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'''Ballyfermot''' ({{Irish place name|Baile Formaid}}) is a suburb town nw of the city aside [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is located, seven kilometres (5 miles) west of the city centre, south of [[Phoenix Park|Phoenix Park]], it is bordered on the north by [[Chapelizod]], on the south by [[Bluebell, Dublin|Bluebell]]; on the east by [[Inchicore]], on the northwest by [[Palmerstown]] and the southwest by [[Clondalkin]] and Parkwest. The [[River Liffey]] lies to the north, and the [[Grand Canal of Ireland|Grand Canal]], now a recreational waterway, lies to the south of Ballyfermot of which lies within the postal district [[Dublin 10]]. [[Cherry Orchard, Dublin|Cherry Orchard]] which is also a suburb, sometimes considered to be within Ballyfermot.
'''Ballyfermot''' ({{Irish place name|Baile Formaid}}) is a suburb of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is located seven kilometres (5 miles) west of the city centre, south of [[Phoenix Park]]. It is bordered by [[Chapelizod]] on the north, by [[Bluebell, Dublin|Bluebell]] on the south, by [[Inchicore]] on the east, and by [[Palmerstown]] and [[Clondalkin]] on the west. The [[River Liffey]] lies to the north, and the [[Grand Canal of Ireland|Grand Canal]], now a recreational waterway, lies to the south of Ballyfermot. Ballyfermont lies within the postal district [[Dublin 10]]. [[Cherry Orchard, Dublin|Cherry Orchard]], which is also a suburb, is sometimes considered to be within Ballyfermot.


Ballyfermot is also a [[civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in the [[barony (Ireland)|historical barony]] of Uppercross.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/830.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile Formaid / Ballyfermot (civil parish)| accessdate = 5 December 2023 }}</ref>
Ballyfermot is also known as a civil parish in the barony of Uppercross.


==Toponymy==
==Toponymy==
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== History ==
== History ==
The 12th century saw the [[Cambro-Normans]] expand west across the [[Irish Sea]] from [[Pembroke Township|Pembroke]] in Wales into Leinster. After the Treaty of Windsor in 1175, through feudal land grants and intermarriage, the Cambro Norman knights came into possession of land in south and west Dublin, along with the local Irish chieftain who supported them, Mac Giolla Mocolmog.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wrenn |first=Jimmy |title=The Villages of Dublin |publisher=Tomar Publishing Enterprises |year=1982 |location=Dublin |pages=6–7 |language=en}}</ref> Family names associated with the area at this time included Mac Giolla Mocolmog (FitzDermot), O'Cathasaidhe, Fitzwilliam, Le Gros (Grace), O'Dualainghe, Tyrrell, O'Hennessy, O'Morchain, Dillon, O'Kelly, De Barneval (Barnewall), and Newcomyn (Newcomen).
The 12th century saw the [[Cambro-Normans]] expand west across the [[Irish Sea]] from [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] in Wales into Leinster. After the Treaty of Windsor in 1175, through feudal land grants and intermarriage, the Cambro Norman knights came into possession of land in south and west Dublin, along with the local Irish chieftain who supported them, Mac Giolla Mocolmog.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wrenn |first=Jimmy |title=The Villages of Dublin |publisher=Tomar Publishing Enterprises |year=1982 |location=Dublin |pages=6–7 |language=en}}</ref> Family names associated with the area at this time included Mac Giolla Mocolmog (FitzDermot), O'Cathasaidhe, Fitzwilliam, Le Gros (Grace), O'Dualainghe, Tyrrell, O'Hennessy, O'Morchain, Dillon, O'Kelly, De Barneval (Barnewall), and Newcomyn (Newcomen).


In 1307 the manor of Ballyfermot was held by William Fitzwilliam and his wife Avice, who leased part of it to [[Thomas Cantock]], the [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]]. The land passed from the Fitzwilliams to their relatives, the Clahulls from [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]], and later to the Barnawalls of [[Drimnagh Castle]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1307, the manor of Ballyfermot was held by William Fitzwilliam and his wife Avice, who leased part of it to [[Thomas Cantock]], the [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]]. The land passed from the Fitzwilliams to their relatives, the Clahulls from [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]], and later to the Barnawalls of [[Drimnagh Castle]].<ref name=":0" />


Ballyfermot Castle was constructed on the site of a Norman [[motte]] and [[Motte-and-bailey castle|baily]].<ref name=":0" /> Located northwest of the intersection of Le Fanu and Raheen Roads, it was the centre of the Upper (west) and Lower (east) Ballyfermot townships. Built in stone by Wolfram De Barneval in the fourteenth century, it was a stronghold against the formidable O'Byrnes and O'Tooles. These aboriginal Gaelic families had been discommoded from their lush home-farms around Naas. They were driven south into the wooded Dublin hills. Unlike their intermarried Mac Giolla Mocolmog relatives, now called FitzDiarmuid, they had not integrated into the evolving Hiberno-Norman society. They frequently raided, rustled and burned local bawn enclosures from their inaccessible hillside encampments beyond Brittas and Bohernabreena.
Ballyfermot Castle was constructed on the site of a Norman [[motte]] and [[Motte-and-bailey castle|baily]].<ref name=":0" /> Located northwest of the intersection of Le Fanu and Raheen Roads, it was the centre of the Upper (west) and Lower (east) Ballyfermot townships. Built in stone by Wolfram De Barneval in the fourteenth century, it was a stronghold against the O'Byrne and O'Toole families. These native Gaelic families had been discommoded from their original lands near Naas.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


The Castle was inherited by [[Robert Newcomen]], who enhanced it and held it into the mid-seventeenth century. Its political importance subsequently declined with the Newcomens, culminating with the suicide of [[Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen|Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen]] in 1825. It later housed a school managed by headmaster William Oulton Prosser in the latter eighteenth century. The castle defence wing to the south and east is reputed to have been destroyed by fire. Ballyfermot House, known locally as 'the tiled house', was built by the Verveer family.<ref name=":0" /> In his ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland,'' [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] places a Captain Lampier and his wife Bridget (Cavanaugh of Goldenbridge) as living there in 1834. It stood on the great park to the north of the castle's aquaculture pond. Built in the early eighteenth century, the house had a quirky slated façade in the Dutch style.
The castle was inherited by [[Robert Newcomen]], who enhanced it and held it into the mid-seventeenth century. Its political importance subsequently declined with the Newcomens, culminating with the suicide of [[Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen|Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen]] in 1825. It later housed a school. The castle defence wing to the south and east is reputed to have been destroyed by fire. Ballyfermot House, known locally as 'the tiled house', was built by the Verveer family.<ref name=":0" /> In his ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland,'' [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] places a Captain Lampier and his wife Bridget (Cavanaugh of Goldenbridge) (Lieutenant Joseph Lamphier, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers and Bridget Mary Cavanagh) as living there in 1834. It stood to the north of the castle's aquaculture pond. Built in the early eighteenth century, the house had a slated façade in the Dutch style.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


