Collins Avenue (East) Donnycarney/Killester(?!)

Posy

Might be moving to this avenue and was wondering if anyone is from around there..
Is it right it's been flooded a bit recently?
And do the numbers on the houses go all the way up the avenue or would there be, say a 20 Collins Ave East, a 20 Collins Ave and a 20 Collins Ave West, if you get me? I can imaging people forgetting the East/West of the addresses and the post getting muddled as a result..

Any info appreciated- I'm from around Whitehall/Donnycarney already but have never lived on the 'East Side'.

Gravale

The postal district number is the important part. Collins Avenue East is Dublin.5, while Collins Avenue West is Dublin.9.

face1990

Some areas around there are prone to flooding. There's an underground river (can't remember the name of it) which passes under the Malahide Road, Collins Avenue and parts of Donnycarney. I know the schools in Donnycarney (Scoil Chiarain and Our Lady of Consolation) have fairly frequent flooding problems because of it.

Probably a good idea to ask around the area you're thinking of buying in to find out if it's one of the areas that floods quite a bit.

Br4tPr1nc3

I lived there for years.
moved a couple of years back.

collins ave east, used flood in severe rain.
right outside the school, where the vet stops.
its not too often.


and no the numbers do not continue on up the road.
collins ave east goes to prob about 250 - 300.
and then collins ave west has its own set.

and we got mail a few times from collins ave west.
and im sure they got ours once or twice.

Posy

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

I lived there for years.
moved a couple of years back.

collins ave east, used flood in severe rain.
right outside the school, where the vet stops.
its not too often.

Thanks, the house I seen is near the school but at the opposite side where it slants uphill- there's a good few steps up to the house- so I'm hoping any flooding wouldn't affect inside the house itself. :eek:
Ah well, I suppose this is what surveyors are for.

Thanks for the replies guys.

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face1990 wrote: »

There's an underground river (can't remember the name of it) which passes under the Malahide Road, Collins Avenue and parts of Donnycarney. I know the schools in Donnycarney (Scoil Chiarain and Our Lady of Consolation) have fairly frequent flooding problems because of it.

It's called the Holly Brook, and lent it's name to the hotel that used to be on the Howth Road, which is now apartments and a restaurant/bar.

Also, the well in the back lounge of Harry Byrnes opens onto it.

There is a bridge over it just as you come into Donnycarney from Artane.

Br4tPr1nc3

the bridge is at the garage near donnycarney church.
theres a sign on the wall, beside the little park type place.

that river when it floods mainly affects clanmoyle road.
especially the left corner beside the green, and the first 10 to 20 houses.
they get it really bad, it affects their houses.


collins ave never really gotten that bad.
I believe it once came into the garden,
but even then it was only about 2 or 3 inches high in the garden.

I remember one flood, it was probably the worst,
the water was about 2 or 3 foot high,
cars were getting stuck on the road and couldnt pass.
but the water never affected the houses.

woodseb

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

I remember one flood, it was probably the worst,
the water was about 2 or 3 foot high,
cars were getting stuck on the road and couldnt pass.
but the water never affected the houses.

that doesn't even rhyme:p

Dub13

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

collins ave never really gotten that bad.

Very true,its the cul de sac off collins ave that gets it bad you can tell just driving into it as its a good few feel below collins ave.Also the further east you go on collins ave (toward the howth road) the less of a problem you will have.The mother in law lives near the shops and has never had a prob with flooding.

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That whole junction gets very flodded with heavy rain doesn't it?

Especially up around the church carpark on the Malahide Road, and around onto Collins Ave at the front of the church?

Dub13

Yea the effected area is from the cul de sac up to the church.

maameeo

I live in donnycarney and grew up on collins ave east, went to school there too.
Its the boys school and the keyhole that gets flooded when its really really really bad rain.
I know this because I never got off school due to flooding, while my brother in craobh ciarans got off every time! very unfair!!

I dont think the houses across from the school really get effected, theyre a lil higher up.

Good luck with your move though