Enniskerry town centre

Enniskerry (Áth na Scairbhe in Irish) is a picturesque small town in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, with a population of approximately 1,800, although this measurement is subject to difficulties, depending on to what degree the increasingly populated surrounding areas are included. The town is situated on the Dargle River in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in the east of Ireland, some 24 km south of Dublin. The R117 road, colloquially known "The Road of the Twenty-One Bends" connects the town to the main N11 road to Dublin. The 185 Dublin Bus route connects the village hourly to Bray, the nearest large town. With Ireland's booming economy and with such advantages as picturesque environment, beautiful mountainous scenery and the nearby Powerscourt gardens and waterfall; the village has extremely active tourist and property markets. This success has not been withouts its downsides; the boom in the property markets has led to an arguably excessive building industry, with new high-priced housing estates and one-off housing,often given unduly lax scrutiny by local authorities, pressurising Enniskerry's local environment, ecology,heritage and infrastructure. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1570x1160, 448 KB) Description: Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland Source: Photographed it myself in august 2003 Photographer: Thorsten Pohl Thpohl File links The following pages link to this file: Enniskerry ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1570x1160, 448 KB) Description: Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland Source: Photographed it myself in august 2003 Photographer: Thorsten Pohl Thpohl File links The following pages link to this file: Enniskerry ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... The Dargle river rises in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland and flows over the highest waterfall in the British Isles, Powerscourt Waterfall, before flowing East for 12 miles to reach the sea at Bray Harbour. ... The Wicklow Mountains are a range of mountains in the south-east of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... A typical Irish road sign in Mullingar, County Westmeath Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads. ... The N11 is a National Primary Route in Ireland, running along the east side of Ireland from Dublin to Wexford. ... Bray seafront Bray (Bré, formerly Brí Chulainn in Irish) is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. ...

Japanese Gardens at Powerscourt

Powerscourt Gardens are located near the town, and are a popular visitor attraction. The extensive formal gardens form the grounds of an 18th century palladian house which, although destroyed by fire in 1974, has since been restored as a tourist centre. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 236 KB)Japanese Gardens at Powerscourt Gardens, Co. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 236 KB)Japanese Gardens at Powerscourt Gardens, Co. ... Enniskerry town centre Enniskerry (Áth na Scairbhe in Irish) is a picturesque small town in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, with a population of approximately 1,800. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from the designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). ...

Fountain and Facade at Powerscourt

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1352 KB) Summary Copyright (c) 2006 Amanda Susan Munroe. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1352 KB) Summary Copyright (c) 2006 Amanda Susan Munroe. ...

Trivia

• The Powerscourt estate was used for a location in the movie The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)

• The Bray & Enniskerry Railway was proposed in the 19th century to link the town by rail to Bray, but apart from the building of one bridge somewhere between Bray and Enniskerry, still apparently in existence, nothing came of the plan.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 2002 film based upon the book The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas (père). ...

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

This is a link page for cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland, including larger villages, and villages and townlands of note, as well as towns, townships or urban centres in Dublin. ...

External link

• www.enniskerry.ie