Stepaside () is a village on the outskirts of

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located on its southside, located in

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. The area is situated south of Dundrum.

Location and access

A suburb of

, Stepaside lies on the R117 regional road to the south-east of the city, at the foot of

Three Rock Mountain Three Rock Mountain (; archaic: ''Sliabh Ruadh'') is a mountain in Co Dublin, Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The m ...

. The area is located just off Junction 14 of the M50 motorway. Neighbouring areas include Sandyford,

Kilternan Kilternan (), also known as Kiltiernan, is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow. Location Separated from the continuous built-up Dubli ...

Ballyogan Ballyogan () is a residential area in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland, located approximately 12 km south of Dublin city centre. Location Ballyogan is bounded to the west and north by Stepaside and Sandyford; across the M50 motorway to ...

Leopardstown Leopardstown () is a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, within the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. Located at the foot of the Dublin Mountains, it is a residential suburb with institutional lands and a large racecourse. It is di ...

Carrickmines Carrickmines () is an outer suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The area, still semi-rural, was historically on the border of English control and featured a defensive construction, Carrickmines Castle, which became the subj ...

, Belarmine and

Glencullen Glencullen () is a village and townland in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in south County Dublin, Ireland. It is also the name of the valley above one end of which the village sits, and from which it takes its name, and is on the R ...

. Stepaside village developed in the 18th and early 19th centuries when the adjacent medieval settlement of Kilgobbin was bypassed by a new stretch of the Enniskerry Road, built from what is now Lamb's Cross through to

. Stepaside became a new staging post along this route, while Kilgobbin Road with its coaching inn (now Oldtown House) was no longer used by goods traffic or stagecoaches. Stepaside is served by

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routes 44, 47 and 118 and

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63 and 63a. The Luas Green Line has been extended to Cherrywood and the nearest stops ( Glencairn and The Gallops) are approximately from the centre of Stepaside.

Development

Previously a separate rural village, as of the early 21st century, Stepaside has been absorbed by the Dublin conurbation to the north and east, and has seen accompanying residential development and population growth. In 2007,

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities th ...

announced plans to build a community park for the Carrickmines, Ballyogan, and Stepaside areas. A large civic centre in the area is named after

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. Stepaside contains several shops, restaurants and pubs, including The Step Inn and Quattro. There is a local fish and chips takeaway called Borza's. There is also a Garda station, a medical practice and pharmacy in the village.

Sport

Local

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(association football) clubs include Stepaside F.C, Wayside Celtic F.C. at

. There is also an all-weather pitch at Jamestown in Stepaside. While there are no

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clubs in the area, nearby clubs include Naomh Olaf (Sandyford),

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(

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), and Stars of Erin (

). There are a number of golf courses, driving ranges and par 3 golf facilities in the area.

People

Former or current residents of the village have included: * Alan Byrne, retired Irish soccer player of the 1980s and 1990s *

Mick Curley Michael "Mick" Curley (born 1953/1954) is a former Gaelic football referee from County Galway. Career Curley refereeing career peaked in the 1990s when he officiated the 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the only one between ...

, chairman of the Irish National Referees' Association who was previously stationed in the village in the 1970s as a

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Superintendent *

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, the lead singer of

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. * Neale Richmond, Irish

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politician *

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, comedian.

References

{{Dublin residential areas Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Location and access

Development

Sport

People

See also

References