Foxrock

Foxrock () is an affluent suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It is within the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the postal district of Dublin 18 and in the Catholic parish of Foxrock.

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Place details

Locality: Cornelscourt
Region: Leinster
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 12,870
Timezone: Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.postal_code: D18
Settlement.name: Foxrock
Settlement.settlement_type: Suburb
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Centre of Foxrock Village - geograph.org.uk - 1775599.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Centre of Foxrock village:- Findlaters Grocery Store (centre) opened in 1904, now the Gables wine bar & restaurant
Settlement.pushpin_map: Dublin#Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Dublin
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Leinster
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: County Dublin
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Local authority
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Dáil constituency
Settlement.subdivision_name5: Dún Laoghaire

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 53
Image: Centre of Foxrock Village - geograph.org.uk - 1775599.jpg

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Commons category: Foxrock
native label: Carraig an tSionnaigh

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Foxrock () is an affluent suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It is within the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the postal district of Dublin 18 and in the Catholic parish of Foxrock.

==History== The suburb of Foxrock was developed by William and John Bentley and Edward and Anthony Fox, who, in 1859, leased the lands of the Foxrock Estate from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Richard Whately, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, with the aim of creating an affluent garden suburb.