Whats the worst area in dublin?

The Real B-man

Bray

StupidLikeAFox

isnt bray in wicklow?

RuggieBear

ColHol wrote:

isnt bray in wicklow?

Indeed it is....but a couple of Bray estates lie in Co. Dublin.

Armen Tanzarian

Basically anything north of the liffey is a total kip, Real no-go areas, I was north of the liffey as a kid once, it made me physically sick.
Theres a real tension in the air, commonly known as "north side aggression".
Whenever I meet foreign visitors I always make a point of telling them this.
The tourist board recommend staying south side aswel.

Nightwish

"if Fair City, is loike a true representation of, loike northsoide loife, then how come theres never any drive by shootings and people being mugged"

Kingsize

if Fair City, is loike a true representation of, loike northsoide loife, then how come theres never any drive by shootings and people being mugged"

a how come sum of de peeple talk loike dis & dere brudders or sisters have like a d4 like accent ?

nlgbbbblth

Kingsize wrote:

if Fair City, is loike a true representation of, loike northsoide loife, then how come theres never any drive by shootings and people being mugged"

a how come sum of de peeple talk loike dis & dere brudders or sisters have like a d4 like accent ?

Fair City, like all soaps fails to represent reality - by virtue of the fact that it is set in a non-existent area (Carrigstown)

People will say 'well you can't set it somewhere real like say, Glasnevin'

I say why not

RuggieBear

nlgbbbblth wrote:

Fair City, like all soaps fails to represent reality - by virtue of the fact that it is set in a non-existent area (Carrigstown)

People will say 'well you can't set it somewhere real like say, Glasnevin'

I say why not

aye....wasn't Glenroe basically Kilcoole in Wicklow

irlirishkev

Dub13 wrote:

Thw worst area in the country is the half a mile from SummerHill (at the canal) up to Parnell Street.This small area has been on the front of National Newspapers loads of times over the last few years.Here is a small sample.

1)Last weeks headless cut up body found in the canal

2)Man "assassinated" as he was sitting outside a pub

3)Taxi driver killed by so called joyriders

4)The Sunday World bought Crack Cocaine in a pub on this infamous half mile.

5)The body in a suit case allso happend here.

6)Chinese gangs had a major fight I think a man was killed cant remember but some major GBH was done.

And last night at 10pm a guy was shot repeatedly in the head, just down the road in Ballybough.

I live just off Parnell St. up towards Gardiner St. Luckily Gardiner St. seems to be the cutoff point. East of there and you're in the badlands. I'd never walk/cycle up there after a certain time of night.

What's the deal with the boarded up flats up that way, are they going to be pulled down or what??

Kev.

AB03

Ok, got to page 3 of this thread and couldnt be bothered reading anymore. Interesting thread tho. I know the southside like the back of my hand, so you can take it that this list is fairly complete (Southside wise anyway).
Most of these will be south/west side, not too familiar with the kips on the northside.

Heres my definitive list in no particular order:

Ringsend - where I grew up and love to bits and would never ever be afraid to walk thru any part, even the park or the flats at any time of day or night, but good god, if u didnt know anyone around there, I wouldnt go near it, ringsend is a hard fckin area. Not so much total scumbags, only hard ****ers that yer better off not messing with. I love it tho, with all my heart

East wall - The general enemies of Ringer and many a time there has been war over tyres for halloween fires. Ive been involved in quite a few. Sherrif st. is probably near the worst part, but its not nearly as bad as it used to be and I would walk around there,but maybe not after dark (although I have done a good few times, robbing tyres )

Pearse st. or Pearser - Very bad at times and another sworn enemy of ringer, particularly Pearse House and Marchevicz. Never really get to see it too much of it anymore due to a feud with a few people in particular, but it is getting so much better due to business and students in the area. Historically Pearser and Ringer have had pitched battles invovling 40-50 or more people, knives, bats, bottles, bed posts, the works. Nasty ****, Ive seen one first hand on ringsend bridge when I was younger, 15 or 20 people had to go the hospital, the rest didnt bother but should have.

Beechill in Donnybrook - Not toooo bad, but it has its moments and is often neglected as a hard area.

The area between dorset st. and sherrif st, around the 5 lamps is dodgy as fook, cant think of the name of it. Near connolly.

