Grand Canal Dock

Grand Canal Dock (Irish: Duga na Canálach Móire) is an area near the city centre of Dublin, in the easternmost part of Dublin 2 and the westernmost part of Ringsend in Dublin 4, surrounding the Grand Canal Docks, an enclosed harbour or docking area between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal. Since 2000 the area has undergone significant redevelopment as part of the Dublin Docklands area redevelopment project.

The Grand Canal Dock area is somewhat disputed. It is generally understood to be bounded by the Liffey to the north, South Lotts Road to the east (or Barrow Street if separating South Lotts as its own area), Grand Canal Street to the south and Macken Street to the west (although current maps show the area including as far west as the corner of Leeson Street and Fitzwilliam Place). Grand Canal Dock contains Grand Canal Dock railway station (also known as Barrow Street Station), the national Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre, the U2 Tower site, and a number of notable buildings.

The area has been dubbed "Silicon Docks" (a reference to Silicon Valley) as it has become an extremely popular location for high-tech multinationals such as Google,Facebook,Twitter,Linkedin,Airbnb, and more.

Grand Canal Dock railway station, accessed from Barrow Street, opened in 2001 (although the commuter line has been in use since 1834). In early 2014, five new Dublin Bikes stations were opened in the area.

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