Demolish Crumlin

[Expose the lot of them]

Crumlin is not a dump, it does have green areas relatively close, its also only a short hop to the city, has some decent schools and colleges.

Not all the houses are 1950's design, take a walk/drive down the Crumlin road from the Childrens hospital, nice red brick houses on the left, 1940's houses on the right.

Crumlin x roads, from the Submarine, Cromellsfort road on the left(Walkinstown) owards the village, Agnes's church on the left, follow the road to the 2nd group of shops,there once stood a house in which Cromwell led his invasion of Ireland, bad history yes, but still history, follow the road to the end, you will come across a thirteenth century church, st mary's, new church built in the 1940's using bricks made locally.

Sorry dude, but Crumlin has plenty of character and amenities, its a generally well settled area, granted there are some eyesores, the old Crumlin shopping centre, but thats due for renewal, as soon as Tesco's lease is up.

Clogher road, is home to a well designed allotment scheme, now an extensive waiting list attached.

Why not concrete up some of the dumps in Tipperary, jaysus, cashel has an old ruin of a castle, why not demolish that and build some really lovely apartments on the site,(sarcasm) traffic jams are not exclusive to larger urban areas, Most of the country has problems, does that mean that all small towns and villages should be re-developed.

You got this one wrong completely

There also the houses that Wills tobacco built houses for their workers in Raleigh Square and some very attractive double fronted cottages near the Iveagh Sports ground.

The OP knows nothing about Crumlin, the history, people or community, as you suggest he would be better off turning his demolition desires to from whence he came and leave the historical villages of Dublin alone.

[Expose the lot of them]

Intriguing - what was written on these notes? Or were they random thoughts/scraps of poetry to edify the peasantry?

Brendan Behan moved to Crumlin from Dublin City Centre. He lived at 70 Kildare Road where the house is marked with a plaque in his honour.
Christy Brown, the Irish author, painter and poet, was born in Crumlin.
Gabriel Byrne, Hollywood actor, was born in Crumlin [2]
Paddy Casey, the singer/songwriter, is from Cashel Road in Crumlin.
Gemma Craven, the actress, is from Crumlin.
Oliver Cromwell, on his way to Drogheda, camped near Crumlin Village (Cromwellsfort Road in Crumlin is believed to have been named after him).
Martin Duffy, filmmaker and author was from Leighlin Road, Crumlin. Duffy based his first feature film The Boy from Mercury on his childhood experiences in the neighborhood, and detailed life there from the 1930s onwards in the biography of his parents, "Barney and Molly".
Richie Egan, bass player in The Redneck Manifesto (band) and lead singer of Jape (band), is from Crumlin.
Larry Flood, the former Irish Olympic boxer and Irish welter champion, lived in Crumlin.
Liam Lawlor, the high profile and controversial Irish TD, was born in Crumlin.
Phil Lynott of the rock band Thin Lizzy used to live on Leighlin Road and Rutland Avenue, Crumlin. The "Black Rose" (Rosin Dubh) famously said "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say, I'm a Lynott." - Phil Lynott
Paul McGrath, the former footballer who played with the Republic Of Ireland, Manchester United and Aston Villa, grew up in Crumlin having played for St. Patrick's Athletic of Inchicore.
Fintan O'Toole, journalist and Irish Times assistant editor, grew up in Crumlin.
Niall Quinn, Sunderland AFC Chairman.
Eamonn Rogers, the former footballer who played with the Republic of Ireland, Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic, grew up in Crumlin.
Seamus Elliott, cyclist, was a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia in 1960 and the Vuelta a Espana in 1962. He also won a stage in Tour de France and held the Tour's yellow jersey for 2 days.
Andy Reid (footballer), Sunderland AFC player. Andy grew up on Clogher Road in Crumlin.
Joey O'Brien (footballer), Bolton Wanderers and Republic of Ireland midfielder. Joey grew up on Sundrive Road, which is just around the corner from where Andy Reid grew up
Crumlin, Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brendan Behan's mother did not want to move to the "country" she was of the opinion that they "eat their young" out there.