The nineteenth century newspaper publisher and writer [[Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]], proprietor of the ''[[Dublin Evening Mail]]'' lived in nearby Chapelizod when not in residence his city townhouse at Merrion Square. Ballyfermot and Chapelizod feature in his novel ''[[The House by the Churchyard]]'' and some of his other works. This large Georgian house still adjoins Church Lane next to St. Laurence's parish churchyard in Chapelizod. The eighteenth-century church, alongside the original medieval bell tower, is still in use. It serves the united parish of Ballyfermot, Palmerstown, and Chapelizod in the [[Church of Ireland]]. Le Fanu Road is named after him, as is Le Fanu Park, referred to locally as The Lawns. Le Fanu was a mentor of the writer [[Bram Stoker]] author of ''[[Dracula]]'', who did the theatre reviews for his newspaper ''The Dublin Evening Mail''.
The nineteenth century newspaper publisher and writer [[Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]], proprietor of the ''[[Dublin Evening Mail]]'', lived in nearby Chapelizod when not in residence his city townhouse at Merrion Square. Ballyfermot and Chapelizod feature in his novel ''[[The House by the Churchyard]]'' and some of his other works. This large Georgian house still adjoins Church Lane next to St. Laurence's parish churchyard in Chapelizod. The eighteenth-century church, alongside the original medieval bell tower, is still in use. It serves the united parish of Ballyfermot, Palmerstown, and Chapelizod in the [[Church of Ireland]]. Le Fanu Road is named after him, as is Le Fanu Park, referred to locally as The Lawns. Le Fanu was a mentor of the writer [[Bram Stoker]] author of ''[[Dracula]]'', who did the theatre reviews for his newspaper ''The Dublin Evening Mail''.


A short distance from the castle site at the south-east end of Le Fanu Park is a mound which covers the ruins and churchyard of the rectory church of St Laurence. It is believed to have roots in [[Celtic Christianity]], perhaps a minor branch of the Tallaght Maelruain or Kilnamanagh monasteries. It was connected to the [[Knights of St John of Jerusalem]] at [[Kilmainham]] in the thirteenth century. The churchyard ruins survived into the nineteen sixties. This church served Ballyfermot and the surrounding townlands into the late seventeenth century.<ref name=":0" />
A short distance from the castle site at the south-east end of Le Fanu Park is a mound which covers the ruins and churchyard of the rectory church of St Laurence. It is believed to have roots in [[Celtic Christianity]], perhaps a minor branch of the Tallaght Maelruain or Kilnamanagh monasteries. It was connected to the [[Knights of St John of Jerusalem]] at [[Kilmainham]] in the 13th century. The churchyard ruins survived into the 1960s. This church served Ballyfermot and the surrounding townlands into the late 17th century.<ref name=":0" />


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Other manor houses of note include Johnstown House (St John's College), Colepark House, Sarsfield House, Sevenoaks, Floraville, Auburn Villa and Gallanstown House. The Ballyfermot townlands were transferred from the [[Newcastle (County Dublin barony)|Barony of Newcastle]] to the Barony of Uppercross in the late nineteenth century, under the Local Government Act of 1898.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Among the local people buried here are members of the Newcomen and Barnewall families. Sir Robert Newcomen who died in 1629 and his son Sir Beverley Newcomen, Admiral of Ireland, who died in 1637 while taking soundings at Waterford harbour were buried here. His mother Elizabeth (Barnewall of Drimnagh Castle) who died in 1643 is buried as is his widow Margaret (Usher of Donnybrook Castle). She subsequently married Sir Hubert Adrian-Verveer. The Newcomens, Barons of Newcastle Lyons were influential in Irish governance, military and legal circles. They resided at Ballyfermot Castle. This noble family intermarried with the Barnwalls of Drimnagh, the Plunketts of Malahide and the St Lawrences of Howth. MPs for the Westmeath constituency of Kilbeggan, they also married into the Fitzgeralds of Maynooth, and the Nugents, Husseys, Tuites and Nagles of East and West Meath.


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The dairy and stud farms of Ballyfermot were acquired by the authorities in the 1930s. They were developed into suburban housing estates needed to alleviate the post war housing shortage. This development, along with estates at [[Drimnagh]], [[Crumlin, Dublin|Crumlin]], [[Walkinstown]] and other pockets in the south city, and [[Cabra Castle|Cabra]], [[Finglas]] and [[Donnycarney]] along with smaller pockets in the north city provided modern accommodation to facilitate the Dublin City Council public/private housing programs. Initially leased to waiting lists, these homes were sold to their residents, even prior to similar government initiatives in the [[United Kingdom]]. The first estate was built in the late 1940s at Ballyfermot Lower. South of Sarsfield House and Ballyfermot Road it was originally called the Sarsfield Estate. The street names reflect this historical theme. Gradually, the adjacent townlands to the south of Ballyfermot Road and north of Grange Cross - Ballyfermot Upper, Blackditch, Cherry Orchard, Raheen and Gallanstown were similarly developed. Johnstown, a townland of [[Palmerstown]], located around Johnstown House (St John's College De La Salle) south of Chapelizod was developed for residential housing. Now divided along the Drumfin/Glenaulin/Sports Park perimeter, the west portion was retained by Palmerstown, while the east portion became the township/electoral district of Drumfin in Dublin City (Local Government Act 1993), and included in postal district Dublin 10.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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Area manor houses of note include Johnstown House (St John's College), Colepark House, Sarsfield House, Sevenoaks, Floraville, Auburn Villa and Gallanstown House. The Ballyfermot townlands were transferred from the [[Newcastle (County Dublin barony)|Barony of Newcastle]] to the Barony of Uppercross in the late nineteenth century, under the Local Government Act of 1898.

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The dairy and stud farms of Ballyfermot were acquired by the authorities in the 1930s. They were developed into suburban housing estates needed to alleviate the post war housing shortage. This development, along with estates at [[Drimnagh]], [[Crumlin, Dublin|Crumlin]], [[Walkinstown]] and other pockets in the south city, and [[Cabra Castle|Cabra]], [[Finglas]] and [[Donnycarney]] along with smaller pockets in the north city provided modern accommodation to facilitate the Dublin City Council public/private housing programs. Initially leased to waiting lists, these modest high-quality well-constructed homes were sold to their residents, even prior to similar government initiatives in the [[United Kingdom]]. The first estate was built in the late 1940s at Ballyfermot Lower. South of Sarsfield House and Ballyfermot Road it was originally called the Sarsfield Estate. The street names reflect this historical theme. Gradually, the adjacent townlands to the south of Ballyfermot Road and north of Grange Cross - Ballyfermot Upper, Blackditch, Cherry Orchard, Raheen and Gallanstown were similarly developed. Johnstown, a townland of [[Palmerstown]], located around Johnstown House (St John's College De La Salle) south of Chapelizod was developed for residential housing. Now divided along the Drumfin/Glenaulin/Sports Park perimeter, the west portion was retained by Palmerstown, while the east portion became the township/electoral district of Drumfin in Dublin City (Local Government Act 1993), and included in postal district Dublin 10.


During the 1970s Ballyfermot suffered from a lack of facilities and opportunities for its residents;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0303/772366-ballyfermot-or-ballyer/|title=Ballyfermot or Ballyer|newspaper=RTÉ Archives|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> however, these conditions have improved over time.
During the 1970s Ballyfermot suffered from a lack of facilities and opportunities for its residents;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0303/772366-ballyfermot-or-ballyer/|title=Ballyfermot or Ballyer|newspaper=RTÉ Archives|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> however, these conditions have improved over time.


