Coolock
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Coolock is a large suburban area, centred on a village, on Dublin city's Northside
Northside (Dublin)
The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin.- Introduction :...

 in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Coolock is crossed by the Santry River
Santry River
Santry River is a fairly small river on the north side of Dublin city, one of the forty or so watercourses monitored by Dublin City Council.-Course:...

, a prominent feature in the middle of the district, with a linear park and ponds. The Coolock suburban area encompasses parts of three Dublin postal districts: Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 17.

The civil parish of Coolock takes in the land between the Tonlegee Road (as far as Donaghmede
Donaghmede
Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...

) and the Malahide Road, as well as the lands on either side of the Malahide Road between Darndale
Darndale
Darndale is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland, featuring a high concentration of social housing. It is located in the north of the sprawling suburb of Coolock...

 and Artane
Artane, Dublin
Artane, sometimes spelled Artaine , historically Tartaine is a Northside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Neighbouring districts include Coolock, Beaumont, Killester, Raheny and Clontarf; to the south is a small locality, Harmonstown, straddling the Raheny-Artane border.-History:Artaine, now usually...

, and the lands either side of the Oscar Traynor Road on the approach to Santry
Santry
Santry is a suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin and Ballymun. Today it straddles the boundary of Dublin City and Fingal County Council area....

.

Coolock is also the name of the barony which accounts for most of north Dublin city, from the coast in to the Phoenix Park, and stretching north as far as to Swords.

History

Coolock has a history dating back over 3,500 years – a bronze-age burial site in the area dates back to 1500 BC. The settlement grew up around a small early-Christian church. A Catholic church, St. John's, was later built in the area (see Parish of Coolock (Roman Catholic)
Parish of Coolock (Roman Catholic)
Founded in the early days of Irish Christian parish structures, the Parish of Coolock, today a mid-size suburban community on the northside of Dublin, was for many years during penal times one of the few functioning Roman Catholic structures in the Dublin area...

 and Parish of Coolock (Church of Ireland)
Parish of Coolock (Church of Ireland)
The Parish of Coolock in the Church of Ireland was one of two successors to the ancient parish of that name, the other being the ongoing Roman Catholic parish.-Early years:...

 for more). The feudal barony of Coolock was granted in 1199 by Henry II to the Archbishop of Dublin.

Coolock remained a small village until the 1950s, when it began to be developed as part of Dublin's suburbs, with lands around the village being further developed over time, notably Bonnybrook and Kilmore West, between which a new centre to the area formed. At one time the old village was on the Malahide Road but that road was diverted and now passes slightly to the east of the village; in the meantime, a secondary hamlet, Newtown Coolock, developed further north.

Later again, lands in the north of Coolock were developed to form the new districts of Darndale and Priorswood, Dublin
Priorswood, Dublin
Priorswood is a district formed in northern Coolock, on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is part of the Dublin 17 postal district and took its name from a large house, Friarswood, situated off Belcamp Lane, near the Malahide Road, or from the townland of the same name...

.

Famous historical figures linked to the area included Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan was an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain.-Early life:Grattan was born at...

 of Belcamp Park, and the novelist Charles Lever
Charles Lever
Charles James Lever was an Irish novelist.-Biography:Lever was born in Dublin, the second son of James Lever, an architect and builder, and was educated in private schools. His escapades at Trinity College, Dublin , where he took the degree in medicine in 1831, are drawn on for the plots of some...

.

Location / Nature

Coolock lies at the centre of majority working class Northside
Northside
Northside or North Side may refer to:Music:* Northside , a musical group from Manchester, England* NorthSide, an American record labelPlaces:* North Side, California, former name of Oildale, California, United States...

 suburbs such as Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. Modern-day Kilbarrack is within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, with part of its old lands now in Donaghmede, and part in Bayside under Fingal County Council...

, Donaghmede and the Edenmore part of Raheny, and itself includes localities such as Ayrfield, Bonnybrook, Darndale, Priorswood, Greencastle and Kilmore West. As with other large suburban areas, such as Tallaght or Swords, there is no legal definition for Coolock, and so no definitive population figures, but it is one of Dublin's largest residential areas.

The majority of Coolock, excluding Ayrfield, was built-up by the then city authority, Dublin Corporation
Dublin Corporation
Dublin Corporation , known by generations of Dubliners simply as The Corpo, is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between 1661 and 1 January 2002...