[linny55]

Brendan Behan moved to Crumlin from Dublin City Centre. He lived at 70 Kildare Road where the house is marked with a plaque in his honour.
Christy Brown, the Irish author, painter and poet, was born in Crumlin.
Gabriel Byrne, Hollywood actor, was born in Crumlin [2]
Paddy Casey, the singer/songwriter, is from Cashel Road in Crumlin.
Gemma Craven, the actress, is from Crumlin.
Oliver Cromwell, on his way to Drogheda, camped near Crumlin Village (Cromwellsfort Road in Crumlin is believed to have been named after him).
Martin Duffy, filmmaker and author was from Leighlin Road, Crumlin. Duffy based his first feature film The Boy from Mercury on his childhood experiences in the neighborhood, and detailed life there from the 1930s onwards in the biography of his parents, "Barney and Molly".
Richie Egan, bass player in The Redneck Manifesto (band) and lead singer of Jape (band), is from Crumlin.
Larry Flood, the former Irish Olympic boxer and Irish welter champion, lived in Crumlin.
Liam Lawlor, the high profile and controversial Irish TD, was born in Crumlin.
Phil Lynott of the rock band Thin Lizzy used to live on Leighlin Road and Rutland Avenue, Crumlin. The "Black Rose" (Rosin Dubh) famously said "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say, I'm a Lynott." - Phil Lynott
Paul McGrath, the former footballer who played with the Republic Of Ireland, Manchester United and Aston Villa, grew up in Crumlin having played for St. Patrick's Athletic of Inchicore.
Fintan O'Toole, journalist and Irish Times assistant editor, grew up in Crumlin.
Niall Quinn, Sunderland AFC Chairman.
Eamonn Rogers, the former footballer who played with the Republic of Ireland, Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic, grew up in Crumlin.
Seamus Elliott, cyclist, was a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia in 1960 and the Vuelta a Espana in 1962. He also won a stage in Tour de France and held the Tour's yellow jersey for 2 days.
Andy Reid (footballer), Sunderland AFC player. Andy grew up on Clogher Road in Crumlin.
Joey O'Brien (footballer), Bolton Wanderers and Republic of Ireland midfielder. Joey grew up on Sundrive Road, which is just around the corner from where Andy Reid grew up
Crumlin, Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brendan Behan's mother did not want to move to the "country" she was of the opinion that they "eat their young" out there.

"Fairy pissing" was from Crumlin , and if you can work that out I'll give you a like.

[Trampas]

Doesn’t necessarily have to be Crumlin ....

Steady on will ya. There was a time when people from Drimnagh would say they were from Crumlin. It had a certain cachet.....all relative mind you.

[Irish&Annoyed]

Brendan Behan moved to Crumlin from Dublin City Centre. He lived at 70 Kildare Road where the house is marked with a plaque in his honour.
Christy Brown, the Irish author, painter and poet, was born in Crumlin.
Gabriel Byrne, Hollywood actor, was born in Crumlin [2]
Paddy Casey, the singer/songwriter, is from Cashel Road in Crumlin.
Gemma Craven, the actress, is from Crumlin.
Oliver Cromwell, on his way to Drogheda, camped near Crumlin Village (Cromwellsfort Road in Crumlin is believed to have been named after him).
Martin Duffy, filmmaker and author was from Leighlin Road, Crumlin. Duffy based his first feature film The Boy from Mercury on his childhood experiences in the neighborhood, and detailed life there from the 1930s onwards in the biography of his parents, "Barney and Molly".
Richie Egan, bass player in The Redneck Manifesto (band) and lead singer of Jape (band), is from Crumlin.
Larry Flood, the former Irish Olympic boxer and Irish welter champion, lived in Crumlin.
Liam Lawlor, the high profile and controversial Irish TD, was born in Crumlin.
Phil Lynott of the rock band Thin Lizzy used to live on Leighlin Road and Rutland Avenue, Crumlin. The "Black Rose" (Rosin Dubh) famously said "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say, I'm a Lynott." - Phil Lynott
Paul McGrath, the former footballer who played with the Republic Of Ireland, Manchester United and Aston Villa, grew up in Crumlin having played for St. Patrick's Athletic of Inchicore.
Fintan O'Toole, journalist and Irish Times assistant editor, grew up in Crumlin.
Niall Quinn, Sunderland AFC Chairman.
Eamonn Rogers, the former footballer who played with the Republic of Ireland, Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic, grew up in Crumlin.
Seamus Elliott, cyclist, was a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia in 1960 and the Vuelta a Espana in 1962. He also won a stage in Tour de France and held the Tour's yellow jersey for 2 days.
Andy Reid (footballer), Sunderland AFC player. Andy grew up on Clogher Road in Crumlin.
Joey O'Brien (footballer), Bolton Wanderers and Republic of Ireland midfielder. Joey grew up on Sundrive Road, which is just around the corner from where Andy Reid grew up
Crumlin, Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brendan Behan's mother did not want to move to the "country" she was of the opinion that they "eat their young" out there.