==Politics==
==Politics==
In local government elections Ballyfermot is part of the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Ward. Since the local elections in 2019, the local elected representatives on Dublin City Council are:
In local government elections, Ballyfermot is part of the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Ward. Since the local elections in 2024, the local elected representatives on Dublin City Council are:{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* Vincent Jackson (Independent)
* Vincent Jackson (Independent)
* Daithí de Róiste ([[Fianna Fáil]])
* Philip Sutcliffe Snr. ([[Independent Ireland]])
* Hazel de Nortúin ([[People Before Profit]])
* Hazel de Nortúin ([[People Before Profit]])
* Sophie Nicoullaud ([[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]])
* Ray Cunningham ([[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]])
* Daithí Doolan ([[Sinn Féin]])
* Daithí Doolan ([[Sinn Féin]])


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== Commerce ==
== Commerce ==
The area is now a centre of national commercial distribution, with access to the national trunk roads.{{fact|date=December 2021}} Ballyfermot is bordered to the north by the [[N4 road (Ireland)|N4]], to the south by the [[N7 road (Ireland)|N7]] and to the west by the [[M50 motorway (Ireland)|M50]].
The area is now a centre of national commercial distribution, with access to the national trunk roads.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Ballyfermot is bordered to the north by the [[N4 road (Ireland)|N4]], to the south by the [[N7 road (Ireland)|N7]] and to the west by the [[M50 motorway (Ireland)|M50]].


A number of Irish motor distributors are based in Ballyfermot. They include [[Toyota]], [[Nissan]], [[General Motors]], [[J. C. Bamford]] (JCB), Harris Assembly and [[Hilux]]. They are centred around Kylemore Road, home to companies such as Thornton's Recycling, C&C, FBD, and Royal Liver Insurance. The industrial estates include Park West and JFK.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
A number of Irish motor distributors are based in Ballyfermot. They include [[Toyota]], [[Nissan]], [[General Motors]], [[J. C. Bamford]] (JCB), Harris Assembly and [[Hilux]]. They are centred around Kylemore Road, home to companies such as Thornton's Recycling, C&C, FBD, and Royal Liver Insurance. The industrial estates include Park West and JFK.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}


There are several hotels in the area, including Days Hotel at Park West and Sheldon Park on Kylemore and Bewleys at Newlands.{{fact|date=December 2021}} A community based CCTV monitoring scheme for Ballyfermot was launched in early 2003. This is part of the Department of Justice Town Centre CCTV monitoring initiative.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
There are several hotels in the area, including Days Hotel at Park West and Sheldon Park on Kylemore and Bewleys at Newlands.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} A community based CCTV monitoring scheme for Ballyfermot was launched in early 2003. This is part of the Department of Justice Town Centre CCTV monitoring initiative.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
Currently, Dublin Bus(routes G1,G2 ,60) and Go Ahead Ireland (routes 76, 76A, 18) serve the area. An hourly commuter train service is offered by [[Irish Rail]], to Heuston station at Kingsbridge. The local station is Cherry Orchard/Park West Station, which is located on the Park West Road on the western perimeter of Ballyfermot. A proposed Dublin Metro route passes to the south. The [[Luas]] light rail system also serves Ballyfermot. The south side stop is near the Kylemore and Naas Road intersection. A Luas line to Lucan proposes passing through the centre of Ballyfermot village before going on to serve Liffey Valley and Lucan village.
[[Dublin Bus]] (routes G1, G2, 60) and [[Go-Ahead Ireland]] (routes L55, S4, W2) serve the area. An hourly commuter train service is offered by [[Irish Rail]], to Heuston station at Kingsbridge. The local station is Cherry Orchard/Park West Station, which is located on the Park West Road on the western perimeter of Ballyfermot. The [[Luas]] light rail system also serves Ballyfermot. The south side stop is near the Kylemore and Naas Road intersection. A Luas line to Lucan proposes passing through the centre of Ballyfermot village before going on to serve Liffey Valley and Lucan village.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


== Amenities ==
== Amenities ==


===Parks===
===Parks===
The California Hills Park is the largest recreational park in the area. The name originated as a colloquialism - there were few designated play facilities in the very early days and ''the California Hills'' was the name used by local movie going kids who played 'Cowboys and Indians' there. The name later became official by popular public request. The park covers part of the great [[esker]] and overlooks the Liffey Valley from the south. From Le Fanu and Kylemore Roads to the east, it falls the landscaped valley of a Liffey catchment. It runs west toward Glenaulin and Drumfin Roads which adjoin the park as it stretches in a crescent through Palmerstown. The Chapelizod Bypass runs North West alongside. Kylemore Road joins the motorway near the West County Hotel. California Hills Park has superb views north over the Strawberry Beds to the Phoenix Park. The Farmleigh clock tower at Castleknock is a prominent landmark. California Hills includes s Drumfinn Avenue Park, known locally as "The Gaels". This large park is used for football, golf practice, cross country runs and walks and includes a children's play area. There is an entrance to the park beside the Ballyfermot Leisure Co-Op, near the [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] Sports Park, on Gurteen Road.
The California Hills Park (also known as Glenaulin Park) is the largest recreational space in the area. The name originated as a colloquialism - there were few designated play facilities in the very early days of suburban development and ''the California Hills'' was the name used by local movie-going kids who played 'Cowboys and Indians' there. The name later achieved official recognition due to popular usage.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The park covers part of the great [[esker]] east of Dublin, and overlooks the Liffey Valley from the south. From Le Fanu and Kylemore Roads to the east, it falls to the landscaped valley of a Liffey tributary, the Glenaulin Stream. It runs west toward Glenaulin and Drumfin Roads which adjoin the park as it stretches in a crescent through Palmerstown. The Chapelizod Bypass runs northwest alongside and Kylemore Road joins the motorway near the West County Hotel. California Hills Park has views north over the Strawberry Beds to the Phoenix Park and the Farmleigh clock tower at Castleknock is a prominent landmark. California Hills include's Gales-Drumfinn Avenue Park, known locally as "The Gaels", used for football, golf practice, cross country runs and walks and includes a children's play area. There is an entrance to the park beside the Ballyfermot Leisure Co-Op, near the [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] Sports Park, on Gurteen Road.


The magnificent Irish National War Memorial, Memorial Gardens and Park, designed by [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]], are accessible from the Sarsfield Road via East Timor Park.
The [[Irish National War Memorial Gardens|Irish National War Memorial, Memorial Gardens and Park]], designed by [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]], are accessible from the Sarsfield Road via East Timor Park (also referred to by locals as "The Gaels" due to the local GAA club which is attached to the park).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


Other parks located in the area include Le Fanu Park, Glenaulin Sports Park, Markievicz Park (also known as the Match Box by some older residents), East Timor Park, and Cherry Orchard Park. Cherry Orchard Park area is the proposed site for a new Village Centre. Le Fanu Park houses the Ballyfermot Leisure Centre and The Base.
Other parks located in the area include Le Fanu Park, Glenaulin Sports Park, Markievicz Park and Cherry Orchard Park. Le Fanu Park houses the Ballyfermot Leisure Centre and The Base.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


===Grand Canal===
===Grand Canal===
The [[Grand Canal (Ireland)|Grand Canal]] was constructed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is now a recreational waterway. It passes along the south side of Ballyfermot. Towpath walkways extend continuously to Hazelhatch, [[County Kildare]]. A historic bridge crosses the canal near the seventh lock at Killeen.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
The [[Grand Canal (Ireland)|Grand Canal]] was constructed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is now a recreational waterway. It passes along the south side of Ballyfermot. Towpath walkways extend continuously to Hazelhatch, [[County Kildare]]. A historic bridge crosses the canal near the seventh lock at Killeen.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}


