Jobstown Ráth Miontáin | |
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| Coordinates:53°16′46″N6°24′15″W / 53.27944°N 6.40417°W /53.27944; -6.40417 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Local government area | South Dublin |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | D24 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)1 |
Jobstown (/ˈdʒoʊbz.taʊn/;Irish:Ráth Miontáin), also historically calledRathminton,[1] is atownland and suburb ofTallaght inCounty Dublin,Ireland, and so an outer suburb ofDublin. It is in thelocal government area ofSouth Dublin.
Jobstown takes its name from Henry Jope, who held land here in the 1250s.[2]
Jobstown was historically a small rural farming community three kilometres from Tallaght village, close to the western foothills of theDublin Mountains. The only landmark in the area was thepublic house called the Jobstown House. The censuses of 1901 and 1911 showed that the population was low, and consisted mostly of farmers.[3]
Today, it is a densely populated suburb. According to the 2011 census, carried out by the central statistics office, Jobstown had a population of 16,616.[4]
Jobstown is atownland, surrounded by others townlands including Brookfield, Corbally, Sundale, Johnville, Killinarden, Kiltalown, Mount Seskin, and Whitestown.
It lies 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) from the centre ofDublin and can be reached from the city byDublin Bus route 27.[5] It is a 15-minute walk from Jobstown to theLuas tram service from Tallaght Hospital or The Square Shopping Centre into Dublin.
Because of social problems attendant on the birth of a new community, the Government has initiated a number of community-based projects to counteract a bad youth culture which developed when the large local authority housing stock was built without a supporting social structure. These initiatives are beginning to bear fruit, aided by the enthusiasm of the community. The first school to open in Jobstown was St. Thomas National School in April 1982.[6][7] It is a DEIS Band 1 school[clarification needed] and was successful in having radical government cuts reversed in Spring 2012, as part of the Save Our Schools campaign.[8]
In January 2023,Dublin Bus announced that due toanti-social behaviour such as vandalism and treatment of drivers on their services and buses in the Jobstown and West Tallaght area, routes 27, 65B and 77A would terminate atThe Square inTallaght from 6 p.m.[9] In April 2023, the service was restored following negotiations between Dublin Bus and unions and consultations with representatives of local residents, political representatives and An Garda Síochána.
The war correspondent,William Howard Russell (1821–1907) was born at Lilyvale in Jobstown (now site of the Whitestown Industrial Estate). He was a journalist withThe Times and reported onDaniel O'Connell'srepeal campaign and on thegreat famine of 1847. On the outbreak of theCrimean War, he became the first war correspondent and was later knighted for his work.
SeveralLeague of Ireland football players are from the area, including the former Irish international and English Premiership soccer players,Richard Dunne andRobbie Keane. CurrentShamrock Rovers managerStephen Bradley also hails from Jobstown. The former chairman of theIrish Chess Union,Philip Hogarty, was also from Tallaght. Former MMA and UFC fighter Paddy Holohan lives in Jobstown as of 2021.[citation needed]