn was across the road, good spot for a few pints(great pub for watching the footy!) but the shopping centre does tend to attract the local clowns....

Brgds
Johnny

samurai kebab

tony231974 wrote: »

Could be worse you could of got a job in Bayside! Now thats a
kip and a half. :eek:

I don't quite know if you're being serious but what in gods name is wrong with bayside?Clearly a step or two above donaghmede,Baldoyle or Kilbarrack(not that they're bad really) which all surround it. Really just a generally wrong comment as Baysides a decent area.

Volvoboy

Born bread and butterd in Donaghmede, love the area.

P_1

Was in Fr Collins Park the other day.
I must say it looks fantastic, certainly a far cry from the muddy GAA pitches i recall growing up there.
Hopefully it'll survive the 'involvements' of the local heads.

TarfHead

samurai kebab wrote: »

I don't quite know if you're being serious but what in gods name is wrong with bayside?Clearly a step or two above donaghmede,Baldoyle or Kilbarrack(not that they're bad really) which all surround it. Really just a generally wrong comment as Baysides a decent area.

My initial response was in line with what you have posted but, on reflection, I assumed the poster was referring to the 'shopping centre' which is in need of renovation.

If the poster is referrring to the general Bayside area, in comparison to Donaghmede, then I'd take the worst house in Bayside over the best in Donagmede every time !

tony231974

samurai kebab wrote: »

I don't quite know if you're being serious but what in gods name is wrong with bayside?Clearly a step or two above donaghmede,Baldoyle or Kilbarrack(not that they're bad really) which all surround it. Really just a generally wrong comment as Baysides a decent area.

Well put it this way.I know people who got drugs from there and we drank in the Racecourse and seen and heard about gangs and fights in the estates beside the shopping centre.

TarfHead

tony231974 wrote: »

Well put it this way.I know people who got drugs from there and we drank in the Racecourse and seen and heard about gangs and fights in the estates beside the shopping centre.

Are you still talking about Bayside, or do you mean Baldoyle ?

And much of what you have cited could be true for many areas of Dublin, including Donaghmede. And I have never heard of gangs fighting in Bayside.

tony231974

TarfHead wrote: »

Are you still talking about Bayside, or do you mean Baldoyle ?

And much of what you have cited could be true for many areas of Dublin, including Donaghmede. And I have never heard of gangs fighting in Bayside.

Both.The drugs at Bayside trainstation and gangs.We walked there after
the pud for the train.

WindSock

What are you talking about? You can get drugs from any area of Dublin. Supply & demand and all that. The trainstation in Bayside connects to Baldoyle. Bayside is slightly more upmarket than parts of Baldoyle/Donaghmede, but I agree the Shopping Centre is in dire need of a renovation. It looks exactly the same as when I lived there in the early 80's.

TarfHead

tony231974 wrote: »

Both.The drugs at Bayside trainstation and gangs.We walked there after the pud for the train.

The estates between The Racecourse and Bayside DART station are all Baldoyle. Seagrange Park is Baldoyle. Your opinion of Bayside is, IMHO, based on behaviour observed in Baldoyle.

Degsy

My problem with bayside is more with teh houses themselves..dreadfully layed out like darndale or somewhere with houses with no front gardens.
A bit of an eyesore tbh.

Dlite

Sorry, pressed the thanks button by accident.

I'm from Donaghmede and it's a grand spot so it is.

There hasn't been a fight in the Donaghmede Inn for years, good place to watch the el sports too!

I would agree it's a working class area though, not posh at all.

Howth Junction does smell of pi$$ and Linden Village but it's a badly designed station that catered for "Shelter for the scumbags" but I personally think it's safe enough, I always get a wolf whistle from Jonner or Tomma - who do be shmokin in da shtairway.

Is their a street called "Upmarket" that takes you from Donaghmede to Bayside?

I think Bayside is a depressing dump, Moyclare now there's lovely area.

TarfHead

Degsy wrote: »

My problem with bayside is more with teh houses themselves..dreadfully layed out like ..

I agree and disagree.

In terms of urban planning, the design is good - loads of communal green spaces and easy access between the roads.

Some of the households have taken ownership of some of the communal spaces and gated them off for their own use. For those households, they get the benefit of a safe place for small kids to play. The downside is that the gates prevent access for other people.

The access lanes have become a good spot for anti-social behaviour. I was renting in Bayside a couple of years ago and suffered from this. Some yobs caused a couple of hundred euro worth damage to bikes & trikes left in the back garden. Also, those same lanes make it difficult for the Gardai to deter anti-social behaviour, as the lanes facilitate an easy getaway.

So much green space and so many mature trees has made the public/common areas high-maintenance, e.g. grass cutting, clearing away leaf fall.

donaghs

There should be a preservation order on Bayside as a reminder of 1970s planning styles (open plan lawns, tiling in bedrooms, laneways everywhere, prefab-looking pub beside shopping centre). Never again!

but I have to admit that "Bayside Boulevard" does sound impressive.

Volvoboy

Dlite wrote: »

I think Bayside is a depressing dump, Moyclare now there's lovely area.

Bayside is a pain to get out of (all the bloody roads look the same)

Moyclare?! Ya mean Moyross