O'Connell St at night is fairly bad and I never feel too safe walking down it. Daytime is nearly as bad, but its not as bad as people make it out to be.

Temple St. area - around the temple theatre, those flats are ****in well dodgy, believe me.

The Flats behind stevens green - The name of em escapes me now, but I know em far better than Id like to. Got dragged in there and battered with a motorbike helmet by 2 ***** a few years back, although that was self inflicted (you dont want to know).

Dolphins Barn - Not really as bad as some of ye were making out, there is scum, but they generally dont cause any hassle (not to me anyway).

The Libirties/Christ Church/The Coombe - Can be dodgy, but not really too bad, loads of junkies, but **** them they're only muppets.

Crumlin/Drimnagh - Can be quite bad unless you keep your head down. Got slaughtered to bits one day (4 o clock or so) by a pro boxer and his son (also a pro boxer) becuase my mate hit his car when he tried to knock us down. There was a gang of at least 10 of us, not mates of mine, but proper crumlins heads and yer man didnt give a ****, straight out of the motor and started kicking heads. I hit him a dig, big mistake, got kicked asunder by him and his son then. They only stopped hitting me cos the garda were on the way. But thats just me, but in general, crumlin is a certainately not a no go area, but theres some very hard people there.

Inchicore - Aint nearly as bad as some were making out as far as I know and Ive been around there loads at night and day. Never seems too bad to me.

Now onto the gems:

Neilstown - Absolute ****in kip, nightmare of a place. I hate venturing thru there night or day. Disaster zone.

Killinarden Heights - Same as above.

Jobstown - I see somebody said this place is getting worse, but compared to the one time that me and a mate got the wrong bus out there when we were about 12, its seems almost grand now. Back then, my good god.

Cherry Orchard - Where I currently live. Again, its not as bad as it was about 10 years ago (was actually the worst place Ive ever visited, ever, back then) but its still a dangerous dangerous place. My car got robbed within 3 days of buying it (got it back, rallied to bits an hour later) and theres been at least one or two more attempts on it since then, but I have an alarm/immob now so it aint goin anywhere.Ive only been living out there for about a year, but Ive seen some mad **** since I got there. Cars get rallied every single night and sure yer man was killed for his car a 10 minute walk from where I live. A bloke in my apartments got car jacked outside my door 2 weeks after moving in aswell. Another time the boys tried to rob a car but couldnt move it so they set fire to it in the driveway. Dodgy as fook.

Ballyfermot - I dunno, theres somthing about ballyer I dont like (probably the fact that I have to live there). Most bad areas I can deal with, but ballyer is different. The main street is a nightmare, bogeys everywhere at any time of day. Ive been living in ballyer for nearly a year and I still havent walked the length of it and probably wouldnt either.
Le Fanu park is a no go area completely at night time. Wouldnt go near it if I was paid.

Bawnouge - Similar to Neilstown. Im in belfast at the moment and Ive been driving thru most of the different areas. None are as bad as neilstown and bawnouge.


Now, moving south again:

Ballybrack/Sallynoggin - Mainly just fools that think they're hard, but there is a few genuine psychos out that way that yer better off not messing with. Loads of saps aswell tho.

Rathfarnam - Believe it or not (I know I was suprised), but theres a few little small estates around rathfarnam that are fairly hard. Nothing too bad tho, Id still walk around there (couldnt bring myself to be afraid of a rathfarnian) at any time tho. **** em.

Dun Laoghire - Same as above, few little pockets of dodgy areas, but generally on the whole, theyre just wannabe hard men.

Shankill - Again, theres a few bogeys out that way, one in particular I can think of whos a bit of a nut job. Carrys 2 shotguns in the back of his van 24/7. Dunno if hes locked up yet or not.

Bray - I fckin hate bray with a passion. Theres some right little knackers out there, and thats all they are, knackers. Little bray knackers, smell of em. I absolutely hate the place and Id be quite happy if it burned to the ground.


Think Ive covered most of the southside dodgys there.

Consult this list if yer planning on moving

seamus

Moved from AH

Drummer

Playaflow - u were hardly approached with a machete if he put it in his pocket. The machete would have sliced his trousers right down the leg if he tried to put it in his pocket. Unless he they were made of kevlar.

