Dunsink Power Station
Dunsink Power Station is a power station in Dublin, Leinster which is located on Dunsink Lane. Dunsink Power Station is situated nearby to Dunsink Observatory, as well as near Pitch and Putt.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunsink Observatory and Navan Road Parkway.
Dunsink Observatory
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink in the outskirts of the city of Dublin, Ireland. Directors of the observatory include 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. Dunsink Observatory is situated 150 metres southeast of Dunsink Power Station.
Navan Road Parkway
Railway station
Navan Road Parkway is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann. Navan Road Parkway is situated 1¼ km south of Dunsink Power Station.
Ashtown railway station
Railway station
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ashtown railway station is situated 1½ km south of Dunsink Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleknock and Finglas.
Castleknock
Village
Photo: Laurel Lodged, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3 km east of Dunsink Power Station.
Blanchardstown
Town
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blanchardstown is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. Located ten kilometres northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchardstown is the largest urban area in Fingal. Blanchardstown is situated 3 km west of Dunsink Power Station.
Dunsink Power Station
- Type: Power station
- Address: Dunsink Lane, Dublin
- Category: industry
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.38858° or 53° 23′ 19″ northLongitude
-6.33991° or 6° 20′ 24″ westInception
1996Operator
Bioverda Power Systems LimitedOpen location code
9C5M9MQ6+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1419065116OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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