Drumcondra, Dublin
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| Drumcondra Droim Conrach | ||
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| Irish Grid Reference O158368 | ||
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | County Dublin | |
| Population (2002) | 8,738 | |
Drumcondra (Irish: Droim Conrach, meaning Conra's Ridge) is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It was the central area of the district of Clonturk, and the two names were used equally for, for example, the religious and civil parishes.
The River Tolka and the Royal Canal flow through the area.
The area is the site of the palace of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and three colleges are located here: All Hallows College, Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick's College of Education. All three of these colleges are associated with the Irish Roman Catholic Church and Dublin City University.
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[edit] History
The Cat and Cage Pub on the Drumcondra Road was the site of an old postal stop and the point at which rebels, during the 1798 rebellion, seized a postal cart in order to signal to others in north Co. Dublin to revolt. Incidentally, the Cat and Cage is located at the corner of Church Avenue, the location of Bertie Ahern's family home (see below).
[edit] People
Drumcondra is today famous as the birthplace and residence of the Republic of Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, TD. The residence of the Archbishop of Dublin is also in Drumcondra.
[edit] Sport
One of the sights of Dublin may well be Croke Park. Home of one of the largest sports stadiums in Europe and headquarters to the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) it houses a museum about the national sport of Ireland. Drumcondra is also the location of Tolka Park, the home of Shelbourne F.C..
[edit] Transport
- The district is served by Drumcondra railway station, on the main Drumcondra road. The station initially opened on 1 April 1901 but closed on 1 December 1910[1] with the termination of Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station) to Amiens Street (now Connolly Station) services. Part of the original building was demolished in late 1918. It reopened on 2 March 1998 as a station on the Maynooth/Longford commuter line.
- Griffith Avenue, which runs through Glasnevin, Drumcondra and Marino, is the longest tree lined Avenue in the Northern Hemisphere with no retail outlets. The Avenue spans 3 electoral constituencies.
[edit] References
- ^ Drumcondra station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
[edit] See also
ga:Droim Conrach