Kernal - i understand. Glasnevin is a nice area next to a kip - I live in a similar area. The Gardai know they will get attacked in the scumbag areas, so they come down the heavy on the kids in the nice areas. Happens all the time round here. Mind you, they kids round here arent angels, but they wouldnt mug ur granny either.

condra

Im not just saying this- I love living in Glasnevin. Ive spent time in most parts of Dublin.
Northside I like Phibsboro and Drumcondra.
Southside I like Rathmines.

But where I live in Glasnevin its fairly quiet and people mind their own business. We have a nice park with strangely few scumbags. Theres lots of students from DCU about, they often help dilute the 13a. Generally though I dont think theres anywhere else Id like to live.

Sarsfield

holly_johnson wrote:

Lived in "Chapelizod" (really Ballyfermot down the end of Sarsfield Road) and nothing would make me go back.. car robbed twice, windows stoned nearly every night, apartment robbed and ransacked (sh1t on the bed etc)

That's where I live now! I haven't had any problems. I quite like the place although the 78A bus can be an interesting experience!

holly_johnson

Sarsfield wrote:

That's where I live now! I haven't had any problems. I quite like the place although the 78A bus can be an interesting experience!

I lived in The Steeples from 96 to 98. I'm delighted that you like it, maybe it has quietened down, but personally I thought it was the biggest dumping ground for knackers I've ever seen. My hubby ended up in hospital with a perforated ulcer from the stress caused by the scumbags bricking the place every night etc. You won't catch me even driving through the place now.

Funkstard

I'll stick to the areas around me (we're talking southside)

Dún Laoghaire is a ****ing hole and I hate it with a small passion. It's not as bad as what it used to be (or so I hear), and everyone thinks it grand now that they gave it a facelift. It's still a ****hole as far as I'm concerned

Ballybrack is fine now. Well, relatively speaking. The Three storeys and the surrounding council houses used to be no-go areas, but now they're getting knocked down and the area has calmed down quite a bit.

Sallynoggin - Seems alright, I got the **** kicked out of me on the 7, and the ****ers got off at Sallynoggin, so I have an immediate prejudice (If you like taking your life in your hands, go on the 7 and **** any other sort of thrill you might like to experience. A week after I got wrecked on it, a priest was beaten to a pulp. I absolutely hate Dublin Bus in general and avoid it like the plague)

Stillorgan isn't a nice place at night when it's only McDonalds open. There's security guards on duty there full time now I believe

Bray - I really don't like Bray. Just not a nice place, but it's not supposed to be all that bad.

Shankill - A bit dodgy. The road from Mace in Ballybrack to SuperValu in Shankill is lined with not-so-nice estates, especially the one beside the Dart station in Shankill.

Basically, and this is true, anywhere with council estated is or has the tendency to be bad. I'm not saying it's all bad people, but it's where alot of the bad people are

AB03

Funkstard wrote:

Stillorgan isn't a nice place at night when it's only McDonalds open. There's security guards on duty there full time now I believe

Pahahah, dont worry about stilorgan, ever, at any time of day. They're all thicks,wannabes. They might look the part but thats about it. If you ever get any hassle,dont take it and just hit the first person closest to ya. His mates will run and you can proceed to kick the neck off the cheeky wee fecker!
Those poor security guards tho, I feel sorry for them. They have to take the abuse and cant hit the bastads!

Dathai

Debyaka wrote:

Jeasus mate you should have asked somebody from dublin to give you advice on where to get a place!
You picked two right dumps by the sounds of things..
Move to cabra the rent is cheap there its near town and phibsboro and its not as rough as it used to be!!

Yeah cabra is legend.I live in a nice little area, not very loud, not very quiet either.Worst that happens is the muppets at the end of the avenue spraying stuff on the wall.

Funkstard

Yeh I know, well the only time I venture into Stillorgan is when I'm at Bondi, so I'm bound to have a few of my friends there.

My friend got his nose broken outside Eddie Rockets a few months ago though. He got headbutted for absolutely no reason. There must be a few of them around if that happens

Stench Blossoms

Dathai wrote:

Yeah cabra is legend.I live in a nice little area, not very loud, not very quiet either.Worst that happens is the muppets at the end of the avenue spraying stuff on the wall.

