Greenhills (Irish, Na Glaschnoic or Na Cnoic nGlas) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city. It sits between Crumlin, Templeogue, Tallaght and Ballymount and borders smaller suburbs such as Walkinstown, Kilnamanagh and Perrystown. It is generally understood to comprise the Greenhills Estate (the "saints" roads, e.g. St James' Road, St Peter's Road) as well as Greenpark, Limekiln and Temple Manor. Some would also include the estates of Fernhill, Cherryfield, Mountdown, Glenmurray and Perrystown in a broader definition. Its Dublin postcode is 12. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... The Southside is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term. ... There are a number of settlements named Crumlin: Crumlin, Caerphilly, is a town in Wales. ... Templeogue (Teach Mealóg in Irish) is a suburb of southwest Dublin City, Ireland. ... Tallaght (Tamhlacht in Irish) is a large suburban area in the administrative county of South Dublin, Ireland situated to the south west of Dublin city. ... Walkinstown is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city. ...

Name and History

The area was mostly farmland until expansion in the 1950's and 1960's led to the building of new housing estates. However, Greenhills, situated just below the esker upon which the Greenhills Road now runs, is believed to have housed settlements as long ago as 1800 BC. An urn dating from that time, found in the late 1890's in the former quarry between the Greenhills Road and St Columba's Road, is on display in the National Museum of Ireland. Eskers are long, winding ridges of stratified sand and gravel which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. ... The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is the main museum in Ireland. ...

The name comes from the sand-based hills that were formerly prevalent in the area. Most of these were excavated for building work; the last remaining hill, known locally as the "Horseshoe," was flattened in 2003. It was located in the centre of Greenhills Park.

Local landmarks and facilities

Tymon Park is situated in the old townland of Greenhills and is located to the south of the Limekiln estate. It is the second largest municipal park in Dublin, after the Phoenix Park, and the largest in the area administered by South Dublin County Council. Tymon is a particularly well-deveeloped local park, with the local River Poddle and its associated man-made lakes providing a backdrop. The M50 motorway splits the Greenhills side of the park from Kilnamanagh and the Tymon North estate at the Tallaght end. A smaller park, Greenhills Park, colloquially known as "The Field," is also administered by the SDCC and is used almost exclusively for football. The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park Phoenix Park (in Irish, Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is a large park located to the north west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. ... M50 can refer to: M50 motorway, a road in the Republic of Ireland M50 motorway, a road in England M50, a Volvo gearbox Messier 50, an astronomical object. ... Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ...

On of the key features of the area is the Walkinstown Roundabout, or Walkinstown Cross, a major junction which serves seven major local roads - the Greenhills Road towards Tallaght, Ballymount Road towards Ballymount and the M50, Walkinstown Avenue towards Ballyfermot, Walkinstown Road towards Drimnagh, Cromwellsfort Road towards Kimmage and Crumlin, Bunting Road towards Crumlin and St Peter's Road towards Greenhills and Templeogue. M50 can refer to: M50 motorway, a road in the Republic of Ireland M50 motorway, a road in England M50, a Volvo gearbox Messier 50, an astronomical object. ... Ballyfermot Road Ballyfermot is a predominantly working-class suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ... Drimnagh is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city between Walkinstown, Crumlin and Inchicore, bordering the Grand Canal. ... Kimmage (Dublin 12) is a suburb of Dublin near to Rathfarnham, Terenure and Crumlin. ... There are a number of settlements named Crumlin: Crumlin, Caerphilly, is a town in Wales. ... There are a number of settlements named Crumlin: Crumlin, Caerphilly, is a town in Wales. ... Templeogue (Teach Mealóg in Irish) is a suburb of southwest Dublin City, Ireland. ...

There is also a well-known Catholic Church, the Church of the Holy Spirit. It is particularly famous for its verdigren copper roof, which has been said to be reminiscient of the Sydney Opera House. The church stands alongside a local community centre, which was completed in the 1990's, and the clubhouse of local football club Greenhills FC, formerly Greenhills Boy's AFC. Sydney Opera House at sunset, with the suns rays shadowed by the Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House panorama The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings, and... Community centres are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. ... Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ...

Greenhills is home to a number of schools; at primary level, St Paul's Junior and Senior Girl's National Schools and St Peter's Boy's National School, and at secondary level St Paul's Secondary (girls) and Greenhills College VEC (boys). Greenhills College is also a key centre for Post Leaving Certificate courses and adult education in general.

The Traders is the only public house in Greenhills, although the Cherrytree and the Kestrel House (Walkinstown), The Laurels and The Pines (Perrystown) and the Cuckoo's Nest (Kilnamanagh) are also frequented by locals.

Sport

Brian Kerr, the former Irish international football manager, currently lives in Greenhills, having been brought up close-by in Drimnagh. Michael Carruth, a gold-medal winner in the welterweight boxing division at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games, was from St Peter's Road and retains close ties to the area. Football remains one of the chief sports in the area, through local clubs such as Greenhills FC and Manortown United, while Gaelic football is also popular, with local clubs such as Robert Emmets, St Jude's (Templeogue), Faughs (Templeogue) and St James' Gaels. Community Games athletics was also particularly popular in both Greenhills and Limekiln, although with the ageing demographic of the area participation in all sports has dropped off. This article refers to the former Republic of Ireland football team manager, there is also a current football player Brian Kerr. ... Michael Carruth is a left-handed Irish Olympic boxer who won a Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... The Community Games is an annual sporting competition held in Ireland for children up to 16 that finishs in a national finals every August were over 6,000 children compete for their area, town, county and provience. ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ...

Administration

In administrative terms, Greenhills is in the extreme north-west of South Dublin County Council and in local government elections is part of the Terenure/Rathfarnham Ward. As of 2005, the local elected reps on SDCC are Máire Ardagh (Fianna Fáil), Cáit Keane (Progressive Democrats), John Lahart (Fianna Fáil), Stanley Laing (Fine Gael), Tony McDermott (Green Party), Eamonn Walsh (Labour) and Alex White (Labour). Cllr Walsh is the only local representative resident in Greenhills. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, literal back-translation: The Democratic Party) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... This article is about the green parties around the world. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Greenhills is part of the Dublin South West Dáil consitutency. The elected TD's for the area are Seán Crowe (Sinn Féin), Conor Lenihan (Fianna Fáil), Charlie O'Connor (Fianna Fáil), and Pat Rabbitte (Labour). Dublin South West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Seán Crowe is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South Central. ... It has been suggested that Sinn Féin (Kevin Street) be merged into this article or section. ... Conor Lenihan (b. ... Charlie OConnor (born April 9, 1946) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ... Pat Rabbitte (born May 18, 1949) is a senior Irish politician , who has been the leader of the Labour Party since 2002. ...