Editing Inchicore

{{short description|Suburb of Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Inchicore
| native_name        = {{irish place name|Inse Chór}}
| settlement_type    = Suburb
| image_skyline      = InchicoreWM.jpg
| image_caption      = Inchicore, Dublin
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| pushpin_label_position = Left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Dublin## Location in Ireland
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| subdivision_type3  = Local authority
| subdivision_name1  = [[Leinster]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Dublin City Council]]
| leader_title1      = [[Dáil Éireann]]
| leader_name1       = [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
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'''Inchicore''' ({{irish place name|Inse Chór}})<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1371590.aspx | publisher = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | website = logainm.ie | title = Inchicore / Inchicore | accessdate = 18 July 2021 | language = Irish | quote = Ní fios go cinnte céard atá sa dara heilimint }}</ref> is a suburb of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Located approximately {{convert|5|km|mi}} west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around [[Richmond Barracks]] (built 1810) and [[Inchicore railway works]] (built 1846), before being incorporated into the expanding city bounds. Inchicore is a largely residential area and is home to the association football club [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic FC]].

==History==
Inchicore grew from a small village near a marsh on the River Camac at ''Inse Chór '' or ''Inse Chaoire''. Some sources suggest that ''Inse Chaoire'' means "sheep island", referring to the spot where sheep were herded and watered outside Dublin city prior to market.<ref name="journal2018">{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/inchicore-neighbourhood-guide-4171677-Aug2018/ | publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = thejournal.ie | title = Your guide to Inchicore: Railway village tucked between the river and the canal | date = 10 August 2018 | accessdate = 18 July 2021 }}</ref> Other sources, including the [[Placenames Database of Ireland]], do not give a definitive source for the place name.<ref name="logainm"/>

In the late 19th century, the village developed into a significant industrial and residential suburb, due primarily to its engineering works and the west city tramway terminus. By the 20th century, Inchicore was incorporated into the administrative area of the expanding city.<ref name="journal2018"/>

[[File:Armoured train at Inchicore Works.jpg|thumb|right|Armoured train at Inchicore Works, c.1922]]
The [[Great Southern and Western Railway]], which began constructing its network in 1844, elected to site its workshops in the then countryside at Inchicore outside the built-up suburbs of Dublin.  Between the years 1846 and 1848 several houses and a Workmans Dining Hall were built on Inchicore Road.  As the works complex expanded in the nineteenth-century house building in Inchicore expanded with the works being the predominant employer.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 23193861|title = The Engineers' Strike in Inchicore Railway Works, 1902|journal = Saothar|volume = 9|last1 = Geraghty|first1 = Hugh|last2 = Rigney|first2 = Peter|year = 1983|pages = 20–31}}</ref>

Inchicore is the location of a large tram yard terminus and coachworks and the major engineering works of the Irish railway network are located here. These are still major employers among other industries and national distribution depots.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==Geography==

{{convert|5|km|mi}} west of the city centre, south of the [[River Liffey]], west of [[Kilmainham]], north of [[Drimnagh]] and east of [[Ballyfermot]], most of Inchicore is in the [[Dublin 8]] postal district; parts of the area extend into [[Dublin 10]] and [[Dublin 12]].

The townlands of Inchicore North and Inchicore South are located in the civil parish of St. James, in the Barony of Uppercross.

===Rivers and streams===
The [[River Camac]] enters Inchicore flowing northeast from the Landsdowne Valley in Drimnagh. It flows east through Inchicore, and on through Kilmainham and under Bow Bridge, falling into the River Liffey under [[Heuston Station]]. Much of its course is now culverted and covered by buildings.<ref name="RiversBk_Camac">{{cite book |last=Doyle |first=Joseph W. |orig-year=2008 |year=2012 |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |pages=32–33 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-0-9566363-5-5 |ref=TenDozW6|edition=6th }}</ref> During the eighteenth century small industries, primarily paper and textiles, developed along the Camac, which at the time was characterised by water mills, water wheels and weirs. In the 18th century, mills at Goldenbridge (Glydon Bridge) were producing paper and flour. Much of the industrial archaeology has disappeared but remnants still exist in the area. [[Kilmainham Mills]] still exists and much of the machinery is still in place. Although derelict, as of March 2021, work was underway to restore the mill as a visitor attraction.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McQuillan |first1=Deirdre |title=Kilmainham Mills restoration: A 'game changer' for Dublin 8 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/kilmainham-mills-restoration-a-game-changer-for-dublin-8-1.4511981 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>