Oh my god i hate Cabra! I live beside there and im sick to death of all the little scum coming down to my area and breakin into cars and hangin around here causing trouble

Samson

AB03 wrote:

Ballyfermot - I dunno, theres somthing about ballyer I dont like (probably the fact that I have to live there). Most bad areas I can deal with, but ballyer is different. The main street is a nightmare, bogeys everywhere at any time of day. Ive been living in ballyer for nearly a year and I still havent walked the length of it and probably wouldnt either.
Le Fanu park is a no go area completely at night time. Wouldnt go near it if I was paid.

Are you sure you're talking about the same Ballyfermot that I'm thinking of?
I feel your perception of the area is a little off. Sure Ballyfermot had a reputation in the past, but I really don't think it's anywhere near as bad as you paint it.
The "bogeys" you mention hanging around on the main drag are just the local p!ssheads, who might bother you for change, but are frankly harmless in my opinion.
And as for The Lawns (Le Fanu Park) being a no-go area, I have been walking my dogs there daily/nightly for years without incident whatsoever. Even on weekend nights when there are groups of drinkers scattered about.

Dathai

Orla, where 'bouts do ye live?

Stench Blossoms

Ashington. Only the other day there was a bunch of scum caught tryin to push my neighbours car out of the drive way

AB03

Samson - Id say yer probably right, although my fear of le fanu comes from some time last summer when I tried walkin thru it. Ive never seen such a gathering of heads in my life, at least 80-100 proper heads gathered over at the little concrete, err, box, over near the ballyer road end. I took a detour off over the pitches to avoid em. Maybe no danger, who knows, but I wasnt walkin thru that on my toblerone I tells ya.
Its probably not like that every weekend, but I dunno, Im an alien around there who knows noone so I just keep my head down in general
My opinion stays tho, the main st. is a bogey strip anytime of day. Maybe its just me cos I dont know anyone and Im not prepared to start makin mates around there, but thats my opinion.

condra

trinity college- its full of student scum- they'll cast a spell on you- theyre all grumpy because they have sore feet.

Dub13

I am surprised nobody has mentioned the worst kip of them all....Lenster House,its full of scum,flit,thief's,low lifes and Mary Harney

Armen Tanzarian

The worst area in Dublin is the Northside.

msscarlet

The fact that Walkinstown is quiet does not mean that the drugs were not buried by a drug gang from Walkinstown!!! The fact that a car was stopped in Walkinstown could mean the driver was from Walkinstown. In fact it could have been someone from Templeogue or Terenure why did you say Crumlin etc?????
Do you really believe that there is not a possiblity of a criminal from walkinstown.

In an earlier msg you went on about the house prices in Walkinstown saying they cost between 400K-500K and saying this kept the dole queue out. A lot of the houses in Walkinstown are rented out to people on rent allowance, it's the same in all so called 'private areas' where people on housing lists who cannot get council accommodation will get rent allowance from their local health board. Your neighbours could be on the dole queue, do you know for a fact that all your neighbours are the owners of the house in which they are living.

In my job I deal with lots of asylum seekers/refugees. They can live in some of the more prosperous areas of Dublin but they do not own these houses they are getting rent allowance from a Community Welfare Officer.

I have a friend who is a Community Welfare Officer the worst area she works in is Ballinteer and Rathmines. That's because there are more people from these areas on rent allowance. She says that the best to work in is Ballyfermot.

Everytime something bad happens in Dublin 12 doesn't matter if it's Kimmage, Drimnagh, Perrystown, Terenure(D.12 area), Walkinstown or Greenhills. The media will report that it happened in Crumlin. Thats because the Garda Station for these areas is in Crumlin.


You seem to think that Walkinstown is some sort of Utopia where all the people are nice, The bad people live outside Walkinstown. Just wish you'd wake up from the dream your having.
Oh and by the way there are a lot of council houses in Walkinstown some people on the dole may have got them.

Crimes happen everywhere. It's a fact of life.

I was attacked once about 4 years ago by a 3 kids walking past the Black Church near Dorset Street. One of them had a stick up his jumper they blocked my path told me it was a gun, I just laughed then I attempted to keep on walking they grabbed hold of my jacket I was furious. It was only 7pm I just let a huge scream and whacked my bag at them. Was a bit shaken after that. But life goes on!!!
I'm not saying it's the roughest are of Dublin as I walked past that area hundreds of times over the last 12 years have a friend lives in Broadstone. I never had any other incidents.

