Applewood, Swords

Applewood is a suburb of the town of Swords in Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed as full town with a main street lined with shops in the centre with housing estates surrounding the area.

Housing Estates

Housing estates built as part of the Applewood area are:

• Ashton
• Castleview
• Bunbury Gate
• Brides Glen
• Laurelton
• Thornleigh
• Braeburn
• Bramley
• Applewood
• Glen Ellan
• Sandford Wood
• Jugback
• South Bank

Public Transport

Applewood is served by Dublin Bus Route 41c and the Swords Express and Urbus services. All bus stops are on the Glen Ellan Road.

Dublin Bus route 41c operates from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Lwr Abbey Street) through Applewood, Swords, River Valley, Santry and Drumcondra. Departures in each direction are approximately every 20 minutes throughout the day and every 30 minutes during the evenings, Monday to Sunday. There is also a route 43 departure at 07:30 from Applewood to Dublin City Centre via Kinsealy and the Malahide Road. The return service is at 17:45 from Eden Quay. This service only runs Monday to Friday.

The Swords Express service runs from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Georges/Eden Quay) through Swords, then express via the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel. It takes the bus about 5 minutes to get from Swords Manor to Applewood. Departures from Swords Manor are at 06:15, 07:00, 07:15, 07:45, 08:00, 08:30, then every 30 minutes from 08:45 until 17:15, 17:40, 18:25, 18:55, 20:00, 20:30, 21:30 and 22:00. Departures from Dublin City Centre (Eden Quay) are at 07:00, 07:30, 08:30, 08:45, 09:00, then every 30 mins from 09:15 until 19:45 (extra service at 18:00), 20:45, 21:45 and 23:00. Services only run from Monday to Friday, no weekend service.

The Urbus service runs from Applewood to Castleknock via Dublin Airport and Blanchardstown. Departures from Applewood are at 06:30, 07:00, 08:30, 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00 and 17:30. Early departures at 04:30 and 05:30 only operate as far as Dublin Airport. Departures from Castleknock are at 07:00, 08:30, 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00 and 17:30. Services only run from Monday to Friday, no weekend service.

Parks

Balheary Park

Balheary Park is east of Applewood at the confluence of the Broadmeadow River and the Ward River. It surrounds Swords Business Campus on three sides and has some playing pitches which are used by St. Colmcille's GAA club. In mid 2006, Fingal County Council built a skatepark and adjoining basketball courts/football court in Balheary Park. The park contains a bowl, a vertwall, a spine, some quarterpipes, and a section of boxes in the middle of the park.

Broadmeadow Linear Park

The Broadmeadow Linear Park is a small park north of Applewood along the Broadmeadow River. Fingal County Council plan to extend the park eastwards to Balheary Park and westwards into the proposed Swords Regional Park.

Proposed Swords Regional Park

A large 65 ha. new regional park for Swords is to be built north-east of Applewood, stretching from the Rathbeale Road to the Broadmeadow River. The park will be immediately west of Oldtown and adjoining and ultimately extending into the Broadmeadow River Valley Linear Park. The Park will serve Swords and its hinterland, and will comprise active recreational and passive activities, commensurate with the Council’s vision for the emerging city of Swords.

Education

There are three primary schools in the Applewood area:

• Gaelscoil Bhrian Boroimhe, Glen Ellan Road
• Swords Educate Together National School, Glen Ellan Road
• Thornleigh Educate Together National School, Applewood

The nearest secondary school is Fingal Community College, Seatown Road

Shops

Shops on Applewood Main Street include Eurospar, Hannigan's Butchers, The Orchard Pub, video shop, a medical center, hardware shop, Adams Apple Cafe, Doras takeaway, Energie Fitness Gym and a bookmakers.