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Tallaght ( ; ga, Tamhlacht, ) is the largest settlement, and
county town
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, of
South Dublin
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,
Ireland
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, and the largest satellite town of
Dublin
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. The central village area was the site of a monastic settlement from at least the 8th century, which became one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.
Up to the 1960s, Tallaght was a small village in the old
County Dublin
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, linked to several nearby rural areas which were part of the large
civil parish
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of the same name - the local council estimates the population then to be 2,500.
[Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland: County Development Plan 2004-2010, p. 78] Suburban development began in the 1970s and a "town centre" area has been developing since the late 1980s. There is no legal definition of the boundaries of Tallaght, but the 16 electoral divisions known as "Tallaght" followed by the name of a locality have, according to the 2016 census, a population of 76,119,
up from 69,454 over five years. There have been calls in recent years for Tallaght to be declared a city.
The village core of the district is located north of, and near to, the
River Dodder
The River Dodder ( ga, An Dothra) is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.
Course and system
The Dodder rises on the northern slopes of Ki ...
, and parts of the broader area within South Dublin are close to the borders of
Dublin City,
County Kildare
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,
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
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and
County Wicklow
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. Several streams flow in the area, notably the Jobstown or Tallaght Stream (a tributary of the Dodder), and the Fettercairn Stream (a tributary of the
River Camac
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Cou ...
), while the Tymon River, the main component of the
River Poddle
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(
Liffey tributary), rises in Cookstown, near Fettercairn.
Tallaght is also the name of an extensive civil parish, which includes other areas of southern and southwestern Dublin, from Templeogue to Ballinascorney in the mountains. A book about the civil parish was published in the 19th century, "The History and Antiquities of Tallaght in the County of Dublin," written by William Domville Handcock.
Etymology
The place-name ''Tallaght'' is said to derive from ''támh-leacht'', meaning "
plague pit" in
Irish, and consisting of "támh", meaning plague, and "leacht", meaning grave or memorial stone. The earliest mention of a Tallaght is in ''
Lebor Gabála Érenn
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'' ("The Book Of Invasions"), and is there linked to
Parthalón, said to be the leader of an early invasion of Ireland. He and many of his followers were said to have died of the plague. The burials that have been found in the Tallaght area, however, are all normal pre-historic interments, mainly from the
Bronze Age
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, and nothing suggesting a mass grave has so far been recorded here. The
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,24 ...
record the legendary event as follows:
: Naoi mile do ecc fri h-aoin-sechtmain do muinter Parthaloin for Shenmhaigh Ealta Eadoir .i. cúig míle d'feroibh, & ceithre míle do mnáibh. Conadh de sin ata Taimhleacht Muintere Parthalain. Trí ced bliadhain ro caithsiot i n-Erinn."
In translation:
: "Nine thousand of Parthalón's people died in one week on Sean Mhagh Ealta Edair, namely, five thousand men, and four thousand women. Whence is named Taimhleacht Muintire Parthalóin. They had passed three hundred years in Ireland."
The name in Irish, Tamhlacht, is found at other places, such as
Tamlaght in
Magherafelt District
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,
Northern Ireland
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, though the mention of Eadoir, probably Binn Éadair (
Howth
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) in the passage below, suggests that Tallaght is the more likely location for this tale.
Places near Tallaght featured in the ancient legends of the
Fianna
''Fianna'' ( , ; singular ''Fian''; gd, Fèinne ) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages. A ''fian'' was made up of freeborn young males, often aristocrats, "who had left fosterage but had ...
, a band of warriors that roamed the country and fought for the
High King at
Tara. In
Lady Gregory
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's ''Gods and Fighting Men'', mention is made of, in particular, Gleann na Smól: in Chapter 12 "The Red Woman", on a misty morning,
Fionn says to his Fians, ''"Make yourselves ready, and we will go hunting to Gleann-na-Smol"''. There they meet
Niamh of the Golden Hair, who chose
Oisín from among all the Fianna to be her husband, told him to come with her on her fairy horse, after which they rode over the land to the sea and across the waves to the land of
Tír na nÓg.
History
8th to 12th centuries
With the foundation of the
monastery of Tallaght
Tallaght Monastery was a Christian monastery founded in the eighth century by Máel Ruain, at a site called Tallaght, a few miles south west of present-day Dublin, Ireland. It operated until the Protestant Reformation.
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Tallaght wa ...
by
St. Maelruain
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in 769 AD, there is a more reliable record of the area's early history. The monastery was a centre of learning and piety, particularly associated with the
Céli Dé
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spiritual reform movement. It was such an important institution that it and the monastery at
Finglas
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were known as the "two eyes of Ireland". St.
Aengus
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, an
Ulsterman, was one of the most illustrious of the Céli Dé and devoted himself to the religious life. Wherever he went, he was accompanied by a band of followers who distracted him from his devotions. He secretly travelled to the monastery at Tallaght where he was not known and enrolled as a lay brother. He remained unknown for many years until his identity was discovered by Maeilruain. They may have written the ''
Martyrology of Tallaght
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'' together, and St Aengus also wrote a calendar of saints known as the ''
Félire Óengusso'' ("
Martyrology
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of Aengus"). St. Maelruain died on 7 July 792 and was buried in Tallaght. The influence of the monastery continued after his death, as can be judged by the fact that, in 806, the monks of Tallaght were able to prevent the holding of the
Tailteann Games, because of some infringement of their rights.
