Ballymun
|
Ballymun Baile Munna
|
|
|---|---|
| Village | |
A view of the newly-renewed Ballymun village centre, 2007
|
|
| Nickname(s): The Mun | |
 Ballymun
|
|
| Coordinates: 53°23′57″N 6°16′54″W / 53.39907°N 6.2817908°WCoordinates: 53°23′57″N 6°16′54″W / 53.39907°N 6.2817908°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Region | Dublin |
| Founded by | Dublin City Council, formerly known as the Dublin Corporation |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 22,109 |
| Time zone | WEST (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
| Eircode | DUBLIN D11 |
| Dialing Code | +353(0)1 |
| Geocode | O142401 |
| ISO 3166 code | IE-D |
| Vehicle registration | D |
| Website | dublincity |
Ballymun (Irish: Baile Munna) is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport, Ireland. Today it is undergoing a multibillion-euro renewal, with a renovated village centre, surrounded by estates of houses and apartments, with several sub-districts such as Sillogue and Poppintree. Ballymun is also a parish in the Fingal South West deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
Today Ballymun has a wide range of amenities, from green spaces and the public Silloge Golf Course to a very run-down shopping centre, a range of other shops and pubs and two hotels. The area has also seen investment in a public sector office development, with many branches of the city government (including a Motor Tax and Driver Licence office - these have been shut down from 2015) and the Health Service and a very modern public leisure centre. There is a church in the old village centre, and a number of schools with churches in each sub district, including a Gaelscoil (Irish-speaking) primary school. Trinity Comprehensive is the only secondary school formerly known as the Ballymun Comprehensive.
Ballymun is served by a number of Dublin Bus routes to the city centre including the numbers 4 and 13 with the 220 travelling between Ballymun and Blanchardstown and the number 17a between Finglas and Coolock via Ballymun.
The area was also envisaged to have an underground stop on the planned Metro North (Dublin city centre to Swords) line of the Dublin Metro. However the Irish Government have now shelved the entire 'Metro' plan due to lack of available investment capital.
Journey time from Ballymun to the airport is estimated be around ten minutes by car, and to Dublin city centre around twenty-five minutes.
...
Wikipedia