Editing Clonskeagh

{{short description|Suburb of Dublin, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type    = Suburb
| name               = Clonskeagh
| native_name        = {{Pad top italic|Cluain Sceach}}
| pushpin_map        = Ireland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
| coordinates        = {{coord|53.308333|-6.240278|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
| blank_name_sec1    = Irish Grid Reference
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Leinster]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[County Dublin]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local government areas]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Dublin]], [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]]
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_urban   = 11,273<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census/table8.htm |title=Census 2011 - Preliminary results |access-date=16 August 2012}}</ref>
| area_code          = 01 (+3531)
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland|Eircode (Routing Key)]]
| postal_code        = D14
}}

[[File:Clonskeagh Green.jpg|thumb|265px|Clonskeagh Green]]
'''Clonskeagh''' or '''Clonskea''' ({{IPAc-en|k|l|ɒ|n|ˈ|s|k|iː}}; {{Irish place name|Cluain Sceach}}, meaning "meadow of the [[Crataegus monogyna|Whitethorn]]"), is a small southern [[suburb]] of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The district straddles the [[River Dodder]].

==Location and access==
The district is adjacent to the River Dodder. The modern suburb lies partially within the city limits of [[Dublin]] but mostly within [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]]. Roebuck Road defines the southernmost end of Clonskeagh; this area is sometimes known as Roebuck and occasionally considered to be part of [[Windy Arbour]]. 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, and the campus of [[University College Dublin]] at [[Belfield, Dublin|Belfield]] is to the east while [[Goatstown]] and [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]] lie to the south. To the west is Windy Arbour, but there is no clear point at which that boundary might be defined.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Clonskeagh is a [[townland]] in the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Donnybrook, Dublin|Donnybrook]] in the traditional [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Dublin (barony)|Dublin]].

==Character and development==
Clonskeagh is primarily a residential area, developed in the early decades of the 20th century. It has a small village green with a few local shops. The district has changed in character as population growth in greater Dublin has imposed increasingly intensive use of land and the nearby [[Luas]] light railway has improved commuter access to central Dublin. {{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In the mid-1970s, Clonskeagh consisted of low-density housing with significant areas of private open land, largely owned by the Catholic Church. Since then, the closure of the [[Masonic Boys School, Dublin|Masonic Boys' School]] has led to commercial redevelopment north of Clonskeagh Road and former church land adjacent to Bird Avenue and Roebuck Road now has housing. Since 2000, housing development has intensified land use further by building in larger gardens, replacing houses by apartments and adding storeys to properties. This may be resisted by residents objecting to planning applications.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The [[Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland]], which was established in 1992, is also based in Clonskeagh. {{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

==Amenities==
[[File:Mosque in Clonskeagh.jpg|thumb|265px|The Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh]]
There is a mid-20th century [[Catholic]] church on Bird Avenue, and the [[Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland]] and its associated [[primary school]] are on Roebuck Road.

The former Vergemount Fever Hospital at Clonskeagh is now a [[nursing home]] facility for the elderly.

There are also several green spaces, as well as a large health and fitness club, and fishing takes place on the Dodder.

==Education==
[[St. Kilians Deutsche Schule]] and the secondary campus of the [[Lycée Français d'Irlande]]<ref>[http://www.lfi.ie Lycée Français d'Irlande Homepage]</ref> share a "Eurocampus" in Roebuck Road, offering private schooling in a multicultural and multilingual environment, claimed to be unique to Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kilians.com/our-school/ |title=Eurocampus |publisher=St. Kilians Deutsche Schule |access-date=2014-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219020024/http://www.kilians.com/our-school/ |archive-date=2014-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ireland's first state-funded Muslim national school moved to Clonskeagh in 1993.<ref>[https://islamicfoundation.ie/education/the-muslim-national-school/ Muslim National School] Islamic Foundation of Ireland</ref>

==Sport==
The first-ever [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] final was held in Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, one of the features of the area, on 29 April 1888, on the ground of St Benburb's Football Club.

==People==
[[File:Roebuck House.jpg|thumb|265px|Roebuck House, Clonskeagh (note infill development behind old house)]]
*[[Isaac Butt]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], founder of the [[Irish Home Rule Movement]], lived in a cottage on the junction of Wynnsward Drive and the Clonskeagh Road.
*[[Mary Harney]], former [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health and Children]] and [[Tánaiste]]
*[[Seán MacBride]], former Irish politician and Cabinet Minister, and his mother, [[Maud Gonne]], lived at Roebuck House, near Clonskeagh Green.
*Chief Baron and Judge [[Christopher Palles]] was a resident after his retirement.
*[[Eamon Ryan]], [[Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications]] and Irish Green Party leader

==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.historyeye.ie/#!heraldry-essays/c1bl9 Roebuck Castle- the most heraldic house in Dublin? Historyeye]

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