===Medical facilities===
===Medical facilities===
[[Cherry Orchard Hospital]] is a public health facility which has a containment laboratory capable of testing for the deliberate release of [[Bacillus anthracis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bwc1972.org/publication/view/ireland-cbm-2016/|page=2|title=Report by Ireland in accordance with the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction|year=2015|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
[[Cherry Orchard Hospital]] is a public health facility which has a containment laboratory capable of testing for the deliberate release of [[Bacillus anthracis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bwc1972.org/publication/view/ireland-cbm-2016/|page=2|title=Report by Ireland in accordance with the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction|year=2015|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>


The Ballyfermot Medical Clinic is closed but a new Primary Care and Mental Health Centre has been opened beside Cherry Orchard Hospital. Services include GP, Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dental, addiction and community welfare. Mental Health facilities include a [[day hospital]], day centre and outpatients clinic. This is run by the HSE.
The Ballyfermot Medical Clinic is closed but a new Primary Care and Mental Health Centre has been opened beside Cherry Orchard Hospital. Services include GP, community nursing, physiotherapy, dental, addiction and community welfare. Mental Health facilities include a [[day hospital]], day centre and outpatients clinic. This is run by the HSE.


The Hermitage Medical Clinic is located in close proximity to the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, just off the N4 motorway. The Hermitage Hospital is a 101-bed private facility with specialised medical teams who provide medical, surgical and advanced radiotherapy care to patients. The hospital is privately run. Its principal investors are [[Sean Mulryan]], [[Larry Goodman]], John Flynn and George Duffy GP.<ref>[http://www.hermitageclinic.ie/home/about-us.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318181732/http://www.hermitageclinic.ie/home/about-us.php|date=18 March 2009}}</ref>
The Hermitage Medical Clinic is located in close proximity to the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, just off the N4 motorway. The Hermitage Hospital is a 101-bed private facility with specialised medical teams who provide medical, surgical and advanced radiotherapy care to patients. The hospital is privately run. Its principal investors are [[Sean Mulryan]], [[Larry Goodman]], John Flynn and George Duffy GP.<ref>[http://www.hermitageclinic.ie/home/about-us.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318181732/http://www.hermitageclinic.ie/home/about-us.php|date=18 March 2009}}</ref>
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[[National school (Ireland)|National (primary) schools]] serving the area include Mary Queen of Angels National School, St Louise's Junior & Senior National Schools, Dominican School Campus (which includes St Michael's, St Raphael's and St Gabriel's N.S), and St Ultan's National School.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
[[National school (Ireland)|National (primary) schools]] serving the area include Mary Queen of Angels National School, St Louise's Junior & Senior National Schools, Dominican School Campus (which includes St Michael's, St Raphael's and St Gabriel's N.S), and St Ultan's National School.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


Due to the large amount of secondary schools in the area many merged into one which leaves Ballyfermot with two secondary schools: St Setons Secondary School and Kylemore College.
Secondary schools in Ballyfermot include [[Kylemore College, Ballyfermot|Kylemore College]], [[St John's College De La Salle]], Dominican Convent Secondary School, and Caritas College.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.caritascollege.ie/| title = Caritas College}} </ref>

The merge between the secondary schools was necessitated due to a shortage of students between the schools.


[[Ballyfermot College of Further Education]] is a third-level institution based locally.
[[Ballyfermot College of Further Education]] is a third-level institution based locally.


A fictional "Ballyfermot School" was created for the children's television programme [[Roy (TV series)|Roy]] and many of the episodes were set there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/roy/episodes/1/13/ |title=Roy - Episode 1.13. School Inspection - British Comedy Guide |publisher=Comedy.co.uk |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref>
A fictional "Ballyfermot School" was created for the children's television programme ''[[Roy (TV series)|Roy]]'', and many of the episodes were set there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/roy/episodes/1/13/ |title=Roy - Episode 1.13. School Inspection - British Comedy Guide |publisher=Comedy.co.uk |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref>


== Social and cultural ==
== Social and cultural ==
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The Ballyfermot Community Festival takes place annually.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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The Ballyfermot Community Festival takes place annually.


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The local civic centre shares space with the Ballyfermot Residents Association (BRA).{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} St Matthew's Community Centre is located adjacent to St Matthew's Church in Ballyfermot Upper (west).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stmatthewsballyfermot.com/| title = St. Matthew's Ballyfermot}}</ref> The is also a public library in Ballyfermot.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/libraries/find-library/ballyfermot-library | publisher = Dublin City Council | title = Ballyfermot Library | accessdate = 5 December 2023 }}</ref>
The Gala was a local auditorium and bingo venue until its closure in the 2010s.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} The Gala opened in 1953, and saw a number of recreational uses, including as a local cinema and concert venue. The 'De La Salle Boy's Band', founded by Brother Victor F.S.C., played under the baton of bandmaster Brother Cyprian F.S.C. at the annual Christmas 'Rocking Spotlight Concert' at the Gala.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


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Ballyfermot Youth Service (BYS) is a youth service that has been running since 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ballyfermotyouthservice.ie/about-us/| website = ballyfermotyouthservice.ie | title = BYS - About Us | accessdate = 5 December 2023 }}</ref> It provides services to young people of the area including outdoor education programmes, drop-in information centres, and music and arts programmes.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} St Mary's Youth Club has also based in the area since 1958.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
The Ritz Ballroom at Grange Cross was a nearby venue in the early rock and roll era.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Bands which played the venue included John Hardy's Blue Clavons and The Melochords featuring Dickie Rock.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Some of the young musicians who played here were graduates of the De La Salle music programme and played with the 'De La Salle Boy's Band'. The local 'Young Shadows' and the 'Casino Showband' (later the Indians) made their national debut live on RTÉ's Showband Show.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


The Gala was a local auditorium until its closure in the 2010s.<ref name="echo2019">{{cite web|url = https://www.echo.ie/iconic-gala-building-back-in-business-after-five-years/ | publisher = The Echo | title = Iconic Gala building back in business after five years | date = 11 January 2019 | accessdate = 5 December 2023 }}</ref> It was opened in 1953 and was used for several recreational uses, including as a local cinema, snooker and bingo hall.<ref name="echo2019"/>
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Ballyfermot Youth Service (BYS) is a youth service that has been running since 1985.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} BYS provides services to young people of the area including outdoor education programmes, drop-in information centres, music and arts programmes, access to the European Youth in Action programme and a Drugs Peer Education programme.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} St Mary's Youth Club is based in a building opposite Spar on Claddagh Green. The youth club has been opened since 1958. There is also a drama group for children aged 5 and upwards.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


==Demographics==
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The Civic Centre shares space with the Ballyfermot Residents Association (BRA).{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} St Matthew's Community Centre is located adjacent to St Matthew's Church in Ballyfermot Upper (west).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stmatthewsballyfermot.com/| title = St. Matthew's Ballyfermot}} </ref> Ballyfermot Public Library serves the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
On the outskirts of Ballyfermot and Bluebell, there is a relatively high [[Irish Traveller]] population, mostly located in the Labre Park area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/i-dont-want-anyone-tormenting-me-i-want-peace-life-in-irelands-oldest-traveller-site/a683249269.html | title='I don't want anyone tormenting me, I want peace' – life in Ireland's oldest Traveller site | date=21 May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2016&boundary=C03736V04484&guid=4c07d11e-2165-851d-e053-ca3ca8c0ca7f&theme=1 | title=Interactive Data Visualisations &#124; CSO Ireland }}</ref>


