Knocknacarra, any bad or less desirable spots?

bdan

For anyone familiar with Knocknacarra - are there any bad areas or are most of the estates fairly similar?

Thanks for any information!

BlackEdelweiss

We live in Riasc na Ri and it is fine. Lots of families, no roving gangs of teenagers. Lots of teenagers hang out around Dunnes but they are relatively harmless, no malice or attempts to intimate people. Not sure what is like further into Knocknacarra.

Knocknacarra is quite dense.

Majority of the place is fine. Some areas probably on the rougher side of things, but even then, it's generally ok.

Like anywhere, the price you pay, generally correlates directly with the desire to live in the area. If you find a fantastic house, for very cheap, the area might not be so great.

Generally, the older estates in Knocknacarra are all very good. Have a lot of the same families living there for a long time.

If you have specific estates you want to know more about, I'd say call them out directly. I can only speak for estates south of the western distributor road really

One thing I'd look out for, is check Google Maps. Are there laneways near the estates you are looking for? There are quite a few laneways, without much lighting around Knocknacarra, (or at least were when I was a young lad). They generally attract large gangs of teenagers (not all necessarily troublesome by the way)