Leopardstown

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Leopardstown is a suburban district in Dublin 18, Ireland at the foot of the Dublin mountains. A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the 'South Eastern Motorway' (SEM) section of the M50 motorway and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan.

Leopardstown Road N31

It is home to the famous Leopardstown Racecourse, second most important racecourse in Ireland after The Curragh and is also the home of Kilmacud Crokes' Hurling pitch at Silverpark.

The district has experienced rapid development in recent years and this has led to dramatic increases in property values. The value of a typical 3-bedroom semi-detached house with approximately 1,000 square-feet of floor space has quadrupled in the period 1997 to 2005.

Places of interest in Leopardstown include Glencairn House (the residence of the British Ambassador to Ireland), Leopardstown Park Hospital, and Burton Hall, childhood home of Holywood actress, Kathleen Ryan and her brother, John Ryan, artist and man of letters.

Leopardstown gets a mention in the movie Spy Kids (Movie 1 and 2), in which a roadsign for "Baile an Liopaird" is seen outside Machete's shop. More details from IMDB at http://poll.imdb.com/title/tt0227538/trivia.