Do you live in Shankill, Co Dublin?If so please tell uswhat it’s
like tolive there. Do you have a favouriteplace or a pet peeve in
the neigh-bourhood? Email:[email protected]
What’ssogoodaboutit?The southside suburb has a brilliantlymixed
population: older established resi-dents live alongside a younger
cohort whoprefer apartment living. Trinity College’sstudent halls
sit on Dartry Road, with thebuzz of Rathmines nearby.
Milltown is known for a fine selection offee-paying schools. The
river Dodder, withits Nine Arches bridge, makes for a
niceneighbourhood stroll. Plenty of green spac-es and playgrounds
also make it a fami-ly-friendly spot.
Locals have made note of how safe theyfeel. Milltown is not as
hectic as Rath-mines, nor is it packed with restaurants orbars like
nearby Ranelagh. There’s alsoClonskeagh, Belfield and Dundrum to
thesouth, which makes it a particularly handyneighbourhood.
What’snotsogood?Milltown,which is part Dublin 6, part Dub-lin
14, does have a centre, but it’s less of avillage and more of a
handful of shops on ei-ther side of the road that leads down
to-wards the Dropping Well pub. There areplenty of amenities (among
them a Spar,two creches, dry cleaners and two pharma-cies) but
isn’t particularly cohesive, and lo-cals say they’d like more
restaurants.
House prices are high. In 2018 a disusedchimney, Shanagarry
Chimney, sold at auc-tion for ¤136,000. Yes, a chimney. Despitethe
wealth of fee-paying schools,non-fee-paying primary schools are
inshort supply in the immediate area.
Whereandwhattobuy?The area is teeming with high-end apart-ments,
including 23 Cowper Hall, MountSt Anne’s (¤570,000, via Owen
Reilly).With two bedrooms, two bathrooms and aB2 BER rating, this
apartment looks overMount St Anne’s grounds.
With an asking price of ¤274,950, thecompact one-bed apartment 2
MilltownHill (via David Ross) offers an opportunityfor a first-time
buyer to get on the propertyladder, or a bolt-hole for a
professional.
In the market for a family home? 18 Ram-leh Park (¤695,000, via
Felicity Fox) is athree-bed terraced house with a
sizeablesouthwest-facing garden.
There’s plenty of living space for a grow-ing family in the
nicely located 10 MertonWalk, Mount St Anne’s. This
four-bed,three-bath terraced house is spread outover three floors.
It’s in turnkey condition,although it has a price tag to
match(¤850,000, via Young’s Estate Agents).
Whereandwhattorent?High-end apartments come onto the mar-ket
regularly, but expect to pay¤1,700-¤2,000 a month for a
one-bed-room unit, or ¤2,500 for a two-bed.Three-bedroom apartments
have beenseen online in the ¤2,700-¤3,000 pricerange, but a
similarly sized showstoppercan cost ¤4,500-¤5,000 a month.
Wheretoeatanddrink?Wilde & Green (Milltown Road) is
some-thing of a local landmark, serving up up-market deli
favourites (naturally, it’spacked on the weekends).
Steps of Rome, famous for its pizza andgreat Italian wines,
moved out from thecity centre to 1 Bird Avenue, on the fringesof
Milltown at Clonskeagh.
Black Sheep Coffee (7a Olivemount Ter-race) is near Steps of
Rome – technicallyit’s in Dublin 14 but the joint is beloved
ofMilltowners. Alternatively, there’s thenearby 105 Café
(Clonskeagh Road), agreat neighbourhood hangout.
The Dropping Well (Milltown Road), lo-
cated on the banks of the Dodder, is anoth-er popular Milltown
spot, and seriouslycomes into its own during the summermonths with
barbecues and live music.
Ashton’s Gastro-pub (Unit 11 Verge-mount) is a homely spot
too.
Wholivesthere?MyHome.ie’s research reveals that almosta third of
locals are lone dwellers. Some 14per cent of those living in
Milltown are un-der 16; 42 per cent are aged between 16 and34; 20
per cent fall into the 35-49 bracket,11 per cent are aged between
50 and 65,and 13 per cent are over 65.
Goodforfamilies?It’s fairly sedate, which is probably a drawfor
young families. Locals tend to choosefrom the following schools in
or aroundMilltown: Alexandra College JuniorSchool (Church of
Ireland, girls), KildarePlace National School (Church of
Ireland,mixed), Stratford National School (multi-
denominational, mixed), Rathgar Nation-al School (Methodist,
mixed), or OurLady’s Grove National School (Catholic,mixed).
Secondary school-wise, choosefrom Alexandra College (Church of
Ire-land, girls), Stratford College (multide-nominational, mixed),
The High School(Church of Ireland, mixed), St Mary’s Col-lege
(Catholic, mixed), Sandford ParkSchool (multidenominational, mixed)
andGonzaga College (Catholic, boys). Muck-ross Park College
(Catholic, girls) is ashort commute in Donnybrook.
GettingthereandgettingaroundThanks to the Luas you can be at St
Ste-phen’s Green in 15 minutes or Dundrum infive. Milltown is six
stops away from thecity centre. Dublin Bus routes 61, 44 and 11are
pretty regular, and you’ll be in the cityin about 15 minutes.
If you prefer to make the journey onfoot, 50 minutes will get
you from the citycentre to Milltown.
Whatdolocalssay?“In terms of community, there is a greatparish
centre, an active retirement group,art classes, bridge club, and an
ICA annualfun-day for children in September. Thecentre recently
hosted a local history exhi-bition to mark the 200-year anniversary
ofthe local church.
“Many second-generation Milltownersare moving back into the
area. There’s agreat mix of residents, and many old hous-es
preserved extremely well. Milltown stillhas its village appeal.
“Despite a large number of residences itstill has a strong
community vibe.”–MarkGleeson, retired.
18GlasnevinAvenue,Glasnevin,D11
Extendedthree-bedroomsemiofabout139sqm(1,496sqft),
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