Recommend upper middle class area with lots of young families in Dublin?

melusina

Could you recommend the area in Dublin where upper middle class people live and at the same time, the area is 'young' e.g. many young families, lots of amenities for kids ? Preferably with a good connection to the city centre.
If there is any other positives to mention about the particular area recommended, please do mention it. Thanks.

mfceiling

Ranelagh

MaxSteele

Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot. You'll love it.

The Hill Billy

MaxSteele wrote: »

Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot. You'll love it.

If you have nothing helpful to add to the thread - don't bother posting.

tHB

liffeylite

melusina wrote: »

Could you recommend the area in Dublin where upper middle class people live and at the same time, the area is 'young' e.g. many young families, lots of amenities for kids ? Preferably with a good connection to the city centre.
If there is any other positives to mention about the particular area recommended, please do mention it. Thanks.

Ranelagh, donnybrook, ballsbridge, sandymount, rathgar, terenure, merrion, blackrock, monkstown, sandycove, Rathfarnham, cabinteely, clontarf, glasnevin, killester, castleknock, portmarnock, malahde, sutton howth. Check out any of them on daft.ie plenty of others too.

delthedriver

Ranelagh, Rathgar, Terenure.

Each locationhas access to Private Schools, The High School, Sandford Park, Alexandra College. etc.

All of the above have easy access to City Centre, Driving , Walking, Cycling or Public Transport. Ranelagh also has Luas.

Each of the above have shops, banks, bistros, bars,doctors dentists etc. Good community atmosphere.

Hope the above may assist

admiralofthefleet

clontarf, raheny and killester, the general area immediately north east of the city centre and howth/sutton. all are very nice areas, very close to town, have excellent amenities and transport links

donvito99

Rothgore

admiralofthefleet

donvito99 wrote: »

Rothgore

there isnt really much in rathgar. its close enough to town yeah but amenities wise it lacks

admiralofthefleet

mfceiling wrote: »

Ranelagh

around mount pleasant square and the hill isnt exactly upmarket

ciaran_h

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

around mount pleasant square and the hill isnt exactly upmarket

Jasus so ranelagh is rough now yeah? By the same token st. Annes in or conquer hill in clontarf should get a mention.

delthedriver

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

clontarf, raheny and killester, the general area immediately north east of the city centre and howth/sutton. all are very nice areas, very close to town, have excellent amenities and transport links

With respect I would not consider Killester and Raheny to be Upper Middle Class.
Where are the Private Schools. Sorry I am a Southsider:)

delthedriver

liffeylite wrote: »

Ranelagh, donnybrook, ballsbridge, sandymount, rathgar, terenure, merrion, blackrock, monkstown, sandycove, Rathfarnham, cabinteely, clontarf, glasnevin, killester, castleknock, portmarnock, malahde, sutton howth. Check out any of them on daft.ie plenty of others too.

I would not consider all of the above to be Upper Middle Class.:)

schemingbohemia

What is upper-middle class to you, OP? Everyone might have a different view on what that is.

If you want to get really detailed you could check out the Pobal Deprivation Index that includes education indicators etc but not income, see here
http://maps.pobal.ie/#/Map

Virtually every part of Dublin that would be regarded as upper-middle class would have areas within it or beside it that are not, we're not as ghetto-ised here as in other cities.

Many more affluent areas because of the housing boom madness were not affordable for young families so there won't be many there. Added to the list above, i'd include Dalkey, Glasthule, Glenageary, really most of the DART stations south of Grand Canal Dock as far as Killiney.

P_1

Depends on what you would consider as upper middle class tbh.

A quick rule of thumb (with a few exceptions) would be to follow the Dart Line and the N11, N81, R114, R117 roads.

You should find upper middle class areas along these corridors

bullvine

Pretty much anywhere in Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown with the exception of Sallynoggin, Ballybrack and Loughlinstown, might be a little far from the city though.

juiceking91

Clonee :rolleyes: LOL

delthedriver

melusina wrote: »

Could you recommend the area in Dublin where upper middle class people live and at the same time, the area is 'young' e.g. many young families, lots of amenities for kids ? Preferably with a good connection to the city centre.
If there is any other positives to mention about the particular area recommended, please do mention it. Thanks.

