Good areas to live in Dublin, Ireland?

Question

I will be moving to Dublin, Ireland soon and since most house shares seem to be in Dublin #, I was wondering which areas to avoid and which areas are good by their # or name. Thanks! :)

Answer 1

The eternal question north side or south side? !!

The thing that will decide most for you is your budget.  Houses in more upmarket areas obviously cost more and Dublin prices all over are high.  The answer about the nos is correct. 1 is north centre 2 is south centre and they move out from there with all odd nos on the northside and all even numbers on the south side.

After that you need to decide what you require in the way of facilities, schools, shops,  public transport, etc. Also do you want to be near the sea. If you have hobbies, e.g. hill walking that might decide near the mountains.  

There are bad areas on both sides of the city and you really need to choose a good estate agent for advice.  You can try www.myhome.ie or www.daft.ie for starters to get ideas of cost and type available.  If its cheap its either in a bad area or in 'rag order' (bad condition).

You will like living here we are very friendly and there is always great craic somewhere or other.

Answer 2

don't knock the northside, people have the wrong impression  of us..phibsboro, cabra, glasnevin are just as close to town and I never see trouble  around these areas. but there are always fights and assaults in rathmines, and ranelagh is waaayyy to expensive for most people to live in

Answer 3

dolphins barn is a lovely place lol lol lol

Answer 4

The thing to remember is that the larger the postcode number, the further from the city centre (more or less). Also, odd numbers are on the North side of the river, and evens on the South. See here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dub...

Personally, I would recommend the south city centre i.e. Dublin 2 or 8. Dublin 4 and 6 is nice too.

Answer 5

Most areas are ok, some nice ones that I know of are:

Southside: Donnybrook, Rathmines, Ranelagh, Terenure, Rathgar, Ballsbridge, Stillorgan, Clonskeagh.

Northside: Drumcondra, Glasnevin, Fairview, Santry.

Sorry, I've only ever lived on the southside so I don't know the northside that well. But as someone else suggested, a good idea would be to look at www.daft.ie to get a good feel for the areas. There's no one place that jumps out at me as being rough or dodgy - obviously, parts of the city centre can have hassles due to the large concentration of pubs and clubs there, but I've never personally heard of any problems there. Make sure wherever you look has good transport links - rush hour in Dublin can be a nightmare!

Answer 6

we moved to ireland 17 months ago, we chose Malahide. you cant do better!

look up www.malahide.ie on dart line too!

we are from england!

Answer 7

yes at the pub.

Answer 8

it depends on what you are looking for.  if you ar 20 to early 30s i would recomend ranelagh and rathmines they have a very young studenty young professionall feel the houses are lovely - sharing with people and really good transport with the luas and bus routes very close.  most importantly good pubs close at hand.  they are 25-30 mins walk south of city centre or 5 mins by luas.  living in the city can be very expensive some bits dodgey.  i would recommend look around for places dont narrow it to one area and see where you want to work.  i lived 1 yr north side v dodgy area, one yr dead city centre v central but need to look out for yourself, 3 yrs rathmines great area bad housing and 2 yrs ranelagh amazing housing.  i was a student for the whole duration so lived the student life.  it may not be what youre looking for