Darndale (Irish: Darndál meaning "daffodil") is a working-class area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland, featuring a high concentration of social housing.

[1] Located to the northeast of Dublin city, Darndale is bordered to the east by the Malahide Road (the R107), to the north by the R139 (previously the N32), continuing the line of the M50 orbital motorway, to the west by Priorswood, and to the south by the Riverside housing estate in Coolock.

Since around 2004, Darndale has also had a substantial fishing pond located in the local park, built in cooperation with the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board.

This idea of a communal space fostering community spirit was based on a large housing scheme called Cricketer's Way, located in Andover, Hampshire, England.

Problems involving the courts began to surface and some became centres of anti-social behaviour, with residents, spearheaded by Michael O'Shea, complaining to the local authority.

[7] In 1993, Martine Franck, a Magnum photographer and Henri Cartier-Bresson's second wife, did a project on Darndale, showing deprived children in their environment.