Castleknock, Dublin

#276 among attractions in Dublin

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Castleknock is a civil parish and a townland located in the south-western corner of the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. The civil parish is part of the ancient barony of Castleknock. It is centred on the suburban village of Castleknock. The townland of Castleknock itself is the location of the eponymous "Cnucha's Castle" – Castleknock Castle. The town with the biggest population in the parish is Blanchardstown. In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone and comprises 2943 statute acres, the whole of which is arable land. ()

Coordinates: 53°22'13"N, 6°21'41"W

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Castleknock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Farmleigh, Blanchardstown, Dunsink Observatory, Farmleigh Bridge.

0.4 miS
18th-century estate with gardens and tours
Farmleigh, Dublin
11 min walk • 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 north-west of the Phoenix Park, in Castleknock.
1.3 miNW
Area
Blanchardstown, Dublin
34 min walk • 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.
1.5 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Dunsink Observatory, Dublin
39 min walk • The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink near the city of Dublin, Ireland.
0.6 miS
Bridge
Farmleigh Bridge, Dublin
17 min walk • The Farmleigh Bridge, also known as the Silver Bridge, Guinness Bridge or Strawberry Beds Bridge, is a disused bridge spanning the River Liffey and the Lower Lucan Road in Dublin, Ireland. Farmleigh Bridge is a single-span cast iron box truss bridge.
1.1 miSW
Bridge
West-Link, Dublin
28 min walk • The West-Link is a toll bridge on the M50 motorway to the west of Dublin, Ireland, operated by Emovis for Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
1.4 miNE
Neighbourhood
Dunsink, Dublin
36 min walk • Dunsink is a townland in the civil parish of Castleknock, Dublin, in Ireland. It is most famous for Dunsink Observatory where William Rowan Hamilton and Hermann Brück were directors. It is the oldest scientific institution in Ireland.
1 miW
Neighbourhood
Carpenterstown, Dublin
26 min walk • Carpenterstown is a townland in the civil parish of Castleknock. The civil parish is part in the ancient barony of Castleknock. In geology, the townland rests on a substratum of limestone and comprises 166 statute acres, the whole of which is arable land.
1 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Phoenix Park Racecourse, Dublin
26 min walk • Phoenix Park Racecourse is a former horse racing venue in Ireland. It was located in the townlands of Ashtown and Castleknock in the civil parish of Castleknock on the northern edge of the Phoenix Park in Dublin.