I live just off the village, in Maelduin (thus @male doon" !). There five years now...very quiet at night, even weekends, good place to bring up young children...but teenagers, maybe not...most places they want to go means mammy/daddy taxi!
Agree, needs a good restaurant (plenty of cafe's and too many hair shops!), but best place to eat is "Peter's" pub).
Looking forward to M3 opening next year, should make crossing Main St a lot safer, provided drivers are prepared to pay the toll.
Work colleague moved to Grange last year, he's very happy there.
Commercial life dominated by one family, from what I can gather, not enough competition re fast food, for example.
Could say a lot more, not much time left just now, but generally I would be positive in my comments about the place...