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Balbriggan
Balbriggan (Irish: Baile Brigín) is a town in the northern part of Fingal in County Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.
According to P.W. Joyce the name arises from "Baile Breacain" [sic] which literally means "Brecan's Town". Brecan is a common medieval first name and there are several other Brackenstowns in Ireland. There is also a possible link to the local Bracken River, in which case the name could derive from breicín "little trout".
Many locals however have traditionally felt that Baile Brigín means "Town of the Little Hills", due to the relatively low hills that surround the town. This translation is not well founded as it appears to be derived from a phonetic deconstruction of a suggested spelling.
It seems more likely that the town’s name is derived from the word Brecan, as the area was known in pre-Norse invasion times as Breaga, populated by a tribe or clan known as the Bregii and the aforementioned River Bracken.
There is no consensus about the "foundation" of the town, other than there may always have been a small settlement of fishermen, weavers and some sort of agricultural trade post.

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Baldoyle
Baldoyle (Irish: Baile Dúill) is a small coastal area on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the part of the historic County Dublin now administered as Fingal.
Baldoyle is located north east of the city, and borders Donaghmede, which was formed from its western part, Portmarnock, Sutton and Bayside. It can be accessed from the coast road from Dublin to Howth, which includes a cycle track, from Sutton Cross via Station Road, or from Donaghmede, or Portmarnock. Baldoyle is served by Dublin Bus and Irish Rail, the latter currently via the Sutton and Bayside stations on the Howth Branch of the DART, and by Clongriffin station on the Northern Branch.
A major townland of Baldeadly, encompassing much of what is now Donaghmede, is Grange, indicating that it was previously farmland.
The district name derives from baile meaning town and dubh-ghaill meaning "dark stranger", the name given by the Gaels to the Danes to distinguish them from the Norwegians or "fair strangers" (finn-ghaill) who first settled in Ireland in 841-842.. While it is sometimes rendered as "Doyle's town" with reference to the personal name Doyle which itself derives from dubh-ghaill, there is no evidence for this usage - see previous references.

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Balgriffin
Balgriffin (Irish: Baile Ghrífín, meaning Griffin's Town) is a former rural, now largely residential, part of County Dublin, Ireland.
Balgriffin is situated approximately 8 km (4.97 mi) from Dublin city centre. The district is in the constituency of Dublin North–East, with post code Dublin 17, and is administrated partly by each of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council.
The hamlet of Balgriffin is served by Balgriffin Road from the east (Portmarnock), the N32 from Dublin Airport and Donaghmede on its southern edge, and by Malahide Road from the north (Kinsealy and Malahide) and south (Dublin city centre, Fairview and Coolock).
Dublin Bus provides the district of Balgriffin with services on the 15, 42 and 43 routes, the cemeteries being served by the 42 and 43.
Balgriffin is an old district that can be found on maps, many held in Dublin City Archive and Dublin County Archive, going back hundreds of years. In 1388 Robert Burnell, judge of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), was lord of the manor of Balgriffin; his descendants who were also lords of the manor of Castleknock, were still at Balgriffin in the seventeenth century. Historically, it has remained as a lightly settled area of fields with a hamlet at a crossroads, at which now stands an 18th century public house, some cottages, a village green, and two cemeteries - the older of which is to the west, the newer, civic, one to the east.

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Ballinteer
Ballinteer (Irish: Baile an tSaoir, meaning "Home of the Stonemason") is a southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.
Originally it consisted of some housing groups off Ballinteer Avenue (Mayfield Terrace, Ballinteer Gardens, and Ballinteer Park). These were built between the 1920s and 1950s, and are locally referred to as 'Old Ballinteer'. Ludford Estate was built in the late 1960s, followed by Ballinteer Drive, Grove, Crescent, Close. The latter four roads were originally called Lissadel Estate when built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The sprawling estate of Broadford was built between the mid 1970s and early 1980s. The most recent estate, Ballintyre, began construction in 2005 and finished in mid-2008.
Ballinteer is located approximately 10 km (6 mi) from the city centre as the crow flies; to the west is Rathfarnham, to the east is Sandyford and Stepaside, to the south are the Dublin Mountains, and to the north is Dundrum. Ballinteer is also bordered by the 120 hectares (300 acres) Marlay Park.

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Ballsbridge
Balls Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Dothra, meaning "Dodder bridge") is a bridge in Dublin, Ireland, situated in "Pembroke" which spans the River Dodder on the south side of the city. It is a three arch stone bridge and was built in 1791. Pembroke is an exclusive area and is known to contain very expensive property. Though this name is little known and the area is instead called after the bridge, being called "Ballsbridge" in common use. The sign on the bridge still proclaims it as "Ball's Bridge" in recognition of the fact that the original bridge in this location was built and owned by a Mr. Ball.
Ballsbridge was once part of the Pembroke Township.
The bridge itself forms the centre of the Ballsbridge suburb which extends northwards towards the Grand Canal along Northumberland Road up to Haddington Road and Shelbourne Road, extends southwards along the Merrion Road towards Merrion and along Anglesea Road towards Donnybrook, and westwards to encompass the area around Pembroke Road, Clyde Road, Elgin Road, and Herbert Park. The park also forms part of Ballsbridge's nebulous border with Donnybrook.

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Ballyboden
Ballyboden (Baile Buadáin in Irish, meaning "Boden Town ") is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham in South Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon.
According to the 2006 Census, Ballyboden has a population of about five thousand.
Republic of Ireland football player Damien Duff is from the locality as was Australian Football League player and Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes.
Ballyboden is home to two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs, Ballyboden Wanderers, who play in Mount Venus Road, and Ballyboden St. Enda's, who have a new playing facility at Sancta Maria College.
The Catholic parish of Ballyboden was set up in 1973 and is managed by Order of St. Augustine of Hippo.
The parish of Rathfarnham, a pre-Reformation parish, is the parent of several parishes in south Dublin. Terenure developed in 1894, Churchtown (1965), Ballyroan (1968), Tallaght (1972) and Ballyboden (1973).
There had been an Augustinian house of studies in Ballyboden since 1955. It was the home of students of the Order following the two-year course in Philosophy. When the new church in Ballyroan was opened in 1966 with only one regular priest, the Augustinians took an active part, celebrating four Masses on Sundays.

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Ballybough
Ballybough (Irish: An Baile Bocht, meaning "poor town") is a district of north Dublin, Ireland situated northeast of Summerhill, between the Royal Canal and the River Tolka. Adjacent areas are North Strand, Fairview and Drumcondra/Clonliffe. The name derives from the Irish baile "town" and bocht "poor". In the 18th Century, Ballybough was known as Mud Island, owing to its proximity to the mud flats that now form Fairview and environs.
There is a old Jewish Cemetery, Ballybough Cemetery on Fairview Strand near Ballybough Bridge.
In the past, it was a district that attracted characters of ill-repute, drunks, prostitutes and pirates and it was here that the authorities designated an area of burial known colloquially as 'the suicide plot' from which Bram Stoker derived the idea of the cross for his novel 'Dracula,' the cross being the junction of Clonliffe Road and Ballybough Road.^{[citation needed]}
During the land reclamation project of the 19th century, Mud Island was known, interchangeably, as Friend's Field or French Field, before it became known by its current name. The village of Ballybough traces its origins to a series of small dwellings known as Ballybough Cottages, which were later demolished to make way for the Dublin Corporation housing project known as Ballybough House.

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Ballybrack
Ballybrack or Ballybrac (Irish: Baile Breac, meaning "speckled townland") is a suburb of Dublin, located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county. It is south of Killiney and northeast of Loughlinstown.
Ballybrack has a post office, two public houses, a shopping centre as well as many other local amenities. The local Gaelscoil is Gaelscoil Phádraig, which continues to grow year-on-year from a modest start in 1995. Ballybrack is home to both the Foxrock Cabinteely Ladies' Football GAA club and Ballybrack FC soccer club.and also has the borough boxing club which is located right beside ballybrack football club
In 2005 Foxrock Girls and the ladies section of St Francis Gaels GAA club merged to form a new club offering a more complete programme of football for all age groups in their catchment area. They are now based at the grounds previously occupied by Cabinteely GAA Club at Kilbogget Park in Cabinteely/Ballybrack. The club has so far won at underage level the All-Ireland Division 1 Féile for U14's in 2005, All-Ireland U14 7's in the same year and numerous Dublin Leagues and Championships. The Adult team have won the 2007 VHI All-Ireland Junior Championship, 2007 All-Ireland Junior 7's Shield and in 2008 were Dublin Intermediate League and Championship winners.

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Ballyfermot
Ballyfermot (Irish: Baile Formaid) is a suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland. Located seven kilometres west of the city centre, south of the Phoenix Park, it is bordered on the north by Chapelizod, on the south by Walkinstown, on the east by Inchicore, on the north-west by Palmerstown and the south-west by Clondalkin. The River Liffey lies to the north, and the Grand Canal, now a recreational waterway, lies to the south. Ballyfermot is designated as postal district Dublin 10.
The name Ballyfermot is derived from the medieval Gaelic Baile Formaid. It was named after Formaid (Dermot) a chieftain of the Mac Giolla Mocholmog sept. He ruled the medieval cantred of Ui Dunchada. Ui Dunchada covered much of what later became the Barony of Newcastle. It extended across south-west Dublin from the Liffey to north-west Wicklow. The Mac Giolla Mocholmog also were prominent in commercial and trade activity in the Danish City of Dublin (Dyflin). They had a large storehouse at Mocholmog's Lane (now St. Michael's Lane) on the west side of Christ Church Cathedral.

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Ballygall
Ballygall (Irish: Baile na nGall, meaning "townland (baile) or possibly route (bealach) of the Foreigners") is a suburban townland, parish and postal district located between Glasnevin and Finglas on the northside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It was settled by Vikings in the 11th century.
The name is believed to have come from the old route from the Tolka River uphill to Finglas, where there was an early monastic settlement, so the road may have been in use as early as the fifth century AD. The route of the ancient roadway is thought to be similar to the existing route to Finglas via Ballygall Road East, Beneavin Road and Ballygall Road West.
Ballygall lies within the southern part of ancient Fingal, although the modern county of the same name has its southern boundary a bit further north. Ballygall lies between the villages of Finglas and Glasnevin, and the old parish, now large suburban district, of Ballymun.
The townland has an area of 134 acres (0.54 km²) of which 85 acres (340,000 m²) are in the Barony of Castleknock, Civil Parish of Finglas, and 49 acres (200,000 m²) in the Barony of Coolock, Civil Parish of Glasnevin.

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Ballymount
Ballymount (Irish: Baile an Mhóta, meaning "town of the moat"), is located on the south side of Dublin, near the mainly residential areas of Walkinstown to the east, Tallaght to the west and Greenhills to the south. Ballymount is accessed by a number of public bus routes from Dublin city centre, and via the Red Cow Stop on the Red Luas Line, and it houses one of the largest industrial zones in Ireland.
This area is divided by the M50 motorway. On the west side of the divide is the more residential area of Kingswood, and most of the industrial land is on the east. Well-known companies based in Ballymount include Smurfit, The Bag Shop Ltd., TV3 Television Network, DHL, Johnson Brothers and Excel^{[disambiguation needed ]}.
Alongside the Luas tram tracks running along the western boundary of Ballymount, there are the ruins of Ballymount castle^[where?]. The castle was built in 1622 by Sir William Parsons. The original name give to the area was Bellamount (beautiful mount) in reference to the pre-existing mound (Bronze Age grave). In the early 18th century Ballymount Great was home to Mr John Butler, son of Sir Theobald Butler, Solicitor General in Ireland to James II. It is John Butler who is reputed to have built the folly (sham ruin) for his daughter’s wedding day. It was never a fully built structure but as the name implies a fake ruin. Beranger drew it^[where?]in 1767.

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Ballymun
Ballymun (Irish: Baile Munna) is an affluent area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport, Ireland. It is infamous for the Ballymun flats, which became a symbol of poverty, drugs, alienation from the state and social problems in Ireland from the 1970s. Today it is undergoing a multi-billion euro renewal, with a renovated village centre, surrounded by estates of houses and apartments, with several sub-districts such as Sillogue and Poppintree.
Ballymun had a population of 22,109 at the 2006 Census.
Today Ballymun has a wide range of amenities, from green spaces and the public Silloge Golf Course to a Tesco-anchored but very run-down shopping centre, a range of other shops and pubs and a hotel, to a public sector office development, with many branches of the city government (including a Motor Tax and Driver Licence office) and the Health Service and a very modern public leisure centre. There is a church in the old village centre, and a number of schools, including a Gaelscoil (Irish-speaking) primary school.

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Blackhorse
Blackhorse is a suburb of Dublin's southside. It is located in Lansdowne Valley Park just off the R110 road, It is served from 05:30 > 00:30 by the Luas Red Line which runs from Tallaght to Connolly.Dublin Bus serves Blackhorse using the 51, 51B, 51C, 68, 69 bus services.

Coordinates: 53°20′09″N 6°17′53″W / 53.335845°N 6.298127°W / 53.335845; -6.298127

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Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown (Irish: Baile Bhlainséir) is a large suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. It is within the historical Barony of Castleknock. It is located 10 km north-west of the city centre. The suburb is in the Dublin 15 postal area, the Dublin West electoral constituency and the county of Fingal (following the abolition of County Dublin as an administrative division of the state). It is that Council's largest urban area. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 68,156 in Blanchardstown and its immediate environs.
Blanchardstown is just outside the city's M50 motorway ring road, slightly to the north of the tolled crossing of the River Liffey. It is bordered to the east by the suburb of Castleknock, to the west by Clonsilla / Ongar, to the north by Tyrellstown / Hollystown and to the south and south east by Porterstown / Diswellstown. The Royal Canal and the Dublin-Sligo railway line pass along the southern edge of Blanchardstown proper from east to west.
The townland of Blanchardstown is in the civil parish of Castleknock which is in turn in the Barony of Castleknock. The barony (an old administrative division) is one of seven and a half comprising County Dublin and stretches from Cabra to Blanchardstown (from east to west) and from Finglas to Chapelizod (from north to south).

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Booterstown
Booterstown,(Irish: Baile an Bhóthair, meaning "town of the road"), is a coastal townland and civil parish, situated in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area of the former County Dublin, about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the city of Dublin in Ireland.
Neighbouring districts are Sandymount to the north and Blackrock to the south, while along the coast to the south east is the small district of Williamstown.
Booterstown is served by the DART, with a railway station between the stops of Blackrock and Sydney Parade. Booterstown railway station opened in January 1835. Booterstown is also served by two Quality Bus Corridors, Stillorgan and Blackrock, Dublin. A frequent Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport.
Historically known as Ballyboother the name "Booterstown" is an anglicised form of the original Gaelic name meaning "The Town of the Road".
Booterstown lies along an ancient route once known as Slíghe Chualann which connected the residence of the High King of Ireland at Tara with his outlaying lands in Cualann. Cualann is the ancient name for the area of land stretching towards Bray (Irish: Brí Chualann).

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Cabinteely
Cabinteely (Irish: Cábán tSíle, meaning "Sheila's Cabin") is a south-eastern suburb of Dublin in Ireland, in the administrative county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
There is a prehistoric burial tomb known as Brennanstown Portal Tomb, Glendruid cromlech/dolmen, or The Druids’ Altar near Cabinteely.
Excavations between 1957 and 1999 some 700m south-east of Cabinteely suggests that the area was of "considerable status and importance" from the 6th-7th centuries, with possible evidence of a church, ancillary buildings, possible workshops and cemetery.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Cabinteely grew up around a tavern (Irish: Cabán tSíle, meaning "Sheila's Cabin") located on crossroads on the main road linking Dublin with the South.
Cabinteely sits at the meeting point of the three medieval civil parishes of Tully, Kill and Killiney, in the half-barony of Rathdown. The ruins of Kill Abbey/Grange Church are near Deansgrange. The modern suburb of Cabinteely is still split between these civil parishes. The ruined 9th century Tully Church and graveyard lies within the modern parish of Cabinteely at Laughanstown. Two high crosses from the 12th century stand in nearby fields, and a wedge tomb, all protected as National Monuments (#216).

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Castleknock
Castleknock (Irish: Caisleán Cnucha, meaning "Cnucha's Castle") is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the west of the modern administrative county of Fingal within the traditional county of Dublin. It is located 8 km (5 mi) west of the centre of Dublin. Castleknock is also a civil parish in the barony of the same name which contains 22 townlands.
The village is located just inside the city's M50 motorway ring road, bordered to the west by the large suburb of Blanchardstown, to the east by the Phoenix Park, to the north by Dunsink and to the south by the village of Chapelizod above the Liffey valley. The Royal Canal and the Dublin-Sligo railway line pass through the area from east to west.
The village of Castleknock is in the Dublin 15 postal area.
Public transport in Castleknock is provided by Dublin Bus. The privately owned URBus serves Swords via Dublin Airport. A commuter train station on the Western Suburban Maynooth line. Castleknock railway station opened on 2 July 1990. The Navan Road / N3 is the main road artery.

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Chapelizod
Chapelizod (Irish: Séipéal Iosóid, meaning "Iseult's Chapel") is a picturesque Irish village preserved within the city of Dublin, Ireland. It lies in the verdant wooded valley of the River Liffey, on the way to the slopes of the Strawberry Beds, below the Phoenix Park. The village is associated with Iseult of Ireland and the location of Iseault's chapel. Chapelizod comes is under the administration of Dublin City Council.
The civil parish of Chapelizod is part of the Barony of Castleknock. The barony is one of seven and a half comprising County Dublin and stretches from Cabra to Blanchardstown (from east to west) and from Finglas to Chapelizod (from north to south).
Interesting buildings in the village include St Laurence's parish Church of Ireland with its medieval bell tower, and the fine Georgian house where Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu wrote, which stands at the corner of Park Lane facing Main Sreet in front of the church. The renovated old R.I.C. barracks on Main Street predates the old Constabulry, serving as an army barracks from the reign of William and Mary.