Talented people - no doubt about it. However, I was replying to P Ryan's post where he said he had thrown 'notes' out of his Bentley - I was not inferring that Crumlin was a talentless backwater

[Des Quirell]

Crumlin is not a dump, it does have green areas relatively close, its also only a short hop to the city, has some decent schools and colleges.

Not all the houses are 1950's design, take a walk/drive down the Crumlin road from the Childrens hospital, nice red brick houses on the left, 1940's houses on the right.

Crumlin x roads, from the Submarine, Cromellsfort road on the left(Walkinstown) owards the village, Agnes's church on the left, follow the road to the 2nd group of shops,there once stood a house in which Cromwell led his invasion of Ireland, bad history yes, but still history, follow the road to the end, you will come across a thirteenth century church, st mary's, new church built in the 1940's using bricks made locally.

Sorry dude, but Crumlin has plenty of character and amenities, its a generally well settled area, granted there are some eyesores, the old Crumlin shopping centre, but thats due for renewal, as soon as Tesco's lease is up.

Clogher road, is home to a well designed allotment scheme, now an extensive waiting list attached.

Why not concrete up some of the dumps in Tipperary, jaysus, cashel has an old ruin of a castle, why not demolish that and build some really lovely apartments on the site,(sarcasm) traffic jams are not exclusive to larger urban areas, Most of the country has problems, does that mean that all small towns and villages should be re-developed.

You got this one wrong completely

I was holding back on mentioning places such as St Mary's Church.

Crumlin has its history and deserves a future.

Idiocy such as is in the OP (ok we know it's a troll, but what the hell) still needs to be exposed if only to set the record straight.

One thing that has always amazed me to date about the place: there are huge green areas in the place in the form of roundabouts. How the hell did they manage to avoid becoming the sites for apartment blocks during the boom?

[Expose the lot of them]

Talented people - no doubt about it. However, I was replying to P Ryan's post where he said he had thrown 'notes' out of his Bentley - I was not inferring that Crumlin was a talentless backwater

I was aware of that, my post was supposed to register a little sarcasm as I think was P Ryan - at least I hope so

[Expose the lot of them]

I was holding back on mentioning places such as St Mary's Church.

Crumlin has its history and deserves a future.

Idiocy such as is in the OP (ok we know it's a troll, but what the hell) still needs to be exposed if only to set the record straight.

One thing that has always amazed me to date about the place: there are huge green areas in the place in the form of roundabouts. How the hell did they manage to avoid becoming the sites for apartment blocks during the boom?

Yes quite amazing how many there are and how they survived, I get completely lost in Crumlin and the multiple grass areas make things even more confusing. Not complaining though it must be great for families living close to those green areas a safe local place for kids to kick a ball around. As for the heavy traffic mentioned by the processed cheese man, some of the roads are used as rat runs during the rush hour but that is not exclusive to the residential areas of Crumlin.

[galteeman]

You guys have no imagination. Get a piece of paper and draw out what you think the ideal community would look like for say 2000 homes. I suppose you guys would draw Crumlin.

[galteeman]

As for the point about the old folks..
I'd say the move would be good for them as at present a lot of them live alone in an empty house and are scattered around. The community nurses have to spend their time traveling around visiting them making sure they are ok etc. Now if they were moved to a purpose built section of the new community where their houses are of the appropriate size and are all together they could keep each other company and the people assigned by the state to look after their needs could be situated right beside them in a clinic. That would be much more efficient for everyone.