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Rathcoole, County Dublin
Rathcoole () is an outer suburban village in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, south-west of the city of Dublin, and in the local government area (Ireland), local government area of South Dublin. Rathcoole is also a civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the barony (Ireland), historical barony of Newcastle (County Dublin barony), Newcastle. Etymology is the Irish word for a ringfort, a circular embankment often erected by wealthy farmers or local chiefs. There are several forts in the civil parish of Rathcoole, one of which is in a field between the village and Saggart village. There is no definite explanation for the name "Rathcoole", but it could be meaning ''the ringfort of Cumhaill'', the father of Fionn mac Cumhaill. Coole may also come from the Irish word for forest, . Geography Rathcoole lies in the southwest corner of County Dublin, just off the N7 road (Ireland), N7 national primary road, southwest of Citywest and west of Saggart village. Close by to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital city, capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island, with a population of over 1.5 million. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a Unitary state, unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President of Ireland, president () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (prime minister, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle (County Dublin Barony)
Newcastle () is a feudal title of nobility and one of the Barony (Ireland), baronies of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was constituted as part of the old county of County Dublin, Dublin. Today, it lies in the modern Counties of Ireland, county of South Dublin. At the heart of the barony is the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name - Newcastle, South Dublin, Newcastle - which is one of eleven civil parishes in the barony. The ruins of the eponymous castle, also known as Newcastle-Lyons, are located in the townland of Newcastle South. The town with the biggest population in the barony is Lucan, Dublin, Lucan. Location It is one of seven and a half baronies that used to comprise the old Counties of Ireland, county of Dublin.According to the "Local Government Act, 2001", section 10(2): "The State continues to stand divided into local government areas to be known as counties and cities which are the areas set out in Parts 1 and 2, respectively, of Schedule 5." It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pale
The Pale ( Irish: ''An Pháil'') or the English Pale (' or ') was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching north from Dalkey, which is just south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk. The inland boundary went to Naas and Leixlip around the Earldom of Kildare, towards Trim and north towards Kells. In this district, many townlands have English or Norman-French names, the latter associated with Anglo-Norman influence in England. Etymology The word ''pale'', meaning a fence, is derived from the Latin word ', meaning "stake", specifically a stake used to support a fence. A paling fence is made of pales ganged side by side, and the word ''palisade'' is derived from the same root. From this came the figurative meaning of "boundary". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is dubious about the popular notion that the phrase '' beyond the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Liffey
The River Liffey (Irish language, Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major Tributary, tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water and supports a range of recreational activities. Name While Ptolemy's ''Geography (Ptolemy), Geography'' (2nd century AD) describes a river which he labels Οβοκα (''Oboka''), this is not the Liffey: ultimately it leads to the name of the River Avoca in County Wicklow. According to "Place Names from our Older Literature - IV." by Boswell, C. S. (1904 Connradh na Gaedhilge) the river takes its name from Magh Life, i.e. the plain of Kildare through which the Life flows. This in turn takes its name from Life, daughter of Canann Curthach, who eloped with and married Deltbanna mac Druchta, cup-bearer to Conaire Mór High King of Ireland. Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Course The Camac flows from a source on Mount Seskin/Knockannavea mountain north-east of the village of Brittas (southwest of Dublin city), joining other mountain streams, before being diverted by an 18th-century diversion from the Brittas River tributary of the River Liffey. It flows through a mountain valley named the Slade of Saggart which lies just west of the N81 road (and below the site of the Crooksling tuberculosis sanatorium) southwest of the broad Tallaght plain and east of Newcastle. The Slade of Saggart is a large rock-cut valley which was possibly created by fluvioglacial streams deriving from the wasting Slievethoul icecap, as noted by Hoare (1976). The river then flows past Saggart, through Kingswood and under the N7. Th ... [...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] |
Newcastle, Dublin
