Salthill and – to a lesser extent – Knocknacarra are generally considered more desirable areas than either Rahoon or Roscam (although Rahoon has undergone considerable gentrification in the last few years since the building of the so-called “Knocknacarra town centre” in the middle of Rahoon and the demolishing of the infamous high-rise flats).

It is therefore interesting and also puzzling that prices in Rahoon and Roscam have fallen less than prices in Salthill, which, along with Taylor’s Hill, Kingston and Old Knocknacarra (near Gentian Hill) are Galway’s most expensive and desirable areas.