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Harmonstown Baile Hearman | |
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  Harmonstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°23′02″N6°11′47″W / 53.3840°N 6.1963°W /53.3840; -6.1963 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dublin |
| Local authority | Dublin City Council |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Harmonstown (Irish:Baile Hearman)[1] is a small suburban locality ofDublin,Ireland, located on itsNorthside. It straddles the boundary between modern-dayArtane andRaheny. It has a population of 5,566 inhabitants as of 2016[2]
Historically what is now Harmonstown was mostly in Raheny. The locality is bounded by the railway cutting, theSantry River within the Springdale Road Linear Park, and Brookwood Avenue. TheNaniken River also crosses the area, in culvert, passing the railway by siphon.
Harmonstown is located south of Artane andCoolock, and is accessed by a railway bridge from the Ennafort / Cill Eanna part of Raheny, and faces theEdenmore part. It also bordersKillester andClontarf.
The area containsHarmonstownDART station, located on the mentioned railway bridge, theDublin 5 An Post sorting office and, at the northern edge, one of Artane's churches; Harmonstown is divided between Raheny and Artane parishes in theRoman Catholic Church, and between the Parish of Raheny and theParish of Coolock in theChurch of Ireland. The townland of Harmonstown is within thecivil parish of Clontarf but did not form part of the short-lived Clontarf Urban District.
On Harmonstown Road itself are shops, cafes, a pub, a Ford main dealer, a number of gyms and other businesses.
Harmonstown railway station opened on 27 January 1957.[3]