Palmerstown

For settlement in Wales, see Palmerstown, Vale of Glamorgan.

Palmerstown Baile Phámar
—  Town  —
Palmerstown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°21′00″N 6°22′44″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	South Dublin
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population (2006)
• Urban	3,929
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	O082345
Website	www.sdcc.ie

Palmerstown (Irish: Baile Phámar), occasionally referred to as Palmerston, is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is located about 8km west of the city centre, in the administrative county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the north by the River Liffey, to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to the east by the village of Chapelizod, the south-bank area of which lies in Palmerstown. The village is situated near the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, east of the junction of the M50 and the N4.

Transport

Road

The area is situated near the major junction of the M50 motorway [[N4]]. Old Lucan Road, once the main route from the city to the West, passes through the centre of Palmerstown Village.

Bus

The main public transport is Dublin Bus running via the N4. Scheduled services run east to the city, and west to Lucan, Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth. The Palmerstown Route(26) travels from the Cherry Orchard Hospital to Dublin city via Kennelsfort Road. Route (18), a circular city route runs from the Old Lucan Road to Donnybrook via many south Dublin suburbs including Walkinstown, Crumlin, KCR and Rathgar.

Rail

Palmerstown railway station opened in November 1881 and closed on 13 April 1940.There have been talks of a new rail line being set up and run in the area however nothing has been confirmed.

Palmerston

Townlands

The civil parish of Palmerstown is the most northerly parish in the Barony of Uppercross, County Dublin. Much of Palmerstown has been developed for residential, transportation and commercial purposes over the last half century.

The Palmerstown townlands include Palmerstown Lower (North), Palmerstown Upper (South), Woodfarm Acres, Redcow Farm, St Laurence, Johnstown, Yellow Walls, Irishtown and that part of Chapelizod located south of the River Liffey.

Palmerstown Village

Many of Palmerstown's local amenities are located in a cluster along the old Lucan Road, the old (N4)route from Dublin to Kinnegad. It straddles the ancient western highway which borders Palmerstown Upper and Palmerstown Lower. Robin Villas and Hollyville were labourers' cottages built at the beginning of the last century. The old national school is now a community centre. Stewarts Hospital, (formerly the residence of the Hely-Hutchinson family, the Roman Catholic Church of St. Philomena, the National School, the Palmerstown House Pub and Restaurant and a variety of general enterprises, including a bank and convenience stores are located here.Stewartscare is an old health care facility at the Stewarts buildings and grounds which overlook the meandering Liffey valley. The Stewarts complex houses the administration of the Irish Health Service Executive. . Stewarts Sports and Leisure centre is open to the general public. It also hosts an annual summer camp.

The main building of Stewartscare and HSE from Mill Lane.

Redcow Farm

This is the location of 'old' Palmerstown'. Not really so old, this term refers to the fact that this was the first modern housing development built in Palmerstown. This estate was constructed on a Redcow Farm townland farm property between 1955 and 1965. Bounded by Wheatfield and Kennelsfort Roads, and by the N4, it boasts on Manor Road its own strip mall complete with newsagents, hairdressers, fast food takeaways, the local credit union and a doctor's surgery. To the east of Redcow Farm is Glenaulin Park, the well maintained home of St. Patricks GAA club and Palmerstown United F.C.

Palmerston Lower

Mill Lane leads to the original Palmerstown settlement and centre of industry, which once employed over 600 millhands, craftsmen, and labourers. This seventeenth-century low-lying waterside industrial village was complete with flax, seed, oil, and flour mills. The ruin of a pre-Norman church and the remains of the once prosperous thriving community are situated near the river. A small ferry crossed the Liffey here, to where the Wren's Nest pub was situated on the North side. A well-kept football ground opposite the river Liffey is home to Palmerstown Rangers F.C.

Glenaulin Park, adjacent to St. Patrick's GAA Club and home to many local sports fixtures

Woodfarm Acres

The townland of Woodfarm Acres was mostly farmland. A few council cottages previously existed on the site. This large housing development was built during the 1970s. The estate is bounded by the M50 motorway and N4. Adjacent to Woodfarm Acres is another shopping centre containing a local SuperValu market, a bowling alley, an Xtra-vision video store, hair salons, and Wheelspin. Access to the local cemetery is adjacent to this centre. The Silver Granite Pub is located nearby, as is a petrol station and Pobalscoil Isolde, a secondary-level community school which opened in the 1980s.

Johnstown

The Oakcourt housing estate in Palmerstown, South Dublin 20 lies in the western part of the 59-acre Johnstown townland, behind Pobalscoil Iosolde. It was originally developed in the '70s and additional housing was erected in the mid 90's. The Johnstown townland extends due west from the Georgian Johnstown House (now St. John's College) on Le Fanu Rd. It runs west to Kennelsfort Road and lies between St. Laurence townland (the St. Laurence House is now the West County Hotel) from the River Liffey and Chapelizod in the north, to Ballyfermot Upper/Blackditch on the south.

The built-up Drumfin electoral District between Le Fanu Road and the Drumfin/Glenaulin Park GAA and Soccer pitches, is now part of Ballyfermot in Dublin City 10.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• D-Child and NuKiad beef.

External links

• Google Map of Palmerstown Area
• South Dublin County History
• South Dublin County Images
• Palmerstown Credit Union Website
• Palmerstown Rangers Football Club Website
• St Patricks GAA Hurling, Football and Camogie Club Website
• Wheelspin