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Carrickmines (Irish: Carraig Mhaighin, meaning 'Plateau of rock') is an outer suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.The area, still semi-rural, was historically on the border of English control and featured a defensive construction, Carrickmines Castle, which became the subject of national controversy during the building of a late stage of Dublin's M50 orbital motorway.
Ballyogan is bounded to the west and north by Stepaside and Sandyford; across the M50 motorway to the east is Leopardstown and to the south, Carrickmines. [2] Ballyogan is centred on Ballyogan Road. The residential and shopping areas are located between the road and the M50 motorway which runs more or less parallel to and east of Ballyogan road.
Powerscourt House was purchased and redeveloped as a shopping centre between 1978 and 1981 [2] by Robin Power. The journalist Frank McDonald described the conversion of the building as "imaginative" and "the city's smartest shopping centre". [5] [1]
On Saturday, 10 October 2015, a blaze swept through a halting site at Carrickmines in County Dublin, Ireland. It proved fatal. This was the country's deadliest such disaster since the Stardust fire. [2] The fire led to a debate about the squalid conditions in which many members of the Irish travelling community live. [3]
The nearest Luas stop to Foxrock is Carrickmines, which is where the Green Line rejoins the old railway route. Sandyford and Central Park are also considered local stops within proximity to Foxrock. There is another stop before Carrickmines for the racecourse, but as of 2010, this had yet to open. [citation needed]
St Giles Shopping Centre Holdings Ltd had notified all tenants earlier this month of the intention to close after 20 January. Moray Council had described it as "sad and unsettling news".
Cornelscourt shopping centre and "The Park" shopping centre also serve the area. The "Horse and Hound" public house is in the centre of the village. Cabinteely's Carnegie library [23] was opened in 1912, and features a tiled roof, copper cupola and leaded windows. [24] Cabinteely Park spans 45 hectares and includes a children's playground. [25]
Nutgrove Shopping Centre was opened in October 1984 in what was then still a rural part of Dublin. The site for the shopping centre was located on part of the old Lamb's Jam orchards. The centre included Ireland and Europe's first drive through restaurant when McDonald's opened a branch there. [8]