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Power City. Power City is an Irish electrical retailer of consumer and electronic goods owned by the Bray-based McKenna family, with branches in Blanchardstown, Coolock, Tallaght, Finglas, Fonthill, Sallynoggin, Drogheda, Bray, Naas, Carrickmines [ 4] and in the Airside Retail Park, Swords. [ 5] A former branch was located in the Airways ...
Carrickmines (Irish: Carraig Mhaighin, meaning 'Plateau of rock') is an outer suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.The area, still semi-rural, was historically on the border of English control and featured a defensive construction, Carrickmines Castle, which became the subject of national controversy during the building of a late stage of Dublin's M50 orbital motorway.
Carrickmines Castle. Coordinates: 53.253292°N 6.175398°W. Carrickmines Castle is an archaeological site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, in eastern Ireland. The castle was built in the Middle Ages to protect the English -ruled Pale around Dublin. The mostly subsurface ruins lay in the path of the M50 motorway, completed in 2005.
The city of Dublin can trace its origin back more than 1,000 years, and for much of this time it has been Ireland's principal city and the cultural, educational and industrial centre of the island. Founding and early history Main articles: History of Dublin to 795 and Early Scandinavian Dublin The Dublin area c. 800 The earliest reference to Dublin is sometimes said to be found in the writings ...
This is a list of towns and villages in County Dublin, Ireland, many of which are suburbs of Dublin city. [1 ... Carrickmines; Castleknock; Chapelizod; Cherrywood;
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council ( Irish: Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is the local authority of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on its abolition on 1 January 1994 and one of four councils in the old County Dublin.
Luas. Luas ( pronounced / ˈluːəs / [ˈl̪ˠuəsˠ]; Irish for "speed") is a tram system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, the red line has been extended and split into different branches further out of the city ...
In 1794 Richard Power, judge of the Court of Exchequer, who was facing charges of corruption, drowned himself in the river at Irishtown. At the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century, Irishtown was the location of the Waxies' Dargle , an annual outing by Dublin cobblers ("waxies"), which a well-known folk song recalls.