Monkstown

Monkstown, historically known as Carrickbrennan, is a suburb on the southside of , . 10 km south-east of Dublin city centre, it is in the council area.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,560 residents
  • Description: suburb in Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Monkstown, Dublin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salthill and Monkstown and Lambert Puppet Theatre.

Railway station
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railway station serves the areas of in , Ireland. It is on the DART line between the stations of and .

Theater building
The & Museum was a puppet theatre located in Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland. It was a family-run business established in 1972 by Eugene Lambert, and hosted an international puppet festival annually.

Photo: Lord Monkstown, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dún Laoghaire and Deansgrange.

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is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.

Suburb
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is a southern suburb of , centred on the crossroads of Clonkeen Road and Kill Lane. The area shares the name Clonkeen with the area further east, known as .

Town
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is an affluent suburb of , , 3 km northwest of . It is named after the local geological rock formation to be found in the area of Park.

Monkstown

Latitude
53.29365° or 53° 17′ 37″ north
Longitude
-6.1539° or 6° 9′ 14″ west
Population
5,560
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9C5M7RVW+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52257324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2962543
Wiki­data ID
Q2088328
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Monkstown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Monkstown”
  • Cebuano: “Monkstown”
  • Chinese: “蒙克斯敦，都柏林郡”
  • Chinese: “蒙克斯敦”
  • Chinese: “蒙克斯頓”
  • Dutch: “Monkstown, County Dublin”
  • French: “Monkstown”
  • German: “Monkstown Castle”
  • Hebrew: “מונקסטאון”
  • Irish: “Baile na Manach”
  • Japanese: “マンクズタウン”
  • Japanese: “モンクスタウン”
  • Polish: “Monkstown”
  • Russian: “Монкстаун”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile na Manach”
  • Swedish: “Monkstown, Dublin”
  • Swedish: “Monkstown”
  • Urdu: “مونکس ٹاؤن، ڈبلن”

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