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Poshest/Richest Town in Ireland?

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    #32
    Spanish Eyes
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    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. :p but am just an ordinary joe. It's a little enclave in Dublin that few know about thank god.


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    #33
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    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. :p 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.


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    #34
    normanoffside
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    Foxrock.
    (The actual village not those Deansgrange types who put Foxrock in their addresses!)


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    #35
    Spanish Eyes
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    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.


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    #36
    Spanish Eyes
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    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...


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    #37
    rainybillwill
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    So this is why Galway are soft at sports posh people with notions


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    #38
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    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.


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    #39
    Spanish Eyes
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    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.


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    #40
    The Tetrarch
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Malahide is statistically the wealthiest place in the country in terms of average residents income.
    Airline pilots.


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    #41
    mariaalice
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    Greystones has to be on the list.


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    #42
    airmax87
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    General UCD area


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    #43
    BeerWolf
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    Howth?


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    #44
    Ush1
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Greystones has to be on the list.

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


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    #45
    L1011
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    Celbridge and Maynooth are second and third richest. Neither is posh; celbridge particularly not. The two don't go hand in hand


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    #46
    Feisar
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    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?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #47
    Ush1
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    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.:confused:


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    #48
    darragh o meara
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    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 :)


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    #49
    eviltimeban
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    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).


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    #50
    Pineapple1
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    Westport


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    #51
    MrKingsley
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    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.


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    #52
    Ipso
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    Feisar wrote: »
    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?

    Are the lobsters wild?
    I expect they’re livid.


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    #53
    dublinman1990
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    Sandymount?


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    #54
    jay1988
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    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    Blackrock, Donneybrook, Ballsbridge and Kiliney.

    Is there a single social housing unit among them?

    Pretty sure Beech Hill estate in Donnybrook is a council estate, has flats and everything, don't see much of that in Donnybrook.


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    #55
    The Mulk
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Celbridge and Maynooth are second and third richest. Neither is posh; celbridge particularly not. The two don't go hand in hand

    Speak for yourself, peasant :pac:

    You're right though, a lot of dual income young families pushes the average income levels up.


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    #56
    byhookorbycrook
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    No mention of Abbeyleix?


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    #57
    odyssey06
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    According to here..... https://www.thejournal.ie/cso-malahide-4690048-Jun2019/ ...its Malahide.

    Only plebs have income streams that show up on CSO reports?!
    At least according to Charles OCarroll Kelly.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #58
    Marcusm
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    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    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...

    Only as part of the street name; it’s in the town land if Deansgrange whichbitsslf is in the civil parish of Kill


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    #59
    Edgware
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Sandymount?
    Worth paying the money to get the aroma from the John Gormley Memorial Sewage Plant on a sunny day.


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    #60
    airmax87
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    jay1988 wrote: »
    Pretty sure Beech Hill estate in Donnybrook is a council estate, has flats and everything, don't see much of that in Donnybrook.
    work out near there and seems fairly settled, then again i'm only working here 2~ years


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    #61
    JupiterKid
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    Towns/villages:

    Malahide
    Greystones
    Kinsale
    Oranmore
    Adare
    Enniskerry
    Donabate
    Portmarnock
    Trim
    Maynooth
    Straffan
    Kenmare
    Clifden
    Westport
    Dunmore East
    Crosshaven


    Dublin Suburbs:
    Dalkey
    Killiney
    Foxrock
    Ballsbridge
    Blackrock
    Sandymount
    Donnybrook
    Cabinteely
    Clontarf
    Howth
    Sutton
    Rathgar
    Clonskeagh
    Rathfarnham
    Terenure
    Ranelagh
    Castleknock
    Mount Merrion
    Glasnevin


    Cork suburbs:
    Rochestown
    Montenotte
    Ballinlough
    Grange
    Douglas
    Blackrock
    Sunday’s Well
    Tivoli
    Wilton


    Limerick suburbs:
    Castletroy
    Annacotty
    Dooradoyle
    Ennis Road


    Galway suburbs:
    Taylor’s Hill
    Salthill
    Knocknacarra
    Newcastle


    Waterford suburbs:
    Dunmore Road


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