Blanchardstown (Baile Bhlainséir in Irish) is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The area is located 10 km north-west of Dublin City and covers most of the An Post postal district Dublin 15. It is administered by Fingal County Council, and is that Council's largest urban area, though its headquarters are located in Swords.

[edit] Population

The 2006 Census recorded a population of 90,952^[2] in Blanchardstown and its immediate environs. However, if the greater area is included this figure is much larger (well over 100,000) and the area is on a par with cities like Limerick.

[edit] Transport

The area is located just beyond the M50 motorway, lying just past one of the main junctions on the orbital motorway, slightly to the north of the tolled crossing of the River Liffey.

Blanchardstown is served by several Dublin Bus routes: 37 38/A/B/C, 39/A/B/C/X, 70/A/X/N, 76a, 220, 236, 237, 238, 239 and 270. The privately owned URBus also serves the town going to and from Swords via Dublin Airport.

The town is to be served by the planned Metro West line.

[edit] Education and business

The suburb is the location of Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown as well as some prominent multinational companies like IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Symantec, eBay, Creative Labs, Xerox and Paypal. Blanchardstown Shopping Centre is also located in the area. Schools in the Blanchardstown area include Riversdale community college, coolmine school, Hartstown college and blakestown college amongst many more.

[edit] Clubs and societies

• Blanchardstown Brass Band
• St. John Ambulance Brigade - Castleknock (Dublin 15) Division
• St. Brigid's GAA Club
• St. Peregrines GAA Club
• Official St. Peregrines GAA Club website
• Corduff FC
• Huntstown Villa FC
• Mountview Boys FC
• St Mochtas FC
• Tyrrelstown FC
• Verona FC
• Whitestown United FC
• [1] Blanchardstown YOuth Service.

[edit] See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

[edit] External links

• Blanchardstown & Dublin 15 Citizens Information Centre
• Fingal County Council
• Corduff FC
• Map of Blanchardstown
• The National Sports Campus Development Authority
• Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
• St. John Ambulance Brigade - Castleknock (Dublin 15) Division
• St.Brigids GAA Club
• St Brigids Boxing Club - Boxing Club in Dublin 15
• The Dublin 15 Community Council

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org. Post 1991 figures are the totals for the Greater Dublin suburbs of Blanchardstown-Abbotsotwn, Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn and Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee “On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses” in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also “New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 473-488.
2. ^ http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006_prelim_press_release.pdf

Coordinates: 53°23′N 6°23′W / 53.383°N 6.383°W / 53.383; -6.383