Cabra (Cabrach in Irish) is a suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland, approximately 5km north-west of the city centre. Cabra is a municipalitiy in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. ... Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Ireland_map_County_Dublin_City_Magnified. ... GPS redirects here. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... Traffic passing the Independent Bridge at Drumcondra The harbour at Howth The Northside (Taobh Ó Thuaidh in Irish) is the area in Dublin City, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the north and west by the M50 motorway. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ...

Much of Cabra was built in the 1940s as a result of a building programme for public housing by Dublin Corporation. Before it was built, the area was mostly fields and open countryside on the edge of the city. Many of the people who moved to the new suburb were from the rooms and tenement buildings of the city centre. Dublin Corporation is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between the twelfth century and 1 January 2002. ...

Some famous people to have come from Cabra include world champion boxer Steve Collins,actor and singer Angeline Ball who stared in the hit Dublin film "The Commitments" and singer Dickie Rock. Also from Cabra was Liam Whelan, one of Manchester United's Busby Babes, who died in the tragic Munich plane crash lived on St. Attracta Road Cabra. Other sportsmen from Cabra include Republic of Ireland International Goalkeeper Wayne Henderson and Irish footbal legend Johnny Giles and porn star Anthony Newell. Steve Collins, nicknamed The Celtic Warrior, is a former world boxing Champion. ... Angeline Ball (born 1969) is an Irish actress. ... Dickie Rock born in Cabra, Dublin was the charismatic frontman of the Miami Showband. ... William Whelan (1 April 1935 – 6 February 1958), also known as Bill or Liam was one of the eight Manchester United players who was killed in the Munich air disaster. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players who progressed from the clubs youth team into the first team under Sir Matt Busbys management. ... Wayne Henderson (b. ... Johnny Giles (born November 6, 1940 in Dublin) was the all-round midfield general who was at the heart of the great Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Cabra West has many factories in the industrial park and also along Bannow Road, one of the most famous of these being the Batchelors beans factory. Batchelors is a brand of food products, that has a factory in Ashford in Kent. ...

In recent years, Cabra (or 'Fabra' as it has become affectionately referred to by Ireland's LGBT community) has become something of a gaybourhood. This is pointed out in David McWilliams 2005 publication 'The Pope's Children' and indicates the growing strength of Ireland's LGBT community.

New developments

A new housing complex is due to commence work this year in the middle of Cabra, known as Cabra Hills and situated on the "border" of Cabra East and Cabra West, behind Carnlough Road and Quarry Road and running from Faussagh Avenue to New Cabra Road. Included in this development is a complete revamp of the junction on the Cabra Road N3/Carnlough Road junction, and numbers 2 and 4 Carnlough Road are to be demolished to make way for the plans. It will include well over 300 units and according to the developers it will house some of the many Cabra people who have found it hard over the years to buy in Cabra. Questions remain unresolved about some planning issues concerning this site.^{[citation needed]}

Transport and access

Cabra is served by a number of bus routes from the Navan Road, including the Dublin Bus routes 37/N/X,38/A/B/C,39/A/B/C/N/X,70/A/B/N/X,172 operate by Cabra. In the housing estates of Cabra local routes 120,121,122 serve the suburb. Other routes stop close by in Phibsboro such as the 4,10/A,19/A,83. Dublin Bus (Irish: Bus Átha Cliath) is a public transport operator in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Suburban rail stops in the derelict Broombridge railway station in Cabra en route to Maynooth, and in years to come, LUAS will eventually terminate at Liffey Junction, Cabra, also serving the new DIT Grangegorman development on the way to a link up with the present day RED line. Broombridge is a railway station serving Cabra, County Dublin, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Noteworthy locations

• Broom Bridge

Broom Bridge Plaque on Broom Bridge Broom Bridge, also known as Brougham Bridge, is a small bridge along Broombridge road which crosses the Royal Canal in Dublin, Ireland. ...

Local Organisations

• Order of Malta Ambulance Corps[1] local branch, providing training in first-aid and nursing skills, and voluntary community care services, and a related national youth organisation, the Order of Malta Cadets

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Coordinates: 53°22′N, 6°18′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...