Blackrock

Blackrock is a railway stop in , . Blackrock is situated nearby to the fitness club , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackrock and Blackrock Further Education Institute.

Railway station
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
railway station serves in , . It opened to the public on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland.

College
is a college of further education in which was established in 1982. In 2014 it moved to the refurbished Blackrock Town Hall, Library and Technical Institute complex. is situated 280 metres southeast of Blackrock.

Church
Photo: DubhEire, CC0.
is a Roman Catholic church in the parish of Blackrock, . The church is still in use and named after the Saint John the Baptist. It is located on Temple Road, , . is situated 390 metres southeast of Blackrock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackrock and Booterstown.

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.

Photo: Beta, Public domain.
is a coastal suburban town near . The Bellfield campus of University College Dublin, a major research university, is about 2 km west of . The area is home to marsh, a bird sanctuary.

Suburb
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, formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburb of in . is located in , and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present.

Blackrock

Latitude
53.30283° or 53° 18′ 10″ north
Longitude
-6.17872° or 6° 10′ 43″ west
Operator
Irish Rail
Network
Dublin Commuter;DART
Open location code
9C5M8R3C+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52839540
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
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In Other Languages

“Blackrock” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “An Charraig Dhubh”

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