Tallaght not as bad as you think

Mr. Presentable

Musa Polite Plantation wrote: »

01 Aslan
02 Heroin (See 1)
03 Stealin'
04 Joy-ridin'
05 Saying 'Yaknowwhorrameyan?"
06 Shamrock Rovers
07 Social welfare
08 Keyin' Cars
09 Pop Idol
10 Wearing belly tops over their pale, flabby stomachs
11 Calling people 'Bud' who are not their bud
12 Compo
13 Calling people 'Pal' who are not their pal
14 Shortening words and adding the letter 'o' (Anto, Decco, Corpo)
15 Calling people 'Boss' who are not their boss
16 John Player Blue
17 Burberry
18 Burglary
19 Fair City
20 Celtic shirts
21 'Taches
22 Fireworks every night for the entire month preceeding Halloween
23 Sky Digital
24 Saying "I didn't bleedin' do tha'!"
25 Travelling in packs
26 Moochin'
27 Swearing at their babies
28 Getting their mot's preggers
29 Champion Sports
30 Christmas Lights you could see from space
31 Skippin' school
32 Skippin' bail
33 Giving their kids Monster Munch and Maltesers for breakfast on the bus
34 Standing in queues outside the dole office
35 Funtasia
36 Iceland - the food chain, not the country
37 Man U
38 Saying, "That's not my bleedin' job!"
39 Pushing prams while smoking
40 Earrings (for guys)
41 Earrings a chimpanzee could swing off (for girls)
42 Saying "He didn't do nothin'!" when he clearly did do something
43 Baseball caps
44 Sawn-off Shotguns
45 Adrian Kennedy Phone Show
46 Picking up unfinished cigarettes dropped on the street by someone else just after coming out of a medical centre (as God is my witness)
47 Shop-liftin'
48 Tamangos
49 Not payin' the bus fare
50 Curry Chips and a burger
51 Leaving their kids play outside on a busy road while they get hammered on a Sunday afternoon
52 Always following the word 'rich' with the word 'wanker'
53 Pulling their hoodies over their heads as they're led away from the Four Courts
54 Eschewing peaceful solutions to conflict when Violent Senseless Mayhem will suffice
55 Pissing in Elevators
56 Being an authority on everything
57 Knee-cappings
58 Racism
59 Smiley Bolger
60 Getting their hair cut so tight they look like a matchstick with ears from the back
61 Not readin' bukes

Where the gang goes? Why that's just a Northsider list tarted up to look Tallaght. Needs more work!

hobochris

Sprouts wrote: »

To be fair Tallaght is like the Zoo, some of the animals in it want to kill ya but not all of them.

Don't feed the animals and you'll be fine

prinz

"Tallaght, not as bad as you think" ..............OP for Minister of Tourism.

stovelid

evercloserunion wrote: »

Killinarden is a f*cking scumhole. I grew up right beside there. My God. It is probably one of the very worst areas though.

I was brought up there and my parents still live there so I visit all the time. Nobody chooses to live in a place like that - I know I dont want to - but the descriptions seem a little over the top. There are nuts there for sure but I think people sometimes just instantly equate the way people dress and talk with them presenting actual danger.

Could be that I'm used to it or that I'm known in my parent's area but still..

Outside of the newer West Tallaght (including Killiinarden) the rest of Tallaght is pretty quiet and settled, especially 'old tallaght' - the village, Square, IT, etc.

iPlop

sensibleken wrote: »

well it was night, he came out between the big mound of earth by the footbridge behind the cookoos so i didnt see him untill it was too late. That and i was 15 and didnt know what to do...still never found out what he was burying

Jesus ,you didn't go into Tymon park at night did you? you were lucky go get out alive if you did.

Yawns

Tallaght is a kip. I lived there until I was 19 then I moved. It was always a kip and it is still a kip to this day. Out of all the people on my old estate that I knew growing up as kids, today about 80% of them are on drugs, robbing people/houses/cars, locked up in jail or dead. The remainder in the 20%, most of them moved away from Tallaght. Yes it's a kip.

It has a bad name because it's a bad area.

Mr. Presentable

sensibleken wrote: »

Im from walkinstown so here's a list of things that have happened to me when i crossed the m50 into tallaght

stabbed
beaten with shovel by guy digging mysteriously in the park at night
mugged twice
beaten up in just a regular manner twice

2 people i went to school with were murdered in tallaght, not to mention all the drug marches.

