Sheriff Street

If we ever meet I might tell yea's. Earth Worm Jim, we may very well have gone to school together. If you where there at any stage in the 5 years I was there, you'd know me. You wouldn't have been stealing me lunch money either

Mairt wrote: »

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Where that drive by took place:eek:

Boston wrote: »

The surrounding area.

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Boston wrote: »

The surrounding area.

?????????

It is a big place??

Sure you might have even went to school with me??

Did I take your lunch money or something like that, you seem to have a few issues with us folk:D

Earth Worm Jim wrote: »

And as for the eldery, they have a great life down here, some of the best facilities in the world, and the kids look after the old folk, NEVER any problems there! and I know cos I work with them all;) on a voluntary basis like 100's in the area;)

I was going to say the same thing.

Probably one of the last places where kids will run to the shops for the wrinklies - they have to run and not walk to avoid the drive-by shootings.

Earth Worm Jim wrote: »

Plus where exactly did you "GROW UP"??

The surrounding area.

A Fuking blowin, if I ever met one.

Boston wrote: »

Its based on growing up near there. Sheriff street itself I've only been down maybe a handful of times, and always at high speed.

Don't be speeding down here either, you will give the locals a bad name:P

About half and half. It will be a long time before people like me shake the idea of the sheriff street and the surrounding areas being dodgy as hell.

Tbh I worry about my parents as they get older living in the area and the kids these days who are a bad element have little or no respect for their own community.

You don't want to live here, so thats no problem then is it?

Plus where exactly did you "GROW UP"??

And as for the eldery, they have a great life down here, some of the best facilities in the world, and the kids look after the old folk, NEVER any problems there! and I know cos I work with them all;) on a voluntary basis like 100's in the area;)

lightening wrote: »

Sticking home tonight Mairt, if I ever see you I will recognise you and the dogs and say hello!!

No worries, I'm on the way out for a walk before the two of 'em run wild in the house.

Boston, I've two Staffordshire Bull Terriers (well one looks more Pitbull X). So I probably fit your imagine of what a townie (although I was born in Summerhill I grew up in Ballymun) should look like

Two staffies, shaved head and hoodie :P

Mairt wrote: »

Thats my old gaff in Phil Shanahan house, and thats the black baby I got from Tròcair..

How many Trocair boxes you need to fill to get the baby, me only ever got a cross pen:(

Was that the baby we fed to the dags??????

Earth Worm Jim wrote: »

Either can you MATE;) You are giving an opinion on an area and its communty based on working near it some yrs back?

Its based on growing up near there. Sheriff street itself I've only been down maybe a handful of times, and always at high speed.

Mairt wrote: »

Boston, admit it - you really are taking the micky now aren't ya?.

About half and half. It will be a long time before people like me shake the idea of the sheriff street and the surrounding areas being dodgy as hell.

Tbh I worry about my parents as they get older living in the area and the kids these days who are a bad element have little or no respect for their own community.

Is it just me or is someone living on a different PLANET to the rest of us??

All this resentment must be a terrible thing as I would hate for my community to be on the up with lots of people, money, jobs, schools, colleges and opportunities!

Sure it be better left to rot once we can keep all the outsiders out of the area, It would be better to have derelict buildings and truck yards than fancy new developments! Would it??

Maybe we should ask someone who actualy did move in to the area that suffered such resentment, ANYONE??????????

Phlann

This thread is pretty entertaining.

I wasn't sure if there'd be another half-decent thread in here after the Northside Vs Southside rule came into effect.

lightening

Boston... Come on, you can't be giving advice to the OP if you haven't been there in years!

Sticking home tonight Mairt, if I ever see you I will recognise you and the dogs and say hello!!

I can safely say you and your dogs will never get hassle walking on Sheriff st. or any other st. for that matter!

Boston wrote: »

Is that upper or lower sheriff street?

Thats my old gaff in Phil Shanahan house, and thats the black baby I got from Tròcair..

Earth Worm Jim wrote: »

So in your reckoning the locals want to go back to the way it was?? Don't see your point?

Not totally, but certainly retain the community spirit. Would you disagree?

The lad has said he never had any problems, so you saying it was a better place 10 yr ago NOW? Or are you telling him he only thought it was at good place at that time cause he wasn't seen as a threat!

I also said I've never had a problem. My point is that resentment towards blowin's is a relatively new thing, brought about by a large influx of people.

Is that upper or lower sheriff street?

Boston wrote: »

That would be taking my life in my own hands!

Now your just taking the piss.

Lightening, you around Portmarnock this evening. I'm taking my two hounds for a late one on the beach, leaving in 30 minutes.

Everytime I'm up there I'm expecting a wind surfer/kayak dude to hit me up with 'Are you Mairt from boards?'.

Boston, admit it - you really are taking the micky now aren't ya?.

Boston wrote: »

You can't speak for everyone.

Either can you MATE;) You are giving an opinion on an area and its communty based on working near it some yrs back?

That would be taking my life in my own hands!

How many times were you actualy in sheriff street??????

lightening wrote: »

Well, you said some people resent blow ins. I am saying they don't in the area we are talking about. I know this from personal experience.

You can't speak for everyone.

