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St. Ita's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Ita) is a mental health facility in Portrane in the north of County Dublin in Ireland.
The Vineyard is a cricket ground in Dublin, Ireland. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of The Hills Cricket Club. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1992, when Munster played North Leinster. In 2005, the ground hosted two List A matches in the 2005 ICC Trophy. The first of these saw Bermuda play Scotland, which resulted in a Scottish victory by 6 wickets. In the second match Namibia claimed a 103-run victory over Denmark.
Malahide United F.C. are a football club from Malahide, Fingal county in Ireland. The club plays at Gannon Park. Malahide compete in the Leinster Senior League.
website: http://www.malahideunited.com/mu157/index.php
The Naul Hills, or Man-of-War Hills are low-lying hills in north County Dublin, Ireland, close to the village of Naul, formerly called The Naul, (Irish: An Aill, meaning 'the cliff'). They lie beside the County Meath border, 30 kilometres north of Dublin City (17 km north of the airport), 16 km north-northwest of Swords, and 8 km southwest of Balbriggan.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. is an American multinational company that provides industrial products. The company was formed in February 2020 through the spinoff of the industrial segment of Ingersoll-Rand plc (now known as Trane Technologies) and its merger with Gardner Denver. Its products are sold under more than 40 brands across all major global markets.
website: https://company.ingersollrand.com/
Ethiopia–Ireland relations are foreign relations between Ethiopia and Ireland. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1994, the same year Ireland opened an embassy in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia had an embassy in Dublin before its closure in 2021. But was reopened before this was finished.
The Fingal Sports Complex was a facility set to be built in Lusk, Fingal, Republic of Ireland by Fingal County Council. The facility was proposed to cost €10 million, and intended to host a number of sporting events and groups - including association football club Sporting Fingal (which disbanded in 2011). As of 2012, there were no plans to progress the project.
Howth Head ( HOHTH; Ceann Bhinn Éadair in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of the city of Dublin in Ireland, within the governance of Fingal County Council. Entry to the headland is at Sutton while the village of Howth and the harbour are on the north-eastern face. Most of Howth Head is occupied by the Hill of Howth, though there are other regions, such as the tombolo at Sutton, extensive beaches on the northern shores, and small ones in other parts. The Baily Lighthouse is on the southeastern part of Howth Head. Nearby are the districts of Baldoyle and Portmarnock, and adjacent is the nature reserve of North Bull Island.
St Patrick's Island (Irish: Inis Pádraig, meaning 'St Patrick's Island') is the most distant of three low-lying uninhabited islets off the headland of Skerries, County Dublin in Ireland. It is an island of low cliffs and lies about 1.5 km from the mainland, with vegetation consisting of grasses, brambles and other species such as hogweed.
Portmarnock (Irish: Port Mearnóg) is a coastal town in County Dublin, Ireland, north of the city of Dublin, with significant beaches, a modest commercial core and inland residential estates, and two golf courses, including one of Ireland's best known, Portmarnock Golf Club. As of 2022, the population was 10,750, an increase of 13.5% on the 2016 census figure of 9,466.
The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 near Dublin city, Fingal in Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first time that a major European athletics championships took place in Ireland. The six men's and women's races in the championship programme took place in Santry Demesne on a looped course with flat and grassy ground. The 16th edition of the European Cross Country Championships featured 323 athletes from 30 nations.
Aideen's Grave is a collapsed megalithic dolmen (or cromlech) located in the grounds of Howth Castle in County Dublin, Ireland.
The Marie Keating Foundation is an Irish foundation focused on raising the awareness of cancer, and the importance of early detection and providing a range of support services for patients at every step of a cancer journey. The charity was founded in 2001 by the Keating family including Marie's son Ronan Keating, and is one of the largest national cancer charities in Ireland.
Knocksedan (Irish: Cnoc Siáin, meaning 'hill of the fairy mound') is a townland near the town of Swords, County Dublin in Ireland. It is situated along the Naul Road (R108) to the west of Swords on either side of the Ward River. In advance of the 1916 Easter Rising, Knocksedan was muster point for the Fingal battalion of the Irish Volunteers.
Huntstown and Littlepace (Irish: Baile an Huntaigh agus An Bealach Beag) is a set of modern housing developments that forms an outer suburb of Dublin city in the county of Fingal in Ireland. The developments were built in the townlands of Littlepace (westerly) and Huntstown (easterly) which are the southernmost townlands of the civil parish of Mulhuddart. The district is also a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. The nearest villages in the county are Ongar, Mulhuddart and Clonsilla along with Clonee in County Meath.
