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Favourite suburb of Dublin?

  • 26-12-2018 10:06pm
    #1
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭


    What is your favourite suburb of the greatest city in the world?

    What is your favourite suburb of Dublin? 607 votes

    Clontarf
    13% 80 votes
    Raheny
    5% 36 votes
    Sandymount
    3% 24 votes
    Rathmines
    4% 30 votes
    Tallaght
    10% 61 votes
    Swords
    3% 21 votes
    Malahide
    2% 17 votes
    Crumlin
    7% 45 votes
    Finglas
    1% 8 votes
    Glasnevin
    2% 15 votes
    Cabra
    2% 17 votes
    Coolock
    2% 13 votes
    Clondalkin
    0% 5 votes
    Lucan
    1% 12 votes
    Dun Laoghaire
    3% 22 votes
    Blackrock
    6% 40 votes
    Rathfarnham
    3% 24 votes
    Stillorgan
    3% 22 votes
    Blanchardstown
    2% 13 votes
    Ballyfermot
    3% 19 votes
    Dundrum
    1% 9 votes
    Howth
    2% 18 votes
    Santry
    7% 45 votes
    Other (please specify)
    1% 11 votes


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    its_steve116 wrote: »
    Favourite suburb of Dublin?

    Cork.


  • #3
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Arkla, Arkla, Arkla County Wickla.


  • #4
    BilboBagOfCans
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭BilboBagOfCans


    Phibsborough


  • #5
    Kevin Finnerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Kevin Finnerty


    Portlaoise.


  • #6
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Cork.

    ....Street, Dublin 8?


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  • #7
    salmocab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,409 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    I like Ranelagh, if it weren’t for the traffic it would be brilliant.


  • #8
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,517 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    It's like asking what's your favourite VD.


  • #9
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭eigrod


    Ringsend


  • #10
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,190 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    its_steve116 wrote: »
    What is your favourite suburb of the greatest city in the world?

    That's two different questions.

    Also, the results are hidden.


  • #11
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,006 ✭✭✭mad m


    Kimmage/Sundrive.


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  • #12
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    It's like asking what's your favourite VD.

    Which is?


  • #13
    MarkHenderson
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭MarkHenderson


    Tallaght for me


  • #14
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,891 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    In this order:
    1. Howth - feels more like a little coastal fishing town than a city suburb. Amazing location and scenery.
    2. Ranelagh - so close to town, very intimate feel with great character.
    3. Chapelizod - nestled in the Liffey Valley beside the Phoenix Park, again an intimate village feel to it.
    4. Dalkey - Oozes character and a great coastal setting.

    5. Not a suburb proper as it is inside the canal ring but Stoneybatter is Dublin's inner city village. Has the feel of a rural market town at times. Indeed until the early 1970s it had a huge cattle market, animals paraded down Manor St, abbbatoirs and tanneries. Now of course super "hip."


  • #15
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    I'm a big fan of the phoenix park.

    Not a suburb as such but its a wonderful facility.

    Ii love spending chill out time there


  • #16
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    orourkeda1977 wrote: »
    I'm a big fan of the phoenix park.

    Not a suburb as such but its a wonderful facility.

    Ii love spending chill out time there

    Fact: it's larger than Monaco, Vatican City, and five times as big as Hyde Park.


  • #17
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Kildare


  • #18
    Raheem Euro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭Raheem Euro


    Malahide.


  • #19
    Leilak
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭Leilak


    Farrenboley, dundrum


  • #20
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Santry because it sounds like Santy.


  • #21
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    None burn em all preferably while I'm in one of them too.


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  • #22
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    I'm torn between Junkytown and Knackerville.


  • #23
    Mrcaramelchoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭Mrcaramelchoc


    What's the suburb you see when you're driving away from it?that one.


  • #24
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Dublin forum?


  • #25
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,427 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Beanntraigheach wrote: »
    I'm torn between Junkytown and Knackerville.

    "Jaysus, Dublin's an awful kip altogether, not like (insert name of desolate soul crushing regional town with little to no amenities apart from de Dublin Road).

    Glazers Out!



  • #26
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Knackeragua


  • #27
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Maynooth


  • #28
    D9Male
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭D9Male


    Drumcondra. Close to town, Croke Park and the Botanical Gardens. Lots of pubs, cafes and restaurants. A train station, a nice park and some great sports clubs. The men are that bit better looking and the women have bigger jabs than elsewhere.