== Sport ==
== Sport ==


===Association football (soccer)===
===Association football (soccer)===
The Cherry Orchard Football Club takes part in the [[FAI Cup]] soccer competition. A number of players who started with this team have gone on to play professional [[Association Football|soccer]] in the English Premiership and its associated divisions. Soccer players [[Andy Reid (Irish footballer)|Andy Reid]], [[Willo Flood|William Flood]], [[Alan Quinn]] and [[Glenn Whelan]] all played for Cherry Orchard. Ballyfermot United FC<ref>[http://www.cherryorchardfc.com/ Cherry Orchard FC Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113060130/http://cherryorchardfc.com/ |date=2010-01-13 }}</ref> shares the origins of Cherry Orchard FC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/dublin-football-clubs/ballyfermot-united.htm|title=Ballyfermot United Football Club, Coldcut Road, Dublin - Soccer Pitch Directions : Fixtures Secretary, Contact Details|website=www.soccer-ireland.com}}</ref> The Ballyfermot United FC Social Club is located close to Le Fanu Park. Other clubs include the Black Diamonds, Drummfin Celtic, C.I.E. Ranch, O.L.V, Clifden Celtic and the more recently formed Orchard Celtic.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Orchard Celtic's under-twelves team have won the double in their second year.{{when|date=July 2020}} The under-14s won The Hollywood Cup in 2011.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Professional football club, [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] who play in the [[League of Ireland]] are located in nearby [[Inchicore]], and Ballyfermot has a large number of Saints fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dublingazette.com/sport/stpats-athletic-online-talk-56482/|title=Lecture on St Pat's unique place in fabric of Inchicore|date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
[[Cherry Orchard F.C.]] takes part in the [[FAI Cup]] soccer competition.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Former players with the club include [[Andy Reid (Irish footballer)|Andy Reid]], [[Willo Flood|William Flood]], [[Alan Quinn]] and [[Glenn Whelan]]. Ballyfermot United FC<ref>[http://www.cherryorchardfc.com/ Cherry Orchard FC Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113060130/http://cherryorchardfc.com/ |date=2010-01-13 }}</ref> shares the origins of Cherry Orchard FC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/dublin-football-clubs/ballyfermot-united.htm|title=Ballyfermot United Football Club, Coldcut Road, Dublin - Soccer Pitch Directions : Fixtures Secretary, Contact Details|website=www.soccer-ireland.com|date=5 January 2023 }}</ref> The Ballyfermot United FC Social Club is located close to Le Fanu Park. Other clubs include the Black Diamonds, Drummfin Celtic, C.I.E. Ranch, O.L.V, Clifden Celtic and Orchard Celtic.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Professional football club [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]], who play in the [[League of Ireland]], are located in nearby [[Inchicore]], and Ballyfermot has a large number of Saints fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dublingazette.com/sport/stpats-athletic-online-talk-56482/|title=Lecture on St Pat's unique place in fabric of Inchicore|date=11 June 2021}}</ref>


===GAA===
===GAA===
There are two senior [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] clubs serving Ballyfermot. Ballyfermot De la Salle GAA Club is the only GAA club active in the actual area of Ballyfermot, with Liffey Gaels GAA clubhouse based at the border of Ballyfermot and Inchicore and serves the parish of Inchicore.
There are two senior [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] clubs serving Ballyfermot. Ballyfermot De la Salle GAA Club is active primarily in Ballyfermot, while the Liffey Gaels GAA clubhouse is on the border between Ballyfermot and Inchicore and also serves the parish of Inchicore.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Another GAA club was present in the 1990s under the name St. Laurences GAA, which later merged with nearby Quarryvalle GAA in Clondalkin.


Ballyfermot De La Salle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballyfermotdls.altervista.org |title=Ballyfermot DLS GAA |publisher=Ballyfermotdls.altervista.org |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> is the largest Gaelic football club in the area. They originated in 1953 as Ballyfermot Gaels. They play their senior home games in the Drumfin/Glenaulin Sports Park, located on the west side of California Hills Park. They have a pitch in the California Hills where the under 14s team play their home games, and a pitch in the Markievicz Park where the u12s boys and U14s girls teams play their matches. All the teams train at their main pitch in The Gaels (Glenaulin Park). The juvenile teams used to train and play juvenile fixtures at the facilities located behind the De La Salle Primary Schools on Ballyfermot Road, until it was sold for re-development. The club plays in the Kerry colours as a tribute to the first parish priest, Kerryman Charles Canon Troy, who sponsored the club.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Ballyfermot De La Salle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballyfermotdls.altervista.org |title=Ballyfermot DLS GAA |publisher=Ballyfermotdls.altervista.org |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> is the largest Gaelic football club in the area. The club, which originated in 1953 as Ballyfermot Gaels, play their senior home games in the Drumfin/Glenaulin Sports Park, located on the west side of California Hills Park. The club plays in the California Hills and Markievicz Park areas as well as in Glenaulin Park.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} The club's colours are similar to that of Kerry, as a tribute to the first parish priest, Kerryman Charles Canon Troy, who sponsored the club.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}


Another club, Liffey Gaels, was founded in 1951. It was known as Rialto Gaels for over twenty years. In the 1970s it changed its name to SS. Michael and James's to reflect the efforts of the teachers and students of these schools in the development of the club. In 1984, a local juvenile club, Donore Iosagain, amalgamated with SS. Michael and James's and the club was renamed the Liffey Gaels. Today their immediate catchment area is Inchicore and the parishes of St Michael's, St James’, St Catherine's, Rialto and Donore Avenue. The Gaels play their home games Liffeyside at East Timor Park on Sarsfield Road in Inchicore.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Another club, Liffey Gaels, was founded in 1951. It was known as Rialto Gaels for over twenty years. In the 1970s, it changed its name to SS. Michael and James's to reflect the association with these schools.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} In 1984, a local juvenile club, Donore Iosagain, amalgamated with SS. Michael and James's and the club was renamed the Liffey Gaels. Today their immediate catchment area is Inchicore and the parishes of St Michael's, St James', St Catherine's, Rialto and Donore Avenue. The Gaels play their home games Liffeyside at East Timor Park on Sarsfield Road in Inchicore.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}


===Boxing===
===Boxing===
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=== Equestrian ===
=== Equestrian ===
Cherry Orchard Equine Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cherry.Orchard.Equine.Centre/about/?ref=page_internal|title=Cherry Orchard Equine Centre - About {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> is an equine, education and training centre that offers a number of services to the local area located at Cherry Orchard Green, Ballyfermot. One of the main services it provides is horse riding lessons for children and adults in the community. It was established in 2001 in response to children not attending school in order to tend to the horses kept in Ballyfermot.<ref>{{Citation|last=IrishNationalLottery|title=National Lottery Good Causes: Cherry Orchard Equine Centre|date=2013-03-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3y8V9nP0Y|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> The problem of horses being kept in the Dublin suburb has spanned generations despite lack of proper facilities and horsemanship knowledge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0413/781598-urban-cowboys/|title=Urban Cowboys|newspaper=RTÉ Archives|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> This centre was established in order to combat this issue and provide people with the skills required to care for a horse.
Cherry Orchard Equine Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cherry.Orchard.Equine.Centre/about/?ref=page_internal|title=Cherry Orchard Equine Centre - About {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> is an equine, education and training centre that offers a number of services to the local area located at Cherry Orchard Green, Ballyfermot. One of the main services it provides is horse riding lessons for children and adults in the community. It was established in 2001 in response to children not attending school in order to tend to the horses kept in Ballyfermot.<ref>{{Citation|last=IrishNationalLottery|title=National Lottery Good Causes: Cherry Orchard Equine Centre|date=2013-03-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3y8V9nP0Y|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> The problem of horses being kept in the Dublin suburb has spanned generations despite lack of proper facilities and horsemanship knowledge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0413/781598-urban-cowboys/|title=Urban Cowboys|newspaper=RTÉ Archives|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> This centre was established in order to combat this issue and provide people with the skills required to care for a horse.

