Kilnamanagh

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Kilnamanagh may also refer to a barony in County Tipperary

Kilnamanagh (Irish: Cill na Manach ) is a suburban residential estate in Tallaght, South Dublin, Ireland.

Kilnamanagh's history. however, stretches back as far as Tallaght's. The name in Gaelic is Cil Na Manach, or 'church of the monks'. This refers to the church, well and castle established to house Saint Kevin and his followers. Present day Kilnamanagh has close ties to Glendalough, the other resting place of St Kevin. Cycle rallies and picnics used to be an annual feature. Kilnamanagh was one of the largest housing estate in Europe at the time it was built. Kilnamanagh has a primary school, a shopping centre and is close to the square shopping centre, the third largest shopping centre in Ireland. The LUAS is also two minutes away from the estate. There are aproximently 1600 houses in Kinamanagh.

Kilnamanagh is divided into smaller areas such as Redwood Heights and Tamerisk Lawns and Elmcastle Park

There is an active soccer club in Kilnamanagh.With plans to build two "astro parks" with floodlights.