Grangegorman
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Grangegorman Gráinseach Ghormáin
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| Suburb of Dublin | |
 Grangegorman
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| Coordinates: 53°21′17″N 6°16′41″W / 53.354793°N 6.278158°WCoordinates: 53°21′17″N 6°16′41″W / 53.354793°N 6.278158°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin Central |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| Area | |
| • Suburb of Dublin | 0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 3,692 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Eircode (Routing Key) | D07 |
| Irish Grid Reference | O146353 |
Grangegorman (Irish: Gráinseach Ghormáin) is a suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered Dublin City Council. It is also a civil parish in the historical baronies of Dublin City and Coolock. It is best known as the location of St Brendan's Hospital which was the main psychiatric hospital serving the greater Dublin region. Along with Stoneybatter and Glassmanogue, Grangegorman was recorded in 1610 as one of only three remote villages in this region and at that stage, lying north of Ostman town and north of the River Liffey. They were not joined to the city of Dublin. The area is currently the subject of a major redevelopment plan under the aegis of the Grangegorman Development Agency.
The name Grangegorman, as with other placenames containing the name "gorman" in the Leinster region, probably indicates that at one time this territory was held by the Uí Bairrche, an Irish clan based in Leinster. The two main representatives of this clan were Uí Treasaig (Tracey) and Mac Gormáin (MacGorman). They were displaced following the Norman invasion of Ireland from the twelfth-century.
Grangegorman is located in the Dublin 7 postal district. North of the River Liffey and about 1 km from Dublin city centre, its boundaries run along Brunswick Street North, Prussia Street and Manor Street, the North Circular Road and Phibsborough Road and Constitution Hill. Grangegorman is surrounded to the south east by Smithfield to the west by Stoneybatter, north by Cabra, to the north and east by Phibsborough / Broadstone.
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