Skerries (Irish: Na Sceirí, meaning "The Rocks") is a seaside town in Fingal, Ireland. The name comes from the Norse word skere which has descended into the Irish word na sceirí which means the rocks.
Population: 9,671
Latitude: 53° 34' 58.01" N
Longitude: -6° 06' 29.99" W
County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland. It is sometimes officially referred to as the Dublin Region and is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin, which is the regiona…
The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine's Day) 1981. Some 841 people had attended a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a …
Malahide Castle, parts of which date to the 12th century, lies, with over 260 acres (1.1 km2) of remaining estate parkland (the Malahide Demesne Regional Park), close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of Dublin in Ireland.
…Lambay or Lambay Island (from Old Norse Lamb-ey, meaning "lamb island"; called in Irish: Reachrainn) lies in the Irish Sea off the coast of north County Dublin in Ireland.
The River Boyne (Irish: An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long.
Darndale (Irish: Darndál) is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland, featuring a high concentration of social housing and many social problems. It is located in the north of the sprawling suburb of Coolock. Darndale lies within the Dublin 17…
Bull Island (Irish: Oileán an Tairbh) or more properly North Bull Island (Irish: Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh) is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore off Clontarf (including Dol…
Howth Castle lies close to the village of Howth, Fingal County in Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the line of the St Lawrence family (see: Earl of Howth) that died out in 1909. From 1425 to 1767 the title had been Lord Howth, holding the area s…
RMS Tayleur was a full rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She ran aground and sank on her maiden voyage in 1854. Of more than 650 aboard, only 290 survived.
Baldoyle (Irish: Baile Dúill) is a coastal area in the northern part of Fingal, Ireland.
Coolock (Irish: An Chúlóg, meaning "The Little Corner") is a large suburban area, centred on a village, on Dublin city's Northside in Ireland. Coolock is crossed by the Santry River, a prominent feature in the middle of the district, with a linear p…
St Anne's Park (Irish: Páirc Naomh Áine) is a public park within Dublin City Council, situated between Raheny and Clontarf, both suburbs on the northside of Dublin, Ireland.
Ireland's Eye (Irish: Inis Mac Neasáin) is a small uninhabited island off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland, situated directly north of Howth Harbour. The island is easily reached by regular tourist boats.
Howth Head (Ceann Bhinn Éadair in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of Dublin City in Ireland. Howth falls under the local governance of Fingal County Council. Entry to the headland is at Sutton while the village of Howth and the harbour are on the no…
Beaumont Hospital, is a public voluntary hospital located in Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland. It is the second largest hospital in the Republic of Ireland. It is managed by a Hospital Board and provides acute care hospital services, including a 24-hour em…
Sutton (Irish: Cill Fhionntáin – Fintan's cell or church) is a residential suburb of Dublin's Northside, Ireland, at the base of Howth Head, the peninsula forming the northern edge of Dublin Bay.
Swords Castle was built as the manorial residence of the first Anglo-Norman Archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, around 1200 or a little later in Swords, just north of Dublin. The castle was never strong in the military sense, but is unusual in that th…
Ardgillan Castle is a country house in Balbriggan, Fingal, Ireland.