Giftgrub, outside of fitzgerald park it's not as bad as it used to be (but it used to be pretty bad). Would definitely avoid fitzgerald park. Otherwise, much like the noggin it's gotten a more settled and older population these days.
It's population makeup would be similar enough to the noggin so if you were familiar with the noggin then you should be on same kind of ground there.
ajapale, it's on and just off Kill Lane nestled between foxrock on it's west, Dun laoire to the east, sally noggin to the south and monkstown village to the north.
It's on the 46A bus route which is decent enough and the 75. Not a million miles from the Dart too. Lot of schools locally also if that would be a factor.