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Citywest
Citywest (Irish: Iarthar na Cathrach) is a business park and golf resort in the Saggart area, just north and northwest of Saggart village in South Dublin. The nearest major town is Tallaght. The business park has developed a modest residential population in recent years. The River Camac passes north of the business park, and two of its tributaries pass through it.
Originally a greenfield site north of Saggart village, west of Tallaght, and largely south of the Naas dual carriageway (now the M7 / N7), the combined Citywest concepts were launched by Irish construction firm Davy Holdings, who began building of the business park in the early 1990s, and Jim Mansfield, who drove the hotel and leisure aspects.
A substantial golf course, for a time Citywest and Hibernian Golf Club, now just Citywest Golf Resort, was laid-out. The large Citywest Hotel, with over 1,700 rooms, was built adjacent to this. The hotel, golf resort and related developments were placed in receivership in mid-2010.
Following the opening of the original business park the N82 National road joining the N81 to the Naas dual carriageway was re-routed through the campus. It previously passed through the village of Saggart itself.

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Clondalkin
Clondalkin (Irish: Cluain Dolcáin, meaning "Dolcan's meadow") is a suburb situated 10 km west of Dublin, Ireland, in the county of South Dublin. The name is also used in relation to the area's religious parishes.
Clondalkin is home to an eighth-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Acknowledged as one of the oldest and best preserved in the country, it is 25.6 metres high and has its original conical cap.
Neolithic tribes first settled in the area around 7,600 years ago, taking advantage of the site's favourable location on the River Camac, overlooking the River Liffey and the inland pass between the mountains and the river. Evidence of the presence of the Cualann tribe can be found in various mounds and raths.
Clondalkin is believed to have been founded by Saint Cronan Mochua as a monastic settlement on the River Camac over 1,400 years ago. The round tower was built around a century later (circa 700 AD) as part of the monastery. By the eighth century, Saint Fugillus was Bishop of Clondalkin and noted gospel manuscripts were produced - the most famous of these being the Clondalkin mass book which is on display in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Clonee
Clonee (Irish: Cluain Aodha, meaning "Aodh's pasture") is a satellite village and surrounding district on the border of County Meath and Fingal, Ireland. The county boundary actually runs through the district, just outside the village, which is in Meath, and many of the housing estates listed as Clonee, such as Littlepace and Hansfield, lie on the Dublin side of that boundary.
Clonee is about 14 km from Dublin, and is accessible by the Dublin Bus routes 70 (Baggot St- Dunboyne), 39/A (Belfield/Baggot St to Ongar) and 270 (Blanchardstown Shopping Centre-Dunboyne). It is situated just off the main N3 Dublin to Cavan road and is 4 miles north-west of the M50 motorway. Dunboyne is just a couple of km away down the R156 road.
Clonee currently has three public houses: The Grasshopper Inn, The Village Inn and The Clonee House. Within the village, there are two supermarkets, Lidl and Aldi, while Dunnes Stores is located in nearby Ongar, Dublin. Clonee is also home to Dunboyne Tennis Club, Clonee United and the Royal Meath Pitch and Putt club. The local GAA club, Erin Go Bragh, is located in Littlepace Village. Restaurants in Clonee include Eatzen (Chinese); Dehli Darbar (Indian); Flames (Chinese); Mussorie (Indian); and Casa Nostra (Italian).

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Clongriffin
Clongriffin (Irish: Cluain Ghrífín, meaning "Meadow of the Griffin") is a new locality not yet finished in northern Donaghmede,Dublin, Ireland.
The name Clongriffin is a modern invention, a concatenation of 'clon', the anglicisation of cluain (the Irish word for meadow) and griffin. A griffin, griffon or gryphon (the Irish of which is ghrífín) is a mythical beast and is an element in the name of the adjacent district, Balgriffin.
Architect David Wright, a former employee of Conroy Crowe Kelly Architects & Urban Designers, allegedly gave Clongriffin its name while working on its development.
Approximately 2 km (1.24 mi) inland from Baldoyle Bay and approximately 10 km (6.21 mi) north east of Dublin city centre, Clongriffin is in northern Donaghmede, at the northern edge of Dublin's municipal suburbs, in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council. The development lies within the townland of Grange, in the civil parish of Baldoyle, from which Donaghmede was largely formed.
Clongriffin is in the Dublin Postal District Dublin 13, and in the constituency of Dublin North–East.

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Clonsilla
Clonsilla (Irish: Cluain Saileach, meaning "meadow of the willow or sally tree") is a suburb of Dublin in the district of Fingal, Ireland.
Originally a small village in its own right, Clonsilla is now a large residential suburban area, with Ongar and other localities developing their own subsidiary identities. It falls into the Dublin 15 postal district, the Dublin West Dáil constituency and is locally administered by Fingal County Council.
The townland of Clonsilla is in the civil parish of Clonsilla which is in turn in the Barony of Castleknock. The barony (an old administrative division) is one of seven and a half comprising County Dublin and stretches from Cabra to Blanchardstown (from east to west) and from Finglas to Chapelizod (from north to south).
The Parish of Clonsilla in the seventeenth century is stated to have comprised the townlands of Ballstown, Barberstown, Blackstaheney, Barnageeth, Clonsillagh, Coolmine, Cusanstown, Hartstown, Huntstown, Ininstown, Killiestown, Luttrellstown, Pibblestown, Ringwellstown, and Little Stackheney. The table below represents the current lists of townlands in the parish.

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Clonskeagh
Clonskeagh or Clonskea (Irish: Cluain Sceach, meaning "meadow of the whitethorn"; pronounced [klɔnskiː]), is a southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district straddles the River Dodder.
Whilst located fully within the traditional County Dublin, Clonskeagh lies partially within the administrative area of Dublin City Council but mostly in that of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. Roebuck Road defines the southernmost end of Clonskeagh; this area is sometimes known as Roebuck and occasionally considered to be part of Windy Arbour. However, most residents of Roebuck consider themselves to live in Clonskeagh. The area is principally defined by the Clonskeagh Road and its extension into Roebuck Road, which spans its length. The northern end of the Clonskeagh Road at the junction with Eglinton Road / Milltown Road separates it from Ranelagh to the north, and the campus of University College Dublin at Belfield is to the east while Goatstown and Dundrum lie to the south. To the west is Windy Arbour, but there is no clear point at which the border might be defined.

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Coolock
Coolock (Irish: An Chúlóg, meaning "The Little Corner") is a large suburban area, centred on a village, on Dublin city's Northside in Ireland. Coolock is crossed by the Santry River, a prominent feature in the middle of the district, with a linear park and ponds. The Coolock suburban area encompasses parts of three Dublin postal districts: Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 17.
The civil parish of Coolock takes in the land between the Tonlegee Road (as far as Donaghmede) and the Malahide Road, as well as the lands on either side of the Malahide Road between Darndale and Artane, and the lands either side of the Oscar Traynor Road on the approach to Santry.
Coolock is also the name of the barony which accounts for most of north Dublin city, from the coast in to the Phoenix Park, and stretching north as far as to Swords.
Coolock has a history dating back over 3,500 years – a bronze-age burial site in the area dates back to 1500 BC. The settlement grew up around a small early-Christian church. A Catholic church, St. John's, was later built in the area (see Parish of Coolock (Roman Catholic) and Parish of Coolock (Church of Ireland) for more). The feudal barony of Coolock was granted in 1199 by Henry II to the Archbishop of Dublin.

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Corduff
Corduff is a north western suburb of Dublin, Ireland, near Blanchardstown. The last electoral count (2002–2006) was 4,821 of the 250,000 living in the 42 electoral divisions of Fingal. Corduff is in the Dublin 15 postal district.
One of the earliest references to Corduff is in a document from the reign of Edward VI, dated 2 August 1547, which records a “lease to James Walshe of London, gent., of the rectory of Malahydert, County Dublin, and the tithes &c. in Malahydert, Culduff, Bossardston, Pasloweston...Tyrrolstown, Abbatiston...” One striking thing about Corduff is the way its name has varied through the centuries. The form Culduff and significantly, Cooleduff (this last in the Census of 1659) is the predominant one down to the early years of the 18th century. In the Civil Survey, compiled in the mid 1650s we find a notice of 'Colduff, ½ a plowland, 143 acres (0.58 km²), [propert of] Will. Warren, Irish Papist ... There is upon ye premisses a stone house slated, one barne and stable tathct, severall cottages ... a small orchard and garden with a grove of ash trees, one mill in use worth Anno 1640 ten pounds per annum. The Tythes belong to ye Colledge of Dublin [i.e. Trinity College]. Bounded east with Davistowne, south with ye Toulchy, on ye west with Buzardstown, on ye north with Ballicolan”.

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Cornelscourt
Cornelscourt (Irish: Cúirt an Choirnéil) is a small suburban area of South Dublin, situated between Cabinteely and Foxrock. It has a mostly commercial rather than residential character and is best known for being the site of Ireland's first Big-box store, Dunnes Stores.
Cornelscourt consists of the houses and shops on either side of a section of the bypassed Old Bray Road between the junction with the N11 to the East. Along this strip are: a petrol station, a pub called 'The Magic Carpet' (which contained one of Ireland's first non-smoking lounges in a pub - the "Samuel Beckett" lounge, named after a former customer), an Indian Restaurant, several take-away food outlets, a convenience store and the above-mentioned Dunnes Stores. The surrounding residential housing is laid out in suburban housing estates.
The area has been designated a 'District Centre' by Dun Laoghaire County Council. A local area plan for the area is currently being implemented with the aim of making aesthetic and functional improvements through redesign of road layout, street furniture etc.

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County Kildare
County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 209,955 according to the 2011 census.
Kildare is the 24th largest of Ireland’s thirty-two counties in area and seventh largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster’s twelve counties in size, and second largest in terms of population. It is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Dublin and Wicklow. As an inland county, Kildare is a generally lowland region. The county's highest points are the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains bordering to the east. The highest point in Kildare is Cupidstown Hill on the border with Dublin, with the better known Hill of Allen in central Kildare.
The county has three major rivers running through it: the Barrow, the Liffey and the Boyne. The Grand Canal crosses the county from Lyons on the east to Rathangan and Monasterevin on the west. A southern branch joins the Barrow navigation at Athy. The Royal Canal stretches across the north of the county along the border with Meath. Pollardstown Fen is the largest remaining calcareous fen in Ireland, covering an area of 220 hectares and is recognised as an internationally important fen ecosystem with unique and endangered plant communities, and declared a National Nature Reserve in 1986.

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Dalkey
Dalkey (Irish: Deilginis, meaning "thorn island") is suburb of Dublin and seaside resort in County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an important port during the Middle Ages. According to John Clyn, it was one of the ports through which the plague entered Ireland in the mid-14th century. In modern times, Dalkey has become a thriving seaside suburb and a minor tourist attraction.
The town is named after Dalkey Island, just offshore. The name is a meld of the Irish deilg (meaning "thorn") and the Old Norse ey (meaning "island").
Dalkey Quarry is a disused granite quarry, stone from which was used during the 19th century to build Dún Laoghaire harbour, and is now a popular rock climbing location within Killiney Hill Park. During the building of the harbour, the quarry was connected to Dún Laoghaire via a metal tramway known as 'The Metals', which are still visible in some parts of Dalkey.
There are several small harbours on the coast of Dalkey. Bulloch Harbour is the biggest; it is towards the northern part of Dalkey, and is a declared seal sanctuary. Coliemore Harbour is much smaller, and is in the southern part of Dalkey. It was formerly the main harbour of Dublin City. These harbours are used by tourists to hire boats for nearby fishing, and for getting to Dalkey Island.

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Darndale
Darndale (Irish: Darndál) is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland, featuring a high concentration of social housing. It is located in the north of the sprawling suburb of Coolock. Darndale lies within the Dublin 17 postal district.
The area originally comprised farmlands in the northern part of the civil parish of Coolock, and took its name from either a large house situated to the west of Malahide Road or from the townland of the same name. It was intensively developed by Dublin Corporation in recent decades.
Located to the north-east of Dublin city, Darndale is bordered to the east by the Malahide Road, to the north by the N32, to the west by Priorswood, and to the south by the Riverside housing estate in Coolock. It comprises the housing estates of Buttercup, Marigold, Primrose Grove, Snowdrop Walk and Tulip Court.
Darndale is accessible by the Malahide Road and the N32 (via the old Clonshaugh Road), and also via the Greencastle Road. It is within 3 km of Dublin Airport. It is served by Dublin Bus.

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Deansgrange
Deansgrange (Irish: Gráinseach an Déin, meaning "The Dean's Grange") in is a suburban area of South Dublin, centered around a crossroads. The area shares the name Clonkeen (Irish: Cluain Chaoin, meaning "Beautiful Meadow"). The area further east of Deansgrange is known as "Kill of the Grange" (i.e. "Church of the Grange": Grange Church (now in ruins)).
Since early medieval times the area was owned by the Augustinians, and used as a grange, giving rise to the medieval civil parish of Kill, in the half-barony of Rathdown. The Ordnance Survey Ireland map 1837–1842 shows a "Grange Church" (now in ruins, the modern housing estate surrounding it is called Kill Abbey), "Kill Abbey" (still existing), "Grange House" (demolished with the building of the South Park estate), and "Glebe House" (still existing). Deansgrange was a townland of Kill Parish. Presumably the dean of the grange lived in Grange House, and so the area became known as "the Dean's Grange", and then simply, Deansgrange.
The crossroads are the commercial centre for the surrounding low density housing estates, with a number of commercial outlets. The R827 road runs roughly north-south through Deansgrange from Blackrock to Cabinteely. South of the crossroads is Clonkeen Road leading to Clonkeen College, while north is Deansgrange Road leading to Deans Grange Cemetery. Kill Lane runs roughly east (to Baker's Corner crossroads and Kill of the Grange) and west (to Foxrock).

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Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark, pronounced [ˈkɔŋəʁiːəð ˈdanmɑɡ̊] ( listen)) is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The kingdom is a unitary state with some power being devolved from Denmark proper to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; this polity is referred to as the Danish Realm. Denmark proper is the hegemonial area, where judicial, executive, and legislative power resides. The Faroe Islands are defined to be a community of people within the kingdom, and the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination.
Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.

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Dollymount
Dollymount (Irish: Cnocán Doirinne) is a coastal suburban area on the north coast of Dublin Bay, within Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, just East of St Anne's Park.
The famous Wooden Bridge from Clontarf links to Bull Island and the 5 kilometres long stretch of sandy beach and dunes on the island's eastern shore; while the island is located in Clontarf and Raheny, the beach is called Dollymount Strand. For more on the strand and the island in general, see the main article.
Dollymount is primarily residential, having just a few shops and a restaurant, and an ATM, near the fountain pond of St. Anne's Park. Most commercial facilities are found in the main Clontarf centres.
The area has a Roman Catholic church, St. Gabriel's, the third and last-built of the three Catholic churches in Clontarf which was completed in the 1950s. A much earlier plan to build a second Clontarf Church of Ireland parish church in Dollymount to complement the church on Seafield Road was abandoned in the 19th century.

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Donabate
Donabate (Irish: Domhnach Bat) is a small suburban coastal town in Ireland, about 20 km north-northeast of Dublin. The town is on a peninsula on Ireland's east coast, between the Rogerstown Estuary to the north and Broadmeadow Estuary to the south. Donabate is in the administrative county of Fingal, within the traditional County Dublin.
The name of the area, Donabate, supposedly means "Fort of the ferry", from Dún a' Bháid, referring to an ancient church which is in the townsland of Ballymadrough, west of Donabate, near the Broadmeadow Estuary. Sadly, the true meaning has become lost in the mists of time.
The Donabate peninsula forms a distinctive hammer-head shape. This is because each of the mouths of both estuaries surrounding the peninsula are partially closed by large sand spits stretching north to south. The northern spit contains Portrane beach which almost touches Rush South Beach but for a narrow channel entering the Rogerstown esutary. A stretch of low limestone cliffs to the south of Portrane beach leads to Donabate Beach which is the east face of the southern spit. The southern Broadmeadow estuary is likewise almost completely enclosed and is fed by the broadmeadow river. The shelter provided by the spits had made the estuaries important wildlife habitats and both are protected under the international Ramsar Convention.

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Donaghmede
Donaghmede (Irish: Domhnach Mide, meaning "St. Mide's Church") is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.
Donaghmede is situated approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North–East. It lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and the postal district Dublin 13. Donaghmede lies north of Raheny, west of Baldoyle from which it was largely formed, east of Coolock and Balgriffin and south of Portmarnock.
Donaghmede is served by Grange Road (to Baldoyle and Howth) and N32 from the Malahide Road and M50 and M1, to the north, and the Tonlegee Road to the south.
In the south eastern corner of Donaghmede is Howth Junction & Donaghmede railway station, situated on the Dublin–Belfast railway line and served by Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) and occasional InterCity (Iarnród Éireann) trains, while in the northern part is Clongriffin railway station.
Dublin Bus provides services on routes 29A (from the city centre), 43 (from city centre to Swords Business Park), 17A (from Kilbarrack Industrial Estate to Finglas), 128 (from Donaghamede Roundabout to Palmerston Park, Rathmines via Malahide Road, Dublin Connolly railway station, Nassau Street, Dublin, and St Stephen's Green), and the 29N Nitelink service [3] with late night service from D'Olier Street to Baldoyle Road, stopping on Grange Road. 104 from Clontarf to Edenmore.

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Donnycarney
Donnycarney or Donnycarny (Irish: Domhnach Cearna) is a Northside suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland.
Donnycarney is bordered by Beaumont, Artane, Killester and Marino, and lies in the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 5. It is mostly residential, located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centre of Dublin.
Local amenities include restaurants, a credit union, a Church, a community youth project in the newly built community centre, a 3.25ha park that has a playground and a all weather pitch, chip shop, chinese takeaways and pubs

Donnycarney has also won Tidy Towns prizes too.
Donnycarney is part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin North–Central, whose three elected representatives are Richard Bruton of Fine Gael, elected in February 1982; Independent Finian McGrath, elected in 2002 and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin of Labour, elected in 2011. A high-profile former TD for the area for 35 years was the former Taoiseach, the late Charles Haughey, whose son Seán also held a seat from 1992 to 2011.

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Drimnagh
Drimnagh (Irish: Droimneach) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city between Walkinstown, Crumlin and Inchicore, bordering the Grand Canal to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district Dublin 12.
Drimnagh derives its name from the old Irish word druimneach which means ridged lands. Evidence of Neolithic settlement was uncovered with the discovery of a funerary bowl which was found in a burial site. The site was demolished but the bowl is currently on view in the National Museum. The lands of Drimnagh were taken from the natives by Strongbow who gave them to the Barnwell family. The Barnwells had arrived in Ireland with Strongbow in 1167 and had settled in Berehaven in Munster. The natives of that province promptly attacked their home and killed off the family except a youth called Hugh de Barnwell. The youth was then given the lands of Drimnagh as compensation. The lands and castle were considered safe as they were far enough away from the Dublin mountains which held native strongholds.

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Dublin
Dublin ( /ˈdʌblɨn/; locally /ˈdʊbᵊlən/; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath, meaning "town of the hurdled ford", pronounced [blʲaˈklʲiə] or Áth Cliath, [aː klʲiə], occasionally Duibhlinn) is the capital and most populous city of Ireland. The English name for the city is derived from the Irish name Dubhlinn, meaning "black pool". Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and the centre of the Dublin Region.
Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century; it was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire and the fifth largest in Europe. Dublin entered a period of stagnation following the Act of Union of 1800, but it remained the economic centre for most of the island. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, the new parliament, the Oireachtas, was located in Leinster House. Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland.

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Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport, (Irish: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW), is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. It is located in Collinstown, in the county of Fingal, Ireland. In 2011, 18.8 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the busiest of the state's airports by total passenger traffic, followed by Cork Airport and Shannon Airport. It also has the greatest traffic levels on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast International Airport, George Best Belfast City Airport, Cork and Shannon.
The airport is located 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) north of Dublin city in a once-rural area near Swords. It is served by buses and taxis. Plans to connect the airport to Swords and Dublin city centre via a rapid transit line (Metro North), have been postponed by the Government.
Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier (Aer Lingus), Europe's largest low-cost carrier (Ryanair) and Ireland's regional airline (Aer Arann). Ireland's fourth airline, CityJet, operates flights from the airport and its HQ is located in the nearby town of Swords.

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Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation: [d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə]), sometimes unofficially spelt using modern Irish orthography as Dún Laoire, is a suburban seaside town in County Dublin, Ireland. It is about twelve kilometres south of Dublin city centre. Dún Laoghaire is the county town of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county and formerly a major port of entry from Great Britain. From 1821 to 1921 it was officially called "Kingstown".
The town's name derives from Lóegaire mac Néill, a 5th century High King of Ireland, who chose the site as a sea base from which to carry out raids on Britain and Gaul. Dún is an Irish word meaning fort, and traces of fortifications from that period have been found on the coast. Some stone from that fort is preserved in the Maritime Museum.
In rare cases, the anglicized spelling "Dunleary" (English pronunciation: /dʌnˈlɪəri/) is used.
The present town of Dún Laoghaire dates from the 1820s. An earlier Dún Laoghaire village was located around the area where "The Purty Kitchen" pub is now located (sometimes mapped as "Old Dún Laoghaire"). Dún Laoghaire had a coffee house, and a small cove, both of which are shown on a number of old maps, and it may have had a salt mine (Salthill is close by). At that time, the area on which the town is currently located was a craggy, rocky pasture area with some quarries.

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East Wall
East Wall (Irish: An Port Thoir) is an inner city area of the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.
East Wall is bounded by the North Strand Road to the west, by North Wall and the Royal Canal to the south, and was bounded by East Wall Road, Dublin to the north until land reclamation extended that part. It is linked to Ringsend by the East-Link bridge; it is linked to Fairview by the Annesley Bridge.
East Wall also holds one terminus of the Dublin Port Tunnel.
East Wall dates from the end of the eighteenth century from the time of the construction of the North Wall. Owing to the construction of the Royal Canal in the nineteenth century of and subsequent local port infrastructure East Wall is bounded by Railway lines, the Royal Canal, the River Tolka, the River Liffey and Dublin Port (the Irish Sea) resulting in a readily identifiable area geographically if somewhat separated from the large city which surrounds it. (Reference: DDA, 2004)
Originally a working class area, with many finding employment in Dublin Port, adjacent, the area, close to the city centre, developed rapidly, with the notable addition of the International Financial Services Centre, mostly in neighbouring North Wall, and East Point Business Park on reclaimed land extending East Wall.

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Edmondstown
Edmondstown (Irish: Baile Éamainn) is an area in South Dublin. It situated on the R116 regional road, south of Ballyboden and north of Rockbrook, in the valley of the Oewdoher River. Edmondstown National School is a senior primary school which serves the local area. .The school has an attendance of around 80 students.
Coordinates: 53°16′N 6°18′W / 53.267°N 6.3°W / 53.267; -6.3

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Finglas
Finglas (Irish: Fionnghlas, meaning "clear streamlet") is a residential suburb, with a village core. It is on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, and lies in the postal district Dublin 11. A couple of kilometres from Dublin Airport, it is situated at Junction 5 of the M50 and the N2 national primary road leading to Ashbourne and beyond. Nearby city districts include Glasnevin and Ballymun while the village of St. Margaret's is a little to the north.
The name Finglas (Irish: Fionnghlas), meaning a clear streamlet, is derived from the Finglas River, a stream which flows through the village and joins the Tolka at Finglas Bridge.
Finglas was originally the site of an Early Christian abbey, the origin of which has been associated, from early times, with the name of St. Cainnech, or Canice, the patron of Kilkenny, said to have founded it in 560 A.D. The Nethercross from the first abbey can be seen today in the old graveyard. Several primary schools and churches in the area have been named after Canice. According to an ancient legend, the ground on which Finglas stands had been sanctified by St. Patrick, who is said to have uttered from it a prophecy that a great town would arise at the ford of hurdles in the vale beneath. St. Canice is said to have been born at Glengiven near Derry.

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Firhouse
Firhouse (Irish: Teach Giúise) is a small outer suburb of Dublin, in South Dublin county, Ireland, developed from what was historically a rural village. It is located just south of the River Dodder, and is in the postal district of Dublin 24. Firhouse is adjacent to Knocklyon, Templeogue and the Tallaght area.
The pronunciation of Firhouse is as contentious an issue as its origin among the local population, some using "Fir" and some "Fur", though the use on historical maps, which tended to be phonetic, of "Furhouse", suggests the probable form.
The origin of the place-name may derive from the Irish word "fir", which means "of the man". It may also come from a manor that was located at the top of the laneway joining Scoil Treasa and Scoil Carmel. Like much of the rest of the area, this laneway, which led up to the main house, was lined with fir trees.
Firhouse was historically the site of a small rural settlement near the river bank. In the 14th century, a weir, the City Weir or Great Weir, was made in the Dodder there, named for Balrothery, the district on the north bank opposite, and much of the Dodder's water was diverted to the course of the River Poddle, to supply the then-small Dublin city.

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Foxrock
Foxrock (Irish: Carraig an tSionnaigh) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, in the postal district of Dublin 18 and in the parish of Foxrock.
The suburb of Foxrock was developed by William and John Bentley and Edward and Anthony Fox, who, in 1859, leased the lands of the Foxrock Estate from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Richard Whately, the C of I Archbishop of Dublin, with the aim of creating an affluent garden suburb.
The development was facilitated by the existence of the Harcourt Street railway line, built in 1854, that put Dublin City within commuting distance. The developers donated a site to the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company for Foxrock railway station, which opened in 1861. In 1862, the following advertisement was placed in The Irish Times:
"Beautiful building sites for mansions and pretty villas – Foxrock estate. The improvements recently made on this property, and still progressing, together with its natural attractions render these sites unrivalled for suburban residences. The scenery (green and mountain) from Brighton Road just finished, leading from the hotel at Foxrock station to Carrickmines, is magnificent. The land, being undulating, affords perfectly sheltered positions on Torquay Road, to the railway station at Stillorgan and Foxrock, as well as others elevated and more bracing. The rents required are exceedingly moderate: leases for 900 years are granted. Bricks, stones, lime and sand from the estate are sold at reduced prices to tenants. Stage coaches and omnibuses ply regularly between Foxrock station and Kingstown. Fare 3 pence and 4 pence. There is cheap and excellent shopping at Foxrock market. The railway subscription only £7 per annum. Apply to W.W. Bentley, Foxrock, or Bentley and Son, 110 College Green."

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Glasnevin
Glasnevin (Irish: Glas Naíon, meaning "stream of the infants", also known as Glas Naedhe, meaning "stream of O'Naeidhe" after an ancient chieftain) is a largely residential neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland.
A mainly residential neighbourhood, it is located on the Northside of the city of Dublin (about 3 km north of Dublin City centre). It was originally established on the northern bank of the River Tolka. It is bordered to the north by Finglas, northeast by Ballymun, Whitehall to the east, Phibsboro and Drumcondra to the south and Cabra to the west.
Glasnevin is part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Central
Glasnevin seems to have been founded by Saint Mobhi (sometimes known as St Berchan) in the sixth (or perhaps fifth) century as a monastery. His monastery continued to be used for many years afterwards - St. Colman is recorded as having paid homage to its founder when he returned from abroad to visit Ireland a century after St Mobhi's death in 544. St. Columba of Iona is thought to have studied under St. Mobhi, but left Glasnevin following an outbreak of plague and journeyed north to open the House at Derry. There is a long street (Iona Road) in Glasnevin named in his honour. The church on Iona Road is called Saint Columba's.

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Glasthule
Glasthule (Irish: Glas Tuathail, meaning "Toole's Streamlet") is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is along Dublin's East Coast, between Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey.
Every year it celebrates Bloomsday (celebrating the day featured in James Joyce's highly acclaimed novel Ulysses).
The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove.
The Presentation Brothers maintain a house in Glasthule and operated Presentation College Glasthule, a secondary school for boys, until 2006.
It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel At Swim, Two Boys.
In Sandycove and Glasthule, all on a street of one kilometre (shorter than Grafton Street in Dublin): Butchers, grocer, supermarket, hairdressers, pharmacies, car sales garages, cake shop, bakery, bookmakers, auctioneers, public houses, beauty salons, florists, curtain and drapery shop, boutiques, wine merchants, dentists, doctors, bookshop, veterinary surgeon, post office, restaurants, cafés, late night shops, fish and chip shop, solicitors, dry cleaners.
An Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.

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Glenageary
Glenageary (Irish: Gleann na gCaorach, meaning "Glen of the Sheep") is an area in the suburbs of south County Dublin, Ireland, part of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County.
While there is no officially defined boundary, it is surrounded by the areas of Sallynoggin, Dalkey, Dun Laoghaire, Glasthule and Johnstown. The Church of Ireland does have a defined boundary for the Parish of Glenageary.
On early 20th century maps Glenageary and Sallynoggin are considered to be the same place and it wasn't until the building of local authority houses in the late 1940s and 1950s in the townlands of Honeypark and Thomastown by Dún Laoghaire Borough Corporation that a clear distinction between Sallynoggin and Glenageary was created.
The Roman Catholic Parish of Sallynoggin/Glenageary covers all of Sallynoggin, Rochestown and much of Upper Glenageary.
Glenageary is a quiet suburb and consists mostly of private dwellings with shops and some amenities in places.
Until the late 1940s, Glenageary, like much of the south County Dublin, consisted mostly of large manor estates - each comprising a large house, some woodland and cultivated or landscaped fields. Since then it has been extensively redeveloped. Most of the original manors have been demolished and low density housing developments built.

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Glencullen
Glencullen (Irish: Gleann Cuilinn, meaning "valley of the holly") is a village and townland in the administrative county of Dún Laoghaire in south County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilternan and the barony and Poor Law Union of Rathdown.
The village is on the R116 road on the slopes of Two Rock Mountain, above the valley of Glencullen (from which it takes its name). Its highest point is at a height of about 300 metres (980 ft), making Glencullen one of the highest villages in Ireland.
There is a Bronze Age wedge tomb at Ballyedmonduff on the south eastern slope of Two Rock Mountain. It is known locally as the giants grave. It is a rectangular chamber divided into three parts surrounded by a U shaped double walled kerb filled with stones. The tomb was excavated in the 1940s when cremated bone,a polished stone hammer, flints and pottery were found.
Below Two Rock Mountain is the prominent South Dublin landmark of Three Rock Mountain, complete with its Communications Masts, some of which are visible from Glencullen.

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Goatstown
Goatstown (Irish: Baile na nGabhar) is a suburb of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh.
Goatstown is primarily a residential area, with extensive housing developments from the middle decades of the 20th century onwards, with little local industry. It is roughly centred on a pub named the "Goat Grill", at the intersection of Goatstown Road and Taney Road, where there has been a pub since the early 18th century.
Goatstown got its name from the fact that formerly goats were bred there; in the 19th century it was popular to travel to Dundrum and nearby Goatstown as goat's milk was considered to be excellent for those suffering from tuberculosis.
The Luas green line runs through the southwest corner of Goatstown and the Dundrum Luas stop is nearby with the vehicular entrance off Taney Road.
The bus routes of the 11, 11a and 75 run through Goatstown as well, linking Goatstown to the city centre, Dun Laoghaire and Tallaght.

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Grangegorman
Grangegorman (Irish: Gráinseach Ghormáin) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Northside of the city, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council. It is also a civil parish in the historical barony of Dublin. It is best known as the location of St. Brendan's Hospital which was historically the main psychiatric hospital serving the greater Dublin region. Along with Stoneybatter and Glassmanogue, Grangegorman was recorded in 1610 as one of only three remote villages in this region and at that stage, lying north of Ostman town and north of the River Liffey they were not joined to the city of Dublin. The area is currently the subject of a major redevelopment plan under the aegis of the Grangegorman Development Agency.
The name Grangegorman, as with other placenames containing the name "gorman" in the Leinster region, probably indicates that at one time this territory was held by the Uí Bairrche, an Irish clan based in Leinster. The two main representatives of this clan were Uí Treasaig (Tracey) and Mac Gormáin (MacGorman). They were displaced following the Norman invasion of Ireland from the twelfth-century.

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Greenhills
Greenhills (Irish: Na Glaschnoic) is a suburb situated in Templeogue in the Southside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It sits between Walkinstown, Kimmage, Tallaght, Terenure and Templeogue. It is generally understood to comprise the Greenhills Estate (the "saints" roads, e.g. St Josephs's road, St James's Road, St Peter's Road) as well as Greenpark, Limekiln and Temple Manor. Some would also include the estates of Fernhill, Mountdown, and Glenmurray in a broader definition. Its postcode is Dublin 12.
The area was mostly farmland until expansion in the 1950s and 1960s led to the building of new housing estates. However, Greenhills, situated just below the esker upon which the Greenhills Road now runs, is believed to have housed settlements as long ago as 1800 BC. An urn dating from that time, found in the late 1890s in the former quarry between the Greenhills Road and St Columba's Road, is on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
The name comes from the sand-based hills that were formerly prevalent in the area. Most of these were excavated for building work; the last remaining hill,known locally as the "Horseshoe," was flattened in 2003. This was in fact artificially created when Greenhills Park was laid out, probably to create a playground aread that was never built. It was located in the centre of Greenhills Park.

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Howth
Howth ( /ˈhoʊθ/; from Old Norse: Hǫfuð meaning "head"; called in Irish: Binn Éadair) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is on a peninsula of the same name at the north of Dublin Bay. Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head. The only neighbouring district on land is Sutton. Howth is also home to one of the oldest occupied buildings in Ireland, Howth Castle. Through the years, Howth has been a filming location for movies such as The Last of the High Kings and Boy Eats Girl.
Howth is located on the peninsula of Howth Head, which begins around 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east-north-east of Dublin, on the north side of Dublin Bay. The village itself is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Dublin city centre (the ninth of a series of eighteenth century milestones from the Dublin General Post Office (GPO) is in the village itself), and spans most of the northern part of Howth Head, which is connected to the rest of Dublin via a narrow strip of land (or tombolo) at Sutton Cross.

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Inchicore
Inchicore (Irish: Inse Chór: Island of Sheep) is a suburb of Dublin, the capital of Ireland.
Located five kilometres due west of the city centre, Inchicore lies south of the River Liffey, west of Kilmainham, north of Drimnagh and east of Ballyfermot. The majority of Inchicore is in the Dublin 8 postal district. Portions of Inchicore extend into the Dublin 10 and Dublin 12 postal districts.
The townlands of Inchicore North and Inchicore South are located in the civil parish of St. James, Dublin, in the Barony of Uppercross.
The Grand Canal, was developed by the leading economic progressives of the day who formed the Grand Canal Company. This state-of-the-art waterway was, at its peak, the major passenger and commercial trading route through central Ireland. It runs through the lush productive farmlands and peat bogs of the Irish midlands. It carried significant traffic in the great boom of the eighteenth century, but faded after the railways were introduced. It is now a recreational waterway. It runs along the southern peremeter of Inchicore, along with the recently implemented Luas tramway system, which runs along its filled in permanent way, and serves the area from Blackhorse to Suir Bridge. Inchicore is also served by a range of Dublin Bus routes.

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Jobstown
Jobstown ( /ˈdʒoʊbz.taʊn/; Irish: Ráth Miontáin) is an area now considered part of West Tallaght, Tallaght itself being the county seat of South Dublin County, Ireland. The West Tallaght area, which is not officially defined, encompasses Jobstown, Killinarden, Fettercairn, Cushlawn, Rossfield and Brookfield.
Jobstown was once a small rural community some distance from Tallaght village, close to the western foothills of the Dublin mountains where farming was a central feature of every-day life. Today, it is a densely populated outer suburb, `just come out of development , not unlike like counterparts in Dublin city, such as Crumlin and Ballyfermot, 60 years ago.
Jobstown lies between seven and nine miles from the centre of Dublin and can be accessed from the city centre by Dublin Bus routes 77 and 56A, and from Ballyfermot by route 76. It can also be accessed from the city by Luas, via Tallaght Hospital or The Square Shopping Centre - Jobstown is a 15 minute walk from these.
Because of the social problems attendant on the birth of a new community, the Government has initiated a number of community-based projects to counteract a negative youth culture which developed unchecked when the large local authority housing stock was built without a supporting social structure. These initiatives, though late in coming, are beginning to bear fruit, aided in great measure by the enthusiasm of the community. The first school to open in Jobstown was St. Thomas’ NS in April 1982.

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Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack (Irish: Cill Bharróg - Church of St. Berach or of young Barra) is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the city's centre. Modern-day Kilbarrack is within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, with part of its old lands now in Donaghmede, and part in Bayside under Fingal County Council jurisdiction.
Kilbarrack is situated on the Northside of the city, between the suburbs of Raheny, Donaghmede and Bayside (the latter was formed from Kilbarrack's old core). It originally bordered Sutton, Dublin also, and the coastal part may still do so. Its coastal area faces North Bull Island across the water known as Raheny Lake or Crab Water.
Kilbarrack is accessible from the coast road and the Tonlegee Road, by its own station on the (DART) Dublin Area Rapid Transit suburban rail system (as well as from Raheny and Howth Junction stations), and by Dublin Bus (in 2007, routes 17A, to Finglas, and 31/A/B and 32/A/B, from the city centre to more remote suburbs). It is around 5 km (3.1 mi) from the M1 and M50 motorways and 7 km from Dublin Airport. Kilbarrack railway station opened on 1 June 1969.

