Greenhills (Irish:Na Glaschnoic)[1] is a suburb ofDublin inIreland. It is inCounty Dublin and lies betweenKimmage,Tallaght,Ballymount,Templeogue,Terenure andWalkinstown, which the area of Greenhills was historically part of, and includes several residential developments. Greenhills is in theDublin postal district ofDublin 12 and thelocal government area ofSouth Dublin.
The area's name comes from the sand-based hills that made up aglacial esker which formed in the area at the end of the Ice Age.[2]
Greenhills may have housed settlements since at least theBronze Age, as an urn dating from that time was found in the area in the late 1890s.[3] Discovered in a former quarry between the Greenhills Road and St. Columba's Road, this urn is now held by theNational Museum of Ireland. However, the area was mostly farmland until expansion in the 1950s and 1960s, when new housing estates were built.[citation needed]
Tymon Park is partly situated in the old townland of Greenhills and is located to the south of the Limekiln estate. It is administered bySouth Dublin County Council.[4] TheRiver Poddle and connected artificial ponds are features within the park. TheM50 motorway splits the Greenhills side of the park from Kilnamanagh and the Tymon North estate (both in Tallaght). A smaller park, Greenhills Park, is also administered by the South Dublin County Council and is used forsoccer.[5]
The Church of the Holy Spirit is the localRoman Catholic church. It has averdigris copper roof.[6] The church stands beside acommunity centre, which has function rooms, and advice, adult education and other services.[7]
Local primary schools include Holy Spirit Junior and Senior Schools which were formed in September 2015 following the amalgamation of St. Paul's Junior and Senior Girl's National Schools, and St. Peter's Boy's National School.[8] RiverviewEducate Together National School opened on Limekiln Road in 2016.[9] Secondary schools include St. Paul's Secondary (girls) and Greenhills College VEC (boys).
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The Walkinstown Roundabout, or Walkinstown Cross, is a junction which serves six local roads: the Greenhills Road into Tallaght, Ballymount Road towards Ballymount and the M50, Walkinstown Avenue towardsBallyfermot, Walkinstown Road towardsDrimnagh, Cromwellsfort Road towardsKimmage and Crumlin, and St. Peter's Road towards Greenhills andTempleogue.[citation needed]
The area is served byDublin Bus routes 9, 15A, 27, 77A, 77X, Nitelink 77N and 150.[10]
The former Irish international football manager,Brian Kerr, lives in Greenhills,[citation needed] having been brought up in nearby Drimnagh.Michael Carruth, a gold-medal winner in the welterweight boxing division at the1992 Summer Olympics, is from the area.[11]
Soccer is one of the main sports in the area, through clubs such as Greenhills FC andManortown United, whileGaelic football is also played, with clubs such as Crumlin GAA,Robert Emmets GAC,St Jude's GAA (Templeogue), Faughs (Templeogue) andSt. James Gaels.Community Games athletics androunders are also played - the latter represented by Limekiln Rounders Club which has won a number of national titles.[12]
Olympian Gymnastics is based in Greenhills at a facility beside the NCT centre.[13]
Greenhills is in the northwest ofSouth Dublin, and in elections toSouth Dublin County Council is part of thelocal electoral area of Templeogue–Terenure.[needs update] Greenhills is part of theDáil constituency ofDublin South-West.
The Greenhills Esker includes a large accumulation of sands and gravels deposited both under the ice sheet and at its margin as the ice withdrew northwestwards across south Dublin at the end of the last Ice Age [...] Greenhills itself is named after the sand hills that formed the esker
Founded in 2016 Riverview Educate Together is a growing and developing school established [at] Limekiln Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
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