Castleknock College
Castleknock College is a voluntary Vincentian secondary school for boys, situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, eight km west of Dublin city centre, Ireland.Photo: Laurel Lodged, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castleknock Castle and Farmleigh.
Castleknock Castle
Castle
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Castleknock Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Dublin, Ireland. It is now the site of St. Vincent's Castleknock College, an all-boys Catholic school. The Irish name of Castleknock is Caisleán Cnucha, derived from the older forms Cnoc and Cnucha mentioned in medieval sources. Castleknock Castle is situated 140 metres southwest of Castleknock College.
Farmleigh
Farmleigh is the official Irish state guest house. It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family. It is situated on an elevated position above the River Liffey to the northwest of the Phoenix Park, in Castleknock. Farmleigh is situated 690 metres southeast of Castleknock College.
Castleknock railway station
Railway station
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Castleknock is a railway station that serves the suburban centres of Castleknock and Blanchardstown in Fingal, Ireland. It lies on the Dublin to Longford commuter route and is served by Western Commuter services from Pearse Station to Maynooth and Docklands to M3 Parkway. Castleknock railway station is situated 1½ km north of Castleknock College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleknock and Blanchardstown.
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.
Blanchardstown
Town
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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.
Clonsilla
Village
Photo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ km northwest of Castleknock College.
Castleknock College
- Type: School
- Description: boys secondary school in Dublin, Ireland
- Categories: secondary school, nonprofit organization, and education
- Location: Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.36901° or 53° 22′ 8″ northLongitude
-6.36813° or 6° 22′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C5M9J9J+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 38553163OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q5050528
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Castleknock College” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castleknock College”
- Hebrew: “קאסלנוק קולג‘”
- Irish: “Coláiste Chaisleán Cnucha”
- Japanese: “キャッスルノック・カレッジ”
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