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Killester
Killester (Irish: Cill Easra) is a small, largely residential suburb of Dublin and lies on the Northside of the city.
Killester is located between Clontarf, Donnycarney, Raheny and Artane, and it falls within the postal districts of Dublin 3 or 5. St. Anne's Park lies just beyond Killester on the Raheny / Clontarf side. The area lies either side of the Howth Road, parts reaching as far as the Malahide Road, and is also served by Collins Avenue (East).
It has a rail station on the DART line (also on the Dublin-Belfast line but with no stopping of inter-city trains), and Dublin Bus routes 28, 29A, 31, 32A/B and 42A from the city centre go through the area. The original Killester railway station opened on 1 October 1845 but closed after two years, re-opening on a new site about 200 m (656 ft) further north in 1923.
Killester lies within the Clontarf electoral district.
Killester has been noted in city and church documents going back many centuries, with variant spellings such as "Quillesra" (St. Laurence O'Toole) and "Kylestre", and was the site of both an early church and a later convent or monastery. The name probably means "Church of (St.) Esra". The ruins of a religious building still exist, and nearby there is a modern convent, with an attached school. The manor of Killester was granted in the twelfth century to one Adrian le Brun. In the fifteenth century it was owned by the White family to whom it passed by inheritance to the St Lawrence family , Barons and later Earls of Howth. In the seventeenth century it belonged to the Cootes, a branch of the Earls of Mountrath.

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Killiney
Killiney (Irish: Cill Iníon Léinín, meaning "Church of the Daughters of Léinín") is a seaside resort and suburb of Dublin in south County Dublin, Ireland. It is within the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County. The area is by the coast, south of neighbouring Dalkey, and north to Shankill area in the most southern outskirt of Dublin.
Killiney is part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dún Laoghaire.
Killiney Hill Park was opened in 1887 as Victoria Hill in honour of Britain's Queen Victoria's 50 years on the throne. The park boasts magnificent views of Dublin Bay, Killiney Bay, Bray Head and the mountain of Great Sugar Loaf (506 m), stretching from the Wicklow Mountains right across to Howth Head. The Park's topography is quite dramatic and its highest point, at the obelisk, is 170 metres above sea level.
Other attractions include Killiney Beach, Killiney Golf Club, a local Martello Tower, and the ruins of Cill Iníon Léinín, the church around which the original village was based.

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Kilmacud
Coordinates: 53°17′11″N 6°13′02″W / 53.286281°N 6.217318°W / 53.286281; -6.217318
Kilmacud (Irish: Cill Mhic Oda, meaning "The Church of the Son Of Oda") is a suburban area in Dublin in the local authority area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Kilmacud is the area west of Stillorgan. In essence, it is a collection of middle-class housing estates built in the 1950s by a range of small private construction companies to cater for the growing market of those able to raise mortgages of £3,000 approx to buy their own homes. Its focus is the 'Redesdale Garden Estate', drawing its name from the local mansion—now St. Anne's former girls' reform school—of the British right-wing politician Lord Redesdale, whose daughters the Mitford sisters had achieved celebrity and notoriety in British society. Many other houses and apartments have been built in the area since the 1950s.
Kilmacud is north of Sandyford, east of Dundrum and south of Goatstown. The west end of the Lower Kilmacud Road starts in Goatstown, heading in a southerly direction. It then goes southeast through what appears to be a narrow shortcut and on out to the end of Drummartin Road and turns east. From there it continues eastwards through to the Stillorgan dual carriageway or N11. In total, it is about 2.6 kilometres or 1.6 miles long. The Upper Kilmacud Road starts in Dundrum and going uphill initially it continues eastward, levels off, and continues until a sharp corner brings it northward and downhill. It joins the Lower Kilmacud Road close to St. Laurence's Boys School. It is about 2.9 kilometres or 1.8 miles long.

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Kilmainham
Kilmainham (Irish: Cill Mhaighneann, meaning "St Maighnenn's church") is a suburb of Dublin south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district.
In the Viking era, the monastery was home to the first Norse base (longphort) in Ireland.
In the 12th century the lands on the banks of the Liffey first belonged to the Knights Templars. Strongbow erected for them a castle about a mile distant from the Danish wall of old Dublin. Here the Templars flourished, for nearly a century and a half, until the process for their suppression was instituted under Edward II, in 1308. Thirty members and of the order were imprisoned and examined in Dublin and the order was condemned and suppressed. Their lands and privileges were given to the priory of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who remained in possession until the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century.
Until the time of Queen Elizabeth, when Dublin Castle became the centre of English power, the lord lieutenants often held court at the manor of Kilmainham. In 1559, the earl of Sussex, on being again appointed lord lieutenant, found that the building at Kilmainham had been damaged by a storm, and had to hold court at the palace of St. Sepulchre. The following year Elizabeth ordered that Dublin Castle be upgraded to enable the lord lieutenant to reside there, and Kilmainham fell out of favour.

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Kilternan
Kilternan (Irish: Cill Tiarnáin, meaning "Church of Tiarnán") is a village in County of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains south of Dublin, near the border with County Wicklow.
Separated from the continuous built-up Dublin area, it is a suburban village in rural surroundings at the crossroads of the R117 and R116 regional roads.
Proposed development scheduled to begin in 2009 would have expanded the urban area, but the plans were forestalled by the bursting of the property bubble in Ireland.
Kilternan's most notable buildings are the Church of Ireland Parish Church of Kilternan which dates from 1826, the timber-built Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Wayside (Blessed and Dedicated on 14th July 1929), or 'The Blue Church' as it is known locally after its Marian colour, and the Golden Ball pub. These names are joined at the local soccer club, Wayside Celtic whose ground is known as The Golden Ball.
Kilternan lacks a traditional village centre or 'Main Street'. It is the location of Ireland's only (artificial) ski slope.

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Kimmage
Kimmage (Irish: Camaigh) is a small suburb on the Southside of Dublin near Crumlin, Greenhills, Harold's Cross, Rathfarnham, Templeogue, and Terenure. The name "Kimmage" comes from the Irish cam uisce, which means "winding" river. The River Poddle flows through Kimmage, and flows on to join the River Liffey. The area lies in postal districts Dublin 12 & Dublin 6W.
The most famous landmark of the area is the KCR or Kimmage Cross Roads, which has been a petrol station and a shop since at least the 1960s. It is located at the crossroads of Terenure Road West, Kimmage Road West, Fortfield Road and the Lower Kimmage Road.
There is also a KCR PUB in Kimmage located just down the road from the KCR (originally known as the Cuman Inn?) it is very popular.
There is one main shopping area for residents, on Lower Kimmage Road, with many shops and services such as barbers, takeaways, and a garage. The Superquinn shopping centre on Sundrive Road includes extensive parking and 12 shops.
There once was a cinema in Kimmage, The Apollo (originally called the SUNDRIVE Cinema that was refurbished and renamed in the late 50's) which was on Sundrive Road. It has been demolished and there are now office blocks and apartment buildings in its place. The Stoneboat pub is one of the area's best known landmarks. It is named for the boat-shaped 19th century improvement to the mediaeval diversion of the River Poddle.

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Kinsealy
Kinsealy (officially Kinsaley; Irish: Cionn Sáile) is an outer suburb of Dublin in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. Kinsaley is also the name of the surrounding electoral division and civil parish. Kinsealy is on the Northside of the city, about 7 km from the centre city, on the Malahide Road, in the former green belt between the suburbs of Balgriffin, Portmarnock and Malahide.
In the 2011 census, the Central Statistics Office notes two separate urban centres:
The entire electoral division of Kinsaley also includes parts of the non-municipal towns of Portmarnock, Malahide, and Swords, and had a 2011 population of 8,475 people, up from 5,526 in 2006.
Samuel Lewis' 1837 Topographical Dictionary describes the parish of Kinsealy as "well cultivated", with a limestone quarry and a holy well.
Controversial politician Charles Haughey lived at Abbeville, a Georgian "big house", for many years, including his time as Taoiseach. Haughey's lavish lifestyle earned him the nickname, "the Squire of Kinsealy".

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Leinster
Leinster (/ˈlɛnstər/ — Irish: Laighin / Cúige Laighean — pronounced [ˈl̪ˠaːjɪnʲ]) is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has seen further sub-division of the historic counties. In modern times, clusters of counties have been attributed to certain provinces but these clusters have no legal status. The province itself, while enjoying common usage and forming a strong part of local identity, has no official function for local government purposes. The population of Leinster is 2,501,208 according to the 2006 census, making it the most populous province in the country. The traditional flag of Leinster features a golden harp on a green background.

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Leopardstown
Leopardstown (Irish: Baile na Lobhar, meaning "Town of the Lepers") is a district in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland, located at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan.
Places of interest in Leopardstown include Glencairn House (the residence of the British Ambassador to Ireland), Leopardstown Park Hospital, and Burton Hall, childhood home of Hollywood actress Kathleen Ryan.
The area is home to the famous Leopardstown Racecourse, second most important racecourse in Ireland after the Curragh, as well as the Kilmacud Crokes' Hurling pitch at Silverpark.
Leopardstown gets a mention in the movie Spy Kids, in which a road sign for Baile an Liopaird is seen outside Machete's shop.
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Loughlinstown
Loughlinstown (Irish: Baile Uí Lachnáin, meaning "The Town of O'Loughnin") is a south Dublin suburb. Located in the County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown it lies on the N11 National Primary Route.
Loughlinstown is the location of St. Columcille's Hospital, which serves both south Dublin and north Wicklow. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, an EU body, is located in Loughlinstown House.
Originally Loughlinstown was a village on the road from Dublin to Bray in County Wicklow. During the 1960s, one of the earliest stretches of dual carriageway in Ireland was built through the area, leaving the village scattered along the western side of the new road.
For years a large mature chestnut tree was located in the middle of the dual carriageway at its junction with the Wyatville Road. It was known as The Big Tree and was a landmark feature on the road from Dublin to Wicklow. In the 1970s the junction was upgraded and the tree removed. In 2004 the 1960s road was replaced with a new dual carriageway and the junction was replaced with an overbridge.

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Malahide
Malahide (Irish: Mullach Íde) is a coastal suburban town near Dublin city in the administrative county of Fingal, within the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. It has a village-like centre and extensive residential areas to the south, west and northwest.
The modern name Malahide may come from “Mullach Íde” meaning “the hill of Íde” or “Íde’s sand-hill”. It could also mean “Sand-hills of the Hydes” (from Mullac h-Íde) probably referring to a Norman family from the Donabate area. According to the Placenames Database of Ireland the name Malahide is possibly derived from the Irish “Baile Átha Thíd” meaning “the town of the ford of Thíd”. Malahide Bay was anciently called Inber Domnann, the "river-mouth of the Fir Domnann".
Malahide is situated 16 kilometres north of the city of Dublin, lying between Swords, Kinsealy and Portmarnock. It is situated on the Broadmeadow estuary, on the opposite side of which is Donabate.
The village is served by the DART and the train, run by Irish Rail. The Dublin Bus 42 and 32a day-time routes and 42N Nite-Link route serve the town from Dublin City Centre and the 102 bus route serves local areas.

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Mount Merrion
Mount Merrion (Irish: Cnoc Mhuirfean) is an area of Dublin, Ireland. It is roughly 7 kilometres (5 mi) south of the city centre. It is situated on and around a hill of the same name.
Mount Merrion is 3 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of the area known as Merrion and 5.6 km west of Dún Laoghaire. With its close proximity to University College Dublin at Belfield, many students live in the area.
The district is in the Dublin South electoral constituency, and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County (following the abolition of County Dublin as an administrative division of the state).
The main artery through the area is the N11 dual carriageway.
Public transport is provided by Dublin Bus on routes 5, 7b, 7d, 10a, 17, 46a, 46n, 47, 63, 84, 116, 118, 145 and 746.
The nearest DART station to Mount Merrion is Blackrock, while the nearest Luas stations are Kilmacud and Stillorgan on the Green line.
The Aircoach services to Dublin Airport from Greystones calls at South Hill Avenue en route to the airport
Quoting from "Mount Merrion the Old", by Sir Neville Wilkinson:

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Moyle Park College
Moyle Park College is a secondary school in Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland. The school was established by the Marist Brothers in 1957 and grew rapidly, as did the population of the local area.
In 2007 Moyle Park College celebrated its Golden Jubilee. On 13 October a ceremony was held in the sports hall to mark the occasion. This was attended by the then President of Ireland Mary McAleese who also opened the Golden Jubilee Garden. The current^[when?] principal is Aidan Clarke who took over from John Shortt in September 2009.
Notable past pupils include former Irish politician and government minister John Curran, South Dublin County Councillor Trevor Gilligan, Olympic boxer Kenneth Egan, television presenter Brian Ormond.
During the summer months the college is host to Moyle Park English Language College. This summer project sees more than 300 international students come to the college to learn English as a second language. Students come from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France and Italy and stay in the Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Tallaght and Lucan areas of Dublin. The current^[when?] director is Siobhan O'Neill. The academic director is Anne Marie Maddock.

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Mulhuddart
Mulhuddart (Irish: Mullach Eadrad, meaning "the hill of the milking place") is a suburb situated to the north-west of Dublin city, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the Barony of Castleknock. The River Tolka passes near the village.
The N3 dual carriageway now by-passes the village. It is located near Blanchardstown, now also a suburb of Dublin.
Mulhuddart village essentially comprises a main street, which was the old Navan Road, on which there are a petrol station, a few shops and cafés and a school. Though the village has been by-passed, an under-pass connects the main street to Blakestown. Mulhuddart includes the suburban localities of Ladyswell, and Manorfield, together with townlands such as Priesttown. Newer estates to the west of the village such as Swallowbrook and Pheasant's Run are within the townland of Mulhuddart.
Located on the outskirts of the village is the Damastown Industrial Estate, one of Dublin's largest industrial estates which includes a large IBM campus employing over 4,000 people. To the north is the village of Tyrrelstown, with a sizable modern housing development.

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Newlands Cross
Newlands Cross is a well-known crossroads in SW Dublin in the county of South Dublin.
It is the point where the N7 National Route to the South West and Mid West crosses an orbital local route, the R113. Traditionally Newlands Cross was regarded as the place where Dublin City ended and the "country" began, though it is now inside the urban area. Dublin people and especially the Dublin based broadcast and print media were/are sometimes accused of being unaware of the world beyond Newlands Cross. Or of thinking that Ireland "starts at Newlands Cross".
The R113 (in the form of the Belgard Road dual-carriageway) joins Newlands to Tallaght to the South and to the Fonthill Road in Clondalkin Village to the North; the cross itself is located at the southern end of Clondalkin.
A very major traffic junction, it is currently the only remaining at-grade and signal controlled crossing of the N7 between the M50 and Limerick, but there are plans to upgrade it to a grade-separated interchange to relieve the serious traffic congestion that it experiences. The upgraded N7 will pass over the R113. Construction went to tender in August 2008 and preparatory work started in September 2008. Following delays, construction proper is due to start in 2012 and will take about 18 months to complete.

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North Strand
North Strand is an area of the inner city on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded roughly by East Wall to the east, Ballybough to the northwest, and Fairview to the north. Its postal designation is Dublin 3.
The main road through the area is the North Strand Road, which serves as a main arterial route for traffic to and from the city centre and Malahide, Howth and the M50.
Perhaps the most (in)famous occurrence associated with the North Strand was "the North Strand Bombings." In May 1941, during World War II, German aircraft of the Luftwaffe which had gone off course found themselves over neutral Dublin. Coming under fire, they released their bombs, causing much devastation in the area. A memorial park to the victims of the attack is now located near the Five Lamps.
Coordinates: 53°21′32″N 6°14′27″W / 53.3589°N 6.2407°W / 53.3589; -6.2407

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Oldbawn
Oldbawn (or Old Bawn, Irish: An Seanbhábhún) is a small suburban area now within Tallaght on Dublin's Southside. Formerly a small village in its own right, it is situated near the River Dodder.
Old Bawn was the site of an estate for several centuries, and later of a small village, whose population reached over 380 in the mid-19th century.
Old Bawn House was built in 1635 by Archdeacon William Bulkeley, son of Launcelot Bulkeley the Archbishop. It was situated where the St. Maelruan schools now stand.
It was almost unique in architectural style, being one of the first Irish houses that was not built purely for defence. Oldbawn had extensive pleasure gardens that survived, albeit in a neglected state, until 1900. "From a rude, desolate, and wild land he brought it to a most delightful patrimony" Handcock quoted Blacker as saying of Bulkeley's house.
Old Bawn House was damaged in the rebellion of 1641 but was restored immediately at a cost of £3,000. The house was designed in an H shape with high pointed gables, and had many windows and twelve chimneys which was unusual at that time. It had many internal features such as the chimney piece and a carved oak staircase both of which are in the National Museum. The chimney piece reached to the ceiling and depicted the building of the walls of Jerusalem, dating back to 1635. There was also an unusual lodge house built to the front of the house.

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Palmerstown
Palmerstown (Irish: Baile Phámar), occasionally referred to as Palmerston, is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is located about 8km west of the city centre, in the administrative county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the north by the River Liffey, to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to the east by the village of Chapelizod, the south-bank area of which lies in Palmerstown. The village is situated near the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, east of the junction of the M50 and the N4.
The area is situated near the major junction of the M50 motorway N4. Old Lucan Road, once the main route from the city to the West, passes through the centre of Palmerstown Village.
The main public transport is Dublin Bus running via the N4. Scheduled services run east to the city, and west to Lucan, Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth. The Palmerstown Route(26) travels from the Cherry Orchard Hospital to Dublin city via Kennelsfort Road. Route (18), a circular city route runs from the Old Lucan Road to Donnybrook via many south Dublin suburbs including Walkinstown, Crumlin, KCR and Rathgar.

