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Iseult is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. Her mother, the Queen of Ireland, is also named Iseult...
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DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
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IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
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Chapelizod village is located west of Dublin city.
Chapelizod ' onMouseout='HidePop("82551")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Iseult">Iseult
Iseult is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. Her mother, the Queen of Ireland, is also named Iseult...
's Chapel") is a village in
DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
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IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
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Chapelizod village is located west of Dublin city. It lies along the
River LiffeyThe Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...
and is bordered to the west by
PalmerstownPalmerstown is a suburban area of Dublin, Ireland located to the west of the city centre in the county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to the east by the village of Chapelizod...
, to the north-west by the Strawberry Beds, to the south by part of
BallyfermotBallyfermot is a suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland, located 7 kilometres due west from the city centre, and to the south of the Phoenix Park. It is bordered to the north by Chapelizod, to the south by Walkinstown, to the east by Inchicore, and to the west by Palmerstown and Clondalkin...
and the main western thoroughfare out of Dublin city, the N4 road, and to the north by the
Phoenix ParkPhoenix Park is the largest enclosed urban public park in Europe located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It measures , with a walled circumference of 16 km that contains large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues. The park has been home to a herd of wild...
. It is very close to the
CromlechCromlech is a Brythonic word used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means "flagstone". The term is now virtually obsolete in archæology, but remains in use as a colloquial term for two different types of megalithic monument.In English it usually...
in Phoenix Park.
Chapelizod is rumoured to be the burial site of Iseult of Ireland.
Interesting buildings in the village include St Laurence's Church, and a house mentioned by Le Fanu in his ghost stories (it is not entirely clear which building this is).
Every year, the Chapelizod Community Festival is held between the 1st and 2nd Sundays in July. First held in 1994, the festival has grown to be one of the highlights of the summer. The festival is run by volunteers and funded mainly by local business sponsors.
The village is also the setting of James Joyce's final work,
Finnegans Wake.
See also