Im sorry, but its a shíthole

And the common denominator is............you

iPlop

Yawns wrote: »

Tallaght is a kip. I lived there until I was 19 then I moved. It was always a kip and it is still a kip to this day. Out of all the people on my old estate that I knew growing up as kids, today about 80% of them are on drugs, robbing people/houses/cars, locked up in jail or dead. The remainder in the 20%, most of them moved away from Tallaght. Yes it's a kip.

It has a bad name because it's a bad area.

+1 totally agree with this from a personal standpoint ,but it's not the same for everyone.

sensibleken

Sink The Banana wrote: »

Jesus ,you didn't go into Tymon park at night did you? you were lucky go get out alive if you did.

I know. I was a stupid kid, place wasnt much better during the day though. Fair enough there were some ok people in tallaght but there were enough psychos to make sure i never felt safe there.

stovelid

sensibleken wrote: »

well it was night, he came out between the big mound of earth by the footbridge behind the cookoos so i didnt see him untill it was too late.

Just about in Tallaght there (nearly in Greenhiills) if you mean the Cuckoos Nest.

I think the area is incidental. You just sound like one of those unfortunate people that other people like to beat up.

iPlop

sensibleken wrote: »

I know. I was a stupid kid, place wasnt much better during the day though. Fair enough there were some ok people in tallaght but there were enough psychos to make sure i never felt safe there.

Tymon north and Tymonville were nuts during the ninties.I had a lot of friends from that area as I went to tallaght community school which was nuts during the ninties but It's a different school now and has a good reputation these days

CreepingDeath

hobochris wrote: »

Don't feed the animals and you'll be fine

Can't help it in a state which has social welfare.

sensibleken

stovelid wrote: »

Just about in Tallaght there (nearly in Greenhiills) if you mean the Cuckoos Nest.

Greenhills is where im from but yeah its just about. most of the trouble ive had has been around there, mainly due to tymon north. Used to dread getting the 77a bus back from the square

Carl Sagan

Turtyturd wrote: »

I doubt someone from outside the area decided to spray paint it on a wall for no reason.

Derp :rolleyes:

Yawns wrote: »

Tallaght is a kip. I lived there until I was 19 then I moved. It was always a kip and it is still a kip to this day. Out of all the people on my old estate that I knew growing up as kids, today about 80% of them are on drugs, robbing people/houses/cars, locked up in jail or dead. The remainder in the 20%, most of them moved away from Tallaght. Yes it's a kip.

It has a bad name because it's a bad area.

Looks like you grew up in a bit of a **** estate there. I know a couple of people on serious drugs and they don't seem to bother anyone. I'm from a fairly big area of Tallaght too and have plenty of friends from all over and none of them sees anything like this.

Your estate was a kip, buddy.

iPlop

Carl Sagan wrote: »

Derp :rolleyes:



Looks like you grew up in a bit of a **** estate there. I know a couple of people on serious drugs and they don't seem to bother anyone. I'm from a fairly big area of Tallaght too and have plenty of friends from all over and none of them sees anything like this.

Your estate was a kip, buddy.

This is totally correct as well depending where you are.You can live in most areas and never see any of this kind of rubbish ,most of tallaght is fine these days.The same 4 or 5 estates are still dragging it down.Think about it ,the last time someone was murdered in tallaght was in killinarden two years ago I think.

stovelid

sensibleken wrote: »

most of the trouble ive had has been around there, mainly due to tymon north.

Pass through there sometimes and it seems a little quieter these days but maybe I'm not around enough to see.

iPlop

stovelid wrote: »

Pass through there sometimes and it seems a little quieter these days but maybe I'm not around enough to see.

It's quiet these days I think ,everyone has grown up and moved on.Definitely quieter than the mid 90's

cyrusdvirus

Sink The Banana wrote: »

This is totally correct as well depending where you are.You can live in most areas and never see any of this kind of rubbish ,most of tallaght is fine these days.The same 4 or 5 estates are still dragging it down.Think about it ,the last time someone was murdered in tallaght was in killinarden two years ago I think.

That's probably true.

Now they just get abducted in tallaght and driven away to get shot

Carl Sagan

Sink The Banana wrote: »

It's quiet these days I think ,everyone has grown up and moved on.Definitely quieter than the mid 90's

I'm around there a lot and it's alright now. Again, most people are very decent with just a few being scummers. There's a load of kids around 12/13 that seem to be on their way to mountjoy though.

gatecrash wrote: »

That's probably true.

