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'{{short description|Outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland}} {{use Hiberno-English|date=May 2020}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Finglas |other_name = {{pad top italic|{{lang|ga|Fionnghlas}}}} |settlement_type = Suburb |image_skyline = The Spirit of Finglas, Dublin.jpg |image_caption = The Spirit of Finglas sculpture |pushpin_map = Ireland#Dublin |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = Leinster |subdivision_type3 = [[City council]] |subdivision_name3 = Dublin city |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2006 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006_prelim_table04.pdf | title = 2006 Census Table 04 | date = 2006 | quote = From Census 2006 – Preliminary Table 04 - Includes totals from divisions/districts: Finglas A, B & C North. And Finglas A, B, C & D South, Ballygall A, B, C & D | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060720162507/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006_prelim_table04.pdf | archive-date = 20 July 2006 }}</ref> |population_total = |population = 31529 |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|53.390175|-6.299629|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Finglas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɪ|ŋ|g|l|ə|s}}; {{Irish place name|Fionnghlas|clear streamlet}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/844.aspx | title = Fionnghlas / Finglas | publisher = Irish Placenames' Commission | access-date = 6 December 2018 }}</ref> is a northwestern outer suburb of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It lies close to Junction 5 of the [[M50 motorway (Ireland)|M50 motorway]], and the [[N2 road (Ireland)|N2 road]]. Nearby suburbs include [[Glasnevin]] and [[Ballymun]]; [[Dublin Airport]] is {{cvt|7|km|spell=in}} to the north. Finglas lies mainly in the postal district of [[List of Dublin postal districts|Dublin 11]]. Finglas is the core of a [[Finglas (civil parish)|civil parish of the same name]] in the [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Castleknock (barony)|Castleknock]]. ==Name== [[File:Bilingual signs Finglas.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Bilingual signs in Finglas]] The name Finglas ({{lang-ga|Fionnghlas}}), meaning ''clear streamlet'', is derived from the Finglas River, which passed through the historic settlement. ==Geography== The centre of Finglas lies on a rise overlooking the valley of the [[River Tolka]], at an altitude of {{convert|59|m}}. The Tolka runs through western and southern Finglas, and forms part of the boundary between Finglas and Glasnevin. Flowing from the north is the stream, the Finglas River, for which the area is named, forming in turn from branches from the townlands of Grange and Kildonan to the north. After meeting a tributary, the St. Margaret's Road Stream, the Finglas flows through the village centre in a culvert, and along the eastern side of Finglas Road, joining the Tolka at Finglas Bridge.<ref name="TenDozW_FinglasR">{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Joseph W. |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |date=2013 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin |isbn=9780956636379 |page=31 |edition=8th}}</ref> To the west of the village centre rises the Finglaswood Stream, which joins the River Tolka via an [[Integrated Constructed Wetland]] near a small civic golf course.<ref name="TenDozW_Finglaswood">{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Joseph W. |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |date=2013 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin |isbn=9780956636379 |page=30 |edition=8th}}</ref> ==History== ===Early history=== Finglas was originally the site of an [[Early Christian]] abbey, the origin of which has been associated, from early times, with the name of [[Cainnech of Aghaboe|St. Cainnech]], or Canice, the patron of [[Kilkenny]], said to have founded it in 560 A.D. According to an ancient legend, the ground on which Finglas stands had been sanctified by [[St. Patrick]], who is said to have uttered a [[prophecy]] that a great town would arise at the ford of hurdles in the vale beneath.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sexton|first1=Peter|title=History of St. Margarets and Finglas|date=2000|page=62}}</ref> The Nethercross from the first abbey can be seen today in the old graveyard.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.stcanices.com/canweb_034.htm | title = Parish of St. Canice - The Cross of Nethercross | publisher = StCanices.com | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208192838/http://www.stcanices.com/canweb_034.htm |archive-date = 8 February 2013 }}</ref> St. Canice is said to have been born at Glengiven near [[Derry]]. Several primary schools and churches in the area have been named after Canice, including the local [[Church of Ireland]] church (built in 1843) and [[Roman Catholic]] church (built in 1920 on the site of a much earlier mass house).