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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.
The first name listed is the commonest English name, and links to the relevant article. Alternative names are listed in parentheses. If the official name used in census reports is not the linked name, it is in italics. Only the name of the municipality is given, not that of any suburban areas (e.g. Tallaght is not named separately from Dublin). [2]
This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold; see City status in Ireland for an independent list.
List of streets and squares in Dublin; List of Dublin bridges and tunnels; List of rivers in County Dublin, sortable list; Rivers Navbox; List of mountains and hills of County Dublin; Mountains Navbox; List of townlands of County Dublin, a sortable list with land area, barony, civil parish, and poor law union details
Ballyogan (Irish: Baile Uí Ógáin, meaning 'Hogan's town') is a residential area in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland, [1] located approximately 12 km south of Dublin city centre. Location [ edit ]
The 1993 act empowered Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) to apply to change the county's name, but this was not invoked. [a] The spelling in English as "Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown", without the síneadh fada, is used in the list of counties in the Local Government Act 2001 [13] (and as amended by the Local Government Reform Act ...
The Irish text of the Constitution of Ireland translates "city of Dublin" as cathair Bhaile Átha Chliath, [28] combining the modern sense of cathair with the historic sense of Baile. Conversely, the original Irish names of such smaller settlements as Cahir, Cahirciveen, Caherdaniel, or Westport (Cathair na Mart) use cathair in the older sense.
The following places in countries other than Ireland are named after places in Ireland. Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland. The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place ...