Now they just get abducted in tallaght and driven away to get shot

No harm done there then

Tordelback

evercloserunion wrote: »

Killinarden is a f*cking scumhole. I grew up right beside there. My God. It is probably one of the very worst areas though.

It's not that bad at all these days - nor is much Jobstown for that matter. Venture a bit further into Kiltalown though and well... one does not simply walk into Mordor.

Ush1

Never forget when I stayed one night in my mates in Glenshane. I got up the next morning to go to work and there was a black woman in a field across the road taking a dump. At 20 to 8 in the morning!

NothingMan

Ush1 wrote: »

Never forget when I stayed one night in my mates in Glenshane. I got up the next morning to go to work and there was a black woman in a field across the road taking a dump. At 20 to 8 in the morning!

Bitches be crazy.

vangoz

Killinarden seems to be getting a fair grilling here but it’s actually not half as bad as some of you are making out, I grew up and still currently live there and I've never been assaulted, robbed or come into any of the situations being spun by some people here.

My folks are living there since the estate was built and the one time anything ever happened to the house was from new neighbours that moved in from Blanch, the kids basically smashed the side window, thats it from 35+ years living there.

My OH is from Clondalkin and actually really likes Killinarden (awaits for scanger accusations ) and hates Clondalkin, just based on the people who live there. Of course every area has there bad apples, some more so than others.

Ush1

vangoz wrote: »

Killinarden seems to be getting a fair grilling here but it’s actually not half as bad as some of you are making out, I grew up and still currently live there and I've never been assaulted, robbed or come into any of the situations being spun by some people here.

My folks are living there since the estate was built and the one time anything ever happened to the house was from new neighbours that moved in from Blanch, the kids basically smashed the side window, thats it from 35+ years living there.

My OH is from Clondalkin and actually really likes Killinarden (awaits for scanger accusations ) and hates Clondalkin, just based on the people who live there. Of course every area has there bad apples, some more so though others.

I've hung around with people from Cushlawn for years and never had any bother to be honest. Often be there on me tobler at night aswell.

pickarooney

Does anyone remember the song "Oh Killinarden, Killinarden, it's got a nice community, like a family, it's the best place to be" ?

I'm pretty sure I didn't dream it but can't remember where or when I heard it.

listermint

So in summation, we can deride that most of the posters on here are wimps?

vangoz

pickarooney wrote: »

Does anyone remember the song "Oh Killinarden, Killinarden, it's got a nice community, like a family, it's the best place to be" ?

I'm pretty sure I didn't dream it but can't remember where or when I heard it.

Haha no? Sounds like a really ghey boring dream

iPlop

vangoz wrote: »

Killinarden seems to be getting a fair grilling here but it’s actually not half as bad as some of you are making out, I grew up and still currently live there and I've never been assaulted, robbed or come into any of the situations being spun by some people here.

My folks are living there since the estate was built and the one time anything ever happened to the house was from new neighbours that moved in from Blanch, the kids basically smashed the side window, thats it from 35+ years living there.

My OH is from Clondalkin and actually really likes Killinarden (awaits for scanger accusations ) and hates Clondalkin, just based on the people who live there. Of course every area has there bad apples, some more so though others.

I was never assaulted or robbed when I lived there either ,my mates never were either and they currently still live there.My brother in law lives in Donamore park and he gets no trouble from anyone BUT it still has/had a lot of nutters in it and I have seen a fair amount of it over the years.Same way the killinarden inn gets a bad rep.I used to drink in there and never had a problem and it's owners know how to deal with trouble when it does arise which is rare

vangoz

Sink The Banana wrote: »

I was never assaulted or robbed when I lived there either ,my mates never were either and they currently still live there.My brother in law lives in Donamore park and he gets no trouble from anyone BUT it still has/had a lot of nutters in it and I have seen a fair amount of it over the years.Same way the killinarden inn gets a bad rep.I used to drink in there and never had a problem and it's owners know how to deal with trouble when it does arise which is rare

Yeah I'd say donamore and the heights are probably the main spots that are still bad. The Tayto men do know how to look after the place alright (if you dont know what I'm referring to... it doesnt matter )

gurramok

Musa Polite Plantation wrote:

01 Aslan

Aslan are from Finglas!

I haven't been much in Tallaght and the only part i've been in is in Kingswood, looks nice out that way.