Kilbarrack (Irish: Cill Bharóg - Church of young Barra or St. Berach) is a working-class residential area of Dublin, Ireland, located on the coast, about 8km from the city's centre. It is situated on the Northside of the city, between the suburbs of Raheny, Coolock, Donaghmede and Bayside (which was formed from it). Kilbarrack is accessible from the Howth Road and Tonlegee Road, by its own station on the (DART) Dublin Area Rapid Transit suburban rail system and by Dublin Bus. The Spire at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: 01, +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... 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. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin North East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: 01, +353 1 Postal District(s): Dublin 5 Area: 960 acres Elevation: village centre, 20m; Capuchin Friary, 45m Population (2006) c. ... Coolock (An Chúlóg in Irish, The Little Corner) is a large suburban area on Dublin citys Northside in Ireland. ... Donaghmede (Domhnach Mide in Irish) is a northside suburb of Dublin, about 6 miles to the north east of the city centre. ... Bayside (Cois Bá in Irish) is a small, lower middle class, residential Northside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ... An 8200 Class DART unit, Iarnród Éireann 8203, at Grand Canal Dock station in 2001 Some DART trains feature these LED route describers - green indicates the route which has already been travelled, orange the route expected to be followed and flashing red the next station. ...

History

Kilbarrack and neighbouring districts

Kilbarrack, which is crossed by one of Dublin's small waterways, the Kilbarrack Stream, is an old district, whose name can be found on maps and sea charts, many held at Dublin City Archive, going back several hundred years. It was historically a large area of fields, many being "grange" lands held by Dublin church establishments, with small settlements. Over time, two hamlets emerged, Kilbarrack proper, near the seafront, close to the still-extant Kilbarrack Church and Graveyard complex (illustrated below), and Little Kilbarrack, on the road inland (now Tonlegee Road). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 584 pixel Image in higher resolution (876 × 640 pixel, file size: 369 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Raheny ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 584 pixel Image in higher resolution (876 × 640 pixel, file size: 369 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Raheny ...

The coastal church and graveyard, which includes the grave of the "Sham Squire", were a point of call for mariners, and the church is noted in some records as the Chapel of Mone. At one time, ships entering Dublin Bay paid monies to the city authorities towards the upkeep of the chapel.

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The site of Kilbarrack hamlet, and the part of the district bounding Sutton and Baldoyle, are now known as Bayside, while today's Kilbarrack, and the Greendale shopping and civic complex, are close to where Little Kilbarrack stood. The Tesco-led shopping centre is near the site of the former "big house" of the area, Kilbarrack House.

Amenities

Kilbarrack has a local office of Dublin City Council, a major Health Services Executive centre, two shopping precincts (Greendale, and Kilbarrack, which is dominated by Tesco) and a range of shops and pubs. At the boundary with Raheny, Coolock and Donaghmede is a Municipal Fire Station and practice yard. Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath in Irish) refers to two different entities. ...

Kilbarrack has three primary schools, Scoil Eoin, the Educate Together North Bay School and Gaelscoil Mide, previously of Donaghmede.

The modern Parish Church (Roman Catholic) serves Kilbarrack and part of Raheny (Parish of Kilbarrack-Foxfield); some locals attend St. Benedict's Church in Grange Park Parish, which also serves some in Raheny.

Points of Note

Local author, Booker Prize winner and former teacher at Greendale Community School in Kilbarrack Roddy Doyle is seen by many as having captured the atmosphere and spirit of Kilbarrack, thinly disguised as Barrytown, in a series of popular fiction works. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... Greendale is a Community School, a form of State-sponsored secondary school, in the Northside suburb of Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland, located near the boundary with Raheny. ... Roddy Doyle (Irish: , born May 8, 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. ...

Coordinates: 53°23′N, 6°09′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...