Which areas have you considered so far?
There have been quite a few suggestions And replies .Anywhere in particular of interest to you?
Where are you living at the moment?

admiralofthefleet

delthedriver wrote: »

With respect I would not consider Killester and Raheny to be Upper Middle Class.
Where are the Private Schools. Sorry I am a Southsider:)

mount temple is in killester but since when does a private school make an area upper class? is there any private schools in dolphins barn? or tallaght/clondalkin/ballybrack?

ciaran_h

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

mount temple is in killester but since when does a private school make an area upper class? is there any private schools in dolphins barn? or tallaght/clondalkin/ballybrack?

Mt temple is not private. And no priv schools in any of the areas u mention but who's saying they're upper middle class?...not sure what ur argument is other than listing off some 'rough' southside areas......what the hell does upper middle class mean anyway OP? A place full of complete w@nkers IMO which doesn't fit the bill for killester or raheny....therefore I'd say go for rathgar, ranelagh, terenure or anywhere south of grand canal dock

tallyv

I would say Raheny, clontarf or sutton or on the southside Sandymount, blackrock or stillorgan.

admiralofthefleet

ciaran_h wrote: »

Mt temple is not private. And no priv schools in any of the areas u mention but who's saying they're upper middle class?...not sure what ur argument is other than listing off some 'rough' southside areas......what the hell does upper middle class mean anyway OP? A place full of complete w@nkers IMO which doesn't fit the bill for killester or raheny....therefore I'd say go for rathgar, ranelagh, terenure or anywhere south of grand canal dock

whats the point on argueing? there is rough areas all over dublin. South and North, East and West

donvito99

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

there isnt really much in rathgar. its close enough to town yeah but amenities wise it lacks

Bus frequency is usually stellar by Dublin standards. 10 minute walk from Rathmines which is awash with amenities.

Actually, OP should live in Rathmines.

WoollyRedHat

tallyv wrote: »

I would say Raheny, clontarf or sutton or on the southside Sandymount, blackrock or stillorgan.

Raheny, really? I wouldn't have considered that as fitting in as per the title. This from what I remember from my childhood unless it has changed since the late 90s.

delthedriver

Hi Folks,
Before any mor time is wasted, or before posters fall out with each other, may I suggest we get feedback from the Op on what has been posted so far. It seems a bit unfair to comment further on different areas without hearing from Op!

hfallada

Glasnevin is pretty nice and very safe if you stay in the Dublin 9 part. It has excellent transport links as I never wait more than 5-10 mins for a bus. However if you live in Glasnevin there is a 95% chance you send your son/daughter to belvedere or loreto on the green and it might be better in the long run to live in an area where there is quality public schools.

But other than that there is a strong sense of community with most major housing developments having an annual community BBQ

delthedriver

melusina wrote: »

Could you recommend the area in Dublin where upper middle class people live and at the same time, the area is 'young' e.g. many young families, lots of amenities for kids ? Preferably with a good connection to the city centre.
If there is any other positives to mention about the particular area recommended, please do mention it. Thanks.

Well Op, how are we doing so far?

Have the replies been helpful?

Upper Middle Class??? Mmmmmmmmmmm?

Hootanany

CAhBRA on the West side.

gerbilgranny

I'm a little taken aback that someone could be so....blatant....as to request 'upper middle class'.

(And sorry, but I would like to thank the people whose posts have made me laugh!)

But being serious - I've got the impression that, in the UK at least 'upper middle class' actually means very posh indeed. Dublin 4-type posh. Not sure that many of the areas mentioned would cut it.

It'd certainly be interesting to hear more from the OP.

delthedriver

gerbilgranny wrote: »

I'm a little taken aback that someone could be so....blatant....as to request 'upper middle class'.

(And sorry, but I would like to thank the people whose posts have made me laugh!)

But being serious - I've got the impression that, in the UK at least 'upper middle class' actually means very posh indeed. Dublin 4-type posh. Not sure that many of the areas mentioned would cut it.

It'd certainly be interesting to hear more from the OP.

Interesting, there are parts of D4 I would not consider posh. This may be an exercise in futility as the Op has not responded so far. I am not sure the Op is genuine nor Upper Middle Class.

In the current economic climate I am not even sure what is Upper Middle Class.
The construction of the Ops request does not suggest that they are indeed Upper Middle Class.

Perhaps the Op could enlighten us or stop wasting our time. Perhaps the thread should be closed off in the absence of a reply

Giblet

Maybe you can move in next to enya?