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Portmarnock
Portmarnock (Irish: Port Mearnóg) is a small suburban village to the north of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the administrative county of Fingal.
Portmarnock lies on the coast and, owing to its proximity to Dublin city, is a form of dormitory village 15 km (9.3 mi) north-northeast of the city centre. In the 2002 census the population was 8,376, although this shows a decrease to 7,973 in the preliminary 2006 census statistics.
Portmarnock is situated between Malahide and Baldoyle, along the northern commuter railway line out of Dublin (also the Dublin-Belfast line); Portmarnock railway station opened on 25 May 1844, is now on the DART network. Portmarnock, on the Baldoyle to Malahide coast road, is served by Dublin Bus routes 102, 105, 32, 32A, 32B, 32X, 42, 42N (Nitelink) and 142.
At sea, Portmarnock could be said to border Sutton and perhaps Howth in the form of Ireland's Eye. The beach is monitored by a life guard during the summer season from early April to the start of October.
Portmarnock lies in the Dublin North–East Dáil Éireann constituency.

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Portrane
Portrane or Portraine (Irish: Port Reachrann, meaning "landing place of Reachrainn" (the nearby offshore island)) is a small seaside town one kilometre from, and merging into the larger town of Donabate in Fingal, north County Dublin, Ireland.
Portrane's most prominent feature is the mental hospital. Now over 100 years old, St Ita's Hospital is an impressive collection of Victorian red brick buildings which dominate the peninsula. Important features within its main building include two churches and the clock tower. In the hospital grounds is a monument to George Hampden Evans, a replica of the round tower in a town in Afghanistan.
Members of the band U2 owned a caravan in Portrane where they composed some of the music and lyrics for their 1981 album, October. Rock band the Delorentos are Portrane natives.
Portrane has been used extensively as a location for many film and television shoots. Parts of the Channel 4 television series Father Ted were filmed in Portrane, most notably Funland in the first series was filmed in Tower Bay.^{[citation needed]} It also featured in the BBC series "Murphy's Law" starring James Nesbitt.^{[citation needed]}

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Raheny
Raheny (Ráth Eanaigh in Irish) is a northern suburb of Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. It is an old area, centred around an old village, and is referenced back to 570 AD (Mervyn Archdall) but after years of light settlement, with a main village and a coastal hamlet, grew rapidly in the 20th century, and is now a mid-density Northside suburb with a village core.
Raheny is situated on the coast of County Dublin, about 8 km from Dublin city centre and 7 km from Dublin Airport, and has been for centuries within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, formerly Dublin Corporation. The historic county (now Fingal County Council) boundary lies close by. Nearby areas include Killester, Clontarf, Artane, Kilbarrack, Coolock, Donaghmede, and the skyline is dominated by Howth Head.
Raheny is bisected by the Howth Road (R105) and the R809 (coming from Bull Island, in turn Watermill Road, Main Street, Station Road) and is also accessed from the Malahide Road (R107), the coastal James Larkin Road (R807) and the R104 (including the Oscar Traynor Road and Kilbarrack Road).

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Ranelagh
Ranelagh (/ˈrænɨlə/ RAN-ə-lə) (Irish: Raghnallach) is a residential area and urban village on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the postal district of Dublin 6. It is in the local government electoral area of Pembroke/Rathmines and the Dáil Constituency of Dublin South–East.
The English name is locally pronounced /ˈrɛnələ/. The park in London, Ranelagh Gardens, was named after Ranelagh House, home of the Cole family, who took their title (Earls of Ranelagh) from the district in County Dublin.
The district was originally a village just outside Dublin, surrounded by landed estates.
In the early years of the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1649) the area was the scene of skirmishes culminating in the Battle of Rathmines. After the Irish united with the Royalists against the Parliamentarians, an attempt was made to take Dublin. Their army under Ormonde was defeated, many of them killed, and the place where they fell (mainly between Rathmines and Ranelagh) was known for a long time as the Bloody Fields.

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Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham or Rathfarnam (Irish: Ráth Fearnáin, meaning "Fearnán's ringfort") is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils.
The area of Rathfarnham includes Whitechurch, Nutgrove, Ballyboden and Ballyroan. Historical sites in the Rathfarnham townlands include: Kilmashogue, Mount Venus, Tibradden and Taylors Grange.
Rathfarnham is home to several notable historic buildings, including Rathfarnham Castle and Loreto Abbey, four parks: Marlay Park, Dodder Park, St. Enda's and Bushy Park, and several pubs including The Eden, Revels and the landmark Yellow House. Padraig Pearse established St Enda's School for Boys, which is now a museum in his honour situated in St. Enda's Park.
The name Rathfarnham (Fearnain's Ringfort) suggests an earlier habitation but no remains of prehistoric fortifications, burial places, early churches or old records have been found.

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Rathgar
Rathgar (Irish: Ráth Garbh, meaning "rough ringfort") is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, lying about 3 kilometres south of the city centre.
Rathgar is largely a quiet suburb with good amenities, including primary and secondary schools, nursing homes, child-care and sports facilities, and good public transport to the city centre. The housing stock largely comprises red-brick late Georgian and Victorian era terraces and much of the area lies within an architectural conservation zone. One of the main schools in area is The High School, Dublin, which moved to the area from its original location on Harcourt Street. Other schools include Stratford College on Zion road, founded in the 1950s by members of the Jewish Community in Dublin. Dodder Park is located in Rathgar.
Rathgar has a variety of retail outlets. It maintains a nice village feel and has a delicatessen, 2 butchers, a bike shop and a wine shop within 20 yards of the main cross. There is also Rathgar Pharmacy, Rathgar Hair Studio and a number of fashion and interior boutiques. There is a small supermarket 'Superquinn' in the town centre. Local restaurants include Bijou (Modern Irish), Monty's (Nepalese), Howard's Way and Kanum (Asian).

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Rathmichael
Rathmichael (Irish: Ráth Mhichíl, meaning "Michael's ringfort") is a suburb in the south-east of Dublin in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. It is situated west of Shankill from which it is separated by the M50/M11 motorways.
Rathmichael is an affluent suburb, characterised by extensive tracts of low-density dwellings, with large houses and gardens interspersed with open areas. It rises to the west towards the hill of Carrickgollogan in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. The chimney of the disused lead mines and the ruins of Puck's Castle on the northern flank of Carrickgollogan overlook the area
There are three schools, Aravon Preparatory School, Rathmichael Parish National School which lies in the Church of Ireland Parish of Rathmichael and St. Annes National School.
Also present are Old Conna Golf Club (on Ferndale Rd.) and Rathmichael Church and graveyard, in the Church of Ireland.
It also has the oldest house in southern County Dublin^{[citation needed]}, The Old Glebe House. Jonathan Swift may have written part of Gulliver's Travels while staying here.

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Rathmines
Rathmines (Irish: Ráth Maonais, meaning "ringfort of Maonas") is a suburb on the southside of Dublin, about 3 kilometres south of the city centre. It effectively begins at the south side of the Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranelagh to the east and Harold's Cross to the west.
Rathmines has thriving commercial and civil activity and is well-known across Ireland as part of a traditionally known "flatland" - providing rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third level students coming from outside the city since the 1930s. In more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many houses have been gentrified by the wealthier beneficiaries of Ireland's economic boom of the 1990s. Rathmines, nonetheless, is often said to have a cosmopolitan air, and has a diverse international population and has always been home to groups of new immigrant communities and indigenous ethnic minorities.
In the 2006 Census, Rathmines had a population of 36,186.

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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (/ˈaɪərlənd/ or /ˈɑrlənd/; Irish: Éire, pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen)) is a sovereign state in Europe occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. Its capital is Dublin. The population of the state was 4.59 million in 2011. It is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy, with an elected president serving as head of state. In the 1937 constitution, the name of the state is given as simply "Ireland". The Constitution of Ireland (Article 4) and the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 provides that the "Republic of Ireland" (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is "the description of the state".
Ireland is a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations. A developed country with the seventh highest Human Development Index, Ireland is also highly ranked for press freedom, economic freedom and democracy and political freedom.
The modern Irish state was established in 1922 as the Irish Free State, a dominion within the British Empire, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty which brought an end to the Irish War of Independence. The partition of Ireland had already been provided for in previous British legislation in 1921 in response to opposition to Irish Home Rule or independence by Unionists, who formed a majority in the north-eastern part of the country. Six of the nine counties in the northern province of Ulster were established under that legislation as Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, with which the Irish state shares its only land border. The state is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south east, and the Irish Sea to the east.

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Ringsend
Ringsend (Irish: An Rinn) is a southside inner suburb of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It is located on the south bank of the River Liffey, about two kilometres east of the city centre, and is the southern terminus of the East Link Toll Bridge.
Formerly the point where ships arriving across the Irish Sea would dock, Ringsend went into decline in the 19th and 20th centuries, when the shipping moved to ports further south along the coast, although there is still some local container shipping.
Ringsend and the southern part of Dublin Port are also home to the Great South Wall, connecting the Poolbeg Lighthouse to the mainland. The lighthouse lies at the extreme east end of the wall and was constructed in 1767. The stone wall that now stands was constructed over a period of many years and was completed in 1795. The wall and lighthouse are a popular walk destination. The area around Poolbeg also contains Dublin's main power station, with two huge chimneys for steam, which are Dublin landmarks, the former Pigeon House Fort and a range of industrial buildings.

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Rockbrook
Rockbrook (Irish: Sruth na Carraige) is a small area in South Dublin. It situated south of Ballyboden on the R116 regional road, and is the site of the Rockbrook Park School boys secondary school.
Located in the village is the Merry Ploughboy public house which has become a popular tourist destination for Irish music and dance. The pub is owned by the Merry Ploughboy traditional music group.
Coordinates: 53°15′N 6°18′W / 53.25°N 6.3°W / 53.25; -6.3

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Saggart
Saggart is a suburban village in South Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin city. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, and Tallaght.
A monk called Mosacra founded a settlement on the site of the village in the 7th century. The name Saggart derives from Teach Sacra which means 'house of Sacra' in Irish.
A monastery existed in the village in the 7th century.
By 1207, Saggart, or Tasagart, as it was then called by the Normans, had been made a prebend of the Cathedral of St. Patrick. In 1615, the church was reported as being in good repair but fifteen years later the church is stated to have fallen down, and the Protestant parishioners attended Rathcoole church. The current church was built in 1847.
From 1888-1932, the Dublin to Blessington tram service stopped at Saggart.
Some well-known objects of archaeological interest can be found in Saggart. They include:
Saggart lies at the northern end of a mountain valley, the Slade of Saggart with Brittas at the other side. The River Camac flows through this valley, passing around the village on the way to meet the River Liffey by Heuston Station.

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Sallynoggin
Sallynoggin (Irish: An Naigín, formerly (Irish: Sáile an Chnocáin, meaning "willow hill") is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and the Dáil constituency of Dún Laoghaire. The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid 1950s by Dún Laoghaire Borough Corporation.
On early 20th century maps Sallynoggin and Glenageary are indicated as being the same place, however, with the development of the local authority housing estate on the Townlands of Honeypark and Thomastown, Sallynoggin became a distinct area.
Most of the residents of Sallynoggin are originally from the Dún Laoghaire area which gives Sallynoggin a village atmosphere with many families tracing their roots back several generations in Dún Laoghaire, Dalkey, Glasthule or Blackrock.^{[citation needed]}
Up to 1994 the boundary of Dún Laoghaire Borough Corporation left a section of the local authority housing outside the Dún Laoghaire area mainly Pearse Villas and a part of Pearse Street which were in the Dublin County Council area. With the formation of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in 1994 the entire area of Sallynoggin, Rochestown, Glenageary and surrounding areas were included in the new county.

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Sandycove
Sandycove (Irish: Cuas an Ghainimh) is an area of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Dún Laoghaire and Glasthule, but north of Dalkey. It is a popular Seaside resort.
Sandycove is well known for its (formerly) gentlemen's bathing place, the Forty Foot, which in the past afforded a quiet swimming haven for males only. This remains a popular bathing place but now, mixed bathing is permissible.
James Joyce lived for a time in a Martello Tower situated beside the Forty Foot bathing place at Sandycove. The opening scene of Joyce's Ulysses is set in this tower, which now hosts a small Joycean museum, open in summer time. Bloomsday is celebrated in Sandycove in Joyce's honour on the 16th of June every year.
Near to the tower, on the seafront, is the unique landmark house designed in the Avant Garde style by Michael Scott, eminent 20th century Architect who made it his residence.
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station opened on 11 October 1855.
On 20 December 1940, the Luftwaffe bombed the railway station even though Ireland was a neutral country. There were three injuries. See Bombing of Dublin in World War II.

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Sandyford
Sandyford (Irish: Áth an Ghainimh) is a suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county, Ireland. A major part of Sandyford today is composed of the Sandyford Industrial Estate and related developments.
Sandyford Village itself lies just south of the M50 motorway, accessed from junction 13. At the heart of the old village is a traditional square, including a monument to the working men of the village, Pater and Ned. The industrial estate is just north of the motorway. The depot for the Luas Green Line is located on the eastern edge of Sandyford Industrial Estate, as are two stops, Stillorgan and the terminus Sandyford.
An Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day, whilst several Dublin Bus routes including the 44 link the area with the city centre.
Sandyford Industrial Estate is one of the largest industrial estates in Dublin. The estate is notable as the location of the works depot of the Luas Green Line. It also contains the Stillorgan halt 500m Northwest of the terminus. The industrial estate has been revamped by the construction of many office and apartment blocks such as the Beacon South Quarter development which includes the Beacon Hotel and UPMC Beacon Hospital. A shopping centre opened as part of the Beacon South Quarter which has a Dunnes Stores as the anchor tenant. The Sandyford Motor Park is one of the biggest car dealerships in the county, with such car dealers as Mazda, Renault, Jaguar and Saab plus one of the best known used car dealers on the southside of the city. Central Park is another office park in the Sandyford area with companies such as Vodafone Ireland and a new Bewleys Hotel.

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Sandymount
Sandymount (Irish: Dumhach Thrá) is a coastal suburb in Dublin 4 on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It is in the Dublin South–East constituency and the Pembroke Ward. It was once part of Pembroke Township, which took its name from the fact that this area was part of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke.
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. During the 18th Century, there was a village called Brickfield Town on the site of Sandymount Green. This took its name from Lord Merrions Brickfields which stretched from here to Merrion at the time.
Sandymount is located between 3 and 4km south east of Dublin City, In the north end it begins where Newbridge Avenue meets Herbert Road to Church Avenue at the coast and west along the DART rail line and south to Merrion Gates. Sandymount Promenade runs along the coast road (Strand Road) from Sandymount Strand down to Merrion Gates. It lies a little south of the Great South Wall in Dublin Bay. Neighbouring suburbs are Ballsbridge, Merrion and Irishtown.

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Santry
Santry (Irish: Seantrabh, meaning "Old tribe") is a suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin and Ballymun. Today it straddles the boundary of Dublin City and Fingal County Council area. Santry is also home to the large Omni Park Shopping Centre. It is anchored by Tesco, Penneys, Dealz, Argos Extra and Omniplex cinema. Omni Park Shopping Centre
The character of the area has changed in the last 100 years, from a district centred on a large estate, and later small village, to a modern, rather dispersed, mixed-use suburb. Much of the old village is gone and where there were once fields full of crops, and wild woodlands of all sorts, there are now housing estates, an athletics stadium, a shopping complex, industrial parks and busy roads leading to Dublin Airport. Morton Stadium was until recently the home to the newest League of Ireland club—Sporting Fingal however the club was disbanded in 2011 when problems emerged with their ability to raise sponsorship. The Trinity College Library has a depository at Santry which holds three million books.

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Sheriff Street
Sheriff Street (Irish: Sráid an tSirriam), known by locals as "Sheriffer," or "The Street" is a small area in the north inner city of Dublin, Ireland, lying between East Wall and North Wall and often considered to be part of the latter.
The Sheriff Street area might be defined as Upper and Lower Sheriff Street, Mayor Street, Guild Street, Commons Street, Oriel Street, Seville Place, Crinan Strand and Maranars Port. Sheriff Street had a reputation as a run-down area with a high crime rate. There were ongoing issues with poverty and crime, peaking during the heroin epidemic of the 1980s and 90s. In the late 1990s, the Sheriff Street flats (St.Laurances Mansions, St.Bridgets Gardens, and Phil Shanahan House) were demolished and the area quietened down.
Although the area has been redeveloped it still remains a mainly working class area.
Traditionally, work on the docks provided employment, but the arrival of containerization led to mass unemployment in the late 1980s.

Luke Kelly of The Dubliners was born in Lattimore Cottages, 1 Sheriff Street, a quarter of a mile from Dublin's main thoroughfare, O'Connell Street. His place of birth has since been demolished.

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South Dublin
South Dublin (Irish: Áth Cliath Theas) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin. South Dublin County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 246,935 according to the 2006 census.
The county seat is Tallaght. Other important centres of population are Lucan and Clondalkin. Much of the county is heavily urbanised but small rural settlements exist in the western parts of the county. South Dublin has a population of 246,935 according to the 2006 census. The heraldic crest for South Dublin reads "This We Hold In Trust" in both English and Irish, while incorporating elements relating to the history, geography and present day infrastructure of the area.
South Dublin has an area of 222.74 square kilometres. It is bounded by Dublin city (15 km to the north east), the Dublin mountains and County Wicklow to the south, the River Liffey to the north separating it from Fingal, and County Kildare to the west

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Stillorgan
Stillorgan (Irish: Stigh Lorgan, also Stigh Lorcáin and previously Tigh Lorcáin or Teach Lorcáin), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present. Stillorgan neighbours other southside districts such as Kilmacud, Mount Merrion, Sandyford, Leopardstown, Dundrum, Blackrock, Goatstown and Foxrock.
The suburban region defined as the Stillorgan Electoral Area of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown had a population of 19,840 at the 2006 census.
It is popularly believed that the name Stillorgan is either a Danish or Anglo Norman corruption of Teach Lorcan, 'the house or church of Lorcan (Laurence)', possibly signifying St. Laurence O'Toole. Another belief is that it is named after a Danish or Irish chief of a similar name: what may have been his burial chamber was discovered in Stillorgan Park in 1716. The original Celtic name for Stillorgan was Athnakill – 'Place of the Church'.

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Stoneybatter
Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh (Irish: Bóthar na gCloch), is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman. It is located in the Dublin 7 postal district.
James Collins' 1913 book, 'Life in Old Dublin', notes that 'Centuries ago (Stoneybatter) was called Bothar-na-gCloch. In Joyce's Irish names of places we find the following interesting information as to the original name of the place: "Long before the city had extended so far, and while Stoneybatter was nothing more than a country road, it was -- as it still continues to be -- the great thoroughfare to Dublin from the districts lying west and north-west of the city; and it was known by the name of Bothar-na-gCloch (Bohernaglogh), i.e., the road of the stones, which was changed to the English equivalent, Stoneybatter or stony road."'
The Irish folk song "The Spanish Lady" mentions Stoneybatter in the 5th verse.

