Rush

Balbriggan is a seaside town at the north end of , 32 km north of city centre. It was a small fishing village until 1780 then grew rapidly as a textile town, processing cotton and linen.
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  • Type: Town with 9,230 residents
  • Description: town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland
  • Also known as: Rush, County Dublin

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kenure and Drumanagh.

Pitch
is a cricket ground in Rush, in . The first recorded match on the ground was in 1997, when Ireland Under-23s Women played New South Wales Schools Women.

Archaeological site
is a headland near the village of , in the north east of , Ireland. It features an early 19th-century and a large Iron Age promontory fort which has produced Roman artefacts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loughshinny and Lusk.

Village
is a small coastal village in northern , , between and Rush. 's more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the many coastal walks in the area. is situated 2½ km north of Rush.

Town
is a town in , Ireland. Sometimes described as a village, is located about 20 km north of city centre. is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Balrothery East. is situated 5 km west of Rush.

is a seaside town 18 km northeast of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 18,608. Historically it's part of , which was divided so nowadays is governed by County Fingal.

Rush

Latitude
53.52204° or 53° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
-6.0909° or 6° 5′ 27″ west
Population
9,230
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
9C5MGWC5+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1422572343
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2961651
Wiki­data ID
Q2014213
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Rush” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: An Ros
  • Asturian: Rush
  • Basque: Rush
  • Bulgarian: Ръш
  • Cebuano: An Ros
  • Chinese: 拉許
  • Danish: Rush
  • Dutch: An Ros
  • Dutch: Rush
  • French: Rush
  • German: Rush
  • Hungarian: Rush
  • Indonesian: An Ros
  • Indonesian: Rush, Dublin
  • Indonesian: Rush, Republik Irlandia
  • Irish: An Ros, Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath
  • Irish: An Ros
  • Irish: Ros Eó
  • Italian: Rush
  • Luxembourgish: Rush
  • Persian: راش
  • Polish: Rush
  • Portuguese: Rush
  • Russian: Раш
  • Slovak: Rush
  • Spanish: Rush
  • Swedish: An Ros
  • Urdu: رش، ڈبلن
  • Urdu: رش

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Highlights include The Pilates Lounge and Rush Post Office.

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