  • #29
    pedrozeno
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭pedrozeno


    Rathmines - walking distance to town. Loads of good pubs. On one of the busiest bus routes, with a luas stop close by too. Lidl, Aldi, Dunnes and Tesco. Two cinemas and a Swimming pool. I might be biased as I've lived here for ten years, but I love it. 😀


  • #30
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Nodding agreement with prev posts here, Ranelagh is excellent, quite central, great facilities, village atmosphere, decent architecture and super transport.
    But so much traffic!

    Rathmines much the same and also shopping centre and a swimming pool.

    But best of all is Blackrock, has almost everything including the beach.

    Northside I don't know as well, possibly Howth or Stoneybatter. But Phibsborough has many loyal dwellers too.


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  • #31
    Jimbob1977
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    Mount Merrion

    Commanding views over the city. Great on clear nights.

    Lovely houses

    Strong sense of community.

    Tree-lined avenues


  • #32
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    Mount Merrion

    Commanding views over the city. Great on clear nights.

    Lovely houses

    Strong sense of community.

    Tree-lined avenues

    All this is true, but loses one point for cr4p transport: you really need a car to live in this otherwise charming leafy suburb.


  • #33
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Clontarf has a special place in my heart.


  • #34
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    All this is true, but loses one point for cr4p transport: you really need a car to live in this otherwise charming leafy suburb.

    Do you? I mean the n11 bus corridor is literally a 5 minute walk away from it.


  • #35
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,891 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I’m very fortunate as the wall of the Phoenix Park is literally 30 feet away from where I live. :)

    Why is the poll not public?


  • #36
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    P_1 wrote: »
    Do you? I mean the n11 bus corridor is literally a 5 minute walk away from it.

    A longer walk than that, for an OAP: or there's the 47 which runs a few services middle of weekdays, or the N11 for town, etc. Or for any less-radial destination. It is awkward.


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  • #37
    fonecrusher1
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    Beanntraigheach wrote: »
    I'm torn between Junkytown and Knackerville.

    Herointown and Westbritville deserve a mention too though.


  • #38
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Always had a soft spot for clontarf. You have bull island and st Anne's 5 minutes away and you're pretty close to the city


  • #39
    ARNOLD J RIMMER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭ARNOLD J RIMMER


    Portmarnock


  • #40
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    *what's your favourite place you could never afford to buy in because you're peasantry.

    Seriously though, I don't know the southside very well so can't say much about it, but I think my very favourite is Howth, followed by Clontarf and Drumcondra.
    If I'd move to Dublin and money wouldn't be an issue I'd probably choose Clontarf to live.


  • #41
    P_1
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    Day Lewin wrote: »
    A longer walk than that, for an OAP: or there's the 47 which runs a few services middle of weekdays, or the N11 for town, etc. Or for any less-radial destination. It is awkward.

    A fair point. That's one area that would do well with a load of Dutch style ebikes for a lot of the residents


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  • #42
    Pherekydes
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Santry because it sounds like Santy.

    Sounds like sanitary, too. :pac:


  • #43
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Ranelagh as a place to visit

    Dalkey is so distinct and ridiculously beautiful, almost feels like a different city to the rest of Dublin


  • #44
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Sounds like sanitary, too. :pac:

    Well, you wouldn't want somewhere un-sanitary! :P


  • #45
    odyssey06
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    Hmm... not sure if Howth should really be in there... feels like more of an adjacent location than a suburb to Dublin.

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



  • #46
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Pram Springs, Tallafornia


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Any road out of it.


  • #48
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Dún Laoghaire. Aesthetically pleasing and a healthy mixture of poshness and roughness, side by side.


  • #49
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Id love to live somewhere within walking distance of Johny Fox's and the Blue Light pub.
    Glencullen/Stepaside area with views over the city.


  • #50
    salmocab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,409 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Id love to live somewhere within walking distance of Johny Fox's and the Blue Light pub.
    Glencullen/Stepaside are with views over the city.

    Don’t go blabbing to the internet about the blue light. It’s busy enough already.


  • #51
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Voted Raheny, but meant Kilbarrack. I love living here. Nice big house for an affordable mortgage, DART station on my doorstep, St. Annes Park, Dollymount. Great neighbours and can hear a pin drop at night.

    ***Results are still hidden OP***


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