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Tallaght
Tallaght (English pronunciation: /ˈtælə/ TAL-ə; Irish: Tamhlacht, IPA: [ˈt̪ˠəul̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]) is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin county, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.
Up to the 1960s Tallaght was little more than a village in County Dublin, linked to several nearby rural areas which were part of the large civil parish of the same name - the county council estimates the then population at 2,500. Suburban development began in the 1970s and a town centre area has been developing since the late 1980s. Tallaght had a population of 71,467 at the 2011 census. There are currently calls for Tallaght to be declared a city.
The village core of the district is located north of, and near to, the River Dodder, and parts of the broader area are close to the border of County Dublin and County Wicklow. Several streams flow in the area, notably the Jobstown or Tallaght Stream (a tributary of the Dodder River, and the Fettercairn Stream (a tributary of the River Camac, and the Tymon River, the main component of the River Poddle, rises in Cookstown, near Fettercairn.

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Templeogue
Templeogue (Irish: Teach Mealóg, meaning "New Church of Saint Mel") is a suburb of southwest Dublin, Ireland. The original Irish name Teach Mealóg refers to a chapel named after Saint Mel that was built there in about 1273.
Templeogue is surrounded by the adjacent suburbs of Ballyroan, Butterfield, Firhouse, Greenhills, Kimmage, Knocklyon, Limekiln, Old Orchard, Perrystown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Terenure, Tymon, and Whitehall. The three main routes through Templeogue are the R112 regional road (Templeville Road), the N81 national secondary road (Templeogue Road), and the R817 regional road (Cypress Grove Road & Wainsfort Road).
It is 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) from both the city centre to the north and the Dublin Mountains to the south, and to the coast at Dublin Bay on the Irish Sea. It is 55m (180 feet) above sea level and occupies an area of 534 hectares. The River Dodder forms the southern border with Rathfarnham while the River Poddle forms the northern border with Greenhills and Kimmage.

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Terenure
Terenure (Irish: Tír an Iúir, meaning "land of the yew tree") is a mainly residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, largely in the administrative area of Dublin City Council but with parts in the administrative county of South Dublin (within the Terenure-Rathfarnham electoral area).
Terenure is located south of Harold's Cross and north of Rathfarnham, and partially contained in the Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts. Terenure borders the suburbs of Templeogue, Rathgar, Harold's Cross, Kimmage and Rathfarnham.
Terenure is a suburb of Dublin city proper, and its southern boundary, delineated partly by the River Dodder, is also part in places of the administrative boundary between Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council. In times past, Terenure Cross (Vaughan's Corner) was a terminus for the city trams, and is mentioned as such in Ulysses (Episode 7, Aeolus), but it has been bypassed by the redevelopment of modern trams in Dublin (the Luas lines). There were three tram depots in Terenure at one time, the main tram depot for the number 15 DUTC trams in Terenure Road East, another DUTC depot for number 16 trams in Rathfarnham Road, and the terminus of the Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway on Templeogue Road.

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Walkinstown
Walkinstown (Irish: Baile Bhailcín) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city, approximately 6 kilometres south-west of Dublin city centre. The suburb borders Crumlin to the east, Drimnagh to the north, Greenhills to the south and Ballymount, Bluebell and Clondalkin to the west. Its postal code is Dublin 12.
Walkinstown is a suburb consisting primarily of Dublin City Corporation owned residential housing. Light industry, warehousing, car dealerships and commercial outlet stores are concentrated along the Long Mile Road in the western sector of the suburb. The Central Statistics Office census of 2006 recorded a populated of 5910 for the area. The area is very well served with a library, residents' association, sports ground, community centre, schools, pubs, church and retail facilities.
The name of the area is a corruption of Wilkinstown - named after Wilkins, a tenant farmer who lived in the area in the 15th century.
Walkinstown as a suburb is a 20th century creation. The area was a dairy farm until house building began in the 1930s. Building ended in the area in the 1970s when most of the available land was built upon. The 1950s saw the building of the local Catholic church as well as primary and second schools for boys and girl.

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Windy Arbour
Windy Arbour (Irish: Na Glasáin) is a small suburban village in the Dundrum area of Dublin, Ireland. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slann or Slang river, Windy Arbour has amenities including a Costcutter supermarket (which includes a post office), two pubs, Ryan's Arbour House and The Corner House (formerly called Kyne's Corner House, J.D.'s Corner House, The Millrace and The Nine Arches), as well as a primary school known as Our Lady's National School, Clonskeagh. It also has a Luas station.
Windy Arbour is surrounded by several housing estates including Columbanus - which consists of St Columbanus Road, Place and Avenue; and St Gall's Gardens(North and South; Mulvey Park; Olivemount Grove and Terrace; St Luke's Crescent; Churchfields; Highfield Park, Annaville Park, Annaville Residence and Frankfort Park. At the heart of Windy Arbour is the smaller and much older townland of Farranboley, which appears on maps going back to the 18th century.
Perhaps the most famous person to live in Windy Arbour was Irish patriot Robert Emmet, who grew up in The Casino, a manor house now known as Emmet House, (where The Secretariat of Secondary schools in Ireland is currently housed). It is located next to the Catholic Church on Bird Avenue and was formerly known as Carton House. It is reputed to contain a secret passage leading from the house to the boundary wall, which Emmett used as a boy.

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Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner (born 19 June, 1983) is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti on Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan on The Clinic, and John Mitchell on the supernatural drama series Being Human. He will be playing Kíli in the upcoming two-part fantasy film The Hobbit.
Aidan Turner was born in Clondalkin, South Dublin. He graduated from The Gaiety School of Acting in 2004.
His television career began in 2007 with a guest appearance on The Tudors. He continued his television career on Desperate Romantics, playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti. From 2008 to 2009, he appeared in a recurring role as Ruairí McGowan on The Clinic. followed by the character of John Mitchell on the supernatural drama series Being Human (2009–2011).
His film career began with two short films The Sound of People (2007) and Matterhorn (2007). He played Mal in the thriller feature film Alarm (2008).
Turner will portray Kíli in the two-part fantasy film The Hobbit and a character named TT in an upcoming TV-show called Resonance.

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Amlaíb Conung
Amlaíb Conung (died c. 875) (Old Norse: Óláfr) was a Norse or Norse-Gael leader in Ireland and Scotland in the years after 850. Together with his brothers Ímar and Auisle he appears frequently in the Irish annals. The name "Conung" is from the Old Norse konungr and simply means "king".
Amlaíb has often been seen as the same person as Olaf the White of the Landnámabók and other Icelandic sagas. The Irish annals, and the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, are much older than these, and in some respects are source materials for the Icelanders. These say little about Amlaíb's kin, and what they do say contradicts the Icelandic accounts.
The Annals of Ulster report the arrival of Amlaíb in Ireland in 853:
The Fragmentary Annals expand on this:
Lochlann, originally Laithlinn or Lothlend, the land where Amlaíb's father Gofraid, or Guðrøðr, was a king is often identified with Norway, but it is not universally accepted that it had such a meaning in early times. Several historians have proposed instead that in early times, and certainly as late as the battle of Clontarf in 1014, Laithlinn refers to the Norse and Norse-Gael lands in the Hebrides the Isle of Man, the Northern Isles and parts of mainland Scotland. Whatever the original sense, by the twelfth century, when Magnus Barefoot undertook his expedition to the West, it had come to mean Norway.

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Bernard Dunne
Bernard Dunne (born 6 February 1980) is a retired Irish professional boxer and a former WBA, and European super bantamweight champion.
On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne waged the war that he would be best remembered for and defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in a fight that won ESPN's 2009 Fight of The Year with 6 knockdowns occurring in the fight between the two fighters (4 for Dunne and 2 for Cordoba). Dunne lost his title on 26 September 2009 in the 02 Dublin. Dunne retired on 19 February 2010.
In November 2009, Irish publishers Liberties Press released the first biography of Dunne. Entitled Bernard Dunne: The Ecstasy and the Agony, it is an up-to-date account of Dunne's beginnings until his defeat to Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym.
Dunne was born in Neilstown, Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland). He boxed at amateur level for Ireland where he had a record of 119-11, captured 13 Irish titles but did not qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^{[citation needed]}

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Brendan Courtney
Brendan Courtney (born 24 June 1973 in Dublin) is an Irish television presenter and stylist,^{[clarification needed]} the first openly gay presenter in Ireland. He has hosted Wanderlust on RTÉ Two, The Brendan Courtney Show on TV3, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV2, Blind Date on ITV2, Love Match on ITV1, Look of Love on ITV1, The Clothes Show on UKTV and Off the Rails on RTÉ One.
Courtney began his career on RTÉ Two's Wanderlust and ITV1's Love Match UK. He was the main developer of the idea of Wanderlust. He previously hosted The Brendan Courtney Show, a prime time talk show on Ireland's TV3 television channel. He also presented the RTÉ reality show Treasure Island.
In October 2006, he became the presenter on ITV2's late night dating show Playdate. From 2006–2008 he hosted and produced The Clothes Show with Caryn Franklyn and Louise Redknapp, As of Autumn 2008, he was co-hosting RTÉ One's Off the Rails.
He has long been associated with British fashion brand the clothes show live,^{[clarification needed]} frequently hosting at the flagship event Clothes Show Live in Birmingham.

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Brian Boru
Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, (c. 941–23 April 1014), (English: Brian Boru, Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma, Irish: Brian Bóroimhe), was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first made himself King of Munster, then subjugated Leinster, making himself ruler of the south of Ireland. He is the founder of the O'Brien dynasty.
The Uí Néill king Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, abandoned by his northern kinsmen of the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill, acknowledged Brian as High King at Athlone in 1002. In the decade that followed, Brian campaigned against the northern Uí Néill, who refused to accept his claims, against Leinster, where resistance was frequent, and against the Norse Gaelic Kingdom of Dublin. Brian's hard-won authority was seriously challenged in 1013 when his ally Máel Sechnaill was attacked by the Cenél nEógain king Flaithbertach Ua Néill, with the Ulstermen as his allies. This was followed by further attacks on Máel Sechnaill by the Dubliners under their king Sihtric Silkbeard and the Leinstermen led by Máel Mórda mac Murchada. Brian campaigned against these enemies in 1013. In 1014, Brian's armies confronted the armies of Leinster and Dublin at Clontarf near Dublin on Good Friday. The resulting Battle of Clontarf was a bloody affair, with Brian, his son Murchad, and Máel Mórda among those killed. The list of the noble dead in the Annals of Ulster includes Irish kings, Norse Gaels, Scotsmen, and Scandinavians. The immediate beneficiary of the slaughter was Máel Sechnaill who resumed his interrupted reign.

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Cathal Mac Coille
Cathal Mac Coille is an Irish broadcaster, researcher and journalist. He is currently a co-presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. He has been used by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in numerous political broadcasts and has interviewed several prominent politicians.
He has also presented other shows on radio and television, including This Week and One to One. His journalism work has included stints with Comhar and the Sunday Tribune and he has also spent time as a reporter with TG4.
Mac Coille started his career as editor of the Irish language magazine, Comhar. He then went on to get a Bachelor of Arts in History from University College Dublin. He first joined RTÉ as a radio researcher in 1974. In 1974, he worked at the nuacht desk for five years. He was a member of the RTÉ Northern Staff from 1978 to 1984 and from 1984 to 1986 presented This Week and other news programmes.
Mac Coille formally worked as Political Correspondent with Irish language television channel, TG4. He also worked as a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper in 1990, for five years.

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Cormac Ó Gráda
Cormac Ó Gráda is an Irish economist, a professor of economics at University College Dublin, and a prolific author of books and academic papers.
As a historian of economics his most quoted works are on the Irish famine of the late 1840s, and studies of fluctuations in the Irish population. Over 100 of his academic papers are available online. He is a member of the Cliometric Society, the Economic History Society, the European Historical Economics Society, the Irish Economic and Social History Society and the Royal Irish Academy. He is also a co-editor for the European Review of Economic History, a learned journal.
He also contributes to the "Irish Economy" blogging website. with comments on the 2008–2010 Irish financial crisis. Earlier in 2008 he gave an open verdict on the future of the Celtic Tiger economy that was about to wind down.

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Dean McCarthy
Dean McCarthy (born 25 January 1992) is an Irish actor, dancer and model best known for his performance as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical based on the hit film Billy Elliot.
He started dancing when he was 6 years old with Diggs Lane Dance Studio which is now called bFamous and run by Brendan Scully.
In 2005, McCarthy landed in the role as The Bully in an Irish short film titled Mac an Athar.
In 2006, McCarthy was selected to play the title role of Billy in London's West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical in the Victoria Palace Theatre. Shortly after being selected for the role he made a dance appearance on the long running Irish talk show The Late Late Show hosted by Pat Kenny and was interviewed by Dustin the Turkey on Irish children's show The Den. McCarthy's first performance as Billy was on 4 December 2006.
McCarthy continued to perform as Billy until April 2007 when he sustained a shoulder injury and had to leave the show for several months. He returned to the role on 20 August 2007 however he aggravated his shoulder injury and although he completed the show he never performed the role again. On 4 October 2007 the show held its 1000th performance and he was brought on stage to lead the cast in the finale dance after which it was announced that he was officially leaving the company.

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Dermot Ryan
Dermot J. Ryan (26 June 1924 – 21 February 1985) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland from 1972 until 1984. He was ordained a priest on 28 May 1950 and consecrated bishop on 13 February 1972. After his death he was criticised for having failed to act and covering up sexual abuse by priests in the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin.
Dermot Ryan was Professor of Oriental Languages at University College Dublin before his appointment by Pope Paul VI as Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland on 29 December 1971. He was ordained a bishop by Pope Paul VI in Rome assisted by Cardinals Bernard Alfrink and William Conway (Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland), on 13 February 1972. At the time of his appointment he was seen as a liberal and a reformer in the Church. His predecessor John Charles McQuaid previously had Ryan removed from teaching in the seminary in Dublin due to teaching liberation theology.
During his term he consolidated much of the expansion of the Archdiocese which had taken place during the term of his predecessor. He also oversaw the fuller implementation of the reforms of Vatican II. He was particularly interested in liturgical reform, and encouraged increasing numbers of Catholics in Dublin to receive Communion at Mass each day or week.

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Dudley Colley
Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 – July 1674) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton.
He represented Philipstown in the Irish House of Commons during the Parliament of Charles II.
By his marriage to Anne Warren he was father of Henry Colley and grandfather of Henry Colley, Garret Wesley, and Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington, all of whom also sat in the Irish House of Commons.: he was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

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Graham Norton
Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton, (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist. He is the host of comedy chat programme The Graham Norton Show on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US. Hot Press has described him as "the 21st century's answer to Terry Wogan", with both men sharing an Irish background and the common link of being a BBC Radio 2 presenter and the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest. Norton has won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance on five occassions.
Norton was born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, but grew up in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland to a Protestant family. He was educated at Bandon Grammar School, in County Cork and then University College Cork but did not complete his studies.
In 1992 his stand-up comedy drag act in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a tea-towel clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta made the press when Scottish Television's religious affairs department mistakenly thought he represented the real Mother Teresa.

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John Joseph Lee
John Joseph Lee (born 9 July 1942) is an Irish historian and former senator. He is currently Professor of History and Glucksman Professor for Irish Studies and Director of Glucksman Ireland House, at New York University.
Born in Tralee, Co Kerry, he spent his early years in Castlegregory in the same county.
He graduated in 1962 from University College Dublin with first-class honours in History and Economics. He completed his MA some years later on the history of the railways in nineteenth-century Ireland. He was also a graduate student of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
In 1973, he published The Modernisation of Irish Society, 1848-1918. The following year he moved back to Ireland to become Professor of Modern History at University College Cork, succeeding Oliver McDonagh. He held the chair until 2002.
His 1989 Ireland 1912-1985 - Politics and Society won the Irish Independent/Irish Life Prize for History in 1991; and both the Aer Lingus/Irish Times Prize for Literature and the J.S. Donnelly, Snr. Prize for History and Social Sciences in 1992.

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Karl Bermingham
Karl Bermingham (born 6 October 1985 in Clondalkin) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland First Division club Longford Town. He has also represented the Republic of Ireland at schoolboy level.
Bermingham is a product of the Belvedere youth system. He played for the Irish based club until moving to Manchester City's youth system. He made his league debut, however, for Lincoln City, where he spent three months on loan at the end of the 2004–05 season. At the start of the 2005–06 season he made a number of appearances in first team friendlies for Manchester City but did not play any competitive matches.
During Autumn 2005 he was loaned out to Burnley, and was released by Manchester City at the end of the 2005-06 season. He had an unsuccessful trial with Dunfermline Athletic in July 2006 before signing with Newry City in October, scoring on his debut against Coleraine.
In early 2007, he was invited to join Derry City on trial prior to the impending kick-off of the 2007 League of Ireland season. Impressing in pre-season, he earned a one year contract with the Candystripes on 2 February 2007.

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Katharine Tynan
Katharine Tynan (23 January 1861 – 2 April 1931) was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1898 to the writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919) she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson (or Katharine Tynan-Hinkson or Katharine Hinkson-Tynan). Of their three children, Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982) was also known as a writer.
Tynan was born into a large farming family in Clondalkin, County Dublin, and educated at a convent school in Drogheda. Her poems were first published in 1878. She met and became friendly with the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins in 1886. Tynan went on to play a major part in Dublin literary circles, until she married and moved to England; later she lived at Claremorris, County Mayo when her husband was a magistrate there from 1914 until 1919.
For a while, Tynan was a close associate of William Butler Yeats (who may have proposed marriage and been rejected, around 1885), and later a correspondent of Francis Ledwidge. She is said to have written over 100 novels; there were some unsurprising comments about a lack of self-criticism in her output. Her Collected Poems appeared in 1930; she also wrote five autobiographical volumes.

