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Kinsealy

Outlying suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Kinsealy (officially Kinsaley; ) is an outer suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. Kinsealy is on the northside of the city, about 13 km from the city centre, on the Malahide Road, in the green belt between the suburbs of Balgriffin, Portmarnock and Malahide.

Kinsaley is also the name of the surrounding electoral division and of a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock within the traditional County Dublin. The urban area of Kinsealy crosses into the electoral division of Balgriffin.

Kinsealy gives its name to Kinsealy–Drinan, an urban area outside Swords, treated by the Fingal County Council development plan as part of Swords.

History

Samuel Lewis' 1837 Topographical Dictionary describes the parish of Kinsealy as "well cultivated", with a limestone quarry and a holy well.

Features

One of the most notable structures in the area is Abbeville, a partially 17th century but mainly Georgian house, for many years owned by Charles Haughey, including during his time as Taoiseach. Haughey's lavish lifestyle earned him the nickname, "the Squire of Kinsealy".

Kinsaley House is another of the earliest houses in the area constructed around 1736 in the fashionable Georgian style. , the house is surrounded by a 21st-century housing estate.

Amenities

Kinsealy is served by Dublin Bus routes 42, 42N, and 43. It has a Roman Catholic church named after St. Nicholas of Myra, by a secondary road to Portmarnock. The church site originally held the school and this was relocated to its current site in 1952.

Demographics

|2011|214 |2016|294 |2022|906

|2006|5526 |2011|8475 |2016|9621 |2022|11470

References

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"Dublin-Connolly/Kinsaley-Drinan". [[Rome2Rio]].
(28 July 2022). "Fingal Development Plan 2023–2029 : Chief Executive's Report on Draft Plan Public Consultation". Fingal County Council.
(1837). "Kinsealy". Library Ireland.
O'Kelly, Emer. (12 June 2011). "A voluntary code is not good enough for State gifts". [[Irish Independent]].
Kierans, John. (10 July 1997). "Haughey lied about £1.3m". Daily Mirror.
"Kinsaley House, KINSALEY".
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(April 2012). "CD114. Population of towns ordered by county and size, showing the relevant electoral divisions, 2006 and 2011". Central Statistics Office.
(April 2012). "CD115. Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011". Central Statistics Office.

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