Clonskeagh Cluain Sceach | |
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Suburb | |
  Clonskeagh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°18′30″N6°14′25″W / 53.308333°N 6.240278°W /53.308333; -6.240278 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Local government areas | Dublin,Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 11,273[1] |
| Eircode (Routing Key) | D14 |
| Area code | 01 (+3531) |
Clonskeagh orClonskea (/klɒnˈskiː/;Irish:Cluain Sceach, meaning "meadow of theWhitethorn"), is a small southernsuburb ofDublin,Ireland. The district straddles theRiver Dodder.
The district is adjacent to the River Dodder. The modern suburb lies partially within the city limits ofDublin but mostly withinDún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Roebuck Road defines the southernmost end of Clonskeagh; this area is sometimes known as Roebuck and occasionally considered to be part ofWindy Arbour. The area is principally defined by the Clonskeagh Road and its extension into Roebuck Road, which spans its length. The northern end of the Clonskeagh Road at the junction with Eglinton Road / Milltown Road separates it fromRanelagh to the north, and the campus ofUniversity College Dublin atBelfield is to the east whileGoatstown andDundrum lie to the south. To the west is Windy Arbour, but there is no clear point at which that boundary might be defined.[citation needed]
Clonskeagh is atownland in thecivil parish ofDonnybrook in the traditionalbarony ofDublin.
Clonskeagh is primarily a residential area, developed in the early decades of the 20th century. It has a small village green with a few local shops. The district has changed in character as population growth in greater Dublin has imposed increasingly intensive use of land and the nearbyLuas light railway has improved commuter access to central Dublin.[citation needed]
In the mid-1970s, Clonskeagh consisted of low-density housing with significant areas of private open land, largely owned by the Catholic Church. Since then, the closure of theMasonic Boys' School has led to commercial redevelopment north of Clonskeagh Road and former church land adjacent to Bird Avenue and Roebuck Road now has housing. Since 2000, housing development has intensified land use further by building in larger gardens, replacing houses by apartments and adding storeys to properties. This may be resisted by residents objecting to planning applications.[citation needed]
TheRadiological Protection Institute of Ireland, which was established in 1992, is also based in Clonskeagh.[citation needed]
There is a mid-20th centuryCatholic church on Bird Avenue, and theIslamic Cultural Centre of Ireland and its associatedprimary school are on Roebuck Road.
The former Vergemount Fever Hospital at Clonskeagh is now anursing home facility for the elderly.
There are also several green spaces, as well as a large health and fitness club, and fishing takes place on the Dodder.
St. Kilians Deutsche Schule and the secondary campus of theLycée Français d'Irlande[2] share a "Eurocampus" in Roebuck Road, offering private schooling in a multicultural and multilingual environment, claimed to be unique to Ireland.[3]
Ireland's first state-funded Muslim national school moved to Clonskeagh in 1993.[4]
The first-everAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was held in Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, one of the features of the area, on 29 April 1888, on the ground of St Benburb's Football Club.