===Other sports===
The Pigeon Club near Sarsfield Park reflects a local tradition.

Rugby, badminton, martial arts, snooker, pool, bowling, squash, handball, racquetball, indoor go-karting, tennis, pitch and putt, fishing, boules, rock-climbing, River Liffey rowing, and table tennis are all represented by local clubs.


===Leisure centres===
===Leisure centres===
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==Notable people==
==Notable people==
* [[Ian Bermingham]], footballer with the all time record appearances for [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/ian-bermingham-st-patricks-athletic-4942078-Dec2019/|title = Bermo in Ballyer: A morning with the St Pat's captain back at his old primary school}}</ref>
* [[Ian Bermingham]], footballer with the all-time record appearances for [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/ian-bermingham-st-patricks-athletic-4942078-Dec2019/|title = Bermo in Ballyer: A morning with the St Pat's captain back at his old primary school| date=19 December 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Karen Byrne]], Professional Dancer known for her appearances on [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV Series)]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-18|title=Professional Dancers|url=https://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/dancing-with-the-stars/2017/1218/928261-professional-dancers/|website=RTÉ.ie|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Karen Byrne]], professional dancer known for her appearances on ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-18|title=Professional Dancers|url=https://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/dancing-with-the-stars/2017/1218/928261-professional-dancers/|website=RTÉ.ie|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mary Byrne (singer)|Mary Byrne]] is a local singer who, in 2010, appeared on the British version of ''The X Factor''.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* [[Mary Byrne (singer)|Mary Byrne]], local singer; appeared on the British version of ''The X Factor'' in 2010{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* [[Joe Duffy]], an Irish broadcaster, was raised in Ballyfermot<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Eoin|date=2020-04-11|title=Joe Duffy tells of his biggest concern in his life at the moment|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/joe-duffy-tells-biggest-concern-21848090|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Irish Mirror|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Joe Duffy]], Irish broadcaster; was raised in Ballyfermot<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Eoin|date=2020-04-11|title=Joe Duffy tells of his biggest concern in his life at the moment|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/joe-duffy-tells-biggest-concern-21848090|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Irish Mirror|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Willo Flood]], former professional footballer who played for [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/watch-irish-midfielder-tells-bizarre-story-robbed-house-fan-club-played-110692|title = WATCH: Irish midfielder tells bizarre story about being robbed in his house by a fan of the club he played for}}</ref>
* [[Willo Flood]], former professional footballer, played for [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/watch-irish-midfielder-tells-bizarre-story-robbed-house-fan-club-played-110692|title = WATCH: Irish midfielder tells bizarre story about being robbed in his house by a fan of the club he played for}}</ref>
* [[The Fureys]], a traditional Irish music family, grew up locally and began their professional career while living in Ballyfermot. Their father Ted Furey was a traditional fiddler, a music teacher, and a member of Comhaltas Ceoltori Éireann.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[The Fureys]], traditional Irish music family; grew up locally and began their professional career while living in Ballyfermot; their father Ted Furey was a traditional fiddler, music teacher, and member of Comhaltas Ceoltori Éireann{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[Jonny Hayes]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] international footballer that also played for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/jonny-hayes-relishing-chance-take-13552933|title=Dublin star relishing chance to take on the world's best|date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jonny Hayes]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] international footballer, also played for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/jonny-hayes-relishing-chance-take-13552933|title=Dublin star relishing chance to take on the world's best|date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Lorraine Keane]], Irish broadcaster and journalist studied broadcasting and journalism at Ballyfermot College.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Bairbre|date=2021-02-20|title=Lorraine Keane: 'I'm finding it hard to accept that I'm nearing the end of my forties. In my head, I'm still 25'|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/lorraine-keane-im-finding-it-hard-to-accept-that-im-nearing-the-end-of-my-forties-in-my-head-im-still-25-40103493.html|access-date=2022-04-24|website=[[Irish Independent]]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lorraine Keane]], Irish broadcaster and journalist; studied broadcasting and journalism at Ballyfermot College<ref>{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Bairbre|date=2021-02-20|title=Lorraine Keane: 'I'm finding it hard to accept that I'm nearing the end of my forties. In my head, I'm still 25'|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/lorraine-keane-im-finding-it-hard-to-accept-that-im-nearing-the-end-of-my-forties-in-my-head-im-still-25-40103493.html|access-date=2022-04-24|website=[[Irish Independent]]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Fiach Moriarty]]; the singer-songwriter grew up in the area{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* [[Fiach Moriarty]], singer-songwriter; grew up in the area{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* [[Declan O'Rourke]], the Irish/Australian singer-songwriter, has family connections with Ballyfermot.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* [[Declan O'Rourke]], Irish/Australian singer-songwriter; has family connections with Ballyfermot{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* [[Liam Weldon]], [[Sean-nós singing|sean-nós]] singer and songwriter, born and grew up in [[The Liberties, Dublin|the Liberties]] but lived for most of his life in Ballyfermot.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* [[Daithí de Róiste]], politician from Ballyfermot; 355th [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]]
* [[Liam Weldon]], [[Sean-nós singing|sean-nós]] singer and songwriter; born and grew up in [[The Liberties, Dublin|the Liberties]] but lived for most of his life in Ballyfermot{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* A history of the County of Dublin Part IV (1906, F. Elrington Ball)
* ''A History of the County of Dublin Part IV'' (1906, F. Elrington Ball)
* A Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland (1837 Samuel Lewis)
* ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'' (1837 Samuel Lewis)


==External links==
==External links==
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Coordinates: 53°20′32″N 6°20′55″W / 53.342315°N 6.348724°W / 53.342315; -6.348724
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
County (traditional)County Dublin
CityDublin (Dublin City Council)
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDublin South-Central
Population
 (2022)
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Ballyfermot (Irish: Baile Formaid) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is located seven kilometres (5 miles) west of the city centre, south of Phoenix Park. It is bordered by Chapelizod on the north, by Bluebell on the south, by Inchicore on the east, and by Palmerstown and Clondalkin on the west. The River Liffey lies to the north, and the Grand Canal, now a recreational waterway, lies to the south of Ballyfermot. Ballyfermont lies within the postal district Dublin 10. Cherry Orchard, which is also a suburb, is sometimes considered to be within Ballyfermot.

