Harmonstown
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Harmonstown
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Harmonstown (
Northside. It straddles the boundary between modern-day Artane and Raheny. It has a population of 5,566 inhabitants as of 2016[2]
Location
Historically what is now Harmonstown was mostly in Raheny. The locality is bounded by the railway cutting, the Santry River within the Springdale Road Linear Park, and Brookwood Avenue. The Naniken River also crosses the area, in culvert, passing the railway by siphon.
Harmonstown is located south of Artane and Coolock, and is accessed by a railway bridge from the Ennafort / Cill Eanna part of Raheny, and faces the Edenmore part. It also borders Killester and Clontarf.
Amenities
The area contains
Parish of Coolock in the Church of Ireland. The townland of Harmonstown is within the civil parish of Clontarf but did not form part of the short-lived Clontarf Urban District.
On Harmonstown Road itself are shops, cafes, a pub, a Ford main dealer, a number of gyms and other businesses.
Transport
Harmonstown railway station opened on 27 January 1957.[3]
References
- ^ "Baile Hearmann/Harmonstown".
- ^ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/ireland-dublin.php From Census 2016 - Includes population of electoral divisions: Harmonstown A & Harmonstown B
- ^ "Harmonstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2 September 2007.