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Kenny Egan
Kenneth "Kenny" Egan (born January 7, 1982) is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics. European Gold Medal in the 2008 Athens Olympic Qualifiers and a European Bronze Medal in 2006 and 2010 at Light-heavyweight.
Egan currently fights out of the Neilstown Boxing Club that is based in Dublin. He fights in the 81 kg class that is more commonly known in boxing circles as Light-Heavyweight. Egan won the national championships from 2005 to 2007, where he twice beat Darren O'Neill‎ in the final. In all he has won 9 Irish titles, including 7 light-heavyweight belts.
At the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria he lost his semifinal to Russian eventual winner Artur Beterbiyev.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships held at the University of Illinois Chicago's UIC Pavilion. He beat Julius Jackson and Julio Castillo then lost to Marijo Sivolija.
At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw was upset by Ramazan Magomedov, at the second he beat four fighters including Kennedy Katende and made it to Beijing.

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Mary Kennedy
Mary Kennedy (Irish: Máire Ní Chinnéide; born 4 October 1956) is an Irish writer, television personality and former newscaster. She presented Eurovision Song Contest 1995 from the Point Theatre in Dublin. She has also presented her own Saturday night chat show called Kennedy, a precursor to Saturday Night with Miriam. Kennedy was co-presenter of the magazine programme Open House with Marty Whelan. She used to present Up for the Match and the People of the Year Awards until Gráinne Seoige stole both from her. She is now co-presenter of Nationwide with Anne Cassin, having been so for a time with Michael Ryan.
Born in Clondalkin, Dublin, Kennedy was educated at Colaiste Bride in Clondalkin and University College Dublin where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She taught English in Brittany, France before returning to her alma mater to teach Irish and French.
Kennedy's broadcasting career started in 1978 when she applied for a job as continuity announcer at RTÉ. She went on to join the RTÉ News team, becoming a newscaster. She has also presented Eurovision Song Contest 1995, a Saturday night chat show called Kennedy, and was co-presenter with Marty Whelan on the magazine programme Open House.

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Mic Christopher
Mic Christopher (21 September 1969 - 29 November 2001) was an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his posthumously-released debut album Skylarkin'.
Mic Christopher was born in the Bronx, New York to Irish parents Harry Christopher from Dublin and Vaun Heaney from Sixmilecross. Because of his parents' Irish heritage they moved back to Dublin, Ireland in 1972 and together with an all-Irish school upbringing in Coláiste Chilliain Clondalkin, Christopher started to play traditional Irish music with school groups until he was about fifteen years old when he started busking.
Christopher was a busker in Dublin for about five years where he met many of the numerous musicians on the Dublin circuit, including Karl & David Odlum and Glen Hansard of The Frames, among many others.
In 1990 Christopher formed the band The Mary Janes with former Kila bass player and fellow busker Karl Odlum, and added Simon Good on guitar and Steven Hogan on drums. Over the next nine years The Mary Janes played together a number of guises. Firstly with Hogan on drums and, after Hogan left the band, as a three piece without drums. It was at this time that the band recorded their first album Bored Of Their Laughing.

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Mo Chua of Balla
Mo Chua or Crónán mac Bécáin (died 694) was the founder of Balla, whose diocese was subsequently merged into that of Tuam, Ireland. He is not to be confused (though he often is) with his contemporary Crónán of Roscrea (died 640).
Mo Chua flourished in the period 596-637, but his acts are more or less of a legendary character. However, it would appear that he was educated at Bangor, under St. Comgall, and founded a monastery at Gael, among the Feara De Rois of Louth and Monaghan, whence he migrated to Fore and Tehilly.
Passing through Hy Many, he journeyed to Connacht, in 616, and founded the church and Abbey of Balla, of which he was first abbot-bishop. Numerous miracles are recorded of St. Cronan Mochua, and are minutely described in his Irish biography. Teleportation of meat from one place to another is one of them.
His feast is celebrated on 30 March, though, through a misconception, his acts are given by the Bollandists under the date of 1 January.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

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Scouting Ireland
Scouting Ireland (Irish: Gasóga na hÉireann) is the World Organization of the Scout Movement-recognised Scouting association in the Republic of Ireland, although it also has Scout Groups in Northern Ireland. Scouting Ireland is a voluntary, non-formal educational movement for young people. It is independent, non-political, open to all without distinction of origin, race, creed or gender, in accordance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by Robert Baden-Powell and as stated by WOSM.
The aim of Scouting Ireland is to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, character and spiritual development of young people so that they may achieve their full potential and as responsible citizens, to improve society. Of the 750,000 people between the ages of 6 and 18 in Ireland, approximately 2.5% participate in Scouting Ireland.The organisation was founded on January 1, 2004 after a merge between Scouting Ireland C.S.I. and Scouting Ireland S.A.I.. Its headquarters are at Larch Hill, County Dublin.

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Sinéad Mulvey
Sinéad Mulvey is an Irish professional singer & air hostess who, alongside Black Daisy, represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the pop-rock song "Et Cetera". The song was performed in the second semi-final but failed to progress to the final.
Mulvey appeared on You're a Star prior to Eurovision 2009, but did not qualify to the final.
Sinéad started singing at the age of thirteen, as she was picked as the star role in the musical Cinderella. In 2005 she competed in RTÉ's talent show You're a Star.
She works as an air hostess with Aer Lingus.
The deadline for submissions for the Irish selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was 2 February 2009, with RTÉ inviting entries from as early as 20 December 2008. On 20 February 2009, Sinéad, alongside rock band Black Daisy, won the Irish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Sinéad and Black Daisy beat off competition from five other contenders in "The Late Late Show Eurosong Special", receiving 78 points out of a possible 80, to earn the right to represent Ireland in Moscow. Mulvey was described as "shocked but honoured" at the triumph.

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Stephen Quinn
Stephen Quinn (born 1 April 1986 in Clondalkin) is a professional footballer from the Republic of Ireland who plays as a midfielder for Sheffield United in the English Football League One.
Stephen Quinn is the younger brother of former Ipswich and Sheffield United midfielder Alan Quinn and the older brother of former fellow Sheffield United midfielder Keith Quinn. He is nicknamed Mini Quinny in reference to older brother Alan.
Quinn is a footballer who started his footballing career with St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland making his début in a 2–1 loss to Shamrock Rovers in April 2004.
He signed for Sheffield United in 2005, and made his first team début for the Blades in a League Cup win at Shrewsbury Town on 20 September 2005.
Quinn spent some of the 2005–06 season on loan with Milton Keynes Dons and Rotherham United respectively, becoming a fan favourite at The Millers where his performances helped them to avoid relegation.
Quinn made his Premiership début for The Blades against Charlton Athletic, and could almost scored within the first 40 seconds of the game. In his second appearance, a match against Aston Villa at Bramall Lane, he did score his first goal for the club. Quinn ended the season by winning the young player of the season award and was rewarded with a new contract.

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Homeless Guy Geocaches In Clondalkin..Vlog#47

I realised i look like a random homeless guy in this one! so here i am geocaching and what...

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Bike "Flash Mob" on Coldcut Road, Clondalkin

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Relatives of victims react near the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013.

Brazil Nightclub Fire: More Than 230 Dead

Orange News

27 Jan 2013

Tweet. Police say at least 232 people have died in a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil. Around 117 others were injured after the blaze broke out while a band was performing at the Kiss club in the southern city of Santa Maria at about 2am (local time). Police earlier said more than 245 people had died in the fire. It is thought pyrotechnics being used for the concert may have caused the blaze ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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Mali: More territory taken from rebels

BBC News

26 Jan 2013

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File - Egyptian defendants who face charges relating to the deaths after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said Feb. 1, 2012, chant slogans inside a cage during their trial at a court house in Cairo Egypt, Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

Death sentences over Egypt football massacre

Al Jazeera

26 Jan 2013

An Egyptian court has handed down 21 death sentences in connection with the deadly riot last year at a football stadium in Port Said located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The defendants sentenced on Saturday are mostly members of the "Ultras," die-hard football fans who support Port Said's al-Masry squad ... Al-Masry fans stormed the pitch after their team won, throwing stones, bottles and fireworks at al-Ahly supporters....(size: 17.2Kb)

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In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the consulate.

There are bigger issues to worry about than Benghazi

The News Tribune

25 Jan 2013

Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish. Clinton’s smooth and confident performance at Wednesday’s Senate and House committee hearings was fun to watch. When her would-be inquisitors asked serious questions, she gave serious answers. But when Sen ... Fat chance ... Benghazi ... Perhaps not ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)

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File - A crowd of demonstrators protest the ongoing use of weapons by rebel militias inside of Tripoli and the accompanying atmosphere of lawlessness. Some wave banners demanding disarmament of the militias and the creation of a national army, 7 Dec, 2011.

Fears grow that lawless Libya is incubator for region's turmoil

Denver Post

27 Jan 2013

Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Khadafy Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or abroad ... Already, Libya's turmoil echoes around the region and in the Middle East ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

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Two held in trafficking inquiry

Irish Times

26 Jan 2013

CONOR LALLY and PAMELA DUNCAN ... Three people were arrested, having been under police surveillance over a period ... However, a man and a woman remained in custody in Clondalkin Garda Station last night ... Email Us. ....(size: 1.3Kb)

Three people arrested over human trafficking

RTE

25 Jan 2013

Two men and a woman have been arrested as part of an investigation into human trafficking ... A man in his 20s and a woman in her early 30s are being held in Clondalkin Garda Station. ....(size: 1.1Kb)

Three held over human trafficking

Irish Times

25 Jan 2013

A man in his late 20s and a woman in her early 30s are currently being held in Clondalkin Garda station under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act ... ....(size: 1.0Kb)

Two quizzed in trafficking probe

Belfast Telegraph

25 Jan 2013

A man in his 20s and a woman in her early 30s were detained at Clondalkin Garda Station under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, legislation used to hold suspects believed to have links to organised crime ......(size: 1.1Kb)

Operation 'Quest' into Human Trafficking - 3 arrests on the 24/1/13 (Ireland National Police Service)

noodls

25 Jan 2013

(Source. Ireland National Police Service) ... Two people, (a male in late 20's, female in early 30's) are currently detained at Clondalkin Garda Station under Section 50 Criminal Justice Act 2007 as amended. A number of items of evidence have been seized including mobile phones, electronic devices and documentation ... distributed by ... (noodl. 17320624) ....(size: 2.4Kb)

€100,000 for woman hurt escaping groper

Irish Times

23 Jan 2013

A young Dublin woman who sustained a serious leg injury from a fall while trying to get away from a man who was groping her has been awarded €100,000 damages by the High Court ... Ms Monaghan (now aged 25) of Greenfort Avenue, Quarryvale, Clondalkin, sued Mr O’Brien, with addresses at The Old Domain, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, and The Green, Clara, Co Offaly, for assault ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Poor pay a high price when it comes to cheap meat

Irish Times

22 Jan 2013

Fintan O'Toole. The whole meat burger saga reveals something extremely serious – the existence of a two-tier regulatory system. The real scandal of the burger story is not that beef has been contaminated with horse flesh ... In the working class Dublin suburb of Clondalkin, people were being sold tins of something marked as “beef in juice” with a picture of a healthy-looking cow on the label ... And that was that ... ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)

Polyurethanes (PU) - A Global Market Watch, 2011 - 2016

PR Newswire

22 Jan 2013

  Google. , Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.. Polyurethanes (PU) - A Global Market Watch, 2011 - 2016 ... Global Polyurethanes (PU) market is projected to reach US$49.7 billion by 2016 (28 million tons), growing at a CAGR of 7.8% during, 2011-2016 ... Report Focus. ... CLONDALKIN GROUP ACQUIRES THE PRINTED COMPONENTS BUSINESS OF CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS ... ....(size: 78.8Kb)

Two-tier workforce emerging as new employees taken on at lower pay rates

Irish Times

18 Jan 2013

JOE HUMPHREYS. THE WAY WE WORK NOW. College-educated people open gap in increasingly unequal labour market. Today’s graduates may never have tasted yellow pack cornflakes but they know all about yellow pack jobs ... Some economists talk of a generational wages gap emerging ... “I’ve been teaching here for 31 years, since 1981,” says Ann Bray, a teacher at Deansrath Community College in Clondalkin, Dublin ... ... ... New ... ....(size: 13.1Kb)

Prisoner challenges transfer to Wheatfield

Irish Times

17 Jan 2013

Healy (36), Palmerstown Wood, Clondalkin, Dublin, was convicted in 2006 of sexually assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman whom he had offered to drive home in the early morning of July 20th, 2001 ... ....(size: 1.2Kb)

The other meat companies: What they said

Irish Times

17 Jan 2013

Kepak Watergrasshill, Cork. Pig DNA detected in four beef burger brands; no horse DNA ... ABP Ireland, Cahir . Pig DNA found in two beef burger brands; no horse DNA ... FXB Butchers ... Tender Meats Ltd, Clondalkin, Dublin (Pig DNA in one product) would not comment , while Hilton Foods (Irl), Drogheda, Co Louth (Pig DNA in one product) did not return a call on the matterEmail Us. ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Councils should have power to vary Property Tax by 25% (Irish Labour Party)

noodls

16 Jan 2013

(Source. Irish Labour Party) Issued . Wednesday 16 January, 2013. Labour T.D ... As it stands, I think it needs to be looked at again. Someone in Clondalkin or Lucan will be paying a multiple in tax of what people in Donegal or Mayo will be paying, and yet when the rural councils need funding to provide basic services, it is certain that funding will end up coming from urban homeowners' pockets ... distributed by ... (noodl. 17221510) ....(size: 2.8Kb)

Taking Liberties with skatepark?

Irish Times

16 Jan 2013

12. St Patrick's Park in Dublin's south inner city. The skatepark is proposed for the podium area (not pictured) on the east of the park.Callum Lyons, from Clondalkin, showing his skateboarding skills at last year's Kings of Concrete festival in Dublin. Photograph. Dara Mac dónaill. FRANK McDONALD ... The park “is visited each year by thousands of tourists” and the council is seeking to improve visitor facilities there ... ... ....(size: 6.8Kb)

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Clondalkin Cluain Dolcáin
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Clondalkin
Clondalkin Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°19′07″N 6°24′33″W / 53.31866°N 6.40919°W / 53.31866; -6.40919Coordinates: 53°19′07″N 6°24′33″W / 53.31866°N 6.40919°W / 53.31866; -6.40919
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	South Dublin
Government
• Dáil Éireann	Dublin Mid–West
• South Dublin County Council Local electoral area	Clondalkin
Population (2011)
• Urban	45,165
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
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Clondalkin (Irish: Cluain Dolcáin, meaning "Dolcan's meadow") is a suburb situated 10 km west of Dublin, Ireland, in the county of South Dublin. The name is also used in relation to the area's religious parishes.

Clondalkin is home to an eighth-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Acknowledged as one of the oldest and best preserved in the country, it is 25.6 metres high and has its original conical cap.^[1]

History [link]

Prehistory [link]

Neolithic tribes first settled in the area around 7,600 years ago, taking advantage of the site's favourable location on the River Camac, overlooking the River Liffey and the inland pass between the mountains and the river. Evidence of the presence of the Cualann tribe can be found in various mounds and raths^[2].

Christian era [link]

View from 1820

Clondalkin is believed to have been founded by Saint Cronan Mochua as a monastic settlement on the River Camac over 1,400 years ago. The round tower was built around a century later (circa 700 AD) as part of the monastery. By the eighth century, Saint Fugillus was Bishop of Clondalkin and noted gospel manuscripts were produced - the most famous of these being the Clondalkin mass book which is on display in Karlsruhe, Germany.^[3]

Clondalkin is also home to St Brigid's Well, which is said to have been established as a well for baptising pagans by Saint Brigid in the 5th century. It was believed that the well possessed powers of healing.^[4]

Viking arrival [link]

Clondalkin was sacked by Vikings from Denmark in 832 AD, and the monastery was burned to the ground. One of the early Norse kings of Dublin, Amlaíb Conung, built a fortress on the site in the middle of the 9th century. In 867 a force led by Cennétig mac Gaíthéne, king of Loígis, burned the fortress at Clondalkin and killed 100 of Amlaíb's followers. The district remained under Danish control until the Viking defeat by Brian Boru at the famous Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Norman era [link]

Clondalkin witnessed another historic event during the Norman invasion in 1171 when there was a battle there between Richard de Clare (Strongbow) and the last High King of Ireland Ruairi O Conchúir.

17th century and beyond [link]

Centuries later, Clondalkin was the scene for some of the fighting in the 1641 Rebellion, when the Gaelic Irish in Ulster, and later in the rest of the kingdom, and the Old English in the Pale of Leinster rebelled against rule from Westminster.^[5]^[6] (Ireland had its own parliament at this time, but it was severely limited in its powers, e.g. by Poynings' Law.) The rebels had taken hold of the town, but it was quickly seized and burned by English soldiers, who then massacred the civilian population.^{[citation needed]}

Clondalkin Paper Mill was established at the start of the 19th century by Thomas Seery and Son. Having changed ownership over the years, activity peaked during the First World War as the focus moved to war production. Productivity slowed, until the mill closed its doors for the last time in 1987. The Mill Shopping Centre was later built on the same street, keeping the name alive.

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1821	597	—
1831	1,632	+173.4%
1841	505	−69.1%
1851	474	−6.1%
1861	668	+40.9%
1871	470	−29.6%
1881	379	−19.4%
1891	310	−18.2%
1901	276	−11.0%
1911	271	−1.8%
1926	345	+27.3%
1936	598	+73.3%
1946	1,042	+74.2%
1951	1,432	+37.4%
1956	3,105	+116.8%
1961	3,434	+10.6%
1966	5,079	+47.9%
1971	7,009	+38.0%
1981	23,444	+234.5%
1986	34,879	+48.8%
1991	38,489	+10.4%
1996	41,335	+7.4%
2002	42,729	+3.4%
2006	43,879	+2.7%
2011	45,165	+2.9%
^[7]

Amenities and businesses [link]

Modern Clondalkin is a busy satellite town of Dublin, with a population of 45,165 in 2011. Retail facilities include The Mill Shopping Centre in Clondalkin village, as well as other branches of Tesco Ireland and Dunnes Stores. Aldi and Lidl also have stores, located on the Fonthill Road and New Nangor Road respectively.

The village centre is a base for small businesses including solicitors, restaurants, pubs, hairdressers, pharmacies and more recently a tattoo and body piercing studio.

Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a major shopping mall that is also in the area.

Clondalkin has a branch of South Dublin Libraries in a building which used to house a Carnegie library.^[8] It also has a post office.

Clondalkin also plays host to a large number of online businesses including well known websites such as Elara - a company who specialises in the supply of computer hardware and related products, Get Broadband - broadband comparison website, Office Spot - office supplies and stationery company, Hosting 365 - website hosting and domain registration company, and Dublinplumber - plumbing company founded in Clondalkin. The attraction for online businesses is its location, great Internet facilities and communications infrastructure, an accessible location and modern office space in the Park West and Nangor road area.