Other watercourses in the area include the [[Irish National War Memorial Gardens#Creosote stream|Creosote Stream]], which passes through the railworks, and comes to the Liffey at the western end of the Gardens of Remembrance.<ref name="RiversBk_Creos">{{cite book |last=Doyle |first=Joseph W. |orig-year=2008 |year=2012 |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |page=31 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-0-9566363-5-5 |ref=TenDozW6|edition=6th }}</ref>

===Grand Canal===
[[File:Grand Canal from Goldenbridge Walk Inchicore.jpg|thumb|right|A view of Grand Canal from Goldenbridge walk in Inchicore]]
The [[Grand Canal (Ireland)|Grand Canal]] was constructed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is now a recreational waterway. It passes along the south side of Inchicore. The path along the canal is part of a Slí na Sláinte signposted walking route.<ref>{{cite web |title=Irish Heart Sli na Slainte route map |url=https://irishheart.ie/publications/drimnagh-dublin/ |access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref> There is also an {{convert|8.5|km|mi|adj=on}} long [[greenway (landscape)|greenway]] between the 3rd Lock at Inchicore and the 12th Lock at [[Lucan, Dublin|Lucan]], which opened in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=18923 |title=Opening of the Grand Canal Way Green Route 3rd Lock to 12th Lock – 18th June 2010 |work=[[South Dublin County Council]] |access-date=8 August 2011 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929102314/http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=18923 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Economy ==
===Industry===
[[Inchicore Railway Works]] is the headquarters for mechanical engineering and rolling stock maintenance for [[Iarnród Éireann]]. Established in 1844 by the [[Great Southern & Western Railway]], it is the largest engineering complex of its kind in Ireland with a site area of  295,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> (73 acres).<ref name="BofI">{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&uregno=50080417|title=Inchicore Railway Works, Dublin 8, Dublin City|access-date=17 October 2017|publisher=Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht}}</ref> [[Spa Road Works]] built trams and buses before its closure in 1977.

Goldenbridge Industrial Estate is a mixed-use area that contains, for example, a number of brewing and gym businesses.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

[[File:Inchicore Emmet Road View.jpg|thumb|Emmet Road leading to Inchicore village centre]]

===Amenities===
Inchicore's core is at the junction of Emmet Road and Tyrconnell Road. The area is served by a number of small stores including a butcher and deli, a hardware store, ethnic stores, and two mid-size supermarkets. The village centre has several pubs, including the historic Black Lion Inn, and several restaurants and take-aways.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nolan |first1=Jack |title=Report on Scoping Exercise Inchicore - Kilmainham"Building a Sustainable Community" |journal=Report Commissioned by Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government on Behalf of Minister of State Damien English TD |date=1 December 2019 |page=17 |url=https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6655571/Scoping-Exercise-on-Kilmainham-and-Inchicore-by.pdf |access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[2016 census of Ireland|2016 census]], the [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral divisions]] of Inchicore A and Inchicore B had a combined population of approximately 4,600 people.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/property/dublin-by-numbers-inchicore-16446547 | website = dublinlive.ie | title = Dublin By Numbers - Inchicore | accessdate = 26 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/dublin/ | website = citypopulation.de | title = Ireland: Dublin - Electoral Divisions | accessdate = 26 September 2024 }}</ref>

=== Religion ===
[[File:Mary Immaculate Catholic Church Inchicore.jpg|thumb|right|Mary Immaculate Catholic Church Inchicore]]
The [[Roman Catholic Church]] operates two parishes in the area, St. Michael's and Mary Immaculate.  Both parishes are administered by the [[Oblates of Mary Immaculate]], and each has its own church, from which they take the name.

The Oblates Church of Mary Immaculate features a full-size replica of the grotto of [[Lourdes]], which was opened in 1930. The grotto, which is built of reinforced concrete, houses a [[Nativity scene|crib]] at Christmas time.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[[St. Jude's Church (Church of Ireland)]], was an Anglican church built between 1862 and 1864 to serve the community working in the railway works. Only the octagonal spire remains, following the dismantling of the church in 1988.

