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Sandyford () is a suburb of Dublin, located in
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 ...
, Ireland. Sandyford Business District makes up much of the suburb and encompasses 4 business parks: Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park and South County Business Park. Some of the multinational companies based in the area include
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Location and access

Sandyford is part of the
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constituency of Dublin-Rathdown. Sandyford village (sometimes referred to in Irish as ''Taobh na Coille'', meaning 'woodside', the townland in which it is situated) is 9 km south of Dublin city centre, just south of the M50 motorway, accessed from the R117 road or M50 junctions 13 and 14, while ''Sandyford Business District'' is just north of the motorway. An
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service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.
Dublin Bus Dublin Bus () is an Irish State-owned enterprise, state-owned bus operator providing services in Dublin. By far the largest bus operator in the city, it carried 145 million passengers in 2023. It is a subsidiary of CIÉ, Córas Iompair Éireann ...
routes 11, 44, 44B, 47, 116 and 118 link the area to other parts of the city.
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also used to operate the 75 through Sandyford until 26 November 2023 when it was replaced with the S8.


Luas

The
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'' Green Line'' was built through the Business District and the ''
Kilmacud Kilmacud () is a suburban area of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland, at least partly contiguous with Stillorgan. It is in a civil parish of the same name. Name ''Kilmacud'' is an anglicisation of the Irish name , "church of aintM ...
'', ''
Stillorgan Stillorgan (, also and previously or ), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains many housing estates, shops and oth ...
'', ''
Sandyford Sandyford () is a suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Sandyford Business District makes up much of the suburb and encompasses 4 business parks: Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park and S ...
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'' stops serve the area, the middle two lying along the eastern edge of the original district. All four of these stops are in the ''Sandyford Business District''. Sandyford was the Green Line terminus until the extension to Cherrywood opened in October 2010. The depot for the Green Line is located on the eastern edge of the Business District.


Metrolink

While a 2018
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document proposed that the MetroLink project could have its southern terminus at Sandyford, by February 2019 it was proposed that the line would not serve Sandyford and instead stop at Charlemont.


History

Sandyford House, a pub in the centre of the village, has been an inn and coach house since the 1690s. For 200 years it was a stopping place for travellers en route to
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. From 1803 onwards, the Chatham Street to Enniskerry mail coach (a two-hour journey) stopped and deposited the region's mail at the inn, which acted as the local post office.


Sandyford Business District

Sandyford Business District is a large business park consisting of more than 700 companies employing over 20,000 people. It was officially opened in 1977 on a site of 120 acres and for 50 years was known as the "Sandyford Industrial Estate"; 85 acres allocated to light industry and the rest to offices. The area includes several separate business parks and sites, including Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park, and South County Business Park. A proposal to establish a ''Sandyford Business District'' area, to include the core Sandyford Business Park as well as the other areas, resulted in the establishment of the Sandyford Business Improvement District Company (SBID) in January 2017. The area has capacity for 17,500 more employees, 350,000 sq m of commercial floor space and 1,000 residential units. Companies in the business district include
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, and
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. The
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, the Irish Mint, and the
Beacon Hospital Beacon Hospital () is a privately owned full-service teaching hospital located in the Sandyford suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The hospital was developed by Beacon Medical Group (BMG). History Beacon Hospital signed an affiliation agreement with J ...
are also located in the Sandyford area.


People

Notable residents of Sandyford include radio personality
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, singer/songwriter
Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially popular for playing ...
, and comedian
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(1927–2012), while David Kennedy, the former Formula 1 driver and commentator lived for many years on Sandyford Road. Other residents have included: *
Frank Aiken Francis Thomas Aiken (13 February 1898 – 18 May 1983) was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Anti-Treaty IRA at the end of the I ...
, a founder member of
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, lived in Sandyford, and a local housing development called ''Aiken's Village'' is built on what was his land. *
Máire Comerford Máire Aoife Comerford (2 June 1893 - 15 December 1982) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican from County Wexford who witnessed central events in 1916-23 and remained a committed supporter of Cumann na mBan until her death. Her memoir o ...
, Republican activist, lived at her home, St. Nessan's, in Sandyford from 1935 to 1982. *
Christopher Ewart-Biggs Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, (5 August 1921 – 21 July 1976) was the British ambassador to Republic of Ireland, Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6. He was killed in 1976 by the Provisional Irish Rep ...
, the British Ambassador to Ireland, was killed by the IRA on ''Murphystown Road'' in Sandyford while leaving his residence, Glencairn House, on 21 July 1976.


Sports

Sandyford is home to the Meteors Ladies' Basketball Club. The club was founded in 1965 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016. Naomh Olaf
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Club is located in Sandyford. Founded in 1981, the club has teams from under eight up to senior level, and operates an academy for boys and girls from four through seven years of age. Sandyford Cricket Club was founded in 1984.


Arts and culture

In the centre of Sandyford village is a monument to the working men of the village, ''Pater and Ned''.''Pater and Ned''
, 1996, is a bronze sculpture by the Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie, standing 2.4m tall.
From series 3 onwards, children's TV series ROY was produced in Sandyford.


See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland.


References

{{Dublin residential areas Sandyford Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Economy of the Republic of Ireland Financial districts