The purpose of this pilot project is to investigate the extent to which community-based trauma is observed in the Dublin North East Inner City by professionals working in the area. A densely populated area with a rich and varied culture, the North East Inner City is also known for the range of socioeconomic difficulties faced by a substantial number of its residents. These adverse social phenomena as experienced by individuals can lead to collective experiences of trauma affecting a given community at large. This research is less concerned with the trauma of individuals, but rather seeks to investigate the ways in which a traumatised community concentrated within a small, historically disenfranchised area begets a sense of collective trauma separate from any one personalised sense of suffering. Though this is a relatively small scoping exercise, it is hoped to provide a foundation upon which further, more extensive research projects might be developed. Kai T. Erikson (1976) defines collective or community trauma as a “blow to the basic tissues of social life that damages the bonds of attaching people together and impairing the prevailing sense of community,” and this definition will form the basis of our investigation into trauma within the North East Inner City community.