The Clondalkin area is also home to two prisons - Wheatfield Prison and Cloverhill Prison.

Transport [link]

Clondalkin is served by public transport to Dublin city centre, to nearby suburbs, and to neighbouring towns.

Dublin Bus provide bus routes including the 13, 68, 69, 76, 40 and 151. Many of these run from areas near Clondalkin, such as Rathcoole and Newcastle, into the city centre via Clondalkin. Some services, such as the 76, do not service the city centre.

The Luas Red Line runs from the Red Cow Roundabout park and ride station providing links to the town square in Tallaght and Dublin city centre. However, the Luas station is approximately fifteen to twenty minutes' walk from Clondalkin village.

Clondalkin railway station opened on 4 August 1846 and was closed for goods traffic on 9 June 1947.^[9] It was reopened during the 1990's for commuter services. Commuter trains are operated by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) and run between Heuston station in Dublin and Kildare Town in County Kildare.^[10] A new station, to replace rather than supplement the previous station, has been built at Fonthill, north of Bawnogue.^[11] The original Clondalkin station was demolished in 2008 to facilitate a four line track, allowing express trains to pass through without affecting local services on the Kildare line.

Bus Éireann services stop to collect and set down passengers at Newlands Cross, on the N7 road near Clondalkin. These services have destinations all over the west and south of the country; services to the north do not pass Newlands Cross.

Clondalkin is on the preferred route for the proposed Dublin Metro West line, as of the announcement of the preferred route in 2007.^[12] The Metro is intended to provide a transport link from Dublin city centre to Dublin Airport which will not have to go through street traffic. It is proposed that the Metro will have stations near Luas and train stations in some cases, including at Clondalkin train station.

Politics and local government [link]

Clondalkin is included in the Dublin Mid–West Dáil Éireann constituency. Four TDs were elected to Dáil Éireann in 2011 - two from Fine Gael and two from Labour.

Clondalkin is mostly in the Clondalkin Local electoral area for county council elections, along with Rathcoole, Newcastle and Saggart), with parts in the Tallaght Central local electoral area.

Media [link]

Two local newspapers, the Clondalkin Echo and Clondalkin Gazette, serve the area. The latter is published by Gazette Group Newspapers (part-owned by the Irish Times), and was launched in October 2005.^[13] The Clondalkin News is delivered free into householdsin Clondalkin.

Sport [link]

GAA [link]

The town's oldest sports club is the Round Towers GAA Club, which was founded in December 1884 and is located on Convent Road. Club members have represented Dublin in inter-county competition since the nineteenth century, when Tom Errity won All-Ireland Senior Football medals in 1892, 1894, 1898, 1899 and 1902. More recently, Jim Gavin won an All-Ireland senior medal with Dublin in 1995.

Soccer [link]

The town's two main association football teams are Moyle Park Past Pupils FC,^[14] and Neilstown Rangers (past winners of the FAI Junior Cup), with Booth Road Celtic emerging in the Sruleen community. Castle Park F.C. is another Club on the rise over the last number of years.

Knockmitten United is an up and coming senior and schoolboy football club. Founded in 2008 with the amalgamation of Monksfield and Hillview, Knockmitten united have 9 schoolboy teams 2 senior teams and 1 over 35 team.

Rugby [link]

Rugby union is played at Clondalkin Rugby Club, Kingswood,^[15] who were winners of the 2006 Spencer Cup and 2006 Under-18 Premier League. The club was formed in 1974 and fields four senior teams and under 19s, 17s, 15s and other youth teams.

Boxing [link]

Bernard Dunne the former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion is from Neilstown in Clondalkin.

Kenny Egan, winner of a silver medal for boxing in the 2008 Olympics, comes from Clondalkin, originally Woodford estate.^[16]

Basketball [link]

In basketball, Dublin Lions has teams playing in Division 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Dublin Men Basketball League, Teams in Senior 2, 5 and 6 of Dublin Ladies Baketball League, there are boys and girls teams from u11 to u18s and an acadamy for children between ages 4 - 10, this club is based between Colaiste Bride and Moyle Park College.

The National Baseball Facility in Ireland, O'Malley Field, is located in Corkagh Demesne Park, in southwest Clondalkin. This is the home of the Irish national baseball team.^[17]

Education [link]

Clondalkin has a number of primary and secondary schools from many different denominations - Clonburris National School, St. Joseph's Boys National School, Scoil Íde, Scoil Áine, St John's National School (Church of Ireland), Scoil Mhuire, Moyle Park College (boys only), Talbot S.N.S, Scoil Nano Nagle, Deansrath Community College and Coláiste Bríde (girls only).

Clondalkin also contains three Gaelscoil (Irish-language schools) - Coláiste Chilliain, Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin, and Gaelscoil na Camóige.

It also has a range of Secondary level colleges including St. Kevin’s Community College on the Fonthill Road and Collinstown College in Neilstown.

Irish language [link]

Clondalkin may be set to become one of Ireland's newest Gaeltacht regions thanks to a Government proposal to redefine what constitutes a Gaeltacht, "based on linguistic criteria instead of on geographic areas".^[18]

There are an estimated 1,300 Irish speakers in Clondalkin attending the 2 Gaelscoils (Irish language primary schools) and 1 Gaelcholáiste (Irish language secondary school).

Áras Chrónáin, ^[19] which promotes Irish language and culture (e.g. music and dancing), also operates in the village. Founded in 1972 as Muintir Chrónáin, the members went on to establish a base in an old house on the Orchard Road in May 1989, close to the centre of Clondalkin village. Muintir Chrónáin have been awarded the Glór na nGael in 1978 and 1988, and hosted the prestigious Oireachtas na Gaeilge in 1991.

Local organisations [link]

Community organisations include a unit of Toastmasters International,^[20] an Order of Malta branch and several youth groups - including Clondalkin Youth Theatre (associated with the Irish National Association for Youth Drama).

The town is also home to St Joseph's Pipe band (established in 1937).

The Clondalkin Youth Band was founded in 1986. A marching band, CYB participates in marching, concert and field-show championships, and is consistently ranked among the top bands in Ireland. In 2009, the band won the All-Ireland concert band championships in Cork. The band has numerous European gold medals under its belt, and in 2005 they gained a World Silver Standard Award at the WMC, Kerkrade. Then, at the WMC 2009, the band picked up a gold standard award, and finished 7th out of 20 bands in their category, ranking them the highest out of the Irish bands to participate in the competition.

Scouting Ireland meet in the Scout Hall on Watery Lane most evenings. Boy's & Girl's Brigades, Guides & Brownies meet at St John's Parish Hall on Tower road.

Clondalkin Youth Theater is a theater group for youth's in the Clondalkin area. It has two subgroups, the Junior club (10-16 yr old) and the Senior group (16-24 yr old) It is 25 years running and has had over 100 members in its time. At the moment is has around 30 members. They practice in the Áras Chroinan where they also put on various plays on its stage. Many of their members have gone on to Drama College and further. It is affiliated with NAYD.

Notable people [link]

Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden
Dermot Ryan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland from 1972 until 1984
Katharine Tynan, novelist
Graham Norton, comedian and presenter
Corrina Durran, member of girlband Wonderland
Mic Christopher, singer-songwriter
Bernard Dunne, boxer
Kenny Egan, boxer
Stephen Quinn, professional footballer
Mary Kennedy, RTÉ television host
Jim Gavin, Gaelic footballer and manager
Neil O'Donoghue, American footballer
Derek Murray, Gaelic footballer
Cathal Mac Coille, broadcaster and journalist
Dean McCarthy, dancer and actor
Sinéad Mulvey, singer, represented Ireland in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest
Aidan Turner, actor
Karl Bermingham, soccer player
Dudley Colley, motor racing driver in the 1950s
Brendan Courtney, television presenter

References [link]

^ Irish-architecture.com - Round Tower, Clondalkin, Dublin
^ http://www.southdublinhistory.ie/content.aspx?area=Clondalkin&type=history
^ http://homepage.eircom.net/~clondalkintour/history.htm
^ http://www.megalithicireland.com/St%20Brigid%27s%20Well,%20Clondalkin.html
^ Beckett, James Camlin (1981). The making of modern Ireland: 1603-1923. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-18036-1.
^ Davies, Norman (1999). The Isles: a history. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-76370.
^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org. Post 1991 populations include the total for the Greater Dublin suburbs of Clondalkin village, Clondalkin -Ballymount, Clondalkin -Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Moorfield, and Clondalkin-Rowlagh. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee “On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses” in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also “New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 473-488.
^ "Clondalkin". South Dublin Libraries. http://www.southdublinlibraries.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=62. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
^ "Clondalkin station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "Your journey, your station". Irish Rail. http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=C&action=showdetail&station_id=38. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
^ "New train station at Fonthill Clondalkin opened". National Development Plan. http://www.ndp.ie/docs/New_Train_Station_at_Fonthill_Clondalkin_opened_-_13_October/2153.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
^ "Metro Orbital (Metro West)". Railway Procurement Agency. http://www.rpa.ie/en/projects/metro_orbital/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-30. ^{[dead link]}
^ See Gazette Group
^ http://www.moyleparkppfc.com/
^ http://www.clondalkinrugby.com/
^ Newenham, Pamela (August 27, 2008). "Over 1,000 welcome Egan home". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0827/1219680033030.html. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
^ "Baseball Ireland home page". Baseball Ireland. http://www.baseballireland.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
^ http://www.thejournal.ie,
^ http://www.araschronain.ie/home.html
^ Clondalkin Toastmasters club

External links [link]

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Rory Patterson
Personal information
Patterson playing for F.C. United of Manchester in 2008
Full name	Rory Christopher Patterson^[1]
Date of birth	(1984-07-16) 16 July 1984 (age 27)^[2]
Place of birth	Strabane, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Derry City
Number	11
Youth career
	Sion Swifts
	Moorfield Celtic
	Townsend United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2004	Rochdale	15	(0)
2004	Radcliffe Borough	8	(1)
2004–2005	Mossley	6	(0)
2005–2008	F.C. United of Manchester	113	(86)
2008–2009	Bradford Park Avenue	20	(11)
2009	Droylsden	5	(2)
2009–2010	Coleraine	33	(30)
2010	Glentoran	0	(0)
2010–2012	Plymouth Argyle	35	(4)
2011–2012	→ Linfield (loan)	18	(4)
2012–	Derry City	7	(2)
National team^‡
2010–	Northern Ireland	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Rory Christopher Patterson (born 16 July 1984) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Derry City and the Northern Ireland national team. Having played youth football for Sion Swifts, Moorfield Celtic and Townsend United, Patterson joined Rochdale in 2002 before having spells with Radcliffe Borough and Mossley.

In 2005 he joined up with the newly formed club F.C. United of Manchester, where he stayed until 2008 becoming their all-time top goalscorer in the process— scoring 107 times. He subsequently joined up with Bradford Park Avenue before having a short spell with Droylsden. In 2009 he moved back to Northern Ireland to join Coleraine where he had a successful one season spell - scoring 30 league goals, and he subsequently joined Glentoran before moving back to England to join Football League One side Plymouth Argyle.

1 Club career
2 International career
- 2.1 International goals
3 References
4 External links

Club career [link]

Born in Strabane, Northern Ireland, Patterson played junior football in his native Northern Ireland before becoming a trainee with Rochdale. Turning professional in the 2002 close season, Patterson's first team debut came in October 2002 as an 86th minute substitute for Gareth Griffiths as Rochdale lost 1–0 at home to Bury in the Football League Trophy.^[3] He made his league debut the following month, again as a substitute, this time in the 64th minute for Lee McEvilly, as Rochdale lost 2–0 away to Oxford United.^[4] He made a further seven appearances, all in the Football League that season. Nine first team appearances came the following season, with Patterson released by Rochdale, despite being voted their 'Young Player of the Year'.^[5]

He joined Radcliffe Borough in July 2004.^[5] After an impressive start to the following season, his performances tailed off and he was released in November 2004, signing for Mossley.^[6]

Patterson signed for F.C. United of Manchester in 2005, and made 126 appearances and scoring 107 goals for the club in all competitions. He was promoted in all of his three seasons with FC United and twice finished as top-scorer.

After much transfer speculation, Patterson signed for Bradford Park Avenue in July 2008,^[7] along with his ex-FC United strike partner, Stuart Rudd. Patterson was credited with a hat-trick during a pre-season tour game in Spain, but this later turned out to be a "wind-up" by club chairman Bob Blackburn. Patterson was on a family holiday in Majorca at the time of his game.^[8]

In 2009, Patterson signed for Droylsden after a season plagued by injury, though he still managed to get into double figures for Bradford PA. On 27 June 2009, Patterson left Droylsden to sign for IFA Premiership side Coleraine.^[9] On his debut for Coleraine in a friendly against Garvagh, he scored a first half hat-trick.^{[citation needed]} He scored ten goals in eight pre-season friendlies for the Bannsiders before marking his competitive debut with a goal in the 2–2 draw with Linfield on 8 August 2009. He then went on to record a hat-trick in the 3–2 derby win over Ballymena United on 18 August.

On 7 November 2009, Patterson scored four times as Coleraine beat defending champions Glentoran 6–0 at The Oval.On 4 December 2009, Patterson was awarded with the Football Writers Player of the Month for November.^[10] On top of this, he also picked up Goal Of The Month for his first of four goals against Glentoran. Patterson scored his first Irish Cup goal for Coleraine FC against IFA Championship 2 side Dundela FC. He finished the 2009/10 season having scored 41 goals for Coleraine, with 30 goals in the Premiership and the rest in various other competitions,^[11] and was named Ulster Footballer of the Year.^[12]

Patterson joined Glentoran in the summer of 2010,^[13] having signed a pre-contract agreement with the club earlier in the year. However, in June 2010, it was announced that Patterson had joined Plymouth Argyle, after impressing at a trial in March, and that an "undisclosed fee" had been agreed with Glentoran despite him never joining the Northern Irish club.^[14]

On 14 August 2010 he made his home debut as a first half substitute in a match against Carlisle United. He scored a late goal in the 94th minute which allowed Plymouth Argyle to draw the match.^[15] Patterson returned to Northern Ireland in July 2011, joining Linfield on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.^[16] Having scored four goals in 18 league matches by January 2012, Patterson ended his loan spell with Linfield to join Derry City on a two-year contract.^[17] His competitive debut for the club saw him score a hat-trick in a 4-0 defeat of Lisburn Distillery in the Setanta Cup.^[18]

International career [link]

Patterson was involved with the Northern Ireland under 19 squads in 2002, however he accepted a call up to the Republic of Ireland under 19 squad to play in the European Championships in 2003. Before Patterson could join up with the squad, he was ruled out by injury ^[19]. Patterson received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland squad in February 2010, when Nigel Worthington named him in his squad to face Albania^[20] and made his debut as a substitute, earning praise from manager Nigel Worthington for his performance.^[21] He was then named in the squad again in May 2010 for a two match tour^[22] and it was announced that he would play as a lone striker in a match against Turkey.^[23] He scored his first international goal, a penalty, on 17 November 2010 in a friendly against Morocco to level the scores late in the game, playing the full 90 minutes.^[24]

International goals [link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 November 2010	Windsor Park, Belfast	Morocco	1–1	Draw	Friendly

References [link]

^ "Rory Patterson". Player History. http://www.playerhistory.com/player/57468. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^ "Rory Patterson". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/rory-patterson/76977/. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^ "Rochdale 0–1 Bury". Soccerbase. 2002-10-22. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=374923. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Oxford 2–0 Rochdale". Soccerbase. 2002-11-09. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=375763. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b "Boro pounce for Patterson". NonLeagueDaily. 2004-07-21. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=19103. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Beckford snaps up Patterson". NonLeagueDaily. 2004-11-09. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=21910. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Triple signing spree by Cameron". NonLeagueDaily. 2008-06-15. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=50661. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Kilner, Will (2008-07-28). "Avenue 'hat-trick hero' didn't even play". Telegraph & Argus. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/3551669.Avenue__hat_trick_hero__didn_t_even_play/. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
^ "Coleraine sign striker Patterson". BBC Sport. 2009-06-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8118723.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Patterson lands top player award". BBC Sport. 2009-12-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8396156.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ http://www.colerainefc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=264&Itemid=39
^ Rory Patterson scoops second Player of the Year award
^ "Coleraine's Rory Patterson set for move to Glentoran". BBC Sport. 2010-01-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8476578.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Argyle Sign Patterson". pafc.co.uk. 2010-06-05. http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10364~2064929,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
^ "Plymouth 1–1 Carlisle". BBC Sport. 14 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8898078.stm. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ "Rory Patterson joins Linfield on one-year loan deal". BBC Sport. 16 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14174722.stm. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "Rory Patterson ends stint at Linfield to sign for Derry City". BBC Sport. 19 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16640994.stm. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
^ "Patterson bags debut hattrick for Derry City". Derry Journal. 13 February 2012. http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/patterson_bags_debut_hattrick_for_derry_city_1_3516418. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Sean loses three and it's a real European in the neck". Daily Mirror. 13 May 2003. http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10311~176226,00.html. Retrieved 08 February 2012.
^ "Coleraine's Rory Patterson is in Northern Ireland squad". BBC Sport. 22 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8528248.stm. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ "Nigel Worthington praises performance of substitutes". BBC Sport. 3 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8546213.stm. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ "Northern Ireland captain Stephen Craigan defends tour". BBC Sport. 25 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8704603.stm. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^ "Five Irish League players in N Ireland to play Turkey". BBC Sport. 25 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8705092.stm. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^ "Northern Ireland 1-1 Morocco". BBC News. 17 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9201610.stm.

External links [link]

Rory Patterson career stats at Soccerbase
Rory Patterson Bio at FCUM official website

v t e Derry City F.C. – current squad

1 Doherty 2 McCallion 3 McCaffrey 4 Molloy 5 Greacen 6 S. McEleney 7 Higgins 8 Deery 9 McDaid 10 P. McEleney 11 Patterson 12 R. McBride 14 McGroary 15 McLaughlin 17 Madden 18 Farren 19 Morrison 22 Ferry 23 Curran 25 McNamee Henry Manager: Devine

Persondata
Name	Patterson, Rory
Alternative names
Short description	Northern Irish footballer
Date of birth	16 July 1984
Place of birth	Strabane, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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