==Governance==
Inchicore is in the jurisdiction of [[Dublin City Council]] and for council elections, forms part of the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Ward. As of the [[2024 Irish local elections|2024 local elections]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2024-07/local-elections-2024.pdf |title=Local Elections 2024 Results |publisher=Dublin City Council |date=7 June 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> the local elected representatives on the City Council were:
* Daithí Doolan (Sinn Féin)
* Vincent Jackson (Non-Party)
* Hazel de Nortúin (People Before Profit)
* Philip Sutcliffe (Independent Ireland)
* Ray Cunningham (Green Party)

==Culture==
[[File:Inchicore village entrance sign.jpg|thumb|right|Inchicore village entrance ornamental sign]]
There are two community centres, St Michael's and BERA.  Arus Mhuire was for many years the location of a popular Sunday night dance for teenagers.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The area used to form part of the parish of St. James, later in a union, and served by [[St James' Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland)|St. James' Church]], but this church has been deconsecrated, and the attached cemetery is closed and overgrown.  In 2010, 7 historic parishes, in three unions, all grouped as the St. Patrick's Cathedral Group, were severed from the cathedral and established as the new Parish of St. Catherine and St. James with St. Audeon, served by St. Audeon's Church, Cornmarket, and St. Catherine and St. James' Church on Donore Avenue.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

=== Arts ===
Inchicore has been home to a number of poets. [[Michael Hartnett (poet)|Michael Hartnett]], lived on Tyrconnell Road from 1984 until about 1986. A plaque marks the house where he wrote some of Inchicore Haiku near Richmond Park, home to St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club. 'Inchicore Haiku' recounts the hard times in his life after his separation from his family.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[[Francis Ledwidge]], the [[First World War]] [[war poetry|war poet]], has associations with St. Michael's CBS, formerly Richmond Barracks. This is where he enlisted and trained before shipping out to Flanders.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} The Inchicore Ledwidge Society runs events to raise awareness of Ledwidge's life and works, and holds an annual wreath-laying ceremony in the [[Irish National War Memorial Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/society-honours-late-poet-ledwidge/27169006.html | work = Drogheda Independent | title = Society honours late poet Ledwidge | accessdate = 27 September 2024 | date = 8 August 2012 }}</ref>

Another Irish poet, [[Thomas Kinsella]] (1928–2021), was born and lived on Phoenix Street in Inchicore as a child. He attended the local Model School.<ref name="kinsella">{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/obituary-thomas-kinsella-the-gifted-poet-who-lived-and-breathed-dublin/41183201.html | work = Irish Independent | title = Obituary: Thomas Kinsella, the gifted poet who lived and breathed Dublin | date = 26 December 2021 | accessdate = 27 September 2024 }}</ref>

The tramp writer [[Jim Phelan (Irish writer)|Jim Phelan]] (1895–1966) was born in Inchicore. On completing 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of a post mistress's son in a robbery in Liverpool in 1923, Phelan roamed the byways of England and wrote several books about his prison experience.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} The artist [[Sean Scully]] (b. 1945) was also born in Inchicore and moved to London When he was four years old.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sean-scully-world-famous-irish-artist-and-son-of-inchicore/38674606.html</ref>

The [[courts-martial]] of a number of figures in the 1916 Rebellion, including poet [[Patrick Pearse]], took place in [[Richmond Barracks]]. A number of surviving buildings of the barracks have been restored, with the former gymnasium redeveloped ahead of the 1916 centenary celebrations. It contains wall panels and a tapestry that highlight the people court martialled there.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dmwcreative.ie/3-richmond | website = dmwcreative.ie | title = Richmond Barracks | accessdate = 26 September 2024 }}</ref>

=== Parks ===
[[File:The allotments at Grattan Crescent Park, Dublin, Ireland 10.jpg|thumb|[[Grattan Crescent Park]] allotments]]
The parks in the area include [[Grattan Crescent Park]] and Jim Mitchell Park, which hold playgrounds, as well as Turvey Park, and the park grounds adjoining the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church. To the south, there is [[Lansdowne Valley Park]].

The [[Irish National War Memorial Gardens]], containing a monument designed by [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]], lies just to the north of Inchicore; there is an Inchicore entrance on Con Colbert Road. It commemorates the fallen Irish of the Great War. Official record books held in museum buildings there are inscribed with the names of those who gave their lives. The gardens are also accessible from the South Circular Road, en route toward [[Phoenix Park]], which can be accessed by crossing over [[Islandbridge]] (Sarah Bridge).

===Museums===
There is a museum at [[Richmond Barracks]], which reopened in May 2016 as part of the centenary celebrations of the [[Easter Rising]]. Prisoners were taken to Richmond Barracks for processing after the surrender of the insurgents in 1916. Nearby [[Kilmainham Jail]], now a national museum, was the scene of the execution of leaders of [[Easter Rising]] of 1916. The [[Irish Museum of Modern Art]], housed in the [[Royal Hospital Kilmainham]], is also nearby.