Ballyfermot is also a civil parish in the historical barony of Uppercross.[1]

Toponymy

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The place name Ballyfermot—rendered in Irish Baile Formaid[2] and sometimes Baile Thormaid[3]—is derived from the Middle Irish baile ("farmstead"),[4] and the Old Norse personal name Þormundr.[5] It is also referred to colloquially by Dubliners as Ballyer for short.[6]

History

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The 12th century saw the Cambro-Normans expand west across the Irish Sea from Pembroke in Wales into Leinster. After the Treaty of Windsor in 1175, through feudal land grants and intermarriage, the Cambro Norman knights came into possession of land in south and west Dublin, along with the local Irish chieftain who supported them, Mac Giolla Mocolmog.[7] Family names associated with the area at this time included Mac Giolla Mocolmog (FitzDermot), O'Cathasaidhe, Fitzwilliam, Le Gros (Grace), O'Dualainghe, Tyrrell, O'Hennessy, O'Morchain, Dillon, O'Kelly, De Barneval (Barnewall), and Newcomyn (Newcomen).

In 1307, the manor of Ballyfermot was held by William Fitzwilliam and his wife Avice, who leased part of it to Thomas Cantock, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The land passed from the Fitzwilliams to their relatives, the Clahulls from Dundrum, and later to the Barnawalls of Drimnagh Castle.[7]

Ballyfermot Castle was constructed on the site of a Norman motte and baily.[7] Located northwest of the intersection of Le Fanu and Raheen Roads, it was the centre of the Upper (west) and Lower (east) Ballyfermot townships. Built in stone by Wolfram De Barneval in the fourteenth century, it was a stronghold against the O'Byrne and O'Toole families. These native Gaelic families had been discommoded from their original lands near Naas.[citation needed]

The castle was inherited by Robert Newcomen, who enhanced it and held it into the mid-seventeenth century. Its political importance subsequently declined with the Newcomens, culminating with the suicide of Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen in 1825. It later housed a school. The castle defence wing to the south and east is reputed to have been destroyed by fire. Ballyfermot House, known locally as 'the tiled house', was built by the Verveer family.[7] In his A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis places a Captain Lampier and his wife Bridget (Cavanaugh of Goldenbridge) (Lieutenant Joseph Lamphier, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers and Bridget Mary Cavanagh) as living there in 1834. It stood to the north of the castle's aquaculture pond. Built in the early eighteenth century, the house had a slated façade in the Dutch style.[citation needed]

The nineteenth century newspaper publisher and writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, proprietor of the Dublin Evening Mail, lived in nearby Chapelizod when not in residence his city townhouse at Merrion Square. Ballyfermot and Chapelizod feature in his novel The House by the Churchyard and some of his other works. This large Georgian house still adjoins Church Lane next to St. Laurence's parish churchyard in Chapelizod. The eighteenth-century church, alongside the original medieval bell tower, is still in use. It serves the united parish of Ballyfermot, Palmerstown, and Chapelizod in the Church of Ireland. Le Fanu Road is named after him, as is Le Fanu Park, referred to locally as The Lawns. Le Fanu was a mentor of the writer Bram Stoker author of Dracula, who did the theatre reviews for his newspaper The Dublin Evening Mail.

A short distance from the castle site at the south-east end of Le Fanu Park is a mound which covers the ruins and churchyard of the rectory church of St Laurence. It is believed to have roots in Celtic Christianity, perhaps a minor branch of the Tallaght Maelruain or Kilnamanagh monasteries. It was connected to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem at Kilmainham in the 13th century. The churchyard ruins survived into the 1960s. This church served Ballyfermot and the surrounding townlands into the late 17th century.[7]

Other manor houses of note include Johnstown House (St John's College), Colepark House, Sarsfield House, Sevenoaks, Floraville, Auburn Villa and Gallanstown House. The Ballyfermot townlands were transferred from the Barony of Newcastle to the Barony of Uppercross in the late nineteenth century, under the Local Government Act of 1898.[citation needed]

The dairy and stud farms of Ballyfermot were acquired by the authorities in the 1930s. They were developed into suburban housing estates needed to alleviate the post war housing shortage. This development, along with estates at Drimnagh, Crumlin, Walkinstown and other pockets in the south city, and Cabra, Finglas and Donnycarney along with smaller pockets in the north city provided modern accommodation to facilitate the Dublin City Council public/private housing programs. Initially leased to waiting lists, these homes were sold to their residents, even prior to similar government initiatives in the United Kingdom. The first estate was built in the late 1940s at Ballyfermot Lower. South of Sarsfield House and Ballyfermot Road it was originally called the Sarsfield Estate. The street names reflect this historical theme. Gradually, the adjacent townlands to the south of Ballyfermot Road and north of Grange Cross - Ballyfermot Upper, Blackditch, Cherry Orchard, Raheen and Gallanstown were similarly developed. Johnstown, a townland of Palmerstown, located around Johnstown House (St John's College De La Salle) south of Chapelizod was developed for residential housing. Now divided along the Drumfin/Glenaulin/Sports Park perimeter, the west portion was retained by Palmerstown, while the east portion became the township/electoral district of Drumfin in Dublin City (Local Government Act 1993), and included in postal district Dublin 10.[citation needed]

During the 1970s Ballyfermot suffered from a lack of facilities and opportunities for its residents;[8] however, these conditions have improved over time.

Politics

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In local government elections, Ballyfermot is part of the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Ward. Since the local elections in 2024, the local elected representatives on Dublin City Council are:[citation needed]

Ballyfermot is part of the Dublin South-Central Dáil constituency.

Commerce

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The area is now a centre of national commercial distribution, with access to the national trunk roads.[citation needed] Ballyfermot is bordered to the north by the N4, to the south by the N7 and to the west by the M50.

A number of Irish motor distributors are based in Ballyfermot. They include Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, J. C. Bamford (JCB), Harris Assembly and Hilux. They are centred around Kylemore Road, home to companies such as Thornton's Recycling, C&C, FBD, and Royal Liver Insurance. The industrial estates include Park West and JFK.[citation needed]

There are several hotels in the area, including Days Hotel at Park West and Sheldon Park on Kylemore and Bewleys at Newlands.[citation needed] A community based CCTV monitoring scheme for Ballyfermot was launched in early 2003. This is part of the Department of Justice Town Centre CCTV monitoring initiative.[citation needed]

Transport

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Dublin Bus (routes G1, G2, 60) and Go-Ahead Ireland (routes L55, S4, W2) serve the area. An hourly commuter train service is offered by Irish Rail, to Heuston station at Kingsbridge. The local station is Cherry Orchard/Park West Station, which is located on the Park West Road on the western perimeter of Ballyfermot. The Luas light rail system also serves Ballyfermot. The south side stop is near the Kylemore and Naas Road intersection. A Luas line to Lucan proposes passing through the centre of Ballyfermot village before going on to serve Liffey Valley and Lucan village.[citation needed]

Amenities

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Parks

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The California Hills Park (also known as Glenaulin Park) is the largest recreational space in the area. The name originated as a colloquialism - there were few designated play facilities in the very early days of suburban development and the California Hills was the name used by local movie-going kids who played 'Cowboys and Indians' there. The name later achieved official recognition due to popular usage.[citation needed] The park covers part of the great esker east of Dublin, and overlooks the Liffey Valley from the south. From Le Fanu and Kylemore Roads to the east, it falls to the landscaped valley of a Liffey tributary, the Glenaulin Stream. It runs west toward Glenaulin and Drumfin Roads which adjoin the park as it stretches in a crescent through Palmerstown. The Chapelizod Bypass runs northwest alongside and Kylemore Road joins the motorway near the West County Hotel. California Hills Park has views north over the Strawberry Beds to the Phoenix Park and the Farmleigh clock tower at Castleknock is a prominent landmark. California Hills include's Gales-Drumfinn Avenue Park, known locally as "The Gaels", used for football, golf practice, cross country runs and walks and includes a children's play area. There is an entrance to the park beside the Ballyfermot Leisure Co-Op, near the GAA Sports Park, on Gurteen Road.