I lived on between Dolphins Barn and Rialto for a few years have to say the people in the area are fantastic. The community spirit in the area is second to none.Congrats to all those involved.

spudington16

Ballymun.
Summerhill.
Tallaghfornia (Tallaght)
Darndale
Sutton can be dodgy...

The list goes on...

spudington16

You should go to www.langerland.com which has a few hilarious political Flash cartoons, the best of which is Batman and Robin starring Mary Harney and Bertie respectively - it's brilliant!!!

Larianne

There was a housing estate in Quarryvale near Blanch,where my dad brought us to in the car that was like something in Iraq. A complete warzone. Houses boarded up left & right, fires burning on the foot paths, I kid you not! and he showed us the shop he used to deliever to.. I don't know how he even managed to get out of the van. Big shutters/bars on the windows, graffti all over the place and I think there were more shops but they all boarded up. Definately not a nice place to bring up kids.

Funkstard

The three stories in Ballybrack look like that now, they're getting knocked down in a while but for now they're all boarded up and burnt out.

DublinWriter

spudington16 wrote:

You should go to www.langerland.com which has a few hilarious political Flash cartoons, the best of which is Batman and Robin starring Mary Harney and Bertie respectively - it's brilliant!!!

That is the funniest thing I've seen in ages.

Superman

whatever you do , don't drink in Killinarden house or the furry bog in whitechurch - You will get shot!

Armen Tanzarian

I heard they were gay bars

Kernel

msscarlet wrote:

The fact that Walkinstown is quiet does not mean that the drugs were not buried by a drug gang from Walkinstown!!! The fact that a car was stopped in Walkinstown could mean the driver was from Walkinstown. In fact it could have been someone from Templeogue or Terenure why did you say Crumlin etc?????
Do you really believe that there is not a possiblity of a criminal from walkinstown.

Ahhh Womoma, I see you've created a new identity to try to continue this argument. I know that nobody in Walkinstown was charged with burying the drugs, or that the guy driving the car was not from here either. I gave Crumlin as an example because it's a rougher area, and statistically speaking, the odds of it being someone from Templeogue/Terenure are a lot bigger than they are of the dealer being from Crumlin. I do believe it is possible to have criminals where I live, indeed I know of some, I'm saying that the area is better than many areas though.

msscarlet wrote:

In an earlier msg you went on about the house prices in Walkinstown saying they cost between 400K-500K and saying this kept the dole queue out. A lot of the houses in Walkinstown are rented out to people on rent allowance, it's the same in all so called 'private areas' where people on housing lists who cannot get council accommodation will get rent allowance from their local health board. Your neighbours could be on the dole queue, do you know for a fact that all your neighbours are the owners of the house in which they are living.

A huge number of the houses in my area are family owned, and not rented. I know, because I live there. There are corporation houses in Walkinstown, as there are in most (if not all) areas of Dublin, but they haven't been much of a problem (same families living there for decades), and are usually tucked away from the private houses.

msscarlet wrote:

In my job I deal with lots of asylum seekers/refugees. They can live in some of the more prosperous areas of Dublin but they do not own these houses they are getting rent allowance from a Community Welfare Officer.

There are very few refugees I have ever seen around where I live, it's great. There are Chinese students etc. but that's never a social problem. At the end of the day, some landlords take social welfare, but most of the good and responsible ones do not. As I said, most of the houses in my area are privately owned and occupied by families.

msscarlet wrote:

Everytime something bad happens in Dublin 12 doesn't matter if it's Kimmage, Drimnagh, Perrystown, Terenure(D.12 area), Walkinstown or Greenhills. The media will report that it happened in Crumlin. Thats because the Garda Station for these areas is in Crumlin.

While it is true that the two local stations are in Crumlin, the news reports will always say that 'a man was arrested in Walkinstown/Drimnagh" or whatever, rather than Crumlin. Drimnagh shares the same stations as us, but that's been all over the news in the last couple of years.

msscarlet wrote:

You seem to think that Walkinstown is some sort of Utopia where all the people are nice, The bad people live outside Walkinstown. Just wish you'd wake up from the dream your having.
Oh and by the way there are a lot of council houses in Walkinstown some people on the dole may have got them.

