Darndale

Darndale
Our Lady's Church, Darndale, Co. Dublin.

Darndale (Irish: Darndál) is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland, featuring a high concentration of social housing. It is located in the north of the sprawling suburb of Coolock. Darndale lies within the Dublin 17 postal district.

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History

The area originally comprised farmlands in the northern part of the civil parish of Coolock, and took its name from either a large house situated to the west of Malahide Road or from the townland of the same name. It was intensively developed by Dublin Corporation in recent decades.

Location and access

Located to the north-east of Dublin city, Darndale is bordered to the east by the Malahide Road, to the north by the N32, to the west by Priorswood, and to the south by the Riverside housing estate in Coolock. It comprises the housing estates of Buttercup, Marigold, Primrose Grove, Snowdrop Walk and Tulip Court.

Darndale is accessible by the Malahide Road and the N32 (via the old Clonshaugh Road), and also via the Greencastle Road. It is within 3 km of Dublin Airport. It is served by Dublin Bus.

Today

Darndale has a planned village centre, small industrial units, including a bakery, and is home to a major Traveller settlement by the N32, and in a separate compound, Traveller school facilities.

Immediately adjacent are the large Clare Hall Shopping Centre (anchored by Tesco Ireland), a Shell petrol station and a Hilton Hotel (the "Dublin Airport Hilton").

Since around 2004, Darndale has also had an unusual leisure amenity - a substantial fishing pond, built in cooperation with the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board.

Darndale, with the Belcamp housing development, forms a parish in the Roman Catholic church.[citation needed]

Social issues

Darndale was built as a social housing experiment consisting of low-rise, courtyard-based houses to encourage stronger community links in large, and largely resettled, communities. The idea of the "courts" was to create neighbourly bonds among the new residents. This idea of a communal space fostering community spirit was based on a large housing scheme called Cricketer's Way, located in Birmingham, England.[citation needed] This housing plan has not been repeated in the Republic of Ireland since the construction of the Darndale estates.

Problems involving the courts began to surface and some became centres of anti-social behaviour, with residents complaining to the local authority.[citation needed] Changes were made to the housing plan: laneways were closed and back gardens extended, and CCTV was installed in the estates.[citation needed].

Coordinates: 53°23′N 6°12′W / 53.383°N 6.2°W / 53.383; -6.2


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