The Irish National War Memorial, Memorial Gardens and Park, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, are accessible from the Sarsfield Road via East Timor Park (also referred to by locals as "The Gaels" due to the local GAA club which is attached to the park).[citation needed]

Other parks located in the area include Le Fanu Park, Glenaulin Sports Park, Markievicz Park and Cherry Orchard Park. Le Fanu Park houses the Ballyfermot Leisure Centre and The Base.[citation needed]

Grand Canal

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The Grand Canal was constructed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is now a recreational waterway. It passes along the south side of Ballyfermot. Towpath walkways extend continuously to Hazelhatch, County Kildare. A historic bridge crosses the canal near the seventh lock at Killeen.[citation needed]

Medical facilities

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Cherry Orchard Hospital is a public health facility which has a containment laboratory capable of testing for the deliberate release of Bacillus anthracis.[9]

The Ballyfermot Medical Clinic is closed but a new Primary Care and Mental Health Centre has been opened beside Cherry Orchard Hospital. Services include GP, community nursing, physiotherapy, dental, addiction and community welfare. Mental Health facilities include a day hospital, day centre and outpatients clinic. This is run by the HSE.

The Hermitage Medical Clinic is located in close proximity to the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, just off the N4 motorway. The Hermitage Hospital is a 101-bed private facility with specialised medical teams who provide medical, surgical and advanced radiotherapy care to patients. The hospital is privately run. Its principal investors are Sean Mulryan, Larry Goodman, John Flynn and George Duffy GP.[10]

Public institutions

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Cloverhill Courthouse and Remand Centre is located between Clondalkin, Palmerstown, and Ballyfermot in Dublin 10. Wheatfield Prison is located on the same site adjacent to the Courthouse.

Education

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National (primary) schools serving the area include Mary Queen of Angels National School, St Louise's Junior & Senior National Schools, Dominican School Campus (which includes St Michael's, St Raphael's and St Gabriel's N.S), and St Ultan's National School.[citation needed]

Due to the large amount of secondary schools in the area many merged into one which leaves Ballyfermot with two secondary schools: St Setons Secondary School and Kylemore College.

The merge between the secondary schools was necessitated due to a shortage of students between the schools.

Ballyfermot College of Further Education is a third-level institution based locally.

A fictional "Ballyfermot School" was created for the children's television programme Roy, and many of the episodes were set there.[11]

Social and cultural

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The Ballyfermot Community Festival takes place annually.[citation needed]

The local civic centre shares space with the Ballyfermot Residents Association (BRA).[citation needed] St Matthew's Community Centre is located adjacent to St Matthew's Church in Ballyfermot Upper (west).[12] The is also a public library in Ballyfermot.[13]

Ballyfermot Youth Service (BYS) is a youth service that has been running since 1985.[14] It provides services to young people of the area including outdoor education programmes, drop-in information centres, and music and arts programmes.[citation needed] St Mary's Youth Club has also based in the area since 1958.[citation needed]

The Gala was a local auditorium until its closure in the 2010s.[15] It was opened in 1953 and was used for several recreational uses, including as a local cinema, snooker and bingo hall.[15]

Demographics

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On the outskirts of Ballyfermot and Bluebell, there is a relatively high Irish Traveller population, mostly located in the Labre Park area.[16][17]

Sport

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Association football (soccer)

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Cherry Orchard F.C. takes part in the FAI Cup soccer competition.[citation needed] Former players with the club include Andy Reid, William Flood, Alan Quinn and Glenn Whelan. Ballyfermot United FC[18] shares the origins of Cherry Orchard FC.[19] The Ballyfermot United FC Social Club is located close to Le Fanu Park. Other clubs include the Black Diamonds, Drummfin Celtic, C.I.E. Ranch, O.L.V, Clifden Celtic and Orchard Celtic.[citation needed] Professional football club St Patrick's Athletic, who play in the League of Ireland, are located in nearby Inchicore, and Ballyfermot has a large number of Saints fans.[20]

GAA

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There are two senior Gaelic Athletic Association clubs serving Ballyfermot. Ballyfermot De la Salle GAA Club is active primarily in Ballyfermot, while the Liffey Gaels GAA clubhouse is on the border between Ballyfermot and Inchicore and also serves the parish of Inchicore.[citation needed] Another GAA club was present in the 1990s under the name St. Laurences GAA, which later merged with nearby Quarryvalle GAA in Clondalkin.

Ballyfermot De La Salle[21] is the largest Gaelic football club in the area. The club, which originated in 1953 as Ballyfermot Gaels, play their senior home games in the Drumfin/Glenaulin Sports Park, located on the west side of California Hills Park. The club plays in the California Hills and Markievicz Park areas as well as in Glenaulin Park.[citation needed] The club's colours are similar to that of Kerry, as a tribute to the first parish priest, Kerryman Charles Canon Troy, who sponsored the club.[citation needed]

Another club, Liffey Gaels, was founded in 1951. It was known as Rialto Gaels for over twenty years. In the 1970s, it changed its name to SS. Michael and James's to reflect the association with these schools.[citation needed] In 1984, a local juvenile club, Donore Iosagain, amalgamated with SS. Michael and James's and the club was renamed the Liffey Gaels. Today their immediate catchment area is Inchicore and the parishes of St Michael's, St James', St Catherine's, Rialto and Donore Avenue. The Gaels play their home games Liffeyside at East Timor Park on Sarsfield Road in Inchicore.[citation needed]

Boxing

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St Matthew's Boxing Club[22] is located on Drumfinn Road adjacent to the grounds of Mary Queen of Angels National School, close to Ballyfermot Garda Station.[22] Cherry Orchard Boxing Club was founded by volunteers in 2012 to cope with the demand for the sport in the area after the summer Olympics. The club used facilities in the Orchard Community Center, Cherry Orchard Grove until a permanent home for the club was built with the help of Dublin City Council on the site.

Equestrian

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Cherry Orchard Equine Centre[23] is an equine, education and training centre that offers a number of services to the local area located at Cherry Orchard Green, Ballyfermot. One of the main services it provides is horse riding lessons for children and adults in the community. It was established in 2001 in response to children not attending school in order to tend to the horses kept in Ballyfermot.[24] The problem of horses being kept in the Dublin suburb has spanned generations despite lack of proper facilities and horsemanship knowledge.[25] This centre was established in order to combat this issue and provide people with the skills required to care for a horse.

Leisure centres

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Ballyfermot Leisure Centre is located on Le Fanu Road. Ballyfermot Leisure Co-Op (BLCO) is located on Gurteen Road adjacent to Mary Queen of Angels National School. Liffey Valley Fitness is located on the Colcut Road. Sheldon Park Fitness Centre[26] is located on the Kylemore Road. SanoVitae Health and Fitness Club[27] is located in the Clarion Hotel complex close to the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. The Little Gym[28] is also located in the Clarion Hotel complex.

Religion

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Religious institutions serving the area include the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (sometimes shorted to 'Church of the Assumption') and the Church of St Matthew, St Laurence's Church, Chapelizod (Church of Ireland), and a number of Christian Evangelist denominations.

Notable people

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Further reading

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  • A History of the County of Dublin Part IV (1906, F. Elrington Ball)
  • A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837 Samuel Lewis)
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