Loughlinstown Baile Uí Lachnáin | |
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 Loughlinstown Hospital | |
  Loughlinstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°15′N6°08′W / 53.250°N 6.133°W /53.250; -6.133 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | D18 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)1 |
Loughlinstown (Irish:Baile Uí Lachnáin, meaning 'O'Laughnan's town') is a southernDublin suburb, located inDún Laoghaire–Rathdown, on theN11 national road.
Loughlinstown is the location ofSt. Columcille's Hospital, which serves both south Dublin andWicklow. TheEuropean Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, anEU body, is located in Loughlinstown House.
Loughlinstown is a corrupted English translation of the Irish nameBaile Uí Lachnáin, meaning "O'Laughnan's town".[1] This was historically anglicized 'Ballyloughnan' and 'Ballylaghnan'.[1]
Loughlinstown was inhabited from at least theNeolithic period when the megalithic portal tomb at Cromlech Fields was constructed circa 2,500 B.C. FollowingHenry II'sconquest of Ireland, the lands around Loughlinstown were granted to the Anglo-Norman Talbot Family. By 1541 they had been granted to the Goodman Family, who held them as "warden of the marches" protecting the southern border ofthe Pale from raids and incursions of the Wicklow Septs.[2]
A 1654 survey describes the area as containing 458 acres, of which 300 acres were the property of James Goodman, who acted as Provost Marshal of the Irish Confederate Army during theIrish Rebellion of 1641. The remaining 128 acres were the property of the Dean of Christchurch.[2][3]
Loughlinstown was granted to SirWilliam Domville,Attorney General for Ireland, in the reign ofCharles II and James II. The Domville family held the lands for three centuries until 1962 when they were sold to Sir John Galvin.[4]
In 1975 Loughlinstown House and Commons were the subject to a Compulsory Purchase Order by the Dublin Corporation.
The village of Loughlinstown grew on commonage land on the Dublin toBray high road. During the 1960s, one of the earliest stretches ofdual carriageway inIreland was built through the area, leaving the village scattered along the western side of the new road.
For years a large maturechestnut tree was located in the middle of the dual carriageway at its junction with theWyatville Road. It was known asThe Big Tree and was a landmark feature on the road from Dublin to Wicklow. In the 1970s the junction was upgraded and the tree removed. In 2004 the 1960s road was replaced with a new dual carriageway and the junction was replaced with an overbridge.
The Rathdown Union, which was established in 1839, constructed aworkhouse on 8 acres of land just south of Loughlinstown village. The institution provided 600 places for the destitute ofDundrum,Blackrock,Stillorgan, Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire),Killiney,Glencullen,Rathmichael,Powerscourt,Bray andDelgany. At the height of theIrish Famine the workhouse catered for almost 800 individuals.[5] The institution now houses St. Columcille's Hospital.
There are eight primary schools in the area. In Loughlinstown, St Columbanus (Catholic, mixed);[6] in Ballybrack, St John's (Catholic, mixed), Gaelscoil Phadraig (Catholic, mixed) and Scoil Colmcille junior and senior schools (Catholic, mixed);[7][8] in Shankill, Scoil Mhuire (Catholic, mixed), Rathmichael NS (Church of Ireland, mixed) and St Anne's (Catholic, mixed).
There are three secondary schools: St Laurence College (Catholic, mixed);Holy Child Killiney (Catholic, girls) andJohn Scottus (interdenominational, mixed).
The 7 and 7a (toMountjoy Square), 84a (Blackrock toNewcastle), 145 (Heuston station to Ballywaltrim) and 155 (Ikea,Ballymun toBray station) routes fromDublin Bus serve Loughlinstown.[9] The 111Go-Ahead Ireland route from Brides Glen toDalkey also serves Loughlinstown.[10]
TheLuasGreen Line isn’t far from Loughlinstown, the nearest stops areCherrywood andBrides Glen, which provide a 40-minute journey to Dublin city centre.[11] There have been plans to extend the Green Line to the station in Bray, which if they went ahead as planned, would mean the line would pass through Loughlinstown. However these plans are dormant for now.
TheDART is also close by, with the nearest station beingShankill.
TheN11 national route and theM11 bypass meet at Loughlinstown.TheM50 orbital motorway also has an exit close to Loughlinstown.
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