Kilternan

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Our Lady of the Wayside 'The Blue Church'
Our Lady of the Wayside 'The Blue Church'

Kilternan (Irish: Cill Tiarnáin, meaning Church of Tiarnáin), once known as Golden Ball, is a village in County Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains in the south of Dublin, near the border with County Wicklow.

It lies at the crossroads of the R117 and R116 regional roads.

Currently it is a suburban-style village in rural surroundings, separated from the continuous built-up Dublin area but as of 2007 that is due to change with major development just starting or about to start. Some people are unhappy about this.[1]

Kilternan's most notable building's are the (Church of Ireland) Parish Church of Kilternan which dates from 1826, the timber-built Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Wayside, or 'The Blue Church' as it is known locally after its Marian colour, and the Golden Ball pub. These names are joined at the local soccer club, Wayside Celtic whose ground is known as The Golden Ball.

Kilternan lacks a traditional village centre or 'Main Street', but is is the location of Ireland's only (artificial) ski slope. [2]

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[edit] Spelling of the name

Road signs are somewhat confused regarding the correct spelling of the name of the area. For example; signs on the M50 (Junction 15) call it Kilternan while signs at the junction on the adjoining roads refer to "Kiltiernan". Both sets erected at roughly the same time. Local government documents and ordnance survey maps refer to Kiltiernan while many local people spell the name without the "i". Locally, Kilternan is the most acceptable form.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association
  2. ^ Directions to the ski club of Ireland
  3. ^ Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association

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