Ballyboden
| Ballyboden Baile Buadáin
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 Ballyboden
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| Coordinates: 53°16′55″N 6°17′24″W / 53.282°N 6.29°WCoordinates: 53°16′55″N 6°17′24″W / 53.282°N 6.29°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin South |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 5,193 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | O144289 |
Ballyboden (Baile Buadáin in Irish, meaning "Boden Town ") is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham in South Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon.
According to the 2006 Census[1], Ballyboden has a population of about five thousand.
Republic of Ireland international footballer Damien Duff is from the locality.
Ballyboden is home to two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs, Ballyboden Wanderers, who play in Mount Venus Road, and Ballyboden St. Enda's, who have a new playing facility at Sancta Maria College.
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[edit] The Parish of Ballyboden
The Catholic parish of Ballyboden was set up in 1973 and is managed by Order of St. Augustine of Hippo.
The parish of Rathfarnham, a pre-Reformation parish, is the parent of several parishes in south Dublin. Terenure developed in 1894, Churchtown (1965), Ballyroan (1968), Tallaght (1972) and Ballyboden (1973).
There had been an Augustinian house of studies in Ballyboden since 1955. It was the home of students of the Order following the two-year course in Philosophy. When the new church in Ballyroan was opened in 1966 with only one regular priest, the Augustinians took an active part, celebrating four Masses on Sundays.
The Augustinians acquired Orlagh as a Novitiate in 1872. When U.C.D. moved from Earlsfort Terrace to the new campus at Belfield in South Co. Dublin, alternate accommodation was needed for the students. The order acquired St. Catherines, Ballyboden, previously the residence of Mr. Justice O’Byrne. Construction on the new student residence, dedicated to Our Lady of Good Counsel, began in 1955.
Ballyboden parish church was blessed by Archbishop Dermot Ryan on October 4, 1981.