This doesn't have to be a row you know? You admit you haven't been near Sheriff st. in years. Maybe you should take a stroll up it and actually see for yourself what its like before you tell us all.

That would be taking my life in my own hands!

Boston wrote: »

They wouldn't. But one could easily seem them as symoblising the end of the old ways including the old community. It isn't rational, but when has that stopped people feeling and thinking a certain way.

So in your reckoning the locals want to go back to the way it was?? Don't see your point?

If you live in a place for 12 years, it means you lived there at least 12 years ago if not further back. So when he was a blow in, there wouldn't have been too many others like him moving into the area.

The lad has said he never had any problems, so you saying it was a better place 10 yr ago NOW? Or are you telling him he only thought it was at good place at that time cause he wasn't seen as a threat!

You're taking the piss. The area was a slum in the 90s.

So we are going back to the 90's to prove your arguements, now who is living in the PAST?

and this is a slum

Plus alot of the new developments where, fields, dumps etc so you reckon he should not live in any of them either?

God damn yuppies in jeeps with their fancy hats.

that would annoy the greens more than the locals, we have cars down here too NOW;)

Phlann wrote: »

I wonder what the OP is going to make of all this?

Probably bought a house in Sean McDermot St instead, just to be on the safe side

lightening

Boston wrote: »

Whats your point? Some locals resent blow in's. Most wont and certainly wouldn't have been seen as much of a threat to the community 12 odd years ago.

Well, you said some people resent blow ins. I am saying they don't in the area we are talking about. I know this from personal experience.

This doesn't have to be a row you know? You admit you haven't been near Sheriff st. in years. Maybe you should take a stroll up it and actually see for yourself what its like before you tell us all.

Phlann

Your taking the piss now!

It was in the news, you must have seen the headlines? 'Baby torn apart by dogs while locals laugh'.

"Baby wasn't local so who cares" said one man.

Shocking stuff tbh.

I dunno, mate. I gave the Talbot St example because it's pretty close by (yes it's a long road, I know) and it's the area I have the most experience with, but I know from walking through some of the places further down that they can be dodgy at night. Obviously passing through ain't the same as living there, but I can only tell the guy what I know.

I wonder what the OP is going to make of all this?

Earth Worm Jim wrote: »

How would new people to the area be constituted as a threat?

They wouldn't. But one could easily seem them as symoblising the end of the old ways including the old community. It isn't rational, but when has that stopped people feeling and thinking a certain way.

And he said he lived here for 12 yrs NOT 12 yrs ago??

If you live in a place for 12 years, it means you lived there at least 12 years ago if not further back. So when he was a blow in, there wouldn't have been too many others like him moving into the area.

And what would be the difference 12 yrs ago? When the IFSC was being built and most locals had jobs in the area??

You're taking the piss. The area was a slum in the 90s.

you seem to have a complex about this "BLOW IN" stuff, were you not cuddled as a baby or something:D

God damn yuppies in jeeps with their fancy hats.

Boston wrote: »

Whats your point? Some locals resent blow in's. Most wont and certainly wouldn't have been seen as much of a threat to the community 12 odd years ago.

How would new people to the area be constituted as a threat?

And he said he lived here for 12 yrs NOT 12 yrs ago??

And what would be the difference 12 yrs ago? When the IFSC was being built and most locals had jobs in the area??

you seem to have a complex about this "BLOW IN" stuff, were you not cuddled as a baby or something:D

Phlann wrote: »

That's fair enough, but wherever these arseholes are hailing from, there seems to be a greater concentration of them in and around that area then there is in many other parts of the city centre, in my experience.

I think we could probably agree on that point, could we not?

there are many assholes in and around "Talbot Street! I would agree with as thats where you had the hassle! So if the OP was buying an appartment on that street I would agree with you, but where the OP is talking about is nowhere near talbot street!

If you're lucky! I heard a baby got torn apart by wild-dogs down there.

Your taking the piss now!:rolleyes:

lightening wrote: »

As a blow in I was welcomed with open arms. Drank in Valance and McGraths with all the locals, my neighbours took my bins in, took me in for drinks at christmas, their kids walked my dog, They gave me lifts and I gave them lifts, they helped me in any way they could.

Whats your point? Some locals resent blow in's. Most wont and certainly wouldn't have been seen as much of a threat to the community 12 odd years ago.

Phlann

I know of the problems in the area but to suggest its all from one street in the city centre is way off the mark!

That's fair enough, but wherever these arseholes are hailing from, there seems to be a greater concentration of them in and around that area then there is in many other parts of the city centre, in my experience.

I think we could probably agree on that point, could we not?

Beyond that it's up to the OP to decide whether he's comfortable with that situation. I can tell him, having worked nearby and spent five years living in similar surroundings, that it's not a particularly desirable experience, even if I've survived unscathed.

Yea OP, we'll beat you to death with our keyboards

If you're lucky! I heard a baby got torn apart by wild-dogs down there.

lightening

Boston wrote: »

That's probably why some people resent "blow ins" as they represent an end of the community.

As a blow in I was welcomed with open arms. Drank in Valance and McGraths with all the locals, my neighbours took my bins in, took me in for drinks at christmas, their kids walked my dog, They gave me lifts and I gave them lifts, they helped me in any way they could.