Dunsink
Dunsink is a townland in the civil parish of Castleknock, Dublin, in Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.7 square kilometres, and had a population of 323 people as of the 2011 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunsink Observatory and Ashtown railway station.
Dunsink Observatory
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The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink in the outskirts of the city of Dublin, Ireland. Dunsink's most famous director was William Rowan Hamilton, who, amongst other things, discovered quaternions, the first non-commutative algebra form, while walking from the observatory to the city with his wife.
Ashtown railway station
Railway station
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Ashtown is a commuter railway station in Fingal, Ireland on the Dublin Connolly to Maynooth and Docklands to M3 Parkway commuter services. It serves the Ashtown area of Dublin and is near the Ashtown roundabout on the Navan Road. Navan Road Parkway opened nearby in 2008 but does not replace Ashtown.
Navan Road Parkway
Railway station
Navan Road Parkway is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleknock and Finglas.
Castleknock
Village
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Castleknock is an affluent neighbourhood centred around a village in Dublin, Ireland, located 8 km west of Dublin city centre. It is in the modern county of Fingal.
Finglas
Suburb
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Finglas is a northwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It lies close to Junction 5 of the M50 motorway, and the N2 road. Nearby suburbs include Glasnevin and Ballymun; Dublin Airport is seven km to the north. Finglas is situated 2½ km east of Dunsink.
Cabra
Suburb
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Cabra is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland. It is approximately 2 kilometres northwest of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council. Cabra is situated 3 km southeast of Dunsink.
Dunsink
- Type: Locality
- Description: townland in Blanchardstown, County Dublin, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and townland
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Dunsink” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “丹辛克”
- Dutch: “Dunsink”
- Irish: “Dún Sinche”
- Japanese: “ダンシンク”
- Turkish: “Dunsink”
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