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Finglas (/ ˈ f ɪ ŋ ɡ l ə s /; Irish: Fionnghlas, meaning 'clear streamlet') [2] is a northwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It lies close to Junction 5 of the M50 motorway, and the N2 road. Nearby suburbs include Glasnevin and Ballymun; Dublin Airport is seven km (4.3 mi) to the north. Finglas lies mainly in the postal district of ...
Finglas (Irish: Fionnghlas) [1] is a civil parish mainly situated in the barony of Castleknock in the traditional county of Dublin, Ireland. It contains 34 townlands . Today, the parish is split between two local government areas: the modern county of Fingal (to the west) and Dublin City Council (to the east).
The Declaration of Finglas was issued on 17 July 1690 by William III of Ireland at Finglas in County Dublin, shortly after his Williamite army's decisive victory at the Battle of the Boyne during the War of the Two Kings. The Declaration was issued by William from Finglas, where his army had camped following the battle against the Jacobite ...
St. Canice's Church, is a Church of Ireland church on the northern side of church street, in Finglas, DublinThe building was built in 1843, [1] and dedicated by Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, to replace an earlier church at the site of St. Canices' early monastery. [2]
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Fingal (English: / ˈ f ɪ ŋ ɡ ɔː l / FING-gawl; [3] from Irish Fine Gall, meaning 'foreign tribe') is a county in Ireland.It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region.
A gang from the Finglas area has taken over the illicit drug dealing in that area, as well as Ballymun and Coolock. [7] They were connected to the Kinahan Organised Crime Group and took over areas formerly run by them with the gang's blessing. [7] Their leader in particular has close links to the Kinahan gang. [7]
Patrick Finglas (died 1537) was a leading Irish judge and statesman of the sixteenth century, who was regarded (except perhaps in his last years) as a mainstay of the English Crown in Ireland. He was also the author of an influential "Breviat", or tract, called Of the Getting of Ireland, and of the Decay of the same , concerning the decline of ...