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Stillorgan village is bypassed to the east by the N11 dual carriageway, which proceeds southeast through Galloping Green, bypassing Leopardstown and Foxrock to the east also.
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Stillorgan and village
It was thus distinguished from Newtown-in-the-Deer-Park, as the village of Newtown Park was then called, from the circumstance that it was built in the Deer Park belonging to Stillorgan House, or Castle ( a quo ' Newtownpark Avenue ').
The Stillorgan Road ( colloquially known as the Stillorgan dualler ) brings the road past Belfield, where University College Dublin is located ( and accessed from a grade-separated interchange on the dual carriageway-the first full interchange built in Ireland ) and onwards past Mount Merrion towards Stillorgan village.
Stillorgan (, also Stigh Lorcáin and previously Tigh Lorcáin or Teach Lorcáin ), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland.
Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present.
Stillorgan and is
Blackrock is bordered by Booterstown, Mount Merrion, Stillorgan, Deansgrange and Monkstown.
Belfield is close to Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Clonskeagh, Goatstown and Stillorgan and takes its name from Belfield House and Demesne, one of eight properties bought to form the main campus of University College Dublin.
The depot for the Luas Green Line is located on the eastern edge of Sandyford Industrial Estate, as are two stops, Stillorgan and the terminus Sandyford.
It is popularly believed that the name Stillorgan is either a Danish or Anglo Norman corruption of Teach Lorcan, ' the house or church of Lorcan ( Laurence )', possibly signifying St. Laurence O ' Toole.
Another belief is that it is named after a Danish or Irish chief of a similar name: what may have been his burial chamber was discovered in Stillorgan Park in 1716.
Stillorgan is a major bus interchange and the Stillorgan QBC is the most heavily used in Ireland, featuring the busiest and most frequent bus route, the 46A to Dún Laoghaire.
* The location of Stillorgan Castle became the House of St John of God when the Hospitaller Order moved there in 1883, it is now a major psychiatric hospital.
* One of the most prominent architectural features is the large 18th century obelisk designed by Edward Lovett Pearce for the second Viscount Allen ; Pearce resided in Stillorgan in a house known as The Grove, which was demolished to make way for Stillorgan Bowl ( now LeisurePlex ).
* A large open reservoir, called Stillorgan Reservoir, is situated near the Sandyford Industrial Estate.
It is now the site of the Stillorgan Orchard which was thatched in the 1980s.
Stillorgan is home to the Kilmacud Crokes Gaelic Athletic Association club, whose clubhouse and grounds, Glenalbyn, are located directly opposite the shopping centre.
It is also home to Leinster Senior League team Stillorgan Lakelands FC, who play out of St. Benildus College, as well as Stillorgan rugby club.
Stillorgan and bypassed
It has bypassed Stillorgan centre since the mid 1970s when the Stillorgan Bypass was opened to the east.
Stillorgan and east
North of Stillorgan, the N31 to Dún Laoghaire port commences, leaving the N11 to the east via Mount Merrion Avenue.
To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh.
Stillorgan and by
Bernini's obelisk influenced the obelisk constructed as a family funeral memorial by Sir Edward Lovatt Pierce for the Allen family at Stillorgan in Ireland in 1717, one of several Egyptian obelisks erected in Ireland during the early 18th century.
In the fourteenth century the manor of Stillorgan was held by the Cruise family, from whom it passed to the Derpatrick family.
It was completely demolished in 1978, the site being occupied by the AIB Bank at Stillorgan Plaza.
Notable individuals who lived in the area covered by the Stillorgan Ward include:
This large house ( subsequently known as Tigh Lorcain Hall ) was replaced by the Stillorgan Bowling Alley in 1963.
A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan.
Stillorgan and N11
The route continues via Morehampton Road and Donnybrook Road, through Donnybrook, with the route becoming dual carriageway at Donnybrook Church, which marks the beginning of the Stillorgan Road. N11 northbound on Leeson Street
* The N11 road leads out from the city, passing through Stillorgan, towards the major commuter town of Bray.
The N11 hosts the ' Stillorgan Bus Corridor ' ( QBC ) which runs along the N11 in both directions from St. Stephen's Green to Foxrock.
The Stillorgan Dual Carriageway ( N11 ) runs parallel to the Old Bray Road and directly through the suburb, and is one the major roads linking Dublin with the South.
It covers areas such as Stillorgan ( west of the N11 road ), Dundrum, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Goatstown, Rathfarnham, Sandyford, Stepaside, Kilternan, Ballinteer, Churchtown and Ballyboden.
Nutley Lane (), Dublin, Ireland is a road leading westwards from the Merrion Road at St. Vincent's Hospital and the Merrion Centre uphill past Elm Park Golf Club to the N11 Stillorgan Road at Montrose, the headquarters of the national broadcaster RTÉ.
Stillorgan and dual
The first short stretch of dual carriageway on the road, and indeed the first stretch of dual carriageway anywhere in Ireland ( the republic ), was built in the 1950s between the Stillorgan Road / Newtownpark Avenue junction and Foxrock Church ( this stretch was substantially widened around the turn of the millennium ).
Subsequent short stretches of dual carriageway, at Loughlinstown, between Bray and Kilpedder, and from Donnybrook to Stillorgan were constructed during the early to mid 1970s, this phase ending with the opening of the Stillorgan bypass in October 1979.
Stillorgan and which
During Domvile ’ s time, new roads and streets were laid out, as well as water mains which feed a relief tank from Vartry Reservoir, continuing on to Stillorgan reservoir.
There are six Local Electoral Areas ( LEAs ) for the county which return a total of 28 councillors as follows: Ballybrack ( 6 ), Blackrock ( 4 ), Dundrum ( 6 ), Dún Laoghaire ( 6 ), " Glencullen / Sandyford " ( 3 ), Stillorgan ( 3 ).
Recently Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown published the Sandyford Urban Area Plan which allows for landmark buildings near the Stillorgan reservoir.
Between the Convent of Mount Anville, above Dundrum, and the broad high road which leads to Stillorgan, rises the wooded hill of Mount Merrion, the centre of the landscape over Dublin Bay, which gradually becomes defined as the opalescent mists of the Irish sunrise fade away.
A double avenue of beech trees shades the roadway which runs, straight as a rule, for a full quarter of a mile to the entrance gates on the Stillorgan Road.
Stillorgan and Green
The nearest DART station to Mount Merrion is Blackrock, while the nearest Luas stations are Kilmacud and Stillorgan on the Green line.
Stillorgan and Leopardstown
Stillorgan neighbours other southside districts such as Kilmacud, Mount Merrion, Sandyford, Leopardstown, Dundrum, Blackrock, Goatstown and Foxrock.
The Ward includes Clonskeagh, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Stillorgan, Leopardstown and Foxrock.
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