Sandyford Áth an Ghainimh | |
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Suburb | |
 Commercial buildings in Sandyford east of theR133 road | |
  Sandyford Location in Dublin Show map of Dublin Sandyford Sandyford (Ireland) Show map of Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°16′12″N6°13′30″W / 53.27°N 6.225°W /53.27; -6.225 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Urban | 7,688 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode (Routing Key) | D18 |
| Area code | 01 (+3531) |
| Irish Grid Reference | O183263 |
Sandyford (Irish:Áth an Ghainimh) is a suburb of Dublin, located inDún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
Sandyford Business District makes up much of the suburb and encompasses 4 business parks: Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park and South County Business Park. Some of the multinational companies based in the area includeGoogle,Facebook,Microsoft andAIB.[2]
Sandyford is part of theDáil Éireann constituency of Dublin-Rathdown. Sandyford village (sometimes referred to in Irish asTaobh na Coille, meaning 'woodside', the townland in which it is situated) is 9 km south of Dublin city centre, just south of theM50 motorway, accessed from theR117 road or M50 junctions 13 and 14, whileSandyford Business District is just north of the motorway.
AnAircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.Dublin Bus routes 11, 44, 44B, 47, 116 and 118 link the area to other parts of the city.[3]Go-Ahead Ireland also used to operate the 75 through Sandyford until 26 November 2023 when it was replaced with the S8.
TheLuasGreen Line was built through the Business District and theKilmacud,Stillorgan,Sandyford andCentral Park stops serve the area, the middle two lying along the eastern edge of the original district. All four of these stops are in theSandyford Business District. Sandyford was the Green Line terminus until the extension toCherrywood opened in October 2010.[4] The depot for the Green Line is located on the eastern edge of the Business District.
While a 2018public consultation document proposed that theMetroLink project could have its southern terminus at Sandyford,[5] by February 2019 it was proposed that the line would not serve Sandyford and instead stop atCharlemont.[6]
Sandyford House, a pub in the centre of the village, has been an inn and coach house since the 1690s. For 200 years it was a stopping place for travellers en route toEnniskerry. From 1803 onwards, the Chatham Street to Enniskerry mail coach (a two-hour journey) stopped and deposited the region's mail at the inn, which acted as the local post office.[7]
Sandyford Business District is a large business park consisting of more than 700 companies employing over 20,000 people.[8] It was officially opened in 1977[9] on a site of 120 acres and for 50 years was known as the "Sandyford Industrial Estate"; 85 acres allocated to light industry and the rest to offices.[10]
The area includes several separate business parks and sites, including Sandyford Business Park, Stillorgan Business Park, Central Park, and South County Business Park.[citation needed]
A proposal to establish aSandyford Business District area, to include the core Sandyford Business Park as well as the other areas, resulted in the establishment of the Sandyford Business Improvement District Company (SBID) in January 2017.[11] The area has capacity for 17,500 more employees, 350,000 sq m of commercial floor space and 1,000 residential units.[8]
Companies in the business district includeAmerican Airlines,Barclaycard,Canon, Microsoft,Novell, andVodafone Ireland.[citation needed]
TheIrish Management Institute, theIrish Mint, and theBeacon Hospital are also located in the Sandyford area.[citation needed]
Notable residents of Sandyford include radio personalityRay D'Arcy,[12] singer/songwriterPaul Brady,[13] and comedianHal Roach (1927–2012),[citation needed] whileDavid Kennedy, the former Formula 1 driver and commentator lived for many years on Sandyford Road.[citation needed] Other residents have included:
Sandyford is home to the Meteors Ladies' Basketball Club. The club was founded in 1965 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016.[16]
Naomh OlafGaelic Athletic Association Club is located in Sandyford. Founded in 1981, the club has teams from under eight up to senior level, and operates an academy for boys and girls from four through seven years of age.[17]
Sandyford Cricket Club was founded in 1984.[18]
In the centre of Sandyford village is a monument to the working men of the village,Pater and Ned.[19]
From series 3 onwards, children's TV seriesROY was produced in Sandyford.
The line [..] is likely to stop north of Ranelagh at Charlemont, and not continue to Sandyford