Joseph Rafferty (c. 1974 – 12 April 2005) was an Irish murder victim. Following the assault of Rafferty's sister Carmel at a party, Rafferty confronted the alleged attacker, who reportedly told him that his family had connections to the "IRA" and could get him killed. Rafferty continued to receive threats that the Provisional IRA (PIRA) would get him for several months before his killing.
This category is for civil parishes, not Ecclesiastical parishes, in the barony of Castleknock in Fingal, Ireland.
Nethercross (Irish: An Chrois Íochtarach) is a feudal title of one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of the County Dublin. Today, is in the modern county of Fingal.
Old Connaught House is an 18th-century house located in Rathmichael, Dublin, Ireland.
Pobalscoil Neasáin, known as "PSN" or "Nessan's", is an English-medium, co-educational and inter-denominational secondary (community) school, situated at the coastal end of Baldoyle and also serving Bayside and Sutton, Dublin, in the northern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland.
Portmarnock Community School (Irish: Pobalscoil Phortmearnóg) is a public secondary school situated in Portmarnock, County Dublin. It was built by the Department of Education in 1979, and was one of the first community schools built in Ireland. As of 2019, the school had an enrollment of over 900 students.
website: http://portmarnockcommunityschool.ie/
Rathbeale (Irish: Ráth Béil) is a neighbourhood in the town of Swords in Ireland. It developed in west Swords along the Rathbeale Road (R125), which runs from Swords to the townland of Rathbeal. It has been designed around the Rathbeale Road, which has shops, including two supermarkets, with housing estates on either side of the road.
The Skerries 100 is a multi-race event for motorcycles held annually on countryside roads local to the town of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland, on the first Saturday in July.
Tolka Valley Park (Irish: Páirc Ghleann na Tulchann) is a public park on the River Tolka, spanning the suburbs of Ashtown, Finglas and Glasnevin, in Dublin, Ireland.
The 1960 Canada Cup took place 23–26 June at Portmarnock Golf Club in Portmarnock, north-east of Dublin, Ireland. It was the eighth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1959 but without South Korea and Indonesia and with the addition of Peru and Central Africa. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead won by eight strokes over the English team of Bernard Hunt and Harry Weetman. The individual competition was won by the Belgian Flory Van Donck, who finished two shots ahead of Sam Snead.
On 29 November 1975, a bomb exploded in the arrivals terminal of Dublin Airport, killing a man and injuring nine other people. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group from Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the bombing. It was one of a series of loyalist bomb attacks in the Republic of Ireland between the late 1960s and mid-1970s.
Sutton Castle or Sutton House is a Victorian Tudor-style castellated mansion house with terraced gardens on the southern coast of Howth Head, overlooking Dublin Bay, in County Dublin, Ireland.
Oberstown Children Detention Campus (; Irish: Campas Coinneála Leanaí Bhaile an Oibricigh) is a youth detention centre located in the north part of County Dublin (Fingal), Ireland. It was established under the Children Act, 2001, which is the primary statutory framework for the youth justice system. Oberstown is funded by the Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), in the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. It houses both male and female offenders.
The Ward River (Irish: Abhainn an Bharda), sometimes historically the Swords River, is a watercourse of County Meath and northern County Dublin. About 18 kilometres (11 mi) long; it runs through the town of Swords and then flows into the Broadmeadow River. The Ward is a salmonid river, with several species of fish, including brown trout. It has several small tributaries. The river is in the jurisdictions of Meath and Fingal County Councils, as well as within the oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Turvey House was a substantially altered 17th-century house, with tower house elements, synonymous with the townland of Turvey (Irish: Tuirbhe) near Donabate in North County Dublin. Turvey is said to be a reference to the Irish mythical character Tuirbe Tragmar ("thrower of axes"), father of Gobán Saor. At various stages, the house and surrounding lands formed the family seat of the Barnewall family. The house is said to have been constructed with stone from the ruins of the nearby Grace Dieu Abbey by either Sir Christopher Barnewall or Sir Patrick Barnewall.
Strawberry Beds or The Strawberry Beds (Irish: Na Ceapóga Sú Talún) is a locality and small settlement 7 km to the west of Dublin City, Ireland, located on the northern banks of the River Liffey between Chapelizod and Lucan where the closest bridges span the river. The populated suburb of Palmerstown lies just south of the Strawberry Beds, but is inaccessible due to the Liffey which separates them. The R109 road, also known as the 'Lower Road' for the section between Chapelizod and Lucan, is the only road that passes through the Strawberry Beds. The area is protected by a Special Amenity Area Order (SAAO).
