Poshest/Richest Town in Ireland?

ILoveYourVibes

According to here..... https://www.thejournal.ie/cso-malahide-4690048-Jun2019/ ...its Malahide.

branie2

Mainly South Dublin

Adare offers a persuasive argument.

ILoveYourVibes

Deleted User wrote: »

Adare offers a persuasive argument.

It ain't no Malahide though! :cool:

wakka12

Would have thought dalkey or one of the south east dublin coastal towns

punisher5112

Dalkey/killiney

ILoveYourVibes

punisher5112 wrote: »

Dalkey/killiney

Povos!

Rhys Essien

Kinsale would be up there.

JohnnyFlash

Gort.

Mad_maxx

punisher5112 wrote: »

Dalkey/killiney

I was in kiliney last week for the first time, it's very nice but I expected more, suspect dalkey is a step above.

Malahide is statistically the wealthiest place in the country in terms of average residents income.

Kinvarra is highest in the west, that sort of surprises me as its a considerable distance from Galway city, thought it would be barna or salthill, gort is as close to the city as Kinvarra

ILoveYourVibes

Shrewsbury Road!

ILoveYourVibes

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Gort.

Really?

Noveight

Kinvara does be having notions of itself.

nthclare

Mad_maxx wrote: »

I was in kiliney last week for the first time, it's very nice but I expected more, suspect dalkey is a step above.

Malahide is statistically the wealthiest place in the country in terms of average residents income.

Kinvarra is highest in the west, that sort of surprises me as its a considerable distance from Galway city, thought it would be barna or salthill, gort is as close to the city as Kinvarra

Kinvara has a lot of money that's for sure, there's a lot of old money and it's a magnet for English and wealthy European retiree's....

ILoveYourVibes

Noveight wrote: »

Kinvara does be having notions of itself.

We like notions in this thread!

Graces7

Clifden qualfies,, The second snobbiest Supervalu after Dingle... Never went back in after seeing the live lobsters in a tank.... almost called PETA.

BUT a lot of lovely small shops etc and the spires of the two churches aloft .. elegant and clearly prosperous,

Wompa1

Barna, Cappagh Road, Taylor's Hill of Galway

ToddyDoody

Blackrock, Donneybrook, Ballsbridge and Kiliney.

Is there a single social housing unit among them?

JohnnyFlash

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Blackrock, Donneybrook, Ballsbridge and Kiliney.

Is there a single social housing unit among them?

Yes

mikemac2

Another vote for Taylors Hill

ToddyDoody

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Yes

Really?

kowloon

Graces7 wrote: »

Clifden qualfies,, The second snobbiest Supervalu after Dingle... Never went back in after seeing the live lobsters in a tank.... almost called PETA.

I'd like to back you up on the Dingle claim but I was far too drunk from the moment I set foot there to notice anything. It's 90% pub by volume.

ChikiChiki

Tipperary Town. Some amount of wealth around that way. Full of TOWIE type snobs.

Harry Palmr

What's Delgany and Newtown Mountkennedy like,they sound posh.

I judge the wealth of an area on the bistro count. The poorer the place, the more neglected and boarded up store fronts. The wealthier the place, the greater the number of bistros and cafe's. Bonus wealth points for pavement seating, and more if flowering planters and awnings are in place.

I think there a few 'burbs on the Southside of Dublin that would give Malahide a run for it's money, but they're not towns so they don't count.

Yer Da sells Avon

Harry Palmr wrote: »

What's Delgany and Newtown Mountkennedy like,they sound posh.

Delgany is quite posh. Used to be full of Protestants. Now it's full of middle-class mummies and daddies whose kids all have very Irish names and very American accents.

Newtownmountkennedy... isn't.

Spanish Eyes

The nicest places are those that many of us have never heard of or seen. Think about it.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

The nicest places are those that many of us have never heard of or seen. Think about it.

Like brigadoon? Ooh! Do the wealthy have secret filters that make rich places invisible to the poor?

Atlantic Dawn

Rathkeale Christmas week must be up there.