In 811 A.D., the monastery was devastated by the
Viking
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s but the destruction was not permanent and the annals of the monastery continued to be recorded for several following centuries. After the
Anglo-Norman invasion in 1179, Tallaght and its appurtenances were confirmed to the
Diocese of Dublin and became the property of the
Archbishop
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. The complete disappearance of every trace of what must have been an extensive and well-organised monastic settlement can only be accounted for by the subsequent history of the place, the erection and demolition of defensive walls and castles, and the incessant warfare and destruction that lasted for hundreds of years.
13th to 20th centuries
Throughout the greater part of the 13th century a state of comparative peace existed at Tallaght, but subsequently, the
O'Byrnes
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There are many fa ...
and
O'Tooles, in what would become
County Wicklow
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, took offensive action and were joined by many of the Archbishop's tenants. As a result of this the land was not tilled, the pastures were not stocked and the holdings were deserted. In 1310 the bailiffs of Tallaght got a royal grant to enclose the town. No trace of these defensive walls survive and there is no evidence of their exact location, except, perhaps, for the name of the Watergate Bridge which spans the
Dodder
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on the Oldbawn Road. The continuation of such raids prompted the construction, in 1324, of
Tallaght Castle, and it was finished sometime before 1349. Tallaght had become an important defensive site on the edge of
the Pale
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. A century later the castle was reported to be in need of repair.
The 17th and 18th centuries brought many changes to Tallaght. Many mills were built along the Dodder and this brought new prosperity to the broad area, which saw the building of many houses.
When
Archbishop Hoadley replaced
Archbishop King in 1729 he found the castle in ruins and had it demolished, building himself a
palace
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at a cost of £2,500. By 1821 the palace too had fallen into ruin and an
Act of Parliament
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was passed which stated that it was unfit for habitation. The following year it was sold to Major Palmer, Inspector General of Prisons, who pulled the palace down and used the materials to build his mansion,
Tallaght House
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, as well as a schoolhouse and several cottages. Parts of Tallaght House, including one tower, were incorporated into St Joseph's Retreat House, situated on the grounds of St Mary's Priory; the rest was demolished. That tower contains a spiral staircase and was originally four storeys high but is now reduced internally to two. Attached to the castle was a long building that was used in the archbishop's time as a brewery and later as a granary and stables. When the
Dominicans came, it was converted into a chapel and was used as such until 1883, when the new church dedicated to
Fr Tom Burke (now the older part of the parish church) was built.
The Dominicans came to Tallaght in 1855/6 and soon established a priory that was also a seminary for the formation of Dominicans in Ireland and on missions in
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, and elsewhere. The cramped accommodation of Tallaght house was replaced by the austere priory in phases of 1864, 1903 and again in 1957. The work that goes on in these buildings is various: St Joseph's retreat house, the Tallaght parish, St Catherine's counselling centre, at least two publishing enterprises, individual writing and international research in several domains.
The grounds of the Priory, the old palace gardens, still retain older features such as the Archbishop's bathhouse, the Friar's Walk and St. Maelruain's Tree, a Persian walnut of the eighteenth century.
The old constabulary barracks on the main street were the scene of the engagement known as the 'Battle of Tallaght', which occurred during the
Fenian Rising
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on 5 March 1867. On that night the
Fenian
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s moved out to assemble at the appointed place on
Tallaght Hill
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. The large number of armed men alarmed the police in Tallaght who sent a warning to the nearest barracks. There were fourteen constables and a head constable under Sub-inspector Burke at Tallaght, and they took up a position outside the barracks where they commanded the roads from both
Greenhills and
Templeogue
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. The first body of armed men came from Greenhills and, when they came under police fire, retreated. Next, a party came from Templeogue and was also dispersed. In 1936 a skeleton, sword-bayonet and water bottle were found in a hollow tree stump near Terenure. It is thought that these were the remains of one of the Fenians who had taken refuge there after the Battle of Tallaght and either died of his wounds or was frozen to death.
In 1888 the
Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
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History
On Wednesday, August 1, 188 ...
opened and it passed through Tallaght Village. This provided a new means of transporting goods and also brought day-trippers from the city.
Modern development
While no plan was formally adopted, Tallaght was laid out as a
new town
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, as set out in the 1967 Myles Wright masterplan for
Greater Dublin
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(this proposed four self-contained "new towns" - at Tallaght,
Clondalkin
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,
Lucan
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and
Blanchardstown
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- around Dublin, all of which were, at that time, villages surrounded by extensive open lands, with some small settlements). Many of the social and cultural proposals in this plan were ignored by the Dublin local authorities, and contrary to planners' suggestions, Tallaght and the other "new towns" were not provided with adequate facilities. Characterised by the same problems associated with poorly planned fringe areas of many European cities, during the 1970s and 1980s Tallaght became synonymous with suburban mismanagement.
While it was absorbed into the larger suburban area of Dublin (including being included in the postal district
Dublin 24 in the 1980s), Tallaght has developed a distinctive identity, arising largely from its rapid growth during recent decades, and now has active local arts, cultural, sports, and economic scene.
Tallaght's Civic Square contains the seat of the local authority,
County Hall, a modern and well-equipped library facility, a theatre building and a "cutting edge" 4-storey arts centre named "Rua Red" (which opened on 5 February 2009). This facility offers activities in the areas of music, dancing, art, drama and literature. Along with other local libraries and arts groups, it also has another theatre building and a homegrown youth theatre company. It is also the home to the Tallaght Swim Team,
Tallaght Rugby Club, the
National Basketball Arena
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,
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
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, and several martial arts schools and
Gaelic Athletic Association
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clubs.
