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Newcastle An Caisleán Nua | |
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Village | |
 St Finian's Church in Newcastle adjoins an earlier residential fortified tower | |
  Newcastle Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°18′N6°30′W / 53.300°N 6.500°W /53.300; -6.500 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Local government area | South Dublin |
| Population | 4,526 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Eircode routing key | D22 |
Newcastle (Irish:An Caisleán Nua)[2] is a village inSouth Dublin county south-west ofDublin,Ireland. It is also acivil parish in thehistorical barony of the same name. It was the location of the castle of the barony, which in historical and official documents is described asNewcastle-Lyons. The area is still primarily rural in nature. Newcastle village is within the administrative area ofSouth Dublin County Council.[3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the Newcastle area include a number ofringfort,fulacht fiadh andtower house sites in thetownlands of Newcastle Farm, Newcastle North, Newcastle South and Ballynakelly.[5] A raisedmotte, dated to the 12th centuryNorman invasion of Ireland, is located close to the medieval church in Newcastle,St Finian's Church, Newcastle.[6][7] The existing pre-reformation Irish Church premises continued in use as a place of worship by the establishedChurch of Ireland.[4] The former residential tower fortification of the castle now forms part of St Finian's Church of Ireland church. It was built originally in the late 14th century.[citation needed] The eastern stained glass window of the church serves as an unofficial symbol of Newcastle village and features on the crest of Saint Finian's National School.[citation needed]
A newCatholic Church was built in 1813.[8] This followed the opening up of Catholic worship in the relaxation of thepenal laws from 1778 culminating in theRoman Catholic Relief Act 1793 passed by the Irish Parliament.
Theparliamentary borough ofNewcastle elected two MPs to theIrish House of Commons from 1613 to 1801. It was disfranchised by theActs of Union 1800.[9]
Newcastle-Lyons is located at the junction of theR120 and theR405regional roads. It lies approximately 3 km north of the N7 atRathcoole, 6 km south-east ofCelbridge, and 9 km west ofTallaght. The village lies west ofCasement Aerodrome (Baldonnell), the HQ of theIrish Air Corps. It features a public house and two churches. Peamount Hospital, a facility for long-term care, is 2 km north of the town centre on the R120. The 2001 census registered a village population of 1,160, but the surrounding area has grown rapidly since then, with the population almost quadrupling by 2022 to 4,526.[1] This growth included, for example, new housing developments at Graydon off the village's main street.[10]
Newcastle-Lyons is served by the number 68 bus to the city centre.[3] It is also connected to the rail network via the nearby train station of Hazelhatch and Celbridge. An orbital bus service, route W6, was also introduced to connect Newcastle to Hazelhatch, Saggart, Citywest andThe Square shopping centre in Tallaght.[11][12]
Newcastle-Lyons is home toSt Finian's Newcastle GAA club (Irish:CLG Naomh Finnéin), which was founded in 1943.[13] In 1949, the club won the Dublin Intermediate Championship.[13]
Theassociation football (soccer) club,Peamount United F.C., is also based in the area.[14] Founded in 1983, the club is based in a purpose-built facility inGreenogue, Newcastle.[14] In the2011–12 season Peamount United's ladies team became the first Irish club to qualify for theUEFA Women's Champions League. Peamount United's male adult team plays in the Senior 1 division of theLeinster Senior League. The ladies' team plays in theWomen's National League.
Elm Hall Golf Club is located near Newcastle at Hazelhatch. It features two 18-holepitch and putt courses.[citation needed]
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