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Whitehall is a Northside
Northside

Northside or North Side may refer to:Places:Northside or North Side often indicates the northernmost part of a city. Northside is a neighborhood in the following locations:...
 suburb of Dublin City
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

Whitehall is on the northern outskirts of Dublin's inner city, located on the N1 road leading to Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, it is by far the busiest airport in Ireland - over 23.3 million passengers passed through the airport in 2007....
, Swords
Swords, Dublin

Swords is a medium-sized suburban town located in County of Fingal, Republic of Ireland, close to Dublin Airport.In 1994, Swords became a county town after the break up of the former County Dublin; in 2001, it became the administrative centre for that county, upon the completion of the Fingal County Hall....
 and Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, between Santry
Santry

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

Drumcondra is the name of several places:* Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, a residential area on the Northside of Dublin.* Drumcondra, Meath, Ireland, a village in County Meath....
. North of Whitehall, the N1 becomes a motorway, the M1. The area is adjacent to the major public hospital of Beaumont and to Dublin City University
Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall, Dublin on the Northside of Dublin in Republic of Ireland....
 on Collins Avenue.

Whitehall takes its name from a house named White Hall, formerly located to the south of the village on Drumcondra Road Upper.






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Whitehall is a Northside
Northside

Northside or North Side may refer to:Places:Northside or North Side often indicates the northernmost part of a city. Northside is a neighborhood in the following locations:...
 suburb of Dublin City
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

Whitehall is on the northern outskirts of Dublin's inner city, located on the N1 road leading to Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, it is by far the busiest airport in Ireland - over 23.3 million passengers passed through the airport in 2007....
, Swords
Swords, Dublin

Swords is a medium-sized suburban town located in County of Fingal, Republic of Ireland, close to Dublin Airport.In 1994, Swords became a county town after the break up of the former County Dublin; in 2001, it became the administrative centre for that county, upon the completion of the Fingal County Hall....
 and Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, between Santry
Santry

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

Drumcondra is the name of several places:* Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, a residential area on the Northside of Dublin.* Drumcondra, Meath, Ireland, a village in County Meath....
. North of Whitehall, the N1 becomes a motorway, the M1. The area is adjacent to the major public hospital of Beaumont and to Dublin City University
Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall, Dublin on the Northside of Dublin in Republic of Ireland....
 on Collins Avenue.

Whitehall takes its name from a house named White Hall, formerly located to the south of the village on Drumcondra Road Upper. The area commonly known as Whitehall Cross, at the intersection of the Swords Road (N1) (north-south) and Collins Avenue (east-west), is in the townland
Townland

Believed to be of Gaelic origin, a townland is a term for a small geographical unit of land used in Ireland; the term was at one time also used in Scotland....
 of Clonturk, and was formerly the site of a public house
Public house

A public house, the formal name for a pub in Britain, is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic beverage for consumption on or off the premises in countries and regions of United Kingdom influence....
 called The Thatch, whose memory is preserved in the name of a nearby road.

Its most notable features are Plunket College of Further Education, St. Aidan's Christian Brothers School (whose past pupils include the former Irish Taoiseach
Taoiseach

The Taoiseach The Taoiseach is appointed by the President of Ireland upon the nomination of D?il ?ireann , and must, while he remains in office, retain the support of a majority in the D?il....
, Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern

Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is an Republic of Ireland politician who served as Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
 and the international footballer Liam Brady
Liam Brady

Liam "Chippy" Brady is a former Republic of Ireland Association football, who is now the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team senior team....
), and the Holy Child Roman Catholic Church, which is a well-known landmark to travellers on the N1. The area also houses the home ground of prominent junior football club Home Farm F.C.
Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm Football Club is an Republic of Ireland football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the Football League of Ireland in Football League of Ireland 1972-73 after merging with Drumcondra F.C.....
, and St Kevins, the schoolboy club for which Liam Brady, Ian Harte, Stephen Carr and Damien Duff played. Whitehall is also the site for one of the interchanges for the Dublin Port Tunnel
Dublin Port Tunnel

The Dublin Port Tunnel is a road traffic tunnel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, that forms part of the M50 motorway .The twin tunnels form a two-lane dual carriageway connecting Dublin Port, which lies to the east of central Dublin, and the M1 motorway close to Dublin Airport....
 with the M1. Dubliners band member Luke Kelly also lived in Whitehall and there is a stone in the area dedicated to him.

See also

  • List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
    List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

    This is a link page for city and towns in Republic of Ireland, including villages, townships or urban centres in Dublin. Cities are shown in bold; see Cities in Ireland for an independent list....