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Prior to the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919, the city of Dublin was divided into wards and County Dublin was divided into district electoral divisions (DEDs) to elect local councillors. After the introduction of multi-member districts elected by the single transferable vote , these units were combined to create local electoral areas .
Shankill (Irish: Seanchill, meaning 'Old Church') is an outlying suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the southeast of County Dublin, close to the border with County Wicklow. It is in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and had a population of 14,257 as of the 2016 census .
The park has views of Dublin Bay, Killiney Bay, Bray Head and the mountain of Great Sugar Loaf (506 m), stretching from the Wicklow Mountains right across to Howth Head. The Park's topography is steep, and its highest point, at the obelisk, is 170 metres above sea level. Near one entrance are tea rooms around a 19th-century tower. [citation needed]
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Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) lists a number of "handsome seats and pleasing villas" in the area. These included Stillorgan House (of the Verschoyle family ), Carysfort House (home of William Saurin , Attorney General for Ireland ), Mount Eagle (later Stillorgan Castle/St John of God Hospital), and several other large ...
The Ballymun Flats were the first homes with cable television in Ireland. RTÉ Relays Ltd, a subsidiary of the national broadcaster RTÉ, installed cable television into the flats in 1963, giving each residence access to Irish stations such as RTÉ Television and UK stations such as BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, and from 1982, Channel 4.
Shankill is a civil parish and townland (of 173 acres) in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Oneilland East , with one townland in the barony of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down .
Shankill, County Down, a parish situated partly in Counties Down and Armagh; Shankill, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh; Shankill Road, a road and electoral ward in West Belfast, passes through an area known as The Shankill; Republic of Ireland. Shankill, County Roscommon, a civil parish in County Roscommon