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Foxrock
Sign in to saveFoxrock () 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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- 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
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Elevation
- 53
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Centre of Foxrock Village - geograph.org.uk - 1775599.jpg
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- Foxrock
- historic county
- County Dublin
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- 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.
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