Newcastle () is a village in South Dublin county south-west of Dublin, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the historical barony of the same name. It was the location of the castle of the barony, which in historical and official documents is described as Newcastle-Lyons. The area is still primarily rural in nature. Newcastle village is within the administrative area of South Dublin County Council. History Evidence of ancient settlement in the Newcastle area include a number of ringfort, fulacht fiadh and tower house sites in the townlands of Newcastle Farm, Newcastle North, Newcastle South and Ballynakelly. A raised motte, dated to the 12th century Norman invasion of Ireland, is located close to the medieval church in Newcastle, St Finian's Church, Newcastle. The existing pre-reformation Irish Church premises continued in use as a place of worship by the established Church of Ireland. The former residential tower fortification of the castle now forms part of St Finian's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Air Corps
The Air Corps () is the air force of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Organisationally a military branch of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Defence Forces of Ireland, the Air Corps utilises a fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft to carry out a variety of duties in conjunction with the Irish Army, Irish Naval Service and Garda Síochána. The headquarters of the Air Corps is located at the Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, County Dublin. The Air Corps has an active establishment of 886 personnel. Like other components of the Defence Forces, it has struggled to maintain strength and as of December 2023 has only 689 active personnel. Unlike the Army or the Naval Service, the Air Corps does not maintain a Military reserve force, reserve component. While established as an army air corps in the 1920s, the Irish Air Corps was not operated as a separate military service until 1997. It is primarily built around various supporting roles rather than actually controlling Irish airspace, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casement Aerodrome
Casement Aerodrome () or Baldonnel Aerodrome is a military airbase to the southwest of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland situated off the N7 road (Ireland), N7 main roads in Ireland, road route to the south and south west. It is the headquarters and the sole airfield of the Irish Air Corps, and is also used for other government purposes. The airport is the property of the Irish Department of Defence (Ireland), Department of Defence. Baldonnel Aerodrome is also the home of the Garda Air Support Unit. History The airfield was first laid out in 1917 and was used by the Royal Flying Corps (soon to become the Royal Air Force). It was part of the RAF's RAF Ireland, Ireland Command. In 1919, civilian flights commenced, with a service from London. The aerodrome was originally run by two pilots from the Royal Air Force. The airfield was the one from which the first successful east–west Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic crossing by a Junkers W33 aeroplane, the ''Bremen (aircraft), Bremen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldonnel, Dublin
Baldonnel () is a townland in west County Dublin. It is an industrial/agricultural area near Rathcoole, Clondalkin, Tallaght, Lucan, Saggart and Naas. It is around 15 km west of Dublin city centre. The name derives from former landowners in the area; the earliest written record of the name comes from a 1717 deed for Baldonnell, which lists alternate spellings of Baldownan, Balldonnan, and Ballydonnell. Two surviving local houses (the oldest to the north of the airfield, and the newest further east in the same area) claim the name Baldonnell House, and the ruins of the original house are located to the east of the airfield. The River Camac flows through the townland before flowing by way of Corkagh Park to join the River Liffey The River Liffey (Irish language, Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major Tributary, tributaries include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saggart
Saggart () is a village in County Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin, Dublin city, in the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area of South Dublin. It lies between the N7 road (Ireland), N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Dublin, Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, with its population doubling between 2011 and 2022. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name, in the Newcastle (County Dublin barony), barony of Newcastle. Name A monk called Mosacra founded a settlement on the site of the village in the 7th century. The name Saggart derives from which means "house of Sacra" in Irish language, Irish. History A monastery existed just outside the village in the 7th century. The remains of this monastery are found on the grounds of an equestrian centre approximately 1.5 km from today's Saggart Village. After St Mosacra died, it became a nunnery with over 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citywest
Citywest () 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 expanding residential element. Citywest is situated in the southwest of the traditional County Dublin, in the jurisdiction of South Dublin County Council; the nearest major suburban centre is Tallaght, while the semi-suburban village of Saggart is adjacent. It is 13 km south-west of Dublin city centre. History Citywest was launched as a project by Davy Hickey Properties, comprising developer Brendan Hickey and clients of Davy Stockbrokers around 1990, working with entrepreneur and landowner Jim Mansfield. The promoters secured land in the rural Kingswood and Brownsbarn areas near the N7 national road and targeted a mixed development, initially comprising a business park and a hotel and golf course complex, which eventually included some on-course accommod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
