Balally
Balally
Baile Amhlaoibh | |
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Suburb of Dublin | |
  Balally Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°16′48″N 6°13′55″W / 53.280°N 6.232°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[1] | 4,894 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Balally (Irish: Baile Amhlaoibh, meaning 'Olafs' Town'), County Dublin, Ireland, is a residential area between Dundrum village and the Sandyford Industrial Estate in Sandyford.
Balally Parish itself reaches from Ardglas to the M50 motorway. It has two primary schools (St. Olaf's National School] and Queen of Angels) and two secondary schools (St. Tiernan's and Wesley College). Balally is part of the conurbation of Greater Dublin, in the council area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The area contains a Luas tram station, located near the southern entrance to the new Dundrum Town Centre.
It was originally farmland and is located at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. It consists of: Balally Drive, Balally Hill, Balally Grove, Balally Close, Balally Park, Balally Avenue & Balally Road, and Sandyford Road. It has been re-connected to Sandyford Road at Balally Hill after access was closed off due to cars cutting through the estate to beat the traffic congestion.[citation needed]
Name
The area is named after Olaf (Amhlaoibh), the first King of Viking Dublin, who is reputed to have built a fort in the locality. The place name Baile Mhic Amhlaoibh, meaning "the town of the son of Olaf" was anglicised as Balally.
Education
The local primary school, St. Olaf's National School,[2] has more than 350 students. The Church of the Ascension of the Lord, the local Roman Catholic church, was built in 1982.
Churches
The Church of the Ascension of the Lord, the local Roman Catholic church, was built in October 1982.[3]
Transport
It is serviced by the buses: 44, 44B and 116. The 44 travels on to Enniskerry in the south and Larkhill to the north and runs hourly seven days a week. The 44B service operates Monday to Friday, in the early morning and early evening between Dundrum and Glencullen. The 116 also serves the area, going from Lesson Street once a day Monday to Friday in the afternoon and once in the morning to Parnell Square. It is also served by Go-Ahead Ireland Routes 75 Tallaght/Dún Laoghaire and 75A Tallaght/Dún Laoghaire via Sandyford Business Park
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The light rail rapid transit system, Luas has a stop at Balally and connects the suburb to Brides Glen in the south and the City Centre and Broombridge in the North.
Some proposals for the Dublin Metro, Metrolink, proposed a stop alongside Ballaly's Luas station on its way from Swords to Sandyford.[4] However, as of February 2019, it was questioned whether this section of the line would be completed as originally proposed.[5]
Sport
Naomh Olaf is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club and Balally Celtic is the local Football club.
Community association
Balally Residents Association has been in existence since 1964, and seeks to represent the "interests of residents in Balally estate as well as the local Sandyford Road".[6]
See also
References
- ^ Population of towns ordered by county and size, 2006 and 2011 (PDF). Census 2011 (Report). Central Statistics Office. p. 17.
Population for Dundrum-Balally (4,894)
- ^ http://homepage.eircom.net/~olaf/
- ^ http://balallyparish.ie/history
- ^ https://static.rasset.ie/documents/news/2018/03/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf
- ^ https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/southside-section-of-metrolink-set-to-be-abandoned-906075.html
- ^ http://www.balally.com