Saggart
Sign in to saveSaggart () is a village in County Dublin, Ireland, south-west of Dublin city, in the local government area of South Dublin. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, with its population doubling between 2011 and 2022. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Newcastle.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saggart
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 3,133
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.name
- Saggart
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Saggart Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 809810.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saggart's main street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Dublin
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Local government area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- South Dublin
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 125
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Teach Sagard
- Population
- 868
- Elevation
- 125
- Image
- IMG SaggartVillage4912w.jpg
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Saggart () is a village in County Dublin, Ireland, south-west of Dublin city, in the local government area of South Dublin. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, with its population doubling between 2011 and 2022. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Newcastle.
==Name== A monk called Mosacra founded a settlement close to the site of the village in the 7th century. The name Saggart derives from , meaning "house of Sacra" in Irish, and the area was known as "Tassagart" for a period.
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