Shankill

Shankill is a suburb of , , on the southeast of , close to the border with . It is in the local government area of and had a population of 14,257 as of the 2016 census.
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  • Type: Village with 14,300 residents
  • Description: suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Shankill, Dublin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shankill railway station and Shanganagh Cemetery.

Railway station
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serves Shankill, in , Ireland.

Cemetery
is a cemetery in south , in the administrative county of just to the south of Shankill. The cemetery consists of two areas, on the Dublin Road, the other to the east, on the western side of the railway between and .

Railway station
DART Station is a station serving the DART line in the Shanganagh area of , Ireland. Construction of the new DART station started in November 2023, with the station officially opening on 10 August 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathmichael and Cherrywood.

Quarter
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is a suburb on the southside of , in the local government area of , near the southern border of with .

Suburb
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is a developing suburb of , , bordering , and . It is located to the southeast of the city, in .

Suburb
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is an outer residential suburb of , . It is in the south of , in the council area. The suburb is 14 km south-east of Dublin city centre, and is south-west of , north-east of , east of and north of Shankill. is situated 2½ km north of Shankill.

Shankill

Latitude
53.23023° or 53° 13′ 49″ north
Longitude
-6.12418° or 6° 7′ 27″ west
Population
14,300
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
9C5M6VJG+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52248852
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2961523
Wiki­data ID
Q2588702
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Shankill” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Shankill”
  • Bulgarian: “Шанкил”
  • Catalan: “Shankill”
  • Cebuano: “Shankill”
  • Chinese: “香基尔”
  • Danish: “Shankill”
  • Dutch: “Shankill”
  • Finnish: “Shankill”
  • French: “Shankill”
  • German: “Shankill Castle”
  • Irish: “Seanchill”
  • Italian: “Shankill”
  • Lithuanian: “Šankilis”
  • Persian: “شنکیل”
  • Polish: “Shankill”
  • Russian: “Шанкилл”
  • Spanish: “Shankill”
  • Swedish: “Shankill”
  • Urdu: “شینکل، ڈبلن”
  • Urdu: “شینکل”

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