Crimes happen everywhere. It's a fact of life.

Of course, I agree that crimes happen everywhere, and I'm certainly not naive enough to think that it couldn't happen where I live. My point has always been that certain areas are predisposed to high levels of crime and social problems (ie. kips), and when you (or another poster) questioned me on where I live, I shared that information. My area is great, it's lovely, I like it. It's not as upmarket as Dalkey, but it sure isn't a kip like Ballymun/Finglas either. That's my point... it's not so much about where I live anyway.

ChRoMe

I feel I'm pretty qualified to answer this question!

Throughout my life I have lived in St Teresa's Gardens (someone called it newmarket area behind cork street, same place). Dolphins Barn and Inchicore (currently). I'm not partically a hardman but wouldnt be afriad to say something back if someone was taking the piss. I havnt gotten much hassel in any of those three areas.That said I have seen some crazy stuff in the barn and inchciore.

Jobstown in Tallagh is the wild west. I got lost up the dublin mountins one night and had to walk 2 hours down the mountin and I came out into jobstown I have never seen _anything_ like it. I felt safer in a very run down area of brooklyn where I stayed with a friend a few summers ago and a couple of weeks I spent in Morroco with some less than upstanding people...)

Its nearlly impossible to say which is the worst. And maybe i'm biased becuase of living in the dolphins barn and inchicore area for a long peroid of time but I dont believe that these are contenders against some area's of finglas or jobstown for example. Its all really person opinoion and expeiences.

Just my .02 cents

ChRoMe

the_syco

In front og the GPO. Damn lefties always set up camp there:mad:

Funkstard

Isn't West Dublin supposed to be absolute Bandit country?

hawkmoon269

The Scribblestown Road end of Finglas, near the dump, is definitely the worst area than I'm aware of.

As regards West Dublin, depends on the area, some areas fine, others are rough, overall I think it has improved since the onset of the "Celtic Tiger".

tony 2 tone

holly_johnson wrote:

Just to say that I live in Blanchardstown, and I wouldn't consider Fortlawn to be a part of it by any means. It is Dublin 15, yes, but definitely not Blanchardstown. It is part of the Clonsilla demesne. And yes, I completely agree it is a kip full of drug dealing knackers. I have only ever known of one decent family in that whole estate.

I live right beside it and know of plenty of decent familys living there. Where abouts are you then? And does it matter if it's Clonsilla or Blanch it's in? You could always say you're living in Castleknock if it bothers you.....

And to the guy that went in there buying runners......it could have been worse, it could have been Whitestown.....

the jew

you mean you guys can actually distinguish between all the bad areas in dublin? lets face it dublin is one big shíthole. this thread is like trying to find the smellier bits on a dogs shít.

eyebrows

the jew wrote:

this thread is like trying to find the smellier bits on a dogs shít.

good good lol

Kernel

the jew wrote:

you mean you guys can actually distinguish between all the bad areas in dublin? lets face it dublin is one big shíthole. this thread is like trying to find the smellier bits on a dogs shít.

Are you from Dublin? I don't think it's bad at all, there are definitely lovely areas in Dublin to live.

the jew

Kernel wrote:

Are you from Dublin? I don't think it's bad at all, there are definitely lovely areas in Dublin to live.

most definately not from dublin and your wrong it is all bad.

Armen Tanzarian

the jew wrote:

you mean you guys can actually distinguish between all the bad areas in dublin? lets face it dublin is one big shíthole. this thread is like trying to find the smellier bits on a dogs shít.

the jew wrote:

most definately not from dublin and your wrong it is all bad.

Where do you live, The Westbank?

LegacyUser

Armen Tanzarian wrote:

Where do you live, The Westbank?

Classic!!!!

Funkstard

Dubliners think they don't like Dublin, but they are more attatched to it than they will ever realise

Kernel

the jew wrote:

most definately not from dublin and your wrong it is all bad.

Well, if you are not from Dublin I am sure you know **** all about areas in Dublin, so your opinion is not necessary in this thread. Thank you, come again.

Superman

Kernel wrote:

Well, if you are not from Dublin I am sure you know **** all about areas in Dublin, so your opinion is not necessary in this thread. Thank you, come again.

well i was going to say the opposite , he's able to judge the situation from outside the box!