Knocklyon
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Knocklyon Cnoc Lín
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The Knocklyon Inn
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 Knocklyon
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| Coordinates: 53°17′08″N 6°19′14″W / 53.2856°N 6.3205°WCoordinates: 53°17′08″N 6°19′14″W / 53.2856°N 6.3205°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | South Dublin |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin South |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| • Electoral area | Rathfarnham |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Knocklyon (Irish: Cnoc Lín) is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is on the southwest of the city, and just north of the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. It is bordered to the south and east by Rathfarnham and Ballyboden, to the north by Templeogue, and to the west by Firhouse and Ballycullen.
The area has been known historically in 14th century scrolls as Cnoclín, literally 'flax mountain'. Until recently, roadsigns in Knocklyon had the incorrect reverse anglicized translation of to mean Lyon's hill or Cnoc Liamhna. The Irish versions on the sign for Knocklyon Road were incorrectly shown as Bóthar Chnoc Liamhna. SDCC have updated their translation based on a recommendations from the commissioned update on Irish placenames.
The M50 motorway divides Knocklyon, with most of the suburb lying on the east of the motorway. Housing estates to the east include Idrone, Beverly, Dargle Wood, Delaford, Knockaire, Orlagh, Templeroan, and Woodfield. To the west of the M50 are estates such as Castlefield Manor, Glenlyon, Glenvara Park, and Woodstown. These are linked to the rest of Knocklyon by a footbridge (known locally as the A-Bridge), and by Junction 12 of the M50 motorway.
The population figure cannot be isolated from published census data as Knocklyon is composed of Firhouse-Knocklyon district electoral division (DED) (population 3,602 in 2011), plus unpublished fractions of Ballyboden DED (5,085), and Firhouse-Ballycullen DED (7,773).
The Knocklyon Shopping Centre contains a supermarket and other retail outlets. There are also two shopping areas in the Orlagh and Woodstown estates. Both are anchored by a supermarket and have a number of fast food take-aways shops, as well as beauty salons and childcare centres. There are a number of pubs in the area.
Knocklyon has a number of open spaces within the residential estates. The home ground and playing pitches for Ballyboden St. Enda's GAA Club and Knocklyon United Football Club. There is a branch of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland and the South Dublin Model Railway Club, which have their own premises. A division of the St. John Ambulance was established in September 2010 which provides first aid training and services in the community.
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