[[Goldenbridge Cemetery]], accessible via guided tours from the nearby Richmond Barracks, was the first dedicated Catholic cemetery in Ireland that opened after [[Catholic emancipation]]. It opened in 1828, shortly before the passing of the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]]. Goldenbridge is the burial place of modern Ireland's first head of government, [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]] [[W. T. Cosgrave]], who died in 1965.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

== Education ==

Primary schools in the area include Gaelscoil Inse Chor,<ref>[https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/2qg6pv-zp4coh-/ gov.ie - Roll number 19589U school detail]</ref> Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál (Oblates) NS,<ref>[https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/j0g3qx-sxa2jl-/ gov.ie - Roll number 17083B school detail]</ref> Our Lady of Lourdes NS,<ref>[https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/odesg5-j0q7pv-/ gov.ie - Roll number 07546J school detail]</ref> and Inchicore National School.<ref>[https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/87ztal-o8mt5v-/ gov.ie - Roll number 20139T school detail]</ref> The restored 'Model School' (Inchicore NS) was built in 1853 as a prototype facility for government funded non-denominational primary school education in Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cullinan |first1=Emma |title=School among the trees is a triumph |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/school-among-the-trees-is-a-triumph-1.2416628 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>

Secondary schools serving the area include Mercy Secondary School.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mercyinchicore.ie/ | website = mercyinchicore.ie | title = Mercy Secondary School}}</ref> This co-educational Catholic school,<ref>[https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/3v2l7k-5x9wzr-/ gov.ie - Roll number 60872A school detail]</ref> under the trusteeship of [[Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust|CEIST]], is located on Thomas Davis Street West, off Emmet Road. It is a member of the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) and the international [[College For Every Student]] (CFES) programme. The school has won CFES "School of Distinction" several times.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://brilliantpathways.org/33-schools-recognized-as-exemplary-across-the-united-states-ireland/ | website = CFES Brilliant Pathways | title = 33 Schools Recognized as Exemplary Across the United States & Ireland | date = 24 August 2017 }}</ref>

The [[Inchicore College of Further Education]] is located at Emmet Road in Inchicore.

[[Inchicore Public Library]] offers club activities (including a film club, book club, knitting club, and poetry club).{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

== Sports ==

===Soccer===
[[File:RichmondPark2008.jpg|thumb|[[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]] during a [[St Patricks Athletic F.C.|St. Patrick's Athletic]] match.]]
[[St Patricks Athletic F.C.|St. Patrick's Athletic]] (founded in 1929 and commonly known as ''St. Pat's'') play in [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]].  St. Pat's has played in Inchicore since 1930 (save for time spent exiled due to ground redevelopment). The club has won the [[League of Ireland]] Championship on nine occasions. {{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

[[File:Paul McGrath Inchicore traffic light box.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]] inspired traffic light box design]]Former St. Pat's players include [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]], [[Ronnie Whelan (footballer, born 1936)|Ronnie Whelan Snr.]], [[Shay Gibbons]], [[Gordon Banks]], [[Curtis Fleming]], [[Paul Osam]], [[Eddie Gormley]], [[Charles Livingstone Mbabazi]], [[Ryan Guy]], [[Keith Fahey]], [[Kevin Doyle (footballer)|Kevin Doyle]], [[Chris Fagan (Irish footballer)|Christy Fagan]], [[Chris Forrester]] and [[Ian Bermingham]].  St Patrick's Athletic host a number junior and intermediate sides at Inchicore, including Lansdowne Rangers, Inchicore Athletic and West Park Albion.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===Gaelic games===
The [[1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final]] between Tipperary and Laois was played at what is now the Inchicore Sports and Social Club.

[[Liffey Gaels GAA]] club was founded in 1951. It was known as Rialto Gaels for over twenty years. In the 1970s, it changed its name to SS. Michael and James's to reflect the efforts of the teachers and students of these schools in the development of the club. In 1984, a local juvenile club, Donore Iosagain, amalgamated with SS. Michael and James's and the club was renamed the Liffey Gaels. The club plays home games at East Timor Park on Sarsfield Road in Inchicore.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.inchicore.info/businesses/view/77 | title = Liffey Gaels Information | website = inchicore.info | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127070401/http://www.inchicore.info/businesses/view/77|archivedate=2020-01-27}}</ref>

===Other sports===
Men's, women's, boys and girls basketball teams are based in Oblate Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oblate Basketball Club |url=https://oblatebasketball.com}}</ref>

Indoor climbing and [[bouldering]] centre "Gravity" based in Goldenbridge Industrial Estate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gravity Climbing Centre |url=https://www.gravityclimbing.ie/}}</ref>

Teams taking part in [[Dublin Roller Derby]] league train and teach skating in Inchicore Community Sports Centre.