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50130008/st-canices-church-of-ireland-church-street-finglas-dublin-11-dublin | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = St. Canice's Church of Ireland, Church Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 | access-date = 9 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50130028/st-canices-church-main-street-finglas-dublin-11-co-dublin | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = St. Canice's Church, Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 | access-date = 9 March 2021 }}</ref> ===Early modern period=== {{see|History of Ireland#Early modern Ireland (1536–1691)}} The Finglas or Finglass family, who were prominent in the legal profession and in politics in the sixteenth century, took their name from the district. THe family were recorded in Termonfeckin and Dublin but many of them had by the mid 1700s taken up residence in Drogheda (where they participated in the 1798 Rebellion); newspaper accounts report their opening up the Boyne River for salmon fishing.{{cn|date=February 2024}} In 1649, the [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond|Duke of Ormonde]] used Finglas as a staging post for his army before launching an unsuccessful [[Siege of Dublin (1649)|Siege of Dublin]]. Following the [[Battle of the Boyne]] in 1690, Finglas was used as a camp for four days by [[William III of England|William of Orange]] en route to Dublin city. While there he issued the [[Declaration of Finglas]], offering a pardon for many of [[James II of Ireland|James II]]'s defeated supporters. ===20th century onwards=== [[File:Finglasstream.jpg|thumb|The Finglas River, for which the area is named; a tributary of the Tolka]] In 1932, Ireland's first commercial airport was set up at Kildonan in Finglas.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.historicalaviationireland.com/site/kildonan.htm | publisher = The Historical Aviation Society Of Ireland | title = Sites - Kildonan | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711171841/http://www.historicalaviationireland.com/site/kildonan.htm |archive-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref> It was the site for the first Irish commercial aircraft, a [[Desoutter Mk.II|Desoutter Mark II]] aircraft "EI-AAD", and the first commercial air taxi service, the [[Iona National Airways|Iona National Air Taxis and Flying School]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/General/kildonan.htm | publisher = Chapters of Dublin | title = The Story of Kildonan Aerodrome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071022111731/http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/General/kildonan.htm | archive-date = 22 October 2007 }}</ref> In the 1950s, Finglas was developed with extensive housing estates, to rehouse many north inner-city Dublin residents. Many of these estates, particularly in Finglas West, were named after prominent [[Irish republicanism|Irish republicans]] from early 20th-century Irish history, including [[Kevin Barry|Barry]], [[Roger Casement|Casement]], [[Joseph Mary Plunkett|Plunkett]], [[Liam Mellows|Mellows]], [[Dick McKee|McKee]], [[Conor Clune|Clune]] and [[Peadar Clancy|Clancy]]. ==Amenities== In the village centre is a range of shops, including one of the first-established [[Superquinn]] stores (since rebranded as [[SuperValu (Ireland)|SuperValu]]), banking facilities, pubs and restaurants. To the north are several light industrial estates. [[Charlestown Shopping Centre]] and Clearwater Shopping Centre, are located outside the village core, to the north and south of Finglas respectively. Finglas is home to one of Dublin's four [[Road Safety Authority]] Driving Testing Centres, which is located in Jamestown Business Park. The Finglas Maypole Arts Festival was launched in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beggs|first=Ernie|date=April 10, 2019|title=The return of The Finglas Maypole Festival after only 175 years.