, as part of a programme of phased inner city slum clearance (between, roughly, 1952 and 1987). Dublin City Council calculates that addresses containing "Coolock" comprise the largest stock of local authority houses within its jurisdiction and the area is central to the linear range of local authority building that took place during between the 1960s and the 1980s across Dublin's Northside - i.e. Ballymun
Ballymun
Ballymun is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport, Ireland. It is infamous for the Ballymun flats, which became a symbol of poverty, drugs, alienation from the state and social problems in Ireland from the 1970s...

 including Poppintree, Kilmore, Coolock, Edenmore, Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. Modern-day Kilbarrack is within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, with part of its old lands now in Donaghmede, and part in Bayside under Fingal County Council...

 and Donaghmede
Donaghmede
Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...

.

The permanent Traveller
Irish Traveller
Irish Travellers are a traditionally nomadic people of ethnic Irish origin, who maintain a separate language and set of traditions. They live predominantly in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.-Etymology:...

 halting site
Halting site
A halting site is a facility constructed for the accommodation of Irish Travellers and other nomadic groups. They are common in Ireland, mainly on the periphery of towns, where they are maintained by local authorities, and include spaces to park caravans and vehicles, electricity and sanitary...

 estates (which differ in layout to traditional halting sites) of Cara Park and Dominick Park, found in the Belcamp area (along the N32) are among the largest halting site facilities provided by local authorities in Ireland. They contain an adult education centre and pre-school facilities for the local Traveller population, both located beside Dominick Park. At least one smaller, more traditional, Traveller settlement is found in the area, close to the Clare Hall Shopping Centre.

Localities

  • Ayrfield is an area beginning on the north side of the Tonlegee Road, within the Dublin 13 postal code, opposite Edenmore, and near Donaghmede and Darndale, containing several estates such as Rathvale, Limewood, Millbrook, Slademore and Ard na Greine. Ayrfield has one primary school
    Elementary school
    An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

    , St. Pauls Junior and Senior National School, and opposite the school is St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. The main access road, Blunden Drive, is the home of Ayrfield Credit Union, Ayrfield Community Centre and O'Tooles GAC
    O'Tooles GAC
    O'Tooles GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dublin, Ireland, formed in 1901. An earlier Saint Laurence O'Toole G.A.A. club had existed in the North Wall area from 1888 to 1896. The St. Laurence O'Toole branch of the Gaelic League held their inaugural meeting in February 1901....

     clubhouse and playing pitches. It is also home to Ayrfield United F.C. which has pitches beside the credit union.
  • Belcamp, a housing estate beside Darndale.
  • Bonnybrook, a locality within the core of Coolock, above the original village, site of the main shopping centre, and with its own Catholic church and primary school.
  • Clonshaugh, (now in Dublin 17) stretching from the large Clonshaugh Industrial Estate opposite Kilmore all the way to the AUL, close to Baskin Lane. This includes Riverside, a housing estate at the side of the Santry River, with over 500 residents, first described as being in Santry, but with the postal district changed from Dublin 5 (old main Coolock code) to Dublin 17, and Newbury, situated behind Riverside, accessed from the Clonshaugh Road.
  • Darndale, built as a range of social housing estates, east of Clonshaugh and west of Clare Hall. It comprises the estates of Buttercup, Marigold, Primrose Grove, Snowdrop Walk and Tulip Court.
  • Greencastle, a locality within the core of Coolock, above the original village.
  • Kilmore as a whole is a large area west of the Malahide road and east of the M1, where Coolock meets Artane and Beaumont; of this, Kilmore West is entirely within Coolock, and includes the sub-locality of Cromcastle, which features numorous multi-storey council flat blocks in the same style as blocks in kilbarrack.
  • Priorswood, a small, densely populated locality found between Darndale and Clonshaugh, comprising the housing estates of Moatview, Fairfield and Ferrycarrig.
  • St. Brendan's Estate, located across the Malahide Road from Coolock village proper, and comprising St. Brendan's Drive, Avenue & Park, Moatfield and Dunree Park.

Religion

Coolock has given its name to religious divisions over a long period, and the primary historical ones are discussed at Parish of Coolock (Roman Catholic)
Parish of Coolock (Roman Catholic)
Founded in the early days of Irish Christian parish structures, the Parish of Coolock, today a mid-size suburban community on the northside of Dublin, was for many years during penal times one of the few functioning Roman Catholic structures in the Dublin area...

