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Uppercross
Uppercross () is a historical barony in southern County Dublin, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. History The placename derives from "Crosslands" (), a term applied to lands that were owned by the Catholic Church. County Dublin's crosslands were divided into two portions, designated Nethercross and Upper Cross. The baronies do not precisely match the old crossland boundaries; for example, Taney was part of the southern crosslands but is now part of Rathdown. The Uí Ceallaig Cualann ruled Uppercross prior to the Norman invasion. They were cousins to the Uí Máil, both claiming descent from Cellach Cualann (). Geography Uppercross is in the south of the county, south of the River Liffey, and containing much of the valley of the River Dodder. It is bound to the south by the County Wickl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clondalkin
Clondalkin () is a suburban village in County Dublin, Ireland, approximately west of Dublin city centre. It is within the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. Clondalkin is also the name of a civil parish and a townland in the ancient barony of Uppercross, and is also used in relation to some local religious parishes. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Clondalkin was 47,938 as of the 2022 census. History Prehistory Neolithic tribes first settled in the area around 7,600 years ago, taking advantage of the site's 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 Celtic people (an early tribe possibly the Cauci on Ptolemy's world map) can be found in various mounds and raths. Christian era Clondalkin is believed to have been founded by Saint Cronan Mochua as a monastic settlement on the River Camac over 1,400 years ago (possibly late 6th or ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyfermot
Ballyfermot () is a suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located west of the city centre, south of Phoenix Park. It is bordered by Chapelizod on the north, by Bluebell, Dublin, Bluebell on the south, by Inchicore on the east, and by Palmerstown and Clondalkin on the west. The River Liffey lies to the north, and the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal, now a recreational waterway, lies to the south of Ballyfermot. Ballyfermont lies within the postal district Dublin 10. Cherry Orchard, Dublin, Cherry Orchard, which is also a suburb, is sometimes considered to be within Ballyfermot. Ballyfermot is also a civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the barony (Ireland), historical barony of Uppercross. Toponymy The Place names in Ireland, place name ''Ballyfermot''—rendered in Irish language, Irish ''Baile Formaid'' and sometimes ''Baile Thormaid''—is derived from the Middle Irish ''baile'' ("farmstead"), and the Old Norse personal name ''Þormundr''. It is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Dublin
County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the island's east coast, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Until 1994, County Dublin (excluding the city) was a single Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area; in that year, the county council was divided into three new administrative counties: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The three administrative counties together with Dublin City proper form a NUTS III NUTS statistical regions of Ireland, statistical region of Ireland (coded IE061). County Dublin remains a single administrative unit for the purposes of the courts (including the Dublin County Sheriff, but excluding the bailiwick of the Dublin City Sheriff) and Dublin County combined with Dublin City forms the Judicial County of Dublin, including Dublin Circuit Court, the Dublin County Registrar and the Dublin Metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crumlin, Dublin
Crumlin () is a Southside (Dublin), Southside suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Formerly a rural area, it became heavily built up from the early 20th century onwards. Crumlin is the site of Ireland's largest children's hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Our Lady's Children's Hospital. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Crumlin was 19,287 as of the 2022 census. Crumlin is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Location Crumlin covers the area from the [Stannaway road] near the Kimmage#KCR, KCR (Kimmage Cross Roads) to Sundrive Road and Crumlin Cross at ''The Ashleaf shopping center'' to Crumlin's village core and the Drimnagh Road, to Bunting Road, Crumlin Road then along the Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge to Sally's Bridge. It is situated near to the city centre, on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin city. Neighbouring areas include Walkinstown, Perrystown, Drimnagh, Terenure, and Kimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathdown (County Dublin Barony)
Rathdown () is the south-easternmost barony (Ireland), barony in County Dublin, Ireland. It gives its name to the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Before County Wicklow was shired in 1606, Rathdown extended further south: it was named after a medieval settlement which grew up around Rathdown Castle, at a site subsequently deserted and now in County Wicklow in the townland of Rathdown Upper, north of Greystones. The Rathdown, County Wicklow, Wicklow barony of Rathdown corresponds to the portion transferred to the new county; although both divisions were originally classed as "half baronies", in the nineteenth century the distinction between a barony and a half barony was obsolete. Subdivisions After the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838, the poor law union of Rathdown covered a similar area to the Dublin and Wicklow baronies combined; after the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, the Dublin portion of the poor law union comprised the rural district of Rathdown No. 1 and the Urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebell, Dublin
