Dublin City Council, formerly known as Dublin Corporation
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
(2022)[1]
• Electoral division
22,321
Time zone
UTC0 (WEST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (WEST)
Eircode
D09, D11
Dialing Code
+353(0)1
Geocode
O142401
ISO 3166 code
IE-D
Vehicle registration
D (Dublin Region)
Website
dublincity.ie
Ballymun (Irish: Baile Munna) is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the northern edge of the Northside, the green-field development of which began in the 1960s to accommodate a housing crisis in inner city areas of Dublin. While the newly built housing was state-of-the-art at the time, comprising high-rise tower blocks and flat complexes, residents were moved in years before shops, schools and other infrastructure were fully ready, and the area became well known for both a strong community spirit and considerable social challenges. Ballymun has several sub-districts such as Sillogue, Coultry, Shangan and Poppintree, and is close to both the Republic of Ireland's only IKEA store and to Dublin Airport. The area is the source of one Dublin river, and parts lie in the floodplain of another, and there are a number of parks.
In 1997, a regeneration plan was announced, which led to demolition of the flats over time and their replacement by new low-rise housing, along with some civic amenities, a number of arts projects, including the participative tree-planting project amaptocare, and an unfinished civic plaza, but also saw the loss of many of the area's shops, including the demolition of the only shopping centre. The regeneration, originally budgeted at €442 million, had cost at least €1 billion as of 2016, for the public elements. A metro stop on a city-to-airport line was planned but the plans were later shelved.[2]
The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Ballymun was 22,321 as of the 2022 census.[1]
Welcome to Ballymun bilingual sign
^ ab"Census 2022 - F1008 Population by Electoral Divisions in County Dublin, by Birthplace". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^Dublin, The Dublin Inquirer, 31 May 2016 "In Ballymun socks are scarce these days"
Ballymun (Irish: Baile Munna) is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the northern edge of the Northside, the green-field development of which began...
The Ballymun Flats referred to a number of flats—including the seven Ballymun tower blocks—in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. Built rapidly in the 1960s, there...
postal districts to span the Liffey. Dublin 9 includes parts of Ballymun east of Ballymun Road (Shangan and Coultry), Beaumont, Donnycarney, Drumcondra...
The Ballymun Concrete News was officially launched in October 2001, the Concrete News was a one-man-operated free newspaper that circulated to 20,000 homes...
up in the Ballymun Flats, and ran for local election in the area in 2014. She was first elected in the 2019 local elections, for the Ballymun-Finglas local...
Ballymun Kickhams (Irish: Ciceam Bhaile Munna ) is a GAA club in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. The club has a clubhouse and its home pitch, Pairc Ciceam...
He set up a trust to help struggling young people. He first worked in Ballymun and the North Inner City during the 1970s when he found young homeless...
September 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2019. "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Ballymun–Finglas LEA" (PDF). Dublin City Council. 24 May 2019. Archived from the...
northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin, Kilmore and Ballymun. It straddles the boundary of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council...
Irish documentary film about the community of Ballymun in north Dublin, Ireland. Directed by Ballymun native Turlough Kelly, the film was first screened...
piano and guitar, it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin's Ballymun flats; the towers have since become associated with the song. Though a...
since the 20th century. Other developments include the regeneration of Ballymun and an urban extension of Dublin at Adamstown. Since the establishment...
most notable and visible example of local authority accommodation is the Ballymun Flats near Dublin Airport. Estates of houses have been built around the...
Hazel De Nortúin was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 April 2016.[1] Ballymun Sinn Féin Cllr Noeleen Reilly was suspended from Sinn Féin for 6 months...
the Ballymun Kickhams club and for the Dublin county team. McMahon is a member of the Ballymun Kickhams Senior Football team. in 2013, Ballymun reached...
George's Street). Dublin's Northside suburbs include areas such as Finglas, Ballymun, Clontarf, and Howth. The Southside's suburbs include Tallaght, Sandyford...
returned to Dublin in 2011 to work in Ballymun, for the Global Action Plan, an environmental initiative funded by Ballymun Regeneration. In 2010, she was appointed...
Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021. "Ballymun Kickhams cruise to Dublin SFC victory over Ballyboden". RTE. RTE. 27 September...
Service League with Blacklions and in the Dublin Women's Soccer League with Ballymun United and Hamman Celtic. She characterised herself as a hard-working but...
Fianna Fáil in the Ballymun-Finglas local electoral area. He was re-elected following the 2014 local elections for the enlarged Ballymun local electoral...
Callaghan is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has represented Ballymun-Finglas on Dublin City Council since 2019. She served as Deputy Lord Mayor...
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