Sheepmoor, Blanch, Dublin 15

Sadderday

I grew up on Sheepmoor Grove and had a buzz of childhood, real community spirit in Blanch at the time. Felt Safe, knew everyone, never got caught up in anything mad. had games of manhunt in the forest where blanch centre is now, street parties, the days seemed long and sunny back then... with neighbours cutting grass and planting flowers on the street.... just alot of joyriding at night though.

Moved out about 5 yrs ago, went back recently for a look at the old gaff and the place is now a KIP!!!, full of rubbish, dull and dirty looking place, not the same place i grew up in. Would have loved to move back... Anyone tell me what it's like to live there now?

tatli_lokma

you might have more luck with responses in the Dublin 15 forum rather than North County Dublin (I know its Fingal, but Fingal spans both Dub city and county).

Sadderday

k thanks

The Hill Billy

Moved from Dublin County North.

tHB

Gaspode

Describing the place as a kip is not going to enamour you to the locals here!

I suggest you try the search functionality to find threads that mention Sheepmoor and have a read.

JupiterKid

The place where you grew up as a child always seems nicer in your childhood days than when you revisit it as an adult. Summers seem like they were sunnier and warmer and things seem more distinct and exciting then.

Most people find that revisiting the places they grew up in leads to a bit of a let down.

Jasper79

I grew up on Sheepmoor Grove too, I don't think it's any better or worse now really, just alot less kids on the roads !

The manhunt sessions over in the forrest used to be savage ! days lost .

Sadderday

yeah, the kick the can and street parties are long gone i'd imagine!!

Jasper79

yeah dragging the kitchen table and chairs out to middle of road, def don't see that anymore

Sadderday

the phonebox down the end of the road, the icy patch every winter at the gap, the real hot summer nights that you spent sitting on the wall outside your gaff in peace with your mates

I had a ball anyway, all that harmless messing!! have you any good memories or stories about the place? I do have a good yap about growing up there with my brothers, the stories do be so funny and was glad to be a part of it

Jasper79

The ice patch down by the gap was great craic in the winter.

Rounders most days during the summer, manhunts around the estate. Don't think kids play manhunt anymore, feeling old now

Sadderday

yeah me too, I reckon I was one of the last generations to have that in sheepmoor though... money couldn't buy it !

Blanch head

Was that you making all that bleedin noise on the Grove? Us heads in the Gardens couldn't hear our 40" Plasma screens because of all the racket!

xzanti

Sadderday wrote: »

Moved out about 5 yrs ago, went back recently for a look at the old gaff and the place is now a KIP!!!, full of rubbish, dull and dirty looking place, not the same place i grew up in. Would have loved to move back... Anyone tell me what it's like to live there now?

I grew up in Fortlawn and tbh.. I think the opposite.. place used to be filthy!! I remember going collecting cans for money in the summer times with my cousin and we'd fill a black bag with empty cans in no time.. Now you wouldn't see that much rubbish on the grounds at all..

Do you remember 'The Muckers' ??

Blanch head

I remember bumping into an ex Garda from Blanch in NZ at an Ireland match, he asked me where I was from, when I mentioned I was from Sheepmoor he laughed, apparantly Sheepmoor was the place the baby coppers grew up, I thought it all went in in Fortlawn but Sheepmoor was where it was all at!

Blanch head

Well that killed the conversation.
Maybe we weren't that popular in the Gardens.

Patches oHoulihan

Sheepmoor was a war zone in the 90s. I lived on the Close and remember the sound of joyriding every night and the sight of burned out cars in the mornings. Very deprived area. Scary at times.

As a younger kid I remember the muckers and Granny Smiths caravan where Peregrines GAA is now.

The three huge trees in the middle of the estate. The bushes around the end of close. The back lanes and alleys for stashing Halloween bonfire loot.

Good memories but I never admitted where I was from on a CV.

raheny red

The local primary school asking for donations of winter coats for some of the students. Grim stuff.

Gaspode

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