Johnstown ( gle, Baile Eoin) is a small area of

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown ( ga, Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three s ...

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. Once part of the grounds of Johnstown House, it is now primarily an estate of semi-detached houses and detached houses built during the 1960s by private developers and apartment blocks built in the last few years due to a heavy demand for housing. The area of Johnstown is bordered by

Cabinteely Cabinteely () is a suburb of Dublin's southside. It is in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. Geography Cabinteely lies around the crossroads of Johnstown Road / Brennanstown Road and the Old Bray Road, and on either side of the ...

Sallynoggin Sallynoggin () is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county 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 the ...

Ballybrack Ballybrack () is a residential suburb of Dublin on its Southside, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is south of Killiney, northeast of Loughlinstown, east of Cabinteely and north of Shankill. Population The population of ...

and

Killiney Killiney () is an affluent seaside resort and suburb in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It lies south of neighbouring Dalkey, east of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill. The place grew around the 11th century Killiney Churc ...

Transport

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routes 7, 7B, 45A and 111 all stop on Rochestown Avenue and Churchview Road. Route numbers 84 and 145 stop at nearby

village. Route number 59 stops at Mackintosh Park. By road, Cabinteely village is accessible from the N11 national primary road. The R118 route also passes through Johnstown.

Amenities and sport

Soccer, Gaelic games, and rugby are played in Kilbogget Park. There is also a playground in the park. The local GAA clubs are

Cabinteely GAA Cabinteely () is a Dublin GAA club based in Kilbogget Park which serves the Cabinteely / Johnstown / Killiney / Cherrywood / Ballybrack / Loughlinstown areas of Dublin, Ireland. History Cabinteely GAA Club was founded in 1977 and shortly the ...

and

Foxrock–Cabinteely GAA Foxrock–Cabinteely GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Foxrock, Cabinteely, Johnstown and Cornelscourt areas of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The club was founded in 2005, following the merger of Foxrock Girls Gaelic Club a ...

Cabinteely F.C. Cabinteely Football Club () is an association football club based in Cabinteely, County Dublin, Ireland comprising adult and many youth under-age teams for both males and females, 60 teams in all. Cabinteely competed in the League of Ireland Fir ...

Seapoint RFC Seapoint RFC is a community-based Irish rugby club located in Killiney, County Dublin, playing in the Leinster League. The club also provides a key focal point for players attending rugby schools who live in the Cabinteely/Killiney/Ballybrack and ...

and Park Celtic FC are also in the area. Cabinteely House and Park and Cabinteely Public Library are nearby.

Education

Schools serving Johnstown include Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys National School and Girls National School, Cabinteely Community School and

Clonkeen College Clonkeen College is a Christian Brothers secondary school for boys in south Dublin, which opened in 1970. Clonkeen College has approximately 550 students and 35 teaching staff. Edward Melly is the principal and Michael Brennan is the Deputy Pri ...

Religion

Johnstown is also the name of a parish of the

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. Its church was reroofed in 2005, and a new community centre has opened beside the church, which accommodates local groups.

References

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