|url=http://thecircular.org/43829-2/|access-date=June 18, 2020|website=The Circular}}</ref> In its first year, the festival committee was part of a steering group that got the first blue plaque in Finglas – to honour the uileann piper [[Séamus Ennis]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} ==Education== [[File:Coláiste Íde College of Further Education (2019).jpg|thumb|Coláiste Íde College of Further Education]] There are 13 primary and [[National school (Ireland)|national schools]] in the Finglas area,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://findaddress.citizensinformation.ie/service_finder/bycounty/Dublin/Dublin%2011/Primary%20Schools | publisher = CitizensInformation.ie | title = Primary Schools in Dublin 11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071129085734/http://findaddress.citizensinformation.ie/service_finder/bycounty/Dublin/Dublin%2011/Primary%20Schools | archive-date = 29 November 2007 }}</ref> and 6 [[Secondary school#Ireland|secondary schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://findaddress.citizensinformation.ie/service_finder/bycounty/Dublin/Dublin%2011/Secondary%20Schools | publisher = CitizensInformation.ie | title = Secondary Schools in Dublin 11| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071129085716/http://findaddress.citizensinformation.ie/service_finder/bycounty/Dublin/Dublin%2011/Secondary%20Schools | archive-date = 29 November 2007 }}</ref> [[Coláiste Íde College of Further Education]] is located in Finglas West and offers third level courses.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.colaisteide.ie | publisher = ColaisteIde.ie| title = Colaiste Ide College of Further Education | access-date = 6 December 2018 }}</ref> ==Sports== The [[Rugby Union]] club [[Unidare RFC]] and the [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] club [[Erins Isle]] are based in the area. Soccer clubs include [[Tolka Rovers F.C.]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tolkarovers.com/ | title = Tolka Rovers Football Club | publisher = tolkarovers.com }}</ref> Valley Park United,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.valleyparkutd.bravehost.com/ | title = Valley Park Utd | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040402143004/http://www.valleyparkutd.bravehost.com/ | archive-date = 2 April 2004 }}</ref> WFTA Football Club,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.soccer-ireland.com/dublin-football-clubs/finglas-united.htm | title = Finglas United Football Club| publisher = soccer-ireland.com}}</ref> Willows FC and<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.soccer-ireland.com/dublin-football-clubs/willows-fc.htm | title = Willows Football Club | publisher = soccer-ireland.com}}</ref> Finglas Celtic FC, Rivermount Football Club and Beneavin F.C.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} ==Transport== Finglas is served by a number of bus routes operated by [[Dublin Bus]] and [[Go-Ahead Ireland]]. These include the 9, N4, N6, 40, 40B, 40D, 40E, 83, 83A,140 & 220. The main route serving the area is the number 40 which runs between Charlestown Shopping Centre and Earlsfort Terrace via Dublin city centre. A new route, the 40E, was also introduced from [[Tyrellstown]] to provide a direct link to the extended [[Luas]] [[Green Line (Luas)|Green Line]] in [[Broombridge railway station|Broombridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lovindublin.com/news/new-dublin-bus-route |title=A Brand New Dublin Bus Route Is Starting In December And It's Badly Needed Just In Time For Christmas | publisher = Lovin Dublin}}</ref> Other routes serving the area include the N4 which runs between Point Village to [[Blanchardstown]], the 140 which runs to [[Rathmines]] via the city centre and the 83 which runs to [[Kimmage]] via [[Glasnevin]] and the city centre. It is also served by the 88N Nitelink service. Two [[Bus Éireann]] routes also serve Finglas, passing along the main Finglas Road, including the 103 from Duleek/Kilmoon Cross/Ashbourne to the city centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1337780276-103.pdf |title=Timetable for route 103 | publisher = buseireann.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209064646/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1337780276-103.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2014 }}</ref> ==Representation and governance== Finglas is in the jurisdiction of [[Dublin City Council]], and for local elections it is part of the Finglas-Ballymun [[local electoral area]].<ref name="LEA_Cllrs">{{cite web |title=Your Councillors by Local Electoral Area |url=https://councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=TABLE&PIC=1 |website=Dublin City Council |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> Finglas is part of the [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]] constituency for elections to [[Dáil Éireann]]. The [[Finglas (civil parish)|civil parish of Finglas]] is a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in the [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Castleknock (barony)|Castleknock]]. ==Notable people== [[File:Dick McKee Memorial Finglas Village.JPG|thumb|upright|Dick McKee Memorial Finglas Village]] [[File:Liam Mellows memorial.jpg|thumb|upright|Liam Mellows memorial]] Finglas has been the home of