Clonskeagh

Clonskeagh or Clonskea (Irish Cluain Sceach, "meadow of the whitethorn"), is a southern suburb of Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. The district straddles the River Dodder. Whilst located in the county of Dublin, Clonskeagh lies partially within the administrative district of Dublin City Council but most of the district, however, is in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown administrative district. Roebuck Road defines the southern most end of Clonskeagh; this area is sometimes known as Roebuck and occasionally considered to be part of Windy Arbour. However, most residents of Roebuck consider themselves to live in Clonskeagh.

Clonskeagh is primarily a residential area, developed in the early decades of the 20th Century. It has a small but pretty village green with a few local shops, but without a main centre. The area is principally defined by the Clonskeagh Road and its extension into Roebuck Road, which spans its length. The northern end of the Clonskeagh Road at the junction with Eglinton Road / Milltown Road separates it from Ranelagh to the north; the campus of University College Dublin at Belfield is to the east; Goatstown and Dundrum to the south. To the west is Windy Arbour, but there is no clear point at which the border might be defined.

There is a mid 20th century Catholic church on Bird Avenue, and the Islamic Cultural Centre and primary school is on Roebuck Road. The former fever hospital at Clonskeagh Hospital is now a long-term care facility for the elderly. The population of Clonskeagh is a mixture of long-established families and older people, university students, and some Muslim immigrants, mainly from the Persian Gulf States. Other Muslim children attending the Islamic School arrive by bus from further afield.

The first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was held in the Elm Park, Clonskeagh on April 29th 1888 on the ground of St.Benburbs Football Club.

St. Kilian's Deutsche Schule and the Lycée Française d'Irlande share a Eurocampus at the end of Roebuck Road, offering private, fee-paying preschool, primary and secondary school in a multicultural and multilingual environment unique to Ireland.

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