Chronology
*
769
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Saint Maelruain
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's monastery founded.
*
792: ''AI792.1 Kl. Mael Rúain, bishop of Tamlachta,
ested''
*
811
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Events
By place
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: Saint Maelruain's monastery was devastated by the
Viking
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s.
*
824
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: "Tamlachta of Mael Ruain plundered by the community of
Cell Dara.''
*
1179
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Events
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: Tallaght and its hinterland, previously within the Diocese of Glendalough, were confirmed as holdings of the
Archdiocese of Dublin
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.
*
1310
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Europe
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:
bailiff
A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French ''baillis'', ''bail'' "custody") is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their o ...
s of Tallaght given royal grant to enclose the town.
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1324
Year 1324 ( MCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* 23 March – Pope John XXII excommunicates German king Louis IV, as Louis had not sought papal approval during ...
:
Alexander de Bicknor
Alexander de Bicknor (1260s? – 14 July 1349; usually spelt "Bykenore" in original Middle English sources) was an official in the Plantagenet kingdom under Edward I of England, Edward II of England, and Edward III of England. Best known to histor ...
begins the building of Tallaght Castle.
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1331-
1332; Tallaght Castle plundered by O'Toole of Imaile.
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1378
Year 1378 ( MCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, visits his nephew Charles V of Fran ...
: Mathew, son of Redmond
de Bermingham
The de Birmingham family (or de Bermingham) held the lordship of the manor of Birmingham in England for four hundred years and managed its growth from a small village into a thriving market town. They also assisted in the invasion of Ireland ...
, takes up station at Tallaght Castle to resist the O'Byrnes.
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1540
Year 1540 ( MDXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the m ...
: O'Tooles invade, and devastate Tallaght Castle and surrounding manors.
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1635: Old Bawn House was built.
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1729
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hano ...
: Tallaght Castle demolished; Archbishop's Palace built by Archbishop Hoadley.
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1822: Archbishop's Palace was demolished by Major Palmer, who then builds Tallaght House.
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1829: Modern
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the sec ...
parish created.
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1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
: Tallaght House is sold to the
Dominicans.
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1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song ...
: Saint Mary's Priory was built.
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1867: Battle of Tallaght fought in March. July 2, 1882 Tom Bourke O.P. dies.
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1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
: New Priory Church built.
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1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
: The
Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
The Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway (DBST), later the Blessington and Poulaphouca Steam Tramway, operated steam-powered trams between Terenure in Dublin and Blessington in Co. Wicklow from 1888 until 1932.
History
On Wednesday, August 1, 188 ...
commences operation, passing through Tallaght village.
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1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...
: New wing was built at the Priory, connecting Priory and the church
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1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
: New retreat house built at the Priory, enclosing Tallaght House.
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
: Michael Cardinal Browne buried in Tallaght Dominican church
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
: Public library, at Castletymon, opened in June.
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1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
:
Alan Dukes
Alan Dukes (born 1945) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication from 1996 to 1997, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fine Gael from 1987 to 1990, Minister for Justice from 1986 ...
outlines the ''
Tallaght Strategy'' to the Tallaght Chamber of Commerce.
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1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
:
The Square shopping centre
The Square Tallaght is a shopping centre located in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, opened in 1990. It is located 10 minutes from junction 11 of the M50 motorway on the Belgard Road (the R113) and the N81.
The centre comprises 53,000 m2 of ...
opens.
*
1992
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:
Institute of Technology, Tallaght
The Institute of Technology Tallaght (also known as ITT or IT Tallaght) ( Irish: ''Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Tamhlacht)'' was a third-level institution in Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1992, IT Tallaght ...
opens.
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
:
South Dublin County Council
South Dublin County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of South Dublin, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities created by the Local Government (Dublin) A ...
comes into existence, with new headquarters at Tallaght; Tallaght Youth Theatre is founded; Tallaght's second public library, situated beside the South Dublin County Council offices, opened in December.
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1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
: Tallaght Theatre is officially opened, on Greenhill's Road in
Kilnamanagh
Kilnamanagh () is a townland and suburban residential area in Tallaght, South Dublin, Ireland.
History
Kilnamanagh, in Irish 'Cill na Manach', translates to 'church of the monks', referring to the church and castle established to house Sai ...
.
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
:
Tallaght Hospital
The Tallaght University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Thamhlachta) is a teaching hospital in County Dublin, Ireland. Its academic partner is the Trinity College Dublin. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.
History
The hospit ...
opens.
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1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
: Civic Theatre opens adjacent to County Council headquarters in Tallaght centre.
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
: The
Red Line of the
Luas
Luas (pronounced ; Irish for "speed") is a tram/ light rail system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, both li ...
light rail system opens, connecting central Tallaght to
Heuston Station and
Connolly Station
Connolly station ( ga, Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is one of the busiest railway stations in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCi ...
in Dublin City.
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
: Extensive rebuilding of Tallaght's main library is completed; the first attempt to design a flag specifically for Tallaght results in An Bratach Fulaingt (The Suffering Flag), created as part of a Tallaght Youth Theatre project on citizenship.
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2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
: The County Arts Centre, Rua Red, is opened; completion of Tallaght Stadium; An Bratach Fulaingt is utilised in a performance by Tallaght Youth Theatre at the Rua Red Arts Centre.
