Dublin 15

Dublin 15, also rendered as D15, is a postal district in the suburbs of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. It is 11 km (6.8 mi) west of the GPO in Dublin city.

Geography and political subdivisions

Dublin 15 covers a large area, rising from the

For elections to Dáil Éireann, the district is entirely contained within the Dublin West constituency. Only three electoral divisions of the constituency lie outside Dublin 15: Kilsallaghan, Lucan North and Swords-Forrest.^[3]

Dublin 15 borders four postal districts; Dublin 11 and Dublin 7 to the east; Dublin 20 and Dublin 8 to the south.

The district overlaps at many points with the historic barony of Castleknock. Three civil parishes of the barony are not in Dublin 15; Ward, Chapelizod and St James'; the five remaining parishes are contained in the district.

Civil parishes

This is a list of civil parishes, as opposed to

• Castleknock (part of)
  • Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Cabra, Corduff, Dunsink
• Clonsilla
  • Clonsilla, Coolmine,
• Cloghran
• Mulhuddart

• Huntstown,Hartstown, Littlepace, Tyrrelstown

• Finglas (part of)

Industry

The area has a range of industries, notably in the IT and service areas including eBay and PayPal. The Damastown Industrial Estate, one of Dublin's largest industrial estates, includes a large IBM campus employing over 4,000 people.

The area includes a number of business parks, locally known as Ballycoolin, which are occupied by multinationals, SMEs, logistic companies and light industry.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

The

Colloquially, Dubliners simply refer to the area as "Dublin 15". But in its fullest form, the postal district forms the first part of numerous seven digit Eircodes that are unique to every single address in the area. For example:

Fingal County Council
Grove Road
Blanchardstown 
Dublin 15
D15 W638

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