Esker

Esker is a locality in South Dublin, Leinster. Esker is situated nearby to the town Lucan, as well as near the locality Edmundsbury.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kishoge railway station and Adamstown.

Kishoge railway station

Railway station

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Kishoge railway station is an Iarnród Éireann railway station in Dublin, Ireland, serving the Kishoge housing development. It is located on the South Western Commuter route from Dublin Heuston, and was built as part of the Kildare Route Project.

Adamstown

Railway station

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Adamstown railway station is a station on the Dublin to Kildare Commuter service. It serves the new town of Adamstown and South Western Commuter services call to the station. Adamstown is situated 2½ km southwest of Esker.

Luttrellstown Castle

Castle

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Luttrellstown Castle is a castellated house located in Clonsilla on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland dating from the early 15th century. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell family, by the bookseller Luke White and his descendants Baron Annaly, by the Guinness family, the Primwest Group, and since 2006, by JP McManus, John Magnier and Aidan Brooks. Luttrellstown Castle is situated 2½ km north of Esker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lucan and Leixlip.

Lucan

Town

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Lucan is a suburban village to the west of Dublin, Ireland, located 12 km from Dublin city centre, on the River Liffey. It is near the Strawberry Beds and Lucan Weir, and at the confluence of the River Griffeen.

Leixlip

Town

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Leixlip is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Brega, as an outpost of the Pale, and on Kildare's border with County Dublin. Leixlip is situated 4 km northwest of Esker.

Clonsilla

Village

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Clonsilla is a northwestern suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. Clonsilla is also a civil parish in the barony of Castleknock in County Dublin. Clonsilla is situated 4 km north of Esker.

Esker

Type: Locality
Location: South Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.35056° or 53° 21′ 2″ north

Longitude

-6.43806° or 6° 26′ 17″ west

Elevation

45 metres (148 feet)

Open location code

9C5M9H26+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52244958

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3315345

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