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2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
: On September 15,
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most ...
hosted
Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...
in what was the first
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
group stage game to contain an Irish team. This game took place in the
Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium ( ga, Staid Thamhlachta) is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July, 1996. The stadium is now o ...
which would host 2 more games in the group stage.
*
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...
: An Bhratach Aontacht Thamlachta (The Unity Flag of Tallaght) is adopted by Tallaght Historical Society and Tallaght Community Council as an unofficial flag for the entire Tallaght area and is flown publicly from a flag pole at the Priory in Tallaght village during Tallafest on June 24.
Geography
Location
Tallaght is centred 13 km southwest of
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...
city, near the foothills of the
Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: ''Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow ...
. While there is no formal definition as such, it can be described as beginning southwest of
Templeogue
Templeogue () is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.
Geography Location
The centre of Templeogue is from b ...
, running west towards
Saggart, southwest towards the mountain areas of Bohernabreena, Glenasmole and Brittas, southeast towards
Firhouse
Firhouse () is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the county of South Dublin, in the south of the traditional County Dublin in Ireland. It developed from a rural village by the River Dodder, with a second settlement, Upper Fir-house, nearby.Dublin, 1 ...
, and to the southern edges of
Clondalkin
Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondal ...
in the northwest and
Greenhills in the northeast. It lies outside the
M50 Dublin orbital motorway, and in effect forms an irregular circle on either side of the N81 Dublin-Blessington road. The suburban villages of
Saggart and
Rathcoole, and the Citywest campus, with growing amounts of housing, lie west of Tallaght, along with the Air Corps aerodrome at
Baldonnel. There is also still considerable open land, some still actively farmed, in this direction.
The village core of the district is located north of, and near to, the
River Dodder
The River Dodder ( ga, An Dothra) is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.
Course and system
The Dodder rises on the northern slopes of Ki ...
, and several streams flow in the area. The Jobstown Stream
or Tallaght Stream
(a tributary of the Dodder), approaches from the west, and takes in at least one tributary, the Killinarden Stream from the south, near the
N81.
The Fettercairn Stream (a tributary of the
River Camac
The River Camac (sometimes spelled ''Cammock'', or, historically, ''Cammoge'' or ''Cammoke''; Irish: or ) is one of the larger rivers in Dublin and was one of four tributaries of the Liffey critical to the early development of the city.
Cou ...
), also passes through the northwest fringes of the area, while the Tymon River, the main component of the
River Poddle
The River Poddle ( ga, An Poitéal) is a river in Dublin, Ireland, a pool which (', "black pool" or "dark pool" in Irish) gave the city its English language name. Boosted by a channel made by the Abbey of St. Thomas à Becket, taking water fro ...
(an historically important
Liffey tributary), rises in Cookstown, near Fettercairn.
Transport
Tallaght is connected to Dublin city by bus services and by the
Red Line of the
Luas
Luas (pronounced ; Irish for "speed") is a tram/ light rail system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, both li ...
light rail system, which opened in September 2004. Though the first stop (Tallaght Cross) of the Red Line is called '
Tallaght', most of the 'Red 4' zone (with the exception of the stops at Citywest Campus, Fortunestown and the terminus at
Saggart) lies within the broader Tallaght area. As of 2013, a single ticket from Red 4 to Central 1 was €2.70.
Tallaght is not well connected to Dublin's other towns and suburbs, as public transport lines predominantly run through the city centre; this has led to high levels of car dependence. However the 75 bus route links Tallaght to
Rathfarnham,
Ballinteer
Ballinteer () is a small southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.
Geography
Ballinteer is located approximately from the city centre. To the west is Rat ...
,
Dundrum,
Stillorgan
Stillorgan (, also ''Stigh Lorcáin'' and previously ''Tigh Lorcáin'' or ''Teach Lorcáin''), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains man ...
, and
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.
The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dubli ...
, while the 76 links Tallaght to Clondalkin, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and Ballyfermot and the 175 connects Tallaght with
Citywest
Citywest ( ga, Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of Dublin, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel, with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but e ...
, Dundrum and
UCD. According to a 2019 consultation paper for the
BusConnects project, Tallaght would be establish as a public transport hub for surrounding villages and suburbs.
Routes to the city centre include the 27 (via Jobstown and Tymon Park), 49 (The Square, Aylesbury, Oldbawn, Ballycullen and Firhouse), 54a (Kiltipper, Killinarden Heights, The Square, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght Village, Balrothery), 56a (The Square, Springfield, Fettercairn and Kingswood), 65 (The Square, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght Village and Balrothery), 65b (Killinarden Heights, Kiltipper Road, Aylesbury, Old Bawn, Firhouse and Ballycullen) and 77a (Blessington, Killinarden Heights, The Square, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght Village, Old Bawn, Balrothery and Tymon Park).
A metro rail line,
Metro West, was proposed to pass through Tallaght but was shelved in 2011. Early plans for the line proposed to link Tallaght with several satellite towns west of Dublin city, including
Clondalkin
Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondal ...
,
Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...
, and
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown () is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. Located northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchardstown is the largest u ...
. If completed as proposed it would also join with
Metrolink and continue out to
Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport ( Irish: ''Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath'') is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland. It is operated by DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority). The airport is located in Collinstown, north of Dublin, and south o ...
. The first 4 stops of the proposed Metro West were to be in Tallaght, with the first stop, 'Tallaght East' being situated near Tallaght IT, now the Tallaght Campus of
Technological University Dublin
Technological University Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin is Ireland's first technological university, established on 1 January 2019, and with a history stretching back to 1887 through the amalgamated Du ...
