Loughlinstown is a south Dublin suburb. Located in the County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. Located to the south-east of Dublin city, its county seat is the town of Dún Laoghaire. It is one of the four constituent parts of the Dublin Region...

 it lies on the N11 National Primary Route.

Loughlinstown is the location of St. Columcille's Hospital, which serves both south Dublin and north Wicklow. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions' is a agency of the European Union, with offices located in Dublin, Ireland. It was set up by in May 1975 by the European Council to help improve living and working conditions across Europe.The Foundation focuses on...

, an EU

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 body, is located in Loughlinstown House.

Recent history

Originally Loughlinstown was a village on the road from Dublin to Bray

Bray

Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...

 in County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

. During the 1960s, one of the earliest stretches of dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

 in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 was built through the area, leaving the village scattered along the western side of the new road.

For years a large mature chestnut

Common Horse-chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum is a large deciduous tree, commonly known as Horse-chestnut or Conker tree.-Distribution:Aesculus hippocastanum is native to a small area in the mountains of the Balkans in southeast Europe, in small areas in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and...

 tree was located in the middle of the dual carriageway at its junction with the Wyatville Road

R118 road

The R118 road is a regional road in south Dublin and Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown, Ireland.The official description of the R118 from the Roads Act 1993 Order 2006 reads:-See also:*Roads in Ireland*National primary road...

. It was known as The Big Tree and was a landmark feature on the road from Dublin to Wicklow. In the 1970s the junction was upgraded and the tree removed. In 2004 the 1960s road was replaced with a new dual carriageway and the junction was replaced with an overbridge.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland