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Fingal
Sign in to saveFingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. Its name is derived from the medieval territory of Scandinavian foreigners () that settled in the area. Fingal County Council is the local authority for the county. In 2022 the population of the county was 330,506, making it the second most populated council in Dublin and the third most populous county in the state.
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County
- Settlement.image_shield
- Fingal Coat of Arms.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 155px
- Settlement.motto
- ''''"Abundance of Land and Sea"
- Settlement.map_caption
- Fingal (dark green) shown within County Dublin (light green) and within Ireland (lighter green)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 456
- Settlement.seat_type
- County town
- Settlement.seat
- Swords
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- Vehicle indexmark code
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- D
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Eircode
- Settlement.postal_code
- D9, D11, D15, K32, K34, K36, K45, K56, K67
- Settlement.population_total
- 330506
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local authority
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fingal County Council
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- Geography and subdivisions
- Towns and villages
- Baronies and civil parishes
- History
- Terminology and etymology
- Early Gaelic history
- Vikings and Hiberno-Norse
- After the Anglo-Norman invasion
- Early Anglo-Norman grants
- John of England
- Feudal administration
- Prescriptive Barony, 1208
- County Dublin
- Other derivative or related grants and titles
- Medieval taxation, and the Pale
- Abolition of feudal system
- Earldom of Fingall
- Modern county
- Governance and politics
- Economy
- Demographics
- Education
- Sport
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. Its name is derived from the medieval territory of Scandinavian foreigners () that settled in the area. Fingal County Council is the local authority for the county. In 2022 the population of the county was 330,506, making it the second most populated council in Dublin and the third most populous county in the state.
==Geography and subdivisions== Fingal is one of three counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. Swords is the county town. The other large urban centre is Blanchardstown. Smaller towns include Balbriggan and Malahide. Suburban villages with extensive housing include Baldoyle, Castleknock, Howth (and Sutton), Lusk, Donabate, Portmarnock, Skerries. Small rural settlements exist in the northern and western parts of the county. The motto of the arms of Fingal reads meaning "Abundance of Land and Sea". The motto reflects the strong farming and fishing ties historically associated with the area. It also features a Viking longboat, which represents the arrival of the Norse in Fingal, where they became integrated with the existing Irish. Fingal is bordered by County Meath to the north, by Kildare to the west and by Dublin city to the south. At the Strawberry Beds, the River Liffey separates the county from South Dublin.