a number of notable figures, including: *[[Dermot Bolger]], writer and poet, whose novels ''The Woman's Daughter'' and ''Night Shift'' are set in Finglas *[[Bono]], lead singer of [[U2]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/its-where-i-shaped-my-future-says-bono-3324323.html |title=Bono - Evening Herald |publisher=Herald.ie |date= 2012-12-12|access-date=2013-01-07}}</ref> *[[Achmet Borumborad]], con-artist who operated in late 18th-century Dublin<ref name = GlasnevinA>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/GlasnevinHeritage/posts/the-ottoman-finglas-and-what-might-have-beenin-the-1770s-dr-achmet-borumborad-a-/601729746644363/|title= The Ottoman, Finglas, and What Might Have Been|publisher=Glasnevin Heritage (Facebook group)|date=2016-03-23|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.neesonirelandtours.com/finglas-presentation|title= Finglas, County Dublin|publisher=neesonirelandtours.com|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-finglas-heritage-english-digital.pdf|title= Finglas Heritage Trail |publisher=dublincity.ie|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> *[[Charles Bowden (criminal)|Charles Bowden]], Irish criminal *[[Gerard Byrne (artist, born 1958)|Gerard Byrne]] (born 1958), Irish artist *[[Declan Cassidy]] filmmaker, television producer and author *[[Patrick Clarke]] (filmmaker) The opening scene from ''[[Beyond the Pale (film)]]'' was shot in Erin's Isle GAA Club *[[Christy Dignam]], [[Joe Jewell]], and [[Aslan|Alan Downey]], [[Aslan (rock band)|Aslan]] musicians *[[Martin Doherty (Irish republican)|Martin Doherty]], volunteer for the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] *[[Regina Doherty]], [[Fine Gael]] MEP and former [[Minister for Social Protection]] *[[Eamon Dunne]], Irish [[crime boss]] *[[Dessie Ellis]], Sinn Féin TD *[[Séamus Ennis]], [[uilleann]] piper *[[Mairead Farrell (radio presenter)|Mairead Farrell]], radio and television personality<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1129/farrellm.html |title=Mairead Farrell - RTÉ Ten |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date= 2011-11-29|access-date=2012-03-01}}</ref> *[[Pat Fenlon]], Football manager *[[Tony Fenton]], Today FM DJ *[[Patrick Finglas]] (died 1537), [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland]] *[[John Fogarty (priest)|John Fogarty]] CSSp, Superior General of the [[Holy Ghost Fathers|Congregation of the Holy Spirit]] *[[Niamh Kavanagh]], [[Eurovision Song Contest 1993]] winner, and Irish representative for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2010]] *[[Dick McKee]], volunteer for the [[Irish Republican Army]] *[[Colm Meaney]], actor *[[Brendan O'Carroll]], comedian and actor *[[Stephen O'Rahilly]], endocrinologist and scientist researching [[obesity]] and [[diabetes]] *[[Big Brother (British series 7)#Housemates|Spiral]], a former ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]'' contestant, who wrote, performed and released [[Finglas (song)|a song about Finglas]] And in sport: *[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Irish international footballers]]: [[Ronnie Whelan]], [[Frank Stapleton]], [[David O'Leary]], [[Alan Moore (footballer)|Alan Moore]], [[Mark Kinsella]], [[Stephen Kelly (Irish footballer)|Stephen Kelly]], and footballers [[John Keogh (footballer)|John Keogh]], [[Cliff Byrne]], [[Paddy Madden]] and [[Derek Brazil]].{{fact|date=April 2024}} *[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All Ireland]] winning [[Dublin GAA]] players: [[James McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)|James McCarthy]], [[Charlie Redmond]], [[Barney Rock]] and [[Jason Sherlock]] Cycling Olympians and later Professional Cyclists - Alan and Paul Mc Cormack, attended St. Fergals and lived in Casement Park. <ref></ref> Ras Tailteann, Montreal Olympics and Seoul Olympics <ref></ref> ==In popular culture== The [[BBC]] sitcom, ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'', is set in Finglas.{{fact|date=June 2023}} ==See also== {{commons category}} * [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]] * [[List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland#County Dublin|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Dublin)]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Geographic Location | Centre = Finglas | North = St Margarets | Northeast = [[Dublin Airport]], [[Swords, Dublin|Swords]] | East = [[Ballymun]] | Southeast = [[Glasnevin]], [[Phibsboro]] | South = [[Ashtown, Dublin|Ashtown]], [[Cabra, Dublin|Cabra]] | Southwest = [[Blanchardstown]], [[Castleknock]] | West = [[Mulhuddart]], [[Corduff]] | Northwest = [[Ashbourne, County Meath|Ashbourne]] }} {{Dublin residential areas}} [[Category:Finglas| ]] [[Category:Towns and villages in Dublin (city)]]'