Bluebell () is a small suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated approximately 6 kilometres south-west of the city centre, on the Camac, a River Liffey, Liffey tributary, the suburb borders the Grand Canal and Ballyfermot to the west, Walkinstown & Drimnagh to the east, Inchicore to the north, and Clondalkin to the south. Bluebell is in the Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency), Dublin South-Central Dáil constituency and is administered by Dublin City Council at the local government level. Its postal code is List of Dublin postal districts#Dublin 12 (D12), Dublin 12. History There is an early reference concerning Bluebell cemetery and church ruins, dated 1254, when the people who lived here were most likely part of the Barnewall's Drimnagh Castle estate and home farm. Bluebell was part of the Civil Parish of Clondalkin. Until the 1950s, Bluebell was mainly a market garden and farming community on the outskirts of the city. It was developed for residential h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former borough of Dún Laoghaire and the barony of Rathdown. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 233,860 at the time of the 2022 census. Geography and subdivisions Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is bordered to the east by the Irish Sea, to the north by the city of Dublin, to the west by the county of South Dublin, and to the south by County Wicklow. With the city of Dublin, Fingal and South Dublin, it is one of four local government areas in the old County Dublin. Located to the south-east of the capital city of Dublin, the county town of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is Dún Laoghaire. Since 2015, the county is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. University Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittas, County Dublin
Brittas (, meaning "wooden parapet") is a rural village in County Dublin, just north of the border with County Wicklow on the N81 road (Ireland), N81 road. It is in the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area of South Dublin. The village is notable for five Acer pseudoplatanus, sycamore tree-stump carvings by the side of the road depicting Irish mythology, Irish mythological figures carved in 2018. The River Camac originates close to Brittas before descending through the Slade of Saggart to Saggart and beyond. Location Brittas is in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, 18 km south-west of Dublin city centre (21 km by road). Representation Brittas is in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin Mid-West, and the local electoral area of Clondalkin for elections to South Dublin County Council. Amenities In the summer of 1876, with almost 30 families facing the future without a local education programme, Fr Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kippure
Kippure (; ) at , is the 56th-highest peak in Ireland on the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Arderins, Arderin scale, and the 72nd-highest peak on the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Vandeleur-Lynams, Vandeleur-Lynam scale.Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, Kippure is situated in the far northern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, where it lies on the border of counties County Dublin, Dublin and County Wicklow, Wicklow in Ireland. Kippure is the List of Irish counties by highest point, County Top for Dublin, and its height and positioning over Dublin, Dublin city have made its summit an important site for Radio masts and towers, transmission masts, which are highly visible from a distance. Kippure's slopes feed into the Liffey Head Bog which forms the source of the River Liffey. The summit can be easily accessed from the east via a path that lies off the R115 road (Ireland), R115 (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the counties of County Wexford, Wexford to the south, County Carlow, Carlow to the southwest, County Kildare, Kildare to the west, and South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown to the north. Wicklow is named after its county town of Wicklow, which derives from the name (Old Norse for "Vikings' Meadow"). Wicklow County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, which had a population of 155,258 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Colloquially known as the "Garden of Ireland" for its scenerywhich includes extensive woodlands, nature trails, beaches, and ancient ruins while allowing for a multitude of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dodder
The River Dodder () is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the River Liffey, Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the River Tolka, Tolka. Course and system The Dodder rises on the northern slopes of Kippure in the Wicklow Mountains and is formed from several streams. The headwaters flow from Kippure Ridge, and include, and are often mapped solely as, Tromanallison (Allison's Brook), which is then joined by Mareen's Brook, including the Cataract of the Brown Rowan, and then the combined flow meeting the Cot and Slade Brooks. In the river's valley at Glenasmole are the two Bohernabreena Reservoirs, a major part of the Dublin water supply system. The Dodder is long. It passes the Dublin suburbs of Tallaght and then Firhouse, travels by Templeogue, passes Rathfarnham, Rathgar, Milltown, Dublin, Milltown, Clonskeagh, and Donnybrook, Dublin, Donnybrook, and goes through Ballsbridge and past Sandymount, before entering the River L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
