Adamstown will be the first new town created in the Republic of Ireland since Shannon Town in 1982. The new town will be located 16 km from Dublin city centre on a 220 hectare site, just south of Lucan. While no date has been set on the official granting of town status, the infrastructure works officially commenced on February 7, 2005, with occupation set for later in the year. Shannon Town or Shannon (Irish: An tSionna) is located in County Clare and is the only new town in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre/Kilometer (only km in minuscule is the correct representation of kilometer as an SI unit of length) Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management, in the field of Library and information science Knowledge Machine, the KM knowledge representation... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of surface area, equal to 100 ares (the name is a contraction of the SI prefix hecto + are). ... There is also a town named Lucan in Ireland Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39 - April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It is expected that after the initial 10 years of development the town will have 10,000 homes. The homes built in Adamstown will be houses and apartments similar to other developments in Ireland and there will be strict limits on high-rise types of buildings. Other community facilties will also be built as part of the plan to avoid another Ballymun or Tallaght type scenario. The site for the town is located alongside the Dublin-Kildare railway line and this will also lead to the creation of a new railway station for the area. J. G. Ballards 1975 novel High-rise, takes place in an ultra-modern, luxury high-rise building. ... Ballymun is an area on Dublins Northside close to Dublin Airport currently best known for the Dublin City University and the Ballymun flats, a development of 7 apartment towers and many smaller step-up blocks (i. ... Tallaght (Tamhlacht in Irish) is a large suburban area in the administrative county of South Dublin, Ireland. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... For rail transport in Great Britain see rail transport in Great Britain Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ...

The town has originated from the South Dublin County Development Plan of 1998 and this plan envisioned the creation of several new towns, however, only Adamstown made it to the development stage. The plan is not without its detractors, some of whom see it as a neverending commuterisation and urbanisation of County Dublin and the immediate surrounding region. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Dublin (Irish Áth Cliath) is the county that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland. ...

See also

• Grangegorman

Grangegorman is on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. ...

External link

• Official site (http://www.adamstown.ie)