Sutton Park () is a housing development formed within

Kilbarrack Kilbarrack ( - ''Church of St. Berach'' or ''of young Barra'') is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. It is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock. Modern-day Kil ...

lands, on the coastline of

Dublin Bay Dublin Bay ( ga, Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north–south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of ...

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. Built on the site of an old sand quarry and neighbouring fields, it was constructed in the 1960s, a decade prior to the Bayside streets to the west, with which it is usually grouped. Located between the

Dublin Area Rapid Transit The Dublin Area Rapid Transit system (stylised as DART) is an electrified commuter rail railway network serving the coastline and city of Dublin, Ireland. The service makes up the core of Dublin's suburban railway network, stretching from Gre ...

(DART) line and the coastal Dublin Road, with access from Bayside Boulevard, Bayside Park and one external road link to the R105 coast road (itself a section of the Dublin-Howth-Holyhead-London road built by Thomas Telford in 1823). Pedestrian access is also possible through Kilbarrack Cemetery, which stands between some of the Sutton Park streets and the sea.

Location and geography

Sutton Park is located in

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, north

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, from

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city centre. It is a low-density residential area, comprising multiple roads named ''Sutton Park'' as well as ''Sutton Lawns'', ''Sutton Downs'' and ''Sutton Grove''. The adjoining developments are Sarto / Roncalli, Verbena, Alden and Bayside Boulevards North and South. To the east is a part of

Baldoyle Baldoyle () is a coastal suburb of Dublin's northside. It is located in the southeastern part of the jurisdiction of Fingal, Ireland, developed from a former fishing village. Baldoyle is also a civil parish in the barony of Coolock within th ...

and then

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * S ...

and

Howth Howth ( ; ; non, Hǫfuð) is an affluent peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay, and include ...

, while to the north is more of Baldoyle. Sutton Park falls within the

Dublin Bay North 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 cen ...

constituency.

Amenities

The area's amenities are concentrated in the central square of the Bayside development, and include a supermarket, mini-market, coffee shop, ice cream parlour, medical centre and a Roman Catholic church.

Media

The award-winning 2007 film, ''

32A ''32A'' is a 2007 drama film directed and written by Marian Quinn. It was shot principally in Dublin, with additional footage in Roscommon and Sligo. The script won the inaugural Tiernan McBride Award for screenwriting, as well as Best First F ...

'', written and directed by Marian Quinn, was shot on location in Sutton Park and environs.

Notable residents

* John Carroll (trade unionist) (1925-2018), was involved in the formation of

SIPTU SIPTU (; ''Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union''; ga, An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Rep ...

through the amalgamation of the ITGWU and Federated Workers Union of Ireland.Dublin, Ireland: Irish Times, 19 May 2018 From the late 1950s, Carroll worked towards the creation of national bargaining mechanisms. He served almost 20 years on the executive of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and was its president. He was also a Senator in the 15th Seanad.

References

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