.
A Luas extension from Belgard to
Saggart and
Citywest
Citywest ( ga, Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of Dublin, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel, with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but e ...
was added to the original Luas system. This is a 4.2 km (2.5 mi) extension, funded by a Public-Private Partnership with property developers, including Davy Hickey Properties. Identified as Line A1, this €150 million spur off the Red Line at Belgard runs to Saggart. Originally intended to be a spur of the proposed Red Line as far as Fortunestown, it was later decided to extend it to Saggart. Construction started on 9 February 2009, with the line completed by early 2011. Passenger services on the 4.2 km light rail link started in early 2011. It serves housing developments such as Cairnwood, Ambervale, Belgard Green, Fettercairn, Kilmartin, Brookview, Ardmore, Citywest and Russell Square.
Population
South Dublin County Council
South Dublin County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of South Dublin, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities created by the Local Government (Dublin) A ...
stated in 2003 that the population of Tallaght ''and environs'' was just under 73,000.
Tallaght is the seat of South Dublin County Council and has no specific local administration. In addition, while there exist two distinct local electoral areas in the form of "Tallaght Central" (based around the historic village core and key modern developments) and "Tallaght South" (the outlying "suburbs" and some rural areas), Tallaght possesses no legal boundary and as a result, it is very difficult to define an official population figure for the area. The population of the village remains modest but the broader area is now one of Ireland's largest population agglomerations. If the entirety of Tallaght and its broadly defined environs were taken into account, then the population would be greater than that of
Galway City (75,414), rendering Tallaght the fourth largest area by population in the state. Irish population statistics are calculated from District Electoral Divisions, and these are often combined to estimate "area populations". As of the 2016 census, the total population of the area was 76,119.
The population of the historic ''civil parish of Tallaght'', including areas such as Templeogue, Ballyroan, and wide areas of mountain as far away as Castlekelly, is 101,059
Districts
"Greater Tallaght" comprises Tallaght village and a range of areas that were formerly small settlements (Jobstown, Old Bawn, Kilnamanagh) and rural townlands.
The original village of Tallaght lies west of the
Tallaght Bypass (N81). It stretches east-west from Main Road and Main Street to the Abberley Court Hotel at the end of High Street and encompasses the Village Green shopping plaza, Tallaght Courthouse, Westpark, and many shops, and restaurants and banks. It also houses Tallaght Youth Service, Tallaght's first newspaper printing house the
Tallaght Echo
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, and (formally) Tallaght Community Arts Centre. The area's
Institute of Technology
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
, Saint Mary's Priory, and Saint Maelruain's Church are located in the historic quarter of Tallaght village.
The newer "town centre" lies immediately to the south across the ''Belgard Road'', encompassing Belgard Square, the main shopping complex (known as
The Square also known as the Pyramid), the
Luas
Luas (pronounced ; Irish for "speed") is a tram/ light rail system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, both li ...
Red Line terminus, Tallaght Hospital (including the National Children's Hospital), County Hall, the Civic Theatre, South Dublin County Library, Rua Red Arts Centre, and several bars, restaurants and hotels.
To the northeast of the village lies the Tymon North / Balrothery area, which comprised rural townlands until the 1970s. This district includes estates such as Bancroft, Balrothery,
Glenview, Castle Park, Saint Aongus, Tymon, Bolbrook and Avonbeg. These areas are home to several sporting facilities, including the
National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tymon Park, Tallaght, South Dublin, adjacent to the M50 motorway. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and it opened in January 1993. It is us ...
, a fitness centre, two swimming pools, an athletics track, and an astroturf football facility.
Tymon Park is watered by the
River Poddle
The River Poddle ( ga, An Poitéal) is a river in Dublin, Ireland, a pool which (', "black pool" or "dark pool" in Irish) gave the city its English language name. Boosted by a channel made by the Abbey of St. Thomas à Becket, taking water fro ...
and borders
Greenhills and
Templeogue
Templeogue () is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.
Geography Location
The centre of Templeogue is from b ...
. It contains sporting grounds, ponds, Coláiste De Hide and a large playground at the Tymon North entrance.
Old Bawn, formerly a small village in its own right, is immediately south of the village, bordered by ''Sean Walsh Memorial Park'' (also locally called ''Watergate''). To the east of Old Bawn, estates include Home Lawns, Mountain Park, Millbrook Lawns and Seskin View. To the south and southwest of the village lie Ellenborough,
Aylesbury
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...
, and Killinarden (the latter comprising the residential areas of Deer Park, Cushlawn, Donomore, Killinarden Estate and Knockmore). Beyond these are rural lands, running towards the Wicklow Mountains.
In the northwest is Belgard Green, with Belgard Heights (built 1974) to the north. Half of Kingswood is served by Clondalkin Garda Station. Kingswood and Belgard Heights are adjacent to
Clondalkin
Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondal ...
, while Kilnamanagh is situated beside Greenhills and south-west of
Walkinstown
Walkinstown () is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland, six kilometres southwest of the city centre. It is surrounded by Drimnagh to the north, Crumlin to the east, Greenhills to the south, and Ballymount, Bluebell, and Clondalkin to the west. Its ...
and
Crumlin.
Tallaght Theatre
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is situated along Greenhills Road.
Virginia Heights and Springfield are close to the area's centre, and further west of the town centre is the former hamlet of
Jobstown
Jobstown (; ) is a suburb of Tallaght, and so an outer suburb of Dublin, in the administrative county of South Dublin, Ireland.
