County Dublin - Definition and Overview

County Dublin
Area:	921 km²
Capital:	Dublin
Code:	D
Population:	1,122,821 (2002)
Province:	Leinster

Dublin (Irish Áth Cliath) is the county that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland.

County Dublin is located on the east coast of Ireland in the province of Leinster. The county is the third smallest county in Ireland with a land area of 921 km² (356 square miles). The census of 2002¹ recorded a total population of 1,122,821 and borders County Meath to the north-west, County Kildare to the south-west, and County Wicklow to the south.

Subdivisions

Dublin City Council has existed for centuries, previously as Dublin Corporation, as a county borough, whilst Dublin County Council in 1994 was abolished and the three administrative counties have full local authority status since.

The local authority divisions are:

Towns and suburbs in Dublin

• Balbriggan, Blanchardstown
• Castleknock, Clondalkin,Clonskeagh, Clontarf, Coolock
• Dalkey, Donabate, Drumcondra, Dundrum, Dún Laoghaire
• Harold's Cross, Howth
• Killiney
• Lucan
• Malahide, Mulhuddart
• Palmerstown, Portmarnock
• Rathcoole, Rathfarnham, Rathgar, Rathmines, Rush
• Saggart, Sandyford, Skerries, Stillorgan, Swords
• Tallaght, Templeogue, Terenure

Citation

[1] (http://www.cso.ie/principalstats/cenpop.html) Central Statistics Office

External link

• Dublin Regional Authority (http://www.dra.ie/)
• Irish Architecture Online - Architecture of County Dublin (http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/)

	Traditional counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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