ILoveYourVibes

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Blackrock, Donneybrook, Ballsbridge and Kiliney.

nah same as any south dub suburb really

ILoveYourVibes

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Newtownmountkennedy... isn't.

now yer talking now we ballin! :cool:

Spanish Eyes

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Like brigadoon? Ooh! Do the wealthy have secret filters that make rich places invisible to the poor?

There are many such places, but if I tell you where they are the magic is gone. I live in one of them. but am just an ordinary joe. It's a little enclave in Dublin that few know about thank god.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

There are many such places, but if I tell you where they are the magic is gone. I live in one of them. but am just an ordinary joe. It's a little enclave in Dublin that few know about thank god.

There are some richer areas amongst poorer areas, yes, but it’s not that secret and they aren’t that rich.

normanoffside

Foxrock.
(The actual village not those Deansgrange types who put Foxrock in their addresses!)

Spanish Eyes

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

There are some richer areas amongst poorer areas, yes, but it’s not that secret and they aren’t that rich.

I know this. I'm talking about a great place to live with a mix of people. That works. We all keep the place nice and so on. Community spirit is the key, forget about wanting the Council to do things for you, we do it ourselves. Apart from big things like water leaks :eek: and tree trimming and so on.

It ain't perfect, but it is secluded. That's ok for me.

Spanish Eyes

normanoffside wrote: »

Foxrock.
(The actual village not those Deansgrange types who put Foxrock in their addresses!)

If someone is living on Foxrock Avenue for example, backing on to Deansgrange Cemetery, they are quite entitled to use Foxrock as their address.

But I could not live in a bubble of cappuccinos either in Foxrock village. So I suppose it's each to their own.

Their house prices are ace though! Maybe that is the key to deciding the OP question...

rainybillwill

So this is why Galway are soft at sports posh people with notions

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I know this. I'm talking about a great place to live with a mix of people. That works. We all keep the place nice and so on. Community spirit is the key, forget about wanting the Council to do things for you, we do it ourselves. Apart from big things like water leaks :eek: and tree trimming and so on.

It ain't perfect, but it is secluded. That's ok for me.

Sounds nice.

Spanish Eyes

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Sounds nice.

Look, it is not perfect, and never will be but it suits us.

I was wary at first about the "Community" effort given that some of those involved in such ventures can be ahem... persuasive, with bigger ambitions if you get me. But we have reached a middle ground now. And it kind of works most of the time.

I am not in Foxrock either just to mention! Nor would I want to be either TBH.

The Tetrarch

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Malahide is statistically the wealthiest place in the country in terms of average residents income.

Airline pilots.

Greystones has to be on the list.

airmax87

General UCD area

BeerWolf

Howth?

Ush1

mariaalice wrote: »

Greystones has to be on the list.

Lot of old money in the historical Prod areas of Wicklow.

L1011

Celbridge and Maynooth are second and third richest. Neither is posh; celbridge particularly not. The two don't go hand in hand

Feisar

Graces7 wrote: »

Clifden qualfies,, The second snobbiest Supervalu after Dingle... Never went back in after seeing the live lobsters in a tank.... almost called PETA.

BUT a lot of lovely small shops etc and the spires of the two churches aloft .. elegant and clearly prosperous,

Were the lobsters overcrowded?

Ush1

It was the highest of the 41 towns in Ireland with a population over 10,000 (excluding the cities and suburbs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford)

I don't understand what they mean here as Dublin City is listed further down and Malahides median is higher.

Why not just say it's the highest in Ireland.

darragh o meara

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Rathkeale Christmas week must be up there.

First time I ever seen a Bugatti Veyron was in Rathkeale at christmas, Was surprised to see a lad getting out with the naffest tracksuit and wifebeater tshirt

eviltimeban

BeerWolf wrote: »

Howth?

Sutton was recently called "Ireland's Hamptons" by the Indo property page - don't know about that. But there are some very big houses in Howth (and a fair few in Sutton as well).

Pineapple1

Westport

MrKingsley

Can I ask what reason's a couple of people have put Taylor's Hill on here? Been there many times and posh is not a word I would use to describe it.