History
Jobstown takes its name from Henry Jope, who held land here in the 1250s.
Jobstown was historically a smal ...
, which is divided from Central Tallaght via the
N81 and the Cheeverstown Road, Jobstown now has dense housing estates, and also the previously rural areas of Kiltalown, Brookfield and Fettercairn.
Features
Historical features in the area include
St. Maelruain's Church
St. Maelruain's Church is a church of the Church of Ireland located in Tallaght, South Dublin in Ireland. The parish is in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. It occupies the site of the original Tallaght Monastery. The present-da ...
and
Tallaght Castle
The more modern "town centre" area of Tallaght holds offices of local and central government entities, including South Dublin County Council, the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Social and Family Affairs, the Health Service Executive (Eastern Region), County Dublin V.E.C., as well as local
FÁS offices. It is also the location of the County Library, Rua Red - the County Arts Centre, the Civic Theatre, and many shops, bars, and restaurants.
Tallaght University Hospital is located nearby.
Tallaght is home to
The Square (stylised as "sq."), one of Ireland's largest shopping centres, with three retail levels and accessible by the
Luas
Luas (pronounced ; Irish for "speed") is a tram/ light rail system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, both li ...
and by bus. Anchor tenants at the centre include
Tesco
Tesco plc () is a British Multinational corporation, multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues an ...
,
Easons
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,
Heatons and
Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain, and formerly in England and Scotland. The fo ...
. Tallaght's 12-screen
United Cinemas International
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cinema closed in March 2010, but was replaced in April 2012 when a 13-screen IMC cinema opened in place of the old one.
Five hotels are located in the "town centre" area: the Plaza Hotel near The Square, the Abberley Court Hotel at High Street, the Maldron Hotel at Whitestown Way, near
Seán Walsh Park
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name '' Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan ( Ulster variant; anglic ...
, and the Glashaus Hotel and Tallaght Cross Hotel at "Tallaght Cross", near the Tallaght Luas Stop.
Across the N81 dual carriageway - south of the "town centre" - is the 6,000-seat football ground called
Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium ( ga, Staid Thamhlachta) is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July, 1996. The stadium is now o ...
. Initially, construction was undertaken by
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most suc ...
on lands belonging to South Dublin County Council, but the project was marred by financial problems, and the site reverted to council ownership. Work on the site recommenced on 6 May 2008, after a judicial review taken by a local GAA club had been thrown out of court the preceding January.
Sean Walsh Memorial Park also lies south of the N81.
Politics and government
Tallaght is represented, within the
Dublin South-West constituency in
Dáil Éireann
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, with four
TDs. It is divided into two electoral areas for South Dublin County Council elections - Tallaght Central and Tallaght South - and between these 12 councillors are elected.
Education
Schools in Tallaght include St. Mark's National School, St. Mark's Community School, Scoil Maelruain, St. Martin de Porres, St. Dominic's NS, St. Aidan's, St. Thomas', Holy Rosary NS, Scoil Treasa, Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght Community School, Killinarden Community School, Coláiste de hÍde
gaelscoil
A Gaelscoil (; plural: ''Gaelscoileanna'') is an Irish language-medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht. Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary an ...
, St. Aidan's Community School, Firhouse Community College and Mount Seskin Community School.
Tallaght is home to one of the campuses of the
Technological University Dublin
Technological University Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin is Ireland's first technological university, established on 1 January 2019, and with a history stretching back to 1887 through the amalgamated Du ...
, formerly
Institute of Technology, Tallaght
The Institute of Technology Tallaght (also known as ITT or IT Tallaght) ( Irish: ''Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Tamhlacht)'' was a third-level institution in Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1992, IT Tallaght ...
(ITT), a
third-level college offering
undergraduate
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degrees
as well as
higher certificate
The Higher Certificate (''Ardteastas'' in Irish) is a third level education award at level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications in the Republic of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a cou ...
s and post-graduate professional qualifications, founded in 1992 as the Regional Technical College, Tallaght.
The Priory Institute at the Dominican, St. Mary's Priory, runs certificate, diploma and degree courses in Theology and Philosophy.
Sports
Association football
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most suc ...
is based in Tallaght, and started playing in
Tallaght Stadium
Tallaght Stadium ( ga, Staid Thamhlachta) is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July, 1996. The stadium is now o ...
in 2009. The club finished its first season in Tallaght as runners-up in the league. The club won their 16th League title in
2010
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. Rovers followed this up by winning the
2011 League of Ireland
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. Rovers hosted their first game in European competition in Tallaght in the second qualifying round of the
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
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against
Bnei Yehuda from Israel, with Rovers advancing 2–1 on aggregate. Rovers faced former
Champions League and
UEFA Cup
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winners
Juventus
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, Rovers were beaten 2–0 in Tallaght and 3–0 on aggregate. In 2011 the club played its first-ever
Champions League game and its first game in the highest level of European Cup Competition since the
1987–88 European Cup, beating Estonian Champions
Flora Tallinn in the
2011–12 Champions League Second qualifying round. Rovers were then beaten 3–0 on aggregate in the next round by Danish Champions
F.C. Copenhagen
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but advanced to the
2011-12 Europa League Play-off round. There they were drawn against Serbian Champions
FK Partizan
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, whom they defeated 3–2 on aggregate (2-1 on the night after extra time) to reach the group stages of the Europa League. Rovers also won the All Ireland
Setanta Sports Cup
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in 2011. Rovers wrapped up a second
league title in a row on 25 October 2011.
