Editing Enniskerry

{{Short description|Village in County Wicklow, Ireland}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Enniskerry
| native_name        = {{lang|ga|Áth na Sceire}}
| native_name_lang   = ga
| settlement_type    = Village
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| image_caption      = Saint Patrick's church
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| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Ireland
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Leinster]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[County Wicklow]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| unit_pref          = Metric
| population_as_of   = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
| population         = 2008
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| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 91
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| website            = {{URL|www.enniskerry.ie}}
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'''Enniskerry''' (historically ''Annaskerry'', from {{Irish place name|Áth na Sceire|rugged ford}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/55052.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614032353/http://www.logainm.ie/55052.aspx |date=14 June 2012 }} (see archival records)</ref> is a village in [[County Wicklow]], Ireland. The population was 2,008 at the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Background Notes - CSO - Central Statistics Office |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpp1/censusofpopulation2022profile1-populationdistributionandmovements/backgroundnotes/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.cso.ie |language=en}}</ref>

==Location==
[[File:Powerscourt waterfall.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|[[Powerscourt Waterfall]].]]
The village is situated on the [[Glencullen River]] in the foothills of the [[Wicklow Mountains]] in the east of the island, just 5 minutes south of the Dublin border and some {{convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Dublin]] city centre. The [[R117 road]], colloquially known as "The Twenty-One Bends" connects the town to the main [[N11 road (Ireland)|N11 road]] to Dublin. The 185 [[Go-Ahead Ireland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goaheadireland.ie/|title=Go Ahead Ireland - Routes across the Outer Dublin Metropolitan Area|website=www.goaheadireland.ie|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804104131/https://www.goaheadireland.ie/|url-status=live}}</ref> route connects the village hourly to [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], the nearest large town. The 44 [[Dublin Bus]] route connects the village with Dublin city centre.

==History==
[[File:DV405 no.220 Ennis Kerry.png|thumb|Enniskerry, 1830.]]
Enniskerry is a planned [[estate village]] dating from the 1840s, with the original buildings designed in a neo-Tudor style.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Darley|first=Gillian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1921555|title=Villages of vision|date=1975|publisher=Architectural Press|isbn=0-85139-705-0|location=London|pages=105, 149|oclc=1921555}}</ref>

The Protestant population of the village attended church in the grounds of the [[Powerscourt Estate|Powerscourt Demesne]] until 1859. [[Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt|Mervyn Wingfield]], 7th [[Viscount Powerscourt]] built a new church, Saint Patrick's, in the village which was completed two years later, in 1861. This coincided with an extensive renovation programme that also established the [[Italian garden]]s at Powerscourt. The Viscount Powerscourt claimed the old church following the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the [[Irish Church Act 1869]]. The consequences were that only those with a right to be buried next to the old church within the Demesne could claim these rights thereafter.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dooley|first=Terence|title=The Decline of the Big House in Ireland|year=2001|publisher=Wolfound Press Ltd|isbn=0-86327-850-7}}</ref>

[[Powerscourt Estate]], comprising a large [[Country house|house]] and gardens today occupying {{convert|47|acre|m2}}, is located near the town and is a popular visitor attraction. The extensive formal gardens form the grounds of an 18th-century [[Palladian]] house, designed by [[Richard Cassels]], which was destroyed by fire in 1974, and lay as a shell until extensive restorations were carried out in 1996. [[Powerscourt Waterfall]] in the grounds of the estate, at 121 metres, is the highest waterfall in Ireland. {{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}

==Culture==
[[File:Enniskerry.JPG|thumb|Enniskerry Village Square.]]
[[File:Powerscourt - edit3.jpg|thumb|Powerscourt Estate, including its house and Italian gardens.]]

===Film===
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In 1944, Enniskerry was the setting for some scenes of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s film adaptation of ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]''.

''[[Johnny Nobody]]'' (released in 1961) was partly filmed in Enniskerry.

Scenes from a number of other films, including [[P.S. I Love You (film)|''P.S I Love You'']] (2007)  ''[[Into the West (film)|Into the West]]'' (1992) and ''[[Leap Year (2010 film)|Leap Year]]'' (2010) were also shot locally.

Scenes for the 2022 Disney film [[Disenchanted (film)|''Disenchanted'']] were shot in Enniskerry.

===Television===
From 1996 to 2001, along with [[Avoca, County Wicklow]], it played host to the television series ''[[Ballykissangel]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wicklowfilmcommission.com/ballykissangel.htm|title=Ballykissangel|publisher=Wicklow Film Commission|access-date=2010-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718044414/http://www.wicklowfilmcommission.com/ballykissangel.htm|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 March 2009, [[Meredith Vieira]] and [[Al Roker]] broadcast live in Enniskerry for NBC's ''Today Show''.

