Harmonstown ( ga, Baile Hearman) is a small suburban locality of

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, located on its

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. It straddles the boundary between modern-day Artane and

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint ...

. It has a population of 5,566 inhabitants as of 2016

Location

Historically what is now Harmonstown was mostly in Raheny. The locality is bounded by the railway cutting, the

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within the Springdale Road Linear Park, and Brookwood Avenue. The

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also crosses the area, in culvert, passing the railway by siphon. Harmonstown is located south of Artane and

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, and is accessed by a railway bridge from the Ennafort / Cill Eanna part of Raheny, and faces the

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part. It also borders

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and Clontarf.

Amenities

The area contains Harmonstown

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station, located on the mentioned railway bridge, the

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An Post sorting office and, at the northern edge, one of Artane's churches; Harmonstown is divided between Raheny and Artane parishes in the

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Church, and between the Parish of Raheny and the Parish of Coolock in the

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. The townland of Harmonstown is within the

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of Clontarf but did not form part of the short-lived Clontarf Urban District. Dublin 1901 NE B

On Harmonstown Road itself are shops, cafes, a pub, a Ford main dealer, a number of gyms and other businesses.

Transport

Harmonstown railway station Harmonstown railway station ( ga, Baile Hearman), is a DART stop, serving the locality of Harmonstown and the nearer parts of Artane and Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. I ...

opened on 27 January 1957.

References

{{Dublin residential areas Raheny Artane, Dublin