St Maelruans FC
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is located in Bancroft Park near Tallaght Village. They were founded in 1968, and have teams playing at underage levels and a senior team playing football in the
Leinster Senior League. Newtown Rangers AFC is located at Farrell Park, Kiltipper. They were founded in 1957 and have two senior teams playing in the
Leinster Senior League.
Brookfield Celtic, one of Dublin's largest underage football clubs, was founded in Tallaght in 1999. Kingswood Castle FC is another local men's soccer club. Founded in 2013, they play their home matches in Ballymount park. The club's home colours are black and white.
Gaelic games
Saint Anne's GAA
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,
Saint Marks GAA and
Thomas Davis GAA Club are local
Gaelic Athletic Association
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clubs.
Sports amenities and events
The
National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tymon Park, Tallaght, South Dublin, adjacent to the M50 motorway. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and it opened in January 1993. It is us ...
lies east of the village.
The
trailhead
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of the
Dublin Mountains Way
The Dublin Mountains Way () is a waymarking, waymarked long-distance trail in the Dublin Mountains, Counties South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The route is approximately long and runs from Shankill, Dublin, Shankill in the ea ...
, a long-distance walking route across the Dublin side of the
Wicklow Mountains
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between Tallaght and
Shankill, begins at Sean Walsh Park near Tallaght Stadium.
In July 1998, a section of the
Tour de France
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routed through Tallaght.
Other sports
Tallaght Swim Team is located at the Tallaght Sports Complex, Balrothery, beside Tallaght Community School.
Glenanne Hockey Club
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is based in Tallaght, playing their home games on the astroturf pitch located in St. Marks Community School
South Dublin Taekwondo and Eire Taekwondo Association are the only WTF (Olympic Style) Taekwondo clubs in Tallaght. Eire Taekwondo Association was founded in 1988 as St. Martin's Taekwondo club and has since been rebranded and grown to include clubs around Dublin County, as well as in other counties. South Dublin Taekwondo was founded in 2008 and are tenants in the Tallaght Leisure Centre. There are several I.T.F style Taekwon-do clubs in the area.
Tallaght Rugby Football Club
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was founded as a youth team in 2002 with financial support from the IRFU before setting up a senior team in 2006.
Arts and entertainment
Tallaght Theatre, Tallaght's first dedicated theatre, was launched in 1975 by a not-for-profit amateur dramatic group. It is situated on Greenhills Road. Built sometime later in 1999 beside the civic offices, the
Civic Theatre became Tallaght's second theatre.
Rua Red hosts arts/entertainment events and groups. Tallaght Young Filmmakers are a youth filmmaking group initiated by South Dublin County Council's Arts Office in partnership with local young people.
IMC at Tallaght is a cinema situated in the Square shopping centre.
Irish language use
Tallaght has a vibrant and intergenerational network of urban
Irish speakers. This is supported by
Gaelphobal Thamhlachta, a cultural association which grew out of Cumann Gaelach Thamhlachta, founded in 1974 as a branch of the
Gaelic League
(; historically known in English as the Gaelic League) is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. The organisation was founded in 1893 with Douglas Hyde as its first president, when it emer ...
.
Particular emphasis has been placed on providing education through Irish. There are now three
Gaelscoil
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eanna (Irish-speaking primary schools), Scoil Santain (founded in 1979), Scoil Chaitlín Maude (founded in 1986) (
Caitlín Maude
Caitlín Maude (22 May 1941 – 6 June 1982) was an Irish poet, activist, teacher, actress and traditional singer.
Early life
She was born in Casla, County Galway, and reared in the Irish language. Her mother, Máire Nic an Iomaire, was a ...
, after whom the latter is named, was a well-known Irish-language poet, singer and activist who settled in the area), as well as Scoil na Giúise founded in 2012. There is also an Irish-medium secondary school, Coláiste de hÍde.
The importance of the language was given official recognition in 2015 with the announcement of a €50,000 council grant to Gaelphobal Thamhlachta, supplemented by a government grant of €150,000 in 2016, meant to facilitate the creation of a local Irish-language cultural centre, including a public cafe staffed by local Irish speakers. A further €30,000 was granted by South Dublin County Council in 2019 to help develop a theatre as part of a cultural centre at 518 Tallaght Village. Gaelphobal Thamhlachta opened a bilingual café named 'Aon Scéal?' as part of a cultural centre in Tallaght village in December 2019.
Flag projects
In October 2008 "An Bhratach Fhulaingt" or "The Suffering Flag" was designed for Tallaght during The D'No Project, run by
Tallaght Youth Theatre
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in partnership with Tallaght Community Arts, and funded by Léargas - and was intended to be flown at the new county arts centre, Rua Red, on April 17 and 18th 2009. However, the flag was ultimately not flown and instead, its colours were utilised within aspects of the performance.
The flag developed into "An Bhratach Seasmhacht", or "The Endurance Flag", which was flown from The Cabin at the Fettercairn Community Centre for 12 months, as part of Tallaght Community Arts 'Headin' Out Project' between 2013 and 2014. Since then, "An Bhratach Aontacht Thamlachta", or "The Tallaght Unity Flag" has been adopted as a flag for Tallaght by Tallaght Historical Society and by Tallaght Community Council and has flown publicly from a flag pole at the Priory in Tallaght village during Tallafest 2017, and from the Dragon Inn since Easter 2018, and from August 8, the flag is also flown from Molloy's The Foxes Covert, also in Tallaght village.