Kenure House (Irish: Ceann Iubhair – headland of the yew tree) was a large Georgian house and estate in Rush, County Dublin, Ireland. The main house was constructed between 1703 and 1713 by the Duke of Ormond on the grounds of an earlier house but was destroyed by fire and rebuilt around 1827. A later portico and further additions were added in 1842 to a design by George Papworth. The main house was demolished by Dublin County Council in 1978 and the granite portico is the only portion of the main house which still stands as of 2026.
Cloghran Parish Church was a Church of Ireland church for an ancient parish in the Barony of Coolock in northern County Dublin, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Swords, County Dublin. It was also known as Cloghran-Swords to distinguish it from another parish of the same name Cloghran, Castleknock in western Dublin. Cloghran was united to Santry in 1872 by decision of the Dublin Diocesan Synod The graveyard is all that remains following the demolition of the church structure. The graveyard includes burials of Catholics as well as Protestants.
Santry Court was a Georgian house and demesne in Santry, north County Dublin built between 1703 and 1709 on the site of an earlier medieval residence.
Anastasia "Ana" Kriégel (; 18 February 2004 – 14 May 2018) was a Russian-Irish girl who was subject to a violent attack, murder and sexual assault in an abandoned house in May 2018 in Lucan near Dublin. Two boys, known as Boy A and Boy B, who were 13 years old at the time of Kriégel's death, were convicted of her murder, with one of the boys (Boy A) being further convicted of aggravated sexual assault. The two convicts are the youngest in the history of Ireland to be charged with murder.
Is eastát tithíochta mór i gCaisleán Cnucha é Lóiste an Labhrais nó Laurel Lodge as Béarla.
County Hall (Irish: Halla an Chontae, Sord Cholmcille) is a municipal building in Swords in the county of Fingal, Ireland.
Corr Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Chorraigh – Castle of the round hill) is an L-plan tower house likely constructed sometime in the fifteenth century in Sutton, Dublin. The castle lies within the boundaries of Howth Demesne in the old townland of Correston, close to the townlands of Quarry and Burrow. The castle was probably built on higher ground in order to guard the isthmus at Sutton which was the only route on land to access Howth Castle and the port of Howth. It has historically sometimes been called The Dane's castle.
Santry (Irish: Seantrabh, meaning 'old tribe') is a suburb on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin, Kilmore and Ballymun. It straddles the boundary of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council jurisdictions.
Phoenix Park Racecourse was a horse racing venue in Ireland. It was located in the townlands of Ashtown and Castleknock in the civil parish of Castleknock on the northern edge of the Phoenix Park in Dublin. The course was founded by JHH Peard, and racing began there in 1902.
Ballyboughal or Ballyboghil (Irish: Baile Bachaille) is a village and district in central Fingal in County Dublin, near the Naul. The name means "the town of the staff", and a major relic, the Bachal Isu, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. It is 4.4 km from Oldtown.
Brackenstown (Irish: Baile Breacáin) is a neighbourhood in the suburban town of Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. The area has shops, including a supermarket and a pub, and is adjacent to the Ward River Valley Park. Brackenstown is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
Carrickbrack Road (Irish: Bóthar Charraig Bhreac) is a road in Dublin, Ireland, a constituent part of the R105 Regional Road. It leads east-southeast from Sutton Creek around the southern part of Howth Head, up to the eastern part of the headland near Howth Summit, to Thormanby Road. It is the main thoroughfare through the southern part of the headland. Greenfield Road links it to Sutton Cross. Howth Golf Club is located on it, as are Bellingham’s farm, Howth Celtic Football Club, St. Fintan's Cemetery, St. Fintan's National School and various private residences.
Loughshinny ( lokh-SHIN-ee; Irish: Loch Sionnaigh, meaning 'lake of the fox') is a small coastal village in northern County Dublin, Ireland, between Skerries and Rush. Loughshinny's more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of Drumanagh and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the many coastal walks in the area. The village is located in the townland of the same name which is part of the civil parish of Lusk.
Applewood (Irish: Coill na nÚll) is a neighbourhood in the suburban town of Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed "village-style" with shops in the centre and housing estates surrounding this. In 2006, it won a special "Urban Village Award" at the National Tidy Towns competition.
Baldoyle railway station was a railway station in Dublin, Ireland, serving nearby Baldoyle. It was located, on the down side, between Howth Junction and Portmarnock. It was short-lived, opening in 1844, finally closing in 1852.
Balrothery East (Irish: Baile an Ridire Thoir) is one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of County Dublin. Today, it is in the modern county of Fingal.