, and (from the Act of Supremacy), Parish of Coolock (Church of Ireland)
Parish of Coolock (Church of Ireland)
The Parish of Coolock in the Church of Ireland was one of two successors to the ancient parish of that name, the other being the ongoing Roman Catholic parish.-Early years:...

. Both Catholic (multiple) and Church of Ireland buildings stand within the area today. In the Catholic divisions, additional parishes today include Bonnybrook and Ayrfield (encompassing the Greenwood estate).

Education

  • Chanel College
    Chanel College (Dublin)
    Chanel College is a Catholic boys' secondary school in Coolock, Dublin, Ireland. The Principal is Mr. Declan Mowlds. The college has approximately 400 pupils.-History:...

    , a large secondary school
    Secondary school
    Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

     and adult education source, founded in 1955
  • The Donahies Community School, a large secondary school
    Secondary school
    Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

     and adult education source, founded in 1977
  • Colaiste Dhulaigh, the largest secondary school in Coolock, located beside Northside Shopping Centre. Colasite Dhulaigh also provides third level courses (FETAC).
  • St. Pauls Junior and Senior National School, Ayrfield
  • St. Francis, Priorswood

Amenities

  • Santry River
    Santry River
    Santry River is a fairly small river on the north side of Dublin city, one of the forty or so watercourses monitored by Dublin City Council.-Course:...

     Linear Park
  • The Stardust Memorial Garden which is dedicated to the 48 people who lost their lives in the Stardust nightclub
    Stardust Disaster
    The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February 1981. Some 841 people had attended a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a result of the fire...

    .


Coolock is also a centre of local government activity, with a Dublin City Council
Dublin City Council
Dublin City Council is the local authority for the city of Dublin in Ireland. It has 52 members and is the largest local authority in Ireland. Until 2001, it was known as Dublin Corporation.-Legal status:...

 major centre, NEAR FM community radio station, Health Services Executive centre and recycling centre.

Businesses and retail facilities

  • Northside Shopping Centre
    Shopping mall
    A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

    , Ireland's first covered shopping centre, situated near the northern fringe of the M50, with more than 70 outlets
  • Coolock Industrial Estate, with both manufacturing and retail facilities
  • Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, with a range of medium and large businesses
  • The main distribution centre of Crown Paints
    Crown Paints
    -History:The origins of the business lie in the history of paint making in Darwen which can be traced back to the late 1850s. It initially traded as WalPaMur after the initials of The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company...

    , formerly Akzo Nobel
    Akzo Nobel
    Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational, active in the fields of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 55,000 people. Sales in 2010 were EUR...

    , is located on the Malahide Road
  • Headquarters of Cadbury Ireland, whose grounds include a prehistoric monument and a pitch and putt course
  • Former headquarters of Chivers, which closed in 2008
  • Formerly, Tayto
    Tayto
    Tayto is a major Irish crisps and popcorn manufacturer, founded by Joe Murphy in 1954. Tayto invented the first Cheese & Onion crisps as well as the process of the seasoned potato chip/crisps. Tayto crisps are a cultural phenomenon in Ireland, and "Tayto" is sometimes used in Ireland as a synonym...

     Crisps, Ireland's largest factory for potato crisps, which closed in 2005

Clare Hall

The estate of Clare Hall, which lies between Coolock and Donaghmede
Donaghmede
Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...

, includes a small shopping precinct, and adjacent is a Tesco-owned centre which is now called Clare Hall Shopping Centre, and also features a petrol station and a large fitness club and swimming facility.

Organisations

  • Leinster Fish Keepeing Society
  • Parnells GAA
    Parnells GAA
    Parnells GAA or Parnells Gaelic Athletic Association club Gaelic football club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in davids bhs artane Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1893 and at that time was known as Parnell Volunteers. Parnells have won the Dublin senior football championship on...

     club
  • Coolock Town Football Club
  • St Columban's Boys Football Club
  • Beechlawn Rovers Football Club
  • Chanel SCC FC play their home matches at Chanel College
  • Priorswood F.C
  • Clarehall Celtic Football Club
  • St Francis Moatview FC

  • Coolock and District Racing Pigeon and Social Club (formerly Darndale Racing Pigeon Club), founded in the 1970s, based at Belcamp

  • Kilmore Boys F.C.
  • O'Tooles GAA Club, Ayrfield
  • Ayrfield United F.C.
  • Beep Club
  • F.A.C.T. School of Performing Arts

Film & television

The Darndale area was featured extensively during location shooting for the 1991 film The Commitments
The Commitments (film)
The Commitments , the soundtrack for the film, was released on 13 Aug 1991. "Mustang Sally" was released as a single. Most of the songs on the album are performed by the cast band, but two are by Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh.-Track listing:-Chart positions:-The Commitments, Vol...