People
Notable people from Tallaght include:
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Dessie Baker
Desmond "Dessie" Baker (born 25 August 1977 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Leinster Senior League side Edenderry Town.
He has three children.
Early career
From Tallaght Baker was a graduate of Dublin youth clubs Marks Ce ...
, football player
*
Richie Baker, football player
*
Graham Barrett
Graham Barrett (born 6 October 1981) is an Irish former footballer who played as a forward. He began his footballing career at Arsenal, where he won the FA Youth Cup.
Barrett went on to feature for English clubs Bristol Rovers, Crewe Alexan ...
, football player
*
Ciarán Bourke
Ciarán Bourke (18 February 1935 – 10 May 1988) was an Irish musician and one of the original founding members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners.
Early life
Ciarán Bourke was born in Dublin on 18 February 1935, but lived most of his life ...
, Former member of
The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in personnel over their fifty-yea ...
*
Stephen Bradley, football player and manager
*
Jason Byrne, football player
*
Kurtis Byrne
Kurtis Byrne (born 9 April 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Bluebell United. He is the son of former Celtic and Southend United player Paul Byrne.
Career Hibernian
Byrne was a member of the Hibernian under-19 side t ...
, football player
*
Mark Byrne
Mark Byrne (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crumlin United.
Club career
Nottingham Forest
Byrne signed for Nottingham Forest in July 2007 from Dublin schoolboy side, Crumlin United after unsuccess ...
(1988-), football player
*
Richard Dunne
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Dunne began his prof ...
(1979-), football player
*
Keith Fahey
Keith Declan Fahey (born 15 January 1983) is an Irish former footballer, who played most of his career with League of Ireland side St Patrick's Athletic, as well as English club Birmingham City. He played predominantly as a central midfielder, b ...
(1983-), football player
*
Graham Gartland
Graham Gartland (born 13 July 1983) is an Irish football coach and former player. He played for Drogheda United, Shamrock Rovers, Home Farm, Barnsley, Dundee United, St Patrick's Athletic, Longford Town and St Johnstone. Gartland also played ...
, football player
*
Jason Gavin, football player
* Dean Gibbons, one sixth of boyband
Home Town
*
Kojii Helnwein
Kojii Helnwein (; born 8 January 1981) is an Irish actress, musician and model.
Early life and family
Wyatt was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of musician Enda Wyatt of Irish rock band An Emotional Fish.[Patrick Holohan
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, mixed martial artist / member of South Dublin County Council
*
Evie Hone
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(1894–1955), artist, buried here
*
William Howard Russell
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(1820–1907), journalist, and possibly the world's first modern war correspondent
*
Eddie Hyland
Edward Hyland, more commonly known as Eddie Hyland, (born 24 April 1984 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish professional boxer who fights in the super featherweight division.
Professional career
Debut
Hyland turned professional in November 2004 a ...
, professional Boxer
*
Patrick Hyland
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Professional career
Hyland turned professional in September 2004 in the City West Hotel, ...
, professional boxer
*
Paul Hyland, professional boxer
*
Jafaris (1995-) musician
*
Alan Joyce (executive)
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Early life and education
Joyce was born and raised in Tallaght, now a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. His ...
(1966-), CEO
Qantas
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Airlines
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Robbie Keane
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(1980-), football player
*
Oisín Kelly
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Oisín Kelly was born as Austin Kelly in Dublin, the son of William Kelly, principal of the James Street National School, and his wife, Elizabeth (née McL ...
(1915–1981), artist and sculptor
*
Stephen Kenny, football manager
*
Eric McGill
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He made his professional debut for Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na S ...
, football player
*
Barry Murphy, football player
*
Nucentz
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, rapper, born here in 1987
*
David O'Connor (footballer)
David O'Connor (born 8 February 1985) is an Irish football coach and former player.
Career
Born in Tallaght, Dublin, O'Connor grew up in nearby Oldbawn.
O'Connor began his career and leading Irish youth club, Cherry Orchard where he won a 3 ...
, football player
*
Shane O'Connor (1985), dart player
*
Kieran O'Reilly (1979-), actor, musician
*
Mark O'Rowe (1970-), playwright
*
Nicola Pierce
Nicola Pierce is an Irish writer and ghost writer.
Life
Born in Tallaght, Dublin, Nicola Pierce has worked and lived in Drogheda
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, Irish writer and ghost writer, born here in 1969
*
Lynn Ruane, Senator / activist
*
George Otto Simms
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Early life and education
George Otto Simms was born on 4 July 1910 in North Dublin in Ireland to parents John Francis A Simms & Ottilie Sophie St ...
(1910–1991),
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, and
Primate of All Ireland
*
Aidan Turner (1983-), actor (Mitchell in ''
Being Human'')
*
Katharine Tynan
Katharine Tynan (23 January 1859 – 2 April 1931)Clarke, Frances (2013)"Hinkson (née Tynan), Katharine Tynan" in ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). was an Irish writer, known mainly for her novels and p ...
(1861–1931), writer
*
Mark Yeates
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Yeates began his career with Tottenham Hotspur but failed to make the transition to the first team, spending time ...
(1985-), football player
*
Katie McCabe
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As a teenager, she won the Irish Women's National League title twice and t ...
, football player
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
*
List of abbeys and priories in County Dublin
External sources
* Dublin, Hodges Figgis, 1889; Handcock, William Domville, "The History and Antiquities of Tallaght in the County of Dublin", 2nd edition, revised and enlarged
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References
External links
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Towns and villages in South Dublin (county)