Balrothery West (Irish: Baile an Ridire Thiar) is one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of the old county of Dublin. Today, it lies in the modern county of Fingal.
The barony of Castleknock (Irish: Caisleán Cnucha meaning "Cnucha's Castle") is one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of County Dublin. Today, it is in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. The barony was originally also a feudal title, which became one of the subsidiary titles of the Viscounts Gormanston.
Balbriggan Lifeboat Station was located latterly under the railway arches on Quay Street, in Balbriggan, a town in Fingal, historically County Dublin, approximately 32 km (20 mi) north of Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.
The Royal Canal disaster of 1845 occurred on the evening of 25 November 1845 along the Royal Canal near Clonsilla, County Dublin, Ireland. The night boat Longford, on its way from Dublin to the town of Longford, was accidentally steered into the canal bank, causing it to tip and take on water before sinking. Overloading of the boat and the rocky nature of the canal bank where the incident occurred may have contributed to the sinking, as the weight of the passengers shifted unexpectedly when the bow struck a solid obstacle. Of the 54 people on board at the time of the accident, 15 died.
Rogerstown Lifeboat Station is thought to have been located on the northern shore of the Ballyboghil River and the Rogerstown Estuary, in the area now occupied by the Rush Sailing Club, now on the outskirts of Rush, a town in Fingal, historically County Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.
Dunsoghly Castle is a castle and a National Monument located in the civil parish of St. Margaret's, County Dublin, Ireland. The castle has been in state ownership since 1914. It is managed by the Office of Public Works.
Street address: 93 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 (from Wikidata)
Castleknock Hurling and Football Club is a Dublin GAA club centered on the townlands of Carpenterstown and Diswellstown in the civil parish of Castleknock in Fingal, Ireland. It serves large parts of the suburban areas of Castleknock, Hartstown, Coolmine, Blanchardstown, Laurel Lodge and Clonsilla. The club plays the following Gaelic games at all age levels from nursery to adult: Hurling, Gaelic football, Camogie and Ladies' Gaelic football.
website: http://www.castleknock.net/
Erin go Bragh GAA are a Dublin-based Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Clonee, Littlepace/Castaheaney/Ongar district in Dublin 15 in Ireland. As of 2023, the club was fielding one team in junior Gaelic football (AFL 8 and Junior 2 Championship), one junior hurling team (AHL 8 and Junior F Championship) and one Ladies Gaelic Football team. The club also has a boys and girls juvenile section fielding from Under 8-minor in football, hurling and camogie.
website: http://eringobraghgaa.ie/
Fingal Ravens is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rolestown, County Dublin, Ireland. Fingal Ravens won the 2007 Dublin Intermediate Football Championship and are therefore in the Senior championship for 2008. The Senior team won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 2007 and booked a place in the Leinster Intermediate Semi Final against Suncroft. The Senior team won the Lenister Intermediate Semi Final on Sunday 25 November 2007 against Suncroft of Kildare. They eventually went on to the final against neighbours and local rivals Donaghmore/Ashbourne. It proved an interesting game because the Fingal Ravens manager Mick Deegan was a resident of Ashbourne in County Meath. Ravens won the IFC title with a goal to spare in Parnell Park on Sunday 9 December 2007. Fingal then went on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship semi final against Ballinagh of Cavan. Ravens won the semi against Ballinagh by 0–11 to 0–08 to seal their place in the 2008 all-Ireland intermediate club final.
Garda GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1922. They are the GAA representative team of the Garda Síochána. Garda have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on six occasions in 1927, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1948. Garda won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship on one occasion in 1986, bringing them back to senior status. Garda have also had success as a hurling side, having also won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship on six occasions in 1931, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926 and 1925. Westmanstown Gaels is the juvenile division of the club and was set up in 2005.
Naomh Maur is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rush, County Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1928.
Naomh Mearnóg is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1975 and now fields a total of 35 teams in football, hurling, camogie and ladies' football. These include three adult football teams, two adult hurling teams, two adult camogie teams and an adult ladies' football team. They also cater for many juvenile teams.
website: http://www.fingalcoco.ie/community-and-leisure/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/
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Street address: Snugborough Road, Blanchardstown, D15 Dublin (from Wikidata)
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Street address: house 14, Portmarnock (from Wikidata)
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Street address: Donabate Portrane Community Library, Community Leisure Centre, Portrane Road, Donabate, K36 F598 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Skerries Library, Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin, K34 FT61 (from Wikidata)
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Street address: Local Studies and Archive Service, Forster Way, Clonmel House, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 W8W9 (from Wikidata)
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