==Infrastructure==
Inchicore is accessed by multiple roads and served by a range of [[Dublin Bus]] services.  Although the site of Ireland's main railway service yards, it has no mainline rail service, but it is served by the [[Luas]] tramway system, which runs along its filled-in [[Track (rail transport)|permanent way]], and serves the area from Blackhorse to Suir Bridge.

Inchicore is passed on its southern edge by the [[Grand Canal of Ireland|Grand Canal]], developed by economic progressives of the day and that was, at its peak, the major passenger and commercial trading route through central Ireland, running through the productive farmlands and peat bogs of the Irish midlands. Originally carrying significant traffic during the eighteenth century, it is now a recreational waterway.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Olivia |title=Study proposes range of schemes to protect and improve canals |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/study-proposes-range-of-schemes-to-protect-and-improve-canals-1.624350 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>

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==Notable people==
* [[John Aspinall (cricketer)|John Aspinall]], first-class cricketer.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* [[Joe Carr]] Irish amateur golfer who was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* [[Timothy Coughlin]], one of the trio of Republican dissidents who assassinated [[Kevin O'Higgins]], Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State in 1927, lived in Inchicore.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* [[Theo Foley]], (1937–2020), footballer for [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[Home Farm F.C.|Home Farm]], [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton]] and [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton]] and manager for Charlton and Northampton
* [[Stephen Gillmurphy]], independent [[video game developer]]{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* [[Michael Hartnett]] stayed in Inchicore when he wrote 'Inchicore haiku' (1984), a plaque marks his former home on Emmet Road.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* [[Peadar Kearney]], lived at 25 O'Donoghue Street, writer of the Irish national anthem.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* [[Thomas Kinsella]], one of Ireland's best-known modern poets, was born and raised in Inchicore.<ref name="kinsella"/>
* [[Michael Mallin]], 1913 strike leader, was later executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. A plaque marks his home at 122-122A Emmet Road.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whelan |first1=Zuzia |title=In Inchicore, Some Think Emmet Hall Should Be a Protected Structure |url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2018/05/23/in-inchicore-some-think-emmet-hall-should-be-a-protected-structure |work=Dublin Inquirer |issue=23 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Kathleen Mills]] was born and lived in Inchicore. A plaque marks her former home at 1 Abercorn Terrace. {{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* [[Jim Mitchell (politician)|Jim Mitchell]] was born and raised in Inchicore. He was a politician who served in the cabinets of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald (1981–82; 1982–87).{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} 
* [[Anne O'Brien (footballer)|Anne O'Brien]], Irish association football (soccer) player.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* [[Constantine Scollen]], the Oblate missionary priest, began his career here as a teaching brother prior to going to Canada. {{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* [[Sean Scully]], artist, lived in Inchicore as a small child.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2019/0801/1066512-sean-scully/ | website = rte.ie | title = Artist Seán Scully honoured in Inchicore | date = 1 August 2019 | accessdate = 26 September 2024 | quote = Scully was born in [Inchicore] Dublin in 1945, four years later his family moved to London }}</ref>
* [[Tom Scully (football manager)|Tom Scully]], priest and Gaelic football figure, was based in Inchicore in later life.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/tribute-legendary-former-offaly-football-21837390|title=A tribute to legendary former Offaly football manager Father Tom Scully|work=Irish Mirror|first=Pat|last=Nolan|date=9 April 2020|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>
* [[Kathryn Thomas]], television presenter, lives in Inchicore.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dwyer|first=Liz|date=2018-05-24|title=Kathryn Thomas presents a new crib for baby|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/kathryn-thomas-presents-a-new-crib-for-baby-1.3433766|access-date=2022-10-18|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Richie Towell]], professional footballer for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] and [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] grew up and lived in Inchicore for most of his life.
* Members of the band [[The Wolfe Tones]] were born in Inchicore and lived on Tyrconnell Road.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200225154627/http://www.inchicore.info/history/ History of Inchicore from inchicore.info] (archived 2020)

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