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Clongriffin
Sign in to savethumb|Lake frozen over in Father Collins Park with distinctive [[wind turbines in the background]] thumb|Clongriffin Park and Ride facility Clongriffin ( is a community in northern Donaghmede, on the northern fringe of Dublin, Ireland. The settlement was based on a master plan vision from major developer Gannon Homes, with significant investment in transport infrastructure and also community and recreational amenities. Development slowed during the downturn in the economy, although activity renewed in recent years, with planning permission secured for a hotel and a range of additional homes in
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Place details
- Locality
- Dublin
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 15,299
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Dublin
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Commons category
- Clongriffin
- historic county
- County Dublin
- native label
- Cluain Ghrífín
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Name
- Location
- History and composition
- Early history
- Modern history
- Provision of services
- Pyrite settlement and remediation
- Development pause and resumption
- Transport and access
- Road
- Rail
- Bus
- Amenities
- Retail
- Cycling, walking, and running
- Father Collins Park
- Education
- Religion
- Nature
- References
thumb|Lake frozen over in Father Collins Park with distinctive [[wind turbines in the background]] thumb|Clongriffin Park and Ride facility Clongriffin ( is a community in northern Donaghmede, on the northern fringe of Dublin, Ireland. The settlement was based on a master plan vision from major developer Gannon Homes, with significant investment in transport infrastructure and also community and recreational amenities. Development slowed during the downturn in the economy, although activity renewed in recent years, with planning permission secured for a hotel and a range of additional homes including a 16-storey apartment block with residential lounges and roof gardens..
== Name == The name Clongriffin is a modern invention, a concatenation of "clon", the anglicisation of cluain (the Irish language word for meadow), and griffin. A griffin, griffon, or gryphon (the Irish of which is ghrífín) is a mythical beast and may be an element in the name of the adjacent district, Balgriffin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clongriffin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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