, directed by Alan Parker and starring a mainly unknown cast at the time http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/06/20/the-commitments-1991/.

Transport

Coolock, which is not crossed by any rail systems, is serviced by main roads, including the N32 and Oscar Traynor Roads which link to the M1, and by the following Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...

 routes:
  • 17A Kilbarrack
    Kilbarrack
    Kilbarrack is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. Modern-day Kilbarrack is within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, with part of its old lands now in Donaghmede, and part in Bayside under Fingal County Council...

     to Finglas
    Finglas
    -See also:* List of towns and villages in Ireland* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland...

     (Mellowes Road)
  • 27 Talbot Street
    Talbot Street
    Talbot Street is a city-centre street located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from Connolly station and the IFSC at Amiens Street in the east to Marlborough Street in the west. The street is named after Charles Chetwynd, 3rd Earl of Talbot,...

     to Clare Hall Avenue
  • 27B Eden Quay
    Eden Quay
    Eden Quay is one of the Dublin quays on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin. The quay runs the bank between O'Connell Bridge and Butt Bridge. The quay is bisected by Marlborough Street, roughly halfway along its length...

     to Santry
    Santry
    Santry is a suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin and Ballymun. Today it straddles the boundary of Dublin City and Fingal County Council area....

     via Ballyshannon Ave (bus makes a 10 minute stop at Ballyshannon Ave, former departure point)
  • 27C Leeson Street Bridge
    Leeson Street
    Leeson Street is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.Originally known as Suesey Street, it was renamed in 1728 after the Leesons, a family of local brewers, who branched into property development and subsequently became Earls of Milltown....

     to Clare Hall Avenue
  • 27X Belfield (U.C.D) to Clare Hall Avenue
  • 42 Lower Abbey Street
    Abbey Street
    Abbey Street is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the Customs House in the east to Capel Street in the west...

     to Malahide
    Malahide
    Malahide is a coastal suburban town, near Dublin city, located in the administrative county of Fingal, within the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. It has a village-like centre and extensive residential areas to the south, west and northwest.-Name:...

     (Coast Road) or Portmarnock
    Portmarnock
    Portmarnock is a small suburban village to the north of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the administrative county of Fingal.-Location:Portmarnock lies on the coast and, owing to its proximity to Dublin city, is a form of dormitory village north-northeast of the city centre...

     (Sand's Hotel)
  • 43 Lower Abbey Street
    Abbey Street
    Abbey Street is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the Customs House in the east to Capel Street in the west...

     to Swords Business Park
    Swords, Dublin
    Swords is the county town of Fingal in Ireland. It is about 13 km north of Dublin city centre and is part of its commuter belt.- History :...

  • 104 Clontarf DART Station
    Clontarf, Dublin
    Clontarf is a coastal suburb on the northside of Dublin, in Ireland. It is most famous for giving the name to the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeated the Vikings of Dublin and their allies, the Irish of Leinster. This battle, which extended to districts...

     to Finglas
    Finglas
    -See also:* List of towns and villages in Ireland* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland...

     (Cappagh Hospital)
  • 127 Leeson Street Bridge
    Leeson Street
    Leeson Street is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.Originally known as Suesey Street, it was renamed in 1728 after the Leesons, a family of local brewers, who branched into property development and subsequently became Earls of Milltown....

     to Donaghmede Roundabout
    Donaghmede
    Donaghmede is a residential suburb of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland.-Location:Donaghmede is situated approximately to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin North East...

  • 129 Leeson Street Bridge
    Leeson Street
    Leeson Street is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.Originally known as Suesey Street, it was renamed in 1728 after the Leesons, a family of local brewers, who branched into property development and subsequently became Earls of Milltown....

     to Baldoyle
    Baldoyle
    Baldoyle is a small coastal area on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the part of the historic County Dublin now administered as Fingal.-Location and Access:...


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