==Transport==
[[File:Bray Enniskerry Rail Bridge.jpg|thumb|The railway bridge of the failed Bray & Enniskerry Railway]]The Bray and Enniskerry Railway was proposed in the 19th century, to link the town to Bray. Some initial work was carried out, including building a bridge to carry the railway over [[Dublin Corporation]]'s [[Vartry Reservoir|Vartry]] watermain. [[Wicklow County Council]] recently removed much of the railway embankment in road widening, but left the bridge, which is directly opposite the ornate bridge carrying the watermain over the Cookstown River, a tributary of the [[River Dargle]]. The plan ran into financial difficulties, and the rails were lifted and sold off.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clare|first=Liam|title=The Bray and Enniskerry Railway|year=2007|publisher=Nonsuch Publishing, 73 Lower Leeson St., Dublin 2.|isbn=978-1-84588-593-9}}</ref>
The 44 Bus to [[Dublin City University|DCU]] via [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]] and [[St Stephen's Green|St. Stephen's Green]] now has a terminus in Enniskerry (operated by [[Dublin Bus]]), whilst the 185 Bus to [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] goes through the village (operated by [[Go-Ahead Ireland]]).

==Sports==
There are two [[soccer]] clubs located in the village; Enniskerry Football Club and Enniskerry Youth Club.

Enniskerry Football Club was founded in the early 1970s as Enniskerry Schoolboys Football Club.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.enniskerryfc.ie/| title = Enniskerry Football Club app| access-date = 21 February 2022| archive-date = 25 February 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225190543/https://www.enniskerryfc.ie/| url-status = dead}}</ref> The club, which now fields teams of boys and girls, is based in the Bog Meadow. Enniskerry FC participates in the Metropolitan Girls League with all-girls teams, the Wicklow Schoolboys/Girls Soccer League for their all-boys teams and the [[Athletic Union League (Dublin)|Athletic Union League]] for the men's team.

Enniskerry Youth Club have several teams playing at adult and youth level.

There is also a [[Gaelic football]] club and Enniskerry Boxing Club located at St Mary's GAA grounds.

==Religion==
Strong [[ecumenical]] links have been forged over the years between the [[Roman Catholic]] parish of St Mary and the [[Church of Ireland]] parish of St Patrick, Powerscourt, both in the village of Enniskerry. For [[Volkstrauertag]] 2022, the Roman Catholic priest [[Bernard Kennedy]] led his congregation in "an [[Ecumenism|Ecumenical]] prayer for peace with interfaith elements", joining Lutheran, Catholic and Jewish communities in Enniskerry.<ref>[https://glencree.ie/news/german-remembrance-day/ German Remembrance Day] on Glencree</ref> Other clergymen have previously spoken out about the strong ties that exist between Christian communities in the area.<ref>[http://www.churchnewsireland.org/wp-content/uploads/CNI-News-Mar-05.pdf GAFCON gathering claims 'sense of betrayal' at liberal Anglican teaching]</ref>

==People==
* [[Ina Boyle]], 20th century composer, was born locally
* [[Chris de Burgh]], singer and songwriter
* [[Rosanna Davison]], former [[Miss World]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://independent.ie/irish-news/ritz-sold-for-1m-and-debts-wiped-29313836.html|title=Ritz sold for €1m and debts wiped - Independent.ie|access-date=13 February 2016|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119103602/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ritz-sold-for-1m-and-debts-wiped-29313836.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/rosanna-forced-to-rethink-marrakesh-birthday-plans-27634341.html| title = Rosanna forced to rethink Marrakesh birthday plans - Independent.ie| access-date = 5 August 2019| archive-date = 5 August 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190805231603/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/rosanna-forced-to-rethink-marrakesh-birthday-plans-27634341.html| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/rosannas-cookbook-on-shelves-by-autumn-31037173.html| title = Rosanna's cookbook on shelves by autumn - Independent.ie| access-date = 31 March 2020| archive-date = 24 September 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210924160454/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/rosannas-cookbook-on-shelves-by-autumn-31037173.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* [[Rick Savage]], bassist with [[Def Leppard]], lived in the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/savage-left-high-n-dry-on-home-sale-qcmj50m9h|title=Savage left high 'n' dry on home sale|first=Colin|last=Coyle|date=26 March 2017|access-date=5 December 2018|via=www.thetimes.co.uk|archive-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206001933/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/savage-left-high-n-dry-on-home-sale-qcmj50m9h|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Whelan]], [[American Football]] player for the [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Whelan makes bright start to life in the NFL as the Green Bay Packers tame the Chicago Bears |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/us-sport/2023/0911/1404568-whelan-shines-in-nfl-debut-as-packers-tame-the-bears/ |agency=RTE News}}</ref>

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

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.enniskerry.ie}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091016090941/http://www.visitwicklow.ie/towns/enniskerry.htm Enniskerry at Wicklow County Tourism]

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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Wicklow]]
[[Category:Planned communities in the Republic of Ireland]]