Editing Raheny (section)

{{Short description|Suburb of Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Raheny
|native_name            = {{Native name|ga|Ráth Eanaigh|paren=omit}}
|settlement_type        = Suburb (village core)
|image_skyline          = Raheny Postcard 15imgs CC-SA 2011ed front edged.jpg
|image_caption          = 
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       =[[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Leinster]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
|subdivision_type4 =Council
|subdivision_name4 = [[Dublin City Council|Dublin City]]
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|leader_title1          = [[Dáil Éireann]]
|leader_name1           = [[Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay North]]
|leader_title2          = [[European Parliament constituency|EU Parliament]]
|leader_name2           = [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_footnotes         = <br />(Civil Parish, excluding sea)
|area_total_km2         = 3.88
|population_as_of       = 2006
|population_footnotes   = 
|population_total       = 
|population_urban       = over 18 000 (census areas are not a match for districts)
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates            = {{coord|53.3803|-6.17498|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes    = <br />(village centre)
|elevation_m            = 20
|area_code              = 01, +353 1
|website                = {{URL|www.raheny.com}}
|footnotes              = 
}}
'''Raheny''' ({{irish place name|Ráth Eanaigh}}) is a northern [[suburb]] of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], halfway from the city centre to [[Howth]]. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 AD ([[Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary)|Mervyn Archdall]]). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, [[Saint Anne's Park]] and [[North Bull Island|Bull Island]] with its 4.5&nbsp;km beach, with neighbouring [[Clontarf, Dublin|Clontarf]], and is crossed by several small watercourses.

The coastal hamlet grew rapidly in the 20th century and is now a mid-density, chiefly residential, [[Northside (Dublin)|Northside]] suburb with a village core. It is home to a range of retail and banking outlets, multiple sports groups including two golf courses, several schools and churches, Dublin's second-busiest library and a Garda station.

Raheny is also a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in the ancient [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Coolock (barony)|Coolock]].<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/900.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925020434/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/900|date=25 September 2021}} – Raheny civil parish</ref>