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St. Margaret's, Dublin
Saint Margaret's (Irish: Teampall Mhaighréide) is a civil parish and townland in the historical barony of Coolock in County Dublin, Ireland. Rivermeade, a housing estate of 175 homes which is treated as a separate census town, is located between Saint Margaret's and the Ward River. Dublin Airport is also nearby.

History

One of the earliest documented references to St. Margaret's dates to 1182, when Pope Lucius III reportedly confirmed "the town of St. Margarets" to the Archbishop of Dublin. Other evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a fulacht fiadh site, holy well, and an early 18th century church and graveyard. 16th century records of St. Margaret's Chapel at Dunsoghly, also called Dovemachenor or Donoughmore, indicate that a church existed in the area from at least 1275 AD.

Also nearby is the 15th century Dunsoghly Castle, the one-time residence of John Plunket, who was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1559 until his death in 1582. The graveyard and well at St. Margaret's are also historically associated with the Plunket family and it was reputedly a member of this family who had "St. Margaret's Spa Well [..] walled in so as to form a bath 6 feet long by 3 feet wide".

Geography

There are 14 townlands within Saint Margaret's civil parish, including Barberstown, Harristown, Newtown, Sandyhill, Shanganhill, and Saint Margaret's. A number of these townlands, such as Shanganhill, overlap with the grounds of Dublin Airport.

Rivermeade, a housing development of 175 homes south of the Ward River, is also located in the area. For census purposes, Rivermeade is treated as a census town and had a population of 530 people as of the 2016 census. It is served by Dublin Bus route 40B.

In 2018, the local authority, Fingal County Council, published a statutory Local Area Plan (LAP) covering the area. The LAP envisaged making Rivermeade, and St. Margaret's in general, a "more viable community" and providing a base for local services, with allowance for the addition of up to 275 houses, a commercial centre and a civic space.

Amenities

Local national (primary) schools include St. Margaret's National School (with an enrollment of approximately 90 pupils), and Mary Queen of Ireland National School in Rivermeade (which opened in 1981).

The local Catholic church, which is dedicated to Saint Margaret, is a chapel of ease in Finglas parish in the Archdiocese of Dublin.

Sport

Sports clubs in the area include St Margaret's GAA club (which was founded in 1908) and St. Margaret's Golf Club. As of 2018, Rivermeade F.C. was fielding association football (soccer) teams in the Athletic Union League.

References

  1. ^ "Saint Margaret's / Teampall Mhaighréide". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish of St. Margaret's, Co. Dublin". townlands.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ^ "St. Margaret's National School". stmargaretsns.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2022. St. Margaret's National School is located in the small North Co. Dublin village of St. Margarets which is close to Dublin Airport
  4. ^ Tutty, Michael J. (September 1979). "Dunsogly Castle and St. Margaret's Well". Dublin Historical Record. 32 (4). Old Dublin Society: 155–157. JSTOR 30104162.
  5. ^ "Rivermeade Local Area Plan May 2018" (PDF). Fingal Development Plan 2017 - 2023. Fingal County Council. May 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  6. ^ D'Alton, John (1838). "St. Margaret's". The History of County Dublin. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 387–390.
  7. ^ "St. Margaret's, Saint Margaret's (graveyard/cemetery)". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ^ Walsh, Robert (1888). "Appendix VII Finglas, (b) St. Margaret's" (PDF). Fingal and its Churches. Dublin: William McGee. p. 222.
  9. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Margaret's St (Dublin)". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin – via libraryireland.com.
  10. ^ "Saint Margaret's / Teampall Mhaighréide (civil parish)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 28 December 2022. Fo-Aonaid [..] bailte fearainn (14)
  11. ^ "daa lodges plans for solar farm to help power Dublin Airport". rte.ie. RTÉ News. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  12. ^ Dublin Airport Local Area Plan - January 2020 - Appendix 5 - Screening Report for Appropriate Assessment (PDF). Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023 (Report). Fingal County Council. January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023. The [Dublin Airport] LAP [..] northern boundary is defined by the [..] Naul Road which follows the northern perimeter of the existing airfield but includes the lands centred on Barberstown [townland] where the consented northern runway is under construction. The western boundary of the LAP [..spans..] the townland of Shanganhill. The southern boundary [..runs..] through the townland of Harristown
  13. ^ "Rivermeade LAP to bring 273 new homes to village". Fingal Independent. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019. A new Local Area Plan (LAP) for the Rivermeade area of St Margaret's is aiming to transform 'an estate into a village' [..] The Ward River runs through the centre of the site [..] There are currently 175 homes in Rivermeade
  14. ^ "Rivermeade (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Fighting for bus route". Fingal Independent. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  16. ^ "St Margarets NS, St Margarets, Co. Dublin". gov.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Mary Queen of Ireland N.S, Rivermeade Estate, Toberburr, St. Margarets, Co. Dublin".
  18. ^ "Parishes - Finglas (St. Canices & St. Margaret's)". Dublin Diocese. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  19. ^ "St. Canices Parish". Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  20. ^ "St Margarets Gaelic Association Club | Football since 1908". stmargaretsgaa.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  21. ^ "St. Margaret's Golf & Country Club, St. Margaret's, Co. Dublin". stmargaretsgolf.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Athletic Union League - Rivermeade FC Home". aul.ie. 2018.
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